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- The Government of India has declared April 14 as public holiday from now-on. The day marks the birth anniversary of which leader?
A) BR Ambedkar
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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Option A
Explanation: The government has declared Ambedkar Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar which falls on 14 April every year, as a public holiday with effect from 2021, under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
- As per CRISIL Rating agency, what is the GDP projection for India in the fiscal 2021-22?
A) 10%
B) 9%
C) 11%
D) 12%
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Option C
Explanation: Rating Agency CRISIL has projected India’s GDP growth rate as under:
- For FY21= -7%
- For FY22= +11%
- On March 31, 2021, Indian Air Force received which batch of three Rafale jets from France?
A) 2nd
B) 5th
C) 3rd
D) 4th
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Option D
Explanation:The fourth batch of three IAF Rafales landed in India on March 31, 2021, after a direct ferry from Istres Air Base in France. With this new arrival of the three jets, the total Rafale fleet with Indian Air Force has increased to 14.
- Who among the following has recently been appointed as the additional director of at Britannia Industries board?
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Urjit Patel
C) Viral Acharya
D) Shaktikanta Das
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Option B
Explanation:The Board of Britannia Industries has appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel as the Additional Director of the company.He has been appointed for a period of five years with effect from March 31, 2021, in the category of Non-Executive and Independent Director.
- NBBL is a newly set up entity formed on April 01, 2021 to run the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) business. The NBBL is a wholly owned subsidiary of______?
A) State Bank of India
B) RBI
C) NPCI
D) IDRBT
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Option C
Explanation:The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has transferred all its Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) transaction business to NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NPCI. All licensed bill processors on the Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units (BBPOU), i.e. the banks and payment aggregators, have been directed to start accounting their billing transactions under NBBL from April 1 2021.
- Who is the author of the book ‘Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life’ ?
A) Nitin Gokhale
B) Shiv Aroor
C) Shailendra Joshi
D) R.N. Kao
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Option A
Explanation:A new book titled ‘Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life’ authored by Nitin Gokhale was released on March 31, 2021.
- Aniyan Midhun, has recently won gold for India in which of these events?
A) Fencing
B) Boxing
C) Chess
D) Wushu
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Option D
Explanation:Aniyan Midhun of Kerala has won the gold medal in the 70-kg category at the South Asian Wushu Championship 2021, held in Nepal on March 30 and 31, 2021.
- Suparipalana is the Telugu version of the book titled Echo T Calling: Towards People-Centric Governance. Who is the author of this book?
A) Srinivas Yadav
B) Shailendra Joshi
C) Satyavathi Rathod
D) Puvvada Ajay Kumar
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Option B
Explanation:Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu released a book titled ‘Suparipalana’, written by retired civil servant Dr Shailendra Kumar Joshi. Suparipalana is the Telugu translation of “Echo T Calling: Towards People-Centric Governance”, written by former Telangana Chief Secretary, Shri S K Joshi.
- Shistura Hiranyakeshi Biological Heritage Site is a new protected area, discovered in which state of India?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) West Bengal
D) Assam
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Option A
Explanation: The Maharashtra government has declared an area at Amboli in Western ghats in Sindhudurg district as a biodiversity heritage site, following the discovery of a rare freshwater fish species. The 2.11 hector area has been declared as ‘Shistura Hiranyakeshi Biological Heritage Site’, under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, making it the fifth area in Maharashtra.
- Nobel Laureate Isamu Akasaki of Japan has passed away recently. He won the Nobel Prize in which field?
A) Medicine
B) Economics
C) Chemistry
D) Physics
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Option D
Explanation:Japanese Physicist Isamu Akasaki, a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, has passed away following pneumonia. He was 92.
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has estimated that the GDP of India in financial year 2021-22 will be____________
A) 8%
B) 6%
C) 7%
D) 9%
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Option C
Explanation:The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has estimated the GDP growth rate of India at 7% in 2021-22, in its latest report titled Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2021.
- When is the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action celebrated?
A) April 3
B) April 4
C) April 2
D) April 1
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Option B
Explanation:The United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is celebrated on April 4 each year.
- Echo and Bifrost are the two new subsea cables to connect US West Coast region with Indonesia and Singapore. The project will be implement by which organisations?
A) Facebook and Microsoft
B) Microsoft and Google
C) Facebook and Google
D) Microsoft, Google and Facebook
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Option C
Explanation:Technology giant Facebook and Google have planned to lay two huge subsea cables, called Echo and Bifrost, to provide vital new connections between the Asia-Pacific region and North America. The Echo and Bifrost trans-Pacific cables will link the U.S. West Coast to Singapore and Indonesia, and increase the data capacity between the regions by 70% and improve internet reliability.
- For the first time, a specialist from private sector has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). Name the new Chairperson?
A) M.K. Gupta
B) Shekhar Mittal
C) Sudarshan Venu
D) Mallika Srinivasan
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Option D
Explanation:The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mallika Srinivasan as the Chairperson of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).This is for the first time that a specialist from private sector has been appointed as the head of the PESB.
- Which company has recently achieved the feat of crossing one billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure?
A) PhonePe
B) GPay
C) Paytm
D) Freecharge
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Option A
Explanation: Bengaluru-based digital payments and financial services company, PhonePe has become the first company to cross one billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure. The company achieved the feat in March 2021, when the total transactions clocked around 1.3 billion on its platform, across the payment instruments offering of wallet, cards as well as UPI.
- What is the theme of the 2021 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action?
A) Mine Action is Humanitarian Action
B) Perseverance, Partnership, and Progress
C) Safe Ground
D) Advancing Protection, Peace and Development
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Option B
Explanation:2021 Theme –“Perseverance, Partnership, and Progress”
