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- Which bank has topped the 2021 World’s Best Banks in India list, by Forbes?
A) ICICI Bank
B) DBS
C) SBI
D) HDFC Bank
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Option B
Explanation:DBS Bank has been ranked as the top Bank in India, out of 30 domestic and international banks in the country, in the World’s Best Banks 2021 list for India, released by Forbes magazine.
- The mobile app “Namaste Yoga”, devoted to Yoga, has been launched by which Ministry?
A) Ministry of AYUSH
B) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
D) Ministry of Defence
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Option A
Explanation: A mobile application devoted to Yoga named as “Namaste Yoga”, has been laucnhed by Ministry of AYUSH. The Namaste Yoga” app has been designed as an information platform for the public, with the aim to raise awareness about yoga and make it accessible for the larger community.
- The Foreign Exchange Reserves of India has hit all time high at $605.008 billion in the week ended June 04, 2021. This has led India to be ranked as fourth largest reserve holder in the world, sharing its position with which country?
A) Singapore
B) Japan
C) Russia
D) China
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Option C
Explanation:As per Reserve Bank of India’s data, the foreign exchange reserves of India has crossed $600 billion mark for the first time. The Forex reserve of India increased by USD 6.842 billion to $605.008 billion in the week ended June 04, 2021. This is the lifetime high of India’s foreign asset. With this, India has tied with Russia as the fourth largest reserve holder in the world.
- Who has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)?
A) Enrique Iglesias
B) Arnoldo Lopez Echandi
C) Maria Eugenia Casar
D) Rebeca Grynspan
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Option D
Explanation:The U.N. General Assembly has approved the appointment of Costa Rican economist Rebecca Grynspan, as the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). She will serve a four-year term of office. Grynspan is the first woman and Central American to head UNCTAD.
- The Mission ‘EnVision’, to study the planet Venus, has been launched by which space agency?
A) NASA
B) European Space Agency (ESA)
C) ISRO
D) Roscosmos
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Option B
Explanation:Following the steps of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), is now developing its own probe to study Venus, for holistic view of planet from its inner core to upper atmosphere.. The mission dubbed as EnVision, will probably be launched to the planet in the early 2030.
- The International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is marked every year on __________
A) 10 June
B) 12 June
C) 11 June
D) 13 June
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Option D
Explanation:The International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is celebrated annually on June 13 to celebrate the human rights of persons with albinism worldwide.
- Which bank has launched a new loan product named ‘Kavach Personal Loan’, to provide financial assistance to customers facing economic crises due to covid related treatment costs?
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) State Bank of India
D) Canara Bank
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Option C
Explanation:The State Bank of India (SBI), has launched a new loan product ‘Kavach Personal Loan’ to provide financial relief to its customers who are facing economic crises due to covid related treatment costs.
- Ukhnaa Khurelsukh has recently won the 2021 Presidential election of which country?
A) Mongolia
B) Oman
C) Rwanda
D) Israel
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Option A
Explanation:Former Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh has been elected as the sixth President of the country on June 09, 2021.
- What is the theme of International Albinism Awareness Day 2021?
A) Shining our light to the world
B) Still Standing Strong
C) Strength Beyond All Odds
D) Advancing with renewed hope
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Option C
Explanation:The 2021 Theme of IAAD is “Strength Beyond All Odds”
- Surat Singh Mathur, who has passed away recently was a well known Indian athlete who competed in ________
A) 5000 metres
B) Pole vault
C) Discus Throw
D) Marathon
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Option D
Explanation:Indian marathoner Surat Singh Mathur, who was the first participant from independent India to complete the Olympic marathon race at the 1952 Helsinki Games, has passed away. He was 90.
