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- The first-ever in-person QUAD Leaders’ Summit is scheduled to be held in which country in September 2021?
A) United States
B) Japan
C) Australia
D) India
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Option A
Explanation:Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the first-ever in-person QUAD ( Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Leaders’ Summit at the White House, in Washington D.C. on September 24, 2021. Quad nation comprise of India, Japan, the US and Australia.
- RBI has launched the ‘Third Cohort’ under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS). What is the theme of this cohort?
A) Retail Payments
B) MSME Lending
C) Cross Border Payments
D) Blockchain Technology
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Option B
Explanation:The Reserve Bank of India has announced the theme for the Third Cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) as ‘MSME Lending’. The application for the Third Cohort will be kept open from October 01, 2021 to November 14, 2021.
- Which among these days is celebrated as the International Day of Democracy every year?
A) 11 September
B) 12 September
C) 15 September
D) 13 September
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Option C
Explanation:The International Day of Democracy is celebrated across the world on 15 September each year, since 2008.
- India has declared to institutionalise regular Defence Dialogue with which of these regions, on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition?
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) Asia
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Option A
Explanation:The Government of India has proposed to institutionalise the India-Africa Defence Dialogue, as a regular event, to be held on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition. The first India-Africa Defence Ministers Conclave (IADMC) was held at DefExpo in February 2020 in Lucknow.
- India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility has been launched in which city?
A) Chennai
B) Lucknow
C) Bengaluru
D) New Delhi
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Option D
Explanation:India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility, at the Kashmere Gate metro station
- Name the fast payment systems of Singapore with which RBI has recently linked its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)?
A) PayWay
B) PayNow
C) PayPal
D) PayOut
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Option B
Explanation:Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced a project under which the two central banks will link their respective fast payment systems viz. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow.
- Which player has been adjudged as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August 2021?
A) Shakib Al Hasan
B) Shaheen Afridi
C) Joe Root
D) Jasprit Bumrah
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Option C
Explanation:England Test skipper Joe Root has been voted as the winners of the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August 2021.
- The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of the Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in which city?
A) Aligarh
B) Gorakhpur
C) Lucknow
D) Agra
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Option A
Explanation:Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University at Aligarh, in Uttar Pradesh, on September 14, 2021.
- The National Engineer’s Day is celebrated in India on which day?
A) 12 September
B) 15 September
C) 14 September
D) 11 September
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Option B
Explanation:In India, the Engineer’s Day is celebrated on September 15 every year, since 1968, to recognise the contribution of engineers’ in the development of the nation. The day marks the birth anniversary of the engineering pioneer of India, Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya, (popularly known as Sir MV). Sir MV was regarded as the “Father of Modern Mysore”.
- Which among these is the first bank in India to launch real-time online tracking for cross-border payments for corporate clients in partnership with SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (GPI)?
A) ICICI Bank
B) HSBC Bank
C) Standard Chartered
D) DBS Bank
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Option D
Explanation:DBS Bank has launched real-time online tracking for cross-border payments for its corporate clients, in partnership with SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (GPI). DBS is the first bank in India and Asia-Pacific to offer this service to corporate clients, at no additional cost.
- Name the winner of Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021?
A) Susanna Clarke
B) Marleen Beaulieu
C) Josee Vallee
D) Barbara Kidd
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Option A
Explanation:English author Susanna Clarke has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 for her second novel ‘Piranesi’.
- Who is the author of the book “Human Rights and Terrorism in India”?
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) Subramanian Swamy
D) Jairam Ramesh
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Option C
Explanation: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has launched his new book titled ”Human Rights and Terrorism in India”.
- Which bank has enabled the launch of India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility?
A) Axis Bank
B) State Bank of India
C) HDFC Bank
D) Paytm Payments Bank
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Option D
Explanation:The Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) has launched India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility, at the Kashmere Gate metro station in partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
- Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe)?
A) Rajesh Jejurikar
B) Pawan Kumar Goenka
C) Arvind Mathew
D) Rajan Wadhera
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Option B
Explanation: Pawan Kumar Goenka, the former managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, has been appointed as the Chairperson of Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe), the regulator for India’s space industry..
- The World Lymphoma Awareness Day is an annual observation, which is held on____________
A) 15 September
B) 13 September
C) 14 September
D) 12 September
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Option A
Explanation:The World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD) is observed on September 15 every year.
- Name the winner of the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for August 2021?
A) Sneh Rana
B) Stafanie Taylor
C) Eimear Richardson
D) Gaby Lewis
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Option C
Explanation: Ireland’s Eimear Richardson has bagged the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for August 2021.
- What is the theme of the International Day of Democracy 2021?
A) COVID-19: A Spotlight on Democracy
B) Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises
C) Participation
D) Democracy under Strain: Solutions for a Changing World
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Option B
Explanation:The theme for 2021 International Day of Democracy is “Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises”
- Cricket player Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket. He played for which country?
A) Zimbabwe
B) West Indies
C) Ireland
D) Australia
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Option A
Explanation:Former Zimbabwe skipper and wicket-keeper batsman Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket.
