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- PM Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated the International Cooperation and Convention Centre -Rudraksh in which city?
A) Ahmedabad
B) Varanasi
C) Kolkata
D) Dehradun
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Option B
Explanation: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Cooperation and Convention Centre -Rudraksh, in Varanasi on 15 July, 2021. The centre has been constructed with Japanese assistance.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched BHIM–UPI service in which neighbouring country recently?
A) Bhutan
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) Maldives
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Option A
Explanation: Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman and her counterpart, Finance Minister of Bhutan, Lyonpo Namgay Tshering, jointly launched BHIM–UPI in Bhutan on July 13, 2021 in a virtual ceremony.
- Which Union Territory has signed an agreement with Sikkim to transform into organic entity by 2025?
A) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
B) Chandigarh
C) Puducherry
D) Ladakh
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Option D
Explanation: Ladakh administration has signed a tripartite MoU with Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency (SOCCA) to convert the Union Territory of Ladakh into an organic entity by 2025.
- The Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE), has signed an agreement with University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia to set up a Centre for Advanced Transportation Technology and Systems (CATTS) at which place?
A) Surat
B) Agra
C) Noida
D) Hyderabad
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Option C
Explanation: The Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE), under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MORTH), has signed an Agreement with University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia to set up a Centre for Advanced Transportation Technology and Systems (CATTS) at its headquarter in Noida.
- RBI has barred which of these global card players from onboarding new domestic customers on its network from July 22, 2021?
A) Visa
B) Mastercard
C) America Express
D) Citibank
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Option B
Explanation:The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred global card player Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd from onboarding new domestic customers on its network with effect from July 22, 2021, over non-compliance with local data storage regulations.
- The first ever grain dispensing ATM in India has been installed in which city?
A) Gurugram
B) Pune
C) Patna
D) Raipur
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Option A
Explanation:India’s first grain dispensing ATM has been installed at Farrukhnagar in Gurugram district of Haryana under a pilot project, with the objective to make ration dispersal hassle and complaint free for citizens. The machine is called Automated, Multi Commodity, Grain Dispensing Machine. These Grain ATMS are being installed under the ‘World Food Programme’ of ‘United Nation’.
