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- India’s First Agriculture Export Facilitation Centre has been unveiled in which city?
A) Pune
B) Hyderabad
C) Gurugram
D) Bengaluru
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Option A
Explanation:The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (MCCIA) has launched India’s first agro-export facilitation centre in Pune, in collaboration with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
- Kobe Bryant, who has recently been inducted in the Hall of Fame posthumously, was associated with which sports?
A) Badminton
B) Tennis
C) Football
D) Basketball
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Option D
Explanation: NBA and Los Angeles Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant, has been posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020.
- Which state has launched the mobile app ‘MOMA Market’ for home delivery of fresh vegetables?
A) Manipur
B) Maharashtra
C) Meghalaya
D) Madhya Pradesh
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Option A
Explanation:In Manipur, Chief Minister, N Biren Singh launched a mobile application named ‘MOMA Market’ for home delivery of fresh vegetables, for day to day consumption, amid COVID pandemic.
- Dr KK Aggarwal, who has passed away recently was related to which field of medicine?
A) Gynaecology
B) Neurology
C) Oncology
D) Cardiology
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Option D
Explanation: Renowned cardiologist and former national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Dr KK Aggarwal, has passed away battling with Covid. He was 62.
- The supercomputer named ‘Simorgh’ has been developed by which country recently?
A) France
B) Iran
C) South Korea
D) Finland
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Option B
Explanation:Iran has unveiled a new supercomputer named ‘Simorgh’, which is 100 times more powerful than previous supercomputer of the country till date.
- Who among the following has been named for the “International Invincible Gold Medal” for 2021?
A) Prakash Javadekar
B) Narendra Modi
C) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
D) Harsh Vardhan
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Option C
Explanation:The Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has been conferred with the “International Invincible Gold Medal” for 2021.
- Former Union Minister Chaman Lal Gupta who has passed away was a senior BJP leader from which state?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Himachal Pradesh
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Option A
Explanation:Senior BJP leader and former union minister Shri Chaman Lal Gupta has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 87. Chaman Lal Gupta had an illustrious political career spanning over five decades, beginning with becoming a member of the J&K Legislative Assembly in 1972. He was a member of the 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha from Udhampur constituency of Jammu.
- Renowned folklorist and acclaimed writer Ki. Rajanarayanan has passed away. He was from which state?
A) Chhattisgarh
B) Assam
C) Kerala
D) Tamil Nadu
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Option D
Explanation:Noted Tamil folklorist and acclaimed writer Ki. Rajanarayanan has passed away after a brief illness. He was 98.Famously called by his Tamil initials as KiRa, he was known as the pioneer of ‘Karisal Literature’.
