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- Which of these regions in India has got the highest altitude herbal park of the country recently?
A) Shimla
B) Chamoli
C) Dehradun
D) Kinnaur
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Option B
Explanation:India’s highest altitude herbal park has been inaugurated on Saturday at Mana village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
- NTPC Ltd. has unveiled India’s largest floating solar PV project in which city of India recently?
A) Visakhapatnam
B) Surat
C) Rewa
D) Thiruvananthapuram
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Option A
Explanation: NTPC has commissioned the largest floating solar PV project in India of 25MW power on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This is also the first solar project to be set up under the Flexibilisation Scheme. This scheme was notified by the Government of India in 2018.
- India’s first Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station has been inaugurated at which of these highways?
A) Delhi to Chennai Highway
B) Delhi to Kanyakumari Highway
C) Delhi to Kolkata Highway
D) Delhi to Chandigarh Highway
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Option D
Explanation:The Delhi-Chandigarh Highway has become the first e-vehicle friendly highway in India. The Union Heavy Industries Minister Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated India’s first Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at the Karnal Lake Resort on August 19, 2021.
- The Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund has been launched by which organisation?
A) IMF
B) WEF
C) World Bank
D) UNDP
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Option C
Explanation:The World Bank has launched a new ‘Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund’, to better roll-out cybersecurity development agenda in a systematic manner.. World Bank has partnered with four countries, namely Estonia, Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands, to launch the fund.
- The Hisar Airport is being renamed after which of these rulers?
A) Raja Harishchandra
B) Maharaja Agrasen
C) Ahilyabai Holkar
D) Rani Lakshmibai
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Option B
Explanation:Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced to rename the Hisar Airport as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport.
- World Sanskrit Day is observed annually on the occasion of which Indian festival?
A) Raksha Bandhan
B) Diwali
C) Ganesh Chaturthi
D) Independence Day
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Option A
Explanation:The World Sanskrit Day, (also known as Sanskrit Diwas), is celebrated every year on Shraavanapoornima, that is the Poornima day of the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar, which is also marked as Raksha Bandhan. In 2021, this day is being observed on August 22, 2021.
- Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the reconstituted Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF) by CVC?
A) Ajay Banga
B) Kris Gopalakrishnan
C) N.r. Narayana Murthy
D) T M Bhasin
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Option D
Explanation:The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has announced the re-appointment of T M Bhasin as chairman of the Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF).
- Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country?
A) Iraq
B) Malaysia
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Maldives
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Option B
Explanation:Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia. Before this, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- Name the AI-enabled chatbot launched by BPCL to provide seamless self-service experience and faster resolution of queries/issues?
A) SHAKTI
B) VED
C) URJA
D) VAJRA
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Option C
Explanation:Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) launched (after pilot test) an AI-enabled chatbot, named Urja to provide its customers a platform for seamless self-service experience and faster resolution of queries/issues. URJA is the first such chatbot in the oil and gas industry in India.
- Veteran Indian politician Kalyan Singh who has passed away recently was the former Chief Minister of which state?
A) Haryana
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Rajasthan
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Option B
Explanation:Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Kalyan Singh passed away at the age of 89 years due to multiple organ failure.
- The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is celebrated every year on_________
A) 22 August
B) 23 August
C) 21 August
D) 20 August
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Option A
Explanation:The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is observed on August 22 every year since 2019.
- When is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition observed?
A) 20 August
B) 21 August
C) 22 August
D) 23 August
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Option D
Explanation:International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is a UNESCO designated day held every year on August 23 to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade.
- Who is the incumbent CEO of Infosys?
A) Salil Parekh
B) Vishal Sikka
C) Nandan Nilekani
D) U. B. Pravin Rao
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Option A
Explanation:Ministry of Finance has summoned Sh Salil Parekh, MD&CEO of Infosys to explain to hon’ble FM as to why even after 2.5 months since launch of new e-filing portal, glitches in the portal have not been resolved.
