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- RBI has announced an increase in the incentives given to commercial banks for distribution of coins per bag from September 2021. What will be the new incentive per bag?
A) Rs 45
B) Rs 65
C) Rs 55
D) Rs 35
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Option B
Explanation:The Reserve Bank of India has increased the incentive that it gives to the banks for the distribution of coins over the counter from Rs 25/bag to Rs 65/bag of coin. This will be effective from September 01, 2021.
- When is the National Small Industry Day observed in India?
A) Last Monday of August
B) 29 August
C) Last Sunday of August
D) 30 August
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Option D
Explanation:In India, the National Small Industry Day is celebrated on 30 August every year, to support and promote small Industries for their overall growth potential and opportunities received for their development in the year.
- The ANANDA Mobile app has been launched by which organisation?
A) LIC
B) SBI
C) RBI
D) SEBI
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Option A
Explanation:The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched the mobile application of its digital paperless solution, ANANDA, for LIC agents. ANANDA stands for Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business Digital Application.
- Which player has won the Belgian Grand Prix 2021?
A) George Russell
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Max Verstappen
D) Charles Leclerc
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Option C
Explanation:Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has been declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix 2021. The Belgian Grand Prix was stopped due to rain and only two laps were completed.
- What is the new deadline for making payment under the direct tax dispute resolution scheme ‘Vivad Se Vishwas’?
A) October 31, 2021
B) September 30, 2021
C) November 30, 2021
D) December 31, 2021
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Option B
Explanation:The government has announced extension in the deadline for making payment under the direct tax dispute settlement scheme ‘Vivad Se Vishwas’ by one months till September 30, 2021.
- Bhavinaben Patel has claimed the silver medal for India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in which game?
A) High Jump
B) Shooting
C) Table Tennis
D) Badminton
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Option C
Explanation:In table tennis, Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel has claimed historic silver medal at 2020 Paralymic Games at Tokyo on August 29, 2021, in the women’s singles summit clash.
- Which place has recently got the world’s highest movie theatre?
A) Machu Picchu
B) Shangri-la, China
C) Thimpu
D) Ladakh
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Option D
Explanation:The world’s highest movie theatre has recently been inaugurated in Ladakh, which got its first ever mobile digital movie theatre in the Paldan area of Leh, at an altitude of 11,562 feet.
- Name the Indian Grandmaster who has won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess tournament title
A) S P Sethuraman
B) Aravindh Chithambaram
C) Krishnan Sasikiran
D) Srinath Narayanan
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Option A
Explanation:In Chess, Indian Grandmaster S P Sethuraman won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess tournament title, remaining unbeaten through the nine rounds, winning six matches and drawing three. Chennai-born Sethuraman collected 7.5 points after ninth and final round to tie the score with Daniil Yuffa of Russia.
- PM Modi recently dedicated to the nation renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak. The memorial is based in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Srinagar
D) Amritsar
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Option D
Explanation:Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak in Punjab’s Amritsar via video conference on August 28, 2021, to mark 102 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- The National Security Guard (NSG) recently conducted the counter-terrorism exercise in multiple cities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and the national capital region. What is the name given to the annual drill?
A) Pinaka
B) Gandiv
C) Shakti
D) Vijaya
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Option B
Explanation:The National Security Guard (NSG) conducted week-long counter-terrorism exercise called ‘Gandiv’ from August 22 to August 28, 2021.
- The International Day of the Disappeared is marked annually on which day?
A) 27 August
B) 29 August
C) 30 August
D) 28 August
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Option C
Explanation:The International Day of the Disappeared is held on August 30 each year to draw attention towards increase in enforced or involuntary disappearances of individuals in various regions of the world, including arrest, detention and abduction unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives.
- Sports Minsiter Anurag Thakur launched the Fit India Mobile Application on August 29, 2021 to mark National Sports Day. The launch marked how many years of implementation of the Fit India Movement?
A) two
B) five
C) one
D) three
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Option A
Explanation:The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launched the Fit India Mobile Application on the occasion of National Sports Day on August 29, 2021, at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, and also as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration. The launch of app also marks the second anniversary of Fit India Movement, which was launched on August 29, 2019.
- Indian-para-athlete Nishad Kumar has won the silver medal in which event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
A) Shot Put
B) Javelin Throw
C) Discuss Throw
D) High Jump
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Option D
Explanation:India’s Nishad Kumar has clinched a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on August 29, 2021. This is the second medal for India at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
