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WEEKLY
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For Bank, SSC, Railway, Insurance & Other Govt. ExamsWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
CVRDE,a lab of DRDO, dedicated to nation its Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of
Indigenously developed Retractable Landing the Ecosystem Services (NCAVES) India
Gear Systems. Where is CVRDE located? Forum 2021 which is to be held this month is
funded by who among the following?
A Ahmedabad
B Bengaluru A WB
C Chennai B UN
D Delhi C MoSPI
E Hyderabad D EU
E IMF
'Siju Bird Sanctuary' is located in the _________
state. Jigmet Dolma recently won 4th place at the
Dhaka Marathon 2021. From which state/UT
A Sikkim of India she is from?
B Meghalaya
C Punjab A Manipur
D Rajasthan B Jammu and Kashmir
E Uttarakhand C Tripura
D Meghalaya
Which country was announced as the E Ladakh
'Country in Focus' for the 51st International
Film Festival? When is World Hindi Day observed?
A Bangladesh A January 9
B Denmark B January 10
C Belgium C January 11
D Taiwan D September 11
E Japan E September 14
A bank cannot grant any loans and advances It was announced that India’s ‘Institutions Of
on the security of its own shares. It comes Eminence’ can now set up campuses overseas.
under which act? When was the Institutions of Eminence
scheme launched?
A Industrial Recons. Bank Act, 1997
B The Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 A 2016
C Banking Regulation Act, 1949 B 2017
D The Companies Act, 1956 C 2018
E The Reserve bank of India Act, 1934 D 2019
E 2020
Neil Sheehan who passed away recently is an
award winning ___________ Padma Awardee Turlapati Kutumba Rao
passed away recently. He was a veteran
A fashion designer __________
B director
C journalist A director
D musician B politician
E social activist C freedom fighter
D journalist
E none of the aboveWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
Sagar Anveshika was launched by Harsh When is National Youth Day celebrated?
Vardhan recently. What kind of ship is Sagar
Anveshika? A January 12
B January 13
A amphibious warfare ship C January 11
B coastal research vessel D January 16
C stealth guided-missile destroyer E January 14
D aircraft carrier
E stealth anti-submarine A first-of-its-kind cow dung based paint was
developed by which of the following?
With whom did NHAI tie up recently to set up
electric vehicle charging networks in India? A NSIC
B Asian Paints
A Hero Electric C KVIC
B Ola Electric D IICT
C Wipro Limited E Raman Research Institute
D Energy Efficiency Services Limited
E Kirloskar Brothers Limited According to ICRA, what is the year-on-year
expansion of India's GDP for FY22?
Air India flight with all-woman cockpit crew
successfully landed at Bengaluru airport A 10.4%
recently. The flight was from _____________ to B 10.3%
Bengaluru. C 10.1%
D 10.2%
A San Francisco E 10.5%
B New York
C Paris Galle International Stadium is a famous
D Tokyo cricket stadium located in which of the
E Sydney following countries?
Oldest living Olympic champion Agnes Keleti A India
turned 100 recently. Which country did she B New Zealand
represent? C Sri Lanka
D South Africa
A Israel E Australia
B Austria
C Hungary 2nd edition of largest coastal defence exercise
D Germany is being coordinated by Indian Navy. What is
E Czechoslovakia the name of the exercise?
Which state introduced the ‘Bhraman Sarathi’ A Sea Vigil
scheme, a free bus service for women and B Coastal Vigil
senior citizens, recently? C Sea Vigilance
D Coastal Vigilance
A Gujarat E None of the above
B Karnataka
C Assam Ved Mehta, who passed away recently,is a
D West Bengal renowned________
E RajasthanWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
A industrialist Shashikumar Madhusudan Chitre, who passed
B director away recently, is a renowned ___________
C scientist
D writer A geophysicist
E politician B astrobiologist
C astrophysicist
RBI cancelled the licence of Vasantdada D neuroscientist
Nagari Sahakari Bank recently. What is the E theoretical physicist
maximum amount the depositors can get from
DICGC? In which section of the Banking Regulation
Act, 1949 is the term 'banking' defined?
A Rs.1 Lakh
B Rs.2 Lakh A 5(a)
C Rs.3 Lakh B 5(b)
D Rs.4 Lakh C 6(a)
E Rs.5 Lakh D 6(b)
E 4(c)
Banks and other financial institutions in India
are required to maintain a certain amount of Recently BHEL secured order for steam and
liquid assets like cash, precious metals and power plant from NALCO. What is the worth
other short term securities as a reserve all the of the order?
time. In banking World this is known as
A Rs.550 crore
A SLR B Rs.650 crore
B CRR C Rs.450 crore
C Fixed asset D Rs.500 crore
D PLR E Rs.600 crore
E none of these
A monetary measure referring either to a
NSE launched futures & options contracts for reduction in government spending/a
Nifty Financial Services Index recently. This is reduction in the rate of monetary expansion
the _________ index of NSE which has its own by a central bank is called as__________.
equity derivatives.
A Trade policy
A 2nd B Supply side policy
B Only C Contractionary policy
C 4th D Expansionary policy
D 3rd E Industrial policy
E 5th
RBI released its 22nd Financial Stability
Who partnered with National Small Industries Report recently. As per the report,GNPA of
Corporation (NSIC) recently to drive digital banks may rise to _______by September 2021.
transformation of MSMEs?
A 13.3%
A Reliance B 13.4%
B Airtel C 13.5%
C PhonePe D 13.6%
D Tata Digital E 13.7%
E PaytmWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
With whom did India Post Payments Bank D Rs.200 crore
partner for Aadhaar Enabled Payment System E Rs.75 crore
recently?
Which hospital won the Kayakalp Award for
A Financial Software and Systems the third consecutive year this time?
B Financial Systems and Software
C Financial Systems and Services A AIIMS Delhi
D Financial Software and Services B AIIMS Bhubaneswar
E Financial Systems and Solutions C AIIMS Bhopal
D AIIMS Jodhpur
With which bank did Mahindra Lifespace E AIIMS Bathinda
Developers tie up for faster home loan
approvals recently? A bond with no maturity date is known as
_________.
A Axis
B Canara A Foreign bond
C ICICI B Municipal bond
D PNB C Corporate bond
E None of the above D High yield bond
E Perpetual bond
_____________ is the currency that moves
regularly, and quickly, between financial As per the Digital Evolution Scorecard 2020
markets, so investors ensure they are getting by Tufts University's Fletcher School, what is
the highest short-term interest rates the rank of India in 'Break Out Economies'?
available?
A 1
A Hard Money B 2
B Soft Money C 3
C Heated Money D 4
D Cold Money E 5
E Hot Money
Which state/UT signed an agreement with
With which eCommerce platform did NITI North East Cane & Bamboo Development
Aayog collaborate to revamp the Women Council to set up bamboo clusters?
Entrepreneurship Platform?
A Amazon India A Odisha
B Shopify B Karnataka
C Flipkart C Gujarat
D Nykaa D Jammu and Kashmir
E None of the above E West Bengal
Manipur became the fourth state to complete Sadyr Japarov was elected the President of
urban local bodies reforms. How much is the Kyrgyzstan recently. What is the currency of
additional borrowing permitted for the same Kyrgyzstan?
by the Ministry of Finance?
A tenge
A Rs.250 crore B somoni
B Rs.500 crore C manat
C Rs.1000 crore D somWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
E lira With which country was an MoU approved on
scientific and technical cooperation recently?
An option to buy assets at an agreed price on
or before a particular date is called as? A Japan
B Vietnam
A Put option C UAE
B Call option D Russia
C Vanilla option E Turkmenistan
D Both a & c
E Both a & b Government approved deal with HAL to
procure 83 indigenously-developed Tejas
Henley Passport Index 2021 was released aircrafts. What is the deal worth
recently. What is the rank of India? approximately?
A 81 A Rs.25000 crore
B 82 B Rs.47000 crore
C 83 C Rs.80000 crore
D 84 D Rs.38000 crore
E 85 E None of the above
What was the new species that was named In the 2nd edition of Janaagraha City
after Siruvani, an ecological hotspot in Governance Awards, which state won the
Western Ghats? Best State award?
A Fruit Fly A Gujarat
B Bat B Kerala
C Orchid C Madhya Pradesh
D Snake D Odisha
E Frog E Maharashtra
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank signed an RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on
agreement with which fintech recently? Deutsche Bank AG for non-compliance with
provisions regarding?
A Jai Kisan
B Bankit A KYC
C Shiksha finance B Code of Conduct
D Kyash C On opening of on-site ATM
E Finetrain D Deposits Interest Rates
E Managing Assets
Fiscal policy deals with which among the
following factors? Who partnered with Logistics Skill Sector
Council and Karnataka Skill Development
A Taxation in a country Centre to set up Centre of Excellence in
B Expenditure decisions of the govt. Bengaluru?
C Supply of money in the economy
D Both A & B A Flipkart
E Other B Amazon
C FedEx
D DHL ExpressWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
E Allcargo Logistics D environmentalist
E social activist
How many risk threshold levels does Prompt
Corrective Action (PCA) have? Which of the following services can be
provided by a Payments Bank? I. Savings
A 3 account II. Current accounts III. Mutual funds
B 4 IV. Insurance products V. Remittance services
C 5
D 8 A I and II only
E 9 B I, II and V only
C I, II, III, IV and V
IRDAI has set up 10 member committee to D I, III, and V
examine availability of health insurance E I, II, III and V
products. Who is the chairman of the
committee? Bharat Biotech signed a deal with Precisa
Medicamentos to supply Covaxin to which
A A K Chand country?
B Nachiket Mor
C B K Mohanti A Vietnam
D S C Khuntia B Malaysia
E Pankaj Sharma C Brazil
D UAE
Reserve Bank of India has set up a working E Bangladesh
group to study digital lending activities of the
regulated and unregulated players.Who is the Who was appointed by Aviva Life Insurance
chairman of the group? as CEO and MD recently?
A Kumar Choudhary A Amit Malik
B Manoranjan Mishra B Trevor Bull
C Jayant Kumar Dash C P C Kandpal
D Ajay Kumar Choudhary D N S Kannan
E P Vasudevan E None of the above
The law that allows commercial banks to Who acquired Payments Technology Services
auction properties to recover loans from the Ltd (PTSL) for Rs.66 crore recently?
defaulters-
A TCS
A IRDA Act 1999 B Cognizant
B RBI Act 1934 C Tech Mahindra
C Banking Regulation Act 1949 D HCL
D SARFAESI Act 2002 E Wipro
E Wilful Defaulters Act 2010
51st IFFI is celebrating the work of which
Prakash Rao who passed away recently, was a legendary Indian filmmaker?
noted _____________.
A Mani Ratnam
A industrialist B Satyajit Ray
B politician C Guru Dutt
C doctor D Mrinal SenWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
E Adoor Gopalakrishnan D Credit cards
E Loan plans
What is the caliber of machine pistol 'Asmi'
co-developed by DRDO and Indian Army? Indian Army signed contract with ideaForge
to procure SWITCH drones. What is the
A 7.62 mm approximate cost of the contract?
B 9 mm
C 10 mm A USD 2 million
D 14.5 mm B USD 12 million
E 12.7 mm C USD 15 million
D USD 8 million
With which fintech did ICICI Bank tie up to E USD 20 million
issue prepaid cards to MSMEs?
The money of the individuals, that is
A Niyo deposited in the banks are insured by which
B Nio among the following organization?
C Neo
D NEyo A National Housing Bank
E None of the above B Reserve bank of India
C Bank board Bureau
It was announced there will be no foreign D DICGC
leader as chief guest for Republic Day this E IRDAI
year. Who was the first chief guest to grace
Republic Day in 1950? Where was India's first fire park inaugurated
recently?
A Bir Bikram Shah,Nepal
B Dorji Wangchuck,Bhutan A Odisha
C Sukarno,Indonesia B Rajasthan
D Queen Elizabeth,UK C New Delhi
E Kwame Nkrumah,Ghana D West Bengal
E Andhra Pradesh
IDF-NBFC raise resources through issue of
Rupee denominated bonds of minimum The third phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal
______year maturity. Vikas Yojana was launched today. What is the
outlay of the scheme in this phase?
A 6
B 10 A Rs.1200 crore
C 5 B Rs.1524 crore
D 8 C Rs.948 crore
E 3 D Rs.750 crore
E Rs.2243 crore
YES bank partnered with Aditya Birla
Wellness to launch 'YES BANK Wellness’ and Who was appointed as chairman of Telecom
‘YES BANK Wellness Plus’.What are these Equipment and Services Export Promotion
products? Council?
A Insurance plans A Sandeep Sharma
B Awareness Campaign B Sandeep Bhakshi
C Savings plans C Sandeep AcharyaWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
D Sandeep Aggarwal World's oldest known animal cave painting
E Sandeep Bhatia discovered by archaeologists
in_________________________.
CSIR institutes signed MoU with which
country for collaboration on marine sciences A Malaysia
and technology? B Vietnam
C Indonesia
A Brazil D Thailand
B Oman E Myanmar
C UAE
D Japan Recently, STARStreak Air Defence system,
E Russia missile system procured by Bharat Dynamics
Limited. Which of the following country
Pat Gelsinger was appointed as the CEO of signed with the government of India
which of the following organisation? enterprise for this system?
A Google India A USA
B Intel B UK
C Microsoft C Israel
D Apple D Canada
E Oracle E Russia
What does EPS stand for in finance Who bagged 51st edition of the IFFI's
terminology? prestigious Lifetime Achievement award?
A Electronic Payment System A Vittorio Storaro
B Earnings Per Share B Rajinikanth
C Equity Partner Service C Hayao Miyazaki
D Both a & b D Bernardo Bertolucci
E Both a & c E Amitabh Bachan
Indian-American Garima Verma was recently ___________________is a loan that a government
appointed as ___________ in US. makes to a foreign borrower in exchange for
the promise that the borrower will use the
A Digital director in Office of First Lady loan to purchase goods from the lender’s
B Joe Biden's climate policy adviser country.
C US-India Business Council vice chair
D White House Deputy Press Secretary A Payday loans
E Surgeon General B Title loans
C Tied Loan
Which of the folllowing one is not a part of D Pawn shop loans
International Coordinating Group ? E None of the above
A WHO As per 16 january 2021, Who is the Union
B UNICEF Minister for Road Transport, Highways and
C IFRC MSMEs?
D MSF
E None of the above A Nirmala Sitharaman
B Subrahmanyam JaishankarWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
C Nitin Jairam Gadkari E $386.082 billion
D Narendra Singh Tomar
E Ramesh Pokhriyal Which among the following is the first theme
park chain in the country to receive the COV-
The two-day ‘Prarambh' international summit Safe certification?
is related to which of the following field?
A Essel World
A Agriculture B Dream World
B NBFC C Nicco Park
C Startups D Imagicca
D Defence E Wonderla
E Education
Which of the following one is the first start-up
Which of the following one is manufacturing to enter the unicorn club in 2021.
indigenously designed and developed modern
driverless metro trains? A Mantra Labs
B Digit Insurance
A BEML Limited C Toffee Insurance
B BHEL Ltd D Acko
C NHPC Limited E Pentation Analytics
D BPCL Ltd
E None of the above Fiat Chrysler partners with Wipro to establish
its first global digital hub in_________________.
Which of the following company topped
Hurun's top 500 list? A Hyderabad
B Bengaluru
A Amazon C Kochi
B Micrososft D Chennai
C Apple E Gurugram
D IBM
E Flipkart Who is the author of the book 'The
Commonwealth of Cricket'?
Yoshihide Suga is the Prime Minister of which
of the following Asian Nation? A Salman Rushdie
B Vikram Seth
A Japan C Jhumpa Lahri
B Thailand D Ramchandra Guha
C South Korea E Aravind Adiga
D Vietnam
E Cambodia Karera Wildlife Sanctuary is located in
________.
As per 16 january 2021; India's total foreign
exchange (Forex) reserves stand at around A Karbi Anglong, Assam
_________________________. B Kullu, Himachal Pradesh
C Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh
A $586.082 billion D Champhai, Mizoram
B $786.082 billion E Tuensang, Nagaland
C $686.082 billion
D $486.082 billionWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
The mutual fund industry in India started in D IMF
1963 with the formation of which of the E Worldbank
following institution?
Which ministry recently bagged the SKOCH
A LIC Challenger Award for Transparency in
B UTI Governance?
C SBI
D IRDI A Ministry of External affairs
E SIDBI B Ministry of Defence
C Ministry of Education
The government of India will launch a D Ministry of Panchayati Raj
_____________________seed fund for startups, E Ministry of Heavy industries
called Startup India Seed Fund,which will help
startups with the initial capital for growth and Asmara is the capital of ____________________.
operations. .
A Nigeria
A Rs.1000Cr B Kosovo
B Rs.500Cr C Ghana
C Rs.600Cr D Eritrea
D Rs.700Cr E None of the above
E Rs.100Cr
Which of the following one launched the
Which of the following institution announced Gigabit Wi-Fi Experience?
setting up of a working group (WG) on digital
lending through online platforms and mobile A Jio Fiber
apps? B Airtel Xstream Fiber
C Translink Fibernet
A Ministry of Finance D Idea Broadband Ultra-Fast Fiber
B RBI E Bharat Fiber
C SEBI
D World Bank In which of the following years symbol of the
E IMF Indian rupee came into existence.?
The 51st edition of the International Film A 2011
Festival of India conferred the Indian B 2012
Personality of the Year Award? C 2009
D 2010
A Rajinikath E 2007
B Amitabh Bachan
C Dileep Kumar PCRA recently launched a campaign called
D Biswajit Chatterjee 'SAKSHAM'. It is mainly create awareness
E Soumitra Chatterjee about?
'International Migration 2020' recently A Green and Clean Energy
published by which of the following one? B Water conservation
C Rain water harvesting
A WHO D Startups
B WEF E All of the above
C UNOWeekly Current Affairs Questions Week - 3 2021 Free EBook
CARE Ratings has revised downwards its
projection of the Centre’s fiscal deficit to DOWNLOAD OLIVEBOARD APP FOR ON-
_____________________of GDP during FY21. THE-GO EXAM PREPARATION
A 7.8%
B 6.8%
C 5.4%
D 3.5%
E 8.7%
Which among the following one joint with
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to
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Recently, IRDAI sets up a committee to study
health insurance products. IRDAI established
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B 1995
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D 1993
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