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Current Affairs Headlines of the Day
- Onam festival celebrated in Kerala.
- Malabar Naval Exercise to begin from August 26, 2021.
- India’s highest altitude herbal park inaugurated at Uttarakhand.
- World Sanskrit Day is celebrated on August 22.
- Shaili Singh won silver in women’s long jump at World Athletics under-20 championships in Nairobi.
Current Affairs Quiz: 21, 22 and 23 August 2021
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1. The navies of India, US, Australia and which other country are all set to conduct the Malabar Naval Exercise from August 26, 2021?
(A) Japan
(B) Russia
(C) China
(D) France
2. India’s highest altitude herbal park at a height of 11,000 feet was recently inaugurated at Mana village near Indo-China border in which state?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Uttarakhand
3. Kalyan Singh who recently died at the age 89 was the former Chief Minister of which state?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Gujarat
(C) Bihar
(D) Uttar Pradesh
4. United Nations observed International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism on?
(A) August 23
(B) August 22
(C) August 21
(D) August 20
5. India’s Amit Khatri won silver medal in which event at World U-20 Athletics in Nairobi?
(A) 100m race
(B) Boxing
(C) Javelin Throw
(D) 10,000m race walk
6. Stadium in premises of Army Sports Institute in which city to be named after Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra?
(A) Pune
(B) Chennai
(C) Ambala
(D) Jaipur
7. Finance Ministry recently summoned CEO Salil Parekh of which ITR company on August 23 over persistent glitches in Income tax e-filing portal, which has been developed by that company?
(A) TCS
(B) Sify
(C) Infosys
(D) Wipro
8. World Sanskrit Day is celebrated on?
(A) August 23
(B) August 22
(C) August 21
(D) August 25
9. International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief observed by UN on?
(A) August 23
(B) August 22
(C) August 21
(D) August 25
10. Which Indian recently won silver in women’s long jump at World Athletics under-20 championships in Nairobi?
(A) Amit Khatri
(B) Simon Britto
(C) Sunil Datt
(D) Shaili Singh
11. Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been recently appointed as the prime minister of which country on August 20, 2021?
(A) Indonesia
(B) Singapore
(C) Bhutan
(D) Malaysia
12. Onam which was celebrated on 21 August 2021 is the most revered and celebrated festival of which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh
13. Renowned athletics coach O.M. Nambiar who was the coach of P.T.Usha who died recently is from which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Goa
(C) Kerala
(D) Maharashtra
14. Who was recently appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc)?
(A) Sunil Lulla
(B) Partho Dasgupta
(C) Nakul Chopra
(D) Vikas Gupta
15. Which Union Ministry has recently launched an ambitious ‘Ubharte Sitaare Fund’ -USF for export-oriented firms and startups?
(A) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Railways
(D) Ministry of Finance
16. NTPC has recently commissioned the largest floating solar PV project in India of 25MW power on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in which state?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Punjab
(C) Odisha
(D) Andhra Pradesh
17. Hisar Airport in which state has been recently renamed as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport?
(A) Haryana
(B) Punjab
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Bihar
18. Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recently announced the re-appointment of who among the following as chairman of the Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF)?
(A) D K Pathak
(B) T M Bhasin
(C) David Rasquinha
(D) Sanjay Kothari
19. Which tech giant has recently launched the “Small Business Loans Initiative” in India in partnership with the online lending platform Indifi?
(A) Microsoft
(B) Google
(C) Facebook
(D) Whatsapp
20. World Senior Citizen Day is observed globally on?
(A) August 21
(B) August 27
(C) August 25
(D) August 23
21. United Nations observes “International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition” on?
(A) August 21
(B) August 27
(C) August 25
(D) August 23
22. Which is the world’s most valuable company (USD 2,443 billion) according to the Hurun Global 500 Most Valuable Companies list 2021?
(A) Microsoft
(B) Facebook
(C) Apple
(D) Amazon
Answers
1. (A) Japan
2. (D) Uttarakhand
3. (D) Uttar Pradesh
4. (C) August 21
5. (D) 10,000m race walk
6. (A) Pune
7. (C) Infosys
8. (B) August 22
9. (B) August 22
10. (D) Shaili Singh
11. (D) Malaysia
12. (A) Kerala
13. (C) Kerala
14. (C) Nakul Chopra
15. (D) Ministry of Finance
16. (D) Andhra Pradesh
17. (A) Haryana
18. (B) T M Bhasin
19. (C) Facebook
20. (A) August 21
21. (D) August 23
22. (C) Apple