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1. PV Sindhu scripted history on 1 August 2021 by winning Bronze Medal at Tokyo Olympics 2021 defeating He Bing Jiao. Sindhu also became the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals. He Bing Jia belongs to which country?
(A) Taiwan
(B) South Korea
(C) China
(D) Hong Kong
Ans: (C) China
2. Lamont Marcell Jacobs wom Men’s 100m Gold at Tokyo Olympics on 1 August 2021. Lamont Marcell Jacobs belongs to which country?
(A) Jamaica
(B) USA
(C) Nigeria
(D) Italy
Ans: (D) Italy
3. Who recently became the first Assamese woman to win Olympic medal?
(A) Mary Kom
(B) Mirabai Chanu
(C) Lovlina Borgohain
(D) Manika Batra
Ans: (C) Lovlina Borgohain
4. World Lung Cancer Day is observed on?
(A) August 2
(B) August 1
(C) July 31
(D) August 3
Ans: (B) August 1
5. Who recently sworn in as the Chief minister of Karnataka?
(A) Basavaraj Bommai
(B) R Ashoka
(C) B S Yediyurappa
(D) Aravind Bellad
Ans: (A) Basavaraj Bommai
6. Isuru Udana who has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect is the player from which country?
(A) Srilanka
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) South Africa
Ans: (A) Srilanka
7. Which country recently assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the month of August 2021?
(A) France
(B) India
(C) UK
(D) Australia
Ans:(B) India
8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 August 2021 launched ____, an electronic voucher promoting digital payment solution, through video conferencing?
(A) e-RUPAY
(B) e-BHIM
(C) e-UPI
(D) e-RUPI
Ans: (D) e-RUPI
9. Who won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2021?
(A) Sebastian Vettel
(B) Max Verstappen
(C) Esteban Ocon
(D) Lewis Hamilton
Ans: (C) Esteban Ocon
10. Who recently took charge as managing director of Life Insurance Corporation of India?
(A) Mini Ipe
(B) Shanthi Sudha
(C) Gautham Bhattacharya
(D) Deepak Gupta
Ans: (A) Mini Ipe
11. Which bank has recently been empanelled by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to act as an ‘Agency Bank’ thus becoming eligible to carry out transactions related to all kinds of government-led businesses?
(A) Federal Bank
(B) IndusInd Bank
(C) Axis Bank
(D) Bandhan Bank
Ans: (B) IndusInd Bank
12. Italian luxury brand Bvlgari has recently appointed which actor as global brand ambassador?
(A) Priyanka Chopra
(B) Aishwarya Rai
(C) Deepika Padukone
(D) Kareena Kapoor
Ans: (A) Priyanka Chopra
13. Shehroze Kashif who recently became the youngest person in the world to reach the summit of K2, the second-highest peak in the world belongs to which country?
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) Nepal
(D) China
Ans:(A) Pakistan
14. Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur has recently launched the theme song for the Indian Paralympic contingent in New Delhi titled “Kar De Kamaal Tu”. The composer and singer of the song is?
(A) Mohit Chauhan
(B) Udit Narayanan
(C) Sanjeev Singh
(D) A R Rahman
Ans: (C) Sanjeev Singh
15. _____ recently becomes first Indian city to vaccinate 100% population against COVID-19?
(A) Surat
(B) Jaipur
(C) Bhubaneswar
(D) Vishakhapatnam
Ans: (C) Bhubaneswar
16. Who among the following has been recently appointed as the 1st woman Director of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)?
(A) Dhriti Banerjee
(B) Mayukha Dutta
(C) Vamini Janett
(D) Anasuya Prasad
Ans: (A) Dhriti Banerjee
17. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was recently renamed as?
(A) Milkha Singh Khel Ratna Award
(B) Bharath Khel Ratna Award
(C) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
(D) Chak De Khel Ratna Award
Ans: (C) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
18. Ebrahim Raisi was officially sworn in as the new president of which country on August 05, 2021?
(A) Iran
(B) Israel
(C) Egypt
(D) Syria
Ans: (A) Iran
19. Indian men’s hockey team defeated which country to win their first-ever Olympic medal in 41 years at the Tokyo Olympics 2020?
(A) Germany
(B) Argentina
(C) Australia
(D) Great Britain
Ans: (A) Germany
20. As per the Forbes Real-time Billionaires list released recently, who has become the richest man in the world?
(A) Jeff Bezos
(B) Bernard Arnault
(C) Bill Gates
(D) Mark Zuckerberg
Ans: (B) Bernard Arnault
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