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1. Name the secretary of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways who has get additional charge as NHAI Chairman?
Aramane Giridhar
2. Recently, Ariel Henry has been appointed as new Prime Minister of which country?
Haiti
3. Who has been appointed as the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha?
Piyush Goyal
4. Who has become the first Indian to selected for judging the gymnastics competition of the Olympic Games?
Deepak Kabra
5. Environment and Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav have been included in which Cabinet Committee after reshuffling different cabinet committees?
Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
6. Recently, Vinay Prakash has been appointed as as resident grievance officer for India of which social media company?
Twitter
7. The Supreme Court of Nepal, directed to appoint whom as the Prime Minister of the country?
Sher Bahadur Deuba
8. Shyam Srinivasan has been appointed as MD & CEO of which bank?
Federal Bank
9. Apna Dal Chief Anupriya Singh Patel has received which Ministry portfolio?
MoS in Ministry of Commerce and Industry
10. Who has been appointed as the new Civil Aviation Minister of India?
Jyotiraditya Scindia
11. Who has been appointed as the new Law Minister in India?
Kiren Rijiju
12. Who is the new Health Minister of India?
Mansukh Mandaviya
13. Who is the new Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence?
Ajay Bhatt
14. Which portfolio has new Cabinet Minister Anurag Thakur received in the recent shuffling of ministries?
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
15. Who will chair the 25-member development council set up by central government for the cement industry?
Puneet Dalmia
16. Who has been taken charge as Director General of All India Radio?
N Venudhar Reddy
17. Who has been taken charge as India's new Railways Minister and IT Minister in the first major cabinet reshuffle?
Ashwini Vaishnaw
18. Who has been appointed as the CEO of a subsidiary of Google, "Waze"?
Neha Parikh
19. PS Sreedharan Pillai, who has appointed as Governor of Goa, is the current governor of which state?
Mizoram
20. Who has been re-elected as the President of Kho-Kho Federation of India (KKFI) during the Annual General Meeting (AGM)?
Sudhanshu Mittal
21. Who has taken over charge as Managing Director, National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd?
Satish Agnihotri
22. Which state has removed the upper age limit for transgender college students who are seeking admission to numerous educational programs?
Kerala
23. Recently, the cabinet has approved the establishment of a Central University in which UT?
Ladakh
24. In which state has rolled out a unique idea of holding Balika Panchayat?
Gujarat
25. Which state has become the first in the country to issue educational documents using blockchain technology?
Maharashtra
26. Which state government will soon launch the "One Block, One Product" scheme, to encourage and promote small industries in the rural areas?
Haryana
27. The Government of India has officially renamed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court as - High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
28. Which multinational conglomerate company has completed the takeover of "Mumbai International Airport"?
Adani Group
29. A traditional folk festival "Bonalu" is celebrated every year in Ashadham(Telugu) month in which state?
Telangana
30. Which state government has launched "Mathrukavacham" campaign to vaccinate all the pregnant women in the state?
Kerala
31. Which state government has unveiled the state's Electric Bike Taxi scheme-2021?
Karnataka
32. Which state/UT has achieved 100 per cent vaccination with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to all its population?
Ladakh
33. In which state, recently Prime Minister has inaugurated multiple railway projects with three new attractions?
Gujarat
34. The India's first "Grain ATM" has been set up as a pilot project in which state?
Haryana
35. Indian Council for Cultural Relations will set up the "Bangabandhu Chair" at which university?
Delhi University
36. Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated a research-based centre of excellence in which city?
Gandhinagar
37. India’s and Asia’s first National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will be built upon the bank of the Ganges in which city?
Patna
38. Recently, Haryana government has postponed "Khelo India Youth Games, 2021" till which year due to COVID-19?
2022
39. Which state government is going to launch a campaign called "Mathru Kavacham" to provide COVID-19 vaccines to all the pregnant women in the state?
Kerala
40. Recently, Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 16 national highway projects in which state?
Manipur
41. India’s first Cryptogamic garden with around 50 different grown species has been inaugurated in which state?
Uttarakhand
42. Which state government has announced a new population bill on World Population Day?
Uttar Pradesh
43. Recently, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated India’s first Liquefied Natural Gas plant in which state?
Maharashtra
44. Which state government has decided to develop 46 heritage sites at their cities?
Karnataka
45. Which state has approved 5 major steel-making projects worth Rs 1.46 lakh crore?
Odisha
46. Which app has been launched by Indian government for fish farmers?
Matsya Setu
47. Recently, the government reallocated the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) to the finance ministry from the ministry of heavy industries. Prior to this the ministry of finance have how many departments?
Five
48. Amazon has launched its first Digital Kendra in which city of India?
Surat
49. The Government of India has decided to bring Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) under which ministry?
Ministry of Finance
50. Which state government has proposed to have its own over-the-top (OTT) platform?
Kerala
51. Recently, two new species of spiders Gravelyia boro and Dexippus kleini have been found in which state?
Assam
52. Recently, inaugurated, war memorial near the Line of Control, is built in the memory of whom?
Gurjinder Singh Suri
53. Which metro system has launched India’s first FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based parking facility to reduce the time for entry and payment?
Delhi Metro
54. The Indian Army has named one of its firing ranges in Kashmir after which Bollywood actress?
Vidya Baalan
55. Which state has become first rabies-free state in the country?
Goa
56. To boost the Indian cooperative movement and give a fillip to the indigenous enterprises, which ministry has been created by the government of India?
Ministry of Cooperation
57. The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in which state from 20th -28th November 2021?
Goa
58. Which ministry has launched "NIPUN Bharat" Programme?
Ministry of Education
59. Which wildlife sanctuary has been named as fourth Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan?
Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary
60. In which city, President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone for Ambedkar Memorial and Cultural Centre?
Lucknow
61. Which organisation has recently released the "Study on Not-For-Profit Hospital Model in India"?
NITI Aayog
62. Which state government has announced a new Information Technology Policy for 2021-2024 which is to generate more than 55,000 jobs in the state?
Andhra Pradesh
63. In which country, India has launched BHIM-UPI QR-based payments?
Bhutan
64. Under which programme the government has approved a Viability Gap Funding support through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in 16 states of the country?
BharatNet
65. The Union Cabinet sanctioned how much amount for a five-year-long reform-based result-linked power distribution scheme?
Rs 3.03 crores
66. The world’s tallest sandcastle constructed in which country?
Denmark
67. Which app has been launched by Union Government in order to provide farmers with actionable agricultural insights and weather alerts?
Atmanirbhar Krishi App
68. Union minister Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated NATRAX- the High-Speed Track(HST) in which city, that is the longest such track in Asia?
Indore
69. Which state has started a "SALT" programme to transform foundational learning in government schools?
Andhra Pradesh
70. How many infrastructure projects has been inaugurated in Ladakh by Union minister Rajnath Singh, which was developed by the Border Roads Organizations (BRO)?
63
71. Who has inaugurated a Zen Garden and Kaizen Academy at Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) recently?
Narendra Modi
72. Which e-filing portal of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has been launched by Central Government?
itat e-dwar
73. World's largest carbon market has been opened up in which country?
China
74. The International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted which three countries as members at its 78th Annual General Meeting?
Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Switzerland
75. In a first, CSIR-IHBT introduced the "monk fruit" from China for field trials in which city of Himachal Pradesh?
Kullu
76. Which international organisation has unveiled a proposal to levy the world's first carbon border tax?
European Union
77. Which city is the venue of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting 2021?
Dushanbe
78. Which country has officially begun the construction of the world’s first commercial modular small reactor "Linglong One"?
China
79. Which Gulf nation has become the first to open an embassy in Israel?
UAE
80. Which city has recently hosted the SCO Foreign Ministers Meeting?
Dushanbe
81. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in which country?
Georgia
82. Who headed the team that created the 69-feet World’s Tallest Sandcastle in Denmark?
Wilfred Stijger
83. Which country placed at first place in NewsOnAir Radio Live-stream Global Rankings?
United States
84. Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane will inaugurated war memorial for Indian soldiers in which country?
Italy
85. With which country India has jointly launched the “Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB)”?
Bhutan
86. Which country has operationalized its first fully electrified bullet train?
China
87. In which country, researchers have found bones belonging to a "new type of early human" who was previously unknown to science?
Israel
88. Which country has become India’s biggest Crude Palm Oil (CPO) exporter in 2020-21 by surpassing Indonesia?
Malaysia
89. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who has become second fastest woman of all-time ahead, is from which country?
Jamaica
90. Which coral reef has been recommended by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization committee to be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage Sites?
Great Barrier Reef
91. Which country has topped in "Sustainable Development Report 2021 (SDR 2021)" released by Sustainable Development Solutions Network?
Finland
92. Which country has topped in World Giving Index 2021?
Indonesia
93. Which insurance company has launched Arogya Rakshak insurance plan?
Life Insurance Corporation
94. State Bank of India (SBI) has selected whom as the National Corporate Business Correspondent of the Bank for financial inclusion?
Paisalo Digital
95. According to the International Monetary Fund, what will be the estimated global growth for 2021?
6%
96. An Artificial Intelligence-powered virtual assistant "FEDDY" is launched by which bank?
Federal Bank
97. The central government has released how much amount to the States and Union Territories (UTs) to compensate them for the shortfall in revenue due to GST implementation?
Rs 75000 crores
98. Who has launched a scheme for retail investors, through which they can directly buy and sell government securities (G-Secs), both primary and secondary?
RBI
99. The wholesale price-based inflation eased marginally to what per cent in June 2021?
12.07%
100. The Reserve Bank of India has imposed restrictions on which financial services company for adding new domestic customers?
Mastercard Asia/Pacific Private Limited
101. What is the hiked percentage of Dearness Allowance (DA) for the Central Government employees and the Dearness Relief (DA) for pensioners?
28%
102. Recently, cabinet approved a package worth how much crores to boost emergency health infrastructure?
Rs 23,123
103. Flitch Ratings has cuts India’s growth forecast to what percent for fiscal year 2022?
11%
104. What is the priority sector lending target for Micro Enterprises, as mandated by the RBI?
7.5%
105. Which payment company has launched Postpaid Mini in collaboration with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd?
Paytm
106. The Reserve Bank of India imposed a penalty of Rs 25 lakh on which bank for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions on "Cyber Security Framework in Banks"?
Punjab and Sind Bank
107. Which Bank has become the second most-valued listed public sector bank (PSB) with a market capitalisation of over Rs 50,000 crore?
Indian Overseas Bank
108. Which company has launched a single premium insurance plan called "Saral pension plan"?
Life Insurance Corporation
109. Which Business Mentoring Program has recently been launched by Union Minister of MSME Nitin Gadkari in Maharashtra?
MSME Prerana
110. Which e-commerce company has launched Shopsy app allows to start online businesses without any investment?
Flipkart
111. Which bank has signed a MoU with NABARD to boost ongoing developmental initiatives linked to priority sector lending in Maharashtra?
Bank of Maharashtra
112. Who has won the British Grand Prix 2021, recently?
Lewis Hamilton
113. Which ministry has launched the "COVID Teeka Sang Surakshit Van, Dhan and Uddyam" nationwide campaign in partnership with the World Health Organization?
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
114. Which UT/State has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency?
Ladakh
115. With which neighbouring country India has signed a Letter of Exchange(LoE) to revise their Rail Services Agreement?
Nepal
116. Which organisation has partnered with the Ministry of External Affairs to organise the first edition of Indo Pacific Business Summit?
Confederation of Indian Industry
117. Which agency has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence for the manufacture and supply of Akash missiles?
Bharat Dynamics Limited
118. Axis Bank has signed an MOU with which armed force to offer a defence service salary package under its “Power Salute” initiative?
Indian Army
119. Max Bupa Health Insurance has entered into a bancassurance partnership with which bank?
Axis Bank
120. Name the country that recently signed an MoU with India for cooperation in the field of governance personnel administration?
Gambia
121. To promote and strengthen the cooperation in the matter of Competition Law and Policy, India has signed an MoU with which country?
Japan
122. The tourism ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which company to strengthen and enable the tourism and hospitality
industry?
Yatra
123. Which digital payment platform has partnered with Flipkart to launch a contactless "Scan and Pay" feature for Flipkart?
PhonePe
124. Which Small Finance Bank (SFB) has partnered with LoanTap to provide personal loans upto Rs 10 lakhs to salaried professionals?
Ujjivan SFB
125. Which organisation has signed an MoU with Indian Navy to create a joint Technology Incubation Forum (TIF)?
Bharat Electronics Limited
126. Which batsman has become the fastest batsman to score 14 ODI centuries?
Babar Azam
127. Which country has won the Copa America final match by beating Brazil?
Argentina
128. Recently, which two young wrestlers from India has become the latest world champions at the Cadet World Championship?
Priya and Tannu
129. Rubina Francis, who has won gold in the 10-metre air pistol para-event for women in Para Sport Cup in Peru, is from which state?
Madhya Pradesh
130. Which two indian wrestler has become cadet world champion at Budapest, Hungary?
Aman Gulia and Sagar Jaglan
131. Which city has won the right to host the 2032 Olympics at the 138th Session of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Tokyo?
Brisbane
132. Who has won the Sparkassen Trophy at Dortmund by defeating Vladimir Kramnik?
Viswanathan Anand
133. Name the Indian shooter who has won Gold at ISSF
World Cup shooting?
Rahi Sarnobat
134. Which football club has been nominated by the All India Football Federation to represent India in the AFC Club Championship 2020-21?
Gokulam Kerala FC
135. Which country will host the World Badminton Championship in 2026?
India
136. Who has become the oldest goalscorer in the history of the Euro finals?
Leonardo Bonucci
137. Which batsman has become the first batsman in history to score 14000 runs in T20?
Chris Gayle
138. Recently, which country has won the European Championship for the first time since 1968?
Italy
139. Name the Joint-Secretary General of the National Rifle Association of India, who has become the first-ever Indian juror for shooting at Tokyo Olympics 2020?
Pawan Singh
140. Who has won junior Grand Slam singles title by beating Victor Lilov in the Wimbledon boys' singles final?
Samir Banerjee
141. Who has become first Australian woman to win Wimbledon Singles title since 1980?
Ashleigh Barty
142. Urmil Kumar Thapliyal, who passed away recently, was a famous -
Thespian
143. Women’s Asian Cup in India will be held in which state after the Asian Football Confederation dropped Gujarat as venue?
Maharashtra
144. Karsten Warholm, who has broken the long-standing world record in the 400m hurdles during the Bislett Games, is from which country?
Norway
145. Which cricketer has become the highest run-getter in women’s cricket across formats, overtaking former England skipper Charlotte Edwards?
Mithali Raj
146. The father of hybrid rice, popularly known as "Father of Hybrid Rice", Yuan Longping, died recently. He was a citizen of which country?
China
147. The first 2D printed steel bridge in the world has been opened in which city?
Amsterdam
148. The Defence Research and Development Organisation has successfully flight-tested the new Akash Missile. It is a - Anti-
Tank Missile
149. Which mobile phone company has become the world's second-largest smartphone maker by surpassing Apple?
Xiaomi
150. Which Indian Institute of Technology has developed an Artificial Intelligence-based Mathematical Model called "NBDriver" to identify cancer-causing alterations in cells?
IIT Madras
151. Indian Port Rail and Ropeway Corporation Ltd has prepared a Detailed Project Report for the India's first pod taxi service in which city?
Noida
152. Which company developed New Shepard launch system, which got flying approval recently?
Blue Origin
153. In which state, researchers have recently discovered Black-bellied Coral snakes?
Uttarakhand
154. The recently launched app "CPGRAMS" is developed by which ministry with the help of IIT kanpur?
Ministry of Defence
155. India's largest solar power park of 4.75 Gigawatt will in Rann of Kutch in Khavada, Gujarat by which company?
NTPC
156. Which organisation will help parliamentary panel to implement satellite TV Classrooms for school students?
ISRO
157. Name the Indian-origin woman, who will travel to the space aboard "VSS Unity" of Virgin Galactic?
Sirisha Bandla
158. India’s 1st indigenous drone defence dome "Indrajaal" has been developed by which company?
Grene Robotics
159. Which space agency has announced to hire and launch the world’s first physically disabled astronaut?
ESA
160. Which company has become the first energy company in India that declared its Energy Compact Goals as part of the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE)?
NTPC
161. Which missile has been successfully carried out the test-firing recently off the coast of Odisha by DRDO?
Agni Prime
162. According to Defence Ministry, India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-I) has planned to be commissioned in which year?
2022
163. DRDO has recently tested fires indigenous Pinaka rocket successfully. Who is the current chairman of DRDO?
G Satheesh Reddy
164. Researchers have discovered the presence of antibodies against which virus in some bat species from a cave in Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra?
Nipah
165. Which day of July is organised as World Fragile X Awareness Day?
22nd of July
166. Which ministry has issued a Special Call for the North-East Region as a part of its Mission Programme “Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network”?
Ministry of Science and Technology
167. Which Space Agency (ESA) has planned to launch the world’s first wooden satellite?
European Space Agency
168. Which Indian Institute of Technology is hosting a three day virtual “Conference of BRICS Network Universities”?
IIT Bombay
169. Mamnoon Hussain, who has passed away recently, was the former president of which country?
Pakistan
170. Surekha Sikri, who has passed away recently, was a famous
- Actress
171. Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui has died recently. In which year he was won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography?
2018
172. Paul Orndorff, who also known as "Mr. Wonderful" has been passed away. He was a famous -
Wrestler
173. Yashpal Sharma, who passed away recently, was a
famous - Cricketer 188. Dr P K Warrier, who passed away recently was a famous -
Physician
174. Name the Olympic gold-winning hockey legend, who has passed away recently?
Keshav Datt
175. Virbhadra Singh, who has passed away recently, was the former chief minister of which state?
Himachal Pradesh
176. Recently, veteran actor Dilip Kumar has passed away, in which year he was awarded by Padma Vibhushan?
2015
177. M Prasannan, who passed away recently, was a famous - Footballer Raj Kaushal, who passed away recently, was a famous
- Filmmaker
178. Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed has been passed away recently. He was translator of Quran in which language?
Gojri language
179. Track legend Milkha Singh has passed away recently. In which year he was honoured with the Padma Shri?
1959
180. Kenneth Kaunda, who passed away was the first president of which country?
Zambia
181. Nirmal Milkha Kaur, who passed away recently, was associated with which sport?
Volleyball
182. Head of the world's largest family Ziona Chana has been passed away recently. He was a resident of which state?
Meghalaya
183. Sir Anerood Jugnauth, who passed away recently, was the former prime minister and president of which country?
Mauritius
184. Poul Schlueter, who passed away recently was the former prime minister of which country?
Denmark
185. What was the profession of Shesh Narayan Singh, who passed away recently?
Journalist
186. O. P. Bhardwaj, who passed away recently, was the First Dronacharya awardee Coach of which sports?
Boxing
187. What is the name of the Ex-Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Padma Shri awardee, who recently passed away?
Srikumar Banerjee
188. Srikumar Banerjee, who passed away recently, was the chairman of which government department?
Atomic Energy Commission of India
189. A book titled as "Bank with A Soul: Equitas" is penned by whom?
Dr C K Garyali
190. Every year, the National Broadcasting Day is observed on which day of July?
July 23
191. The government notified a hike in the foreign direct investment limit in pension fund management to how much percent under the national pension system (NPS)?
74%
192. A new book titled as "The India Story" is penned by whom?
Bimal Jalan
193. Which continent has become the world’s first to complete the collection of comprehensive, accurate, and harmonized digital use data?
Africa
194. Which organisation has appointed by Coal India Ltd as a consultant to digitize 3 of its subsidiaries?
Accenture
195. Which countries have participated in the virtual trilateral tabletop exercise “TTX-2021”?
India, Sri Lanka and Maldives
196. Nelson Mandela International Day is observed every year on which day of July?
18 July
197. Name the first woman to be trained as a physician in India, whose 160th birthday has recently celebrated in July?
Kadambini Ganguly
198. When is World Malala Day celebrated every year?
July 12
199. Bastille Day, which was celebrated recently, is the national day of which country?
France
200. Which Indian state/UT had maximum deaths due to lightning strikes during 2020-21, as per annual Lightning Report?
Bihar
By MKS