Current Affairs QUIZ Set 2 by Dr.

Gaurav Garg

1. When is National Sports Day celebrated? 29th August

2. ICGS Sachet has been built by which company? Goa Shipyard Limited
3. Corona Fighters Game has been developed by which Ministry? Ministry of Health
4. The World Health Organization has declared which continent is free Of Poliovirus? Africa
5. Who is the author of the book “Cricket Drona”? Vasudev Jagannath Paranjpe
6. Manika Batra is associated with which sports? Table Tennis
7. Who has been made a member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament? Ian Botham
8. Prem Bhatia Award is associated with which field? Journalism (winner - Dipankar Ghose of Indian
Express)
9. Barakah nuclear power plant is the first nuclear power station of which country? United Arab Emirates
10. Coronavirus Screening Service 'Mhealthy’ was started by which company? Tech Mahindra
11. The Lachyan-Hotgi section of the bridge commissioned by South Western Railway is built on which river?
Bhima River
12. Indira Rasoi Yojana has been started by which state? Rajasthan
13. Which company has launched a More Together campaign? Facebook
14. Name the Architecture Style which will be followed in building Ayodhya's Ram Temple? Nagara style
15. Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, or IIM Sirmaur is being built in which state? Himachal Pradesh
16. Ebrahim Alkazi, who passed away, was known as the father of which field? Modern Indian Theatre
17. India has extended Line of Credit of worth 18 million US dollars to which country for fishing facilities?
Maldives
18. Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India? Girish Chandra Murmu
19. What is the name of the App launched by Indian Railways for real-time monitoring of trains? Overhead
Equipment (OHE) Inspection
20. Mahila Evam Kishori Samman Yojana Launched by which state? Haryana
21. What is the new enhanced limit for loans against gold approved by RBI? 90%
22. ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in 2021 will be held by which country? India
23. ‘AIR SUVIDHA’ web portal was developed by which international airport? Delhi International Airport
Limited
24. Mohamed Ould Bilal is the Prime Minister of which country? Mauritania
25. First City to have women symbols on traffic signals and signage? Mumbai
26. Chholiya is a dance form of which state? Practised in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand
27. Which line demarcates the border between Lebanon and Israel? Blue Line
28. Whose Samadhi is located on Vijay Ghat? Lal Bahadur Shastri
29. Where is HQ of Bank of International Settlements (BIS) located? Basel, Switzerland
30. Gaya in Bihar is located on the banks of which river? Phalgu River
31. The largest Tribal Freedom Fighters museum is being constructed in which state? Rajpipla in Gujarat
32. All Indians will be given health IDs under which campaign? National Digital Health Mission
33. UV Safe which is a UVGI based room disinfectant device developed by which IIT? IIT Ropar
34. Which Project was launched by PM Narendra Modi on 74th Independence Day celebrations? Project Lion
and Project Dolphin
35. Bultu Ke Bol programme has been launched by which state? Chhattisgarh (a Bluetooth-based programme)
36. Who is the current Director-General of the Border Security Force? Rakesh Asthana
37. The Anywhere School is an initiative of which company? Google
38. Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) is an initiative between India, Japan and which country? Australia
39. The Gwalior-Chambal Expressway will be named after whom? Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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40. The project ’Nirmanshree’ was launched in Maharashtra and Odisha by which organization? European
Union
41. Puszta Grasslands are found in which country? Hungary (Puszta is Hungarian name for steppe with official
name Pannonian (Pannonic) steppe)
42. Kuchipudi is a classical dance of which state? Andhra Pradesh
43. 10+2 structure of school curricula is to be replaced by which curricular structure? 5+3+3+4
44. Kona Kona Umeed was launched by which bank? Kotak Mahindra Bank
45. Mahatma Gandhi bridge in Bihar is built on which river? Ganga
46. Aadi Perukku Festival is celebrated in which state? Tamil Nadu
47. Siyasat Mein Sadasyata book has been written by whom? Vijay Kumar Choudhary
48. ‘Ek Mask-Anek Zindagi’ is an awareness campaign of which state? Madhya Pradesh
49. Which country has decided to mint a coin to honour Mahatma Gandhi? Britain
50. Vyapar Mala Express train has been started by which railway zone? Northern Railway
51. 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in which state? Goa
52. 'Karma Sathi Prakalpa' is a scheme of which state? West Bengal
53. Who is the Brand Ambassador of eBikeGO? Harbhajan Singh
54. Which state has topped in implementation of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
Scheme (AMRUT)? Odisha
55. World's tallest pier bridge is being built by Indian Railways across which river? River Ijai (Manipur)
56. Satya Pal Malik was appointed the new Governor of which state? Meghalaya
57. Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) has acquired the stake of which Online Pharmacy for ₹ 620 Crore?
Netmeds
58. Which is the cleanest city of India in Swachh Survekshan 2020? Indore
59. Computer Scientist Russell Kirsch was the inventor of what? Pixel
60. Sadbhavana Diwas or Harmony Day is observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of which leader?
Rajiv Gandhi
61. Who was the Inventor of Dynamite? Alfred Nobel
62. Kabini is a tributary of which River? Cauvery
63. Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India? Sunil Arora
64. Who is the author of the book Grandparents’ Bag of Stories? Sudha Murty
65. Interceptor Boat 'ICGS C-454‘ is built by whom? Larsen and Toubro
66. FerroHaat mobile application has been launched by which company? Tata Steel
67. Which bank has launched the hiring initiative named ‘Gig-a-Opportunities? Axis Bank
68. UEFA Champions League 2019-20 title was won by which club? Bayern Munich
69. New MD and CEO of SBI Mutual Fund? Vinay Tonse
70. The first marine ambulance “Pratheeksha” was inaugurated by which state? Kerala
71. Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune has developed which medical bed isolation system?
Aashray
72. Thudiyurulippara hill, which has been given the status of biodiversity heritage site, is located in which state?
Kerala
73. A Committee for National Sports Awards 2020 was constituted under whose chairmanship? Justice
Mukundakam Sharma
74. Who is known as the Bismarck of India? Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
75. Mettur Dam is located in which state? Tamil Nadu
76. Samarth programme was started by which company? Flipkart
77. Brigadier Mark Phillips is the Prime Minister of which country? Guyana
78. Durand Line is the international land border between which two countries? Pakistan & Afghanistan
79. Bharat Air Fibre Services is an initiative of which company? BSNL

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80. Which state launched the iMASQ (Intelligent Monitoring Analysis Services Quarantine) mobile covid-19
testing centers? Telangana
81. Lion and Peacock dance is a folk dance of which state? Arunachal Pradesh
82. Which institution won the first prize in the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2020? Defence Institute of
Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune
83. New Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)? Pradeep Kumar Joshi
84. WTF Sports has appointed whom as its global brand ambassadors? Harmanpreet Kaur and Suresh Raina
85. Which Malayalam Movie won the Best film Award at 20th New York Indian Film Festival? Moothon
86. Project Kuiper is a project of which company? Amazon
87. Which financial institution has launched the ‘MSME Saksham’ portal? SIDBI & TransUnion CIBIL
88. Indian Railways has developed a Malgudi museum at which station? Arasalu Railway Station
89. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has brought which sector under the purview of Priority Sector Lending?
startups
90. India’s first electric vehicle park to be built in which state? Tamil Nadu
91. Business Confidence Index (BCI) was released by which organization? National Council of Applied
Economic Research (NCAER)
92. Katarmal Sun Temple is located in which state? Uttarakhand
93. KVIC will open the first of its kind training-cum-production centre of silk in which state? Arunachal
Pradesh
94. Which National portal has been launched on the Human Elephant conflict? SURAKHSYA
95. Volcano Mount Sinabung is located in which country? Indonesia
96. Which company has launched its first Startup Accelerator Program named “Leap”? Flipkart
97. Which company has launched the Kormo Jobs app in India to help people find jobs? Google
98. The Centre has constituted the National Council For Transgender Persons under whose chairmanship? Union
social justice minister
99. Which is the first bank in India to use the Satellite Data to assess credit worthiness of farmers? ICICI Bank
100. Nomadic Elephant is a joint military exercise between India and which country? Mongolia

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