JULY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2021

The National Award winning TV, theatre and film actress who passed away on Surekha Sikri
16 July 2021
The Pulitzer Prize winning Indian journalist from Reuters who was killed during Danish Siddiqui
a battle between the Taliban and Afghan Special Forces on 15.07.2021
The place in Haryana where India’s first Grain ATM (Automated, Multi Gurugram
Commodity, Grain Dispensing Machine) has been installed under World Food
Programme of the United Nations
The Union Minister who has been appointed the Leader of the House in Rajya Shri Piyush Goyal
Sabha succeeding Shri Thawarchand Gehlot
The first batch of multi-role helicopters manufactured by Lockheed Martin, MH-60R
accepted by Indian Navy at Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego
The Tri-nation table top anti-narcotics and maritime search and rescue Exercise Shield
exercise conducted in virtual mode by Indian Navy, Sri Lankan Navy and
Maldives National Defence Force on 14 and 15 July 2021 was named
The political leader from Nepali Congress who has been appointed the new Shri Sher Bahadur
Prime Minister of Nepal replacing Shri KP Sharma Oli of CPN(UML) Deuba
The former Indian cricketer and part of 1983 World Cup winning team who Yashpal Sharma
passed away on 13.07.2021
The renowned Ayurveda physician of Kotakkal Arya Vaidyashala, Kerala who Dr. P.K. Warrier
passed away on 10.07.2021
The place in Maharashtra where the Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari Nagpur
inaugurated India's first private LNG plant set up by Baidyanath Ayurvedic
group
The Indian economist who has been conferred the Humboldt Research Award Dr. Kaushik Basu
2021 by Dr Hans-Bernd Schäfer of Bucerius Law School in Germany's Hamburg
The veteran Congress leader and six times (for 21 years) former Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh
of Himachal Pradesh and former Union Minister who passed away on
08.07.2021
The Indian sportspersons who have been chosen to be flag bearers of the Mary Kom and
Indian contingent at 2021 Tokyo Olympics Manpreet Singh
The Indian born aeronautical engineer who has been chosen to fly to the edge Sirisha Bandla
of the space in Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two Unity along with the company's
founder Sir Richard Branson
The Indian para high jumper who has been chosen to be India's flag bearer at Mariyappan
Tokyo Paralympics to be held in August 2021 Thangavelu
The swimmer from Gujarat who has become the first woman from India to Maana Patel
qualify for swimming at the Olympics (100 m backstroke)
The athlete from Indian Navy who has become the first Indian male to qualify MP Jabir
for the 400 m hurdles at the Olympics (Tokyo Olympics)

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 The Indo-American chess prodigy from New Jersey who has become the Abhimanyu Mishra
youngest to qualify as a grandmaster, at the age of 12 years 4 months and 25
days, beating Sergey Karjakin's record of 2003
The BJP MLA from Khatima constituency who has been appointed the Chief Shri Pushkar Singh
Minister of Uttarakhand succeding Shri Tirath Singh Rawat Dhami

IMPORTANT DAYS OF JULY

 International Day of Co-operatives: 03 July 2020

Designated by: United Nations General Assembly

First observed: 1993

Theme: Rebuild Better Together

 World Population Day: 11 July 2020

Designated by: United Nations Development Programme

First observed: 1989

 World Youth Skills Day: 15 July 2020

Designated by: UNESCO

First observed: 2015

Theme: Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic

 Nelson Mandela International Day: 18 July 2020

Designated by: UN General Assembly

First observed: 2010

Theme: One Hand Can Feed Another

NEW UNION CABINET MINISTERS

 Shri Amit Shah: Minister of Home and Minister of Cooperation.
 Shri Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution and Minister of textiles
 Shri Narayan Rane: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
 Shri Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and Minister of AYUSH.
 Dr Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
 Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia: Minister of Civil Aviation.
 Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Minister of Steel.

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

  Shri Ashwini Vaishnav : Minister of Railways, Minister of Communication & Minister of Electronics
and Information Technology.
 Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras: Minister of Food Processing Industries.
 Shri Kiren Rijiju : Minister of Law and Justice.
 Shri Dharmendra Pradhan : Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship.
 Shri Raj Kumar Singh : Minister of Power and Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
 Shri Hardeep Singh Puri : Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and
Urban Affairs.
 Shri Mansukh Mandaviya : Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of Health and Family
Welfare.
 Shri Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Minister of Labour
and Employment.
 Shri Parshottam Rupala: Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
 Shri G Kishan Reddy: Minister of Culture, Minister of Tourism and Minister of Development of
North East Region.
 Shri Anurag Thakur : Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Minister of Youth Affairs and
Sports.
 The Ministry of Cooperation has been created for realising the vision Sahkar se Samriddhi. It will
provide separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative
movement in the country.

OFFICIAL CHEER SONG OF INDIA FOR TOKYO OLYMPICS 2021

 Title: Hindustani Way
 Music Composer: AR Rahman
 Performed by: Ananya Birla
 Launched by: Shri Anurag Thakur, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs

WIMBLEDON 2021
Title Winner Runner-up

Gentlemens
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Mattio Berritini (Italy)
Singles

Karolina Pliskova (Czech

Ladies Singles Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Republic)

Gentlemens Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic Marcel Granollers (Spain) and
Doubles (Croatia) Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) Veronika Kudermetova and
Ladies Doubles
and Elise Mertens (Belgium) Elena Vesnina (Russia)

Neal Skupski (UK) and Desirae Joe Salisbury and Harriet Dart
Mixed Doubles
Krawczyk Ram (USA) (UK)

DILIP KUMAR (MOHAMMAD YUSUF KHAN)

11.12.1922 to 07.07.2021
Birth place: Peshawar
Debut film: Jwar Bhata (1944)
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from 2000 to 2006

AWARDS
 Padma Bhushan (1991), Padma Vibhushan (2015), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1994) Nishan-e-Imtiaz,
the highest civilian award of Pakistan (1998), 8 Filmfare Awards for the Best Actor including the first in
1954 for his role in Daag

NEW GOVERNORS
State Governors

Karnataka Shri Thawarchand Gehlot

Madhya Pradesh Shri Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel

Mizoram Shri Hari Babu Kambhampati

Himachal Pradesh Shri Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar

Goa Shri S. Sreedharan Pillai

Tripura Shri Satyadeo Narayan Arya

Jharkhand Shri Ramesh Bais

Haryana Shri Bandaru Dattatreya

Tamil Nadu Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

COPA AMERICA 2021
 Organised by: CONMEBOL
 Venue: Brazil
 Winners: Argentina
 Runners-up: Brazil
 Best player: Lionel Messi
 Fair play award: Brazil

UEFA EURO 2020

 Organised by: UEFA
 Venues: 11 cities in 11 countries
 Winners: Italy
 Runners-up: England
 Best player: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy)
 Golden Boot: Cristiano Ronaldo

MCQS
1. 1. Name the Attorney General for India, who d. Tapan Mitra
has been reappointed to the post for one year till
4. Who is the author of the book titled Fiercely
June 2022?
Female: The Dutee Chand Story'?
a. Prashant Bhushan
a. Anjana Om Kashyap
b. KK Venugopal
b. Raj Kanwar
c. Mukul Rohatgi
c. Brahm Kanchibhotla
d. Sharad Arvind Bobde
d. Sundeep Misra
2. Stefan Lofven has resigned as the Prime
5. When is the United Nations International Day
Minister of which country?
of Parliamentary commemorated?
a. Iceland
a. June 30
b. Sweden
b. June 29
c. Finland
c. June 27
d. Switzerland
d. June 28
3. Who is the author of the book "Policymaker's
6. Who is the author of the book titled "Kashmiri
Journal: From New Delhi to Washington D.C."?
Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux"?
a. Ranjan Ray
a. Sundeep Mishra
b. Amartya Sen
b. Avtar Singh Bhasin
c. Kaushik Basu
c. Khemlata Wakhlu
Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004
 d. Ayaz Memon 12. National Postal Worker Day is an annual event
that takes place on which day?
7. The International Asteroid Day is observed on
which day? a. 29 June

a. 29 June b. 30 June

b. 28 June c. 01 July

c. 27 June d. 28 June

d. 30 June 13. Which institution has released a study on the

'not-for-profit' hospital model in India?
8. Who has been awarded the Fukuoka Grand
Prize for 2021? a. NITI Aayog

a. AR Rahman b. AIIMS

b. Romila Thapar c. ICMR

c. Palagummi Sainath d. IMA

d. Ramchandra Guha 14. When is World UFO Day observed?

9. Which one has released the Index of Eight Core a. First Friday of July
Industries?
b. July 01
a. Ministry of Finance
c. First Thursday of July
b. NITI Aayog
d. July 02
c. Office of Economic Adviser
15. Who will be the new Vice Chief of the Indian
d. None of these Air Force?

10. The Chartered Accountants' Day is observed a. Ravneet Singh

every year on which day?
b. Vivek Ram Chaudhari
a. 29 June
c. Rajesh Pendharkar
b. 30 June
d. Samant Goel
c. 01 July
16. When National GST Day is observed?
d. 02 July
a. 1 July
11. Which day of the year is observed as National
b. 2 July
Doctors' Day?
c. 3 July
a. Fourth Wednesday of June
d. 4 July
b. 30 June
17. What is the theme of National Doctors' Day
c. First Thursday of July
2021?
d. 01 July

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 a. Zero tolerance to violence against doctors a. Shikha Tandon
and clinical establishment
b. Shivani Kataria
b. Save The Saviours
c. Maana Patel
c. Lessen the mortality of COVID 19
d. Bhakti Sharma
d. All of above
23. What is the new maximum temperature that
18. In which country the G-20 Foreign Ministers has been recorded in Antarctica?
meeting was held?
a. 13 degrees Celsius
a. Spain
b. 17 degrees Celsius
b. France
c. 18.3 degrees Celsius
c. Italy
d. 15 degrees Celsius
d. India
24. The International Plastic Bag Free Day is
19. Which day of the year is marked as World celebrated on which date?
Sports Journalists Day?
a. 1 July
a. 01 July
b. 3 July
b. 30 June
c. 2 July
c. 02 July
d. 4 July
d. 29 June
25. India's which newspaper turned 200 on July 1,
20. Who has been recommended by the BCCI for 2021?
the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2021?
a. Gujarat Mitra
a. KL Rahul
b. Mumbai Samachar
b. R Ashwin
c. Janmabhoomi
c. Jasprit Bumrah
d. Gujarat Mitra
d. Shikhar Dhawan
26. Who has bagged the Kuvempu Rashtriya
21. With which companies CMPDI inked MoA for Puraskar for the year 2020?
the development of Solar Power Projects?
a. Sitakanta Mohapatra
a. Bharat Coking Coal Limited
b. Rajendra Kishore Panda
b. Eastern Coalfields Limited
c. Brajanath Rath
c. Western Coalfields Limited
d. Balarama Dasa
d. Central Coalfields Limited
27. Who is set to become the second Indian-born
22. Who has become the first Indian female woman to fly to space after Kalpana Chawla?
swimmer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics?
a. Sirisha Bandla

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 b. Sunita Williams c. Life Insurance Corporation

c. Shawna Pandya d. National Insurance Corporation

d. None of the above 33. When was Crop Insurance Week 2021
observed?
28. When the death anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda is observed? a. July 1 - July 7

a. 2 July b. July 3 - July 9

b. 3 July c. July 4 - July 10

c. 5 July d. July 2 - July 8

d. 4 July 34. Which day of the year is observed as World

Zoonoses Day?
29. Which ministry has launched the NIPUN
Bharat? a. July 06

a. Health Ministry b. July 05

b. Education Ministry c. First Monday of July

c. Culture Ministry d. First Tuesday of July

d. Finance Ministry 35. Who is the winner of the 2021 Austrian Grand
Prix?
30. Who has become the first Indian to qualify for
the Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles? a. Charles Leclerc

a. Deepika Kumari b. Lewis Hamilton

b. MP Jabir c. Max Verstappen

c. Deepa Malik d. Valtteri Bottas

d. Govindan Lakshmanan 36. Who has been appointed as the new

Governor of Haryana?
31. Which country has got certified by the WHO
as Malaria-free? a. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

a. India b. Satyadev Narayan Arya

b. China c. Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel

c. Thailand d. Bandaru Dattatraya

d. Sri Lanka 37. When the 86th birthday of Dalai Lama is

celebrated?
32. Which insurance company has launched Saral
Pension Plan? a. 5 July

a. Oriental Insurance Company b. 4 July

b. United India Insurance Company c. 6 July

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 d. 7 July d. Yusuf Khan: Long Walk of Life

38. The World Chocolate Day is celebrated on 43. The Indian Railways has set up India's first
which day? movable freshwater tunnel aquarium 'Aquatic
Kingdom' in which city?
a. First Tuesday of July
a. Gujarat
b. July 7
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. First Wednesday of July
c. Kerala
d. July 6
d. Bengaluru
39. The first case of "Bone Death" disease has
been reported in which state? 44. Who has taken charge as Director General of
All India Radio?
a. Punjab
a. Ravi Vijay Kumar Malimath
b. Bihar
b. Vivek Ram Chaudhari
c. Maharashtra
c. Pushkar Singh Dhami
d. Gujarat
d. N Venudhar Reddy
40. Who is the author of the book 'The Fourth
Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi'? 45. Who has taken charge as the Minister of State
Coal and Minister of State Mines?
a. Venu Madhav Govindu
a. Maddila Guru moorthy
b. M. K. Gandhi
b. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao
c. Arun Tiwari
c. Talari Rangaiah
d. Amish Tripathi
d. Kuruva Gorantla Madhav
41. Who is the new Health Minister of India?
46. Who is the new Minister of State in the
a. Mansukh Mandaviya
Ministry of Defence?
b. Kiren Rijiju
a. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
c. Ashwini Vaishnaw
b. Ajay Bhatt
d. G Kishan Reddy
c. Meenakshi Lekhi
42. What is the name of the autobiography of the
d. Satya Pal Singh Bhagel
veteran actor Dilip Kumar who has passed away?
47. Who is the author of the book "The Light of
a. Mohammed Yusuf Khan: The
Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha"?
Autobiography of Dilip Kumar
a. S. Jaishankar
b. Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the
Shadow b. Salman Khurshid

c. Dilip Kumar: King Khan c. Kapil Sibal

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 d. Jairam Ramesh 53. On which date the National 7-Eleven Day is
being celebrated?
48. In India, which day is observed as National
Fish Farmers' Day? a. 8 July

a. 09 July b. 9 July

b. 07 July c. 10 July

c. 10 July d. 11 July

d. 08 July 54. Who is the author of the book "The

Pregnancy Bible"?
49. Which Indian state has reported Zika virus
cases? a. Kareena Kapoor Khan

a. Kerala b. Neha Dhupia

b. Goa c. Anushka Sharma

c. Karnataka d. Rani Mukerji

d. Maharashtra 55. On which date the World Population Day is

being celebrated?
50. Who is the winner of the 2021 Scripps
National Spelling Bee contest? a. 10 July

a. Christopher Serrao b. 11 July

b. Zaila Avant-garde c. 8 July

c. Erin Howard d. 9 July

d. Rishik Gandhasri 56. On which date the World Population Day is

being celebrated?
51. Which movie has added to the National Film
Archive of India? a. 10 July

a. Lagaan b. 11 July

b. PatherPanchari c. 8 July

c. PK d. 9 July

d. Devadas 57. What is the theme of the 2021 World

Population Day?
52. Who organized the National hackathon called
'SAMVEDAN 2021 - Sensing Solutions for Bharat'? a. Family Planning is a Human Right

a. IIT Guwahati & Sony India b. How to safeguard the health and rights of
women and girls now
b. IIT Delhi & Sony India
c. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on
c. IIT Madras & Sony India
fertility
d. IIT Bombay & Sony India

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 d. Empowering People, Developing Nations b. Brazil
c. Spain
58. Which team has won the 2021 Copa America
d. Argentina
title?
64. Who has won the Commonwealth Points of
a. Brazil
Light award?
b. Paraguay
a. Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi
c. Argentina b. Thomas Vijayan
c. Nageshwar Reddy
d. Chile
d. Shaji N M
59. The World Malala Day is designated by United
65. Who is the author of the book "The Struggle
Nations on which day?
Within: A Memoir of the Emergency"?
a. 9 July
a. Ashok Chakravarti
b. 11 July b. Krishna Saksena
c. Sundeep Misra
c. 10 July
d. Jairam Ramesh
d. 12 July
66. Which state has allowed Kunwar Yatra 2021?
60. Jagannath Rath Yatra is observed in which
a. Himachal Pradesh
state?
b. Madhya Pradesh
a. Uttar Pradesh c. Uttar Pradesh
b. Kerala d. Uttarakhand

c. Odisha 67. Who among the following has been selected

for the Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam Literary
d. West Bengal Award for 2021?
61. Which state plans to launch the Mathru a. Om Prakash Devrani
Kavacham campaign to vaccinate pregnant b. Omchery N N Pillai
women? c. Ranjit Singh Rana
a. Kerala d. Girish Kumar Thakur
b. Telangana 68. Which day of the year is observed as World
c. Andhra Pradesh Youth Skills Day?
d. Karnataka
a. July 12
62. Giant Pandas are native to which country? b. July 14
a. South Korea c. July 15
b. Japan d. July 13
c. Thailand 69. Who is the author of the book titled 'Palleku
d. China Pattabhishekam'?
63. Which team has won the Copa America 2021? a. Acharya Prasanna
a. Belgium b. Abdul Samad

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 c. Ram Chander Jangra d. July 30
d. Yalamanchili Sivaji
76. The Union Cabinet has given its approval of
70. The World Emoji Day is celebrated across the the formation of a Central University in which
world on which day? city?

a. 16 July a. Gurugram
b. 17 July b. Lucknow
c. 18 July c. Ladakh
d. 15 July d. Kashmir

71. The World Day for International Justice is 77. Aman Gulia who emerged as the new world
observed annually on which day? champion belongs to which game?

a. 15 July a. Cricket
b. 17 July b. Badminton
c. 16 July c. Wrestling
d. 14 July d. Boxing

72. World Day for International Justice is being 78. World Universities Summit was organized by
observed on which date? which university?

a. July 12 a. O. P. Jindal Global University

b. August 17 b. IIT Ropar
c. July 17 c. DCRUST, Murthal
d. September 13 d. Symbiosis Institute, Pune

73. India's first touchscreen "Grain ATM" was 79. Urmil Kumar Thapliyal, who passed away,
installed in which city? belongs to which field?

a. Delhi a. Thespian
b. Gurugram b. Artist
c. Dehradun c. Actor
d. Noida d. Director

74. Nelson Mandela International Day was 80. Who has been named as the Women's
celebrated on which date? Footballer of the year at the annual AIFF awards
2020-21?
a. July 15
b. July 14 a. Sarita Devi
c. July 19 b. Manisha
d. July 18 c. Bala Devi
d. Tejas Nanda
75. Pi Approximation Day is being celebrated on
which date? 81. Who received the National Silver SKOCH
award?
a. July 21
b. July 22 a. Radha Girish Patel
c. July 24 b. R. R. Desai

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 c. Seema Reddy d. Japan
d. Keerthi Jalli
88. World Brain Day is being celebrated on which
82. 'Historic Urban Landscape Project 'was date?
launched in which state?
a. July 22
a. Madhya Pradesh b. July 21
b. Assam c. July 23
c. Haryana d. July 25
d. Maharashtra
89. The Central Board of Direct Taxes observed
83. World Fragile X Awareness Day is observed on the 161st Income Tax Day on which date?
which date?
a. July 22
a. July 30 b. July 23
b. July 21 c. July 24
c. July 22 d. July 25
d. July 13
90. Indian Navy's Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar
84. Who authored the book titled 'Bank with A receives Alexander Dalrymple award from which
Soul: Equitas'? country?

a. C K Garyali a. USA
b. Diwakar Prasad b. UK
c. G.H. Patel c. Germany
d. Raghuram Rajan d. Japan

85. Who authored the book titled 'Palleku 91. Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Jayanti was celebrated
Pattabhishekam'? on which date?

a. Guhar Sejwal a. July 21

b. Rashmi Desai b. July 22
c. Yalamanchili Sivaji c. July 23
d. Anton Hansen d. July 24

86. National Broadcasting Day is observed across 92. Corteva Agriscience is to promote sustainable
the country annually on which date? rice farming on 40,000 acres in which state?

a. July 22 a. Uttar Pradesh

b. July 23 b. Bihar
c. July 21 c. Madhya Pradesh
d. July 24 d. Jharkhand

87. The largest carbon market in the world has 93. The government of Taiwan has announced to
been opened up by which country? set up its office named "Taiwan" in Lithuania?

a. China a. First
b. Germany b. Third
c. India c. Fourth

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

 d. Fifth 100. Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple is
in which state?
94. Fakir Alamgir, who passed away recently,
belongs to which country? a. Bihar
b. Tamil Nadu
a. Pakistan
c. West Bengal
b. Bangladesh
d. Telangana
c. Nepal
d. Afghanistan ANSWER KEY
95. Who was given the Alexander Dalrymple 1. B
Award 2019?
The Central Government has once again
a. Vinay Badhwar extended the tenure of Senior Advocate KK Venu
b. Shekhar Das Gopal as Attorney General for India for a period
c. Vikram Batra of one year.
d. Ian Cordozo
2. B
96. Which of the following state's cabinets has
recently approved the state's youth policy 2021? The Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Lofven, has
announced his resignation after he lost a
a. Kerala confidence vote in parliament.
b. Gujarat
c. A state in Eastern India 3. C
d. Meghalaya A new book on policymaking titled Policymaker's
97. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on Journal: From New Delhi to Washington D.C.", by
which date? Indian economist Kaushik Basu.

a. July 22 4. D
b. July 24 The journalist-author Sundeep Misra has come
c. July 26 out with his new book titled Fiercely Female: The
d. July 25 Dutee Chand Story'.
98. Who has come out with a book titled "An 5. A
Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation"?
The United Nations International Day of
a. Kamal Sarathi Parliamentary is held on June 30 to celebrate
b. Ashok Lavasa parliaments and the ways in which parliamentary
c. Usha Mudhkar systems of government improve the day-to-day
d. Sneha Lata lives of people the world over.
99. World Drowning Prevention Day is held 6. C
annually on which date?
A book titled "Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a
a. July 23 Society in Flux" authored by Khemlata Wakhlu.
b. July 24
c. July 25 7. D
d. July 26

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

International Asteroid Day also known as the
Asteroid Day is a United Nations proclaimed day
observed globally on June 30 every year.
8. C
Journalist Palagummi Sainath has been awarded
the Fukuoka Grand Prize for 2021.
9. C
The Office of Economic Adviser, Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
released the Index of Eight Core Industries for the
Month of May 2021.
10. C
The Chartered Accountants' Day is held on 01 July
every year in India. It is also known as ICAI
Foundation Day.
11. D
The National Doctors' Day is organized on 01 July
annually in India by the Indian Medical
Association.
12. C
The National Postal Worker Day is marked every
year on July 1 globally in recognition of the
contribution made by postal workers in our
society.
13. A
The Indian Government's think tank NITI Aayog
released a comprehensive study on the 'not-for-
profit' hospital model in the country.
14. D
World UFO Day is observed on July 2 to raise
awareness about Unidentified Flying Objects
15. B
Vivek Ram Chaudhari took over as the new Vice
Chief of the Air Staff.
16. A
Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004
The National GST day is celebrated on 1 July each
year in India.
17. B
The theme of National Doctors' Day 2021 is Save
the Saviours.
18. C
The G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting was held in
the Italian city of Matera which was the first face-
to-face meeting of G20 members in two years.
19. C
World Sports Journalists Day is observed on July 2
every year to celebrate the services of sports
journalists for the promotion of sports.
20. B
The BCCI recommend the names of spinner R
Ashwin and women's cricket team skipper Mithali
Raj for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
21. D
The Central Mine Planning & Design Institute and
Central Coalfields Ltd, Ranchi signed a
Memorandum of Association for development of
Solar Power Projects.
22. C
Maana Patel has become the first Indian female
swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo
Olympics.
23. C
The UN World Meteorological Organization has
confirmed a new maximum temperature record
for the Antarctic of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9
degrees Fahrenheit).
24. B
The International Plastic Bag Free Day is observed
globally on 3 July.
25. B
India's longest-running newspaper - Mumbai
Samachar has entered its 200th year on July 1.
26. B
The Odia poet Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda has
been selected for the Kuvempu Rashtriya
Puraskar, the national award instituted in
memory of the late poet laureate, for 2020.
27. A
The Indian-origin Sirisha Bandla is set to become
the second Indian-born woman to fly into space
after Kalpana Chawla.
28. D
India observed the death anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda on 4 July.
29. B
The Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
Nishank has launched National Initiative for
Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and
Numeracy - NIPUN Bharat.
30. B
Athlete MP Jabir has become the first Indian to
qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles
after he clocked 49.78s to win gold at the
concluded Inter-State Athletics Championships in
Patiala.
31. B
The World Health Organization has awarded
China a Malaria-free certification.
32. C
The LIC has launched New Saral Pension Scheme.
It has a single premium. Non-participating, non-
linked, and individual annuity plan.
33. A
The Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers
Welfare has launched the Crop Insurance
Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004
Awareness Campaign for Fasal Bima Yojana
during the Crop Insurance Week (July 1 - July 7).
34. A
World Zoonoses Day is held every year on July 6
to raise awareness for the risk of zoonotic
diseases.
35. C
Max Verstappen [Netherlands-Red Bull] has won
the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix.
36. D
Bandaru Dattatraya the present Governor of
Himachal Pradesh has been appointed as the
Governor of Haryana.
37. C
The 6th of July is marked as the birthday of Dalai
Lama. On 6th July 2021, the 86th birthday of
Dalai Lama is being observed all over the world.
38. B
The World Chocolate Day (also known as
International Chocolate Day) is an annual
observance taking place globally on 7th July.
39. C
After the outbreak of mucormycosis or black
fungus two months back, the first case of Bone
Death disease has been reported in Maharashtra.
40. A
Venu Madhav Govindu and Srinath Raghavan
authored the book titled 'The Fourth Lion: Essays
for Gopalkrishna Gandhi'.
41. A
Mansukh Mandaviya has taken charge as India's
new Health Minister replacing Dr Harsh Vardhan
42. B
Legendary actor Dilip Kumar passed away at the
age of 98 years due to prolonged illness. His
autobiography is "Dilip Kumar: The Substance and
the Shadow".
43. D
The Indian Railways has launched India's first
movable freshwater tunnel aquarium 'Aquatic
Kingdom' at the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna
Railway Station, which is also known as Bengaluru
City Railway Station.
44. D
The IIS Officer of 1988 batch N Venudhar Reddy
took charge as Director General of All India Radio.
45. B
Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao took over as the
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal and
Ministry of Mines recently.
46. B
Ajay Bhatt is the new Minister of State in the
Ministry of Defence and Minister of State in the
Ministry of Tourism.
47. D
Former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has come
out with his new book titled "The Light of Asia:
The Poem that Defined the Buddha"
48. C
National Fish Farmers' Day is celebrated every
year on 10 July, by the Department of Fisheries,
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying in association with the National Fisheries
Development Board.
49. A
The Indian state of Kerala has declared a state of
alert in all districts after identifying 14 cases of
the Zika virus
50. B
Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004
Zaila Avant-garde an African-American from New
Orleans in Louisiana has won the 2021 Scripps
National Spelling Bee.
51. C
The National Film Archive of India has announced
a significant addition of the original camera
negative of Rajkumar Hirani's 2014 film 'PK' in its
collection
52. C
The IIT Madras & Sony India organized a National
hackathon called 'SAMVEDAN 2021 - Sensing
Solutions for Bharat'
53. D
The National 7-Eleven Day is celebrated on 11
July each year to celebrate one of the popular
American drinks in the summertime free of cost.
54. A
Kareena Kapoor Khan has announced her new
book titled Kareena Kapoor Khan's Pregnancy
Bible.
55. B
World Population Day is celebrated on July 11
each year to highlight the problems of
overpopulation and raises awareness.
56. B
A passenger train Rajdhani Express from Assam's
Silchar railway station has reached the
Vaingaichunpao railway station in Manipur for a
trial run, putting the state on the Indian Railways
map.
57. C
The Theme of 2021 World Population Day is the
impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility'.
58. C
Lionel Messi-led Argentina beat Neymar's Brazil 66. C
1-0 to win the Copa America final match, held at
The UP government led by Chief Minister Yogi
the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Adityanath has allowed the Kunwar yatra from
59. D July 25.

The United Nations designated 12 July to be 67. B

observed as World Malala Day in honour of the
Journalist and playwright Omchery N N Pillai has
young Pakistani human rights activist Malala
been selected for the Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam
Yousafzai.
Literary Award for 2021.
60. C
68. C
Jagannath Rath Yatra is organized from the
The World Youth Skills Day is observed every year
Jagannath Temple in Puri, Orissa.
on July 15.
61. A
69. D
The Kerala government is all set to launch a
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released the
campaign called 'Mathru Kavacham' to provide
book titled 'Palleku Pattabhishekam' on rural
COVID-19 vaccines to all the pregnant women in
India and agriculture written by former MP Shri
the state.
Yalamanchili Sivaji.
62. D
70. B
As per Chinese officials, Giant pandas are not
The World Emoji Day is celebrated on 17 July
classified as endangered while they are still
annually to spread the enjoyment that they bring
classified as vulnerable in the indigenous
to all of those around us.
environment list of China.
71. B
63. D
The World Day for International Justice
Argentina won their first major title in 28 years
(International Criminal Justice or International
and Lionel Messi finally won his first medal in a
Justice Day) is celebrated globally on July 17.
blue-and-white shirt when an Angel Di Maria goal
gave them a 1-0 win over Brazil and a record- 72. C
equaling 15th Copa America.
World Day for International Justice observed on
64. A July 17, theme: "A Call for Social Justice in the
Digital Economy".
Hyderabad's hunger activist Syed Osman Azhar
Maqsusi, who has been feeding thousands of 73. B
people every day as part of his food drive 'Hunger
India's first touchscreen "Grain ATM" was
Has No Religion' was awarded a top UK award.
installed in Gurugram.
65. A
74. D
A new book titled "The Struggle Within: A
Nelson Mandela International Day was celebrated
Memoir of the Emergency" has been released, by
on July 18, 2021, on the birth anniversary of
the author Ashok Chakravarti.
Nelson Mandela.

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004

75. B
Pi Approximation Day is being celebrated on 22nd
July.
76. C
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the
formation of a Central University in Ladakh.
77. C
Young wrestlers Aman Gulia and Sagar Jaglan
emerged as the new world champions in their
respective categories as India dished out an
impressive show on the second day of the Cadet
World Championship 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.
78. A
World Universities Summit organized by O.P.
Jindal Global University.
79. A
Renowned theatre personality and litterateur,
Urmil Kumar Thapliyal has passed away.
80. C
Bala Devi has been named as the Women's
Footballer of the year at the annual AIFF awards
2020-21.
81. D
Cachar Deputy Commissioner, Keerthi Jalli
received the National Silver SKOCH Award a few
days ago for 'Pushti Nirbhor' (nutrition-
dependent), a convergence project on
transformation and development entailing setting
up Nutri-gardens at houses in Dinnathpur Bagicha
village.
82. A
In the state of Madhya Pradesh, the cities of
Orchha and Gwalior have been selected by
UNESCO under its 'Historic Urban Landscape
Project.'
Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004
83. C
22nd July is organised as World Fragile X
Awareness Day. On this day various landmarks
and monuments are illuminated by various
communities globally.
84. A
Former RBI Governor, Duvvuri Subbarao has
unveiled a book 'Bank with A Soul: Equitas'
authored by Dr C K Garyali.
85. C
Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu has
released a book titled 'Palleku Pattabhishekam'
authored by former MP Yalamanchili Sivaji.
86. B
On July 23rd, National Broadcasting Day is
observed across the country annually.
87. A
The largest carbon market in the world has been
opened up by China. The country is the largest
greenhouse emitter in the world.
88. A
The World Federation of Neurology (WFN)
celebrates World Brain Day every July 22,
focusing on a different theme each year.
89. C
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
observed the 161st Income Tax Day (also known
as Aaykar Diwas) on 24 July 2021.
90. B
Indian Navy's Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar
receives the Alexander Dalrymple award from UK.
91. C
Tributes were paid to Lokmanya Tilak on his
Jayanti. Bal Gangadhar Tilak (or Lokmanya Tilak,
23 July 1856 - 1 August 1920), born as Keshav
Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist,
teacher, and independence activist.
92. A
a global agricultural company, announced on
Thursday that it has inked a three-year project
with the World Bank Group's 2030 Water
Resources Group (2030 WRG) to promote
sustainable rice farming on 40,000 acres in Uttar
Pradesh.
Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on July
26 since the year 1999, to mark India's victory
over Pakistan in the Kargil conflict. This year
nation is celebrating the 22 years of victory in the
Kargil war.
98. B
Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa has
come out with a book titled "An Ordinary Life:
Portrait of an Indian Generation."

93. A 99. C

The government of Taiwan has announced to set World Drowning Prevention Day, declared
up its first office named "Taiwan" in Lithuania through the April 2021 UN General Assembly
soon. Taiwan's government has made this Resolution "Global drowning prevention", is held
announcement as it seeks to strengthen its annually on 25 July.
diplomatic presence around the world with
100. D
increasing pressure from Beijing.
UNESCO has granted World Heritage status to
94. B
Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple near
Folk music legend and freedom fighter Fakir Warangal in Telangana.
Alamgir passed away in Dhaka. He was suffering
from Coronavirus infection and suffered a heart
attack. He was 71.

95. A

Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar was conferred with

the award in 2019 but the award ceremony was
delayed due to the ongoing Covid pandemic. The
Alexander Dalrymple award has been named
after the first hydrographer of the Admiralty and
was instituted in 2006.

96. D

The Meghalaya cabinet has recently approved the

Meghalaya Youth Policy 2021. The aim of which is
to create a sector for the youth to achieve their
full potential and become efficient, responsible,
creative and empowered members of the state.
This policy has been formulated by the Sports and
Youth Affairs Department.

97. C

Head Office: Sangrur, Contact No. 7009528208, 9041767004