1.What is the total number of Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) in India?
2.Which of the following language is an official language of Jammu & Kashmir?
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Correct Answer: D [Dogri]
3.What is the theme of International Sign Languages Day – 2020?
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Correct Answer: A [Sign Languages are for everyone]
4.Under which Ministry, the National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) for development of block level clusters across country is implemented?
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Correct Answer: A [Ministry of Textile]
5.Recently, Which among the following labour codes are passed by the Rajya Sabha?
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
6.Which Indian state is going to launch ‘Operation Durachari’ in order to keep a check on crime against women?
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Correct Answer: A [Uttar Pradesh]
7.Which country has announced a USD 150 million to invest in training for middle-to-high-skilled occupations?
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Correct Answer: A [United States]
8.Which country hosted the Ministerial Roundtable Dialogue on Biodiversity in September 2020?
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Correct Answer: B [China]
9.The tourism campaign of which state has won the prestigious PATA Grand award 2020?
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Correct Answer: B [Kerala]
10.RBI has recently given in principle approval for setting up Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU), to which organization?
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Correct Answer: A [Vakrangee]
11.As per the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking (WUR) 2021, which is the only Indian institution to be in the list of top 350 varsities?
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Correct Answer: D [IISc]
12.Which country has launched the ‘Indo-Pacific strategy’ with India?
13.Which organisation has released a report titled ‘Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)’?
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Correct Answer: A [UNEP]
14.Which national park in India has added 3053 hectares into its ambit?
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Correct Answer: A [Kaziranga National Park]
15.Which regulating entity has released revised Priority Sector Lending guidelines recently?
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Correct Answer: C [RBI]
16.The National Institute of Tribal Research (NITR) is to be established in which Indian city?
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Correct Answer: B [New Delhi]
17.Who has recently won the 48th annual world open chess tournament?
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Correct Answer: A [P Iniyan]
18.Who represented India in the recently held G-20 Education Ministers meeting?
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Correct Answer: B [Union Education Minister]
19.What is the name of the illegal software that has been blocked by Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways?
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Correct Answer: C [Real Mango]
20.Silver Lake is to invest around Rs 7500 crore in which India retail Giant?
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Correct Answer: B [Reliance Retail]
21.Which state has topped in literacy rate as per a recent report by NSO?
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Correct Answer: C [Kerala]
22.What is the name of the illegal software that has been blocked by Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways?
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Correct Answer: C [Real Mango]
23.The CCEA has approved monetization of assets of which PSU through InvIT model?
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Correct Answer: C [Power Grid]
24.At what rate, the Funds sent abroad would be subjected to Tax Collection at Source (TCS), from October 1, 2020.
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Correct Answer: B [5%]
25.Bhagjan Oil Well, that was seen in news, is located in which state?
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Correct Answer: B [Assam]
26.Which country has been hit by the storm Sally and has declared emergency in its states?
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Correct Answer: A [United States]
27.Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who passed away recently, is associated with which field?
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Correct Answer: C [Politics]
28.Which country has banned Chinese goods after naming them products of “Forced Labour’?
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Correct Answer: B [United States]
29.Which organization has ruled that US tariff barriers in Chinese goods is inconsistent with trading rules?
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Correct Answer: C [WTO]
30.Which institution has resolved to clear all pending cases against sitting and former legislators in a time bound manner?
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Correct Answer: D [Supreme Court of India]
31.“A Promised Land” is a book being penned by which famous personality?
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Correct Answer: B [Barack Obama]
32.Which firm has recently won the contract to build the new Parliament House by bidding 861 crores?
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Correct Answer: B [Tata Project Limited]
33.In September, 2020, a direct cargo ferry service between India and which of the following island nations started to boost bilateral trade?
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Correct Answer: B [Maldives ]
34.On which date, World Rhino Day is celebrated each year?
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Correct Answer: A [22nd September]
35.Recently, the Lok Sabha passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The original Companies (Regulation) Act was passed in which year?
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Correct Answer: C [2013]
36.The Banking Regulation Act which seeks to regulate the functioning of banks and provides details on various aspects such as licensing, management and operations of banks was passed in the year?
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Correct Answer: A [1949]
37.In which year, the Second National Commission on Labour was setup?
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Correct Answer: A [2002]
38.Which Indian State has the highest number of nursing colleges?
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Correct Answer: C [Karnataka]
39.Recently, the Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs approved interim extension to Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan. In which year, this scheme was launched?
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Correct Answer: B [2013]
40.Which article of the Indian Constitution ensures the participation of women in Panchayati Raj Institutions?
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Correct Answer: A [Article 243 D]
41.Which business conglomerate is set to buy the retail business of Future Group?
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Correct Answer: A [Reliance Industries Ltd]
42.When is ‘Telugu Language Day’ celebrated across India?
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Correct Answer: A [August 29]
43.Which country plays host to the military exercise ‘Kavkaz 2020’, that was seen in news recently?
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Correct Answer: B [Russia]
44.Which Indian state/UT launched its third Sero Survey, to check for the antibodies against Covid-19?
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Correct Answer: C [New Delhi]
45.What is the theme of the World Coconut Day 2020?
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Correct Answer: A [Invest in Coconut to save the world]
46.Which Indian state assemble has passed a bill to protect Tangible Heritage?
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Correct Answer: B [Assam]
47.Hindi, Kashmiri and Dogri are set to become the official languages of which State / UT?
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Correct Answer: C [Jammu and Kashmir]
48.The Shipping Ministry has directed all major ports to procure or hire which type of ship, that are only made in India?
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Correct Answer: B [Tug Boat]
49.Which Union Ministry announced that Parole and Furlough is not an absolute right of prisoners?
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Correct Answer: C [Ministry of Home Affairs]
50.Who has appointed as the new President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)?
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Correct Answer: A [Kenichi Ayukawa]
