Q.1 Which state has won the FSSAI’s State Food Safety Index (SFSI) 2020-21 in the large state category?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Gujarat
d. Maharashtra
Q.2 Who has been named as the new Chief of the Air Staff, to succeed incumbent Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria?
a. Raghunath Nambiar
b. Vivek Ram Chaudhari
c. Gurcharan Singh Bedi
d. Sandeep Singh
Q.3 The Indian Navy is participating in the third maritime exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ with the Navy of which country?
a. Bangladesh
b. Sri Lanka
c. Indonesia
d. Singapore
Q.4 Which country has been approved as the 9th permanent member state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?
a. Iran
b. Nepal
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Sri Lanka
Q.5 Uttar Pradesh government has approved to set up the ‘Electronic Park’ in which of these regions?
a. Ghaziabad
b. Agra
c. Noida
d. Lucknow
Q.6 The NITI Aayog has signed an agreement with which Edutech giant under which students of Classes 6-12 in government schools will get free access to the company’s “premium learning resources”?
a. Unacademy
b. BYJU’S
c. IAS BABA
d. White Hat
Q.7 India will provide a ‘stay visa’ to the nationals of which country?
a. Pakistan
b. Syria
c. Bangladesh
d. Afghanistan
Q.8 Who won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021?
a. Aditi Goel
b. Pankaj Advani
c. Geeta Rawat
d. Manish Chauhan
Q.9 In which of the following situation(s) we can say that monsoon has withdrawn from northwest India?
1.If there is cessation of rainfall activity over the area for three consecutive days.
2.An anti-cyclonic wind has formed over the lower troposphere and there is considerable reduction in moisture content.
Select the correct answer code:
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
Q.10 Consider the following statements regarding the recently announced AUKUS Pact.
1.AUKUS is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
2.The AUKUS pact will facilitate the transfer of nuclear submarine propulsion and manufacturing technologies among its members.
3.The member countries have declared AUKUS as a substitute for the Quad.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Answers –
Q.1 c)
Q.2 b) The Government of India has approved the appointment of Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari as the next Chief of the Air Staff (CoAS), with effect from October 01, 2021.
Q.3 c) The third edition of the India and Indonesia bilateral maritime exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ began on September 20, 2021 in the Sunda Strait, in Indonesia. The three day exercise will culminate on September 22, 2021.
Q.4 a) The leaders of the eight permanent members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have agreed to change the membership of the Islamic Republic of Iran from an observer state to a full member state. Iran had held observer status for the past 15 years. Iran will be the 9th main member of the organisation.
Q.5 c) The Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government has cleared a proposal to develop an ‘Electronic Park’, along the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area, near Noida, to promote electronics industry.
Q.6 b) The NITI Aayog launched an initiative in partnership with edutech giant BYJU’S, under which students of Classes 6-12 in government schools across 112 ‘Aspirational Districts’ will get free access to the company’s “premium learning resources”.
Q.7 d) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will provide a ‘stay visa’ to all Afghanistan nationals who are staying in India due to the Taliban situation in the war-torn country.
Q.8 b) India’s Pankaj Advani won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021 by defeating Amir Sarkhosh. He has won this title for a second consecutive time. He is the winner of the last Asian Snooker Championship held in 2019.
Q.9 b) According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the monsoon withdrawal from northwest India takes place if there is cessation of rainfall activity over the area for continuous five days.An anti-cyclonic wind has to form over the lower troposphere, and there should also be considerable reduction in moisture content.
Q.10 b) AUKUS is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.The AUKUS pact will facilitate the transfer of nuclear submarine propulsion and manufacturing technologies to Australia, the first instance of a non-nuclear nation acquiring such capability