31. Which organization has partnered with MBDA of UK to establish a facility for the Final Assembly, Integration and Test of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) missiles in India?
[A] Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
[B] BrahMos Aerospace
[C] Bharat Dynamics Limited
[D] Defence Research and Development Organisation of India
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Correct Answer: C [Bharat Dynamics Limited]
Notes:- Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and MBDA of UK have signed up to establish a facility for the Final Assembly, Integration and Test (FAIT) of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) missiles in India.
- Under the agreement, MBDA will transfer the equipment and knowledge to BDL for establishing the facility.
- Establishing this capability is due to start immediately and is expected to commence operations by 2022-23.
- ASRAAM is one of the within visual range missiles available and BDL will be manufacturing these at its Bhanur Unit, Telangana for the domestic and export market in future through MBDA.
32. Which State/UT has launched the second phase Naadu-Nedu programme?
[A] Telangana
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Kerala
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Correct Answer: B [Andhra Pradesh]
Notes:- Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, has launched the second phase Naadu-Nedu programme in Konaseema region in East Godavari district to renovate 16,000 government schools by spending ₹4,500 crore.
- The Chief Minister has also launched the distribution of Jagananna Vidhya Kanuka-2, spending a whopping ₹726 crore to provide the education kits to the 4.73 crore students of government and aided schools in the academic year 2021-22.
- The kit comprises of three pairs of uniform cloths, books, stationary and shoes. This year, the dictionary is an additional gift. For the primary and upper primary students, SCERT dictionary will be presented and Oxford Dictionary will be given to the high school students.
33. With which country, Indian navy has signed a ‘Joint Guidance’ for naval cooperation?
[A] Australia
[B] Japan
[C] United States
[D] South Korea
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Correct Answer: A [Australia]
Notes:- India, Australia sign ‘Joint Guidance’ for naval cooperation to further bilateral and multilateral cooperation and interoperability in the maritime domain
- The signing ceremony for the ‘Joint Guidance for the Australia – India Navy to Navy Relationship’ document was held virtually between Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh and Australian Navy Chief Vice Admiral Michael J Noonan.
- Australia and India, along with the US and Japan are members of the four-nation Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, which has irked China.
- The navies of the four Quad nations will also participate in the Malabar Naval Exercise later this year.
34. Recently, which organization has upgraded credit outlook of India Inc to positive?
[A] Crisil Ratings
[B] CARE Ratings
[C] TransUnion CIBIL
[D] Moody’s Investors Service
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Correct Answer: A [Crisil Ratings]
Notes:- Crisil Ratings have upgraded credit outlook of India Inc to positive. It is a broad-based recovery for India Inc currently. Earlier India Inc’s credit outlook was ‘cautiously optimistic’.
- According to Crisil, credit ratio (number of upgrades to downgrades) increased to over 2.5 times in first four months of the fiscal 2021-2022 against 1.33 times in the second half of Financial Year 2021.
- Crisil also conducted a study of 43 sectors, excluding financial sector that accounted for 75% of the overall Rs 36 lakh crore in outstanding debt.
- CRISIL is formerly called as Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited. It is an Indian analytical company that provided ratings, research, and risk & policy advisory services. It is a subsidiary of American company S&P Global. It was the first credit rating agency of India. ICICI and UTI jointly introduced the agency in 1988. It was started with share capital from SBI, LIC and United India Insurance Company. US based S&P rating agency acquired majority shares of Crisil in 2005.
35. Which organization has unveiled a new drone platform and reference design with 5G and AI capabilities?
[A] Nvidia
[B] Qualcomm
[C] Apple
[D] Google
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Correct Answer: B [Qualcomm]
Notes:- Qualcomm has unveiled a new drone platform and reference design with 5G and AI capabilities, to help accelerate drone development and edge computing.
- The chipmaker’s ‘Flight RB5 5G’ platform, powered by the Qualcomm QRB5165 processor, builds upon the company’s latest IoT offerings, to drive the next generation of high-performance, low-power, 5G drones.
- The drone platform offers multiple technologies to support evolving applications and new use cases in sectors including film and entertainment, security and emergency response, delivery, defence, inspection, and mapping.
36. With which organization, Capital Float has partnered to extend its buy now pay later (BNPL) solution?
[A] Bank of Baroda
[B] Razorpay
[C] State Bank of India
[D] Paytm
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Correct Answer: B [Razorpay]
Notes:- Capital Float has partnered with Razorpay, to extend its buy now pay later (BNPL) solution ‘Walnut 369’ to all Razorpay-enabled online merchants.
- Customers can sign up while shopping, get approved instantly and pay for purchases over three, six or nine months.
- Through this partnership Capital Float aims to expand to over 1,00,000 partners and serve customers across 100 cities in India.
37. Which organization has launched Urja, an AI enabled virtual assistant?
[A] Hindustan Petroleum
[B] NTPC Limited
[C] Power Grid Corporation of India
[D] Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
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Correct Answer: D [Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited]
Notes:- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), has launched Urja, a virtual assistant with AI/NLP (Artificial Intelligence/Natural Language Processing) capabilities and trained on more than 600 use cases.
- In an effort to make BPCL’s customer interface complete and digitally integrated, Urja, the chabot is now available on the company’s website for any questions.
- Urja speaks in 13 languages (English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu and Assamese).
38. Which date in August is observed as the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to victims of terrorism?
[A] 20 August
[B] 22 August
[C] 21 August
[D] 19 August
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Correct Answer: C [21 August]
Notes:- Terrorism is the biggest threats to our civilization currently with thousands of innocent people lose their lives to these ghastly acts of terror. To remember and pay tribute to the victims who lose their life or suffer the trauma of terrorism, United Nations observes August 21 as the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to victims of terrorism.
- The day is observed with the aim to provide and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms to these victims.
39. Recently, former chief minister Kalyan Singh has passed away. He was the chief minister of which state?
[A] Haryana
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Madhya Pradesh
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Correct Answer: C [Uttar Pradesh]
Notes:- Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and former Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh passed away in Lucknow at the age of 89 on August 21, 2021.
- Kalyan Singh became the chief minister of the state for the first time in 1991.
- He was at the helm of the affairs in the state when the Babri masjid was demolished in 1992.
- He was CM from 24 June 1991 – 6 December 1992 and from 21 September 1997 – 12 November 1999.
40. Recently, which state/UT has announced a package of Rs 500 crore for the industrial units?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Andaman & Nicobar
[C] West Bengal
[D] Kerala
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Correct Answer: A [Gujarat]
Notes:- The Gujarat government has announced a package of Rs 500 crore for industrial units located in GIDC areas to give them relief following the setback caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) announced four schemes to provide assistance to more than 50,000 units located in GIDC industrial estates.
- The state government had earlier announced an “Atmanirbhar” package of Rs 14,000 crore for the industry after the first wave of the pandemic.
- A total of 31,166 industrial units have received benefits worth Rs 407.72 crore so far through 14 different schemes as part of that package.
