1. Which is the nodal department in India in monitoring the “Enforcing Contracts” regime for Ease of Doing Business?
[A] Department of Justice
[B] Department of Land Resources
[C] Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
[D] Department of Legal Affairs
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Correct Answer: A [Department of Justice]
Notes:
Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, is the nodal department to monitor the legislative and policy reforms, to strengthen the “Enforcing Contracts” system for Ease of Doing Business in India.
Department of Justice has recently an exclusive “Enforcing Contracts Portal”. The “Enforcing Contracts” indicator is a part of the Ease of Doing Business survey by World Bank. It measures time and cost to resolve a commercial dispute and a series of good practices in the judiciary.
2. Which is the biggest air carrier in Saudi Arabia?
[A] Emirates Airlines
[B] Etihad Airways
[C] Saudi Arabian Airlines
[D] Qantas Airlines
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Correct Answer: C [Saudi Arabian Airlines]
Notes:
Saudi Arabian Airlines, owned by the state is the biggest carrier in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Others include low-cost carrier Flyadeal sand Flynas.
Recently, Saudi Arabia announced plans to launch a second national airline. This would push the kingdom to the fifth rank globally in terms of air transit traffic. The decision aims to turn the kingdom into a global logistics hub, diversifying from oil.
3. Which is the target sector of the Loan Guarantee Scheme for Covid Affected Sectors (LGSCAS) approved recently?
[A] Education
[B] MSME
[C] Health/ Medical Infrastructure
[D] Automobile
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Correct Answer: C [Health/ Medical Infrastructure]
Notes:
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Loan Guarantee Scheme for Covid Affected Sectors (LGSCAS).
It would provide financial guarantee cover for brownfield expansion and greenfield projects related to health/ medical infrastructure. All eligible loans sanctioned up to 31.03.2022, or till an amount of Rs. 50,000 crore is sanctioned, whichever is earlier is covered.
4. Which city recently hosted the Generation Equality Forum?
[A] Rome
[B] Geneva
[C] Paris
[D] London
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Correct Answer: C [Paris ]
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World leaders, philanthropists and organizations have pledged at least $40 billion at an international conference in Paris to boost gender equality, as women and girls worldwide have been deeply affected by the consequences of the pandemic. U.N. Women’s Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka welcomed the pledges at the three-day Generation Equality Forum that started in Paris on June 30, 2021. The conference is being co-organized by the U.N., France and Mexico.
5. Which is the largest milk producing country in the world?
[A] India
[B] United States
[C] China
[D] Denmark
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Correct Answer: A [India ]
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India is the largest producer of milk globally, with an estimated production of 208 million tonnes in FY2021.
6. As of 2021, which is the world’s largest political party?
[A] Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
[B] Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)
[C] Democratic Party (United States)
[D] United Socialist Party of Venezuela
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Correct Answer: B [Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)]
Notes:
As per 2019 data, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) it is the world’s largest party in terms of primary membership, with the second largest party, the Chinese Communist Party, having about half the registered members of the BJP. BJP was founded on 6 April 1980 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) — the world’s second largest political party after India’s Bharatiya Janata Party recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding.
7. Which company partnered with AJNIFM to build AI and emerging technologies Centre of Excellence?
[A] Google
[B] Microsoft
[C] Facebook
[D] Wipro
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Correct Answer: B [Microsoft]
Notes:
Microsoft has collaborated with Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM) to build a centre of excellence enabled with AI and emerging technologies. AJNIFM was set up in 1993 as a registered society under Ministry of Finance.
The main aim of this collaboration is to transform the public finance management, Expenditure management in India and prevent risks like money laundering, use of machine learning models for decision making etc..
8. Which country hosted the 7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in 2021?
[A] India
[B] France
[C] South Africa
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: B [France]
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The French Navy hosted the 7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS). It was concluded at Réunion island, a French department in the Indian Ocean.
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium is a biennial event, which was conceived by the Indian navy in 2008. IONS includes 24 member nations that touch or lie within the Indian Ocean Region and 8 observer nations.
9. Which is the top state of India in production of Coal?
[A] Jharkhand
[B] Chhattisgarh
[C] Odisha
[D] Telangana
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Correct Answer: B [Chhattisgarh]
Notes:
As per the provisional statistics of 2020-21 of the Coal Ministry, India’s total coal production registered a decline of 2.02 per cent to 716.084 million tonnes during 2020-21.
Of the total production, 671.297 MT was non-coking coal and 44.787 MT was coking coal. Chhattisgarh registered highest coal production of 158.409 MT, followed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. Jharkhand was the top producer of coking coal.
10. ‘Tiangong’ is the flagship space station of which country?
[A] UAE
[B] China
[C] Japan
[D] South Korea
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Correct Answer: B [China]
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‘Tiangong’ Space station is the flagship construction of China National Space Administration. Recently, Chinese astronauts successfully performed the country’s first spacewalk in the station.
Out of the three astronauts, who blasted off last month, two of them-Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo, worked for seven hours on the outside of the Tiangong station in the orbit around Earth. Earlier, the USA banned Chinese astronauts from using the International Space Station.
