1. | The Government of India has declared April 14 as a public holiday from now on. The day marks the birth anniversary of which leader? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The government has declared Ambedkar Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar which falls on 14 April every year, as a public holiday with effect from 2021. |
2. | The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action celebrated on which date? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The United Nations' International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is celebrated on April 4 each year. |
3. | How many kilometers of the route has been achieved by Indian railways in the electrification of routes during 2020-21? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The Indian Railways has logged highest ever electrification of sections covering over six thousand route kilometer in a single year during 2020-21. |
4. | Who has been appointed as the additional director of at Britannia Industries board? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The Board of Britannia Industries has appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel as the Additional Director of the company. |
5. | NBBL is a newly set up entity formed on April 01, 2021, to run the Bharat Bill Payment System business. The NBBL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of which bank? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The National Payments Corporation of India has transferred all its BBPS transaction business to NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NPCI. |
6. | Nobel Laureate Isamu Akasaki of Japan has passed away recently. Did he win the Nobel Prize in which field? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The Japanese Physicist Isamu Akasaki, a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, has passed away following pneumonia. |
7. | What kind of rare species has been discovered in the area at Amboli in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg was named a biodiversity heritage site? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Area at Amboli in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg named as the biodiversity heritage site. A rare freshwater fish species was discovered in the area. |
8. | Which company has recently achieved the feat of crossing one billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Bengaluru-based digital payments and financial services company, PhonePe has become the first company to cross one billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure. |