1. Who is the national record holder in the men’s 3000m steeplechase?
[A] Gulzara Singh Mann
[B] Avinash Sable
[C] Gopal Saini
[D] Madan Singh
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Correct Answer: B [Avinash Sable]
Notes:
Avinash Sable finished seventh in 3000m steeplechase event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. He took 8 minutes 18.12 seconds (8:18.12s) to finish the race and set a national record by breaking his own record of 8:20.20s that he set during the Federation Cup in March. He became the first Indian after 1952 to qualify for the Olympics in 3000m steeplechase event.
Avinash Sable belongs to Beed district of Maharashtra.
2. Who is the first Italian man to win an Olympic medal in a 100m race?
[A] Leonardo Fabbri
[B] Maurizio Damilano
[C] Andrew Howe
[D] Marcell Jacobs
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Correct Answer: D [Marcell Jacobs]
Notes:
Marcell Jacobs won a gold medal in a 100m race at the Tokyo Olympics on August 1, 2021. He completed the race in 9.80 seconds and became the first Italian man to win an Olympic medal in a 100m race. He also set a European record in 100m race by finishing the race in 9.80 seconds. He is an Italian sprinter and long jumper. He won the 60metres title during the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
3. Who won the gold medal in women’s singles badminton at Tokyo Olympics ?
[A] Greysia Polii
[B] PV Sindhu
[C] Tai Tzu-ying
[D] Chen Yufei
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Correct Answer: D [Chen Yufei]
Notes:
Chen Yufei won the gold medal in women’s singles badminton at Tokyo Olympics on August 2, 2021. She defeated Taiwan’s Tai Tzu ying 21-18, 19-21, 21-18 to capture the title. She is a Chinese badminton player. She won the girls’ singles junior titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. In 2017, she was awarded the 2017 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year.
4. Who is the first Indian Javelin thrower to enter the finals of the Olympic Games?
[A] Jagdish Bishnoi
[B] Shivpal Singh
[C] Vipin Kasana
[D] Neeraj Chopra
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Correct Answer: D [Neeraj Chopra ]
Notes:
Neeraj Chopra qualifies for the Javelin throw final on August 4, 2021. He topped the Group A qualification with a big throw of 86.65m . Subedar Neeraj Chopra, VSM is an Indian track and field athlete and a Junior Commission Officer in Indian Army. He is the first Indian to ever win a World title in Track and Field at U-20. He belongs to Panipat (Haryana).
5. In which state, “Har Hith Store” scheme has been launched recently?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Punjab
[D] Haryana
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Correct Answer: D [Haryana]
Notes:
“Har Hith Store” scheme has been launched recently by Manohar Lal Khattar, the Chief Minister of Haryana. The scheme has been launched to encourage students towards self-employment. Under this scheme, a chain of grocery shops will be opened in rural and urban areas to sell the best quality daily-needs products at reasonable prices.
For the implementation of the scheme, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Limited (HAICL) signed Trade of Terms (TOT) with 51 corporate companies which will provide quality products to these stores. They will also provide Information Technology Support System.
6. Who holds the world record in the women’s 400-metre hurdles?
[A] Femke Bol
[B] Dalilah Muhammad
[C] Sydney McLaughlin
[D] Allyson Felix
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Correct Answer: C [Sydney McLaughlin]
Notes:
Sydney McLaughlin created a world record after winning the women’s 400-metre hurdles in 51.46 seconds at Tokyo Olympics 2020 recently. Her previous record was of 51.90 seconds. She became the first woman to finish the race before 52 seconds in an event, when she set the record of 51.90 seconds at the USA Olympic trials of 2020. She belongs to the United States of America.
At the Tokyo Olympics 2020 event of the women’s 400-metre hurdles , Dalilah Muhammad won the Silver medal and Femke Bol won the Bronze medal.
7. Which of the following is the key objective of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2021?
[A] Construction of small airports
[B] Modifying of small airports
[C] Pairing of smaller airports with big airports
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Pairing of smaller airports with big airports]
Notes:
With the passage in Rajya Sabha, Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2021 got approval of both houses of Parliament on August 4, 2021. Earlier, on July 29, the Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha. The Bill paves the way for privatisation of a small loss-making airport by clubbing it with a larger airport. The amendment bill proposes to modify the definition of a major airport under the AERA Act 2008. The objective is to pair the smaller non-profitable airports with profitable airports as a combination/package to bidders to make it a viable combination for investment under PPP (public-private partnership) mode.
8. Recently, the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in Lok Sabha to remove the contentious retrospective tax provision in Income Tax Act. Who was finance minister when retrospective tax provision was included in 2012?
[A] P. Chidambaram
[B] Pranab Mukherjee
[C] Arun Jaitley
[D] Jaswant Singh
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Correct Answer: B [Pranab Mukherjee]
Notes:
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in the Lok Sabha on 6th August, 2021. The bill seeks to do away with the contentious retrospective tax provision. The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill proposes to amend the Income Tax Act, 1961 to provide that no tax demand shall be raised in the future on the basis of the retrospective amendment for any indirect transfer of Indian assets if the transaction was undertaken before May 28, 2012. Pranab Mukherjee was the finance minister when retrospective tax provision was included in 2012.
9. Who are the two silver medal winners from India in Tokyo Olympics?
[A] Mirabai Chanu and Neeraj Chopra
[B] Lovlina Borgohain and Bajrang Punia
[C] Mirabai Chanu and Ravi Kumar Dahiya
[D] PV Sindhu and Lovlina Borgohain
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Correct Answer: C [Mirabai Chanu and Ravi Kumar Dahiya]
Notes:
India ended its campaign at the Tokyo Olympics with it’s best-ever tally of seven medals (1 gold, 2 silvers and four bronzes), beating the tally of six at London Olympic Games 2012. Medal winners for India were — Neeraj Chopra: gold in men’s javelin throw, Mirabai Chanu: Silver in women’s weightlifting, PV Sindhu: Bronze in women’s singles badminton, Lovlina Borgohain: Bronze in women’s boxing, men’s hockey team: bronze, Ravi Kumar Dahiya: Silver in men’s wrestling, Bajrang Punia: Bronze in men’s wresting.
10. Recently, which bank has been empanelled by RBI to act as an Agency Bank?
[A] HDFC Bank
[B] ICICI Bank
[C] Canara Bank
[D] Karnataka Bank
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Correct Answer: D [Karnataka Bank]
Notes:
Recently, Karnataka Bank has been empanelled by RBI to act as an ‘Agency Bank’ to facilitate transactions related to government businesses. As an empanelled Agency Bank, it is authorised to undertake government businesses such as revenue receipts and payments on behalf of the Centre and States, pension payments in respect of the same, collection of stamp duty charges and also any other item of work specifically advised by the RBI.