1. INS Airavat has reached which country in August 2021, as a part of Mission SAGAR?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Afghanistan
[C] Vietnam
[D] Malaysia
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Correct Answer: C [Vietnam]
Notes:- Indian Naval vessel – INS Airavat has recently reached Ho Chi Minh City Port in Vietnam, as a part of Mission SAGAR.
- The vessel has shipped 100 Metric Tons of Liquid Medical Oxygen and 300 Oxygen Concentrators of 10 LPM capacity, to fight against the COVID 19 pandemic.
- SAGAR stands for Security and Growth for All in the Region, under which India has been helping its neighbors at times of stress.
2. “e-Source” is an online platform being developed by which institution?
[A] BITS
[B] IIM – A
[C] IIT – M
[D] ISRO
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Correct Answer: C [IIT – M]
Notes:- The Indian Institution of Technology Madras (IIT-M) is developing an online platform named e-Source.
- This platform aims to tackle e-waste by linking various participants in formal and informal sector.
- It would act as a market place between buyers and generators of e waste, in electrical and electronic equipment segment.
- This is expected to pave a great way for recycle and reuse of electronic wastes, thus achieve the objectives of circular economy.
3. Who has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha?
[A] M Venkaiah Naidu
[B] Dr. Ramacharyulu
[C] Utpal Kumar Singh
[D] Desh Deepak Verma
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Correct Answer: B [Dr. Ramacharyulu]
Notes:- Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu appointed Dr. Parasaram Pattabhi Kesava Ramacharyulu as the new Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha.
- Ramacharyulu has been working as Secretary in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat since 2018.
- He succeeds Desh Dipak Verma, who demitted office after serving for four years in the post.
- As per the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Ramacharyulu is the first ever Upper House employee to have reached the Secretary General’s post.
4. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
[A] J B Mohapatra
[B] Rajesh Damor
[C] Pramod Y Devikar
[D] Deepa Rasal
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Correct Answer: A [J B Mohapatra]
Notes:- Senior bureaucrat J B Mohapatra has been appointed the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
- Mohapatra, is a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer, is currently the member in the board that frames the policy for the Income Tax department.
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of J B Mohapatra, as the Chairman of CBDT.
- After the extended tenure of incumbent P C Mody had ended, Mohapatra has been holding the additional charge of CBDT chairman since May 31.
5. Which Indian state/UT has proposed the ‘School bubble’ concept to mitigate the spread of Covid-19?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Karnataka
[C] Kerala
[D] Jharkhand
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Correct Answer: B [Karnataka]
Notes:- The Covid-19 technical advisory committee (TAC) constituted by the Karnataka government has proposed the ‘school bubble’ concept.
- It aims to mitigate the spread of the disease among children attending offline classes at schools and colleges across the state.
- School bubbles are physical classifications made between groups comprising a small number of students.
- As per the concept, each such bubble will include students who will be made as a group during school hours throughout the term or an academic year.
6. Which Indian company has commenced the process of retrofitting LNG kits onto trucks engaged in transportation of coal?
[A] NTPC
[B] IOCL
[C] CIL
[D] Tata Power
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Correct Answer: C [CIL]
Notes:- India’s state-owned PSU – Coal India Limited (CIL) has commenced the process of retrofitting LNG kits in trucks engaged in transportation of coal.
- This move is aimed to reduce its carbon footprint and bring a positive impact on the environment.
- The company uses over 4 lakh kilolitres of diesel per annum, which costs about Rs.3500 crore
7. The Fukutoku-Okanoba volcano, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which country?
[A] Japan
[B] China
[C] Philippines
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: A [Japan]
Notes:- The Fukutoku-Okanoba volcano, is situated in Japan.
- It is located at about 80 feet below the sea, five kilometres north of Japan’s South Iwo Jima Island.
- As per the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the underwater volcano that exploded in the Pacific Ocean, mid-August, poses a risk to the passage of planes and ships.
- This is regarded as unusual as the eruptions from submarine volcanoes did not reach the height that the plume did.
8. India has signed an agreement with which country for development of Air-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (ALUAV)?
[A] Israel
[B] Russia
[C] USA
[D] France
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Correct Answer: C [USA]
Notes:- India’s Ministry of Defence has signed a project agreement with the US Department of Defence for cooperation in the development of air-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (ALUAV).
- This Project Agreement for ALUAV is under the overall framework of the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).
- It also includes the collaboration between Air Force Research Laboratory, Indian Air Force, and DRDO in the process of co-developing an ALUAV Prototype
9. Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) is an annual meet held in which country?
[A] Switzerland
[B] Russia
[C] Japan
[D] Singapore
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Correct Answer: B [Russia]
Notes:- Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) is an annual meet held in Vladivostok, Russia.
- It aims to encourage foreign investments in Russia’s resource-rich but underdeveloped Far East regions.
- In 2019, PM Modi had announced a $1-billion line of credit for the Far East in 2019.
- The proposed Chennai-Vladivostok maritime corridor will promote tbe bilateral relationships together.
- Mazagon Docks Limited will partner with the Russian ship-building facility at Zvezda to build important commercial ships.
- India and Russia are partners in space exploration through the Gaganyaan programme.
10. Rudolf Weigl, seen in the Google Doodle, was an inventor and immunologist from which country?
[A] Germany
[B] France
[C] Poland
[D] Israel
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Correct Answer: C [Poland]
Notes:- Google celebrated the 138th birthday of Polish inventor, doctor, and immunologist Rudolf Weigl with a doodle.
- He had produced the first-ever effective vaccine against one of the oldest and most infectious diseases, named ‘Epidemic typhus’.
- His work has been honored by two Nobel Prize nominations.
- Weigl adapted Body lice into a laboratory specimen. In 1936, Weigl’s vaccine successfully inoculated its first beneficiary.
