Current Affairs Quiz [31 august 2021] For DSSSB 2021 Exam: Attempt Now

Q1. Government has introduced Bharat series (BH-series) feature for free movement of personal vehicles. The BH-series is how many characters code?
(a) 09
(b) 12
(c) 11
(d) 10

Q2. What is the enhanced maximum per transaction limit for online fund transfer under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme, as per RBI?
(a) Rs 2 lakh
(b) Rs 1 lakh
(c) Rs 3 lakh
(d) Rs 5 lakh

Q3. The Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune has recently been renamed after which sports personality?
(a) Dhyan Chand
(b) Neeraj Chopra
(c) Bajrang Punia
(d) PV Sindhu

Q4. When is the National Sports Day observed in India?
(a) 27 August
(b) 28 August
(c) 30 August
(d) 29 August

Q5. The International Day against Nuclear Tests is a UN-recognised day, observed annually on__________.
(a) 28 August
(b) 30 August
(c) 29 August
(d) 27 August

Q6. What is the maximum limit of cash-based transfers under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility per transaction?
(a) Rs 50,000
(b) Rs 1 Lakh
(c) Rs 25,000
(d) Rs 70,000

Q7. The ANANDA Mobile app has been launched by which organisation?
(a) RBI
(b) SBI
(c) LIC
(d) SEBI

Q8. Which player has won the Belgian Grand Prix 2021?
(a) George Russell
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Max Verstappen
(d) Charles Leclerc

Q9. Bhavinaben Patel has claimed the silver medal for India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in which game?
(a) High Jump
(b) Shooting
(c) Tennis
(d) Table Tennis

Q10. Which place has recently got the world’s highest movie theatre?
(a) Machu Picchu
(b) Shangri-la, China
(c) Thimpu
(d) Ladakh

Q11. Name the Indian Grandmaster who has won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess tournament title.
(a) S P Sethuraman
(b) Aravindh Chithambaram
(c) Krishnan Sasikiran
(d) Srinath Narayanan

Q12. PM Modi recently dedicated to the nation renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak. The memorial is based in which city?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Srinagar
(d) Amritsar

Q13. Indian-para-athlete Nishad Kumar has won the silver medal in which event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
(a) Shot Put
(b) Javelin Throw
(c) Discuss Throw
(d) High Jump

Q14. The International Day of the Disappeared is marked annually on which day?
(a) 27 August
(b) 29 August
(c) 30 August
(d) 28 August

Q15. The National Sports Day is observed in India to mark the birth anniversary of which Indian sports person?
(a) K. D. Jadhav
(b) Dhanraj Pillay
(c) Milkha Singh
(d) Major Dhyan Chand

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles i.e. “Bharat series (BH-series)”. The vehicles bearing the BH-series mark will not have to require assignment of a new registration mark when the owner of the vehicle shifts from one State to another. Format of Bharat series (BH-series) Registration Mark – YY BH # XX (10 alphanumeric).

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India has increased the limit of fund transfer under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme from Rs 50,000 per transaction to Rs 2 lakh per transaction.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Raksha Mantri, Shri Rajnath Singh visited the Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune and he named the Army Sports Institute stadium as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Every year, 29th August has been observed as National Sports Day in India. The first National Sports Day was celebrated on 29th August 2012, on the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand who was the star of hockey team of India.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed globally on 29th August. The day aims to increase awareness about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. However, for cash-based transfers under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility, the per transaction limit of Rs 50,000 will still be present with a maximum number of transfers in a year allowed at 12.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched the mobile application of its digital paperless solution, ANANDA, for LIC agents. ANANDA stands for Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business Digital Application.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has been declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix 2021. The Belgian Grand Prix was stopped due to rain and only two laps were completed.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. In table tennis, Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel has claimed historic silver medal at 2020 Paralymic Games at Tokyo on August 29, 2021, in the women’s singles summit clash.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. The world’s highest movie theatre has recently been inaugurated in Ladakh, which got its first ever mobile digital movie theatre in the Paldan area of Leh, at an altitude of 11,562 feet.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. In Chess, Indian Grandmaster S P Sethuraman won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess tournament title, remaining unbeaten through the nine rounds, winning six matches and drawing three. Chennai-born Sethuraman collected 7.5 points after ninth and final round to tie the score with Daniil Yuffa of Russia.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak in Punjab’s Amritsar via video conference on August 28, 2021, to mark 102 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. India’s Nishad Kumar has clinched a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on August 29, 2021. This is the second medal for India at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. The International Day of the Disappeared is held on August 30 each year to draw attention towards increase in enforced or involuntary disappearances of individuals in various regions of the world, including arrest, detention and abduction unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. In India, the National Sports Day is observed every year on 29 August, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.

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