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29 AUGUST 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

Total Questions : 20 | Page 2 of 2 pages
Question 11. Which country has received the elections for membership of two key bodies of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)?
  1.    India
  2.    Germany
  3.    USA
  4.    United Kingdom
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> India

India has received the elections for membership of two key bodies of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), during the twenty-seventh UPU Congress in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.


Question 12. President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of the first AYUSH University of which state?
  1.    Gujarat
  2.    Uttar Pradesh
  3.    Haryana
  4.    Madhya Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Uttar Pradesh

On the third day of his visit to Uttar Pradesh, President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of the state's first AYUSH University. He also inaugurated the Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath Vishwavidyalaya in the city.


Question 13. The Prime Minister (PM) chaired which edition of PRAGATI- the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based totally multimodal platform, involving Central and State governments?
  1.    32nd
  2.    23rd
  3.    37th
  4.    34th
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 37th

The Prime Minister (PM) chaired the 37th edition of Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) - the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based totally multimodal platform, involving Central and State governments.


Question 14. The agreement to establish a Visiting Professorship in Social Science at NYUAD was signed between India and which other country?
  1.    Israel
  2.    Japan
  3.    Malysia
  4.    UAE
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> UAE

The agreement between Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and New York University Abu Dhabi to establish a Visiting Professorship in Social Science at NYUAD was signed.


Question 15. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha is of which number in the collection of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs)?
  1.    9th
  2.    8th
  3.    1st
  4.    7th
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 7th

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha is the seventh in the collection of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs).


Question 16. SUKOON, a 24x7 Mental Health Helpline has been inaugurated in which state/UT?
  1.    Jammu and Kashmir
  2.    Ladakh
  3.    Madhya Pradesh
  4.    Haryana
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Jammu and Kashmir

In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Commandant General, Home Guards and SDRF, V.K Singh and Principal Government Medical College, Jammu, Dr Shashi Sudan inaugurated SUKOON, a 24x7 Mental Health Helpline at SDRF Headquarters, Jammu.


Question 17. S. P. Sethuraman belongs to which sport?
  1.    Hockey
  2.    Chess
  3.    Badminton
  4.    Cricket
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Chess

Indian Grandmaster S. P. Sethuraman won the Barcelona Open chess tournament 2021 recently.


Question 18. Which state has become the second state after Karnataka to implement the National Education Policy 2020?
  1.    Madhya Pradesh
  2.    Gujarat
  3.    Haryana
  4.    Maharashtra
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh becomes the second state after Karnataka to implement the National Education Policy 2020.


Question 19. Banwarilal Purohit has been appointed as the governor of which state?
  1.    Kerala
  2.    Gujarat
  3.    Karnataka
  4.    Tamil Nadu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Tamil Nadu

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, to discharge the functions of the Governor of Punjab, in addition to his own duties from the date he assumes charge of the office of the Governor of Punjab.


Question 20. Gouri Ghosh, who passed away, belongs to which profession?
  1.    Playback Singer
  2.    Singer
  3.    Flute Player
  4.    Elocutionist
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Elocutionist

Noted elocutionist of West Bengal Gouri Ghosh passed away in Kolkata after a prolonged illness. She was 83.


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