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9 JULY 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

Total Questions : 20 | Page 1 of 2 pages
Question 1. Who has been appointed as the new Civil Aviation Minister?
  1.    Jyotiraditya Scindia
  2.    Narayan Rane
  3.    Bhupendra Yadav
  4.    Anurag Singh Thakur
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Jyotiraditya Scindia

Jyotiraditya Scindia has been appointed as India's new Civil Aviation Minister following his father's footsteps.


Question 2. Who is the author of the book 'The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi'?
  1.    Venu Madhav Govindu
  2.    Arun Tiwari
  3.    M. K. Gandhi
  4.    Amish Tripathi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Venu Madhav Govindu

Venu Madhav Govindu and Srinath Raghavan authored the book titled 'The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi'.


Question 3. In which city, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials established a new solar thermal components testing facility?
  1.    Hyderabad
  2.    Mumbai
  3.    Ahmedabad
  4.    Pune
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Hyderabad

The International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials established a new solar thermal components testing facility at Hyderabad to give further fillip to India's growing solar sector.


Question 4. The first case of "Bone Death" disease has been reported in which state?
  1.    Punjab
  2.    Maharashtra
  3.    Gujarat
  4.    Bihar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Maharashtra

After the outbreak of mucormycosis or black fungus two months back, the first case of Bone Death disease has been reported in Maharashtra.


Question 5. Veteran Congress leader Virbhadra Singh passed away. He had served as the Chief Minister of which state for six terms?
  1.    Uttar Pradesh
  2.    Uttarakhand
  3.    Himachal Pradesh
  4.    Rajasthan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Himachal Pradesh

Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh passed away after battling a prolonged illness.


Question 6. With whom, Indian Agriculture Minister met virtually to Cooperation in Agriculture?
  1.    Dmitry Patrushev
  2.    Mike Pompeo
  3.    Kamala Harris
  4.    Janusz Wojciechowski
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Janusz Wojciechowski

The Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare of India Narendra Singh Tomar and Member of the European Commission, Agriculture Mr Janusz Wojciechowski met virtually to Cooperation in Agriculture.


Question 7. Who is the new Health Minister of India?
  1.    Ashwini Vaishnaw
  2.    G Kishan Reddy
  3.    Mansukh Mandaviya
  4.    Kiren Rijiju
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mansukh Mandaviya

Mansukh Mandaviya has taken charge as India's new Health Minister replacing Dr Harsh Vardhan.


Question 8. The Postpaid Mini is a small ticket loan providing facility launched by which platform?
  1.    PhonePe
  2.    Paytm
  3.    MobiKwik
  4.    Bharti Airtel
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Paytm

Financial services and digital payments platform Paytm has launched a new product called Postpaid Mini that will enable users to get small loans ranging from Rs. 250 to Rs. 1,000.


Question 9. The payment solution has been launched which company in partnership with Mastercard?
  1.    Instamojo
  2.    Paytm
  3.    Razorpay
  4.    BillDesk
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Razorpay

Payments solution provider Razorpay has partnered with Mastercard to launch 'MandateHQ' - a payment interface that will help card-issuing banks to enable recurring payments for its customers.


Question 10. What is the estimated GDP growth rate of the Indian economy for fiscal 2021-22 as per Fitch Ratings latest prediction?
  1.    12 percent
  2.    9 percent
  3.    11 percent
  4.    10 percent
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 10 percent

The Fitch Ratings has revised its GDP growth projection for India in FY22 to 10%.


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