Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank | 24th August ‘2021 – Free PDF

Q1) Union government has launched which portal to facilitate geospatial planning of MGNREGA assets?

1. Mukhtdhara
2. Yuktdhara
3. Shudhdhara
4. Bhumidhara

Q2) Which two INS carried out a maritime partnership exercise with BRP Antonio Luna of the Philippine Navy in the West Philippine Sea?

1. INS Ranvijay
2.  INS Kora
3. INS Tabar
4. A&B
5. B&C

Q3) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has flagged off a fleet of how many trauma care ambulances for deployment in Jammu and Kashmir?

1. Five
2. Three
3. Seven
4. Eight

Q4) Which Municipal Corporation has taken up a novel initiative to get rid of diseases like Malaria and Dengue, implementing ‘Every Sunday at 10 AM for 10 mnts” campaign?

1. Mumbai
2. Pune
3. Chennai
4. Greater Hyderabad

Q5) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has re-appointed whom as chairman of the Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF)?

1. Suresh N Patel
2. T M Bhasin 
3. Gaurav Kumar Sharma
4. Sudhir Kumar

Q6) Which state government has introduced a Bill in the Assembly proposing jail term up to 10 years for offences related to paper leak?

1. Punjab
2. Gujarat
3. Haryana
4. Uttar Pradesh

Q7) The government has unveiled a four-year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) of worth how much amount to unlock value in brownfield projects?

1. Rs 5 lakh crore
2. Rs 6 lakh crore
3. Rs 7 lakh crore
4. Rs 8 lakh crore

Q8) Which company has developed an AI-enabled chatbot, Urja?

1. HPCL
2. OIC
3. NTPC
4. BPCL

Q9) When the World Sanskrit Day 2021 was observed?

1. 22 August
2. 21 August
3. 23 August
4. 24 August

Q10) Which movie has won the award for the Best Feature Film at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2021?

1. Sheer Qorma
2. The Great Indian Kitchen
3. Soorarai Pottru
4. Shut Up Sona

Q11) USAID and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will provide $50 million loan to which bank for supporting Indian women and small business borrowers?

1. Axis Bank
2. Kotak Mahindra Bank
3. Indusind Bank
4. Bank of Maharashtra

• IFFM 2021 winners list
• Best Feature Film – Soorarai Pottru
• Best Performance Male (Feature) – Suriya Sivakumar (Soorarai Pottru)
• Best Performance Female (Feature) – Vidya Balan (Sherni) & Honourable mention to Nimisha Sajayan (The Great Indian Kitchen)
• Best Director – Anurag Basu (Ludo) & Honorary Mention Prithvi Konanur (Pinki Elli?)
• Best Series – Mirzapur Season 2
• Best Actress in a Series – Samantha Akkineni (The Family Man 2)
• Best Actor in a Series – Manoj Bajpayee (The Family Man 2)
• Best Documentary Film – Shut Up Sona
• Diversity in Cinema Award – Pankaj Tripathi

Q12) Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel has launched seven indigenous food products of which state as part of the Make in India initiative?

1. Assam
2. Nagaland
3. Bihar
4. Manipur

Q13) Which bank has recently opened a floating ATM on Dal Lake in Srinagar?

1. Punjab National Bank
2. Bank of Baroda
3. State Bank of India
4. Jammu & Kashmir Bank

Q14) Who is the author of the book Battlefield?

1.  Vishram Bedekar
2. Satyapal Chandra
3. Mukul Deva
4. Mukul Kesavan

Q15) World’s First Fossil-free Steel has been manufactured in which country?

1. Denmark
2. Netherlands
3. Germany
4. Sweden

Q16) Which IIT Institution has developed India’s first indigenous motorised wheelchair vehicle, NeoBolt?

1. IIT Delhi
2. IIT Madras
3. IIT Roorkee
4. IIT Guwahati

Q17) Syed Shahid Hakim, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?

1. Hockey
2. Cricket
3. Football
4. Wrestling

Q18) Who is the author of the book The Kapil Sharma Story?

1. Ajitabha Bose
2. Goutam Ghose
3. Sandip Ray
4. Ashwin Sanghi

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