Current Affairs 17th July 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which city is the venue of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting 2021?
A. Dushanbe                         
B. Moscow
C. Shanghai                           
D. New Delhi
Answer [A] Dushanbe
2. The Union Cabinet has approved MoU with which country, on cooperation regarding Coking Coal?
A. Russia                            
B. Sweden
C. Japan                             
D. Australia
Answer [A] Russia
3. North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) is situated in which state?
A. Assam                               
B. Sikkim
C. Arunachal Pradesh          
D. Meghalaya
Answer [C] Arunachal Pradesh
4. Which Union Minister has been appointed as the Leader of House in Rajya Sabha?
A. Piyush Goyal                      
B. Amit Shah
C. Rajnath Singh                    
D. Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer [A] Piyush Goyal
5. Who is the head of the Commission set up to examine the issue of Sub-categorization within OBCs in the Central List?
A. A K Sikri                           
B. G Rohini
C. Ranjan Gogoi                  
D. S A Bobde
Answer [B] G Rohini
6. Name the Ministry that recently (in July’21) signed an MoU with the Department of Biotechnology for improving research on Polar Microbes?
A. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
B. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
C. Ministry of Earth Sciences
D. Ministry of Jal Shakti
Answer [C] Ministry of Earth Sciences
7. Where was India’s 1st Grain ATM or ‘Automated, Multi Commodity, Grain Dispensing Machine’ installed?
A. Noida, Uttar Pradesh               
B. Gurugram, Haryana
C. Chandigarh                                 
D. New Delhi
Answer [B] Gurugram, Haryana
8. Identify the state government that annually celebrates ‘Asha Bonalu’ – a traditional folk festival.
A. Karnataka                     
B. West Bengal
C. Bihar                              
D. Telangana
Answer [D] Telangana
9. In July 2021, a Government Boys High School from ___ became the 1st Government school in India to develop a satellite.
A. Maharashtra                       
B. Chandigarh
C. New Delhi                            
D. Karnataka
Answer [D] Karnataka
10. What is the focus area of ‘Healthcare Innovation Challenge (HIC) 2.0’ that was launched by NASSCOM’s Centre of Excellence for IoT & Al?
A. MSME Sector                    
B. Finance Sector
C. HealthCare Sector            
D. Tourism & Hospitality Sector
Answer [C] HealthCare Sector