Current Affairs 20th July 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which institution has launched a new scheme named ‘FASTER’ or ‘Fast and Secure Transmission of Electronic Records’?
A. Reserve Bank of India         
B. Supreme Court of India
C. Election Commission of India
D. Central Bureau of Investigation
Answer [B] Supreme Court of India
2. Which country chaired the 7th BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting, held in July 2021?
A. Brazil                          
B. Russia
C. India                           
D. China
Answer [C] India
3. India recently held a virtual maritime exercise ‘Exercise Shield’, with which countries?
A. Sri Lanka and Maldives            
B. Japan and Thailand
C. Bangladesh and Maldives         
D. USA and Russia
Answer [A] Sri Lanka and Maldives
4. Gira Sarabhai, who was in the news recently, was associated with which field?
A. Sports                             
B. Architecture
C. Politics                            
D. Business
Answer [B] Architecture
5. ‘Child Tax Credit programme’, is a flagship programme being implemented in which country?
A. USA                              
B. Russia
C. China                            
D. Japan
Answer [A] USA
6. Which organization signed an MoU (in July’21) with Bank of Maharashtra for developing Priority Sector Lending in Maharashtra?
A. SIDBI                          
B. National Housing Bank
C. IDBI Bank                   
D. NABARD
Answer [D] NABARD
7. Who was appointed (in July’21) as the Chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) for 2021-23?
A. Harshil Mathur                        
B. Ajit Mohan
C. Dhruv Shringi                           
D. Sanjay Gupta     
Answer [D] Sanjay Gupta
8. Banks in India are advised by the RBI to offer RTGS transactions from _____ to ______ as the maximum limit for a single transaction.
A. Rs 2 lakhs; No Limit              
B. Rs 2 lakhs; Rs 10 lakhs
C. Rs 1 lakhs; Rs 20 lakhs         
D. No minimum limit; Rs 10 lakhs
Answer [A] Rs 2 lakhs; No Limit
9. “Fiat Panis” is the official motto of which International organization?
A. International Criminal Court               
B. UNICEF
C. Food & Agriculture Organization       
D. World Health Organization
Answer [C] Food & Agriculture Organization
10. In July 2021, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) signed an MoU with MapmyIndia, as per the MoU new mapping services will be enabled in which government mobile application?
A. MyGoV App                        
B. UMANG App
C. mPassport App                  
D. mParivahan 
Answer [B] UMANG App