Current Affairs 23th August 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. With which organization, India has signed a USD 500 million loans agreement in order to expand metro rail network in Bengaluru?
A. Asian Development Bank         
B. World Bank
C. European Central Bank            
D. New Development Bank
Answer [A] Asian Development Bank 
2. Who has been elected as the new president of Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) Society?
A. Dr Manmohan Singh                  
B. Amitabh Kant
C. Ajay Tyagi                                     
D. NK Singh
Answer [D] NK Singh
3. Which organization has launched eShield Next life insurance product?
A. Life Insurance Corporation         
B. HDFC Life Insurance
C. SBI Life Insurance                         
D. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Answer [C] SBI Life Insurance
4. With which organization, Capital Float has partnered to extend its buy now pay later (BNPL) solution?
A. Bank of Baroda                 
B. Razorpay
C. State Bank of India           
D. Paytm
Answer [B] Razorpay
5. Which of the following is putting in place a Platform for Regulated Entities for Integrated Supervision and Monitoring (PRISM)?
A. RBI                    
B. IRDAI
C. PFRDA               
D. SEBI
Answer [A] RBI
6. As per a new report by blockchain data platform Chainalysis, what is the rank of India in terms of crypto adoption?
A. 1                     
B. 2
C. 3                     
D. 4
Answer [B] 2
7. Which of the following has become the first e-vehicle friendly highway in the country?
A. Firozepur-Shipkila Highway        
B. Delhi-Chandigarh Highway
C. Siliguri-Gangtok Highway            
D. Jaipur-Agra Highway
Answer [B] Delhi-Chandigarh Highway
8. Which of the following announced a collaboration with Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE)-IT Bombay to launch Plugin Alliance?
A. Adlink Technology                
B. Cisco
C. Dell EMC                                  
D. Intel India
Answer [D] Intel India
9. In August 2021, ______ announced the creation of 4 New Districts and 18 New Tehsil resulting in a total of ______ districts in the state.
A. Madhya Pradesh; 32            
B. Madhya Pradesh; 28
C. Chhattisgarh; 32                    
D. Chhattisgarh; 28
Answer [C] Chhattisgarh; 32
10. Which country’s President has refused to let his country become Europe’s ‘refugee warehouse?
A. Belgium             
B. UK
C. Turkey               
D. France
Answer [C] Turkey
11. As per the partnership of Facebook and Indifi, advertisers who use Facebook in India will now have access to small business loans worth as little as how many rupees at a predefined interest rate of 17-20%?
A. 1 lakh                    
B. 3 lakh
C. 5 lakh                    
D. 7 lakh
Answer [C] 5 lakh
12. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of which country has approved the use of artificial antibodies drug Ronapreve to prevent COVID-19?
A. UK                        
B. Japan
C. China                   
D. USA
Answer [A] UK
13. In August 2021, which country has passed a privacy law aimed at preventing businesses from collecting sensitive personal data?
A. Japan               
B. China
C. Russia              
D. France
Answer [B] China
14. Intermodal logistics service provider GatewayRail has joined hands with which of the following to help it in its digitalization journey?
A. Blue Ridge                
B. TradeLens
C. OceanX                     
D. Roadie
Answer [B] TradeLens
15. Kim Min Kyung passed away in August 2021. From which of the following countries did she belong?
A. North Korea            
B. Japan
C. South Korea             
D. Indonesia
Answer [C] South Korea
16. In August 2021, which state has approved two credit-linked schemes, which would facilitate Rs 300 crore investment in the agro-based sectors?
A. Punjab               
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Mizoram           
D. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer [D] Arunachal Pradesh
17. The Department of Tourism and Tourism of which country would host Africa’s first-ever Travel and tourism summit?
A. South Africa           
B. Nigeria
C. Kenya                       
D. Uganda
Answer [A] South Africa
18. In August 2021, which state laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) IOC?
A. Punjab             
B. Odisha
C. Karnataka        
D. West Bengal
Answer [B] Odisha
19. In August 2021, which state/UT’s policy has been notified to make the city “self-reliant” in the production of medical oxygen to tackle any medical emergency?
A. Delhi               
B. Chandigarh
C. Punjab            
D. Rajasthan
Answer [A] Delhi
20. In August 2021, Wiley, a global leader in research and education, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which of the following IITs?
A. IIT Gandhinagar          
B. IIT Guwahati
C. IIT Indore                      
D. IIT Jodhpur
Answer [D] IIT Jodhpur