Current Affairs 24th August 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which organization has launched a new initiative called the Small Business Loans Initiative?
A. Facebook                       
B. Google
C. State Bank of India       
D. Bank of Baroda
Answer [A] Facebook
2. Which organization has launched Urja, an AI enabled virtual assistant?
A. Hindustan Petroleum          
B. NTPC Limited
C. Power Grid Corporation of India
D. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Answer [D] Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
3. Which organization has partnered with Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE)-IIT Bombay to launch Plugin Alliance, a first-of-its industry-technology alliance?
A. Facebook                    
B. Microsoft
C. Intel                             
D. Google
Answer [C] Intel
4. Which organization has launched Google Cloud Garages?
A. Infosys                  
B. Tata Consultancy Services
C. Accenture              
D. Deloitte
Answer [B] Tata Consultancy Services
5. Which organization, working towards the revival of Udupi sari weaving, has been awarded as one among three ‘NGOs associated with NABARD’?
A. Rural Development Trust        
B. Kadike Trust
C. Gram Vikas Parishad              
D. National Resources Centre for Women Development  
Answer [B] Kadike Trust
6. Name the country that approved to provide the AK-103 series of assault rifles for the Indian Army in line with India’s Mega Infantry Modernisation Programme’.
A. Russia             
B. USA
C. France            
D. Japan
Answer [A] Russia
7. Identify the Tribe that celebrates “Wanchuwa Festival’ – a harvest festival in Assam (in Aug’21).
A. Gonds Tribes               
B. Tiwa Tribes
C. Bhils Tribes                  
D. Munda Tribes
Answer [B] Tiwa Tribes
8. In August 2021, Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited (AMTRON) signed an MoU with an Israeli company to set up a Centre of Excellence in which field?
A. Agriculture                         
B. Healthcare
C. Artificial Intelligence       
D. Automobile
Answer [C] Artificial Intelligence
9. Which State Government renamed the movement in the history of India’s freedom struggle, the ‘Kakori Kand’ to ‘Kakori Train action?
A. Uttar Pradesh            
B. Uttarakhand
C. Bihar                            
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer [A] Uttar Pradesh
10. Which one of the following is the correct statement regarding increase in the CRR in India?
A. It reduces credit creation            
B. It does not affect credit
C. It increases credit creation  
D. It is same throughout its inception   
Answer [A] It reduces credit creation