Current Affairs 2nd  July 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. K417N mutation is associated with which classification of SARS-CoV-2 virus?
A. Alpha                                
B. Beta
C. Delta                               
D. Delta Plus
Answer [D] Delta Plus
2. Which institution released a study on the ‘not-for-profit’ hospital model in India?
A. ICMR                                 
B. NITI Aayog
C. AIIMS                                
D. IMA
Answer [B] NITI Aayog
3. Which institution hosts the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2021?
A. IEEE                                  
B. GSMA
C. ITU                                   
D. OMA
Answer [B] GSMA
4. The Reserve Bank of India released guidelines for outsourcing, targeted at which category of banks?
A. Cooperative Banks                 
B. Regional Rural Banks
C. Foreign Banks                         
D. Local Area Banks
Answer [A] Cooperative Banks
5. Which institution published a global report on Racial Justice and Inequality?
A. World Bank                    
B. IMF
C. UNHRC                            
D. UNICEF
Answer [C] UNHRC
6. In June 2021, the Union government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Kalyan Anna Yojana from July to to which month?
A. September 2021                 
B. October 2021
C. November 2021                  
D. December 2021
Answer [C] November 2021
7. Centre has allocated how many rupees grant to Jharkhand under Jal Jeevan Mission?
A. 2149 cr                        
B. 2259 cr
C. 2369 cr                        
D. 2479 cr   
Answer [D] 2479 cr
8. In June 2021, who inaugurated Asia’s longest high-speed test track located in Pithampur Indore?
A. Nirmala Sitharaman             
B. Prakash Javdekar
C. Piyush Goyal                          
D. Smriti Irani
Answer [B] Prakash Javdekar
9. In June 2021, Shambhu Nath Srivastava has been appointed Chairman of the Indian Federation of United Nations Associations. Whom has he succeeded?
A. Mukul Sangma                    
B. Conrad Sangma
C. N. Biren Singh                      
D. Ram Naik
Answer [A] Mukul Sangma
10. An Indian Navy warship carried out a military exercise with which of the following South Korean vessels in the East China Sea in June 2021?
A. ROKS Daegu                           
B. ROKS Jeonbuk
C. ROKS Gyeongnam                
D. ROKS Chungbuk
Answer [C] ROKS Gyeongnam