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1. Sadia Dehlvi, who died recently, was a?
a) Singer
b) Player
c) Writer
d) Dancer
2. Who is the author "Amazing Ayodhya" - A new book to tell the history of Ayodhya?
a) Mohini Gupta
b) Sunil Sharma
c) Neena Rai
d) Sameer Mehta
3. Which edition of National Handloom Day was observed on August 7, 2020?
a) 5th
b) 6th
c) 7th
d) 8th
4. Global remittances may lose how much amount in 2020?
a) $108.6 billion
b) $105.1 billion
c) $80 billion
d) $500.8 billion
5. India's first 'Kisan Rail' flagged off from Devlali Railway Station of which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Punjab
d) Tamil Nadu
6. Whose new book 'RAW: A History of India's Covert Operations' offers a peek into the exploits of Indian spymasters?
a) Manmohan Singh
b) Yatish Yadav
c) Ayushman Khurana
d) Chetan Bhagat
7. Who among the following is not a recipient of 'Dada Saheb Phalke' Award?
a) Ramanand Sagar
b) Raj Kapoor
c) V. Shantaram
d) Ashok Kumar
8. Bangladesh has signed its largest-ever loan package deal worth USD 3.1 billion with which nation?
a) Russia
b) China
c) India
d) Japan
9. Which nation Israel successfully tested its advanced missile defense system-Arrow-2 interceptor?
a) Iran
b) North Korea
c) China
d) Israel
10. Which nation has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Russia for the production & marketing of COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’?
a) Singapore
b) Thailand
c) Brazil
d) China
11. Which state is set to launch Arunodoi Scheme to provide financial assistance to 17 lakh families?
a) Jharkhand
b) Assam
c) Tripura
d) West Bengal
12. India has announced financial assistance of USD 1 million for which nation?
a) Antigua and Barbuda
b) Lebanon
c) Guatemala
d) Vietnam
13. Which country has allowed the sale and registration of electric vehicles without pre-fitted batteries?
a) India
b) China
c) Japan
d) Singapore
14. Which country will receive USD 500 million assistance from India for a connectivity project?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Mauritius
c) Maldives
d) Indonesia
15. Which among the following service is not a major reform under the newly launched 'Transparent Taxation-Honoring the Honest' platform?
a) Faceless Assessment
b) Faceless Appeal
c) Taxpayers’ Charter
d) Single Window System
Answers:
c) Writer
c) Neena Rai
b) 6th
a) $108.6 billion
b) Maharashtra
b) Yatish Yadav
a) Ramanand Sagar
d) Japan
d) Israel
c) Brazil
b) Assam
a) Antigua and Barbuda
a) India
c) Maldives
d) Single Window System
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