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Which country has recently banned the wearing and sale of leather coats by the general public?
Japan
China
North Korea
South Korea
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Answer: Option CExplanation
North Korea is reportedly imposing a ban on leather jackets and trench coats so that common people do not copy the style of their supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. Radio Free Asia reported, citing sources in the country that authorities in North Korea are saying that it is disrespectful to copy the fashion choices of the country’s leader.
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AMTRON has signed a tripartite MoU with Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd for setting up a strategic cyber intelligence center of excellence at _
Kolkata
Bangalore
Pune
Guwahati
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited (AMTRON) has signed a tripartite MOU with Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd. and I-Sec Security Services Pvt. Ltd for setting up a strategic cyber intelligence center of excellence at Tech City, Guwahati.
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Which movie has won the Golden Peacock Award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Goa in November 2021?
Asuran
Ana
The Sun above Me Never Sets
Ring Wandering
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
The cash prize of Rs 40 lakh will be shared between the film’s director & producer. PANAJI: Japanese director Masakazu Kaneko’s “Ring Wandering”, about an aspiring manga artist, won the top honor at the closing ceremony of the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here
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Who has won the Best Actor Award in the Male category in the 6th BRICS Film Festival 2021?
Yan Han
Lara Boldorini
Dhanush
Lucia Murat
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
Dhanush won the Best Actor award at BRICS Film Festival for his performance in Asuran. The film also won three National Awards.
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Who has been appointed as an Independent non-executive Director on the Board of Hero MotoCorp?
Hitendra Dave
Vinod Aggarwal
Rajnish Kumar
A S Rajeev
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
Hero Motocorp said that Rajnish Kumar, former chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI), has been appointed as an independent non-executive director on the board of the company.
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Which general Insurance company has partnered with TropoGo for the distribution of a drone insurance product?
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company
Religare Insurance Company
Oriental Insurance Company
SBI General Insurance Company
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announced its partnership with deep-tech startup TropoGo for the distribution of a drone Insurance product.
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According to Kantar’s BrandZ India 2021 report, which brand has emerged as the most purposeful brand in India across the “technology category”?
Asian Paints
Amazon
Samsung
Swiggy
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
Amazon, Asian Paints, and Tata Tea have emerged as the most purposeful leaders in India across technology, non-FMCG, and FMCG categories respectively, as per the latest BrandZ India report by insights and consulting firm Kantar.
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Indian Railways is constructing the tallest pier railway bridge in the world in Manipur. What is the height of the bridge?
111 metres
151 meters
121 meters
141 meters
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
Indian Railways is constructing the world’s tallest railway bridge pier at Noney Valley in the state of Manipur with a height of 141 meters.
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Who has been elected as the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF)?
Harshwanti Bisht
Santosh Yadav
Premlata Agrawal
Bachendri Pal
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
Noted mountaineer from Uttarakhand Harshwanti Bisht has earned the distinction of being elected the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF). She was elected to the coveted post on November 20, winning 60 out of a total of 107 votes.
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Which state has emerged as the poorest state in India at all dimensions in the inaugural national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released by NITI Aayog?
Jharkhand
Punjab
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
Bihar has emerged as the poorest state as per the first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) prepared by Niti Aayog
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Recently in which ocean was the CORPAT exercise between India and Indonesia held?
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Andaman Sea
Bay of Bengal
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The 37th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) is being held in the Indian Ocean region from 23-24 November 2021. CORPAT is held twice a year to ensure safety and security.
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Which Union Minister has recently launched the world’s first multimodal brain imaging data and analytics?
Pralhad Joshi
Dr. Jitendra Singh
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Jitendra Singh launches World’s First Multimodal Brain Imaging Data and Analytics. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Project SWADESH.
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Who had won the Ballon d’Or 2019 award?
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Kaká
Luka Modrić
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Lionel Messi had won the 2019 Ballon d’Or award, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious individual awards in football that is presented annually by the French news magazine France Football. Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award a record six times while he was playing for Barcelona.
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India has signed a $300 million loan agreement with which financial institution to improve primary healthcare in urban areas?
EBRD
WB
IMF
ADB
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The Indian Government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $300 million loan agreement to improve primary healthcare in the urban areas of 13 states. It will benefit over 256 billion urban dwellers including the 51 million from the slum areas.
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When did National Cadet Corps celebrate the 73rd anniversary of its raising?
November 30th
November 29th
November 28th
November 27th
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Answer: Option CExplanation
The National Cadet Corps (NCC) observed the 73rd anniversary of its raising on November 28, 2021. NCC is the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces and the largest uniformed youth organization in the world.
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Union Cabinet has approved to further extend the PMGKAY-Phase V till ____
July 2022
March 2022
December 2022
October 2022
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The Union Cabinet has approved the extension for the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase V) by another 4 months from December 2021 till March 2022. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) is a food security welfare scheme announced by the Government of India in March 2020. The PMGKAY scheme for Phase V from December 2021 till March 2022 would entail an estimated additional food subsidy of Rs. 53344.52 crore. The total outgo in terms of food grains for PMGKAY Phase V is likely to be about 163 LMT.
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The government has changed the base year for Wage Rate Index (WRI). What is the new base year?
2021
2017
2020
2016
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
The Labour ministry has released the new series of Wage Rate Index (WRI) with the base year being 2016. The government periodically revises the base year of WRI for key economic indicators in order to provide a clear picture of economic changes and record the wage pattern of workers. The new series of WRI with base 2016=100 will replace the old series with base 1963-65.
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Which company has partnered with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to promote regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme?
Cleartrip
MakeMyTrip
Yatra
IRCTC
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
MakeMyTrip partnered with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to promote regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme. MakeMyTrip will now power UDAN flights on the ‘AirSewa portal’ and market them on its platform to promote its services.
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Which state has passed ‘Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill 2021’, to levy a Green tax on vehicles?
Odisha
Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly has passed the AP Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill 2021 to levy green tax on vehicles.
The Green tax will soon be imposed on all vehicles, barring motorcycles and auto-rickshaws. The Centre has earlier recommended imposing a green tax to save the environment from carbon emissions by making vehicle owners pay for pollution.
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What is the ‘Word of the year 2021’ as per Collins Dictionary?
De-Fi
NFT
Bitcoin
Crypto-currency
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Collins Dictionary has chosen the term ‘NFT’ (short for the non-fungible token), as its word of the year 2021. As per Collins, the word’s usage increased 11,000 percent.
There has been a surging interest in digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars. Collins defines it as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a block-chain that is used to record the ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible”.
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Sananta Tanty who has passed away recently was a Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian poet of which literature?
Assamese
Bengali
Marathi
Malayalam
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian poet of Assamese literature Sananta Tanty has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 69.
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The joint Armed Force Exercise Dakshin Shakti 2021 was held in which place recently?
Jaisalmer
Pune
Agra
Pithoragarh
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
The Indian Army had organized the biggest military exercise called Dakshin Shakti in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer from November 19 to 22, 2021. Exercise Dakshin Shakti witnessed the participation of over 30,000 troops from the Army, Navy, IAF, Coast Guard, BSF, and intelligence.
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Which state has emerged as the poorest state in India at all dimensions in the inaugural national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released by NITI Aayog?
Punjab
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The government thinks tank Niti Aayog has released the first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) to measure poverty at the national, State/UT, and district levels. As per the inaugural index, Bihar has been adjudged as the state with the highest level of multidimensional poverty. 51.91 percent of the state’s population are multidimensionally poor.
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Who has been appointed as the new President of INTERPOL?
Ahmed Nasser AL-RAISI
Michael A. HUGHES
Garba Baba UMAR
Juan Carlos HERNÁNDEZ
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been elected as the new President of INTERPOL (Headquarters: Lyon, France).
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BSE Administration and Supervision Ltd. (BASL) has received approval from which of the following to act as an accreditation agency for prospective accredited investors?
NABARD
SEBI
RBI
SIDBI
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Answer: Option BExplanation
BSE Ltd on Friday said its wholly-owned subsidiary BSE Administration & Supervision Ltd. (BASL) has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to act as an accreditation agency for prospective accredited investors.
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How many officers and staff of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) have been conferred the Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificates and Medals for – ‘Specially Distinguished Record of Service’ in November 2021?
22
20
26
24
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate was awarded to 26 officers and staff of CBIC for “Specially Distinguished Record of Service.”
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Which country has India launched a first-of-its-kind program called Women’s Involvement in Science and Engineering Research (WISER) in November 2021?
Germany
Denmark
Norway
France
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Answer: Option AExplanation
First of its kind program for lateral entry for women researchers in joint R&D projects between India and Germany launched. A first-of-its-kind program to promote women in the field of research and development through lateral entry was launched yesterday.
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First time in India, in which state has a hybrid e-VTOL drone been deployed to deliver medicines to a remote primary health center in November 2021?
Manipur
Assam
Sikkim
Meghalaya
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
“Today we launched a pilot of India’s 1st Medicine Delivery via Hybrid e-VTOL drone in #Meghalaya from Nongstoin to Maweit PHC covering a distance of 25 km in less than 25 mins,” Conrad said on his social media handles.
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Who represented India at the 20th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG)?
Piyush Goyal
Nirmala Sitharaman
Narendra Modi
S. Jaishankar
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar led the Indian delegations at the 20th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) on November 25, 2021.
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What was the theme of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration week by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD)?
Growing well in a changing world
Children Ideas, Rights & Nutrition
Children Food and Nutrition
Imagine, Believe, Achieve
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) commemorated the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav week from November 14-21, 2021 as a part of India’s 75 years’ independence celebrations. The theme of the week-long event was ‘Children Ideas, Rights & Nutrition’.
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