Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2021- 12th June |

Q1. India’s biggest silk fair, the 8th India International Silk Fair was inaugurated by whom?
(a) Nitin Gadkari
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Venkaiah Naidu
(d) Smiriti Irani
(e)None of these

Q2. The National Informatics Centre (NIC), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has launched an instant messaging platform called “_______” which is similar to Whatsapp?
(a) Sandes
(b) Sandeh
(c) Shabd
(d) Shend
(e) None of these

Q3. The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Kailash Choudhry has inaugurated the National Horticulture Fair (NHF) 2021, where it was held?
(a) Mangalore
(b) Coimbatore
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Kochi
(e)None of these

Q4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually launched ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative in which state?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Karnataka
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar
(e)None of these

Q5. The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, inaugurated the Atal Paryavaran Bhavan at________?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Mumbai
(d) Lakshadweep
(e) None of these

Q6. Union road transport and highways minister, Nitin Gadkari has launched India’s first-ever diesel tractor, converted to a much cleaner (compressed natural gas) CNG variant, which is the constituency of Nitin Gadkari?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Kanpur
(c) Nashik
(d) Pune
(e) Nagpur

Q7. Who has launched an online portal ‘e-Chhawani’ and mobile app, to facilitate ‘ease of living’ and ‘ease of doing’ for the residents of the Cantonment Boards across the country?
(a) Hardeep Singh Puri
(b) Om Prakash Birla
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Rajnath Singh
(e) None of these

Q8. The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” at which place?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Chennai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Coimbatore
(e) Bangalore

Q9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered the inaugural address at the 2nd Khelo India National Winter Games, it was organized at which place?
(a) Srinagar
(b) Gulmarg
(c) Leh
(d) Sonmarg
(e) Ladakh

Q10. Who inaugurated the 26th edition of ‘Hunar Haat’ in New Delhi which held with the theme of “Vocal for Local”?
(a) Mahendra Nath Pandey
(b) Prakash Javadekar
(c) Arjun Munda
(d) Rajnath Singh
(e) None of these

Solution:

S1.Ans(d)
Sol. The Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the 8th India International Silk Fair on Virtual Portal.

S2.Ans(a)
Sol. The National Informatics Centre (NIC), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has launched an instant messaging platform called “Sandes”.

S3.Ans(c)
Sol. The five-day-long event has been organized by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), from February 8 to February 12 at its IIHR campus situated in Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru. The theme of NHF 2021 is ‘Horticulture for Start-Up and Stand-Up India’.

S4.Ans(c)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually launched ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative in Assam. He laid the foundation stone for the Dhubri Phulbari bridge.

S5.Ans(d)
Sol. The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, inaugurated the Atal Paryavaran Bhavan at Lakshadweep.

S6.Ans(e)
Sol. Union road transport and highways minister, Nitin Gadkari has launched India’s first-ever diesel tractor, converted to a much cleaner (compressed natural gas) CNG variant. His constituency is Nagpur, Maharashtra.

S7.Ans(d)
Sol. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently launched an online portal ‘e-Chhawani’ and mobile app, to facilitate ‘ease of living’ and ‘ease of doing’ for the residents of the Cantonment Boards across the country.

S8.Ans(c) The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi. The Aadi Mahotsav 2021 is being organized from February 1-15, 2021.

S9.Ans(b)
Sol. The second edition of the Khelo India-Winter Games has been organised at the world-famous ski-resort Gulmarg in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

S10.Ans(d)
Sol. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the 26th edition of ‘Hunar Haat’ in New Delhi. The “Hunar Haat” will be held from February 21 to March 01, 2021, with the theme of “Vocal for Local”.