06 जुलाई 2021 Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2021: Lokayukta, Sirisha Bandla, Austrian Grand Prix, Mithali Raj, Karsten Warholm, Indian Space Research Organisation, Investment Promotion Agency 2021 award. 

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Indian Overseas Bank became the second most-valued listed public sector bank with a market capitalization of over ?50,000crore. As Street discounts privatization of the state-owned lender, its shares have appreciated over 50% on the BSE.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. AWS inked a multi-year deal with Axis Bank to power the digital transformation prog. of the country’s 3rd-largest private sector bank.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The government has extended the superannuation age of IPO-bound LIC Chairman, M R Kumar, to up to 62 years by making amendments to the Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Regulations, 1960.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. The LG Manoj Sinha formally put an end to a 149-year-old biannual tradition of shifting offices between summer capital Srinagar and winter capital Jammu.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Veteran advocate Kalyan Narayan Bhattacharjee has been appointed as the new Lokayukta in Tripura. He has been appointed to the post for three years w.e.f. July 1.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Karsten Warholm, a 25-year-old athlete from Norway, broke the long-standing world record in the 400m hurdles during the Bislett Games.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Satish Agnihotri has taken over charge as Managing Director, National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. He comes with more than 20 years of experience in the implementation of mega rail infrastructure projects.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India imposed a penalty of Rs 25 lakh on Punjab and Sind Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions on ‘Cyber Security Framework in Banks.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Invest India has been awarded the world’s most innovative Investment Promotion Agency 2021 by OCO Global.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. India captain Mithali Raj became the highest run-getter in women’s cricket across formats, overtaking former England skipper Charlotte Edwards.

S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, the ninth race of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship season.

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. A book titled “Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine” has authored by Kavitha Rao. This book recovers the stories of India’s first women doctors, often ignored by history.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. India-origin woman Sirisha Bandla will travel to the edge of the space aboard ‘VSS Unity’ of Virgin Galactic, which is scheduled to fly off on July 11 from New Mexico. This is significant as she will be the third woman of Indian origin to go to space after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pushkar Singh Dhami was sworn in as the 11th chief minister of Uttarakhand.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Gen Naravane’s inauguration of the Indian Army Memorial in the famous town of Cassino, Italy. In the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II, over 5,000 Indian soldiers laid down their lives while fighting to save Italy from fascist forces.