03 अगस्त 2021 Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2021:World Breastfeeding Week, Hungarian GP 2021, PV Sindhu, Lokmanya Tilak National Award, United Nations Security Council, G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting.

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Vice Admiral SN Ghormade (AVSM, NM) assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff on July 31, 2021, at a formal ceremony in New Delhi.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is marked every year in the first week of August, between 1 to 7 August, to raise awareness on the importance of breastfeeding for mothers and infants.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. In India, “Muslim Women’s Rights Day” is celebrated across the nation on August 01 to celebrate the enactment of the law against Triple Talaq.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of the Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections for July 2021 were ? 1.16 lakh crore, 33 per cent more than the corresponding period of last year.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu beat China’s eighth seed He Bingjiao in women’s singles bronze medal match on Sunday in Tokyo. She wins 21-13, 21-15. Sindhu becomes the first Indian female Olympian to win two medals.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sri Lanka left-arm seam bowling all-rounder, Isuru Udana has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Six-time world masters championship gold medallist and multiple Asian Masters Championship medallist athlete 105-year-d old Man Kaur breathed her last at a Dera Bassi Hospital near Mohali on 31st August.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Renowned novelist Kunal Basu’s new work of fiction, In An Ideal World, will be released next year. The book, scheduled to released under the publishing house’s ‘Viking’ imprint, is touted to be a “powerful, gritty and fast-paced literary novel” exploring a variety of themes relevant to the current times — college, politics, family, crime investigation and fanaticism. His other works:The Yellow Emperor’s Cure,Kalkatta and Sarojini’s Mother.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. LIC Cards Services Limited (LIC CSL) and IDBI Bank partnered to launch two variants of co-branded RuPay Credit Cards – LIC CSL ‘Lumine’ Platinum Credit Card and LIC CSL ‘Eclat’ Select Credit Card powered by IDBI Bank. Initially, the card variants are targeted to LIC Policyholders, LIC Agents, and Employees of LIC of India and its Subsidiaries/Associates.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Meenakashi Lekhi,Minister of State for culture, participated in the G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting on 30 July,2021 hosted by Italy during their ongoing Presidency of G20 in 2021. She addressed participants of the meeting and presented India’s perspective on the topic ‘Culture and Creative Sectors as drivers for growth’.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Esteban Ocon, Alpine-Renault/ France, has won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2021, held on August 01, 2021, at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Deepak Das has taken over as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) on August 01, 2021. Prior to assuming charge of CGA, Mr Das served as the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. India has assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the month of August 2021.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. The history of breastfeeding week is dated back to 1990 when WHO and UNICEF created a memorandum to promote and support breastfeeding.In 1991, the World Association of Breastfeeding Action was formed to execute UNICEF and WHO’s goals. This year theme is “Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility”.