January MCQs 2021 Part 2

71. Scientists have spotted rare hot UV-bright stars in a cluster, using the telescope onboard which satellite?

[A] AstroSat

[B] CartoSat-2

[C] Risat-7E

[D] Insat- 4E

72. When is the statehood day of the three states of Meghalaya, Manipur & Tripura celebrated?

[A] January 19

[B] January 21

[C] January 23

[D] January 25

73. Hawk-I platform, which was making news recently, is owned by which organisation?

[A] DRDO

[B] BHEL

[C] HAL

[D] Ordnance Factory Board

74. What type of body is the ‘Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM)’, which was making news recently?

[A] Statutory Body

[B] Autonomous Body

[C] Not-for-Profit Association

[D] Public Company

75. ‘MASCRADE 2021’, which was making news, is an initiative of which Indian body?

[A] CII

[B] FICCI

[C] CAIT

[D] ASSOCHAM

76. The Supreme Court recently upheld the validity of which law/act, to protect the bidders for corporate debtors?

[A] Foreign Exchange Management Act

[B] Insolvency Bankruptcy Code

[C] Consumer Protection Act

[D] SARFAESI Act

77. Electronics and IT Ministry is to collaborate with which company to set up a Quantum Computing Applications Lab?

[A] Microsoft

[B] Amazon

[C] Apple

[D] Google

78. Which personality announced to give away USD 100 million for the best carbon capture technology?

[A] Bill Gates

[B] Elon Musk

[C] Mark Zuckerberg

[D] Jack Ma

79. Which Indian mathematician has been named the winner of the 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize?

[A] Nikhil Srivastava

[B] C. S. Seshadri

[C] Manindra Agrawal

[D] Sujatha Ramdorai

80. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed a four-tier regulatory framework for which type of financial institutions?

[A] Payment Banks

[B] NBFCs

[C] Small Finance Banks

[D] Foreign Banks