Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2021- 26th August |

Q1. Which digital payments startup, has announced that it has inked a three-year-long deal to become an official partner with International Cricket Council (ICC)?
(a) Paytm
(b) PhonePe
(c) BharatPe
(d) Google Pay
(e) None of these

Q2. Which of the following country has been named as the host of the inaugural International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey5s World Cup in 2024?
(a) Germany
(b) India
(c) Portugal
(d) Oman
(e) None of these

Q3. Name the player who clinched the gold medal in the women’s 25m pistol event at the ISSF Shooting world cup?
(a) Manu Bhaker
(b) Rahi Sarnobat
(c) Anjum Modgil
(d) Chinki Yadav
(e) None of these

Q4. Global sports brand Puma India has extended partnership with which Indian cricketer?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Yuvraj Singh
(c) Virendra Sehwag
(d) Sachin Tendulkar
(e) None of the above

Q5. Name the Indian wrestler won the gold medal in the 53 kg category at the Poland Open?
(a) Vinesh Phogat
(b) Bajrang Punia
(c) Hima das
(d) Sakshi Malik
(e) None of the above

Q6.Which Indian boxer had lost to two-time world champion Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan, to settle for silver medal at the 2021 ASBC Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai?
(a) Lovlina Borgohain
(b) Pooja Rani
(c) Mary Kom
(d) Simranjit Kaur
(e) None of the above

Q7. Mushfiqur Rahim as the winners of the ICC Player of the Month Awards for May. He belongs to which country?
(a) Pakistan
(b) UAE
(c) Australia
(d) Bangladesh
(e) None of these

Q8. Who won a chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix?
(a) Max Verstappen
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Valtteri Bottas
(d) Sergio Perez
(e) None of the above

Q9. Which of the following cup won UEFA Champions League title?
(a) Manchester City
(b) Barcelona
(c) Chelsea
(d) Liverpool
(e) None of these

Q10. Indian star cricketer Virender Sehwag has launched an experiential learning portal for Cricket coaching named ’______’?
(a) CRICGURU
(b) CRICURU
(c) CRIKGURU
(d) CRICKURU
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(c)
Sol. Lending and digital payments startup, BharatPe has announced that it has inked a three-year-long deal to become an official partner with International Cricket Council (ICC).

S2.Ans(d)
Sol. The FIH said the men’s and women’s events will take place in Oman’s capital city Muscat in January 2024.

S3.Ans(b)
Sol. India’s Rahi Sarnobat clinched the gold medal in the women’s 25m pistol event at the ISSF shooting World Cup. She is the first Indian to win one silver and two bronze medals in the ongoing tournament.

S4.Ans(b)
Sol. Global sports brand Puma India has extended partnership with former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who has been associated with the brand for over a decade.

S5.Ans(a)
Sol. Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the gold medal in the 53 kg category at the Poland Open.

S6.Ans(c)
Sol. Indian pugilist Mary Kom, lost to two-time world champion Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan, to settle for silver medal at the 2021 ASBC Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai.

S7.Ans(d)
Sol. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced Scotland’s Kathryn Bryce and Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim as the winners of the ICC Player of the Month Awards for May.

S8.Ans(d)
Sol. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won a chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix with both Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton failing to finish. This was the first win for Perez since joining Red Bull.

S9.Ans(c)
Sol. Chelsea defeated Manchester City 1–0 in the final, to lift the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League title, on May 29, 2021, played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal.

S10.Ans(b)
Sol. Indian star cricketer Virender Sehwag has launched an experiential learning portal for Cricket coaching named CRICURU.