Uttar Pradesh Current Affairs – June 2021

Jamwant, a special variety of black plum, with more than 90% flesh, that was produced by farmers in Bithoor, Kanpur was exported to London by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)

Q) ‘Rudraksh’ international convention centre is being set up in Varanasi with the technical expertise of which country?

Russia
Japan
Israel
USA

‘Rudraksh’ international convention centre Loan given by JICA
During 2015, PM Modi had visited Varanasi with former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and laid the foundation of this grand convention centre
Japanese firm Fujita Corporation undertook all the work to set up ‘Rudraksha’

Q) What was Uttar Pradesh’s rank in getting FDI in the first nine months of Financial year 2021 out of all Indian states and UTs?

1^st
8^th
10^th
12^th

India attracted highest ever total FDI inflow of US$ 81.72 billion during the financial year 2020-21 and it is 10% higher as compared to the last financial year 2019-20 (US$ 74.39 billion)
In terms of top investor countries, ‘Singapore’ is at the apex with 29%, followed by the U.S.A (23%) and Mauritius (9%) for the F.Y. 2020-21.
‘Computer Software & Hardware’ has emerged as the top sector during F.Y. 2020-21 with around 44% share of the total FDI Equity inflow followed by Construction (Infrastructure) Activities (13%) and Services Sector (8%) respectively.
Gujarat is the top recipient state during the F.Y. 2020-21 with 37% share of the total FDI Equity inflows followed by Maharashtra (27%) and Karnataka (13%).

Q) Ravinder Pal Singh, former Indian hockey player passed away recently. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow. He was born in which district of UP?

Sitapur
Kanpur
Shahjahanpur
Lakhimpur Kheri

Q) UP CM Yogi Adityanath distributed loans worth more than Rs 2500 crore to about 30 thousand new MSME units in online self-employment Sangam programme, it was organized in which district?

Lucknow
Kanpur
Gorakhpur
Noida

UP Vishwakarma Shram Samman Yojana 2021
विश्वकर्मा श्रम सम्मान योजना के तहत पारंपरिक कारीगरों व दस्तकारों को अपने हुनर को और ज्यादा निखारने के लिए
6 दिन की फ्री ट्रेनिंग दी जाएगी।
जिसका पूरा खर्च राज्य सरकार द्वारा उठाया जाएगा। इसके साथ ही स्थानीय दस्तकारों तथा पारंपरिक कारीगरों को छोटे उद्योग स्थापित करने के लिए 10 हजार से लेकर 10 लाख रुपये तक की आर्थिक सहायता भी उपलब्ध कराई जाएगी।

Q) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank has received market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) approval for an initial public offer of Rs 1350 crore. It is based in which city?

Kanpur
Lucknow
Prayagraj
Varanasi

The Central Government on June 25, 2021, declared Smart City awards 2020
Uttar Pradesh #1
Uttar Pradesh emerged on top followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
UP was given the 1^st prize among the states for taking up development of seven cities under the state smart cities scheme, which are Meerut, Ghaziabad, Ayodhya, Firozabad, Gorakhpur, Mathura-Vrindavan and Saharanpur.
In the 2^nd round cities, Agra got the first and Varanasi the third position.
Varanasi got the first position under the theme ‘water’ for eco-restoration of Assi river and ‘Innovation Award’ for Covid19 innovation.
Besides, Varanasi got the second position in the smart cities’ city leadership category.
the theme ‘Economy’, Agra won the award for the micro skill development centre. Saharanpur got the first position for Covid innovation in the fourth round.
दो करोड़ रुपये की लागत से AGRA स्मार्ट सिटी ने माइक्रो स्किल सेंटर की शुरुआत की।
इसे ताजमहल के पास स्मार्ट सिटी के एबीडी (एरिया बेस्ड डेवलपमेंट) क्षेत्र में ताजगंज में चार जगहों पर खोला गया। यहां मुगलकालीन जरदोजी और मार्बल पच्चीकारी का प्रशिक्षण दिया गया।
Athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics from Uttar Pradesh
Mairaj Ahmed Khan – Khurja, Bulandshahar
Shooting
Saurabh Chaudhary – Meerut, 10m Men’s Air Pistol
Athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics from Uttar Pradesh

Priyanka Goswami – Muzaffarnagar
20 km walk
Annu Rani – Bahadurpur, Meerut, Javelin Throw
Athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics from Uttar Pradesh

Satish Kumar – Bulandshahr, Boxing
Shivpal Singh – Varanasi, Javelin Throw

Athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics from Uttar Pradesh
Lalit Upadhyay – Varanasi, Hockey
Arvind Singh – Bulandshahr, Rowing

Athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics from Uttar Pradesh
Another player chosen from Meerut is Vandana Kataria, a hockey player who has played for the senior national team in both the 2014 Asian Games and the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Archer Vivek Chikara and athlete Praveen Kumar from Gautam Buddh Nagar district will participate in the Paralympics.
Twenty-five-year-old paralympian Varun Singh Bhati received the Laxman Award from the Uttar Pradesh government.
Bhati, a para high jumper, won a bronze medal at the paralympic games at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, and another bronze at the World Para Athletics Championships in London in 2017. He received the Arjuna Award in 2017 for his excellence in the field of sports.
The Laxman Award is given by the UP government to honour eminent players of the state, wherein sportspersons are honoured with an award, a citation, a bronze statue of Laxman and a cash prize of ₹3.11 lakh.

Q) Uttar Pradesh state launched which scheme for children who have lost either one or both parents due to Covid-19?

Mukhyamantri Bal Swaraj Yojana
Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana
Mukhyamantri Bal Vandana Yojana
Mukhyamantri Bal Ratan Yojana

Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana

कोरोना काल में बड़ी संख्या में बच्चों ने अपने माता पिता दोनों या उनमें से किसी एक को खोया है.
इन बच्चों के भरण–पोषण व शिक्षा–दीक्षा के प्रबंधन के लिए मुख्यमंत्री बाल सेवा योजना शुरू की गई,
इसके तहत प्रतिमाह 4 हज़ार रुपये सहायता राशि देने का प्रावधान है.
योजना को जब शुरू किया गया तो ये शर्त रखी गयी कि सिर्फ उन्हीं को इसका लाभ मिलेगा जिनकी पारिवारिक आय 2 लाख रुपये तक होगी. लेकिन अब इस आय सीमा को एक लाख बढ़ाकर तीन लाख तय किया गया हैI

Q) Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), has become the first standards body in the country to join the central government’s ‘One Nation, One Standard’ scheme. Where is HQs of RDSO located?

Ahmedabad
Ranchi
Pune
Lucknow

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched Horticulture Cluster Development Programme
In pilot phase, Programme to be implemented in 12 clusters covering 11 States/UTs
The programme will benefit about 10 lakh farmers and is expected to attract an investment of Rs. 10,000 crore when implemented in all the 53 clusters

The clusters of the pilot phase include
Shopian (J&K) and Kinnaur (H.P.) for Apple
Lucknow (U.P.), Kutch (Gujarat) and Mahbubnagar (Telangana) for Mango
Anantpur (A.P.) and Theni (T.N.) for Banana
Nasik (Maharashtra) for Grapes
Siphahijala (Tripura) for Pineapple
Solapur (Maharashtra) and Chitradurga (Karnataka) for Pomegranate
West Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) for Turmeric

Q) What is the rank of Uttar Pradesh in the Anemia Mukt Bharat Index 2020-21 national rankings?

1^st
7^th
15^th
20^th

Q) A professor from IIT-Kanpur has been appointed as an honorary member of the WHO Global Air Pollution and Health-Technical Advisory Group (GAPH-TAG). What’s his name?

Animesh Parekh
Kuldeep Patidar
Aakash Saxena
Mukesh Sharma

Q) The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a proposal for the construction of the world-class bus station in which city at a cost of Rs 400 crore?

Lucknow
Kanpur
Varanasi
Ayodhya

Q) Uttar Pradesh government decided to launch which of these special initiatives to encourage the women to take vaccine?

Pink Vehicles
Pink booths
Nari Shakti Clinics
Mahila Arogya Kendras

Q) Bandai dam project was inaugurated in which district?

Lalitpur
Mahoba
Chitrakoot
Jhansi

Q) “Yellow Gold 48” is being sold in Uttar Pradesh recently, it is a variety of which crop?

Watermelon
Wheat
Cashew Nut
Marigold

Q) Which state-owned power producer will set up 75 MW grid-connected solar project in Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh?

NTPC
ONGC
BHEL
SJVN

Q) What is the name of the expressway connecting Meerut and Prayagraj?

Bundelkhand Expressway
Purvanchal Expressway
Ganga Expressway
Gorakhpur Link Expressway

Q) Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved the construction of a 120-MLD sewage treatment plant at the Ghaziudeen Haider Canal in Lucknow to help clean which river as part of the Centre’s AMRUT scheme?