DAILY GK QUIZ: 19,20, 21 MAR 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 19,20, 21 MAR 2021

[Q] When is the Ordnance Factories’ Day celebrated in India?

(a) 15 March

(b) 16 March

(c) 18 March

(d) 17 March

(e) 19 March

[ANS] c

[Q] In which country, the world’s largest floating solar farm has been built?

(a) India

(b) China

(c) South Korea

(d) Myanmar

(e) Singapore

[ANS] e

[Q] Which country has signed the International Solar Alliance – ISA Framework Agreement recently?

(a) France

(b) Italy

(c) Australia

(d) Spain

(e) England

[ANS] b

[Q] INS Jalashwa has arrived at Port Anjouan as part of Mission Sagar-IV. Port Anjouan is in which country?

(a) Eswatini

(b) Lesotho

(c) Botswana

(d) Comoros

(e) Djibouti

[ANS] d

[Q] Which country is the current president of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?

(a) Russia

(b) India

(c) UK

(d) Japan

(e) France

[ANS] b

[Q] Who has won the women's singles title at the 2020 All England Badminton Championship?

(a) Akane Yamaguchi

(b) Chen Yufei

(c) Tai Tzu-Ying

(d) Nozomi Okuhara

[ANS] c

 

               

               

[Q] The Centre for Advanced Radiation Shielding and Geopolymeric Material has been inaugurated in which city?

(a) Bhopal

(b) Pune

(c) Bangalore

(d) Hyderabad

[ANS] a

[Q] The world's first-ever flying car is going to be developed in which states of India?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Karnataka

(d) Gujarat

[ANS] d

[Q] Which state has launched two schemes CMAST and CMAT for the welfare of the sportspersons and artists of the state?

(a) Odisha

(b) Maharashtra

(c) West Bengal

(d) Manipur

[ANS] d

[Q] How much amount has been pledged by India towards the COVID-19 Emergency Fund for SAARC nations proposed by PM Narendra Modi?

(a) USD 10 million

(b) USD 50 million

(c) USD 20 million

(d) USD 30 million

[ANS] a

[Q] Which country’s Navy participated with Indian Navy in a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) at the Persian Gulf region as a part of ‘Operation Sankalp’?

(a) Bahrain

(b) Qatar

(c) United Arab Emirates

(d) Kuwait

(e) Saudi Arabia

[ANS] a

[Q] Name the initiative that was launched jointly by India & US during the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)?

(a) India U.S. Cyber Security (IUSCS)

(b) U.S. India Internet of Things Forum (USIIoT)

(c) U.S. India Artificial Intelligence (USIAI)

(d) India U.S. Information Analysis System (IUSIAS)

(e) U.S. India Blockchain Forum (USIBF)

[ANS] c

[Q] Which organisation recently signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) to empower school students with Cloud computing skills?

(a) Microsoft

(b) Google

(c) DigitalOcean

(d) Cloudflare

(e) Amazon Web Services

[ANS] e

[Q] Which organisation launched ‘Sahi Disha’ campaign that highlights the issues faced towards Job accessibility by Indian rural women?

(a) UNDP

(b) UN Women

(c) Ministry of Women and Child Development

(d) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

(e) International Labour Organization

[ANS] a

[Q] What was India’s position among the top 10 nations in Market Capitalization, as per Bloomberg report released in March 2021?

(a) 6th

(b) 9th

(c) 10th

(d) 8th

(e) 7th

[ANS] d

[Q] Who was appointed as the Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) in March 2021?

(a) MA Ganapathy

(b) Krishnaswamy Natarajan

(c) Kuldiep Singh

(d) AP Maheshwari

(e) Surjeet Singh Deswal

[ANS] a

[Q] Samia Suluhu Hassan, was recently elected to become the 1st Women President of ___________.

(a) Tanzania

(b) Estonia

(c) Moldova

(d) Lithuania

(e) Kosovo

[ANS] a

[Q] Who was the 1st Indian Table Tennis player to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics?

(a) Manika Batra

(b) Achanta Sharath Kamal

(c) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

(d) Mouma Das

(e) Anthony Amalraj

[ANS] b

[Q] Netherlands Prime Minister, ____________ has won the 2021 parliamentary elections with most seats to be sworn in as the Prime Minister for the fourth straight term.

(a) Jan Peter Balkenende

(b) Wim Kok

(c) Ruud Lubbers

(d) Dries van Agt

(e) Mark Rutte

[ANS] e

[Q] World Oral Health Day is observed every year on ____________.

(a) 19th March

(b) 20th March

(c) 18th March

(d) 17th March

(e) 15the March

[ANS] b

[Q] What is the theme of the International Day of Happiness 2021?

(a) Ten Steps to Global Happiness

(b) Happiness For All, Forever

(c) Keep Calm. Stay Wise. Be Kind

(d) Share Happiness

(e) PledgeForParity

[ANS] c

[Q] World Sparrow Day is celebrated every year on ______ to raise awareness about the House Sparrow and other common birds in urban environments.

(a) March 16

(b) March 17

(c) March 18

(d) March 19

(e) March 20

[ANS] e

[Q] Which country is developing the largest floating solar farm in the world to curb climate change?

(a) Netherlands

(b) Australia

(c) Germany

(d) Singapore

[ANS] d

[Q] What is the new wholly-owned subsidiary set up by Punjab National Bank to manage its credit card business?

(a) PNB Credit Cards Freedom Ltd

(b) PNB Card Elite

(c) PNB Cards & Services Ltd

(d) PNB Cards Ltd

[ANS] c

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 17,18 MAR 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 17,18 MAR 2021

[Q] Which company recently partnered with IIT Delhi’s Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART) for research in deploying Autonomous Vehicles in Urban India?

(a) Hyundai Motor

(b) Mahindra & Mahindra

(c) MG Motor

(d) Toyota

(e) Tata Motors

[ANS] c

[Q] In which country, INS Jalashwa recently delivered 1,000 MT of rice as part of India’s Covid-19 assistance for IOR Countries through Mission Sagar-IV?

(a) Comoros

(b) Seychelles

(c) Mauritius

(d) Madagascar

(e) Mozambique

[ANS] a

[Q] 30 researchers from CSIR-NIO are on a 90-days mission in Indian Ocean to study the internal working of Unicellular organisms. Which Research Vessel was used by them?

(a) Sindhu Sadhana

(b) Sindhu Sankalp

(c) Sagar Nidhi

(d) Sagar Sampada

(e) Sagar Sukti

[ANS] a

[Q] Which UPI handle got approval from SEBI to provide Initial Public Offering (IPO) applications, enabling users to invest in the capital market?

(a) Citi Mobile

(b) Google Pay

(c) BHIM SBI Pay

(d) PhonePe

(e) Paytm

[ANS] e

[Q] Which is the host city for 2021’s Asian Boxing Championship?

(a) Bangkok, Thailand

(b) Beijing, China

(c) New Delhi, India

(d) Jakarta, Indonesia

(e) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[ANS] c

[Q] Who authored the book, “My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future”?

(a) Ajay Banga

(b) Shantanu Narayen

(c) Satya Nadella

(d) Indra Nooyi

(e) Nikesh Arora

[ANS] d

[Q] Samsung India has inaugurated a Samsung Innovation Lab at ___________________.

(a) Pune

(b) Mumbai

(c) Delhi

(d) Kochi

(e) Panaji

[ANS] c

[Q] Name the first Central American country to achieve malaria-free status.

(a) Panama

(b) Costa Rica

(c) Nicaragua

(d) Honduras

(e) El Salvador

[ANS] e

[Q] Who became the first player ever in men’s cricket to score 3000 runs in the Twenty20 International?

(a) Rishabh Pant

(b) Rohit Sharma

(c) Hardik Pandya

(d) Virat Kohli

(e) Shikhar Dhawan

[ANS] d

[Q]  Lou Ottens, a Dutch engineer passed away recently. He associated with the invention of ______________________.

(a) Pistol

(b) Cassette Tape

(c) Intel Chips

(d) Tyres

(e) Radio

[ANS] b

[Q] The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to implement the image-based Cheque Truncation System (CTS) in all branches by ________ this year.

(a) June 30

(b) March 31

(c) July 30

(d) August 30

(e) September 30

[ANS] e

[Q] Which of the following company recently announced to develop a new cloud-based 5G radio solution?

(a) Nokia

(b) Microsoft

(c) Amazon

(d) Google

(e) Intel

[ANS] a

[Q] The Foreign Exchange Reserve of which country is the largest in the world, as per the recent data of IMF?

(a) Switzerland

(b) Japan

(c) China

(d) Singapore

(e) USA

[ANS] c

[Q] Which Indian company has been named to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Lighthouse Network?

(a) Havells

(b) ReNew Power

(c) Siemens

(d) Crompton

(e) Polycab

[ANS] b

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 15,16 MAR 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 15,16 MAR 2021

[Q] Which country signed an MoU with National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) to provide technological support for India’s 1st Bullet Train Project between Mumbai & Ahmedabad?

(a) Russia

(b) Germany

(c) Japan

(d) France

(e) USA

[ANS] c

[Q] Which country is set to receive two 3000 Horse Power (HP) Cape Gauge Locomotive, that was Indigenously developed by Indian Railways production unit at Varanasi?

(a) Mozambique

(b) Madagascar

(c) Seychelles

(d) Ethiopia

(e) Angola

[ANS] a

[Q] As per PwC’s 24th Annual Global CEO Survey, India emerged as the _______ most attractive growth destination in the world.

(a) 3rd

(b) 5th

(c) 7th

(d) 6th

(e) 4th

[ANS] b

[Q] Who recently became the 1st Indian to receive the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award that was presented by the UN for 2020?

(a) Sasmita Lenka

(b) Sanjay Kumar

(c) Rajiv Gauba

(d) Meenakshi Menon

(e) Aviram Rozin

[ANS] a

[Q] In March 2021, India’s ISRO & its Japanese counterpart JAXA reviewed the progress of the Joint Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission. When is LUPEX targeted to land on the Moon’s south pole?

(a) 2025

(b) 2028

(c) 2023

(d) 2030

(e) 2024

[ANS] e

[Q] Which mobile app was launched by the Department of Food & Public Distribution to provide ration under the ‘One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC)’ plan?

(a) Bharat Ration

(b) Mera Ration

(c) One Nation One Ration

(d) Atmanirbhar Ration

(e) e-PDS Ration

[ANS] b

[Q] World Consumer Rights Day is observed on which day of the year?

(a) March 14

(b) March 15

(c) March 13

(d) March 12

(e) March 11

[ANS] b

[Q] The Government has announced “All India Tourist Vehicles Authorization and Permit Rules, 2021”. The new rule will provide permit for a maximum period of _______ years at a given time.

(a) 2 years

(b) 5 years

(c) 3 years

(d) 7 years

(e) 9 years

[ANS] c

[Q] India has recently surpassed which country to become the fourth largest foreign-exchange reserves in the world?

(a) Russia

(b) Japan

(c) UAE

(d) France

(e) USA

[ANS] a

[Q] The National Vaccination Day/National Immunization Day is marked on which day of the year in India?

(a) March 14

(b) March 12

(c) March 16

(d) March 13

(e) March 15

[ANS] c

[Q] Name the new grievance redressal feature launched by NPCI on BHIM UPI app for the users.

(a) UPI-Help

(b) UPI-Aid

(c) UPI-Boost

(d) UPI-Assist

(e) UPI-Expert

[ANS] a

[Q] Which of these has won the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards 2021?

(a) Black Pumas

(b) Everyday Life

(c) Chilombo

(d) Folklore

(e) Future Nostalgia

[ANS] d

[Q] What is the theme of World Consumer Rights Day 2021?

(a) Building a Digital World Consumers can Trust

(b) Tackling Plastic Pollution

(c) Trusted Smart Products

(d) Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer

(e) Helping consumers choose healthy diets

[ANS] b

[Q] Who has been appointed as the director of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)?

(a) Anindya Dutta

(b) Deepak Mishra

(c) Prem Prakash

(d) Nidhi Vadhera

(e) Jairam Ramesh

[ANS] b

[Q] Which space agency has launched sounding rocket RH-560 to study attitudinal variations?

(a) ISRO

(b) NASA

(c) Roscosmos

(d) CNSA

(e) JAXA

[ANS] a

[Q] Which football team has won the ISL 2020-21 title by beating ATK Mohun Bagan?

(a) Jamshedpur FC

(b) FC Goa

(c) Bengaluru FC

(d) Chennaiyin FC

(e) Mumbai City FC

[ANS] e

[Q] Who among the following has become the first-ever Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics?

(a) Srikanth Kidambi

(b) Bhavani Devi

(c) Abhas Jha

(d) Mohit Baghel

(e) P. V. Sindhu

[ANS] b

[Q] Who was recently honoured with the International Woman of Courage 2021 Award by U.S. Consulate?

(a) Sunita Krishnan

(b) Shaheen Mistri

(c) Gowsalya Shankar

(d) Shazia Ilmi

(e) Vidya Shah

[ANS] c

[Q] Which event has been launched by PM Modi to mark 75 years of India's independence?

(a) Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav

(b) Azadi Mahotsava

(c) Amrut Mahotsava

(d) Amrut ki Azadi Mahotsav

[ANS] a

[Q] Between which cities of India-Bangladesh a new passenger train service is set to be started on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh?

(a) Khulna- Bangalore

(b) Barisal- Benares

(c) Chittagong- Prayagraj

(d) Dhaka-West Bengal

[ANS] d

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