DAILY GK QUIZ: 22, 23 24 MAR 2021
[Q] How many
PSU’s were listed for privatization in the 1st set of companies listed for
disinvestment by NITI Aayog:
(a) 12
(b) 8
(c) 13
(d) 15
(e) 9
[ANS] a
[Q] What is India’s Rank in the ‘World
Happiness Report 2021’ released by UN- Sustainable Development Solutions
Network (UNSDSN):
(a) 101
(b) 105
(c) 141
(d) 149
(e) 139
[ANS] e
[Q] Who is the
1st Indian to receive the International Federation of Film Archives award, the
FIAF Award 2021:
(a) Amitabh Bachchan
(b) Kamal Haasan
(c) Mohanlal
(d) Shahrukh Khan
(e) Aamir Khan
[ANS] a
[Q] Who became
the 1st serving MP to be appointed as a Captain in the Territorial Army:
(a) G. Kishan Reddy
(b) Mansukh L. Mandaviya
(c) Nityanand Rai
(d) Shripad Naik
(e) Anurag Thakur
[ANS] e
[Q] When is the
International Day of Forests observed:
(a) March 20
(b) March 21
(c) March 18
(d) March 19
(e) March 20
[ANS] b
[Q] The
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed
annually on _____________.
(a) 20 March
(b) 19 March
(c) 21 March
(d) 16 March
(e) 18 March
[ANS] c
[Q] The World
Down Syndrome Day is marked on which day :
(a) Third Sunday of March
(b) 21 March
(c) 20 March
(d) Third Saturday of March
(e) 19 March
[ANS] b
[Q] Indian Navy
has recently conducted Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with which country’s Navy
under Operation Sankalp:
(a) Bahrain
(b) Australia
(c) Qatar
(d) United States
(e) Brazil
[ANS] a
[Q] World Poetry
Day is celebrated every year on _________________.
(a) 19 March
(b) 20 March
(c) 21 March
(d) 22 March
(e) 23 March
[ANS] c
[Q] What is
India’s rank in the 2020 Global Home Price Index:
(a) 40
(b) 56
(c) 34
(d) 39
(e) 46
[ANS] b
[Q] What is the
theme of World Water Day 2021:
(a) Water and Climate Change
(b) Leaving no one behind
(c) Nature for Water
(d) Valuing water
(e) Water and Jobs
[ANS] d
[Q] Who has won
the first gold for India in the Women’s 10M Air Pistol final of the
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup:
(a) Manu Bhaker
(b) Hina Sidhu
(c) Deepika Kumari
(d) Yashaswini Deswal
(e) Apurvi Chandela
[ANS] d
[Q] Which
country has topped the World Happiness Report 2021:
(a) Germany
(b) Singapore
(c) Finland
(d) Norway
(e) Japan
[ANS] c
[Q] Covering
which period was the Compendium on Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
(CPI-IW) was released by Labour Ministry in March 2021:
(a) 1945-2000
(b) 1955-1991
(c) 1991-2021
(d) 1971-2020
(e) 1945-2020
[ANS] e
[Q] Who was
conferred with the 2020’s Gandhi Peace Prize by the Govt. of India:
(a) Qaboos bin Said Al Said
(b) Aung San Suu Kyi
(c) Sheikh Hasina
(d) Yohei Sasakawa
(e) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
[ANS] e
[Q] From which
company, Indian Govt. recently sold its 26.12% stake worth 8,846 crores:
(a) United Breweries Group
(b) Tata Communications Ltd
(c) Mahanagar Gas
(d) Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
(e) Ashok Leyland
[ANS] b
[Q] What is the
theme of 2021’s World Meteorological Day that is annually observed by UN on
23rd of March:
(a) Understanding Clouds
(b) Weather-ready, climate-smart
(c) Climate and Water
(d) The ocean, our climate and weather
(e) The Sun, the Earth and the weather
[ANS] d
[Q] The
Ken-Betwa Link project is a river interlinking project, which will be jointly
undertaken by the Government of which state:
(a) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(c) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
(e) Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh
[ANS] c
[Q] When is World
Tuberculosis Day observed:
(a) March 24
(b) March 22
(c) March 23
(d) March 21
(e) March 25
[ANS] a
[Q] What is the
theme of World Tuberculosis Day 2021:
(a) Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world
(b) The Clock is Ticking
(c) It’s Time
(d) Unite to end TB
(e) Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone
[ANS] b
[Q] Which of the
following country is going to hold the anti-terror exercise Pabbi-Anti-Terror
2021:
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) All of the above
(e) Both b & c
[ANS] d
[Q] Shaheed
Diwas, also called Martyrs’ Day, is celebrated in India on :
(a) 19 March
(b) 20 March
(c) 23 March
(d) 22 March
(e) 21 March
[ANS] c
[Q] The
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed
annually on which date:
(a) 18th March
(b) 20th March
(c) 21st March
(d) 19th March
[ANS] c
[Q] What is India's
place based on the World's Most Dangerous Roads report:
(a) 2nd
(b) 4th
(c) 3rd
(d) 8th
[ANS] b
