CURRENT AFFAIRS
09 MARCH, 2021 TO 15 MARCH, 2021
1.
Which country has ranked top in the Economic Freedom Index 2021 released by the
Heritage Foundation, a US Conservative think-tank?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Singapore
(c) Ireland
(d) Switzerland
Answer:
(a)
2.
Who won the men’s singles event in the BWF Swiss Open Super 300 held at Basel,
Switzerland?
(a) Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)
(b) Srikanth Kidambi (India)
(c) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
(d) Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Answer:
(d)
3.
Who won the women’s singles event in the BWF Swiss Open Super 300 held at
Basel, Switzerland?
(a) Carolina Marin (Spain)
(b) P.V. Sindhu (India)
(c) Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)
(d) Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark)
Answer:
(a)
4.
Who has been sworn in as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand?
(a) Trivendra Singh Rawat
(b) Harak Singh Rawat
(c) Tirath Singh Rawat
(d) Madan Kaushik
Answer:
(c)
5.
Which of the following has launched a new web platform ‘Women Will’ on March 8,
2021, on the occasion of “International Women’s Day” that will provide its
support to 1 million rural women in India in order for them to become
entrepreneurs with the help of accelerator programmes, business tutorials and
mentorship?
(a) Google
(b) Yahoo
(c) LinkedIn
(d) Pinterest
Answer:
(a)
6.
Who has won the “2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership”, the
world’s largest leadership prize, worth $5 million?
(a) Idriss Déby
(b) Muhammadu Buhari
(c) Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
(d) Mahamadou Issoufou
Answer:
(d)
7.
Which of the following has launched the insurance portal ‘SMEInsure’ in order
to provide financial security to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs),
small shop and business owners?
(a) ICICI Lombard
(b) Alliance insurance
(c) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
(d) QBE Insurance
Answer:
(b)
8.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, which of the following has
announced the launch of a dedicated programme named “SmartUp Unnati” for
mentoring women entrepreneurs by women leaders at the bank?
(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Axis Bank
Answer:
(c)
9.
Which of the following has launched a range of wearable contactless payment
devices under the brand Wear ‘N’ Pay?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) Yes Bank
(d) Axis Bank
Answer:
(d)
10.
Who has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman-of-the-Year award?
(a) Koneru Humpy
(b) Tania Sachdev
(c) Padmini Rout
(d) Bhakti Kulkarni
Answer:
(a)
11.
Who has won the BBC Emerging Player of the Year award?
(a) Heena Sidhu
(b) Deepika Kumari
(c) Manu Bhaker
(d) Laxmirani Majhi
Answer:
(c)
12.
Who among the following will be honoured with an award by the International
Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)?
(a) Aamir Khan
(b) Shahrukh Khan
(c) Akshay Kumar
(d) Amitabh Bachchan
Answer:
(d)
13.
Who among the following was awarded the ICC Player of the Month award for
February, 2021?
(a) Ravichandran Ashwin
(b) Rishabh Pant
(c) Joe Root
(d) Ben Stokes
Answer:
(a)
14.
Who has become the first Indian woman cricketer that has completed 10,000
international runs in all the cricket formats?
(a) Smriti Mandhana
(b) Mithali Raj
(c) Harmanpreet Kaur
(d) Deepti Sharma
Answer:
(b)
15.
Which state government presented a Rs 69,000-crore budget themed on
‘patriotism’ or ‘Deshbhakti’ for the financial year 2021-22?
(a) Delhi
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Maharashtra
Answer:
(a)
16. Which
of the following has launched ‘Wheels of Love’, a holistic programme that
supports new parents in the workforce to promote a progressive culture of care,
inclusion and sensitisation within the organisation across levels?
(a) Maruti Suzuki
(b) Hyundai
(c) Tata Motors
(d) Toyota
Answer:
(c)
17. When
is International Women’s Day observed?
(a) 08 March
(b) 10 March
(c) 12 March
(d) 14 March
Answer:
(a)
18. When
is Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF)-Raising Day (CRD) observed?
(a) 08 March
(b) 09 March
(c) 10 March
(d) 11 March
Answer:
(c)
19. When
is World Kidney Day observed?
(a) First Thursday of March every year
(b) Second Thursday of March every year
(c) Third Thursday of March every year
(d) Fourth Thursday of March every year
Answer:
(b)
20. Who
is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google?
(a) Sundar Pichai
(b) Mark Zuckerberg
(c) Elon Musk
(d) Tim Cook
Answer:
(a)
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