Current Affairs : 09 March to 15 March, 2021 : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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)