CURRENT AFFAIRS
14 SEPTEMBER, 2021 TO 20 SEPTEMBER, 2021
1. Who
won the US Open 2021 Men’s Singles title?
(a) Novak Djokovic
(b) Roger Federer
(c) Daniil Medvedev
(d) Rafael Nadal
Answer:
(c)
2. Who
won the US Open 2021 Women’s Singles title?
(a) Emma Raducanu
(b) Leylah Fernandez
(c) Emma Raducanu
(d) Naomi Osaka
Answer:
(a)
3. Who
has won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August, 2021?
(a) Kieron Pollard
(b) Quinton de Kock
(c) Shardul Thakur
(d) Joe Root
Answer:
(d)
4. Who
has won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for August, 2021?
(a) Mithali Raj
(b) Eimear Richardson
(c) Ellyse Perry
(d) Heather Knight
Answer:
(b)
5. Who
has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat?
(a) Bhupendra Patel
(b) Poonamben Madam
(c) Rajesh Agarwal
(d) Rakesh Shah
Answer:
(a)
6. Which
state has topped among all other states of the country in terms of installation
of off-grid solar pumps under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan
Mahaabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM) as per the data by the Union Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy?
(a) Punjab
(b) Assam
(c) Goa
(d) Haryana
Answer:
(d)
7. Which
state government has announced the launch of ‘Millet Mission’ that aims to
provide proper price rates to farmers for minor cereal crops?
(a) Tripura
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Odisha
Answer:
(c)
8. Who
has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Morocco?
(a) Aziz Akhannouch
(b) Abdelilah Benkirane
(c) Moulay Hafid Elalamy
(d) Saaïd Amzazi
Answer:
(a)
9. Which
country has launched the 24th Gaofen-series Earth observation satellite in a bid
to monitor environmental protection efforts and boost its natural resources
surveillance?
(a) India
(b) Russia
(c) North Korea
(d) China
Answer:
(d)
10. Who
is the author of the new book titled ‘Human Rights and Terrorism in India’?
(a) Shashi Tharoor
(b) Nitin Gadkari
(c) Subramanian Swamy
(d) Tarek Fatah
Answer:
(c)
11. Who
has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti
(GSDS)?
(a) Vijender Gupta
(b) Vijay Goel
(c) Sanjeev Balyan
(d) Piyush Goyal
Answer:
(b)
12. Who
has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion
Authorization Centre (In-SPACe)?
(a) Arvind Mathew
(b) Anish Shah
(c) Rajan Wadhera
(d) Pawan Kumar Goenka
Answer:
(d)
13. Who
won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 for the novel ‘Piranesi’?
(a) Susanna Clarke
(b) Erin Morgenstern
(c) Marleen Beaulieu
(d) Barbara Kidd
Answer:
(a)
14. Who
was conferred with the Swami Brahmanand Award 2021?
(a) Abhayanand
(b) H. C. Verma
(c) Sonam Wangchuk
(d) Anand Kumar
Answer:
(d)
15. Which
of the following has become the first private company to formally enter into an
agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
(a) Airnetz Aviation
(b) Bharat Dynamics
(c) Skyroot Aerospace
(d) BrahMos Aerospace
Answer:
(c)
16. Who
has won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix 2021 title held at Autodromo
Nazionale Monza track, Italy?
(a) Max Verstappen
(b) Daniel Ricciardo
(c) Sebastian Vettel
(d) Lewis Hamilton
Answer:
(b)
17. Which
country was formally suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 10th Sept as punishment for refusing
to send a team to the Tokyo Games citing the COVID-19 pandemic?
(a) Russia
(b) Spain
(c) North Korea
(d) Iceland
Answer:
(c)
18. When
is Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day observed?
(a) 14 September
(b) 16 September
(c) 18 September
(d) 20 September
Answer:
(a)
19. When
is International Day of Democracy observed?
(a) 11 September
(b) 15 September
(c) 18 September
(d) 21 September
Answer:
(b)
20. When
is Engineer’s Day observed in India?
(a) 07 September
(b) 10 September
(c) 12 September
(d) 15 September
Answer:
(d)
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