Current Affairs : 14 September to 20 September, 2021 : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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)