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Exercise : Daily Current Affairs
  • September 16, 2021 Current Affairs
1.
India's first FASTag-based metro parking facility has been launched in which city?
Lucknow
New Delhi
Bengaluru
Chennai
Answer: Option
Explanation:
India's first FASTag-based metro parking facility, at the Kashmere Gate metro station in partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

2.
Lieutenant General (retd) Gurmit Singh has been sworn in as the new Governor of which state?
Uttrakhand
Assam
Telangana
Gujarat
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Lieutenant General (retd) Gurmit Singh has been sworn in as the new Uttrakhand Governor.

3.
Which player has been adjudged as the ICC Men's Player of the Month for August 2021?
Jasprit Bumrah
Joe Root
Shaheen Afridi
Shakib Al Hasan
Answer: Option
Explanation:
England Test skipper Joe Root has been voted as the winner of the ICC Men's Player of the Month for August 2021.

4.
Which nation will host the 2021 SCO Summit in a hybrid format?
China
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The 21st meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State will be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in a hybrid format.

5.
What is the theme of the International Day of Democracy 2021?
Democracy under Strain: Solutions for a Changing World
COVID-19: A Spotlight on Democracy
Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises
Participation
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The theme for 2021 International Day of Democracy is "Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises".

6.
Who is the winner of the ICC Women's Player of the Month for August 2021?
Eimear Richardson
Stafanie Taylor
Sneh Rana
Gaby Lewis
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Ireland's Eimear Richardson has bagged the ICC Women's Player of the Month for August 2021.

7.
Which state has banned the storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers?
Delhi
Punjab
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a complete ban on the storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers.

8.
Union Cabinet has approved PLI Scheme worth Rs 26,058 crores for which sector?
Railways sector
Auto sector and the drone industry
Telecom sector
Textiles sector
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Union Cabinet gave its approval to Rs. 26,058 crore Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for the auto, auto-components and drone industry.

9.
Which one is the fast payment system of Singapore with which RBI has linked its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)?
PayPal
PayWay
PayOut
PayNow
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced a project under which the two central banks will link their respective fast payment systems viz, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow.

10.
Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe)?
Pawan Kumar Goenka
Rajan Wadhera
Arvind Mathew
Rajesh Jejurikar
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Pawan Kumar Goenka, the former managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe), the regulator for India's space industry.

11.
RBI has launched the 'Third Cohort' under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS). What is the theme of this cohort?
Cross Border Payments
Blockchain Technology
MSME Lending
Retail Payments
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the theme for the Third Cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) as 'MSME Lending'.

12.
Who is the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021?
Marleen Beaulieu
Barbara Kidd
Josee Vallee
Susanna Clarke
Answer: Option
Explanation:
English author Susanna Clarke has won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 for her second novel 'Piranesi'.

13.
India has declared to institutionalise regular Defence Dialogue with which region, on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition?
Europe
Asia
Africa
Europe
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Government of India has proposed to institutionalise the India-Africa Defence Dialogue, as a regular event, to be held on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition.

14.
Cricket player Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket. Did he play for which country?
West Indies
Australia
Zimbabwe
Ireland
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Former Zimbabwe skipper and wicket-keeper batsman Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket.

15.
National Engineer's Day is being celebrated in India on which day?
September 15
September 11
September 12
September 14
Answer: Option
Explanation:
In India, Engineer's Day is celebrated on September 15 every year, since 1968, to recognise the contribution of engineers in the development of the nation.

16.
Which state has declared encroachment of temple land as a cognizable and non-bailable offence?
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Kerala
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a bill that makes the encroachment of properties belonging to religious institutions a cognizable and non-bailable offence.

17.
The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of the Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in which city?
Lucknow
Aligarh
Agra
Gorakhpur
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University at Aligarh, in Uttar Pradesh.

18.
Which is the first bank in India to launch real-time online tracking for cross-border payments for corporate clients in partnership with SWIFT GPI?
Standard Chartered
ICICI Bank
DBS Bank
HSBC Bank
Answer: Option
Explanation:
DBS Bank has launched real-time online tracking for cross-border payments for its corporate clients, in partnership with SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (GPI).

19.
The International Day of Democracy is being celebrated every year on which date?
September 15
September 13
September 11
September 12
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The International Day of Democracy is celebrated across the world on 15 September every year, since 2008.

20.
The first-ever in-person QUAD Leaders' Summit is scheduled to be held in which country?
Australia
Japan
India
United States
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the first-ever in-person QUAD ( Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Leaders' Summit at the White House, in Washington D.C.