Daily Current Affairs Quiz 11 March 2021
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- Name the player who has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2021?
A) Dutee Chand
B) Vinesh Phogat
C) Koneru Humpy
D) Rani Rampal
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Option C
Explanation:The World rapid chess champion Koneru Humpy has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2021.
- What is the projected growth rate of Indian economy according to OECD for the financial year 2021-22?
A) 12.6%
B) 11.5%
C) 13.1%
D) 10.7%
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Option A
Explanation:According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Economic Outlook, Interim Report March 2021, India is set to regain its title as the world’s fastest growing major economy in 2021. In the report, OECD has projected that GDP of India will grow 12.6 percent in 2021, compared to -7.4 percent in 2020.
- The CISF celebrates its foundation day on March 10 every year. In 2021, which edition of the Foundation Day was observed?
A) 51st
B) 49th
C) 50th
D) 52nd
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Option D
Explanation:The Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) – Raising Day (CRD) is observed on March 10 in India every year. In 2021, nation is celebrating the 52nd Raising Day of CISF.
- Who among the following has been named as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2021?
A) Joe Root
B) Ravichandran Ashwin
C) Kyle Mayers
D) Ajinkya Rahane
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Option B
Explanation:Team India’s premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2021
- Mahamadou Issoufou has won the “2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership”. He is the President of which country?
A) Mali
B) Mauritania
C) Niger
D) Senegal
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Option C
Explanation:Mahamadou Issoufou, the incumbent President of Niger has won the “2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership”, the world’s largest leadership prize, worth $5 million. Issoufou is the sixth winner of the Ibrahim Prize since it was introduced in 2006, by Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim’s foundation to promote good governance in the world’s poorest continent.
- Name the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who has been appointed to replace the former CM Trivendra Singh Rawat?
A) Tirath Singh Rawat
B) Dhan Singh Rawat
C) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
D) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
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Option A
Explanation:Tirath Singh Rawat, the BJP Lok Sabha MP from Pauri Garhwal constituency, has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
- As per CRISIL, what is the estimated GDP growth of India in the fiscal 2021-22?
A) 12%
B) 11%
C) 10%
D) 9%
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Option B
Explanation: CRISIL Rating agency has projected the GDP growth of India to rebound to 11% in FY’22 (2021-22).
- Which countries have signed MoU to jointly set up ‘International Scientific Lunar Station (ISLS)’, a lunar space station on moon?
A) Russia and Japan
B) Japan and United States
C) United States and Russia
D) Russia and China
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Option D
Explanation:The space agencies of China and Russia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of their national governments, to jointly construct a lunar space station that will be open to all countries. Dubbed as the “International Scientific Lunar Station (ISLS)”, the centre will be a “complex of experimental and research facilities” created on the moon’s surface and/or in orbit of the moon.
- Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations for the year 2021?
A) Satya Pal Malik
B) Sunil Arora
C) Girish Chandra Murmu
D) Tathagata Roy
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Option C
Explanation:Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu has been re-appointed as the Chairman of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations for the year 2021.
- Shrikant Moghe, who has passed away recently, was a renowned theatre and film actor from which film industry?
A) Bengali
B) Marathi
C) Malayalam
D) Kannada
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Option B
Explanation:The Marathi stage and film actor Shrikant Moghe has passed away in Pune after suffering from age-related ailments. He was 91.
- INS Karanj is third in the series of six Scorpene-class submarine, which has been commissioned in the Indian Navy at Mumbai. The submarine is being built by which entity?
A) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
B) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
C) Cochin Shipyard
D) Hindustan Shipyard
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Option A
Explanation:The third Scorpene-class submarine “INS Karanj” was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on March 10, 2021, in presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh and Admiral (Retired) VS Shekhawat. INS Karanj is third in the series of six Scorpene-class diesel-electric submarine, being built for Indian Navy.The technology have been designed by France’s Naval Group and is being built in India by Mazagon Dock Limited under Project 75.
- OECD has projected the global GDP growth at ___________ percent for the year 2021
A) 4%
B) 5.5%
C) 3.1%
D) 6%
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Option B
Explanation: The global GDP growth is projected at 5.5 percent in 2021 and 4 percent in 2022 by OECD.
- Which country has topped the Economic Freedom Index 2021, released by US think-tank, The Heritage Foundation?
A) Ireland
B) Australia
C) Netherlands
D) Singapore
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Option D
Explanation:Singapore has topped the global ranking in the Economic Freedom Index 2021, for second year in a row, published by US conservative think-tank, The Heritage Foundation The overall score of Singapore increased by 0.3 points to 89.7 in this edition, primarily due to an improvement in the score for government spending.
- Tammy Beaumont has been named as the ICC Women’s Player of the Month February 2021. She plays for which country?
A) England
B) Australia
C) New Zealand
D) South Africa
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Option A
Explanation:In Women’s category, England’s Tammy Beaumont has been adjudged the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for February.
- What is the rank of India in the Economic Freedom Index 2021 by The Heritage Foundation?
A) 148
B) 156
C) 121
D) 101
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Option C
Explanation:India has been placed at 121 position among 184 countries in the index, with a score of 56.5 out of 100. India is put under “Mostly Unfree category”
