Daily Current Affairs Quiz 20 September 2021
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Who has been named as the mentor of the Indian cricket Men’s team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021?
A) Virendra Sehwag
B) Sourav Ganguly
C) Rahul Dravid
D) MS Dhoni
Option D
Explanation:Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named as the mentor of the Indian cricket Men’s team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Punjab post the resignation of Amarinder Singh?
A) Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
B) Charanjit Singh Channi
C) Sunil Jakhar
D) Navjot Singh Sidhu
Option B
Explanation:Charanjit Singh Channi has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Punjab by the Congress party.
Sirarakhong chilly and Tamenglong Orange are the newly Geographical Index (GI) tagged products of which state?
A) Ladakh
B) Andaman & Nicobar Island
C) Manipur
D) Andhra Pradesh
Option C
Explanation:Two famous products of Manipur, namely Hathei chilly, commonly known as the Sirarakhong chilly and Tamenglong Orange have received the Geographical Index (GI) tag.
Raksha Mantri has recently released a book titled ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’ as a part of the commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur. Who is the author of the book?
A) Vishal Goyal
B) Satnam Singh Sandhu
C) Amritpal Kaur
D) Prabhleen Singh
Option D
Explanation:The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released a book titled ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’, on September 17, 2021, in New Delhi, as a part of the commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs.The book has been authored by Dr Prabhleen Singh, administrative officer at the Punjabi University, Patiala.
Which player has won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021?
A) Pankaj Advani
B) Geet Sethi
C) Aditya Mehta
D) Sourav Kothari
Option A
Explanation:Pankaj Advani of India won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021 by defeating Amir Sarkhosh. He won in the best of 11 frames final.
Which among the following auto companies has announced to close its business in India?
A) Volkswagen
B) Ford
C) Toyota
D) Fiat
Option B
Explanation:Ford Motor has announced to close manufacturing plants in India. Ford has two integrated manufacturing facilities in India one at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and another at Sanand, Gujarat.
Which state has declared Cooper Mahseer or Katley as its state fish?
A) Goa
B) Kerala
C) Sikkim
D) Nagaland
Option C
Explanation:The Government of Sikkim has declared ‘Cooper Mahseer’ locally named as ‘Katley’ as the state fish. Neolissochilus hexagonolepis is the scientific name of the Cooper Mahseer.
Manorama Mohapatra who has passed away recently was a renowned litterateur of which language?
A) Odia
B) Hindi
C) Malayalam
D) Kannada
Option A
Explanation:Eminent Odia litterateur, social worker and journalist Manorama Mohapatra passed away at the age of 87 years.
Name the mobile app launched by LIC for its development officers?
A) MITRA
B) BHASKAR
C) PRAGATI
D) VIKAS
Option C
Explanation:The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has launched a new mobile app named ”PRAGATI” for its Development Officers. PRAGATI stands for Performance Review Application, Growth And Trend Indicator.
What was the name of the mission under which SpaceX launched world’s first all civilian crew to orbit the Earth?
A) Dragon CRS-4
B) Inspiration-4
C) Transporter-4
D) Crew-4
Option B
Explanation:The SpaceX recently launched the world’s first all-civilian crew into the Earth orbit under the mission named Inspiration-4 .A group of four civilians were part of the historic mission, featuring no trained astronauts.The Inspiration4 crew took off to orbit aboard SpaceX`s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 16, 2021.The four member crew spent time in orbit in the SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed as Resilience.
