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16 SEPTEMBER 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

Total Questions : 20 | Page 1 of 2 pages
Question 1. Lieutenant General (retd) Gurmit Singh has been sworn in as the new Governor of which state?
  1.    Uttrakhand
  2.    Assam
  3.    Telangana
  4.    Gujarat
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Uttrakhand

Lieutenant General (retd) Gurmit Singh has been sworn in as the new Uttrakhand Governor.


Question 2. India's first FASTag-based metro parking facility has been launched in which city?
  1.    Chennai
  2.    Bengaluru
  3.    New Delhi
  4.    Lucknow
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> New Delhi

India's first FASTag-based metro parking facility, at the Kashmere Gate metro station in partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).


Question 3. Which player has been adjudged as the ICC Men's Player of the Month for August 2021?
  1.    Jasprit Bumrah
  2.    Shakib Al Hasan
  3.    Joe Root
  4.    Shaheen Afridi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Joe Root

England Test skipper Joe Root has been voted as the winner of the ICC Men's Player of the Month for August 2021.


Question 4. Which nation will host the 2021 SCO Summit in a hybrid format?
  1.    Kazakhstan
  2.    Tajikistan
  3.    China
  4.    Kyrgyzstan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Tajikistan

The 21st meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State will be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in a hybrid format.


Question 5. What is the theme of the International Day of Democracy 2021?
  1.    COVID-19: A Spotlight on Democracy
  2.    Participation
  3.    Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises
  4.    Democracy under Strain: Solutions for a Changing World
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises

The theme for 2021 International Day of Democracy is "Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises".


Question 6. Who is the winner of the ICC Women's Player of the Month for August 2021?
  1.    Stafanie Taylor
  2.    Gaby Lewis
  3.    Eimear Richardson
  4.    Sneh Rana
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Eimear Richardson

Ireland's Eimear Richardson has bagged the ICC Women's Player of the Month for August 2021.


Question 7. Which state has banned the storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers?
  1.    Karnataka
  2.    Punjab
  3.    Delhi
  4.    Madhya Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a complete ban on the storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers.


Question 8. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe)?
  1.    Arvind Mathew
  2.    Pawan Kumar Goenka
  3.    Rajesh Jejurikar
  4.    Rajan Wadhera
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Pawan Kumar Goenka

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.


Question 9. Union Cabinet has approved PLI Scheme worth Rs 26,058 crores for which sector?
  1.    Railways sector
  2.    Textiles sector
  3.    Telecom sector
  4.    Auto sector and the drone industry
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Auto sector and the drone industry

The Union Cabinet gave its approval to Rs. 26,058 crore Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for the auto, auto-components and drone industry.


Question 10. Which one is the fast payment system of Singapore with which RBI has linked its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)?
  1.    PayWay
  2.    PayNow
  3.    PayOut
  4.    PayPal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> PayNow

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.


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