Current Affairs Quiz, 20 Sep 2021

1.  IUCN Red List has classified Humboldt penguins as Vulnerable Endangered Critically endangered Extinct None 2.  A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency that is typically pegged to Other cryptocurrencies Gold Bonds Existing government-backed currency None 3.  Atpresent, world’s longest expressway is in China Iceland Russia Egypt None 4.  The General Sherman tree is the [...]

1.  Which among the following is/are the official languages of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)? English Russian Chinese Both (b) and (c) None 2.  Which among the following organisation has become the first ever Euro denominated Green bond issuance from India? Power Finance Corporation National Thermal Power Corporation Power Grid Bharat Petroleum Corporation None 3.  Exercise [...]

1.  World Patient Safety Day is observed on September 17 and was established by the United Nations World Health Assembly World Health Organisation None of the above None 2.  Baijayant Panda Committee is a committee constituted by Ministry of Defence constituted a High Level Expert Committee for a comprehensive review of National Cadet Corps National [...]

1.  2021 Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Tashkent, Uzbekistan Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan None 2.  Every year on September 15, India along with Sri Lanka and Tanzania celebrate National Engineer’s day to recognise and honour the achievements of the great engineer M. Visvesvaraya Satish Dhawan A. [...]

1.  Which among the following is the only country out of the members of Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) led by Russia that shares a border with Afghanistan? Kazakhstan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Russia None 2.  One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi is an initiative by Puducherry Goa Jammu and Kashmir Sikkim None 3.  India’s first FASTag-based metro [...]

1.  In India, Hindi Divas or Hindi Day is an annual day celebrated on 14 September 13 September 12 September 11 September None 2.  Which among the following is the first private company to formally sign agreement with ISRO for using its expertise and facilities? Skyroot Aerospace Aantriksh Kawa Space Astrogate Labs None 3.  “Climate [...]

1.  Subansiri River (gold river), originates in the Tibet Plateau and enters India through Miri hills in Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Manipur None 2.  ‘Medicine from the Sky’ is an initiative to use drones for delivering drugs and vaccines by the government of Himachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Karnataka Telangana None 3.  Which among the following [...]

1.  In India, the National Forest Martyrs Day is marked and observed every year on 14 September 13 September 12 September 11 September None 2.  India’s first Dugong conservation reserve will be built in Kerala Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Karnataka None 3.  India’s first-ever indigenously designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol Production Plant has [...]

1.  World EV (Electric Vehicle) Day is observed every year on September 9, since 2019 2018 2020 2021 None 2.  China successfully launched Gaofen-5 02 satellite into space. It is Earth observation satellite Communications satellite Remote sensing satellite Navigation satellite None 3.  World Suicide Prevention Day is annually observed globally on 13 September 10 September [...]

1.  Inspiration4 is the first all-civilian, non-governmental spaceflight to be launched by Blue Origin Orbital Insight Relativity Space SpaceX None 2.  Houthis are an armed rebel group belonging to the Zaidi Shia sect fighting against the government of Syria Yemen Iraq Afghanistan None 3.  Who among the following is the Chairman of Financial Stability and [...]