DAILY GK QUIZ: 9, 10 FEB 2021
[Q] Where was
India’s 1st Children’s Boat library inaugurated?
(a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(b) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Kochi, Kerala
(d) Kolkata, West Bengal
(e) Nagpur, Maharashtra
[ANS] d
[Q] Which
state/UT approved a scholarship scheme
to school students “Mukhyamantri Vigyan Pratibha Pariksha scheme”?
(a) Punjab
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Delhi
(d) Goa
(e) Pondicherry
[ANS] c
[Q] Who was
appointed as the acting Chief of Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?
(a) Rishi Kumar Sukla
(b) Praveen Sinha
(c) Rakesh Asthana
(d) Alok Verma
(e) Ajit Doval
[ANS] b
[Q] Who authored
the book, ‘By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life’?
(a) Venkaiah Naidu
(b) Pratibha Patil
(c) Ram Nath Kovind
(d) L K Advani
(e) Hamid Ansari
[ANS] e
[Q] Which
organisation is developing a vehicle
with capabilities to act as a ‘Space Taxi’ for small satellites?
(a) Skyroot Aerospace
(b) Boeing
(c) Collins Aerospace
(d) Bellatrix Aerospace
(e) General Dynamics
[ANS] d
[Q] Who among
the following has been awarded Allan Border Medal for the period 2020-21?
(a) Mitchell Starc
(b) Glenn Maxwell
(c) David Warner
(d) Aaron Finch
(e) Steve Smith
[ANS] e
[Q] Who has won
the inaugural ICC Player of the Month award?
(a) Pat Cummins
(b) Steve Smith
(c) Rishabh Pant
(d) Cheteshwar Pujara
(e) Virat Kohli
[ANS] c
[Q] India’s
first-ever geothermal power project will be implemented by state-owned Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) at ______________.
(a) West Bengal
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
(e) Ladakh
[ANS] e
[Q] A maiden
contingent of 34 ________ women personnel has been inducted into its
specialized jungle warfare commando force CoBRA.
(a) ITBP
(b) BSF
(c) CRPF
(d) SSB
(e) CISF
[ANS] c
[Q] Which of the
following film has won the Best International Feature Film Award at the 14th
International Children’s Film Festival of Bangladesh?
(a) The Silent Forest
(b) Jackie and Oopjen
(c) I Never Cry
(d) Into the Darkness
(e) Maati
[ANS] b
[Q] Which
country/countries participated with India in the 16th Edition of joint military
exercise “Yudh Abhyas 20” held in Rajasthan from 8 – 21 February, 2021?
(a) Australia
(b) Japan
(c) USA
(d) Both 2 & 3
(e) All 1, 2 & 3
[ANS] c
[Q] What is the
theme of National Horticulture Fair 2021?
(a) Horticulture for Start-up and Stand-up India
(b) Making Farming an Enterprise
(c) Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life
(d) Horticulture for Promotion of Rural
Entrepreneurship
(e) Horticulture for Rural Prosperity
[ANS] a
[Q] Which
country approved to build the world’s
1st energy island that can produce and store green energy satisfying the
electricity requirement of 10 million households?
(a) Sweden
(b) Belgium
(c) France
(d) Denmark
(e) Germany
[ANS] d
[Q] The World
Pulses Day is observed on which day, as designated by the United Nations?
(a) 9 February
(b) 10 February
(c) 8 February
(d) 7 February
(e) 11 February
[ANS] b
[Q] Which
country has recently inked an MoU with India for the construction of Shahtoot
Dam?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Nepal
(d) Bhutan
(e) China
[ANS] a
[Q] What is the
maximum permissible limit of industrial Trans Fatty Acid (TFA) in food products
for the period beginning from January 2022, as per FSSAI?
(a) 5%
(b) 4%
(c) 3%
(d) 2%
(e) 1%
[ANS] d
[Q] The National
Horticulture Fair (NHF) 2021 has been organised in which city?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Chennai
(d) New Delhi
(e) Kolkata
[ANS] b
[Q] What is the
theme of the World Pulses Day 2021?
(a) Plant Proteins for a Sustainable Future
(b) Nitrogen-Fixing Legumes for a Sustainable Future
(c) Nutritious Seeds for a Sustainable Future
(d) Healthy Beans for a Sustainable Future
(e) LovePulses
[ANS] c
[Q]
Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve will be set up as the 5th Tiger reserve
of Tamil Nadu. With this, how many Tiger Reserves will be there in India?
(a) 41
(b) 51
(c) 61
(d) 71
(e) 81
[ANS] b
[Q] ‘By Many a
Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life’ is a book authored by _____________.
(a) K. K. Venugopal
(b) Mukul Rohatgi
(c) Milon K. Banerji
(d) M Hamid Ansari
(e) Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
[ANS] d
