DAILY GK QUIZ: 8,9 MAR 2021
[Q] When was the
1st ever Chabahar day observed, to showcase India’s strategical importance
towards the Iranian port?
(a) March 8
(b) March 6
(c) March 7
(d) March 5
(e) March 4
[ANS] e
[Q] To which
country, India has sent 1,000 metric
tonnes of rice along with 1 lakh Hydroxychloroquine tablets in INS Jalashwa as
drought relief?
(a) Jordan
(b) Yemen
(c) Madagascar
(d) Afghanistan
(e) Ethiopia
[ANS] c
[Q] Which
organisation released “The Opportunity Index 2021” that revealed the status of
Indian women in various fronts including gender based salary hikes?
(a) Amazon
(b) LinkedIn
(c) BofA Securities
(d) Myntra
(e) UN Women
[ANS] b
[Q] Who was
appointed as the Chairman of Asia
Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA)?
(a) DPK Gunasekera
(b) GR Chintala
(c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(d) Shaktikanta Das
(e) Rajnish Kumar
[ANS] b
[Q] Who is the
1st Indian to become the Chairperson of UN Human Rights Council’s Advisory Committee?
(a) Shyam Saran
(b) Ajai Malhotra
(c) K. G. Balakrishnan
(d) Shivshankar Menon
(e) Dipak Misra
[ANS] b
[Q]
Lakshminarayana Bhatta who passed away recently was a renowned _________.
(a) Architect
(b) Choreographer
(c) Director
(d) Poet
(e) Hockey player
[ANS] d
[Q] In which
city’s local train did Indian Railways commission Mobile Train Radio
Communication system, recently?
(a) Chennai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Kochi
(e) New Delhi
[ANS] c
[Q] A 3 day
Combined Commanders’ Conference was recently held in which place?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) New Delhi
(d) Telangana
(e) Goa
[ANS] b
[Q] Jan Aushadhi
Diwas or Generic Medicine Day has been
addressed by PM Modi on _________________.
(a) 3 March
(b) 4 March
(c) 5 March
(d) 6 March
(e) 7 March
[ANS] e
[Q] What is the
rate of interest on Provident Fund deposits for the financial year 2020-21, as
notified by EPFO recently?
(a) 7%
(b) 8.5%
(c) 8%
(d) 7.5%
(e) 9%
[ANS] b
[Q]
Indian-origin __________ has been appointed as the first Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the New York-based
Federal Reserve Bank
(a) Naureen Hassan
(b) Danny Gaekwad
(c) Bhagi Nanda Sandilya
(d) Shashank Rai
(e) Vinod Verma
[ANS] a
[Q]
International Women’s Day is celebrated on the __________ every year.
(a) 5th March
(b) 6th March
(c) 7th March
(d) 8th March
(e) 9th March
[ANS] d
[Q] What is the
theme of International Women’s Day 2021?
(a) I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s
Rights
(b) Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of
COVID-19
(c) Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future
in a COVID-19 world
(d) BalanceforBetter
(e) PressforProgress
[ANS] c
