DAILY GK QUIZ: 29,30 MAR 2021
[Q] Where was the 2-day
long Passage Exercise ‘PASSEX’ conducted between India & USA in March 2021?
(a)
Andaman & Nicobar
(b)
North Pacific Ocean
(c)
Bay of Bengal
(d)
South China Sea
(e)
Arabian Sea
[ANS]
c
[Q] What is the total
capital allocated for setting up the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure
and Development (NBFID), an institution that provides long-term loans for
infrastructure development projects?
(a)
1 lakh crore
(b)
10,000 crore
(c)
83,000 crore
(d)
50,000 crore
(e)
10 lakh crore
[ANS]
a
[Q] As per the recently
amended, “The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment)
Bill, 2021”, the term “Government” means referred to in any law made by the Legislative
Assembly will imply ___________.
(a)
State Legislature
(b)
CM & State’s Council of Ministers
(c)
Chief Minister
(d)
Lieutenant Governor
(e)
Chief Minister & Lieutenant Governor
[ANS]
d
[Q] Which group of
students are covered under CBSE’s new competence based assessment framework?
(a)
Class 6-10
(b)
Class 1-5
(c)
Class 1-10
(d)
Class 6-12
(e)
Class 5-12
[ANS]
a
[Q] Which type of
banking institutions were covered under the RBI’s guidelines for
mergers/amalgamation to evolve as a strong group of financial providers?
(a)
Local Area Banks
(b)
Payments Banks
(c)
Cooperative Banks
(d)
Regional Rural Banks
(e)
Small Finance Banks
[ANS]
c
[Q] Who received the
IUCN’s New International Ranger Award in March 2021?
(a)
Mahinder Giri
(b)
Sanjay Kumar
(c)
Maharaj Muthoo
(d)
Sanjiv Chaturvedi
(e)
Hari Singh
[ANS]
a
[Q] Who authored the
book, “Wild and Wilful: Tale of 15 Iconic Indian Species”?
(a)
Vandana Shiva
(b)
Sunita Narain
(c)
Maneka Gandhi
(d)
Neha Sinha
(e)
Sugathakumari
[ANS]
d
[Q] Which book received
the National Book Critics Circle(NBCC)’s award 2020 under Fiction Category?
(a)
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
(b)
Here Is the Sweet Hand
(c)
Stranger in the Shogun’s City
(d)
Island on Fire
(e)
Hamnet
[ANS]
e
[Q] The World
Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives focuses on how data can be used
to improve the life of the poor. The report is released by which organisation?
(a)
UNCTAD
(b)
World Bank
(c)
World Economic Forum
(d)
International Monetary Fund
(e)
Asian Development Bank
[ANS]
b
[Q] The ‘Global Wind
Report 2021, released by the Global Wind Energy Council. Where is the
headquarter of GWEC located?
(a)
Paris, France
(b)
London, United Kingdom
(c)
Vienna, Austria
(d)
Brussels, Belgium
(e)
New York, USA
[ANS]
d
[Q] Former Reserve Bank
of India Deputy Governor, KC Chakrabarty passed away recently. He is known for
his contribution to which of the following one?
(a)
Financial inclusion and literacy
(b)
Unemployment
(c)
NABARD formation
(d)
Liquidity Adjustment
(e)
All of the above
[ANS]
a
[Q] Name the giant
container ship that blocked traffic in the Suez Canal.
(a)
Panamax
(b)
Ever Given
(c)
Flagship
(d)
Suezmax
(e)
Q-Max
[ANS]
b
[Q] Who among the
following has won the “International Ranger Award” for his contribution towards
conservation?
(a)
Sonam Singh
(b)
Ravi Tripathi
(c)
Vijay Pandit
(d)
Ram Singh Negi
(e)
Mahinder Giri
[ANS]
e
[Q] World Tuberculosis
Day is observed every year on ________.
(a)
28 March
(b)
27 March
(c)
26 March
(d)
25 March
(e)
24 March
[ANS]
e
