MCQ on Important Daily Current Affairs of 20th September 2021
In this article, we will discuss MCQ on important current affairs of 20th September 2021 and their answers with explanations.
QUESTIONS
1. Who has been named as the mentor of the Indian cricket Men’s team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021?
A) Virendra Sehwag
B) Sourav Ganguly
C) Rahul Dravid
D) MS Dhoni
2. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Punjab post the resignation of Amarinder Singh?
A) Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
B) Charanjit Singh Channi
C) Sunil Jakhar
D) Navjot Singh Sidhu
3. Sirarakhong chilly and Tamenglong Orange are the newly Geographical Index (GI) tagged products of which state?
A) Ladakh
B) Andaman & Nicobar Island
C) Manipur
D) Andhra Pradesh
4. Raksha Mantri has recently released a book titled ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’ as a part of the commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur. Who is the author of the book?
A) Vishal Goyal
B) Satnam Singh Sandhu
C) Amritpal Kaur
D) Prabhleen Singh
5. Which player has won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021?
A) Pankaj Advani
B) Geet Sethi
C) Aditya Mehta
D) Sourav Kothari
6. Which among the following auto companies has announced to close its business in India?
A) Volkswagen
B) Ford
C) Toyota
D) Fiat
7. Which state has declared Cooper Mahseer or Katley as its state fish?
A) Goa
B) Kerala
C) Sikkim
D) Nagaland
8. Manorama Mohapatra who has passed away recently was a renowned litterateur of which language?
A) Odia
B) Hindi
C) Malayalam
D) Kannada
9. Name the mobile app launched by LIC for its development officers?
A) MITRA
B) BHASKAR
C) PRAGATI
D) VIKAS
10. What was the name of the mission under which SpaceX launched world’s first all civilian crew to orbit the Earth?
A) Dragon CRS-4
B) Inspiration-4
C) Transporter-4
D) Crew-4
11. Dalit Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of which state?
A. Punjab
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Gujarat
12. Recently who has released the report “Building Urban Planning Capacity in India”?
A. Planning Commission
B. NITI Aayog
C. Education Commission
D. Ministry of Sports
13. Who else has partnered with NITI Aayog to provide free education in 112 aspirational districts of India?
A. Aakash Institute
B. byju
C. Academy
D. IIT
14. The statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of which of the following, has been unveiled in Hungary?
A. dollar
B. Bitcoin
C. Rupee
D. Dinar
15. The opposition government of which state of India has been named United Democratic Alliance?
A. Sikkim
B. Bihar
C. Nagaland
D. Kerala
16. Which of the following legislatures has passed a bill to allow registration of child marriages?
A. Delhi Assembly
B. Bihar Vidhan Sabha
C. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
D. Rajasthan Assembly
17. Which of the following award-winning theoretical physicist and cosmologist “Thanu Padmanabhan” passed away?
A. Padma Vibhushan
B. Padma Shri
C. Padma Bhushan
D. Bharat Ratna
18. In how many meters in women’s National Open Athletics Championships in Warangal, Harmilan Bains has broken the 19-year-old national record?
A. 500 m
B. 1500 m
C. 2500 m
D. 3500 m
19. Which snooker and billiards player from India has won the Asian Snooker Championship title for the second time in a row?
A. Sanjay Mehta
B. Abhimannu Singh
C. Pankaj Advani
D. Shri Kant Kindambi
20. The former President of which of these countries, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has died at the age of 84?
A. Tajikistan
B. Algeria
C. Maldives
D. Australia
ANSWERS
1. D
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named as the mentor of the Indian cricket Men’s team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
2. B
Charanjit Singh Channi has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Punjab by the Congress party.
3. C
Two famous products of Manipur, namely Hathei chilly, commonly known as the Sirarakhong chilly and Tamenglong Orange have received the Geographical Index (GI) tag.
4. D
The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released a book titled ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’, on September 17, 2021, in New Delhi, as a part of the commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs.The book has been authored by Dr Prabhleen Singh, administrative officer at the Punjabi University, Patiala.
5. A
Pankaj Advani of India won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021 by defeating Amir Sarkhosh. He won in the best of 11 frames final.
6. B
Ford Motor has announced to close manufacturing plants in India. Ford has two integrated manufacturing facilities in India one at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and another at Sanand, Gujarat.
7. C
The Government of Sikkim has declared ‘Cooper Mahseer’ locally named as ‘Katley’ as the state fish. Neolissochilus hexagonolepis is the scientific name of the Cooper Mahseer.
8. A
Eminent Odia litterateur, social worker and journalist Manorama Mohapatra passed away at the age of 87 years.
9. C
The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has launched a new mobile app named ”PRAGATI” for its Development Officers. PRAGATI stands for Performance Review Application, Growth And Trend Indicator.
10. B
The SpaceX recently launched the world’s first all-civilian crew into the Earth orbit under the mission named Inspiration-4 .A group of four civilians were part of the historic mission, featuring no trained astronauts.The Inspiration4 crew took off to orbit aboard SpaceX`s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 16, 2021.The four member crew spent time in orbit in the SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed as Resilience.
11. A
Captain Amarinder Singh has recently resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Punjab. Now in his place, Congress’s Dalit leader Charanjit Singh Channi has been appointed as the new Chief Minister. Charanjit Singh Channi has become MLA from Chamkaur Sahib for 3 consecutive times and he won the independent election in 2007.
12. B
NITI Aayog has recently released the “Building Urban Planning Capacity in India” report. In which it has been suggested to make 500 ‘Healthy Cities’. Along with this, the need of reducing the carbon footprint in urbanization has also been emphasized in this report.
13. B
NITI Aayog and BYJU have partnered to provide free education in 112 aspirational districts of India. Under which Byju’s will provide free access to its high-quality and technology-driven learning programs to students thereby ensuring access to quality education
14. B
The statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of the cryptocurrency bitcoin, has been unveiled in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It has been constructed in a business park near the Danube River in Budapest.
15. C
In the northeastern state of India, the government without opposition has been named United Democratic Alliance recently. In this way the government will run in Nagaland without opposition. From now on in the state, all the parties of the ruling party and the opposition together have announced to run the government.
16. D
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly has recently passed a bill to amend the Act of Compulsory Marriage Registration Bill 2009 to allow registration of child marriages. According to Section 8 of this Act, if the age of the boy and the girl is less than 21 years, then his parents or guardian can get the marriage registered.
17. B
Padma Shri awardee theoretical physicist and cosmologist “Thanu Padmanabhan” passed away recently in Pune. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan have condoled his death.
18. B
Harmilan Bains of Patiala, Punjab has broken a 19-year-old national record in women’s 1500m at the National Open Athletics Championships in Warangal. She completed the race in 4:05.39 minutes with which 21-year-old Harmilan has broken the 19-year-old record of Sunita Rani.
19. C
India’s top snooker and billiards player Pankaj Advani recently won the Asian Snooker Championship title for the second time in a row. He has made this record by defeating Amir Sarkhosh of Iran in the final match.
20. B
Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at the age of 84. He was involved in his country’s war against French colonial rule in the 1950s.
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