Current Affairs Quiz [15th september 2021] For DSSSB 2021 Exam: Attempt Now

Q1. Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is observed every year on ________ to mark the popularity of Hindi as an official language of India.
(a) 10 September
(b) 11 September
(c) 12 September
(d) 14 September

Q2. Which state has recently launched the Millet Mission to become the hub of millet in India?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Q3. India has launched the “Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD)” with which country?
(a) Australia
(b) Germany
(c) United States
(d) Japan

Q4. Which of the following state has achieved the top position in the installation of off-grid solar pumps under PM-KUSUM?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Haryana
(c) Punjab
(d) Kerala

Q5. Aziz Akhannouch has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country?
(a) Turkey
(b) Algeria
(c) Israel
(d) Morocco

Q6. Nuakhai is a harvest festival, celebrated by the native of which Indian state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pardseh
(d) Odisha

Q7. Who has been appointed as the new Acting Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)?
(a) Justice A I S Cheema
(b) Justice Bansi Lal Bhat
(c) Justice M. Venugopal
(d) Justice N. V. Ramana

Q8. Which among these space-tech startups has become the first private company to formally sign agreement with ISRO for using its expertise and facilities?
(a) Dhruva Space
(b) Agnikul Cosmos
(c) Bellatrix Aerospace
(d) Skyroot Aerospace

Q9. Who is the author of the book ‘Human Rights and Terrorism in India’?
(a) Kaushik Basu
(b) Subramanian Swamy
(c) Sanjay Gubbi
(d) Vishram Bedekar

Q10. Oscar Fernandes passed away recently. He was a/an ___________.
(a) Politician
(b) Journalist
(c) Actor
(d) Environmentalist

Q11. Who will be the mentor of the Indian national team for the T20 World Cup 2021?
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) MS Dhoni
(d) Sourav Ganguly

Q12. Which country has been suspended from 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the IOC?
(a) North Korea
(b) Pakistan
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Syria

Q13. Which Indian state has recently launched the initiative of ‘Medicine from the Sky’ to use drones for delivering drugs and vaccines?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Telangana

Q14. Who has been awarded the Africa Food Prize 2021?
(a) ICRISAT
(b) ICAR
(c) FAO
(d) IRAI

Q15. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe)?
(a) Umesh Gupta
(b) Vipin Chandra
(c) Jitendra Sharma
(d) Pawan Kumar Goenka

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is observed every year on 14 September to mark the popularity of Hindi as an official language of India. The language was adopted under Article 343 of the Indian Constitution. The first Hindi day was celebrated on 14th September 1953.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. In Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has announced the launch of ‘Millet Mission’, which aims to provide proper price rate to farmers for minor cereal crops.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. India and the United States of America (USA) have launched the “Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD)”. It will strengthen India-US bilateral cooperation on climate and environment.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Haryana has topped among all other states of the country in terms of installation of off-grid solar pumps under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahaabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM), as per the data by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Aziz Akhannouch has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Morocco by the country’s King Mohammed VI.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Nuakhai Juhar, the agrarian festival of Western Odisha, was celebrated with religious fervour and tradition on September 11, 2021.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Justice M. Venugopal has been appointed as the new Acting Chairperson of the appellate tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) with effect from September 11, 2021.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based Space technology startup, has become the first private company to formally enter into an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to get access their facilities and expertise for the development and testing of subsystems and systems of space launch vehicles.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Human Rights and Terrorism in India’, book by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, released. The release of three dreaded terrorists in exchange for hijacked Indian Airlines passengers in Afghanistan’s Kandahar in 1999 is the “worst capitulation” to terrorists in India”s modern history, says BJP MP Subramanian Swamy.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Veteran Rajya Sabha MP and former Union minister Oscar Fernandes has passed away. The senior Congress leader had served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Transport, Road and Highways and Labour and Employment, in Manmohan Singh’s UPA government.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. BCCI announced that the former India captain MS Dhoni will mentor the team for the tournament, which will be played in UAE and Oman in October and November. He announced his retirement from international limited-overs cricket on August 15, 2020. He had last played for India in the 2019 ICC World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. North Korea was formally suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the IOC on 10th Sept as punishment for refusing to send a team to the Tokyo Games citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiradtiya Scindia has launched an initiative named ‘Medicine from the Sky’ in Telangana under which drugs and vaccines will be delivered using drones.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT, a CGIAR Research Centre, is a non-profit, non-political public international research organisation that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Former managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra Pawan Kumar Goenka has been appointed as the chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe).

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