TOP 100 WEEKLY QUIZ: March second week (7-15) 2021

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 MARCH SECOND WEEK (7-15) 2021


REVIEW OF THE QUIZ

Q.1) Which Bollywood actor was appointed as the brand ambassador of Bata India Limited?

a) Amir Khan

b) Salman Khan

c) Varun Dhawan

d) Kartik Aaryan

e) Sonu Sood

Q.2) National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) set to unveil India’s largest floating solar plant (100 MW capacity) in which state? (March 2021)

a) Karnataka

b) Telangana

c) Maharashtra

d) Gujarat

e) Madhya Pradesh

Q.3) Power Finance Corporation (PFC) along with Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) signed an MoU with Kholongchhu Hydro Energy Ltd (600 MW). The Kholongchu Hydro Energy Limited is based on which country?

a) India

b) Nepal

c) Bhutan

d) Myanmar

e) Bangladesh

Q.4) China and which country agreed to build a joint lunar space station to develop research facilities on the surface of the moon?

a) India

b) USA

c) France

d) Russia

e) Japan

Q.5) According to the OECD report, what is the projected Indian GDP growth rate for FY22?

a) 14.3 %

b) 12.6 %

c) 11.3 %

d) 10.6 %

e) 15.9 %

Q.6) Name the 3rd Scorpene submarine which was commissioned by the Indian Navy in Mumbai recently.

a) INS Vikrant

b) INS Kalvari

c) INS Karanj

d) INS Khanderi

e) INS Sumitra

Q.7) Which e-commerce company launched Soundbox 2.0 and Smart POS for ease of digital payment to merchants?

a) Amazon

b) Paytm

c) Flipkart

d) ShopClues

e) Snapdeal

Q.8) Who became the first Indian woman cricketer to score 10,000 international runs

a) Smriti Mandhana

b) Harmanpreet Kaur

c) Mithali Raj

d) Anjum Chopra

e) Veda Krishnamurthy

Q.9) Imran Amin Siddiqui appointed as the Executive Director of which public sector bank?

a) Union Bank of India

b) Indian Bank

c) Bank of Baroda

d) State Bank of India

e) Indian Overseas Bank

Q.10) Govinda Rajulu Chintala took over the chairmanship of Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA). He replaced whom?

a) NR Rajendran

b) DPK Gunasekera

c) V Shantanu

d) Deepak Kumar

e) Hari Krishnan

Q.11) Who has inducted the list of WEF’s new Young Global Leaders for 2021?

a) Priyanka Chopra

b) Katrina Kaif

c) Deepika Padukone

d) Alia Bhatt

e) Anushka Sharma

Q.12) Mahamadou Issoufou won Mo Ibrahim Prize 2020 for achievement in African Leadership. He is the President of which country?

a) Sudan

b) Niger

c) Somalia

d) Nigeria

e) Yemen

Q.13) What is the rank of India in Economic Freedom Index 2021 (Singapore topped)?

a) 132nd

b) 111th

c) 108th

d) 121st

e) 144th

Q.14) Tammy Beaumont named the ICC Player of the Month for February 2021. She is playing for which country?

a) South Africa

b) England

c) Bangladesh

d) Australia

e) India

Q.15) Which country conducted “AsterX” its first-ever military exercise in space?

a) China

b) Japan

c) France

d) Germany

e) India

Q.16) Which company partnered with Karur Vysya Bank for co-lending business?

a) Shri Ram

b) Bajaj Finance

c) Muthoot Finance

d) Cholamandalam Investment

e) Mehta’s Finance

Q.17) Which rating agency had projected India’s GDP to grow at 11% in FY22?

a) SMERA

b) CRISIL

c) ICRA

d) Fitch

e) S&P

Q.18) Who was re-elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee?

a) Thomas Bach

b) António Guterres

c) David Malpass

d) Raghuram Rajan

e) None of the above

Q.19) Who authored the book “Kunal Kapur In The Kitchen” that is to be published soon?

a) Kunal Kapur

b) Arundhati Roy

c) Ruskin Bond

d) Vikram Seth

e) Jhumpa Lahiri

Q.20) Who is the Lieutenant Governor of the union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir?

a) Girish Chandra Murmu

b) Satyapal Malik

c) Arif Mohammad Khan

d) Manoj Sinha

e) Bhagat Singh Koshiyari

Q.21) What is the currency of Uzbekistan?

a) Ruble

b) Som

c) Dollar

d) Tenge

e) Manat

Q.22) National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its 36th Inception Day on which date?

a) March 10

b) March 13

c) March 12

d) March 11

e) March 14

Q.23) Which Airport launched India’s first dedicated express cargo terminal to help e-commerce?

a) Kempegowda International Airport

b) Indira Gandhi International Airport

c) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

d) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

e) Subash Chandra Bose International Airport

Q.24) ____________ mobile app was launched by Central Government for migrant public distribution system beneficiaries.

a) My Ration

b) Mera Ration

c) People’s Ration

d) Citizen Ration

e) Your Ration

Q.25) Who authored the book titled, ‘Baanjh: Incomplete Lives of Complete Women’?

a) Sushmita Mukherjee

b) Ruchira Mukherjee

c) Raji Sharma

d) Ashwin Kaur

e) Krithika Patel

Q.26) Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav was launched in which place?

a) Delhi

b) Pune

c) Chennai

d) Mumbai

e) Bhopal

Q.27) Which among the following countries is/are going to produce hydrogen from dirty coal?

a) India

b) Japan

c) Australia

d) Both a and b

e) Both b and c

Q.28) Patrick Achi was appointed as the new interim PM of Ivory Coast. He is replacing who among the following persons?

a) Alassane Ouattara

b) Hamed Bakayoko

c) Sanjay Goel

d) Muhammadu Buhari

e) None of the above

Q.29) Who was appointed as the executive vice president and president of Asia-Pacific of American Tower Corporation?

a) Amit Shah

b) Niranjana

c) Amit Khare

d) Sanjay Goel

e) Sathish Sharma

Q.30) Who won the Sahitya Academy Award for their book ‘Agniswaasa’?

a) Nikhileshwar

b) Parameshwar

c) Amish Tripathi

d) Subroto Roy

e) Arundhati Roy

Q.31) WE HUB Partnered with which country to launch ‘UPSurge’ pre-incubation program?

a) India

b) Australia

c) Africa

d) Switzerland

e) Norway

Q.32) Which general insurance company partnered with InterMiles to introduce Free Cancellation Travel Insurance?

a) ICICI Lombard

b) Aeges Insurance

c) Edelweiss General Insurance

d) HDFC Insurance

e) SBI General Insurance

Q.33) “Dynasty to Democracy: The Untold Story of Smriti Irani’s Triumph” is a book written about Smriti Irani. Whom did she defeat 2 times from the Amethi constituency?

a) Yashwant Sinha

b) Manohar Parrikar

c) Rahul Gandhi

d) Sonia Gandhi

e) S.Jaishankar

Q.34) National Anti-Doping Agency imposed sanctions on Madhavan R, he is associated with which sports?

a) Weightlifting

b) Boxing

c) Cycling

d) Swimming

e) Tennis

Q.35) Who was appointed as MD and CEO of Aegon Life Insurance?

a) Sathish Chandra

b) Deepak Kataria

c) Sonu Patel

d) Ranjit Singh

e) Satishwar Balakrishnan

Q.36) Which app was launched by the Jammu & Kashmir administration under the National Health Mission?

a) RAJAT

b) VIDYUT

c) ANMOL

d) SURAL

e) BIJOL

Q.37) Where was India’s first-ever ‘Transgender Community Desk’ opened in Gachibowli police station?

a) Lucknow

b) Visakhapatnam

c) Bangalore

d) Hyderabad

e) Kochi

Q.38) Who addressed the inaugural session of ‘Techbharat 2021’?

a) Rajnath Singh

b) Amit Shah

c) Harsh Vardhan

d) Narendra Modi

e) Nirmala Sitharaman

Q.39) India’s biggest dialysis facility was launched at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib complex. Where is the complex located?

a) Mumbai

b) Kanpur

c) New Delhi

d) Pune

e) Indore

Q.40) Which organisation’s report stated that gender inequality had cost the world $70 trillion since 1990?

a) UNDP

b) BofA Securities

c) NCAER

d) UNICEF

e) UNESCO

Q.41) Which company had launched “Business Kisht Suraksha” to protect MFIs and financial institutions against calamities and natural disasters?

a) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited

b) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited

c) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited

d) Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited

e) Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited

Q.42) Which company had partnered with UN Women to launch an IWD storefront for women sellers?

a) Flipkart

b) Amazon India

c) Myntra

d) TCS

e) Wipro India

Q.43) Titan’s Fastrack had tied up with which bank to launch a smart fitness band?

a) Indian Bank

b) Union Bank of India

c) State Bank of India

d) Canara Bank

e) Bank of Baroda

Q.44) Who became the first Vice President and COO of the New York Federal Bank?

a) Vanitha Mohan

b) Naureen Hassan

c) Ravi Sam

d) Sandeep Singh

e) Balasubramaniam

Q.45) Senior IAS officer Arun Kumar Singh was appointed as the new Chief Secretary of which Indian state?

a) Assam

b) Bihar

c) Odisha

d) Karnataka

e) West Bengal

Q.46) NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta recently passed away at 84. He was a renowned ________.

a) Writer

b) Actor

c) Politician

d) Cricketer

e) Freedom Fighter

Q.47) Which bank launched the SmartUp Unnati programme for mentoring women entrepreneurs?

a) SBI

b) Indian Bank

c) PNB

d) HDFC

e) ICICI

Q.48) Prime Minister Modi inaugurated ‘Maitri Setu’ between India & Bangladesh. The bridge had been built over which river?

a) Som river

b) Ganga river

c) Feni river

d) Khowai river

e) Gomati river

Q.49) Shrikant Moghe passed away recently. He was a/an ______.

a) Journalist

b) Cricketer

c) Actor

d) Politician

e) Footballer

Q.50) Which Indian state launched the Department of Mission Shakti for self-help groups? (March 2020)

a) Odisha

b) Punjab

c) Bihar

d) West Bengal

e) Karnataka

Q.51) Which state became the first in India to announce a Gender Budget concept?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Karnataka

c) Telangana

d) West Bengal

e) Maharashtra

Q.52) Which ministry signed an MoU with the Union Ministry of Textiles to boost sericulture activities in the country?

a) Union Ministry of Rural Development

b) Union Ministry of Urban Affairs

c) Union Ministry of Agriculture

d) Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

e) Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Q.53) Ishar Singh Deol passed away recently. He was a veteran Indian ________.

a) Cricketer

b) Politician

c) Athlete

d) Journalist

e) Footballer

Q.54) Who was named as the BBC’s Emerging Player of the Year Award 2021?

a) PV Sindhu

b) Elavenil Valarivan

c) Manu Bhaker

d) Hima Das

e) Manika Batra

Q.55) Border Roads Organisation (BRO) inaugurated a 200-feet ‘Bailey Bridge’ in Uttarakhand. The bridge was constructed across ________ river.

a) Rishiganga River

b) Chamoli River

c) Sone River

d) Dhauliganga River

e) Pindar River

Q.56) Which organisation announced to support 1 million rural women entrepreneurs in India?

a) Apple

b) Amazon

c) UNESCO

d) Google

e) UNDP

Q.57) Who inaugurated the All-Women’s Art Exhibition titled ‘Akshya Patra’ that was held in New Delhi?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Sanjay Dhotre

c) Prahlad Singh Patel

d) Piyush Goyal

e) Amit Shah

Q.58) Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s autobiography ‘The Frontier Gandhi: My Life and Struggle’ was translated to English from which language?

a) Afrikaans

b) Urdu

c) Pukhto

d) Mandarin

e) Hakka

Q.59) Anshuman Singh passed away recently. He was a former Governor of which Indian state?

a) Rajasthan

b) Bihar

c) Assam

d) Gujarat

e) Both a and d

Q.60) Who won the Men’s Singles title at the YONEX Swiss Open 2021?

a) Kento Momota

b) Viktor Axelsen

c) Srikanth Kidambi

d) Chen Long

e) Shi Yuqi

Q.61) Who inaugurated MEMP (Multifunctional Electronic Materials and Processing) 2021?

a) Ravi Shankar Prasad

b) Prakash Javadekar

c) Sanjay Dhotre

d) Ramesh Pokhriyal

e) Amit Khare

Q.62) Who won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award (ISWOTY) for 2020?

a) Virat Kohli

b) Ravichandra Ashwin

c) Koneru Humpy

d) Rohit Sharma

e) None of the above

Q.63) Which state celebrated the festival ‘Herath’?

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) Uttarakhand

c) Assam

d) Jammu and Kashmir

e) Punjab

Q.64) Which country does Prime minister Hamed Bakayoko who passed away belong to?

a) Burkina Faso

b) Ivory Coast

c) Liberia

d) Mali

e) Guinea

Q.65) Joint military exercise DUSTLIK II commenced in Ranikhet. It is a military exercise between_________

a) India and Kazakhstan

b) India and Oman

c) India and UAE

d) India and Bangladesh

e) India and Uzbekistan

Q.66) Who was replaced as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand by Tirath Singh Rawat?

a) Trivendra Singh Rawat

b) Tirath Kohli

c) Harish Rawat

d) Vijay Bahuguna

e) None of the above

Q.67) Which ministry does Anurag Thakur, who was promoted as a captain in Territorial Army belong to?

a) Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs

b) Home Ministry

c) Union Ministry of Defence

d) Union Ministry of Agriculture

e) None of the above

Q.68) Who was appointed as the new Chief Statistician of India?

a) Dr. Kshatrapati Shivaji

b) Tarun Bajaj

c) GP Samanta

d) Naureen Hassan

e) R M Mathur

Q.69) RBI removed IDBI Bank from the PCA framework after how many years?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

e) 6

Q.70) Which bank launched contactless payment wearable devices starting at Rs. 750?

a) HDFC Bank

b) IndusInd Bank

c) State Bank of India

d) Axis Bank

e) ICICI Bank

Q.71) Which bank had topped the list of Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology’s (MeitY) Digital Payment Scorecard for 3 consecutive months?

a) ICICI Bank

b) HSBC bank

c) Andhra Bank

d) Bank of India

e) State Bank of India

Q.72) Which country received 3000 HP Cape Gauge locomotive sent by the Union Railways Minister?

a) Mozambique

b) Iran

c) Japan

d) Maldives

e) None of the above

Q.73) Who was appointed as the national Head of Sales and Marketing of Kia Motors India?

a) Jai Ramesh

b) Micheal Roy

c) John Carles

d) Hardeep Singh Brar

e) None of the above

Q.74) Who was appointed as the Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations?

a) Thomas Bach

b) Deepak Mishra

c) John Carles

d) Hardeep Singh Brar

e) None of the above

Q.75) Who was appointed as the Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Salesforce India?

a) Thomas Bach

b) Sanket Atal

c) Ankush Sharma

d) Marvin Hagler

e) None of the above

Q.76) Who became the first woman cricketer to complete 7000 ODI runs?

a) Mithali Raj

b) Smriti Mandhana

c) Kalpan Paropkari

d) Susan Itticheria

e) None of the above

Q.77) Who became the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics?

a) Bhavani Devi

b) Priya Punia

c) Jhulan Goswami

d) Harmanpreet Kaur

e) None of the above

Q.78) Which sounding rocket was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?

a) RH-561

b) RH-565

c) RH-560

d) RH-562

e) None of the above

Q.79) Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair passed away recently. He was a renowned _____.

a) Kathakali artist

b) Singer

c) Guitarist

d) Scientist

e) None of the above

Q.80) Marvelous Marvin Hagler passed away at the age of 66.  He was a renowned _____.

a) Cricketer

b) Singer

c) Politician

d) Boxer

e) None of the above

Q.81) Which Inidan naval ship reached Madagascar’s Antsiranana Port for capacity building and training of the Malagasy Special Forces?

a) INS Jalashwa

b) INS Viraat

c) INS Vikramaditya

d) INS Vikrant

e) None of the above

Q.82) Which country surpassed Russia and became the world’s fourth-largest foreign exchange reserves holder?

a) India

b) Japan

c) China

d) England

e) None of the above

Q.83) The Banking Ombudsman was powered to pass an award of Rs. _____ lakhs.

a) 10

b) 20

c) 15

d) 25

e) 30

Q.84) What are the Rupee-denominated borrowings issued by Indian entities in overseas markets known as?

a) Zero-coupon bonds

b) Masala bonds

c) Municipal bonds

d) Debenture bonds

e) Venture Capital

Q.85) Where is the headquarters of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) located?

a) Lausanne, Switzerland

b) Budapest, Hungary

c) Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

d) Montreal, Canada

e) Beijing, China

Q.86) Which service was launched by Yes Bank that offers preferentially priced loans and healthcare benefits for women?

a) Yes Health

b) Yes Loan

c) Yes Essence

d) Yes Interest

e) Yes Protection

Q.87) Which state inaugurated India’s first-ever forest healing centre?

a) Telangana

b) Uttarakhand

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Karnataka

e) Uttar Pradesh

Q.88) Who won the Women’s Singles title by defeating PV Sindhu at the YONEX Swiss Open 2021?

a) Carolina Marin

b) Nozomi Okuhara

c) Saina Nehwal

d) Ratchanok Intanon

e) Tai Tzu-Ying

Q.89) Who won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award 2021?

a) Koneru Humpy

b) Sakshi Malik

c) PT Usha

d) Anju Bobby George

e) Apurvi Chandela

Q.90) Who was appointed as the MD and CEO of Arcil?

a) Pallav Mohapatra

b) Shyam Srinivasan

c) Rajeshwari

d) Raghuram Rajan

e) None of these

Q.91) Which state is set to celebrate Azadi Ki Amruth Mahotsav?

a) Rajastan

b) Telangana

c) Karnataka

d) Madhya Pradesh

e) None of above

Q.92) Which state/UT launched the Saheli Samanvay Kendra scheme?

a) Delhi

b) Punjab

c) Karnataka

d) Puducherry

e) None of the above

Q.93) Who is popularly known as India’s Satellite Man?

a) Abdul Kalam

b) Visvesvaraya

c) Udupi Ramachandra Rao

d) Raghuram Rajan

e) None of the above

Q.94) When is the CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) rising day celebrated?

a) January 14

b) March 4

c) March 10

d) October 12

e) None of the above

Q.95) What is the threshold limit of the turnover above which the Government had made it mandatory for businesses to generate e-invoices for B2B transactions from April 1?

a) 50 crores

b) 100 crores

c) 20 crores

d) 150 crores

e) None of the above

Q.96) Who was appointed as the Chairman of the UN Panel of External Auditors for 2021?

a) Girish Chandra Murmu

b) Shyam Srinivasan

c) Rajeshwari

d) Raghuram Rajan

e) None of the above

Q.97) Which bank had partnered with Auqaconnect to generate formal credit for aquaculture farmers?

a) Canara Bank

b) Indian Bank

c) Bank of Baroda

d) Punjab National Bank

e) None of the above

Q.98) Which company discontinued its UPI services in India?

a) Paypal

b) Razorpay

c) Truecaller

d) Paytm

e) None of the above

Q.99) Which actor is set to be felicitated with the FIAF Award?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Rajini

c) Amir Khan

d) John Abraham

e) None of the above

Q.100) Which country does cricketer Joey Benjamin belong to?

a) England

b) India

c) Australia

d) South Africa

e) West Indies