Current Affairs MCQs of 15th March 2021

Q.1 World Consumer Rights Day is observed on which day of the year?

a. March 12

b. March 15

c. March 11

d. March 13

Q.2 India has recently surpassed which country to become the fourth largest foreign-exchange reserves in the world?

a. Russia

b. Japan

c. China 

d. France

Q.3 The Foreign Exchange Reserve of which country is the largest in the world, as per the recent data of IMF?

a. China

b. Russia 

c. Switzerland

d. Singapore

Q.4 Which country is the largest crude oil supplier to India?

a. United States

b. UAE

c. Iraq

d. Nigeria

Q.5 Which state government has given instructions to remove all religious places along the road in the last 10 years?

a. Telangana

b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Kerala

d. Patna

Q.6 With whom ISRO will launch Chandramission ‘LUPEX in 2024? 

a. CNSA

b. ROSCOSMOS

c. NASA

d. JAXA

Q.7 What is the new name of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha TV?

a. Sankalp

b. Sansad

c. Bharat

d. LokManya

Q.8 Which Indian cricketer has become the first one to have 100 million followers on Instagram?

a. MS Dhoni

b. Sachin Tendulkar

c. Virat Kohli

d. Rohit Sharma

Q.9 Which state’s Chief Minister sanctioned scholarship worth Rs 101 cr for SC, ST students?

a. Jharkhand

b. Chhattisgarh

c. West Bengal

d. Odisha

Q.10 Which state has approved a law to give life imprisonment to food adulteration?

a. Madhya Pradesh

b. Karnataka

c. Telangana

d. Andhra Pradesh

Answers – 

Q.1 b) 

Q.2 a) India’s foreign-exchange reserves surpassed Russia’s to become the world’s fourth largest reserve.The foreign currency holdings of India stood at $580.3 billion as of March 5, as per the data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The reserve of Russia was $580.1 billion.

Q.3 a) China has the largest reserves, followed by Japan and Switzerland, as on the International Monetary Fund table.

Q.4 c) Iraq continued to be the top oil supplier to India despite a 23 percent decline in purchases to a five-month low of 867,500 bpd.

Q.5 b) 

Q.6 d) 

Q.7 b) Rajya Sabha TV and Lok Sabha TV have been merged and will now be known as Sansad TV. Retired IAS officer Ravi Capoor has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the new Channel. Sansad TV will telecast the live proceedings of both the houses of the Parliament on two different channels during the simultaneous sitting of the Houses.

Q.8 c) 

Q.9 d) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned Rs 101 crore for providing scholarships to 50,000 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students. The sanctioned scholarship amount will be transferred directly to the bank accounts of beneficiary students. A total of 1.5 lakh students will be benefited from the programme.

Q.10 a) Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved Penal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2021 to give life imprisonment to food adulteration. This was informed by Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra.