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Current Affairs MCQs of 31st March 2021
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Q.1 Who won the International Ranger Award?
a. Hemant Kumar
b. Virendra Singh Rathore
c. Mahindra Giri
d. Sahadat Rahman
Q.2 The International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is observed on which day?
a. March 31
b. March 30
c. March 29
d. March 28
Q.3 Thisara Perera was in news recently for hitting six sixes in a single over. He is a cricket player from which country?
a. South Africa’s.
b. West Indies
c. New Zealand
d. Sri lanka
Q.4 Who has been selected for the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award?
a. Asha Bhosle
b. AR Rahman
c. Lata Mangeshkar
d. Shreya Ghoshal
Q.5 Which nation will withdraw its troops from Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as per Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali?
a. Sudan
b. Somalia
c. Kenya
d. Eritrea
Q.6 Which nation has agreed to revamp strategic energy cooperation with India?
a. France
b. Germany
c. UK
d. US
Q.7 Which armed force has decided to appoint retired ladaku dogs as ‘therapy dogs’?
a. BSF
b. CISF
c. CRPF
d. ITBP
Q.8 Which country will preside over the ‘Global Climate Summit 2021’?
a. France
b. Switzerland
c. America
d. India
Q.9 According to the released Global Wind Report 2021, which year was the best year for the wind industry?
a. 2021
b. 2020
c. 2019
d. 2018
Q.10 The Mithali Express train has been launched between India and which country?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Bangladesh
c. Bhutan
d. Nepal
Answers –
Q.1 c)
Q.2 a)
Q.3 d)
Q.4 a) Legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle has been selected for the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award. The decision to honour the 87- year old was taken during a meeting of the award selection committee, which was presided over by Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on March 25, 2021. Maharashtra Bhushan Award is the state’s highest honour.
Q.5 d) Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its troops from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region along their mutual border, said Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on March 26, 2021. He added that Ethiopia’s military would take over guarding the border area.
Q.6 d) India and the United States agreed to revamp the strategic energy partnership on March 29, 2021 to reflect the new priorities of PM Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden with a focus on promoting clean energy with low-carbon pathways and accelerating green energy cooperation.
Q.7 d)
Q.8 c)
Q.9 b)
Q.10 b) Prime Minister Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on March 27, 2021, virtually inaugurated the ‘Mitali Express’ passenger train between Dhaka and New Jalpaiguri.