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Current affairs MCQs of 6th October 2021
- November 8, 2021
- Posted by: Maya
- Category: Current Affairs Daily Current Affairs
Q.1 When is World Tsunami Awareness Day?
a. November 3rd
b. November 4th
c. November 5th
d. November 6th
Q.2 Who won Nizami Ganjavi Award?
a) Tedros Ghebreyesus
b) Jim Yong Kim
c) Antonio Guterress
d) Kristalina Georgieva
Q.3 Which country has become the first one to approve oral Covid pill?
a. US
b. UK
c. Canada
d. India
Q.4 Which of the following country introduced a bill to declare Diwali a national holiday?
a. Sri Lanka
b. United Kingdom
c. Canada
d. United States
Q.5 PM Modi has recently inaugurated the statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya at which of these place?
a. Kedarnath
b. Ladakh
c. Dehradun
d. Srinagar
Q.6 India’s first open air rooftop drive-in movie theatre has been unveiled in which city?
a. Hyderabad
b. Chennai
c. Mumbai
d. Bengaluru
Q.7 India has committed to become carbon neutral and achieve net zero carbon emissions by which year at the COP26 Summit?
a. 2040
b. 2070
c. 2030
d. 2050
Q.8 Who has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian men’s national cricket team by BCCI?
a. Yuvraj Singh
b. VVS Laxman
c. Gautam Gambhir
d. Rahul Dravid
Q.9 The multinational ‘Blue Flag-2021’ air combat exercise was hosted by which country?
a. Turkey
b. Russia
c. Israel
d. Singapore
Q.10 Name the winner of the 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction?
a. Richard Powers
b. Maggie Shipstead
c. Marion Hänsel
d. Damon Galgut
Answers –
Q.1 c) World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed every year on November 5, 2021 to raise tsunami awareness and share innovative approaches to risk reduction. In the past 100 years, tsunamis have killed more than 2,60,000 people.
Q.2 a)
Q.3 b) The United Kingdom on November 4, 2021, became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill. It has been jointly developed by the U.S.-based Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in a boost to the fight against pandemic.
Q.4 d) United States lawmakers led by Congresswoman Carolyn B Maloney from New York, introduced a bill to declare Diwali a national holiday in the country.
Q.5 a) PM inaugurated the reconstructed Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi (final resting place) at the premises of the Kedarnath Temple in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand and unveiled the statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya at the Samadhi. The Samadhi was damaged in the 2013 Kedarnath flood. The 12-feet long statue weighing around 35 tonnes (35,000kg) has been constructed by Mysore-based sculptor Arjun Yogiraj.
Q.6 c) The first open air rooftop drive-in movie theatre in India has been inaugurated at Jio World Drive mall of Reliance Industries’ in Mumbai, Maharashtra on November 05, 2021.
Q.7 b)
Q.8 d) Former captain Rahul Dravid has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team by the BCCI. The former right-handed batsman has been appointed for a period of two years till the 2023 50-over World Cup.
Q.9 c) The Mirage 2000 aircraft squadron of the Indian Air Force took part in the Blue Flag 2021 international exercise in Israel. The biennial event was held at Ovda Air Force Base in Israel from October 17 to October 28, 2021. It is organised by the Israeli Air Force since 2013
Q.10 d) South African writer Damon Galgut has been awarded with the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction on November 3, 2021. Galgut has won the prize for his novel`The Promise’.