Current Affairs MCQs of 27th March 2021
Q.1 Who has been appointed as the CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
a. Saurbah Garg
b. S.P. Saravanan
c. Madanlal Rathore
d. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai
Q.2 The world’s first mobile water from air kiosk and water knowledge centre has recently been unveiled in which city?
a. Bengaluru
b. Hyderabad
c. Visakhapatnam
d. Chennai
Q.3 Name the newly appointed Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI)?
a. Sanjeev Kumar
b. Arun Kumar Shrivastava
c. Kona Sasidhar
d. Archana Ranjan
Q.4 Who has been sworn in as the new Chairman of Food Corporation of India (FCI)?
a. Gudey Srinivas
b. Atish Chandra
c. Edwin Kulbhushan Majhi
d. Vivek Aggarwal
Q.5 Theatre Day every year globally?
a. 25 March
b. 26 March
c. 27 March
d 24 March
Q.6 Which sports federation joined hands with the United Nations to tackle the menace of match-fixing?
a. International Tennis Federation
b. International Olympic Committee
c. FIFA
d. International Cricket Council
Q.7 Which has been included in the Khelo India Youth Games 2021?
a. Breakdance
b. Skateboarding
c. Sport climbing
d. Yogasana
Q.8 Hola – Mohalla festival is celebrated in which state?
a. Chhattisgarh
b. Haryana
c. Haryana
d. Panjab
Q.9 Which state government has launched the UPEPO Shakti Portal?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Gujarat
d. Uttar Pradesh
Q.10 India is working on a third joint satellite Mission with which nation?
a. France
b. Japan
c. USA
d. UK
Answers –
Q.1 a)
Q.2 b) Hyderabad-based startup, Maithri Aquatech has set up the world’s first mobile water from air kiosk and water knowledge centre in the smart city of Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh.
Q.3 a)
Q.4 b) Atish Chandra, a 1994 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director, Food Corporation of India (FCI).
Q.5 c)
Q.6 c) FIFA announced its collaboration with the United Nations on Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to launch the Global Integrity Programme — a comprehensive international programme aimed at providing all 211 member associations with enhanced knowledge and tools to fight and prevent match manipulation.
Q.7 d)
Q.8 d)
Q.9 d) The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched the UPEPO Shakti Portal aimed at benefiting the farmers at the grassroots level.
Q.10 a) India and France are working on their third joint satellite mission, even as the bilateral space collaboration is entering into multiple domains, including human spaceflight programme.