Current Affairs MCQs :11th February 2021
Q.1 Name the player who has topped the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings for batsman?
a. Kane Williamson
b. Steve Smith
c. Joe Root
d. Virat Kohli
Q.2 Who has won the prestigious “Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award” for 2021?
a. Sergey Gorshkov
b. Brent Stirton
c. Tim Laman
d. Robert Irwin
Q.3 In which state does Ramnath Kovind inaugurate the General KS Thimmaiah Museum?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. West Bengal
c. Karnataka
d. Chhattisgarh
Q.4 Where will the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) set up India’s first geothermal field development project?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Uttarakhand
c. Jammu Kashmir
d. Ladakh
Q.5 In which state India’s first Thunderstorm Research Testbed will be established?
a. Odisha
b. Karnataka
c. Maharashtra
d. Tamil Nadu
Q.6 When is world pulses day observed every year across the globe?
a. 8th February
b. 9th February
c. 10th February
d. 11th February
Q.7 AMD has found the presence of 1600 tons of lithium in which state?
a. Karnataka
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Jharkhand
d. Andhra Pradesh
Q.8 Which country has declared the nationalist group ‘Proud Boys’ as a terrorist group?
a. Bangladesh
b. Canada
c. Afghanistan
d. Japan
Q.9 Where is the World’s tallest swing ride Bollywood Skyflyer located?
a. Mumbai
b. London
c. Paris
d. Dubai
Q.10 Which state has agreed to share expertise in the Skill Development, Tourism & Dairy Sector with Switzerland?
a. Maharashtra
b. Bihar
c. Haryana
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answers –
Q.1 a)
Q.2 d) Robert Irwin, an Australian wildlife photographer, has won the first prize in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award Contest.Robert won the award for the image titled ‘bushfire’, which is the picture of the devastating Australian Bushfire in 2020, he captured using a drone, near the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve in Cape York, Queensland.
Q.3 c)
Q.4 d)
Q.5 a)
Q.6 c)
Q.7 a) The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) has founded the presence of 1,600 tonnes of lithium resources in the igneous rocks of the Margalla-Allapatna region of Karnataka’s Mandya district.
Q.8 b) Canada has added the far-right ‘Proud Boys’ organization to its list of “terrorist entities”.
Q.9 d) The world’s tallest swing ride ‘Bollywood Skyflyer’ has opened at Bollywood Parks Dubai. At 460 feet (140 metres) tall, the same height as the Great Pyramid of Giza, the new ride surpassed the previous record-holder ride by 10 feet.
Q.10 c) Haryana and Switzerland have agreed to share their expertise in fields of tourism, dairying and skill development training.