Q.1 The 2021 Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State was held in which place?
a. Dushanbe
b. Bishkek
c. Ashgabat
d. Beirut
Q.2 The Surya Kiran -XV is a Joint Military Training Exercise of Indian Army with which country?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Nepal
c. Maldives
d. Bangladesh
Q.3 Who was the representative of India in-person at the 21st Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State?
a. Piyush Goyal
b. S. Jaishankar
c. Nitin Gadkari
d. Nirmala Sitharaman
Q.4 Which app has been removed from Google Play Store?
a. PayTM
b. Google Pay
c. Bhim
d. PayU
Q.5 Which Union Cabinet Minister resigned from the Ministry in protest against the centre’s alleged ‘anti-farmer’ bills?
a. Smriti Irani
b. Thawar Chand Gehlot
c. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
d. Giriraj Singh
Q.6 Which state has decided to provide cows to families with malnourished children?
a. Haryana
b. Jharkhand
c. Bihar
d. Uttar Pradesh
Q.7 Who has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat?
a. Anandiben Patel
b. Pushkar Singh Dhami
c. Bhupendra Patel
d. Acharya Devvrat
Q.8 Which player has won the US Open 2021 men’s singles title?
a. Novak Djokovic
b. Alexander Zverev
c. Daniil Medvedev
d. Roger Federer
Q.9 India has launched the “Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD)” with which country?
a. United States
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. Japan
Q.10 Which Indian state has launched the Millet Mission?
a. Assam
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Chhattisgarh
Answers –
Q.1 a) The 21st Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State was held in hybrid format on September 17, 2021 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon.
Q.2 b)
Q.3 b) The Indian delegation was led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, who participated in the meeting via video-link and at Dushanbe, India was represented by External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar. This was the first SCO Summit held in a hybrid format and the fourth Summit in which India participated as a full-fledged member of SCO.
Q.4 d) Google has removed the Paytm app from the Play Store for allegedly violating its policies on gambling. The app is no longer available for download for Android users.
Q.5 c)
Q.6 d) In a unique move, the UP state government has decided to provide cows to families with malnourished children to ensure the availability of milk for them. The step was undertaken under the ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ campaign will help in bringing down the level of malnourishment among children and women in the state.
Q.7 c)
Q.8 c) Russia’s Daniil Medvedev beat the world number one Novak Djokovic (Serbia) win US Open 2021 men’s singles final.
Q.9 a) India and the United States of America (USA) have launched the “Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD)”.
Q.10 d) The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh state Shri Bhupesh Baghel has launched the ‘Millet Mission” the aim of the Millet Mission is to provide farmers with a proper price rate for minor cereal crops.