Monthly Current Affairs MCQs of March 2021
Q.1 What is the theme of the 2021 National Science Day?
a. Future of STI: Impact on Education Skills and Work
b. Women in Science
c. Science for the People, and People for the Science
d. Science and Technology for a sustainable future
Q.2 Which state government has announced a ban on Hookah bars?
a. Bihar
b. Jharkhand
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Gujarat
Q.3 Supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova who became a United Nations goodwill ambassador hails from which country?
a. Canada
b. Russia
c. France
d. UK
Q.4 India’s warship Pralaya participated in two naval defence exhibitions NAVDEX 21 and IDEX 21 at which place?
a. Abu Dhabi
b. Dhaka
c. Male
d. Bali
Q.5 Which city of India will be developed as Sports City?
a. New Delhi
b. Ahmedabad
c. Mumbai
d. Bhubaneswar
Q.6 Who will be awarded the CERAWeek Global energy and environment leadership award?
a. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
b. Hemant Kumar
c. Ranjit Singh Dhisale
d. Narendra Modi
Q.7 Who chaired the first meeting of BRICS Financial Corporation?
a. Russia
b. China
c. India
d. America
Q.8 Who is the author of the book titled “Advantage India: The Story of Indian Tennis”?
a. Anurag Awasthi
b. Virendra Kumar
c. Kodi Ravichandran
d. Anindya Dutta
Q.9 After 10 years, which sports federation of India has been again given recognition by the Indian sports ministry?
a. Gymnastics Federation of India
b. Fencing Association of India
c. Shooting Ball Federation of India
d. Amateur Baseball Federation of India
Q.10 Which payment bank has got the status of Scheduled Commercial bank?
a. Fino Payments Bank
b. NSDL Payments Bank
c. Paytm Payments Bank
d. India Post Payments Bank
Q.11 The new satellite ‘Arktika-M’ has been launched by which country to monitor the climate and environment of the Arctic region?
a. Japan
b. United States
c. Russia
d. France
Q.12 The Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021 has been organised in which city?
a. Hyderabad
b. Noida
c. Pune
d. Chennai
Q.13 Which state has approved a law to give life imprisonment to food adulteration?
a. Telangana
b. Assam
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Karnataka
Q.14 Which state will host the Hero Indian Women’s League (IWL) 2020-21?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Odisha
Q.15 Who has been appointed as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau?
a. Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia
b. Suresh Patnaik
c. Jaideep Bhatnagar
d. Bishan Swaroop
Q.16 Who has become the new president of SC Bar Association (SCBA)?
a. Sangeeta Srivastava
b. Varsha Joshi
c. Uday shankar
d. Vikas Singh
Q.17 In which country will the Indian Air Force participate in ‘Ex Desert Flag 2021’?
a. Saudi Arabia
b. UAE
c. USA
d. Britain
Q.18 Who took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command?
a. Ajendra Bahadur Singh
b. Atul Kumar Jain
c. Birendra Singh Shekhawat
d. Kirat Chaudhary
Q.19 The Indian Air Force has gifted a 1971 war helicopter to which nation?
a. France
b. Bangladesh
c. Nepal
d. Russia
Q.20 Where is India’s and Asia’s first National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) set to open?
a. Shimla
b. Lucknow
c. Nainital
d. Patna
Q.21 Which city topped the list of 111 cities in the government’s ‘Ease of Living Index’?
a. Bengaluru
b. Pune
c. Chennai
d. Mumbai
Q.22 Which Indian has been appointed as the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations?
a. Ligia Noronha
b. Anjali Bhardwaj
c. Andi Jesi
d. M Viralakshmi
Q.23 Which of the following won the ‘Champion Publisher of the Year’ at WAN IFRA’s South Asian Digital Media Awards?
a. The Economic Times
b. The Indian Express
c. The Hindu
d. Business Standard
Q.24 Which city has emerged as the top city in the Ease of Living Index 2020 in the Less than Million category?
a. Shimla
b. Bhubaneswar
c. Gandhinagar
d. Gurugram
Q.25 Which state government has decided to develop 3 Model Villages in Indo-Tibet China Border areas?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Sikkim
d. Arunachal Pradesh
Q.26 From India, which Institution has emerged as the best Institution in QS World University Ranking 2021?
a. IIT Bombay
b. IIT Delhi
c. IIT Bangalore
d. Anna University
Q.27 What is the theme for International Women’s Day 2021?
a. Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
b. Realizing Women’s Rights
c. I am Generation Equality
d. Choose to Challenge
Q.28 Justice Shri Anshuman Singh has passed away. He was the former Governor of which state?
a. Haryana
b. Uttrakhand
c. Rajasthan
d. Madhya Pradesh
Q.29 Former Indian player Ishar Singh Deol has passed away. He was associated with which sports?
a. Athletics
b. Wrestling
c. Hockey
d. Football
Q.30 Which year is chosen as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables by the United Nations General Assembly?
a. 2021
b. 2023
c. 2024
d. 2022
Q.31 Where was the first ever White Water Rafting Festival being organized?
a. Bihar
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Uttarakhand
Q.32 Where is the first Forest Healing centre of India inaugurated?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Haryana
d. Uttarakhand
Q.33 Who became the first serving MP to be appointed as Captain in the Territorial Army?
a. Anurag Thakur
b. Rajeev Shukla
c. J. P. Nadda
d. Piyush Goyal
Q.34 Where did the India – Uzbekistan joint military exercise DUSTLIK II held?
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Jharkhand
d. Uttarakhand
Q.35 The newly inaugurated Maitri Setu Bridge has been established over which river?
a. Subarnarekha
b. Feni
c. Kosi
d. Sone
Q.36 Who has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2021?
a. Vinesh Phogat
b. Koneru Humpy
c. Dutee Chand
d. Rani Rampal
Q.37 Who has become the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?
a. Dhan Singh Rawat
b. Tirath Singh Rawat
c. Bhagat Singh Koshyari
d. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Q.38 Which bank has launched the Garima Savings Account for women?
a. BOI
b. SBI
c. HDFC Bank
d. Ujjivan Bank
Q.39 Which nation has launched its military exercise in space?
a. USA
b. Japan
c. China
d. France
Q.40 Which state has launched Swarna Jayanti Nari Sambal Yojana?
a. Assam
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Goa
d. Bihar
Q.41 Which of the following launched ‘Wheels of Love’, a holistic programme to support parenthood?
a. Mahindra Group
b. Tata Motors
c. Bajaj Auto
d. Larsen and Toubro
Q.42 n world-first trial, which of the following ventures started producing hydrogen from dirty coal?
a. Russia-China
b. Sweden-Canada
c. Japan-Australia
d. Singapore-Norway
Q.43 Which ministry has launched a portal called “Atmanirbhar Niveshak Mitra Portal”?
a. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
b. Ministry of Home Affairs
c. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
d. Ministry of Education
Q.44 India and which country’s space agencies have reviewed Cooperation on LUPEX Mission?
a. USA
b. Japan
c. Russia
d. Bangladesh
Q.45 Which event has been launched by PM Modi to mark 75 years of India’s independence?
a. Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav
b. Azadi Mahotsava
c. Amrut Mahotsava
d. Amrut ki Azadi Mahotsav
Q.46 Cabinet has approved the PMSSN as a single non-lapsable reserve fund for health, to credit the share of health from proceeds of Health and Education Cess. What does PMSSN stand for?
a. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi
b. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Neeti
c. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nutan
d. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nigam
Q.47 Which of these has won the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards 2021?
a. Black Pumas
b. Everyday Life
c. Chilombo
d. Folklor
Q.48 Who received the International Woman of Courage 2021 Award?
a. Greta Thunbergh
b. Gowsalya Shankar
c. Disha Ravi
d. Mithali Raj
Q.49 The Foreign Exchange Reserve of which country is the largest in the world, as per the recent data of IMF?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Switzerland
d. Singapore
Q.50 Which country is the largest crude oil supplier to India?
a. United States
b. UAE
c. Iraq
d. Nigeria
Q.51 Human Capital Index (HCI) is published by which organisation?
a. Transparency International
b. World Bank
c. World Economic Forum
d. International Monetary Fund
Q.52 India has surpassed which country to become the fourth largest foreign-exchange reserves in the world?
a. Russia
b. UAE
c. Japan
d. France
Q.53 Which state has won the ‘Most Film Friendly State Award’ at the 67th National Film Awards for the year 2019?
a. Assam
b. Maharashtra
c. Uttarakhand
d. Sikkim
Q.54 Which is the most polluted city in the world, according to the IQAir 2020 World Air Quality Report?
a. New York
b. New Delhi
c. Xinjiang
d. Dhaka
Q.55 Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
a. Ajay Mathur
b. Sanjiv Nandan Sahai
c. Narendra Modi
d. Piyush Goyal
Q.56 Kuldiep Singh has recently been appointed as the new Director General of which body?
a. National Security Guard (NSG)
b. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
c. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
d. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Q.57 .Which nuclear missile tracking vessel has been commissioned by the Indian Navy?
a. INS Kalahari
b. INS Shiva
c. INS Dhruv
d. INS Dhabal
Q.58 Which female athlete has broken the record of PT Usha recently?
a. S Dhanalakshmi
b. Sawarna Barman
c. Hima Das
d. Purvi Lokhande
Q.59 Who has become the highest player to score 770 goals in Football History?
a. Cristiano Ronaldo
b. Lionel Messi
c. Romario
d. Joseph Bickan
Q.60 Phool Dei is the annual traditional festival celebrated in which state marks the onset of the spring season?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Sikkim
c. Uttarakhand
d. Kerala
Q.61 The Yoga Commission (Yog Aayog) will be established in which state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Maharashtra
c. Haryana
d. Kerala
Q.62 Which team has won the domestic cricket tournament Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Mumbai
c. Railways
d. Baroda
Q.63 The Arjuna Sahayak Irrigation Project will be expanded in which state?
a. Assam
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Goa
d. Maharashtra
Q.64 Which High Court has allowed a transgender woman to join the National Cadet Crops?
a. Kerala HC
b. Bombay HC
c. Allahabad HC
d. Calcutta HC
Q.65 The RBI has imposed a Rs 2 crores penalty on which bank for paying commission to employees?
a. Allahabad Bank
b. Punjab National Bank
c. State Bank of India
d. Union Bank of India
Q.66 ‘My Life in Full’ is the memoir of whom?
a. Chanda Kochhar
b. Indra Nooyi
c. Chandrika Tandon
d. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Q.67 In which state did Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched the Mission Gramodaya?
a. Haryana
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Jharkhand
d. Madhya Pradesh
Q.68 In which state/UT is the project “Awaam Ki Baat” – a Radio program launched?
a. Delhi
b. West Bengal
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Chhattisgarh
Q.69 India has been ranked at which position among countries in the list of UN World Happiness Report 2021?
a. 145
b. 140
c. 124
d. 139
Q.70 Who bagged the gold medal for India in the Women’s 10 Meter Air Pistol in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup?
a. Yashaswini Deswal
b. Chinki Yadav
c. Tejaswini Sawant
d. Anjum Moudgil
Q.71 Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Stop TB Partnership Board?
a. Prakash Javadekar
b. Harsh Vardhan
c. Ramesh Pokhriyal
d. Nitin Gadkari
Q.72 Which country has topped the World Happiness Report 2021?
a. Singapore
b. Germany
c. Finland
d. Norway
Q.73 Who has become the first Indian paddler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games?
a. Bhavani Devi
b. Vinesh Phogat
c. Sharath Kamal
d. Saina Nehwal
Q.74 Which state has launched the SAAMAR Campaign to tackle malnutrition in the state?
a. West Bengal
b. Rajasthan
c. Jharkhand
d. Kerala
Q.75 Which state has been declared as a model state for Van Dhan Vikas Yojana?
a. Karnataka
b. Gujarat
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Manipur
Q.76 The World Water Day is celebrated on which date?
a. 22nd March
b. 20th March
c. 25th March
d. 23rd March
Q.77 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Mahabahu-Brahmaputra programme in which Indian state?
a. Karnataka
b. Assam
c. Tripura
d. West Bengal
Q.78 Gram Ujala Scheme has been launched by which company to provide LED bulbs at Rs10?
a. Samsung
b. BHUI
c. EESL
d. CESL
Q.79 Which is the first state in India to adopt Ethanol Production Promotion Policy, 2021?
a. Maharashtra
b. Bihar
c. Rajasthan
d. Delhi
Q.80 The World Meteorological Day is marked annually on which date?
a. 21 March
b. 20 March
c. 23 March
d. 22 March
Q.81 Who has been felicitated with the Gandhi Peace Prize for the years 2020?
a. Sulabh International
b. A. T. Ariyaratne
c. Yohei Sasakawa
d. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Q.82 Which alliance will launch the World Solar Bank?
a. World Solar Alliance
b. International Solar Alliance
c. Asian Solar Alliance
d. United Nations Solar Alliance
Q.83 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently laid the foundation stone
of the Dhubri Phulbari Bridge in which state?
a. Assam
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Nagaland
d. Ladakh
Q.84 PM Modi has inaugurated the 50 MW Kasaragod Solar Power Project
in which state?
a. Kerala
b. Rajasthan
c. Odisha
d. Jharkhand
Q.85 Name the winner of Vyas Samman 2020?
a. Sharad Pagare
b. Govind Mishra
c. Sunita Jain
d. Amar Kanth
Q.86 Pabbi-Anti-Terror 2021 is a joint anti-terrorism exercise which is scheduled to be held among the member countries of which international organisation?
a. SAARC
b. SCO
c. OPEC
d. G20
Q.87 Which state has launched India’s first government-run ambulance network for animals to boost the animal husbandry and veterinary sector?
a. Rajasthan
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Maharashtra
d. Andhra Pradesh
Q.88 The Ken-Betwa Link project will be jointly undertaken by the government of which state?
a. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
b. Maharashtra and Gujarat
c. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
d. Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
Q.89 The World’s first exclusive Ship Tunnel is slated to be constructed in which country?
a. Singapore
b. Germany
c. Finland
d. Norway
Q.90 Which Indian woman player has ranked first in the ICC T20 rankings?
a. Harmanpreet Kaur
b. Memory Flickering
c. Shafali Verma
d. Priya Poonia
Q.91 Who has been recommended by the CJI SA Bobde as his successor after he retires next month?
a. Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar
b. NV Ramana
c. Rohinton Fali Nariman
d. Uday U. Lalit
Q.92 A multi-nation exercise Pabbi Anti Terror 2021 will be held in which country?
a. USA
b. Pakistan
c. Nepal
d. Bangladesh
Q.93 Which International Airport has become the World’s 1st Smart reading Airport?
a. Kempegowda
b. Bangalore
c. Dubai
d. Dumdum
Q.94 Asia’s largest Tulip Garden has been opened in which state/UT?
a. Gujarat
b. Delhi
c. Assam
d. Jammu & Kashmir
Q.95 Which city gets the world’s first Mobile Water from Air Kiosk?
a. New Delhi
b. Visakhapatnam
c. Mumbai
d. Lucknow
Q.96 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.97 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.98 Which state has been ranked 1st in National Tuberculosis Elimination
Programme?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Himachal Pradesh
Q.99 Which elephants have been listed under the IUCN Red list as Endangered & Critically Endangered?
a. African elephants
b. Asian elephants
c. Russian elephants
d. Brazilian elephants
Q.100 Name the Indian ranger who is the only Asian to win the prestigious International Ranger Award 2021?
a. Shiv Prasad Barthwal
b. Sushil Kumar
c. Mahinder Giri
d. Parvendra Singh
Answers -Q.1 a) Q.2 b) Q.3 b) Q.4 a) Q.5 b) Q.6 d) Q.7 c) Q.8 d) Q.9 a) Q.10 a) Q.11 c) Q.12 b) Q.13 c) Q.14 d) Q.15 c) Q.16 d) Q.17 b) Q.18 a) Q.19 b) Q.20 d) Q.21 a) Q.22 a) Q.23 c) Q.24 a) Q.25 d) Q.26 a) Q.27 d) Q.28 c) Q.29 a) Q.30 a) Q.31 c) Q.32 d)Q.33 a Q.34 d) Q.35 b) Q.36 b) Q.37 b) Q.38 d) Q.39 d) Q.40 b) Q.41 b)
Q.42 c) Q.43 c) Q.44 b)Q.45 a)Q.46 a)Q.47 d)Q.48 b)Q.49 a)Q.50 c)Q.51 b)Q.52 a)Q.53 d)Q.54 b)Q.55 a) Q.56 d)Q.57 b)Q.58 a)Q.59 a)Q.60 c)Q.61 c)Q.62 b)Q.63 b)Q.64 a)Q.65 c) Q.66 b) Q.67 d) Q.68 c) Q.69 d)
Q.70 a) Q.71 b) Q.72 c) Q.73 c) Q.74 c) Q.75 d) Q.76 a) Q.77 b) Q.78 c) Q.79 b) Q.80 c) Q.81 d) Q.82 b)Q.83 a)Q.84 a)Q.85 a)Q.86 b)Q.87 d)Q.88 d)Q.89 d)Q.90 c)Q.91 b)Q.92 b)Q.93 c)Q.94 d)Q.95 b)Q.96 a)Q.97 b)Q.98 d)Q.99 a)Q.100 c)