Monthly Current affairs MCQs September 2021
Q.1 Who was honoured with 2021’s ‘Global Goalkeeper Award’ that was awarded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
a. Michelle Bachelet
b. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
c. Rebeca Grynspan
d. Lakshmi Puri
Q.2 Name the country that signed a contract (in Sept’ 21) with the Ministry of Defence to supply 56 ‘C-295MW’ transport aircraft via technology transfer.
a. UK
b. Spain
c. Poland
d. USA
Q.3 Where was the 1st edition of the ‘Himalayan Film Festival’ organised (in Sept’ 21) by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting?
a. Darjeeling, West Bengal
b. Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
c. Badrinath, Uttarakhand
d. Leh, Ladakh
Q.4 Where did Union Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurate India’s 1st ‘Sports Arbitration Centre of India’?
a. Gujarat
b. Haryana
c. Karnataka
d. New Delhi
Q.5 In September 2021, ‘Sirarakhong Chilli’ (Hathei Chilly) & ‘Tamenglong Orange’ received the GI tag highlighting their uniqueness from which state?
a. Andaman & Nicobar
b. Sikkim
c. Nagaland
d. Manipur
Q.6 Which country participated with India in the 15th edition of ‘Surya Kiran’ Military Exercise at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand?
a. Thailand
b. Kazakhstan
c. Nepal
d. Mongolia
Q.7 Which Country was recently (in Sept’ 21) appointed as the 9th permanent member state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
a. Afghanistan
b. Belarus
c. Iran
d. Mongolia
Q.8 Which one is responsible for West Nile Virus transmission?
a. Birds
b. Bacteria
c. Bats
d. Mosquitos
Q.9 Co-education has been banned in which nation?
a. Malaysia
b. Afghanistan
c. Pakistan
d. Bangladesh
Q.10 Which state will implement a new 10-year climate action plan by year-end?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Delhi
c. Punjab
d. Haryana
Q.11 What is the eligibility age for making the investment in National Pension System?
a. 18-65
b. 18-75
c. 18-60
d. 18-70
Q.12 ‘My Pad My Right’ (MPMR) project, an initiative of NABARD, has launched in which state?
a. Gujarat
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Tripura
d. Uttar Pradesh
Q.13 In September 2021, Justin Trudeau won the 3rd term as the Prime Minister of which country?
a. France
b. Denmark
c. Canada
d. Finland
Q.14 Who was recently conferred with ‘SDG Progress Award’ by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network?
a. Sher Bahadur Deuba
b. Bidhya Devi Bhandari
c. Narendra Modi
d. Sheikh Hasina
Q.15 Which is the World’s 1st Country to adopt ‘Bitcoin’ as its National Currency?
a. Costa Rica
b. El Salvador
c. Mexico
d. Paraguay
Q.16 Which Payment Bank recently signed an MoU with LIC Housing Finance Ltd to provide home loans?
a. Paytm Payments Bank
b. Fino Payments Bank
c. India Post Payments Bank
d. Airtel Payments Bank
Q.17 Name the exercise that was recently hosted by Russia & saw the participation of the Indian Army?
a. Cutlass Express
b. TTX- 2021
c. Guardian 2021
d. Zapad 2021
Q.18 Which is the 1st State to launch the “Medicines from the Sky” initiative to use drones for delivering Medicines?
a. Maharashtra
b. Telangana
c. Punjab
d. Madhya Pradesh
Q.19 Which state has become the first one in the country to give free water to people?
a. Karnataka
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Telangana
d. Goa
Q.20 What is the total strength of judges appointed at the Supreme Court of India?
a. 35
b. 33
c. 30
d. 31
Q.21 Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana is the initiative of which Indian state/UT?
a. Chhattisgarh
b. Punjab
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Kerala
Q.22 Who has been conferred the prestigious AANS International Lifetime Achievement Award 2021?
a. Dr. Devi Shetty
b. Dr. A. G. K. Gokhale
c. Dr. Basant Kumar Misra
d. Dr. Deepak Chopra
Q.23 Which country will host UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in 2021?
a. Germany
b. Switzerland
c. Morocco
d. UK
Q.24 Which bank has launched the first-ever floating ATM on a Houseboat in Dal Lake of Srinagar?
a. Bank of Baroda
b. Union Bank of India
c. Punjab National Bank
d. State Bank of India
Q.25 Name India’s first satellite & nuclear-missile tracking Ship that is capable of tracking long-range ballistic missiles.
a. INS Shivalik
b. INS Arihant
c. INS Sindhughosh
d. INS Dhruv
Q.26 The annual military exercise KAZIND-21 is being conducted between the Indian Army and which Army?
a. Kazakhstan
b. Kyrgyzstan
c. Kenya
d. Kuwait
Q.27 Which institution released the Quarterly House Price Index (HPI)?
a. Reserve Bank of India
b. NITI Aayog
c. National Statistics Office
d. National Housing Bank
Q.28 The Mera Kaam Mera Maan (MKMM) scheme has been launched by which state to help in enhancing the skills of unemployed youths?
a. Punjab
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Maharashtra
d. Rajasthan
Q.29 Which state cabinet has decided to remove the name of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi from the Orang National Park?
a. Mizoram
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Assam
d. Uttrakhand
Q.30 Government has constituted an expert committee to frame new laws for drugs, cosmetics and medical devices. Who is the head of this committee?
a. Gulshan Taneja
b. VG Somani
c. P. B. N. Prasad
d. S.Eswara Reddy
Q.31 Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF)?
a. Surjeet Singh Deswal
b. V.K. Johri
c. Rajni Kant Mishra
d. Pankaj Kumar Singh
Q.32 Which railway station has been awarded 5-Star ‘Eat Right Station’ certification by FSSAI?
a. Mumbai Central
b. New Delhi
c. Chennai Central
d. Chandigarh
Q.33 Who has been appointed as the new Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha?
a. M Venkaiah Naidu
b. Desh Deepak Verma
c. Dr. Ramacharyulu
d. Utpal Kumar Singh
Q.34 Which organization has developed the D4S system for Indian defence?
a. DRDO
b. HAL
c. ISRO
d. CSIR
Q.35 Which state has launched Mission Vatsalya?
a. Goa
b. Maharashtra
c. Jharkhand
d. Rajasthan
Q.36 The Earth observation satellite Gaofen-5 02, has been launched by which country?
a. China
b. Japan
c. United States
d. France
Q.37 Who has become the first Indian woman to win two medals at the Paralympics?
a. Ekta Bhyan
b. Avani Lekharan
c. Bhagyashri Jadhav
d. Bhavina Patel
Q.38 Asian Youth Boxing Championship has taken place at which place?
a. Beijing
b. Rome
c. Nairobi
d. Abu Dhabi
Q.39 Which city will host the 12th Defence Expo-2022?
a. Gandhinagar
b. Indore
c. Bengaluru
d. Lucknow
Q.40 Which country is hosting the military exercise named ‘ZAPAD 2021’?
a. Singapore
b. Russia
c. France
d. Germany
Q.41 The India-Australia bilateral navy exercise AUSINDEX-2021 is which edition of the annual exercise?
a. 3rd
b. 5th
c. 7th
d. 4th
Q.42 Under SAGAR mission, the Indian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel INS Savitri arrived at Chattogram harbour at which country?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Nepal
c. Bangladesh
d. Thailand
Q.43 Which state/UT launched the ‘Tourist Village network’ to promote tourism and create employment?
a. Goa
b. Puducherry
c. Assam
d. Jammu and Kashmir
Q.44 Whose birth anniversary will be celebrated as the Day of Social Justice in Tamil Nadu?
a. E V Ramasamy Periyar
b. M G Ramachandran
c. M Karunanidhi
d. Jayalalithaa
Q.45 Who has become the first IAS officer to win a Paralympic medal?
a. Sumit Antil
b. Suhas Yathiraj
c. Devendra Jhajharia
d. Krishna Nagar
Q.46 International Literacy Day is being observed on which date?
a. September 05
b. September 07
c. September 08
d. September 06
Q.47 Which Name of the portal launched by the Ministry of Environment to regulate air pollution in 132 Non-Attainment cities across the country?
a. PRANA
b. HARIYALI
c. PARIVESH
d. VAYU
Q.48 Which country holds the Presidency of G20 in 2021?
a. Japan
b. Thailand
c. Italy
d. Indonesia
Q.49 India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in which of these places?
a. Dehradun
b. Ranikhet
c. Rishikesh
d. Darjeeling
Q.50 Which state has launched the Millet Mission to become the hub of millet in India?
a. Gujarat
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Odisha
d. Chhattisgarh
Q.51 Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Ujjivan Financial Services?
a. Nitin Chugh
b. Sanjeev Barnwal
c. Arunava Banerjee
d. Ajay Kanwal
Q.52 India has jointly launched a ‘Centre of Excellence on Offshore Wind’ with which country?
a. Singapore
b. Australia
c. France
d. Denmark
Q.53 Which player has won the 2021 US Open women’s singles title?
a. Leylah Fernandez
b. Jodie Burrage
c. Emma Raducanu
d. Naomi Osaka
Q.54 Who has won the US Open 2021 final?
a. Matteo Berrettini
b. Daniil Medvedev
c. Novak Djokovic
d. Alexander Zverev
Q.55 Who has been appointed as the chairman of the National Commission for Minorities?
a. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
b. Iqbal Singh Lalpura
c. K. N. Vyas
d. Iqbal Singh Lalpura
Q.56 Which Indian state has launched the initiative of ‘Medicine from the Sky’ to use drones for delivering drugs and vaccines?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Telangana
d. Uttrakhand
Q.57 A new extinct species of hybodont shark has been discovered in which state by researchers from the Geological Survey of India?
a. Bihar
b. Rajasthan
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Assam
Q.58 An ‘Electronic Park’ is going to be set up in which state?
a. Haryana
b. Gujarat
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Jharkhand
Q.59 The raise of Lake Tanganyika has forced 100,000 people to migrate. The lake is in which country?
a. Uganda
b. Chad
c. Egypt
d. Burundi
Q.60 How many beaches in India have received the Blue Flag Certification?
a. 11
b. 10
c. 9
d. 7
Q.61 What is the official motto of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics?
a. Together for a Bright Future
b. Together for a Shared Future
c. Towards a Shared Future
d. With a Shared Future
Q.62 Who has assumed the additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC?
a. Alka Nangia Arora
b. Sameera Reddy
c. Anushka Sen
d. Mahesh Jain
Q.63 When is International Red Panda Day observed this year?
a. September 18
b. September 19
c. September 20
d. September 21
Q.64 Recently NITI Aayog launched an initiative in partnership with which company to provide learning materials to schools?
a. Byju
b. AffairsCloud
c. Edutap
d. Edtech
Q.65 Recently which country has been barred from participating in the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022?
a. Afghanistan
b. North Korea
c. South Korea
d. Ukraine
Q.66 Recently which company has signed MOU to Use ISRO Facilities to Develop Launch Vehicle?
a. Tesla
b. SpaceX
c. Inspace
d. Agnikul Cosmos
Q.67 Which State/UT Police has recently organized ‘Pedal for Peace’ cycling event?
a. Ladakh
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. J&K
d. Uttrakhand
Q.68 Which state has declared ‘Copper Mahseer’ locally named ‘Katley’ as the State fish?
a. Manipur
b. Sikkim
c. Meghalaya
d. Nagaland
Q.69 What is India’s Rank according to Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021?
a. 46th
b. 47th
c. 48th
d. 50th
Q.70 Which state has topped among the larger states in FSSAI’s 3rd State Food Safety Index?
a. Maharashtra
b. Gujarat
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Rajasthan
Q.71 India and which other country has taken part in maritime exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’?
a. Malaysia
b. Indonesia
c. Philippines
d. Sri Lanka
Q.72 Who has been appointed as next Chief of IAF?
a. Vivek Ram Chaudhari
b. R.K.S. Bhadauria
c. Laxman Singh Chauhan
d. None of these
Q.73 Who has been awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020?
a. M Veerappa Moily
b. Arundhathi Subramaniam
c. Sri Hussain-ul-Haque
d. Both A and B
Q.74 Who has been conferred with National Florence Nightingale Award 2020?
a. Suman Rao
b. Akshata Arora
c. SV Saraswati
d. Akanksha Jain
Q.75 Which International Organization has appointed Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown its ambassador?
a. UNWTO
b. WHO
c. UNESCO
d. IMF
Q.76 What is the name of India’s first official framework for air quality forecast which has been accepted internationally?
a. HUM
b. SURYA
c. SUJAL
d. SAFAR
Q.77 Recently former Hindi Newsreader of All India Radio Passed away,Name him?
a. Priyank Tiwari
b. Taraknath Banerjee
c. Anil Singh
d. Ramanuj Prasad Singh
Q.78 Who is the author of novel 400 days?
a. Sapna Banerjee
b. Arundhati Roy
c. Chetan Bhagat
d. Aruna Singh
Q.79 What is the theme of this year’s World Rhino Day?
a. Keep the five Alive
b. Five rhino species forever
c. Protect Rhinos
d. Strength of Rhinos
Q.80 The World’s highest electric vehicle charging station was inaugurated recently in which state?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Punjab
d. Uttarakhand
Q.81 Which state to set up a tea Park at Kamrup district’s Chhaygaon?
a. Manipur
b. Nagaland
c. Assam
d. Arunachal Pradesh
Q.82 Which state was named the host of this year’s FIH men’s hockey Junior World Cup?
a. Odisha
b. TamilNadu
c. Haryana
d. WestBengal
Q.83 Who has released the book titled “Jungle Nama”?
a. Amitav Ghosh
b. Harpreet Sinha
c. Amisha Patel
d. Girish Khurana
Q.84 Who has launched a new space start-up called Privateer Space?
a. Richard Branson
b. Steve Wozniak
c. Elon Musk
d. Jeff Bezos
Q.85 The Indian Army has organized “Bijoya Sanskritik Mahotsav” on which dates?
a. September 26-29
b. September 21- 24
c. September 22- 25
d. October 21-24
Q.86 Which country declared all transactions involving cryptocurrencies illegal?
a. India
b. China
c. Japan
d. Netherlands
Q.87 In India, the Antyodaya Diwas is observed every year on which date?
a. September 21
b. September 22
c. September 26
d. September 25
Q.88 Which country has decided to legalize same-sex marriage on September 26, 2021?
a. Norway
b. Poland
c. France
d. Switzerland
Q.89 The World Environmental Health Day is observed globally on which date?
a. 23 September
b. 24 September
c. 25 September
d. 26 September
Q.90 Which cyclone made landfall in Indian Coastal regions recently?
a. Gulab
b. Haiti
c. Hundi
d. Victoria
Q.91 The “sweet cucumber” of which state was awarded a geographical identification (GI) tag?
a. Nagaland
b. Haryana
c. Jharkhand
d. Assam
Q.92 Senior BJP MLA Nimaben Acharya became the first woman Speaker of which state assembly?
a. Gujarat
b. Haryana
c. Bihar
d. Odisha
Q.93 Who has taken charge as the 34th Director-General of the National Cadet Corps (NCC)?
a. Dilbagh Singh
b. Gurbirpal Singh
c. Daljeet Singh
d. D K Suhag
Q.94 India signed MoU with which country in the field of Health and Biomedical Sciences?
a. Australia
b. Japan
c. USA
d. UAE
Q.95 Sojat Mehndi from which state has received the geographical indication (GI) tag?
a. Gujarat
b. Rajasthan
c. Bihar
d. Haryana
Q.96 Judima is a rice wine from which state?
a. Assam
b. Kerala
c. Manipur
d. Nagaland
Q.97 World Rabies Day is celebrated annually on which date?
a. September 29
b. September 25
c. September 28
d. September 24
Q.98 Recently which country joined the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Afghanistan
d. Malaysia
Q.99 Recently Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the country’s first “Sports Arbitration Centre of India” in which state?
a. Gujarat
b. Uttarakhand
c. Haryana
d. Bihar
Q.100 Recently a task force has been set up to firm up sustainable finance roadmap.Who will head this committee?
a. Rakesh Sharma
b. Vikram Seth
c. Vikram Singh
d. Ajay Seth
Answers –
Q.1 b),Q.2 b),Q.3 d),Q.4 a),Q.5 d),Q.6 c),Q.7 c),Q.8 d),Q.9 b),Q.10,b),Q.11 d),Q.12 c),Q.13 c),Q.14 d),Q.15 b),Q.16 c),Q.17 d),Q.18 b),Q.19 d),Q.20 b),Q.21 a),Q.22 c),Q.23 d),Q.24 d),Q.25 d)
Q.26 a),Q.27 a),Q.28 a),Q.29 c),Q.30 b),Q.31 d),Q.32 d),Q.33 c),Q.34 a),Q.35 b),Q.36 a),Q.37 b),Q.38 d),Q.39 a),Q.40 b),Q.41 d),Q.42 c),Q.43 d),Q.44 a),Q.45 b),Q.46 c),Q.47 a),Q.48 c),Q.49 b),Q.50 d),Q.51 b),Q.52 d),Q.53 c),Q.54 b),Q.55 b),Q.56 c),Q.57 b),Q.58 c),Q.59 d),Q.60 b),Q.61 b),Q.62 a),Q.63 a),Q.64 a),Q.65 b)Q.66 d),Q.67 c),Q.68 b),Q.69 a),Q.70 b),Q.71 b),Q.72 a),Q.73 d)
Q.74 c),Q.75 b),Q.76 d),Q.77 d),Q.78 c),Q.79 a),Q.80 a),Q.81 c),Q.82 a),Q.83 a),Q.84 b),Q.85 a),Q.86 b),Q.87 d),Q.88 d),Q.89 d),Q.90 a)
Q.91 a),Q.92 a),Q.93 b),Q.94 c),Q.95 b),Q.96 a),Q.97 c),Q.98 c),Q.99 a),Q.100 d)