MCQ on Important Daily Current Affairs of 23rd August 2021
In this article, we will discuss MCQ on important current affairs of 23rd August 2021 and their answers with explanations.
QUESTIONS
1. Which Highway becomes India’s 1st e-vehicle friendly Highway?
A. Delhi-Chandigarh
B. Delhi–Gurgaon
C. Delhi–Mumbai
D. Delhi–Faridabad
2. What is the rank of India in terms of Crypto Adoption Internationally?
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 10th
D. 100th
3. Which airport has renamed as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport?
A. Raipur Airport
B. Mysore Airport
C. Hisar Airport
D. Tirupati Airport
4. Which Indian Actor was among the winners of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards?
A. Varun Dhawan
B. Vickey Kaushal
C. Manoj Bajpayee
D. Nana Patekar
5. Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF) is chairmanship of –
A. Madhusudan Prasad
B. T M Bhasin
C. D K Pathak
D. David Rasquinha
6. India has signed a $500 million loans agreement with which bank to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru?
A. RBI
B. ADB
C. NDB
D. AIIB
7. Faridabad Smart City Limited has roped in which comic hero to promote its initiatives on social media?
A. Chacha Chaudhary
B. Sabu
C. Doremon
D. Shaktimaan
8. The Centre for Research and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence has been set up at which IIT?
A. IIT-Roorkee
B. IIT-Delhi
C. IIT-Hyderabad
D. IIT-Raurkela
9. Who has been selected as a panellist on the MSI Fellowships Virtual Panel of NASA?
A. Goldy Madan
B. Pooja Sejwal
C. Diksha Shinde
D. Parul Lodha
10. The Conference of Parties 26 (COP26) will be held in which city?
A. Glasgow
B. Hungary
C. London
D. Budapest
11. India’s Largest Hockey Stadium will be completed by –
A. Dec 2021
B. Feb 2022
C. July 2022
D. Dec 2022
12. Who has penned down a book titled ‘Lahore: Book 1 of the Partition Trilogy’?
A. Seema Lodha
B. Mohammad Yusuf
C. Manreet Sodhi
D. Jehan Khan
13. With which country, Indian navy has signed a ‘Joint Guidance’ for naval cooperation?
A. Australia
B. Japan
C. United States
D. South Korea
14. Which of the following is the event date of 35th edition of Hyderabad Sailing Week?
A. 13 Aug to 19 Aug
B. 11 Aug to 17 Aug
C. 10 Aug to 14 Aug
D. 17 Aug to 25 Aug
15. In which State/UT, Ministry of Textiles has inaugurated an international exhibition on Folk & Tribal Art Paintings “Reetiyon se Kalakritiyon ka Safar”?
A. Maharashtra
B. New Delhi
C. Odisha
D. Goa
16. When is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition observed?
A. 20 August
B. 21 August
C. 22 August
D. 23 August
ANSWERS
1. A
The Delhi-Chandigarh Highway has become the first e-vehicle friendly highway in India. The Union Heavy Industries Minister, Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated India’s first Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at the Karnal Lake Resort on August 19, 2021.
2. A
India has ranked 2nd in terms of Crypto Adoption Internationally behind Vietnam, but ahead of international locations such as the US, UK, and China, according to the 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index.
3. C
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced to rename the Hisar Airport as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport.
4. C
The Family Man 2 actors Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni were among the winners of the latest edition of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards.
5. B
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has announced the re-appointment of T M Bhasin as chairman of the Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF).
6. B
On August 19, 2021 India has signed a $500 million loans agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in order to expand metro rail network in Bengaluru.
7. A
Faridabad Smart City Limited has roped in an unlikely collaborator to help promote its initiatives on social media – comic hero Chacha Chaudhary.
8. C
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has virtually inaugurated the Centre for Research and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence set up at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H).
9. C
Diksha Shinde, who is a 14-year-old girl in Aurangabad, was selected as a panellist on Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Fellowships Virtual Panel of American Space Agency, NASA.
10. A
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Changes Shri Bhupinder Yadav extended India’s full support to the UK for Conference of Parties 26 (COP26) to be held in Glasgow in November this year.
11. C
The Odisha government said that the country’s largest hockey stadium, currently under construction at Rourkela in Sundargarh district of the state, will be completed by July 2022.
12. C
HarperCollins is proud to announce a literary thriller that takes one back to the turbulent year of Independence ‘LAHORE: BOOK 1 OF THE PARTITION TRILOGY’ by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar.
13. A
India, Australia sign ‘Joint Guidance’ for naval cooperation to further bilateral and multilateral cooperation and interoperability in the maritime domain.
14. A
35th edition of Hyderabad Sailing Week Yachting Association of India(YAI) Sailing Championship organised at Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad from 13 Aug to 19 Aug 2021.
15. B
International Exhibition on Folk & Tribal Art Paintings begins in New Delhi. Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles has inaugurated an international exhibition on Folk & Tribal Art Paintings “Reetiyon se Kalakritiyon ka Safar” at National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy, organised by Office of Development Commissioner, Handicrafts in collaboration with Odi Art Centre.
16. D
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is a UNESCO designated day held every year on August 23 to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade
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