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CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY POCKET

(8 March 2021 to 14 March 2021)

Q1. Women from Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and China have been selected for a prestigious award, which of the following country the foreign Department has given this information? Ans. The United State of America Q2. Which of the following political adviser to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, died? Ans. HT Arman Q3. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission? Ans. Sanjay Kumar Q4. Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel inked an agreement for setting up a 12 million tonnes per annum greenfield integrated steel plant in Kendrapada district of which state? Ans. Odisha Q5. 12 Indian Institutions on securing a position in the top 100 in the Quacquarelli Symonds Subject Rankings for the year 2021. Quacquarelli Symonds belongs to which country? Ans. United Kingdom Q6. Which of the following is the best performing states in land record digitisation, according to NCAER Land Records and Services Index 2020-21 released? Ans. Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha Q7. Where was ISSF World Cup 2021 held? Ans. Cairo Q8. Recently Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ announced opening of two new Kendriya Vidyalayas in which of the following states? Ans. Karnataka and Punjab Q9. The Bengaluru model of development of citizen-centric initiatives and delivery of services have ensured the top ranking of Bengaluru. Bengaluru has emerged as the most livable city in India in the Ease of living Survey conducted by which of the following ministry? Ans. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Q10. Which of the following country has appointed Temba Bavuma and Dean Elgar as the cricket national team captains for limited overs and Tests respectively? Ans. South Africa Q11. Which of the following boxer has decided to turn professional and will begin his professional career in Florida on 19 March? Ans. Mandeep Jangra Q12. BCCI has honored former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar against which of the following country? Ans. West Indies Q13. Which of the following state/ UT government has approved the formation of a separate school board for nearly 2,700 schools in the city? Ans. Delhi Q14. Who has passed away recently? Ans. N S Lakshminarayana Bhatta Q15. Who has won a silver medal at the "Matteo Pellicone Ranking" series wrestling event in Rome? Ans. Sarita Mor Q16. The government has made airbags mandatory for passengers in the front seat of the vehicle. It has announced by which of the following ministry? Ans. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Q17. Who has been appointed as the first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York? Ans. Naureen Hassan Q18. Which of the following state government has dedicated 2021 as the "Year of Education" with a well-planned investment of 1,000 crore rupees? Ans. Arunachal Pradesh Q19. M.G. George Muthoot has passed away recently. He was the former secretary of which of the following church? Ans. Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Q20. Russian telecom operator MTS has announced that it has successfully launched the country's first ____ network for trial use in Moscow. Ans. 5G network Q21. Prime Minister dedicated to the nation the 7,500th Janaushadhi Kendra at NEIGRIHMS in which of the following city? Ans. Shillong Q22. Who has passed away recently in Pune? Ans. Shrikant Moghe Q23. Who among the following has been appointed as the new consultant of Chennai Super Kings 2021? Ans. Sundar Raman Q24. The book, "The Ventilator Project: How the IIT Kanpur Consortium Built a World-class Product during India’s Covid-19 Lockdown", is written by which of the following? Ans. Srikant Sastri and Amitabha Bandyopadhyay Q25. China will operate bullet trains in which of the following place, close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh before July this year? Ans. Tibet Q26. Which of the stands third on the list of states and Union territories with most contaminated sites, according to the Central Pollution Control Board data? Ans. Delhi Q27. Indian boxer Lalrinsanga Tlau defeated ___ Eric Quarm to claim the vacant WBC youth world super featherweight title in an eight-round contest held in Aizawl. Ans. Ghana Q28. Which Indian wrestler won her second gold medal in the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event? Ans. Vinesh Phogat Q29. The Jharkhand government signed memorandums of understanding with the FICCI and Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd. What is the full form of FICCI? Ans. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Q30. Asian Games gold medallist won the women's titles of the sixth New Delhi Marathon. Ans. Sudha Singh Q31. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released how many volumes of manuscript with commentaries by 21 scholars on shlokas of Srimad Bhagavadgita at his residence? Ans. 10 Q32. Adani Green Energy has commissioned a 100-megawatt wind power plant located in which state? Ans. Gujarat Q33. Clara Tauson defeated Viktorija Golubic to win the Lyon Open recently. Clara Tauson is related to which country? Ans. Denmark Q34. Tokyo-bound Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia pulled off a two-pointer in the last 30 seconds of the gold medal bout to defend his title at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event, a result that pushed him back to world number _____rank. Ans. First Q35. Haryana Police and Indian Navy won ____ in the National Equatorian (Equestrian) Tent Pegging Championships, winning the Indian File and Paired Tent Pegging events respectively. Ans. Gold Q36. Which of the following state/ UT of the Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee launched India's biggest kidney dialysis facility at the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib complex? Ans. Delhi Q37. In the new memorial being built in England's port city of Southampton to commemorate all the Indians who fought in the World Wars, the design of a ______statue of an early 20th-century fighter plane has been approved. Ans. Hardit Singh Malik Q38. Bachendri Pal will lead a 10-member team of women aged above 50 in a five- month-long expedition from eastern to western Himalaya beginning in May. Bachendri Pal is related to which country? Ans. India Q39. Mohammed Muthu Meeran Maraickayar has passed away recently. He was the elder brother of which of the following former president? Ans. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Q40 Former Governor Anshuman Singh has passed away recently. He is related to which of the following state? Ans. Rajasthan Q41. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated "Maitri Setu" between India and via video conferencing. Maitri Setu is situated on which river? Ans. Q42. Which space agency has completed the development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of producing extremely high-resolution images for a joint earth observation satellite mission with the US space agency NASA? Ans. ISRO Q43. Which of the following state/ UT government presented the Rs 69,000-crore budget themed on "patriotism" for the financial year 2021-22? Ans. Delhi Q44. Engineering firm JMC Projects (India) has bagged a construction order worth Rs ______from the Maldives Fahi Dhiriulhun Corporation. Ans. 1,000 crore Rs Q45. Inox Wind has signed a binding agreement with Integrum Energy Infrastructure for ______of wind power projects. Ans. 92 Megawatt Q46. Around 25 million new jobs will be created by the Indian retail sector by which year, as per Retail 4.0 Report released by Nasscom in partnership with Technopak. Ans. 2030 Q47. How many women have been selected for the National Women's Hall of Fame 2021? Ans. 9 Q48. Which of the following state/ UT government public relations department has launched a ''Factcheck'' portal aimed at curbing misinformation and making the right information available to the public? Ans. Madhya Pradesh Q49. Koneru Humpy, the reigning world chess champion in the rapid format, was won the ____BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award. Ans. 2nd Q50. Seasoned Atanu Das and Tarundeeep Rai among men and Deepika Kumari in the women's section will headline the Indian recurve archery contingent during this year's Tokyo Olympics. Atanu Das is related to which state? Ans. Sikkim