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Weekly Current Affairs Quiz Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | GK Questions - 3rd April 2021 Current Affairs has become an integral part of almost all the competitive exams be it banking, SSC or Railway and proper preparation of this portion is very much crucial in order to crack these exams. Current affair is a part of the General Awareness section and this section is considered difficult only because of its indefinite range of questions from the past 6-9 months news updates but as a serious aspirant you score the maximum in this section by daily reading newspapers, magazines, periodically attempting Current Affairs quiz questions. So to help you out in this section, we at Takshila Learning brings daily Current Affairs analysis from Monday to Friday on our YouTube channel. Along with this, we also conduct weekly quiz discussion on Saturday for your revision. Do subscribe our YouTube channel to never miss any update from our side. https://www.youtube.com/c/CompetitiveExamsPreparationTakshilaLearning/videos This Current Affairs quiz contains 15 questions from the previous week news updates. So do solve this quiz also and share your marks in the comment box section. Q1. Who has been selected for the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award? (a) Babasaheb Purandare (b) Ratan Tata (c) Lata Mangeshkar (d) Asha Bhosle Q2. India recently held talks on disarmament, non-proliferation and export control with which nation? (a) US (b) UK (c) Australia (d) France www.takshilalearning.com call @8800999280/83/84 Q3. Which nation has agreed to revamp strategic energy cooperation with India? (a) US (b) UK (c) Russia (d) Germany Q4. Which container ship was blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week? (a) Ever Green (b) Ever Given (c) Ever Globe (d) YM Wish Q5. World Bank has predicted India's FY22 GDP growth rate of how much percent? (a) 8.6 (b) 9.4 (c) 10.1 (d) 12.5 Q6. When did the Supreme Court-appointed committee submit its report on farm laws? (a) March 19th (b) March 21st (c) March 26th (d) March 31st www.takshilalearning.com call @8800999280/83/84 Q7. How many Rafale Fighter Jets reached India on March 31st? (a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Five Q8. Covid-19 vaccination for all people above 45 years age begins from? (a) April 1st (b) April 15th (c) May 1st (d) May 15th Q9. Govt has extended the last date for linking of Aadhaar card with PAN upto which date? (a) 31st May (b) 30th June (c) 31st July (d) 31st Aug Q10. First-of-its-kind cruise service has been launched between Surat and which city? (a) Mumbai (b) Silvassa (c) Dwarka (d) Diu www.takshilalearning.com call @8800999280/83/84 Q11. Who will lead Delhi Capitals as captain in IPL 2021? (a) Ravichandran Ashwin (b) Shikhar Dhawan (c) Rishabh Pant (d) Steve Smith Q12. The Reserve Bank of India has extended the deadline for processing auto-debit payments till when? (a) June 30th (b) July 31st (c) Aug 31st (d) Sept 30th Q13. Who has been honoured with the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award? (a) Rajnikanth (b) Irfan Khan (c) Rishi Kapoor (d) Sushant Singh Rajput Q14. Which nation's special presidential envoy for climate will be visiting India next week? (a) US (b) UK (c) Australia (d) Japan www.takshilalearning.com call @8800999280/83/84 Q15. Indian Army will participate in Multinational Military Exercise ‘Shantir Ogroshena -2021’ in which country? (a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh (c) Sri Lanka (d) Myanmar Solutions:- (1-15) S1. Ans. (d) S2. Ans. (c) S3. Ans. (a) S4. Ans. (b) S5. Ans. (c) S6. Ans. (a) S7. Ans. (b) S8. Ans. (a) S9. Ans. (b) S10. Ans. (d) S11. Ans. (c) S12. Ans. (d) S13. Ans. (a) S14. Ans. (a) S15. Ans. (b) For more articles on other topics, SBI / IBPS PO, Clerk video classes, SSC courses, online test series and books, visit our website www.takshilalearning.com www.takshilalearning.com call @8800999280/83/84 .
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