Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank | 16th March ‘2021 – Free PDF

Q1) Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair, who passed away recently, was the exponent of which classical dance?

1. Kathak
2. Odissi
3.  Kathakali
4. Bharatanatyam

Q2) Who has become the first-ever batsman to score 3,000 runs in T-20 International?

1. Martin Guptill
2. Ben Stokes
3. Rohit Sharma
4. Virat Kohli

Q3) Marvin Hagler, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?

1. Boxing
2. Basketball
3. Badminton
4. Football

Q4) National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is going to launch the first-of-its-kind project in the Indian Ocean. What is the name of this project?

1. Physical Mapping
2. Genome Mapping
3. Cube Mapping
4. Ocean Mapping

Q5) The finance ministry has asked SEBI to withdraw a rule that fixes the tenor or maturity of all perpetual bonds (AT1) at _________ years?

1. 50 years
2. 100 years
3. 25 years
4. 75 years

Q6) What are the other names of the disease “Visceral Leishmaniasis”?

1. Black fever
2. Kala-azar
3. Dumdum fever
4. All of the above

Q7) Under the new scheme “All India Tourist Authorization/Permit”, permits will be be issued within ________ days of submission of applications?

1. 20 days
2. 30 days
3. 15 days
4. 40 days

Q8) President Ramnath Kovind, recently,  attended the tribal congregation Vanvasi Samagam. It was held in which district of Uttar Pradesh?

1. Ambedkar Nagar
2. Meerut
3. Sonbhadra
4. Bareilly

Q9) Who has become the first fencer from India to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics?

1. Simrithi Bathija
2. Ruchi Trikha
3. Neha Dixit
4. Bhavani Devi

Q10) The new parcel management system (PMS) of the Indian Railways will soon be extended from 84 locations to how many locations?

1. 523
2. 345
3. 418
4. 650

Q11) What is the theme of the World Consumer Rights Day 2021?

1. Consumer Justice Now
2. Tackle Plastic Pollution
3. Trusted smart products
4. Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer

Q12) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched a new online certificate course on 5G technology. The course will run for a period of?

1. 20 weeks
2. 15 weeks
3. 18 weeks
4. 12 weeks 

Q13) Which state or UT has announced to open special women mohalla clinics?

1. Puducherry
2. Delhi
3. Gujarat
4. Goa

Q14) Who has created history at the 63rd Grammy Awards by becoming the only female artist to ever win 28 Grammy awards?

1. Billie Eilish
2. Taylor Swift
3. Beyonce
4. Madonna

Q15) The Indian Army has leased four Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from which country?

1. Israel
2. Russia
3. Japan
4. France

Q16) Which state will set up District Investment Promotion Agencies (DIPAs) in 30 districts?

1. Karnataka
2. Odisha
3. Maharashtra
4. Jharkhand

Q17) Who has been appointed as the next director and chief executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)?

1.  Abhijit Banerjee
2. Amit Mitra
3. Arvind Panagariya
4. Deepak Mishra

Q18) Recently, the KRL Cricket Ground of Rawalpindi has been renamed after whom?

1. Shoaib Akhtar
2. Inzamam-ul-Haq
3. Shoaib Malik
4. Younis Khan

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