Current Affairs 13th September 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which date in September is celebrated as Himalayan Diwas?
A. September 9             
B. September 10
C. September 11           
D. September 12
Answer [A] September 9
2. With which country, India has partnered to launch Centre of Excellence on Offshore Wind?
A. Canada                      
B. France
C. Denmark                    
D. Japan
Answer [C] Denmark
3. Which ministry has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2021?
A. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
B. Ministry of Rural Development
C. Ministry of Minority Affairs
D. Ministry of Jal Shakti
Answer [D] Ministry of Jal Shakti
4. Who has won Women’s Prize for Fiction for the fantasy novel Piranesi?
A. J. K. Rowling                  
B. Susanna Clarke
C. Sudha Murty                 
D. Michelle Obama
Answer [B] Susanna Clarke
5. Which date in September is observed as World Suicide Prevention Day?
A. September 11            
B. September 10
C. September 9              
D. September 12
Answer [B] September 10
6. The Central government launched a special drive in how many cities to onboard more than 8 lakh street vendors to start accepting and making digital payments?
A. 153             
B. 175
C. 209             
D. 223
Answer [D] 223
7. Who announced a new policy for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services for civil aviation space?     
A. Sarbananda Sonowal              
B. Mansukh Mandaviya
C. Jyotiraditya Scindia                  
D. Hardeep Singh Puri
Answer [C] Jyotiraditya Scindia       
8. In September 2021, which state has decided to revise the family pension of its employees and raise the monthly income ceiling from Rs 3,600 to Rs 9,000?
A. Bihar                           
B. Gujarat
C. West Bengal             
D. Haryana
Answer [C] West Bengal   
9. Which of the following has launched the ‘Vidhik Sahayak’ project for jail inmates?
A. Delhi State Legal Services Authority          
B. Delhi Prisons
C. India Vision Foundation                               
D. Both 1 and 2
Answer [D] Both 1 and 2
10. Which of the following has entered a multi-year strategic alliance with OYO to co-develop next-gen travel and hospitality products and technologies?
A. Alphabet Inc.           
B. Microsoft
C. IBM                            
D. Accenture
Answer [B] Microsoft
11. Which of the following has obtained a patent for making an automatic machine for the production of conical-shaped fireworks or ‘Anaar’?
A. Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
B. Indo German Tool Room
C. Keltron Toolroom Research and Training Centre
D. Central Institute of Tool Design
Answer [D] Central Institute of Tool Design
12. Who inaugurated the city’s first urban microgrid system set up at Shivalik in Malviya Nagar that would save 115 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually?
A. Amod Kanth               
B. Kamal Khera
C. Satyendra Jain          
D. Anand Kumar
Answer [C] Satyendra Jain   
13. Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) launched the India-US Task Force on which of the following?
A. Healthcare             
B. Digital Inclusion
C. Biofuels                    
D. Literacy
Answer [C] Biofuels    
14. In September 2021, which country has handed the instrument of accession to the International Solar Alliance (ISA) after ratifying the alliance agreement?
A. Italy                   
B. Canada
C. Germany         
D. France
Answer [C] Germany   
15. Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced to contribute how many million dollars to India’s Initiative towards disaster-resilient infrastructure?
A. 5 million dollars               
B. 10 million dollars
C. 15 million dollars              
D. 20 million dollars
Answer [B] 10 million dollars
16. SBM Bank India has tied up with which of the following for providing working capital to micro, small and medium enterprise (MSMEs) through an overdraft facility?
A. Lending Kart        
B. Policy Bazaar
C. Bill Desk                 
D. Tata Capital
Answer [A] Lending Kart
17. As per the index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s industrial production rose how much percent in July 2021?  
A. 9.5             
B. 10.5
C. 11.5           
D. 12.5
Answer [C] 11.5
18. Which of the following Municipal Corporations has launched a web application for the management of electronic waste?
A. North Delhi Municipal Corporation
B. Arrah Municipal Corporation
C. Surat Municipal Corporation
D. Kanpur Municipal Corporation
Answer [A] North Delhi Municipal Corporation
19. Which of the following has/have announced agreements for Low Earth Orbit satellite service in the US and India?
A. Hughes Network Systems            
B. OneWeb
C. Telesat                                              
D. Both 1 or 2
Answer [D] Both 1 or 2
20.  In September 2021, who has taken charge as the Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities?
A. Nitish Pramanik            
B. Nityanand Rai
C. P.P Chaudhary              
D. Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpur
Answer [D] Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpur