Current Affairs 17th September 2021 : Daily GK Update in English
1. PayNow, with which India has announced the linking of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), is a payment interface of which country?
A. Singapore
B. Nepal
C. Bhutan
D. Australia
Answer [A] Singapore
2. Who has won the Italian Grand Prix 2021?
A. Max Verstappen
B. Daniel Ricciardo
C. Lando Norris
D. Lewis Hamilton
Answer [B] Daniel Ricciardo
3. Which country has commenced the world’s biggest trial of a blood test where they will detect more than 50 types of cancer?
A. China
B. Russia
C. France
D. United Kingdom
Answer [D] United Kingdom
4. Which organization along with Infosys has entered into a multi-year strategic engagement with Ausgrid to accelerate its cloud transformation journey?
A. Google
B. Facebook
C. Microsoft
D. NITI Aayog
Answer [C] Microsoft
5. Eminent writer Aziz Hajini who passed away recently belonged to which state/UT?
A. Ladakh
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Uttarakhand
Answer [B] Jammu and Kashmir
6. In which city, PM Modi has laid foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh University?
A. Aligarh
B. Meerut
C. Jaipur
D. Varanasi
Answer [A] Aligarh
7. On which date, Engineers Day 2021 was observed?
A. September 14
B. September 10
C. September 15
D. September 11
Answer [C] September 15
8. Recently, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has launched its account in which social media platform to counter fake news?
A. WhatsApp
B. Telegram
C. Instagram
D. Twitter
Answer [B] Telegram
9. Recently, which airport has been declared as a Customs notified airport by The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs?
A. Kangra Airport
B. Pakyong Airport
C. Kushinagar Airport
D. Swami Vivekananda International Airport
Answer [C] Kushinagar Airport
10. Which organization has launched “Project Udaan” on the occasion of Hindi Diwas?
A. IIT Guwahati
B. IIT Bombay
C. IIT Delhi
D. IIT Gandhinagar
Answer [B] IIT Bombay