Current Affairs 23th March 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. What is the upper limit to permit abortion to special categories of women, as per the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 2020?
A. 20 weeks
B. 24 weeks
C. 28 weeks
D. 32 weeks
Answer [B] 24 weeks
2. Who has been appointed as the Director General of National Security Guard?
A. Swapan Dasgupta
B. P.K. Sinha
C. M. A. Ganapathy
D. A P Maheshwari
Answer [C] M. A. Ganapathy
3. The tenth schedule, known as the Anti defection law was added in the constitution in which year?
A. 1972
B. 1985
C. 1992
D. 2005
Answer [B] 1985
4. PK Sinha, who was making news recently stepped down from which position?
A. Economic Affairs Secretary
B. Finance Secretary
C. NITI Aayog CEO
D. Principal Advisor to PM
Answer [D] Principal Advisor to PM
5. India’s envoy in which country has handed over training kits worth Rs 81 lakhs, for capacity building?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Nepal
C. Myanmar
D. Maldives
Answer [A] Sri Lanka
6. Who has been appointed as the next director and chief executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)?
A. Jayati Ghosh
B. Utsa Patnaik
C. Deepak Mishra
D. Bina Agarwal
Answer [C] Deepak Mishra
7. Which state has won the 69 Men’s National volleyball championships held in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar?
A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Kerala
Answer [A] Haryana
8. Which state has won the 69 Women’s National volleyball championships held in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar?
A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Kerala
Answer [D] Kerala
9. Who will chair the advisory committee to chalk out a plan for studying the mythical Sarasvati River?
A. Prahlad Singh Patel
B. B R. Mani
C. Vasant Shinde
D. K. N. Dixit
Answer [A] Prahlad Singh Patel
10. Who becomes the first cricketer to score 3,000 runs in T-20 International cricket?
A. Rohit Sharma
B. Virat Kohli
C. Shikhar Dhawan
D. KL Rahul
Answer [B] Virat Kohli