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

1. Which institution releases the ‘Crime India’ report every year?
A. National Crime Records Bureau       
B. NITI Aayog
C. Narcotics Control Bureau     
D. Central Board of Investigation
Answer [A] National Crime Records Bureau
2. Which state recently issued circular against bureaucrats holding press conferences?
A. Meghalaya             
B. Manipur
C. Kerala                      
D. Karnataka
Answer [D] Karnataka
3. Which state has inaugurated South Asia’s largest Product development centre ‘Digital Hub’, to support start-ups?
A. Kerala                  
B. Karnataka
C. Uttarakhand       
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer [A] Kerala
4. Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) is set to start 75 “Fulwari Centers” in which Indian State/UT?
A. Ladakh               
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Delhi                   
D. Kerala
Answer [B] Madhya Pradesh
5. Which two countries are set to participate in the Defence Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’?
A. India and Nepal              
B. India and China
C. India and Indonesia       
D. India and Bhutan
Answer [C] India and Indonesia
6. Which Bank recently (in Sept’ 21) partnered with ‘Visa’ to offer a suite of nine Credit Card variants?
A. UCO Bank            
B. Union Bank of India
C. YES Bank              
D. Axis Bank
Answer [C] YES Bank
7. In September 2021, retired general Stefan Yanev was re-appointed as the Caretaker Prime Minister of which country?
A. Albania             
B. Bulgaria
C. Croatia              
D. Moldova
Answer [B] Bulgaria
8. Who recently became India’s 70th Chess Grandmaster (GM), in September, 2021?
A. Harshit Raja          
B. Abhimanyu Mishra
C. Arjun Kalyan         
D. R. Raja Rithvik   
Answer [D] R. Raja Rithvik
9. What is the motto of the ‘Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games 2022’ that will be held in Beijing, China?

A. Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together
B. Together for a Shared Future
C. A new world
D. Inspiring Generations
Answer [B] Together for a Shared Future
10. Who won ‘Asian Snooker Championship 2021’ for the second consecutive time?

A. Pankaj Advani           
B. Yasin Merchant
C. Alok Kumar                
D. Aditya Mehta
Answer [A] Pankaj Advani