Current Affairs 24th March 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. What is the name of the telemedicine service offered by the Union Health Ministry?
A. e-Aarogya
B. e-Swasthya
C. e-Suraksha
D. e-Sanjeevani
Answer [D] e-Sanjeevani
2. Which aircraft of the Indian Air Force met with a fatal accident and crashed in Central India?
A. MiG-21 Bison
B. Mirage 2000
C. Sukhoi Su-30
D. Rafale
Answer [A] MiG-21 Bison
3. Who is the head of the experts advisory committee set up for the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme?
A. Injeti Srinivas
B. Gita Gopinath
C. H K Mittal
D. S C Khuntia
Answer [C] H K Mittal
4. Which Indian public sector bank has incorporated a new wholly owned subsidiary for its credit card business?
A. Union Bank of India
B. Punjab National Bank
C. Indian Bank
D. Canara Bank
Answer [B] Punjab National Bank
5. The newly formed Indian Oil Corporation Phinergy JV is to replace lithium with which metal, to make batteries for electric vehicles?
A. Silver
B. Copper
C. Aluminium
D. Mercury
Answer [C] Aluminium
6. Which of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) deals with “Clean Water And Sanitation”?
A. SDG 17
B. SDG 13
C. SDG 3
D. SDG 6
Answer [D] SDG 6
7. Which state govt. announced ‘Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Yojana’ a Universal Health Insurance scheme?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Telangana
D. Rajasthan
Answer [D] Rajasthan
8. The recent (in Mar’21) online campaign #LotsOfSocks was conducted towards ______?
A. World Mental Health Day
B. World Down Syndrome Day
C. World Epilepsy Day
D. International Day of Older Persons
Answer [B] World Down Syndrome Day
9. Who won the Women’s Singles Title in the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2021?
A. Nozomi Okuhara
B. P. V. Sindhu
C. Carolina Marin
D. Akane Yamaguchi
Answer [A] Nozomi Okuhara
10. Which country holds India’slargest Exports of Software & IT services as per RBI’s data for 2019-20 while India’s total software service exports were at USD 128.6 bn?
A. European Union
B. England
C. USA
D. China
Answer [C] USA