Current Affairs 30th March 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which institution is to assist the states/UTs in preparing the annual export ranking index of districts?
A. NITI Aayog                             
B. Commerce Ministry
C. Planning Commission          
D. National Development Council
Answer [B] Commerce Ministry
2. Which Indian organization demonstrated ‘Free space quantum communication’ for the first time?
A. HAL                          
B. BEL
C. ISRO                         
D. DRDO
Answer [C] ISRO
3. Which country is holding its 4th parliamentary election in the last two years?
A. Venezuela                   
B. Tanzania
C. Chile                             
D. Israel
Answer [D] Israel
4. Which country successfully launched 38 foreign satellites from 18 countries using its Soyuz-2. 1a carrier rocket?
A. China                    
B. Japan
C. Russia                   
D. UAE
Answer [C] Russia
5. The Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between which country in water cooperation?
A. Nepal                        
B. Japan
C. Australia                    
D. Germany
Answer [B] Japan
6. Where is the ‘Fiyavathi Home for Vulnerable Children’ located, which was renovated with financial assistance from Indian Government?
A. Maldives                       
B. Seychelles
C. Nepal                             
D. Sri Lanka
Answer [A] Maldives
7. Who was the recipient of the “Vyas Samman 2020” award?
A. Mamta Kalia                 
B. Sharad Pagare
C. Surinder Verma            
D. Nasira Sharma
Answer [B] Sharad Pagare
8. Which animal was recently (in Mar’21) listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List?
A. Red Panda                            
B. African Wild Dog
C. Large Indian Civet               
D. African Forest Elephant
Answer [D] African Forest Elephant
9. Who authored the book, “Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization?
A. Ravinder Singh                  
B. Namit Arora
C. Ashwin Sanghi                   
D. Amish Tripathi
Answer [B] Namit Arora
10. Where is the “Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Airport” located, that recently (in Mar’21) got inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri?
A. Andhra Pradesh                
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Karnataka                           
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer [A] Andhra Pradesh
11. In March 2021, India & Pakistan held the 116th Joint Meeting under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in New Delhi, where Pakistan raised objections on the 1000MW Pakal Dul Hydro Electric Project that is built over ….. river.
A. Beas                     
B. Sutlej
C. Jhelum                 
D. Marusudar
Answer [D] Marusudar
12. Where is the ‘Fiyavathi Home for Vulnerable Children’ located, which was renovated with financial assistance from Indian Government?
A. Maldives                    
B. Nepal
C. Bangladesh               
D. Sri Lanka
Answer [A] Maldives   
13. What % of stocks can be issued through open offerings by the companies listed under the innovators Growth Platform (IGP) as per the recent (in Mar’21) amendment made by SEBI?
A. 25%             
B. 60%
C. 35%             
D. 49%
Answer [D] 49%
14. Which NBFC signed a loan agreement (in Mar’21) with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for a loan worth 10 bn Japanese Yen for Green financing projects?
A. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.
B. Power Finance Corporation Ltd
C. HDB Financial Services Ltd
D. Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd
Answer [D] Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd
15. Who was the recipient of the “Vyas Samman 2020” Award?
A. Mamta Kalia                     
B. Surinder Verma
C. Sharad Pagare                  
D. Nasira Sharma
Answer [C] Sharad Pagare
16. Which Ministry recently (in Mar’21) introduced 2 technological initiatives : Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC) & IEPEA Mobile App?
A. Ministry of Finance 
B. Ministry of Science and Technology
C. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
D. Ministry of Defence
Answer [C] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
17. Which animal was recently (in Mar’21) listed as critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List?
A. Red Panda                              
B. African Wild Dog
C. Large Indian Civet                
D. African Forest Elephant 
Answer [D] African Forest Elephant 
18. Who won the Gold medal in the P4-mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event in the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup By setting the new World Record score?
A. Manish Narwal               
B. Singhraj
C. Rahul Jakhar                    
D. Rastko Jokic
Answer [A] Manish Narwal     
19. Who authored the book “Indians : A Brief History of a Civilization?
A. Ravinder Singh              
B. Namit Arora
C. Ashwin Sanghi              
D. Amish Tripathi
Answer [B] Namit Arora
20. Where is the “Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Airport” located, that recently (In Mar’ 21) got inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri?
A. Andhra Pradesh             
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Karnataka                       
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer [A] Andhra Pradesh