A) National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)B) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)C) Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)D) National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Explanation: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), a board of ...

A) AustraliaB) ChinaC) RussiaD) India Explanation: The Indian military contingent comprising of an all arms combined force of 200 personnel is participating in the Exercise PEACEFUL MISSION -2021, a Joint Counter Terrorism Exercise between Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. ...

A) Tata SteelB) ONGCC) Larsen and ToubroD) BHEL Explanation: Tata Steel has commissioned India’s first carbon capture plant that extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas, at its Jamshedpur Works on September 14, 2021. With this achievement, Tata Steel has become the country’s first ...

A) 9.0%B) 8.1%C) 6.5%D) 7.2% Explanation: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has pegged India’s economic growth rate as follows, in its Trade and Development report released on September 15, 2021: Calendar Year (CY) 2021 – 7.2%; Calendar Year 2022 – 6.7%.

A) NITI AayogB) SBIC) ISROD) IIT Madras Explanation: Government think tank Niti Aayog in collaboration with US-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and RMI India, has launched a campaign named Shoonya on September 15, 2021, to promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by working with consumers ...

A) 15 SeptemberB) 14 SeptemberC) 16 SeptemberD) 13 September Explanation: The International Day for the preservation of the Ozone layer (World Ozone Day) is observed annually on September 16 to spread awareness of the depletion of the Ozone Layer and search for solutions to preserve it. 

A) 34B) 51C) 72D) 65 Explanation: The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2020 at a virtual ceremony on September 15, 2021, The award was presented to 51 health care workers and nurses for their selfless dedication and compassion, ...

A) IIT KanpurB) IIT DelhiC) IIT MadrasD) IIT Bombay Explanation: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has launched ‘Project Udaan’, a language translator,  to break language barrier in education, which hampers flow of message.

A) BiharB) Madhya PradeshC) GujaratD) Meghlaya Explanation: India is set to host the first-ever Global Buddhist Conference on November 19 and 20,     2021, in Nava Nalanda Mahavihara campus, in Nalanda, Bihar. 

A) AustraliaB) IsraelC) South KoreaD) Germany Explanation: South Korea successfully tested an indigenously developed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on September, 15, 2021. South Korea is the first country without nuclear weapons to develop such a missile system.

A) GhaziabadB) NagpurC) New DelhiD) Bengaluru Explanation: Union Minister for Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari launched ‘iRASTE’, an Artificial Intelligence-powered project, which aims to help reduce road accidents, understand the factors responsible for these events and come up ...

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