Daily Current Affairs Quiz 17 March 2021

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1. Who was Guru Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair, recently seen in news?

Nuclear scientist

Seasoned Kathakali actor

Hindi film director

Freedom fighter

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2. Bara-lacha Pass, recently seen in news, located in which State/UT?

Ladakh

Sikkim

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

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3. National Institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019, declares which of the following institutes as institutions of national importance?

National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli, Haryana

Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

Both A & B

None of these

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4. Who recently launched a ‘bee-fences’ project to mitigate human-animal (elephant) conflict in the country?

Finance Ministry

NITI Aayog

Khadi and Village Industries Commission

All of these

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5. Which country was the largest arms supplier between 2011–15 and 2016–20 to India?

US

France

Russia

Israel

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6. Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the None of the Above (NOTA)?

Supreme Court, in the PUCL v Union of India directed the ECI to introduce NOTA in direct elections to allow voters to register their protest if none of the candidates is acceptable to them.

NOTA has only symbolic value in a direct election.

Both A & B

None of these

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7. Great Indian Bustard is the State bird of

Uttar Pradesh

Telangana

Rajasthan

Gujarat

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8. Which ministry moved Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha?

Ministry of External Affairs

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Law and Justice

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9. Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the job reservation?

More than half of the faculty positions reserved for the OBCs in Central institutions of higher education are vacant.

Less than 1% of the 1,062 professors in Central universities are from the ST communities.

Both A & B

None of these

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10. Which county held Myanmar's first satellite on space station after coup?

US

Russia

Japan

India