CA_16 SEP 2021

 1.India's first FASTag-based metro parking facility has been launched in which city?

A. Lucknow

B. New Delhi

C. Bengaluru

D. Chennai

2.Lieutenant General (retd) Gurmit Singh has been sworn in as the new Governor of which state?

A. Uttrakhand

B. Assam

C. Telangana

D. Gujarat

3.Which player has been adjudged as the ICC Men's Player of the Month for August 2021?

A. Jasprit Bumrah

B. Joe Root

C. Shaheen Afridi

D. Shakib Al Hasan

4.Which nation will host the 2021 SCO Summit in a hybrid format?

A. China

B. Kyrgyzstan

C. Kazakhstan

D. Tajikistan

5.What is the theme of the International Day of Democracy 2021?

A. Democracy under Strain: Solutions for a Changing World

B. COVID-19: A Spotlight on Democracy

C. Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises

D. Participation

6.Who is the winner of the ICC Women's Player of the Month for August 2021?

A. Eimear Richardson

B. Stafanie Taylor

C. Sneh Rana

D. Gaby Lewis

7.Which state has banned the storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers?

A. Delhi

B. Punjab

C. Karnataka

D. Madhya Pradesh

8.Union Cabinet has approved PLI Scheme worth Rs 26,058 crores for which sector?

A. Railways sector

B. Auto sector and the drone industry

C. Telecom sector

D. Textiles sector

9.Which one is the fast payment system of Singapore with which RBI has linked its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)?

A. PayPal

B. PayWay

C. PayOut

D. PayNow

10.Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe)?

A. Pawan Kumar Goenka

B. Rajan Wadhera

C. Arvind Mathew

D. Rajesh Jejurikar

11.RBI has launched the 'Third Cohort' under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS). What is the theme of this cohort?

A. Cross Border Payments

B. Blockchain Technology

C. MSME Lending

D. Retail Payments

12.Who is the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021?

A. Marleen Beaulieu

B. Barbara Kidd

C. Josee Vallee

D. Susanna Clarke

13.India has declared to institutionalise regular Defence Dialogue with which region, on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition?

A. Europe

B. Asia

C. Africa

D. Europe

14.Cricket player Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket. Did he play for which country?

A. West Indies

B. Australia

C. Zimbabwe

D. Ireland

15.National Engineer's Day is being celebrated in India on which day?

A. September 15

B. September 11

C. September 12

D. September 14

16.Which state has declared encroachment of temple land as a cognizable and non-bailable offence?

A. Karnataka

B. Tamil Nadu

C. Telangana

D. Kerala

17.The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of the Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in which city?

A. Lucknow

B. Aligarh

C. Agra

D. Gorakhpu

18.Which is the first bank in India to launch real-time online tracking for cross-border payments for corporate clients in partnership with SWIFT GPI?

A. Standard Chartered

B. ICICI Bank

C. DBS Bank

D. HSBC Bank

19.The International Day of Democracy is being celebrated every year on which date?

A. September 15

B. September 13

C. September 11

D. September 12

20. The first-ever in-person QUAD Leaders' Summit is scheduled to be held in which country?

A. Australia

B. Japan

C. India

D. United States

21. Virat Kohli has stepped down as captain of the Indian cricket team in which format?

a) T20

b) ODI

c) Test 

d) None of the Above

22. What is the name of the new defence pact announced by the US, UK and Australia?

a) USUKA

b) UKUSA

c) AUKUS

d) UKAUS

23. Who resigned as Gujarat Assembly speaker on September 16, 2021?

a) Jitu Vaghani

b) Rajendra Trivedi 

c) Harsh Sanghvi

d) Jagdish Panchal

24. Which nation's troops have neutralised the leader of the Islamic State in Greater Sahara?

a) France

b) US 

c) UK

d) Russia

25. When is World Ozone Day 2021 observed?

a) September 14th

b) September 15th

c) September 16th 

d) September 17th 

26. Which nation will build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines under the new AUKUS security partnership?

a) Australia

b) New Zealand 

c) Japan

d) India 

27. The UNSC called for an emergency meeting on September 16 to discuss about which country?

a) Afghanistan

b) North Korea

c) Sudan

d) Syria

KEY : --

1.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

India's first FASTag-based metro parking facility, at the Kashmere Gate metro station in partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

2.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Lieutenant General (retd) Gurmit Singh has been sworn in as the new Uttrakhand Governor.

3.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

England Test skipper Joe Root has been voted as the winner of the ICC Men's Player of the Month for August 2021

4.Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The 21st meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State will be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in a hybrid format.

5.Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The theme for 2021 International Day of Democracy is "Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises".

6.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Ireland's Eimear Richardson has bagged the ICC Women's Player of the Month for August 2021.

7.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a complete ban on the storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers.

8.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Union Cabinet gave its approval to Rs. 26,058 crore Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for the auto, auto-components and drone industry.

9.Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced a project under which the two central banks will link their respective fast payment systems viz, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow.

10.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Pawan Kumar Goenka, the former managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe), the regulator for India's space industry.

11.Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the theme for the Third Cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) as 'MSME Lending'.

12.Answer: Option D

Explanation:

English author Susanna Clarke has won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 for her second novel 'Piranesi'.

13.Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Government of India has proposed to institutionalise the India-Africa Defence Dialogue, as a regular event, to be held on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition.

14.Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Former Zimbabwe skipper and wicket-keeper batsman Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket.

15.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

In India, Engineer's Day is celebrated on September 15 every year, since 1968, to recognise the contribution of engineers in the development of the nation.

16.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a bill that makes the encroachment of properties belonging to religious institutions a cognizable and non-bailable offence.

17.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University at Aligarh, in Uttar Pradesh.

18.Answer: Option C

Explanation:

DBS Bank has launched real-time online tracking for cross-border payments for its corporate clients, in partnership with SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (GPI).

19.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The International Day of Democracy is celebrated across the world on 15 September every year, since 2008.

20.Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the first-ever in-person QUAD ( Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Leaders' Summit at the White House, in Washington D.C.

21. (a) T20

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has announced that he will step down as the T20 captain of the Indian cricket team after the men's T20 World Cup in Dubai in October 2021. He will remain the captain for the ODI and Test formats.

22. (c) AUKUS

US President Joe Biden announced a new defence pact between the US, UK and Australia on September 15, 2021. The pact known as AUKUS will enable sharing of advanced technologies, expertise in artificial intelligence, cyber underwater systems and long-range capabilities. 

23. (b) Rajendra Trivedi 

Gujarat State Assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi tendered his resignation just hours before the new Gujarat cabinet was sworn in on September 16, 2021. Trivedi, who is a BJP MLA from Vadodara, was one of the 24 new Gujarat Cabinet Ministers who were sworn in by Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat.

24. (a) France

Adnan Abu Walid al Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara has reportedly been killed by the French forces after the group attacked French aid workers and other civilians and troops in Niger. 

25. (c) September 16th 

World Ozone Day 2021, the International Day dedicated for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is observed every year on September 16. The day is observed as a reminder of the Spring of 1975 when the scientists in Antarctica had detected an appalling drop in the Ozone concentration.

26. (a) Australia

Australian PM Scott Morrison said that the first major initiative under AUKUS initiative (new enhanced security partnership between Australia, UK and US) will be the delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia.

27. (b) North Korea

The UN Security Council (UNSC) called for an emergency meeting on September 16, 2021 to discuss the recent ballistic missile launches by North Korea. The UN resolutions ban North Korea from conducting any tests of ballistic missiles.