Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2021- 20th December

Q1. India’s first ‘grass conservatory’ or ‘germplasm conservation centre’ spread over an area of 2 acres was inaugurated in which of the state?
(a) Punjab
(b) Kerala
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q2. Which state has been named the best marine state in the country by the Department of Fisheries as best performing States for 2021-22?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) West Bengal
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q3. Name the chief minister who has approved “Kaiser-i-Hind” as the state butterfly.
(a) Himanta Biswa Sarma
(b) Pema Khandu
(c) K. Chandrashekar Rao
(d) Basavaraj Bommai
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who has inaugurated the first air pollution control tower of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Noida?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Mahendra Nath Pandey
(c) Yogi Adityanath
(d) Gautam Gambhir
(e) None of the above

Q5. Which state has been renamed ‘Patalpani railway station’ after tribal icon Tantya Bhil, who was well known as ‘Indian Robin Hood’?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Bihar
(c) Odisha
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q6. Who has launched a welfare scheme named ‘Ration Aapke Gram’ scheme & ‘Sickle Cell Mission’ of Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Shivrajsinh Chauhan
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Ramnath Kovind
(d) Smriti Irani
(e) None of the above

Q7. Which bollywood actor is to become the Covid-vaccine ambassador of Maharashtra?
(a) Shah Rukh Khan
(b) Amitabh Bacchann
(c) Salman Khan
(d) Sonu Sood
(e) None of the above

Q8. Which state observed the 44th edition of ‘Wangala’, the festival of 100 Drums Festival?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Meghalaya
(e) None of the above

Q9. Pochampally village was selected as one of the best tourism villages by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). This village is located in which of the state?
(a) Kerala
(b) Telangana
(c) Sikkim
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) None of the above

Q10. Which state will become the first state in the country to have a cyber tehsil?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(c)
Sol. India’s first ‘grass conservatory’ or ‘germplasm conservation centre’ spread over an area of 2 acres was inaugurated at Ranikhet in Almora district of Uttarakhand.

S2.Ans (d)
Sol. Andhra Pradesh has been named the best marine state in the country by the Department of Fisheries. The Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying awarded best performing States for 2021-22 on 21 November 2021 on the occasion of the ‘World Fisheries Day.

S3.Ans(b)
Sol. State Cabinet of Arunachal Pradesh, headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, approved “Kaiser-i-Hind” as the state butterfly.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. The Union Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey has inaugurated the first air pollution control tower of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Noida.

S5.Ans(d)
Sol. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced the renaming of Indore’s Patalpani railway station after tribal icon Tantya Bhil, who was well known as ‘Indian Robin Hood’ by the tribals.

S6.Ans(b)
Sol. PM Modi launched a welfare scheme named ‘Ration Aapke Gram’ scheme & ‘Sickle Cell Mission’ of Madhya Pradesh.

S7.Ans(c)
Sol. Bollywood actor Salman Khan is to become the Covid-vaccine ambassador of Maharashtra.

S8.Ans(d)
Sol. Meghalaya state observed the 44th edition of ‘Wangala’, the festival of 100 Drums Festival begins.

S9.Ans(b)
Sol. Pochampally village in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, known for its famous hand-woven Ikat saris, was selected as one of the best tourism villages by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

S10.Ans(d)
Sol. Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the proposal to create cyber tehsils in the state of Madhya Pradesh. After this, MP will become the first state in the country to have a cyber tehsil. Cyber Tehsil will make the mutation process easy and people from anywhere in the state can avail of its benefit.