Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2021- 18th June

Q1. Who has inaugurated the newly revamped Motera cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, which has been renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Donald Trump
(c) Ram Nath Kovind
(d) Amit Shah
(e) None of these

Q2. Star sprinter Hima Das has been appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police by which state government?
(a) Assam
(b) West Bengal
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Mizoram
(e) None of these

Q3. Who has been appointed as the new President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) replacing Nazmul Hussain?
(a) Saurav Ganguly
(b) Ravi Shastri
(c) Rajeev Shukla
(d) Jay Shah
(e)None of these

Q4. The first-ever Asian Online Shooting Championship was organized by which of the country?
(a) India
(b) Thailand
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Kuwait
(e)None of these

Q5. Which team beat Baroda in the final to win the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2020-21. The tournament was the twelfth edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and was played at Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera Stadium), Ahmedabad.
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Haryana
(d) Saurashtra
(e) None of these

Q6. Which of the following Indian cricketer(s) get retirement from Cricket in February 2021?
(a) Dhammika Prasad
(b) R Vinay Kumar
(c) Ashok Dinda
(d) Yusuf Pathan
(e) None of these

Q7. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided not to conduct the _______in 2020-21. This will be the first time in 87 years since its inception in 1934-35?
(a) Duleep Trophy
(b) Deodhar Trophy
(c) Irani Cup
(d) Ranji Trophy
(e) None of these

Q8. Who has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame?
(a) David Boon
(b) Geoff Marsh
(c) Mervyn Hughes
(d) Dean Jones
(e) None of these

Q9. Who won women’s singles title at the 82nd Senior National Table Tennis Championship, at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula, Haryana?
(a) Reeth Rishya
(b) Manika Batra
(c) S. Mukherjee
(d) Ankita Das
(e) None of these

Q10. The second edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2021, is scheduled to be held in_______.
(a) Punjab
(b) Karnataka
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) None of these

Solutions

S1.Ans(c)
Sol. President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the newly revamped Motera cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, which has been renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium.

S2.Ans(a)
Sol. Star sprinter Hima Das has been appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police by the Assam government.

S3.Ans(d)
Sol. Jay Shah, the incumbent Secretary of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been appointed as the new President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

S4.Ans(d)
Sol. The Indian shooting contingent has topped the medals tally in the first-ever Asian Online Shooting Championship, organized by Kuwait Shooting Federation.

S5.Ans(a)
Sol. Tamil Nadu beat Baroda in the final to win the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2020-21. The tournament was the twelfth edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and was played at Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera Stadium), Ahmedabad.

S6.Ans(a)
Sol. All were taking retirement in February but Dhammika Prasad was a Sri-Lankan player. Sri Lanka fast bowler Dhammika Prasad has announced his retirement from international cricket.

S7.Ans(d)
Sol. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided not to conduct the Ranji Trophy in 2020-21. This will be the first time in 87 years since its inception in 1934-35.

S8.Ans(c)
Sol. Former right-arm fast bowler Merv Hughes has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

S9.Ans(b)
Sol. India’s top-ranked table tennis player Manika Batra beat Reeth Rishya, 4-2, in the women’s singles final, to win the 82nd Senior National Table Tennis Championship, at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula, Haryana. It was Manika’s second Nationals title. She won her maiden national title in 2015 in Hyderabad

S10.Ans(b)
Sol. The second edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2021, is scheduled to be held in Karnataka. This announcement was made by the Karnataka Chief Minister, Shri BS Yediyurappa and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju.