Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2021- 16th September

Q1. Women’s Asian Cup in India will be held which two Indian cities?
(a) Bhubaneswar and Ahmedabad
(b) Mumbai and Pune
(c) Ahmedabad and Mumbai
(d) Kolkata and Bhubaneswar
(e) None of the above

Q2. Name the Indian-origin American who has become the youngest-ever chess Grandmaster in the world.
(a) R Praggnanandhaa
(b) Anish Giri
(c) Parimarjan Negi
(d) Abhimanyu Mishra
(e) None of the above

Q3. Who won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring which was the ninth race of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship season?
(a) Max Verstappen
(b) Valtteri Bottas
(c) Lewis Hamilton
(d) Lando Norris
(e) None of the above

Q4. Name the Indian-American who has won the Wimbledon Junior Men`s title at Number 1 Court?
(a) Abhimanyu Vannemreddy
(b) Samir Banerjee
(c) Siddhant J Banthia
(d) Adil Kalyanpur
(e) None of the above

Q5. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released a financial grant of Rs 100 crore to which Cricket Association (RCA) for building India’s second-largest cricket stadium?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) West Bengal
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q6. Which person became the first Indian to be selected for judging the gymnastics competition of the Olympic Games?
(a) Rakesh Kumar Patra
(b) Yogeshwar Singh
(c) Pranati Das
(d) Deepak Kabra
(e) None of the above

Q7. Which of the state government will organise the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in February 2022?
(a) Assam
(b) Haryana
(c) Odisha
(d) Punjab
(e) None of the above

Q8. Mahmudullah Riyad has announced his retirement from Test cricket. He belongs to which country?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bangladesh
(d) South Africa
(e) None of the above

Q9. Name the Indian Kickboxing Federation which has been granted recognition by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports to as National Sports Federation for promotion and development of the Kickboxing sport in India.
(a) Dronacharya Boxing Federation
(b) Combat Games Federation of India
(c) WAKO India Kickboxing Federation
(d) BoxFit
(e) None of the above

Q10. 47th edition of Copa America 2021 was the of the annual international men’s football championship. Which country won the Copa America 2021?
(a) Germany
(b) Brazil
(c) Spain
(d) Argentina
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(b)
Sol. Women’s Asian Cup in India will be held in Mumbai and Pune after the Asian Football Confederation dropped Bhubaneswar and Ahmedabad as venues.

S2.Ans(d)
Sol. Indian-origin American Abhimanyu Mishra has become the youngest-ever chess Grandmaster in the world.

S3.Ans(a)
Sol. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, the ninth race of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship season.

S4.Ans(b)
Sol. Indian-American Samir Banerjee has won the Wimbledon Junior Men`s title at Number 1 Court.

S5.Ans(a)
Sol. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released a financial grant of Rs 100 crore to the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), which will be used to build India’s second-largest cricket stadium.

S6.Ans(d)
Sol. Deepak Kabra has become the first Indian to be selected for judging the gymnastics competition of the Olympic Games.

S7.Ans(b)
Sol. The state government of Haryana will organise the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in February 2022.

S8.Ans(c)
Sol. Bangladesh cricketer Mahmudullah Riyad has announced his retirement from Test cricket in the middle of Bangladesh’s one-off Test match against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club.

S9.Ans(c)
Sol. The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has decided to grant recognition to WAKO India Kickboxing Federation as National Sports Federation (NSF) for promotion and development of the Kickboxing sport in India.

S10.Ans(d)
Sol. Lionel Messi-led Argentina beat Neymar’s Brazil 1-0 to win the Copa America final match, held at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.