March 2021 Current Affairs MCQ - CAREER STUDY

March 2021
Current Affairs MCQ

Who of the following was awarded the Sahitya
Akademi Award 2020 for English writing?
a. Arundhati Subramaniam
b. Aravinda Adiga
c. Kiran Desai
d. Chetan Bhagat

Vajra Prahar was a joint special forces exercise
between India and –
a. France
b. Bangladesh
c . Russia
d. United States

Shri Anil Dharker who passed away in March 2021
was a well-known –
a. Journalist
b. Actor
c. Singer
d. Painter

Which of the following films has been awarded the
Filmfare Award for the Best Film
2021?
a. Tanhaji
b. Thappad
c. Gulabo Sitabo
d. Eeb Allay Ooo!

What was the rank of India in the World Happiness
Index 2021 released by United Nations Sustainable
Development Solutions Network in March 2021?
a. 123
b. 135
c. 139
d. 146

Who of the following has been awarded the
Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020 by the
Maharashtra Government?
a. Nana Patekar
b. Mahesh Bhatt
c. Asha Bhosle
d. Vikram Gokhale

With which of the following sports is Bhavani Devi
associated?
a. Archery
b. Shooting
c. Wrestling
d. Fencing

Who of the following became the first batsman to
reach a milestone of 3000 runs in T20
Internationals in March 2021?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Martin Guptil
c. Rohit Sharma
d. Mohd Hafeez

Laxman Pai, who passed away in March 2021 was a
renowned –
a. Painter
b. Musician
c. Journalist
d. Sportsman

DUSTLIK-II was a joint military exercise conducted in
Uttarakhand by India and –
a. Ukraine
b. Mongolia
c. Singapore
d. Uzbekistan

Which state is connected with Bangladesh by Maitri
Setu which was inaugurated the Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi in March 2021?
a. Meghalaya
b. Tripura
c. West Bengal
d. Nagaland

For which of the following films has Manoj Bajpayee
been awarded the National Award for the Best Actor
2019?
a. Baaghi 2
b. Sonchiriya
c. Bhonsle
d. Aiyaari

Who of the following has been awarded the 2020
Vyas Samman by the KK Birla
Foundation?
a. Sharad Pagare
b. Nanda Khare
c. Anamika
d. Mamta Kalia

The satellite named Amazonia-1 which was launched
by ISRO in March 2021 belongs to which country?
a. Peru
b. Argentina
c. Brazil
d. Chile

Which country hosted the multinational large force
employment warfare exercise named Desert Flag in
March 2021?
a. Qatar
b. Oman
c. UAE
d. Saudi Arabia

Who of the following was awarded the Sports
Personality of the Year in the BBC Sports
Personalities of the Year 2021?
a. Koneru Humpy
b. Saina Nehwal
c. Rohit Sharma
d. Dipa Karmakar

Which city was ranked at No. 1 position in the Ease of
Living Index 2020 released by the Ministry of Housing
and Urban Affairs?
a. Hyderabad
b. Pune
c. Bengaluru
d. Ahmedabad

Which state topped the medals tally at the 2nd Khelo
India Winter Games held in Gulmarg?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Uttarakhand

Who of the following has been conferred the Gandhi
Peace Prize 2020?
a. Mr. Shinzo Abe
b. Greta Thunberg
c. David Attenborough
d. Sheik Mujibar Rahman

Marakkar: The Lion of the Arabian Sea, the film which
has been awarded the National Award for Best
Feature Film has been originally made in which
language?
a. Telugu
b. English
c. Malayalam
d. Hindi

What was the theme for Zero Discrimination Day
2021?
(a) Act to change laws that Discriminate
(b) Stand our for
(c) Open Up, Reach Out
(d) Zero Discrimination against Women and Girls
(e) Make some noise to challenge discrimination

Which actor has won the “Best Performance by an
Actor (Male) in a Motion Picture - Drama” award at
the 78th Golden Globe Awards 2021?
(a) Chadwick Boseman
(b) Chloé Zhao
(c) Sacha Baron Cohen
(d) Daniel Kaluuya
(e) Mark Ruffalo

Which TV Series has won the “Best Television Series
- Drama” award at the 78th Golden Globe Awards
2021?
(a) The Queen’s Gambit
(b) I Know This Much is True
(c) The Crown
(d) Schitt’s Creek
(e) Ted Lasso

Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV has merged into
_________________.
(a) Upper House TV
(b) Lower House TV
(c) Vidhan Sabha TV
(d) Sansad TV
(e) Parliament House TV

Which municipality has ranked first in the Municipal
Performance Index 2020 by the Union Housing
and Urban Affairs?
(a) Patna
(b) Jaipur
(c) Indore
(d) Delhi
(e) Pune

Which of the following Institute has ranked first in
11th QS World University Rankings
2021?
(a) Stanford University
(b) California Institute of Technology
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(d) Harvard University
(e) University of Oxford

Who has been awarded the Bihari Puraskar 2020 for
the book titled Taslima: Sangharsh
Aur Sahitya?
(a) Soumya Swaminathan
(b) Arunima Sinha
(c) Shobhna Kapoor
(d) Mohankrishna Bohara
(e) Ripan Biswas

What was the theme for International Women’s Day
2021?
(a) I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights
(b) Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives
(c) Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
(d) Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world
(e) Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030

“The Frontier Gandhi: My Life and Struggle” is the
autobiography of ________________.
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
(e) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Which country has banned the Full-Face Coverings in Public Places?
(a) Sweden
(b) Switzerland
(c) Norway
(d) Finland
(e) Denmark

1   A   7   D   13 A   19 D   25 C
2   D   8   A   14 C   20 C   26 C
3   A   9   A   15 C   21 D   27 D
4   B   10 D    16 A   22 A   28 D
5   C   11 B    17 C   23 C   29 B