Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank | 8th March ‘2021 – Free PDF

Q1) How many scholars from six countries have been awarded with Indian Science Research Fellowship (ISRF) 2021?

1. 32
2. 40
3. 23
4. 18

Q2) India’s middle and long-distance coach Nikolai Snesarev who passed away recently, hailed from which country?

1. Belarus
2. Germany
3. Russia
4. Australia

Q3) Who has been appointed as the first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

1. Naureen Hassan 
2. Kaizad Bharucha
3. Jay Sidhu
4. Vikram Pandit

Q4) Which state has topped in the land record digitisation, according to NCAER’s Land Records and Services Index (NLRSI) 2020-21?

1. Gujarat
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Odisha

Q5) Which General Insurance company has announced the launch of Business Kisht Suraksha product?

1. Bajaj Allianz
2. Bharti Axa
3. Aditya Birla
4. HDFC ERGO

Q6) What is the name of the community radio station launched by Indian Army in Baramulla district in North Kashmir?

1. Radio Chinar
2. Radhio Shikhara
3. Radio Kesar
4. Radio Gurez

Q7) What is the name of the Muthoot Group Chairman & Whole Time Director who passed away recently?

1. George Alexander Muthoot
2.  M G George Muthoot
3. Jacob Muthoot
4. Neeraj K Muthoot

Q8) Kotak Mahindra Bank has appointed whom as additional independent director on its board?

1. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
2. Yoginder K Alagh
3. Bina Agarwal
4. Ashok Gulati

Q9) Dr. Harsh Vardhan has inaugurated the new research building ‘Desikan Bhawan’ equipped with new  COVID-19 diagnostic facility at ICMR-NJIL&OMD in which city?

1. New Delhi
2. Agra
3. Surat
4. Bhopal

Q10) Tashnuva Anan Shishir has become the first transgender newsreader of which country?

1. Bangladesh
2. India
3. Pakistan
4. Saudi Arabia

Q11) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the country’s top military leadership at the Combined Commanders’ Conference in which state?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Uttarakhand
3. Gujarat
4. Rajasthan

Q12) Uttarakhand has declared which town as a new administrative division of the state?

1. Uttarkashi
2. Gairsain
3. Almora
4. Nainital

Q13) PNB Housing Finance has tied up with which bank for a strategic co-lending service that will facilitate retail home loans at competitive rates?

1. Axis Bank
2. HDFC Bank
3. Yes Bank
4. ICICI Bank

Q14) Who has become the third batsman in the history of international cricket to hit six 6s in an over?

1. Kieron Pollard
2. Akila Dananjaya
3. Aaron Finch
4. Kane Williamson

Q15) Madhya Pradesh Tourism has introduced the Night Safari in which of the following National Parks?

1. Bandhavgarh National Park
2. Kanha National Park
3. Pench National Park
4. All of the above

Q16) CSIR Floriculture Mission has been approved for implementation in how many states of India?

1. 10
2. 18
3. 21
4. 15

Q17) As informed by Union Minister Piyush Goyal, the entire rail network in the country will be fully electrified by which year?

1. 2022
2.  2023
3. 2024
4. 2025

Q18) Which has become the first railway station of Maharashtra to be awarded with IGBC Gold certification?

1. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
2. Mumbai Central
3. Pune Junction
4. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

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