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1 .

Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe)?

Arvind Mathew

Rajan Wadhera

Rajesh Jejurikar

Pawan Kumar Goenka

Correct Answer : Pawan Kumar Goenka

Former managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra Pawan Kumar Goenka has been appointed as the chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe). During his R&D tenure in M&M, he led the development of the Scorpio SUV. IN-SPACe functions as an independent nodal agency under the Department of Space, Government of India.

Goenka, an IIT alumnus, had been associated with two major automobile companies – General Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra – in his professional career that spanned over four decades. He retired as the MD of the company on April 1, 2021, after spending 27 years with the Mahindra Group.

Published On : September 15, 2021

2 .

The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of the Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in which city?

Agra

Aligarh

Lucknow

Gorakhpur

Correct Answer : Aligarh

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh, in Uttar Pradesh, on September 14, 2021. He also visited the exhibition models of the Aligarh node of Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor and Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University.

Addressing the event, the Prime Minister Remembered the late Kalyan Singh ji. He said that Kalyan Singh Ji would have been very happy to see the emerging profile of Aligarh in the defence sector and the establishment of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh.

Published On : September 15, 2021

3 .

Name the fast payment systems of Singapore with which RBI has recently linked its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)?

PayPal

PayNow

PayOut

PayWay

Correct Answer : PayNow

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has revolutionized the payments industry in India and has enabled people to make transactions in a much simpler and faster way. In fact, UPI and processes over 3 billion transactions each month. Recently, its Autopay technology was accepted by streaming service majors Netflix and Hotstar, showing the promise of the technology. 14-09-2021, UPI marks another chapter in its history, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have joined forces to enable instant, low-cost fund transfers and link their fast payment systems – India’s UPI and Singapore’s PayNow.

According to the RBI, the linked interface is expected to be operational by July 2022, allowing users from both countries to make low-cost, instant transfers of funds on a reciprocal basis without resorting to other payment systems.

Published On : September 15, 2021

4 .

India's first FASTag-based metro parking facility has been launched in which city?

New Delhi

Chennai

Pune

Bengaluru

Correct Answer : New Delhi

Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) has launched India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility, at the Kashmere Gate metro station in partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Paytm Payments Bank will be the acquiring bank to facilitate the processing of all FASTag-based transactions for cars having a valid FASTag sticker, thus eliminating the hassle of stopping and paying cash at the counter.

Published On : September 15, 2021

5 .

India has declared to institutionalise regular Defence Dialogue with which of these regions, on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition?

Asia

Europe

Africa

Australia

Correct Answer : Africa

The Government of India has proposed to institutionalise the India-Africa Defence Dialogue, as a regular event, to be held on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition. The first India-Africa Defence Ministers Conclave (IADMC) was held at DefExpo in February 2020 in Lucknow.

Published On : September 15, 2021

6 .

Union Cabinet has approved PLI Scheme worth Rs 26,058 crores for which sector?

Textiles sector

Telecom sector

Railways sector

Auto sector and drone industry

Correct Answer : Auto sector and drone industry

The Union Cabinet on September 15, 2021, gave its approval to Rs. 26,058 crore production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for the auto, auto-components, and drone industry.

The approved PLI Scheme has a budgetary provision of Rs. 26,058 crores- Rs. 25,938 crores for the auto sector and Rs. 120 crores for the drone industry.

Published On : September 15, 2021

7 .

Which nation will host the 2021 SCO Summit in a hybrid mode?

China

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Kazakhstan

Correct Answer : Tajikistan

The 21st meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State will be held on September 17, 2021, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in a hybrid format. The President of Tajikistan H E Emomali Rahmon will chair the SCO Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the Indian delegation and address the plenary session of the Summit virtually.

Published On : September 15, 2021

8 .

Which state has banned storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers?

Punjab

Delhi

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer : Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a complete ban on the storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers on September 15, 2021. The Chief Minister said that a complete ban on use of all types of crackers is being imposed like last year in view of the dangerous condition of Delhi's pollution during Diwali for the last 3 years.

Published On : September 15, 2021

9 .

Which state has declared encroachment of temple land as cognizable and non-bailable offence?

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer : Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on September 13, 2021, passed a bill that makes the encroachment of properties belonging to religious institutions a cognizable and non-bailable offence.

Published On : September 15, 2021

10 .

Lieutenant General (retd) Gurmit Singh has been sworn in as the new Governor of which state?

Uttarakhand

Gujarat

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer : Uttarakhand

Lieutenant General (retd) Gurmit Singh was sworn in as the new Uttarakhand Governor on September 15, 2021. He was administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court Justice RS Chauhan at Raj Bhawan.

Published On : September 15, 2021