Current Affairs Quiz: 23 November 2021

Current Affairs Questions for UPSC: The Current Affairs Quiz section of Jagran Josh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise Current Affairs of the day at ease. The Current Affairs quiz with answers covers topics such as renaming of Patalpani railway station,  SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 and new Indian Railways train among others. 

1. Indian Railways is planning to launch which new train to boost tourism?

a) Bharat Gaurav 

b) Sampoorna Kranti 

c) Paryatan Gaurav

d) Bharat Paryatan

2. Patalpani railway station will be renamed after which tribal icon?

a) Komaram Bheem

b) Gunda Dhur

c) Birsa Munda 

d) Tantya Bhil

3. Which nation has launched Gaofen 11-03 high resolution satellite with an optical resolution comparable to top US spy satellites?

a) Israel

b) Russia

c) China

d) India

4. Which city has topped the SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22?

a) Kochi

b) Shimla

c) Panaji

d) Pune

5. Which city is ranked at the bottom of the SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22?

a) Meerut

b) Patna

c) Dhanbad

d) Faridabad

6. Which web series won the Best Drama award at the International Emmy Awards 2021?

a) Tehran

b) Arya

c) Call My Agent- S.4

d) Serious Men

7. Which state will soon become the only one in India to have five international airports?

a) Maharashtra

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Uttar Pradesh

8. India took part in the trilateral exercise 'Dosti' with the navies of which two nations?

a) Sri Lanka, Australia

b) Australia, Japan

c) Russia, Japan

d) Maldives, Sri Lanka

Answers

1. (a) Bharat Gaurav

Indian Railways will be launching a completely new segment- Bharat Gaurav trains to boost tourism across India. Indian Railways has allocated over 180 trains identified 3033 coaches for ‘Bharat Gaurav’ trains. 

2. (d) Tantya Bhil

Patalpani Railway station in Indore will be renamed as Tantya Mama railway station, informed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on November 22, 2021. The railway station is being renamed after tribal icon Tantya Bhil, one of the greatest revolutionaries who had launched an armed struggle against the British in India. 

3. (c) China

China launched its 3rd Gaofen 11 reconnaissance satellite on November 19, 2021. The Gaofen 11 (03) satellite has an optical resolution comparable to top US spy satellites. It has been launched in addition to China’s set of classified satellites. 

4. (b) Shimla 

The SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 have ranked 56 urban areas on 77 SDG indicators across the 46 targets of the SDG Framework. Shimla has topped the index followed by Coimbatore and Chandigarh. 

5. (c) Dhanbad

Dhanbad in Jharkhand is ranked at the bottom of SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 with a composite score of 52.43. 

6. (a) Tehran 

Critically-acclaimed Israel’s web series ‘Tehran’ won the International Emmy Award 2021 in Best Drama Category. Sushmita Sen-starrer Aarya was also nominated in the category. 

7. (d) Uttar Pradesh 

Uttar Pradesh will become the only state in India to have five international airports after PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport at Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh on November 25, 2021. The state so far has three international airports- Lucknow, Varanasi and the recently inaugurated Kushinagar airport. The fourth one is under construction in Ayodhya. 

8. (d) Maldives, Sri Lanka

The 15th edition of biennial Trilateral Exercise 'Dosti' is underway between India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka in the Maldives from November 20-24, 2021.