Current Affairs Quiz: 26 March 2021

26 March 2021: The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics such as Assam Polls Phase 1, International Intellectual Property (IP) Index and  bereavement leave law among others. 

1. Which nation will host the 9th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on Afghanistan?
a) India
b) Tajikistan
c) Afghanistan 
d) Kazakhstan

2. EAM S Jaishankar will be visiting which nation on March 30-31?
a) Tajikistan 
b) Kazakhstan
c) Uzbekistan
d) Kyrgyzstan

3. Who has become the second batsman in history to reach 10,000 runs at number 3?
a) Rohit Sharma 
b) Virat Kohli 
c) Eoin Morgan
d) Steve Smith

4. When will the first phase of polling begin in Assam?
a) March 27th 
b) March 29th 
c) March 30th
d) April 1st

5. What was India's rank on IP Index 2021?
a) 35
b) 53
c) 40
d) 27

6. Which nation is planning to construct the world's first ship tunnel?
a) Sweden 
b) Norway
c) Denmark
d) Netherlands

7. Which nation's Parliament has passed a bereavement leave law for couples who suffer miscarriages or stillbirths?
a) Australia
b) Denmark
c) Finland
d) New Zealand

Answers

1. (b) Tajikistan
The External Affairs Minister is scheduled to attend the 9th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on Afghanistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on March 30, 2021 at the joint invitation of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. 

2. (a) Tajikistan 
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Tajikistan on March 30-31, 2020. He will be undertaking the trip at the invitation of the Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin.

3. (b) Virat Kohli
Indian captain Virat Kohli has become the second batsman in the history of ODI cricket to score 10,000 runs while batting at number three. He reached the feat during India's 2nd ODI against England. Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting sits on top of the list with 12,662 runs from 330 innings.

4. (a) March 27th
The first phase of polling in the Assam State Assembly Elections will take place from 7 am tomorrow, March 27, 2021. Under this phase, 47 constituencies will go to polls across 12 districts in the state. As per the Election Commission, around 81,09,815 voters are eligible to cast their votes at 1,1537 polling stations under this first phase.

5. (c) 40
India ranked 40 among 53 global economies in the ninth International Intellectual Property (IP) Index that was released on March 23, 2021. India's overall score increased from 36.04 percent (16.22 out of 45) in the seventh edition to 38.46 percent (19.23 out of 50) in the eighth edition.

6. (b) Norway
The world's first ship tunnel is slated to be constructed in Norway. The construction on the engineering project is expected to begin in 2022 and get completed by 2025-26. The ship tunnel is planned to run underneath the mountains in Norway's Stadhavet peninsula. 

7. (d) New Zealand 
New Zealand's Parliament unanimously approved the bereavement leave law to give couples- who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth- three days of paid leave. With this, the nation has become the second country in the world to provide such benefits, as India is the only other country with such a legislation.