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Current Affairs Quiz with answers- 12 November 2021:
The Current Affairs Quiz section of Jagranjosh 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 world-class railway station, the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century, and the National Achievement Survey among others.
1. India's first world-class railway station will be inaugurated in which city on November 15?
a) Mumbai
b) Lucknow
c) Bhopal
d) New Delhi
2. Who will lead Team India in the first test match against New Zealand on November 25th?
a) Rohit Sharma
b) KL Rahul
c) R Ashwin
d) Ajinkya Rahane
3. Who will lead the Indian men's junior hockey team in the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup 2021 in Bhubaneswar?
a) Maninder Singh
b) Sudeep Chirmako
c) Vivek Sagar Prasad
d) Abhishek Lakra
4. Who has become the fastest player to score 2500 runs in T20Is?
a) Joe Root
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Babar Azam
d) Aaron Finch
5. When will be the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century?
a) November 15th
b) November 19th
c) November 20th
d) November 23rd
6. Which nation has passed a ‘historical resolution’ boosting its President's authority?
a) South Africa
b) China
c) Russia
d) Japan
7. When was the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 held?
a) November 9th
b) November 10th
c) November 11th
d) November 12th
Answers
1. (c)Bhopal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate India's first world-class railway station at Habibganj in Bhopal on November 15, 2021. Habibganj railway station will have all facilities that are available at international airports. It has been built by a private company named Bansal Group under a public-private partnership.
2. (d) Ajinkya Rahane
Ajinkya Rahane has been chosen to lead India in the first India vs New Zealand test in Kanpur. The BCCI on November 12, 2021 announced the India test squad for the upcoming India vs New Zealand test series, which will start on November 25, 2021.
3. (c) Vivek Sagar Prasad
Olympic Bronze Medalist Vivek Sagar Prasad will lead the Indian Junior Men’s Hockey team for the FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2021, which is scheduled to begin in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from November 24, 2021.
4. (c) Babar Azam
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam surpassed Indian captain Virat Kohli on November 11, 2021, to become the fastest player to score 2500 runs in men's T20Is.
5. (b) November 19th
The second and last lunar eclipse in 2021 will take place on November 19, 2021, which will be visible from extreme northeastern states such as Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The lunar eclipse will be a partial yet the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century. The first lunar eclipse of 2021 took place on May 26.
6. (b) China
The ruling Communist Party of China approved a rare resolution on November 11, 2021, which uplifted the country’s President Xi Jinping’s status in its history. The latest move can be seen as consolidating Xi’s authority and the likelihood of securing an unprecedented third leadership term in 2022.
7. (d) November 12th
The National Achievement Survey (NAS) was held on November 12, 2021, across India that will assess about 38 lakh students from 1.23 lakh schools in 733 districts in 36 States and Union Territories.
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