SSC Current Affairs Quiz – 21st May 2021

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Dear Aspirants, SSC Current Affairs quiz questions are available here. It will be very helpful to practice for various SSC exams such as SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, etc. Aspirants find it very hard to memorize and remember a large data of current affairs. To make it easier, you have to attend SSC current affairs quiz in a regular manner. As you attend quiz regularly, you can find and correct mistakes. This will help you to score more marks in the current affairs section of SSC exams. So, utilize the SSC current affairs quiz questions available here and practice in a regular manner. the SSC current affairs quiz questions available here are from the exam point of view. Also, after attending the quiz, you can check the solution along with the detailed explanation at the bottom. So, that you can learn all the current affairs news in an effective manner.

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1) Martha Koome named as which country’s first woman chief justice?

A) Afghanistan

B) Pakistan

C) Sudan

D) Kenya


2) Arjan Singh Bhullar has become India’s ____ MMA world champion.

A) 5th

B) 4th

C) 3rd

D) 1st


3) Which company is Establishing India’s largest international submarine cable system?

A) HP

B) HCL

C) Dell

D) Jio


4) _____ Indian places will be added  to Tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

A) 4

B) 6

C) 5

D) 7


5) India Ranked ____ spot on RECAI index Released by EY.

A) 6th

B) 5th

C) 2nd

D) 3rd


6) Which edition of the virtual Indian Handicrafts & Gift Fair has been inaugurated in Delhi?

A) 55th

B) 54th

C) 51st

D) 52nd


7) New species of skink – Subdoluseps nilgiriensis found in which state?

A) Arunachal Pradesh

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Haryana


Answers :

1) Answer: D

Lady Justice Martha Karambu Koome is a Kenyan advocate and Human Rights Defender, serving as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya since May 19, 2021.

She is the first woman to serve as Chief Justice in Kenya.

She has an aggregate 33 years experience in the legal profession.


2) Answer: D

On May 15, 2021, Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Arjan Bhullar became the first Indian to win the ONE Heavyweight World Title at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.


3) Answer: D

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm will be constructing the largest international submarine cable system centred on India.

It will consist of the India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) system connecting India eastbound to Singapore and India-Europe-Xpress (IEX) system connecting India westbound to the Middle East and Europe.

These high capacity and high-speed systems will provide more than 200 Tbps of capacity spanning over 16,000 kilometres.


4) Answer: B

On May 18, 2021, Six Indian sites were added to the tentative list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites, the Ministry of Culture.

The submissions were made by Archaeological Survey of India, which is responsible for the conservation and preservation of Indian monuments.

The six sites are namely :

Satpura Tiger Reserve

Iconic riverfront of the historic city of Varanasi

Megalithic site of Hire Benkal

Maratha Military Architecture in Maharashtra

Bhedaghat-Lameta Ghat in Narmada Valley- Jabalpur,

Temples of Kanchipuram.

In Addition to that UNESCO has 48 proposals in the tentative list of India.


5) Answer: D

India has moved a notch higher at the third spot on EY’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index.

It is the 57th Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index released by Ernst & Young.

The US retains top position on RECAI 57, Followed by China, India, United Kingdom, and France.


6) Answer: C

The 51st edition of virtual Indian Handicrafts and Gift Fair, IHGF of Delhi was inaugurated.

The fair is the India’s largest Virtual Fair in the Home, Fashion, Lifestyle, Textiles and Furniture sector and an exclusive B2B online platform is developed to assist the buyers from all across the globe to source from India.


7) Answer: B

A group of herpetologists gathered for the South Asian Reptile Red List Assessment organised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) discovered a new species of Asian gracile skink from the dry leeward slopes of the Nilgiri hills (Western Ghats), Tamil Nadu.

The new species has been named  Subdoluseps nilgiriensis

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