16 November 2021 Current Affairs in English [MCQ]

Let’s discuss today 16 November 2021 current affairs.

In this post, we covered wide topics of today’s news like Sports News, Defence News. New Appointments, Political and Financial Matters, National & International Summits, Banking News, New Government Schemes, New Books with Authors, Inauguration News, Passed Away News, etc.

Question: Which player of Pakistan has broken the record of Virat Kohli in T20 International cricket and has made the record of scoring 2500 runs in the lowest innings?

(A) Babar Azam

(B) Aron Finch

(C) Maxwell

(D) None of above

Question: The government of India has promulgated two ordinances to extend the tenure of the Directors of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the present 2 years to _____ years.

(A) 5 years

(B) 3 Years

(C) 10 Years

(D) None of above

Question: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has recently inaugurated the first operationalised private sector defence manufacturing facility in which state?

(A) UP

(B) MP

(C) Gujarat

(D) None of above

Question: Which country is set to host the UN climate change conference COP27 in 2022? 

(A) Australia

(B) Egypt

(C) Japan

(D) None of above

Question: Kaiser-i-Hind, it has been approved as the State butterfly of which state?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Telangana

(C) Meghalaya

(D) None of above

Question: World’s largest solar power park is situated in which state?

(A) MP

(B) Rajsthan

(C) Gujarat

(D) None of above

Question: Who is the new head of National Cricket Academy (NCA)?

(A) VVS Laxman

(B) Rahul Dravid

(C) MS Dhoni

(D) None of above

Question: The Bhadrachalam pilgrimage site is newly included in the IRCTC’s Ramayana Circuit of the Pilgrim Special Train. In which state is the holy temple situated?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Telangana

(C) Maharashtra

(D) None of above

Question: Which edition of the India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) was conducted in November 2021 in the Andaman Sea?

(A) 34th

(B) 32nd

(C) 30th

(D) None of above

Question: “Retail Direct Scheme” and “Integrated Ombudsman Scheme” have been launched by which organisation?

(A) Reserve Bank of India

(B) Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

(C) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

(D) None of above

Question: Who has been appointed as the new secretary-general of Rajya Sabha to replace P.P.K. Ramacharyulu?

(A) Pramod Chandra Mody

(B) J.B. Mohapatra

(C) SN Pradhan

(D) None of above

Question: Name the writer of the book titled “UNSHACKLING INDIA: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival”

(A) Jagdish Bhagwati and Vijay Kelkar

(B) Ajay Chhibber and Salman Anees Soz

(C) Surjit Bhalla and Bina Agarwa

(D) None of above

Question: Anand Shankar Pandya who has passed away recently was the former Vice President of which organisation?

(A) Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad

(B) Vishwa Hindu Parishad

(C) Hindu Yuva Vahini

(D) None of above