Correct Answer : Option (C) - North Korea

Note : The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended North Korea until the end of 2022 after it failed to send a team to the Tokyo Games. The suspension means the country will miss out on the Beijing Winter Games.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Australia

Note : Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton to arrived in India on September 10th to hold '2+2' ministerial dialogue in New Delhi on September 11, 2021. Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lead the Indian delegation at the dialogue.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Australia

Note : Cricket Australia said that it will not host the Afghanistan men's cricket team for the proposed Test match if "women's cricket will not be supported in Afghanistan". The announcement comes after the Taliban group prohibitted Afghanistan’s women from playing cricket. 

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Chandigarh

Note : India’s tallest air purification tower has been inaugurated in the Union Territory of Chandigarh on September 08, 2021.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC)

Note : HDFC Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) for providing credit support to the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Chhattisgarh

Note : Chhattisgarh government has decided to issue domicile certificates to the students studying outside the state. The decision was taken by the Chhattisgarh cabinet during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on September 8, 2021.

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Pakistan

Note : India will begin its campaign in the T20 World Cup against Pakistan on October 24, 2021. India will be in Group 2 in the Super 12 stage along with Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan and two other teams after round 1.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Vinod Kumar Tiwari

Note : Ministry of Coal has constituted two committees one is a task force to oversee the program and another is a committee of experts to give guidance to the Ministry to Prepare Road Map for Coal-based Hydrogen Production. The task force on coal-based hydrogen production will be headed by Shri Vinod Kumar Tiwari, Additional Secretary Coal. The expert committee on coal-based hydrogen production will be headed by Shri R.K. Malhotra, Director General (FIPI).

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Karnataka Bank

Note : The Karnataka Bank has launched an all-in-one Point-of-Sales (POS) swiping machine dubbed as ‘WisePOSGo’, for its merchant customers to process business payments.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Utpal K. Banerjee

Note : Union Minister of Culture Shri Kishan Reddy Gangapuram has launched a book titled “Gita Govinda :Jaydeva’s Divine Odyssey” authored by Dr.Utpal K. Banerjee.