TOP 100 MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS- DECEMBER 2021

TOP 100 MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2021: Current Affairs are very important for every competitive exam and as we all know, in the upcoming months, many government exams are going to be held whether it is OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, or other state exams. current affairs are asked in every examination Prelims, mains or both.

Q1) India won how many medals at the Asian Rowing Championship?

(1) 4 medals

(2) 6 medals

(3) 7 medals

(4) 9 medals

Q.2) Which state has topped the list of most beneficiaries under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana?

(1) Tamil Nadu

(2) Gujarat

(3) Maharashtra

(4) None of these

Q3) Who has won the title of ‘FIDE World Championship 2021’?

(1) Ian Nepomniachtchi

(2) Johannes Zukertort

(3) Magnus Carlsen

(4) Wilhelm Steinitz

Q4) In which state five drone schools will be opened?

(1) Gujarat

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) None of these

Q5) Who has received the Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration Award?

(1) Amit Goenka

(2) Azim Premji

(3) Balkrishna Doshi

(4) None of these

Q6) Who has launched Delhi Police’s e-learning platform ‘Unnati’?

(1) Amit Shah

(2) Arvind Kejriwal

(3) Rakesh Asthana

(4) None of these

Q7) Which institute has developed Bhu Parikshak device to detect soil health in 90 seconds?

(1) IIT Madras

(2) IIT Delhi

(3) IIT Kanpur

(4) IIT Bombay

Q8) Who has been chosen as ‘Person of the Year 2021’ by Times Magazine?

(1) Elon Musk

(2) Narendra Modi

(3) Joe Biden

(4) Xi Jinping

Q9) Who has started the program ‘Delhi Ki Yogshala’?

(1) Amit Shah

(2) Anil Baijal

(3) Arvind Kejriwal

(4) None of these

Q10) Who has taken over as the CEO of the Children’s Films Society of India?

(1) Pawan Kumar

(2) Ravinder Bhakar

(3) Srinivas Udgata

(4) None of these

Q11) Which agency has successfully tested the Supersonic Missile Assisted “Torpedo“?

(1) ISRO

(2) BDL

(3) DRDO

(4) HAL

Q12) Who has approved $112M loan to establish Assam Skill University in India?

(1) ADB

(2) NDB

(3) AIIB

(4) World Bank

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Q13) Who has introduced a non-linked, non-participating individual savings life insurance scheme, ‘Dhan Rekha’?

(1) LIC

(2) AXA Insurance

(3) SBI Life Insurance

(4) Bajaj Allianz

Q14) IRCTC’s which train becomes the World’s first train to get Sattvik Certification?

(1) Bharat Darshan

(2) Dakshin Darshan

(3) Rampath Yatra Special

(4) Ramayan Yatra

Q15) Harbans Kapoor passed away. He was former Speaker and 8-time MLA of which state?

(1) Haryana

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Uttarakhand

(4) Uttar Pradesh

Q16) India’s 1st green hydrogen-based microgrid project is being undertaken in –

(1) Andhra Pradesh

(2) Telangana

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) Kerala

Q17) Who will be awarded with “Sports Journalists Federation of India” Medal?

(1) Rahul Dravid

(2) Kapil Dev

(3) Sunil Gavaskar

(4) None of these

Q18) Who has assumed charge as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CDS)?

(1) R. Hari Kumar

(2) MM Naravane

(3) Vivek Chaudhari

(4) Rakesh Kumar

Q19) Which state’s Askot Wildlife Sanctuary has been declared as ‘Eco-Sensitive Zone’?

(1) Jharkhand

(2) Bihar

(3) Gujarat

(4) Uttarakhand

Q20) Where is the first FM Radio Station in Ladakh located?

(1) Leh

(2) Kargil

(3) Upshi

(4) Meenamarg

Q21) Which spacecraft of NASA, has touched the corona of the Sun?

(1) Parker Probe

(2) Perseverance

(3) Curiosity

(4) Ingenutity

Q22) Who has launched the ‘Khelo India Women’s Under-21 Hockey League’?

(1) Amit Shah

(2) Piyush Goyal

(3) Anurag Thakur

(4) None of these

Q23) Who has recently released the book ‘Principles and Practice of Oncology’?

(1) Dr Harshvardhan

(2) Jagdish Mukhi

(3) Venkaiah Naidu

(4) None of these

Q24) Mithila Makhana of which state has been given the GI tag?

(1) Gujarat

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Bihar

(4) None of these

Q25) Who has topped the list of “World’s Most Admired Man“?

(1) Bill Gates

(2) Joe Biden

(3) Barack Obama

(4) Narendra Modi

Q26) Which state has topped Foundational Literacy Index 2021 in the larger states category?

(1) West Bengal

(2) Gujarat

(3) Karnataka

(4) Telangana

Q27) Which nation has honoured PM Narendra Modi its highest civilian award – “Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo”?

(1) Bhutan

(2) Malaysia

(3) Indonesia

(4) Sri Lanka

Q28) Which nation has banned laughing, drinking and shopping for 11 days?

(1) Ireland

(2) Iceland

(3) North Korea

(4) South Korea

Q29) 11-day ‘Lokrang Mahotsav’ has been hosted after 2 years in which city?

(1) Pune

(2) Jaipur

(3) Bhuvaneshwar

(4) Kolkata

Q30) Which nation has become the 1st European nation to approve cannabis for personal use?

(1) Malta

(2) Libya

(3) Serbia

(4) Moldova

Q31) Who has been named with “Time Magazine’s 2021 Athlete of the Year“?

(1) Yulimar Rojas

(2) Simone Biles

(3) Ashton Eaton

(4) Usain Bolt

Q32) Which bank partnered with Swift to offer a comprehensive digital solution to clients?

(1) Federal Bank

(2) ICICI Bank

(3) Axis Bank

(4) ICICI Bank

Q33) UNESCO recognises Durga Puja as Intangible Cultural Heritage, Durha Puja is celebrated by –

(1) Kolkata

(2) Varanasi

(3) Bhopal

(4) Kerala

Q34) Recently, India raises the marriage age of Women from 18 to ____.

(1) 19 years

(2) 20 years

(3) 21 years

(4) 22 years

Q35) “Execution Room” is recently discovered inside which state/UT Assembly?

(1) Maharashtra

(2) Delhi

(3) Rajasthan

(4) West Bengal

Q.36) Who has received the title of ‘Knighthood’ at Windsor Castle, London?

(1) Valtteri Bottas

(2) Max Verstappen

(3) Lewis Hamilton

(4) None of these

Q37) Who has received the ‘Global Entrepreneur of the Year’ award?

(1) Azim Premji

(2) Gautam Adani

(3) Kumar Mangalam Birla

(4) None of these

Q38) Where has been announced to set up “Marma Medical Training Center”?

(1) Karnataka

(2) Assam

(3) Uttarakhand

(4) None of these

Q39) Recently, Which bank’s base rate has increased by 0.1%?

(1) BOB

(2) YES Bank

(3) SBI

(4) None of these

Q40) Which state government has launched the “Khel Nursery Scheme” to promote sports?

(1) Haryana

(2) Karnataka

(3) Kerala

(4) Tamil Nadu

Q1. Who has topped the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021?

(A) Mukesh Ambani

(B) Azim Premji

(D) Shiv Nadar

S1. Ans.(B) Azim Premji

Q2. Which state’s Chief Minister has launched the World’s 1st FIFA for Schools program?

(A) Odisha

(B) West Bengal

(D) Assam

S2. Ans.(A) Odisha

Q3. World’s Largest Hydrogen Fuel Cell power plant has been built in –

(A) Japan

(B) China

(D) North Korea

S3. Ans.(C) South Korea

Q4.Who has been re-appointed as the RBI Governor?

(A) Anil Ambani

(B) Urjit Patel

(D) M. Rajeshwar Rao

S4. Ans.(C) Shaktikanta Das

Q5.What is the name of India’s 1st manned ocean mission?

(A) O-SMART

(B) Samudrayaan

(D) Mission Sagar

S5. Ans.(B) Samudrayaan

Q6.What is the name of India’s 1st full Economy AC-3 tier train?

(a) Sampark Express

(B) Humsafar Express

(D) Antyodaya Express

S6. Ans.(C) Gati Shakti Express

Q7. President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated a housing scheme for economically weaker sections (EWS) in –

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Gujarat

(D) Uttar Pradesh

S7. Ans.(B) Gujarat

Q8.Recently, Indian Navy’s stealth frigate “Tushil” launched in –

(a) Bangladesh

(B) Japan

(D) Russia

S8. Ans.(D) Russia

Q9.Which bank has won the ‘Top Organization with Innovative HR Practices’ award at the Asian Pacific HRM Congress?

(A) Axis Bank

(B) Bandhan Bank

(D) Karnataka Bank

S9. Ans.(D) Karnataka Bank

Q10. Which country hosted the 6th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?

(A) UAE

(B) Bangladesh

(D) Oman

S10. Ans.(A) UAE

Q11. Which country has been topped in the recently released Global Climate Tech Investment Trends report?

(A) China

(B) USA

(D) India

S11. Ans.(B) USA

Q12.Where was the two-day ‘Apple Festival 2021’ has been inaugurated recently?

(A) Jammu & Kashmir

(B) Ladakh

(D) Uttarakhand

S12. Ans.(A) Jammu & Kashmir

Q13.First Ladakh Birds Festival was inaugurated in –

(A) Kargi

(B) Dras

(D) Leh

S13. Ans.(D) Leh

Q14. Who has been re-elected as the Chairman of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)?

(A) Subhash Kamath

(B) N.S. Rajan

(D) Manisha Kapoor

S14. Ans.(A) Subhash Kamath

Q15. Which city is hosting the 16th G20 Summit?

(A) Rome

(B) Paris

(D) London

S15. Ans.(A) Rome

Q16. What is the new name of “Facebook“?

(A) Meta

(B) Oculus

(D) FaceTo

S16. Ans.(A) Meta

Q17. Which state has topped the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2020?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Karnataka

(D) Telangana

S17. Ans.(D) Telangana

Q18. Which country is the Chair for the 2021 ASEAN-India Summit?

(A) Brunei

(B) Indonesia

(D) Philippines

S18. Ans.(A) Brunei

Q19. Indigenously-built Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sarthak’ has been commissioned at –

(A) Odisha

(B) Tamil Nadu

(D) Kerala

S19. Ans.(C) Goa

Q20. India’s largest Aromatic Garden has been inaugurated in –

(A) Karnataka

(B) Meghalaya

(D) Uttarakhand

S20. Ans.(D) Uttarakhand

Q21. Which country has issued its first gender ‘X’ passport?

(A) Australia

(B) USA

(D) Russia

S21. Ans.(B) USA

Q22.Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM (EAC-PM)?

(A) Arvind Subramanian

(B) Kaushik Basu

(D) Bibek Debroy

S22. Ans.(D) Bibek Debroy

Q23.What is the theme of the “CII Asia Health 2021 summit“?

(A) Transforming Healthcare

(B) Healthcare for tomorrow

(D) Transforming Healthcare for a better tomorrow

S23. Ans.(D) Transforming Healthcare for a better tomorrow

Q24.Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of J&K Bank by RBI?

(A) Baldev Prakash

(B) Rajeev Lochan Bishnoi

(D) Nitishwar Kumar

S24. Ans.(A) Baldev Prakash

Q25.Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development(NaBFID)?

(A) Aditya Puri

(B) Kris Gopalakrishnan

(D) Nandan Nilekani

S25. Ans.(C) K V Kamath

Q26. The Syracuse 4A is a military communication satellite launched by which country in the orbit?

(A) South Korea

(B) France

(D) Singapore

S26. Ans.(B) France

Q27. What is the theme of 2021 World Psoriasis Day?

(A) I’m more than my skin

(B) Psoriasis Inside Out

(D) Uniting for action

S27. Ans.(D) Uniting for action

Q28. Saviours of Kashmir war memorial has been unveiled in –

(A) Srinagar

(B) Jammu

(D) Sopore.

S28. Ans.(A) Srinagar

Q29. What is the title of the UNEP Emissions Gap report 2021?

(A) Emissions Gap

(B) The Heat is On

(D) Wildfire & Droughts

S29. Ans.(B) The Heat is On

Q30.Who will step down from the board of ATK-Mohan Bhagan football club?

(A) Rahul Dravid

(B) Sourav Ganguly

(D) VVS Laxman

S30. Ans.(B) Sourav Ganguly

Q31.The price of which product is to be raised to ₹2, after a gap of 14 years?

(A) Paper

(B) Salt

(D) None of these

S31. Ans. (C) Match-box

Q32.Where will 34 child-friendly police stations be set up recently?

(A) Odisha

(B) Rajasthan

(D) West Bengal

S32. Ans. (A) Odisha

Q33.Which state has decided to resume ‘Mukhya Mantri Teerth Yatra Yojna’?

(A) Delhi

(B) Telangana

(D) Kerala

S33. Ans. (A) Delhi

Q34.Who has won the German Peace Prize 2021?

(A) Greta Thunberg

(B) Nadia Murad

(D) Tsitsi Dangarembga

S3. Ans. (D) Tsitsi Dangarembga

Q35. Indian-Origin Anita Anand has become the new Defence Minister of which nation?

(A) UK

(B) Canada

(D) US

S35. Ans. (2) Canada

Q36.Who has won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship?

(A) Viktor Axelsen

(B) Akane Yamaguchi

(D) Joan Mir

S36. Ans. (3) Fabio Quartararo

Q37.Which neighbouring country of India has passed a new law to strengthen land border protection?

(A) Nepal

(B China

(D) Bangladesh

S37. Ans.(2) China

Q38.A new species of beetle, Trigonopterus corona has been discovered in –

(A) Indonesia

(B) Thailand

(D) Myanmar

S38. Ans.(A) Indonesia

Q39.Which state has became 1st State to Pass its Own Wildlife Action Plan 2021-30?

(A) Karnataka

(B Maharashtra

(D) Assam

S39. Ans. (B) Maharashtra

Q40. Recently India and which country have held the first strategic dialogue in New Delhi?

(A) Kazakhstan

(B) Kyrgyzstan

(D) Uzbekistan

S40. Ans. (B) Kyrgyzstan

Q41.Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director of Punjab National Bank (PNB)?

(1) Majithia Singh

(2) Dyal Singh

(3) Mallikarjuna Ra

(4) Kalyan Kumar

S41. Ans.(4) Kalyan Kumar

Q42. Recently, Which bank has tied up with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC) for cyber security?

(1) Fino Payment Bank

(2) Union Bank

(3) India Post Payment

(4) PNB Bank

S42. Ans. (2) Union Bank

Q43.The Nag River revitalization project, approved by Expenditure Finance Committee, has been launched for which city?

(1) Nagpur

(2) New Delhi

(3) Chennai

(4) Lucknow

S43. Ans.(1) Nagpur

Q44. DRDO recently test fired ‘Agni-5’ ballistic missile. The new missile falls under which category?

(1) surface-to-air

(2) air-to-surface

(3) surface-to-surface

(4) air-to-air

S44. Ans.(3) surface-to-surface

Q45. Who is the author of the Book titled “Kamala Harris: Phenomenal Woman”?

(A) Chidanand Rajghatta

(B) Sudhanshu Kumar

(D) Diane Dimond

S45. Ans.(1) Chidanand Rajghatta

Q41) Who has joined Software Technology ‘Parks of India’ as Director General?

(1) Ashish Kotecha

(2) Arvind Kumar

(3) Ravinder Bhakar

(4) None of these

Q42) Which state has launched “Sports Action toward Harnessing Aspiration of Youth (SAHAY) scheme“?

(1) Chhattisgarh

(2) Bihar

(3) Jharkhand

(4) West Bengal

Q43) Which state government has announced ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ as the state song?

(1) Kerala

(2) Tamil Nadu

(3) Karnataka

(4) Telangana

Q44) Which state government has inaugurated the “Pink Police Force” for women and children?

(1) Goa

(2) Maharashtra

(3) Gujarat

(4) Rajasthan

Q45) Which bank has been authorized by RBI to collect indirect taxes on behalf of CBIC?

(1) RBL Bank

(2) Yes Bank

(3) IndusInd Bank

(4) IDBI Bank

Q46) In which district did PM Modi lay the foundation stone of “Ganga Expressway“?

(1) Jaunpur

(2) Sultanpur

(3) Shahjahanpur

(4) Varanasi

Q47) India has included how many athletes are in the list of top athletes for the 2024 Olympics?

(1) 53 Athletes

(2) 78 Athletes

(3) 148 Athletes

(4) 212 Athletes

Q48) Which Union Minister has launched “Rojgar Sarathi” as a job portal for Divyang?

(1) Piyush Goyal

(2) Giriraj Singh

(3) Nitin Gadkari

(4) Pralhad Joshi

Q49) Which language’s calligraphy has been added to UNESCO heritage list?

(1) Tamil

(2) Arabic

(3) Urdu

(4) Japanese

Q50) Who has been appointed as the mentor of Lucknow IPL team?

(1) Gautam Gambhir

(2) Yuvraj Singh

(3) Suresh Raina

(4) Rishabh Pant

Q51) India’s 1st International Arbitration and Meditation Center (IAMC) has been inaugurated in –

(1) Kerala

(2) Tamil Nadu

(3) Andhra Pradesh

(4) Telangana

Q52) Gabriel Boric, former student activist, elected as youngest president of –

(1) Chile

(2) Peru

(3) Argentina

(4) Bolivia

Q53) Uttarakhand has appointed which cricketer as state brand ambassador?

(1) Rishabh Pant

(2) Ajinkya Rahane

(3) Yuzvendra Chahal

(4) Mayank Agarwal

Q54) Who has been awarded the Golden Peacock Environmental Management Award for 2021?

(1) Amway

(2) SAIL

(3) Accenture

(4) GAIL

Q55) Who has won the title of Best Female Debut at the Paralympic Awards 2021?

(1) Pratistha Sharma

(2) Avni Lekhara

(3) Shreya Kadambani

(4) None of these

Q56) Who has launched the National Integration Song composed by NCC cadets?

(1) Amit Shah

(2) Narendra Modi

(3) Rajnath Singh

(4) Anurag Thakur

Q57) Who has become the first Indian male shuttler to win silver at BWF World Championships?

(1) Kidambi Srikanth

(2) Lakshya Sen

(3) HS Prannoy

(4) Sai Praneeth

Q58) Which state has devised a 25-years action plan and set the goal of zero dropouts?

(1) Punjab

(2) Jharkhand

(3) Tripura

(4) Chhattisgarh

Q59) Who has been appointed as the President of ‘Indian Newspaper Society’?

(1) Arvind Kumar

(2) Mohit Jain

(3) Ravinder Bhakar

(4) None of these

Q60) Which person popularly known as Metro Man has retired from active politics?

(1) Jayesh Bhatia

(2) Sivan Joshi

(3) E Sreedharan

(4) None of these

Q61) Who was the most-searched person on Google in India 2021?

(1) Neeraj Chopra

(2) Aryan Khan

(3) Shehnaaz Gill

(4) Elon Musk

Q62) Who has received the ’56th Jnanpith Award 2021′?

(1) Nilmani Phookan

(2) Hitesh Suren

(3) Damodar Das

(4) Vivek Bindra

Q63) Which country has become the No. 1 food supplier for Arab countries?

(1) Brazil

(2) China

(3) India

(4) Japan

Q64) Who has become the Indian President of ‘World LPG Association’?

(1) Vivek Bindra

(2) Shrikant Madhav Vaidya

(3) Rajanish Kumar

(4) Sanjeev Bansal

Q65) Recently, The first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India, Passed away, His name?

(1) Bipin Rawat

(2) Sunil Lanba

(3) Arup Raha

(4) Bikram Singh

Q66) Where will the joint military exercise PANEX-21 between BIMSTEC countries be held?

(1) Pune

(2) Dhaka

(3) Kathmandu

(4) None of these

Q67) Who has launched the program ‘She is a Changemaker’ for women in India?

(1) Niti Aayog

(2) National Commission for Women

(3) RBI

(4) Education Ministry

Q68) Who has launched Genesys International Digital Twin Platform?

(1) Pawan Kumar

(2) Amitabh Kant

(3) Pradip Shah

(4) None of these

Q69) ‘Ekuverin Exercise 2021’ is a joint military exercise between India and the army of which country?

(1) Maldives

(2) Sri Lanka

(3) Japan

(4) Bangladesh

Q70) Which country has won the Davis Cup 2021?

(1) Russia

(2) Croatia

(3) Serbia

(4) Portugal

ANSWER

S1. Ans. (2) 6 medals

Sol. India won a total of six medals, including two gold and 4 silver medals in the Asian Rowing Championship in Thailand.

Senior rower Arvind Singh bagged a gold in the lightweight Men’s single sculls event while his compatriots won three silver medals.

India bagged silver medals in Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls, Men’s Quadrapul Sculls and in Men’s Coxless Four.

In Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls, India’s Ashish Phugat and Sukhjinder Singh won the silver.

S2. Ans. (3) Maharashtra

Sol. Maharashtra has topped the list of states with a maximum number of beneficiaries under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana.

It was followed by Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.

The total beneficiaries under the scheme stand at 97 million.

Maharashtra has 64 million beneficiaries.

North-eastern state Nagaland was at the bottom with just 43 beneficiaries.

S3.Ans.(3) Magnus Carlsen

Sol. Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, the defending Champion won his 5th World Chess Championship after defeating Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2021’s World Chess Championship that was organized by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) at Dubai, UAE.

Magnus Carlsen has previously won the Championship in 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2018.

He has been holding the Championship since 2013 when he defeated India’s Viswanathan Anand in the 2013 Championship finals.

Magnus Carlsen is also the FIDE World No.1 Chess player since 2011.

S4.Ans. (3) Madhya Pradesh

Sol. Gwalior Drone Mela was organized on 11 December 2021 by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the MP govt.

It was held at Madhav Institute of Technology & Science (MITS), Gwalior.

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed that five drone schools will be opened across Madhya Pradesh to train youngsters in drone technology.

These will be opened in Gwalior, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, and Satna.

S5.Ans.(2) Azim Premji

Sol.

Azim Premji, founder chairman of Wipro Limited and founder of Azim Premji Foundation is this year’s recipient of the 10th annual Dr Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration, jointly established by Christian Medical College Vellore (CMC) and the U.S.-based Vellore CMC Foundation.

The award is presented to Mr Premji in recognition of his contributions to society.

Dr Scudder who was born in Ranipet in 1870 dedicated her life to bringing modern healthcare and medical education to the people of India.

The Oration seeks to inspire people to emulate her dedication to the service of humanity by honouring exceptional individuals.

The previous recipients of the Dr Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration include former president of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

S6.Ans.(3) Rakesh Asthana

Sol.

Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on 12 Dec 2021 launched an e-learning platform, ‘Unnati’.

It was launched at the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Auditorium under the Delhi Police’s flagship scheme ‘YUVA’.

It will help educate youths and impart skill training to school dropouts from the weaker sections of society.

The ‘Unnati’ placement cell has also been set up.

S7.Ans.(3) IIT Kanpur

Sol.

An IIT Kanpur team has developed a portable soil testing device that can detect soil health in just 90 seconds.

The device is linked to a mobile app named ‘Bhu Parikshak’ that suggests recommended fertiliser for crops after inspecting soil health.

The device is based on near Infrared spectroscopy technology and it can test up to one lakh soil samples.

S8. Ans. (1) Elon Musk

Sol.

The prestigious TIME magazine has named Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, as the “2021 Person of the Year.”

Musk is also the founder and CEO of rocket company SpaceX, and leads brain-chip start-up Neuralink and infrastructure firm The Boring Company.

In 2021, US-based electric-vehicle startup Tesla became $1 trillion company as Musk became world’s richest person with an estimated net worth of around $255 billion.

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were named as the Person of the Year for 2020 by Time magazine.

S9. Ans. (3) Arvind Kejriwal

Sol.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 13 December 2021 launched the “Dilli Ki Yogshala” program.

It aims to help the city residents practice yoga regularly under the guidance of trained teachers.

A mobile phone number was launched on which people can give a missed call and get the guidance of yoga teachers.

This programme will begin in January 2022.

S10. Ans. (2) Ravinder Bhakar

Sol.

Ravinder Bhakar assumed charge as the MD of National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Films Division, and CEO of Children Films Society of India (CFSI) on 13 December 2021.

He is the CEO of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

Bhakar is a 1999-batch officer of the Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS).

S11. Ans.(3) DRDO

Sol.

India has successfully test-fired a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) off the Balasore coast in Odisha.

The weapon system is being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Navy.

The system has been designed to enhance anti-submarine warfare capability far beyond the conventional range of the torpedo.

The system is a next-generation missile-based standoff torpedo delivery system.

S12. Ans.(1) ADB

Sol.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $112 million loan to strengthen skills education and training through the establishment of the Assam Skill University (ASU).

An additional $1 million grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction will support the introduction of technologies for smart campus management and integrated teaching, learning, and career development management.

S13. Ans.1) LIC

Sol.

LIC has introduced a non-linked, non-participating, individual savings life insurance plan.

The plan, Dhan Rekha, provides a percentage of the basic sum assured as a survival benefit at regular intervals starting from the end of the premium-paying term, provided that the policy is in force.

This plan also takes care of liquidity needs through a loan facility.

S14. Ans. (3) Rampath Yatra Special

Sol.

The Sattvik Council of India, in association with Bureau Veritas, has given a ‘vegetarian certification’ to IRCTC’s Shri Ramayan Yatra special train.

It must be noted that Bureau Veritas is a global audit partner of the Sattvik Council.

The certificate has been issued to encourage vegetarian-friendly railway services.

With this, the ‘Shri Ramayana Yatra’ theme-based pilgrimage tour by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has become the first train in the world to get a vegetarian-friendly certificate.

S15. Ans.(3) Uttarakhand

Sol.

The Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Harbans Kapoor passed away on December 12, 2021, in Dehradun.

He was a former Speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and also an eight-time MLA.

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief over Kapoor’s demise and wished strength for his family members. The Chief Minister also said that soft-spoken Harbans Kapoor always lives life with simplicity.

The popularity of Harbans Kapoor was proved by his win of assembly polls eight times. He was also always vocal about the development of his constituency.

S16. Ans.1) Andhra Pradesh

Sol.

India will soon set up the world’s largest Green Hydrogen Microgrid project. It will be set up at Simhadri, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

It would be India’s first Green Hydrogen-based Energy Storage Project. It will be established by National Thermal Power Corporation Limited.

This project is in line with India’s vision to become carbon neutral by 2070 and make Ladakh a carbon-neutral territory.

Earlier, NTPC had commissioned India’s biggest floating solar plant in Telangana’s Ramagundam.

The hydrogen produced during the day will be stored at high pressure and would be electrified using a 50 kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell.

The project will be useful for further deploying multiple microgrids in various off-grid and strategic locations.

Recently, NTPC REL signed an MoU with the Union Territory of Ladakh to set up India’s first green Hydrogen Mobility project.

S17. Ans.(3) Sunil Gavaskar

Sol.

The prestigious Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) Medal will be conferred on legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.

Neeraj Chopra was adjudged the SJFI Sportsman of the Year while weightlifter Mirabai Chanu was voted as the Sportswoman of the Year.

The Indian men’s team that won the hockey bronze in Tokyo was declared the Team of the Year.

S18 Ans.(2) MM Naravane

Sol.

Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane has been appointed as the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee because of his seniority among the three service Chiefs.

The position of head of the Chiefs of Staff Committee fell vacant after the death of the CDS Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu on December 8, 2021.

The Chiefs of Staff Committee consists of the most senior military personnel. They advise on the operational military matters as well as on the preparation and conduct of the military operations.

The Chiefs of Staff Committee consists of the heads of each branch of the armed forces: Chief of Air Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, and Chief of Army.

S19. Ans.(4) Uttarakhand

Sol. According to the gazette of India issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), an area of 65 square kilometres around the boundary of Askot Wildlife Sanctuary in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand has been declared as the Askot Wildlife Sanctuary Eco-sensitive Zone (ESZ).

The notified area extends from 0 to 22 km around the Askot Wildlife Sanctuary.

The Askot Wildlife Sanctuary was established to protect the endangered flagship species Musk Deer and its habitat.

The Askot Wildlife Sanctuary is also known as Musk Deer Park.

S20. Ans.(1) Leh

Sol.

Ladakh got its first-ever FM radio station in its capital city Leh on 14 December 2021.

Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula launched the first-ever Top FM radio in Leh.

The frequency for Leh and Kargil will be 91.1 FM and it will cover 50 kilometres of aerial distance in radius.

It will be a new source of entertainment and information for the people.

S21. Ans.1) Parker Probe

Sol.

For the first time in history, a NASA spacecraft has touched the corona of the Sun.

It is an extreme environment that’s roughly 2 million degrees Fahrenheit.

The rocketship, called the Parker Solar Probe, successfully entered and flew through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – on April 28, 2021, and sampled particles and magnetic fields situated on the surface of the sun.

S22. Ans.(3) Anurag Thakur

Sol.

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launched the first edition of Khelo India Women’s Hockey League U-21 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on 15 December 2021.

A total of 14 teams across different states will participate in the league from 15-21 December.

It is being organized by the Sports Authority of India in collaboration with Hockey India.

S23. Ans. (2) Jagdish Mukhi

Sol.

Assam Governor Jagadish Mukhi released the book ‘Principles and Practice of Oncology’ on 14 December 2021.

This book will benefit students and practicing clinicians across the country.

The Director of Dr. B Borooah Cancer Institute, Amal Kataki, and faculty members have published the book.

The institute is one of the oldest cancer centers in India.

S24. Ans.(3) Bihar

Sol.

The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry accepted the proposal to rename Bihar Makhana or fox nut as Mithila Makhana and retain its Geographical Identification (GI) tag.

It also suggested amendments in the brand logo to highlight its origins and protect the product’s Geographical Indications (GI) rights.

The Sabour-based Bihar Agriculture University (BAU) initiated an application on behalf of the Mithilanchal Makhana Utpadak Sangh (MMUS) to name their produce as Mithila Makhana for the welfare of fox nut growers in the Mithila region.

S25. Ans. (3) Barack Obama

Sol.

Barack Obama retains his position as the world’s most admired man while his wife Michelle Obama holds her position as the world’s most admired woman for the third year running.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the top 10 most admired men in 2021 while actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas is the world’s 10th most admired woman in 2021.

PM Modi is ahead of Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Virat Kohli.

List of World’s 20 most admired men

Barack Obama

Bill Gates

Xi Jinping

Cristiano Ronaldo

Jackie Chan

S26. Ans. (1) West Bengal

Sol.

The report on ‘Index on Foundational Literacy & Numeracy’ has been prepared by ‘Institute for Competitiveness’.

It was released by chairman of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), Bibek Debroy.

The report on the literacy rate in India is an indicator of literacy among children below the age of 10 years.

Index has divided states into four categories: large states, small states, North East and Union Territories.

In the ‘large states category’, West Bengal has topped the charts.

In the ‘large states’ category, Bihar languished at the bottom.

In ‘small states’ category, Kerala was placed at top spot.

Jharkhand emerged as the worst performer on the index.

Among Union Territory, Lakshadweep topped the index with score of 52.69.

In Union Territory category, Ladakh was listed at the bottom.

Mizoram topped the list in Northeast category, with score of 51.64.

In North East Category, Arunachal Pradesh came last.

S27. Ans.(1) Bhutan

Sol.

Bhutan has honored Prime Minister Modi with the country’s highest civilian award- Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo.

It is an acknowledgment of unconditional friendship between India and Bhutan which has further strengthened under PM Modi’s leadership.

Here are eight countries that have bestowed international awards or honours on PM Modi.

The United States: PM Modi was given the internationally prestigious Legion of Merit, the United States Armed Forces award in 2020. The award is conferred upon individuals showcasing exemplary merit of conduct.

Russia: PM Modi was awarded the Oder of St Andrew in 2019. According to reports, the award, the highest order of the Russian Federation, was given to Modi for his exemplary services in promoting India-Russia relations.

Maldives: The Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddin, the topmost awards of the Maldives meant for foreign dignitaries, was given to Modi in 2019.

Afghanistan: PM Modi was awarded the Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud in 2016. It is the highest civilian award in the war-torn country.

Saudi Arabia: The Gulf nation bestowed the Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud, the highest civilian award in Saudi Arabia, on PM Modi in 2016.

Palestine: PM Modi received the Grand Collar of the State of Palestine Award in 2018.

UAE: The highest civilian honour of the United Arab Emirates is the Order of Zayed Award which was conferred to PM Modi in 2019. It is only awarded to the topmost dignitaries of the country.

Bahrain: PM Modi was awarded with Bahrain’s top award, the King Hamad Order of the Renaissance – First Class, in 2019.

S28. Ans. (3) North Korea

Sol.

North Korea has banned its citizens from laughing, drinking, and going grocery shopping for the next 11 days starting from December 17, 2021.

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered aban on the citizens of the country to mark the 10th death anniversary of the former leader Kim Jong iI’s. He died of a heart attack on December 17, 2011, at the age of 69.

Kim Jong-iI was the father of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Kim Jong iI had ruled North Korea for 17 years in a repressive and brutal dictatorship. He was later succeeded by his third and the youngest son Kim Jong-Un, who is also the current leader of North Korea.

S29. Ans.(2) Jaipur

Sol.

Jaipur is hosting the 11-day Lokrang Festival 2021 after 2 years at the Jawahar Kala Kendra(JKK) from 16 December 2021.

More than 650 artists from various states will perform during the event.

The event is being organized by Rajasthan’s Department of Art and Culture and Rural Non-Farm Development Agency.

It will comprise a handicrafts fair and Rajasthani language writing festival.

S30. Ans.(1) Malta

Sol.

Malta has become the 1st country in European Union to legalize cannabis at home and for personal use.

Under the new law, people aged 18 and above will be allowed to have up to 7 gms of cannabis and grow up to 4 plants at home.

However, consuming cannabis in public remains illegal and punishable by a 235 euro fine.

Consuming the drug in front of a child could also lead to a penalty.

S31. Ans.2) Simone Biles

Sol.

Simone Biles was named Time magazine’s 2021 Athlete of the Year.

The world’s most decorated gymnast, a four-time Olympic medalist, was hailed for putting her mental health first when she withdrew from four event finals at the Tokyo Olympics.

Despite the setback, the 24-year-old managed to earn a team all-around silver and a bronze in balance beam at the Tokyo Games.

S32. Ans. (3) Axis Bank

Sol.

Axis Bank is working with new digital services from provider Swift to provide a comprehensive digital solution to clients.

The bank is integrating with different digitization initiatives by government bodies and service providers to extend an end-to-end service to business clients.

Axis bank’s B2B (business-to-business) digitization efforts are being supported by Swift, a cooperative of global banks that acts as an intermediary between banks and sets standards.

S33. Ans.(1) Kolkata

Sol.

Durga Puja is a ten-day festival that is celebrated annually in September or October, most notably in Kolkata, West Bengal, and also in other parts of India.

On December 15, 2021, Durga Puja in Kolkata received important international recognition from UNESCO including it in the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

In the list, the latest inclusion prior to the Durga Puja is the Kumbh Mela which was inscribed in 2017, and in 2016, Yoga was included.

S34. Ans.(3) 21 years

Sol.

The Government of India cleared a bill to raise women’s legal marriage age from 18 to 21 years after reviewing a proposal from a specially constituted task force.

The present legal marriageable age for women in India is 18 years and for men, it is 21 years.

The latest decision to raise the marriageable age of women will bring the marriageable age of men and women to par.

S35. Ans.(2) Delhi

Sol.

Earlier, a British-era tunnel was found on the premises of the Delhi Assembly and now an execution room has been discovered.

The building was made in 1912 after the capital shifted from Kolkata. It housed the Central Legislative Assembly between 1913 and 1926.

Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said that the building was not used after 1926 and the British administrators turned it into a court and trials of “revolutionaries” were held there.

S36. Ans.(3) Lewis Hamilton

Sol.

Seven times Formula One (F1) champion Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton has received “knighthood” for services to motorsport. Hamilton is the fourth F1 driver to be knighted.

Before him, late Australian Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss and triple champion Jackie Stewart have been knighted. Lewis Hamilton holds the record for most race wins with 103.

A knighthood is a title that is conferred on a person by a British king or queen for their high achievement and services to their country within their industry.

Other sportsmen who have received a knighthood include: Cycling’s Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, Olympic 5,000 & 10,000 metres gold medallist Mo Farah, Two times Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and, England cricketer Alastair Cook.

S37. Ans.(3) Kumar Mangalam Birla

Sol.

Aditya Birla Group’s chairman, Kumar Mangalam Birla received the Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award– Business Transformation from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) based out of Silicon Valley.

Birla is the first Indian Industrialist to receive the award for global entrepreneurship along with top global business leaders Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos.

The awardees were selected by an independent jury chaired by Venture Capitalist, Tim Draper, Founder, Draper University.

S38. Ans.3) Uttarakhand

Sol.

The Ministry of AYUSH on 16 December 2021 announced to build a ‘Marma Chikitsa’ training centre in the Uttarakhand Ayurveda University as the nodal centre for the country.

It will help students from across the country and world to specialize themselves in Ayurveda.

This was announced under the National AYUSH Mission (NAM) scheme in order to promote Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy, herbal medicines.

S39. Ans.(3) SBI

Sol.

SBI has increased the benchmark lending rate or base rate by 1%.

With the increase, the revised base rate is 55%.

The new rate is effective from December 15, 2021.

SBI has migrated to External Benchmark Lending Rate (EBLR) linked to repo rate since January 2019.

There is no change in the EBLR rate.

The bank has also revised the Benchmark Prime Lending Rate to 12.3% from 12.2%.

S40. Ans.(1) Haryana

Sol.

Haryana government has started Khel Nursery Scheme to promote sports in the state.

Under this scheme, sports nurseries will be started in government, private educational institutions, and private sports institutions.

Under the scheme, sports nurseries will be opened for the sports included in the Olympic, Asian and Commonwealth Games.

‘Khel Nursery Scheme 2022-23’ has been started to establish sports nurseries in government, private educational institutions, and private sports institutions.

For this, applications have been invited by the department till 20 January 2022.

S41. Ans.(2) Arvind Kumar

Sol.

Arvind Kumar has joined as Director General of Software Technology Parks of India.

Software Technology Parks of India is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology Government of India.

STPI is fuelling the culture of tech entrepreneurship and innovation in the country by launching 25 + Centres of Entrepreneurship in emerging technology domains.

S42. Ans.3) Jharkhand

Sol.

The Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren has launched Sports Action toward Harnessing Aspiration of Youth (SAHAY) scheme aimed at nurturing young sporting talents in Maoist-hit districts of the state.

This scheme has been launched to curb the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) which affected 19 of the state’s 24 districts.

Boys and girls in the 14-19 age group from villages to ward level will be registered under the scheme, and will be given opportunities to display their skills in basketball, volleyball, hockey and athletics.

S43. Ans.(2) Tamil Nadu

Sol.

The Tamil Nadu government has announced ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ as the state anthem.

Recently, the Madras High Court has ruled that ‘Tamil Thai Vaazhthu’ is a prayer song and not an anthem.

It should be sung before the start of any functions in all educational institutions, universities, government offices, and public sector undertakings.

The ‘Tamil Thai Vaazhthu’ enjoy official status since 1970. It is the official song of union territory of Puducherry as well.

Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate is the official state anthem of Karnataka and Bande Utkal Janani is the official state anthem of Odisha.

S44. Ans.(1) Goa

Sol.

The Chief Minister of Goa has inaugurated Goa Pink Police Force.

It will patrol the beach areas and will provide aid in case a woman complains of abuse or accidents.

The Pink Force in Goa is not only for women but it is for children as well.

11 prevention-dedicated teams have been formed with weaponry and communication facilities.

S45. Ans.(1) RBL Bank

Sol.

RBI has authorized RBL Bank to collect indirect taxes on behalf of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).

The bank had recently been authorized to collect direct taxes on behalf of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.

RBL Bank’s corporate and individual customers will now be able to pay their indirect taxes through RBL Bank’s mobile banking or net banking platforms.

S46. Ans.(3) Shahjahanpur

Sol.

PM Modi has laid foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

PM Modi also addressed a rally at Railway Ground, Rouza on the occasion.

Ganga Expressway is 594 Km long six-lane Expressway. It will be built at a cost of over Rs 36,200 crore.

It starts near the Bijauli village in Meerut. It will extend till near the Judapur Dandu village in Prayagraj.

It will pass through Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj districts.

After completion of work, it will become the longest expressway of Uttar Pradesh. It will connect western and eastern regions of the state.

35 Km long airstrip for emergency take-off and landing of Air Force planes will also be constructed on the Expressway in Shahjahanpur.

S47. Ans.(3) 148 Athletes

Sol.

A total of 148 athletes, including 20 new inductees, in seven Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic disciplines, have been identified for support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

The “TOP scheme” which is an attempt to provide assistance to India’s top athletes. This scheme was started in 2014.

The Mission Olympic Cell approved lists in Cycling, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling as well as Para Sports (Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis). Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Fencing, Golf, Gymnastics, Judo, Rowing and Tennis will be taken up in the next meeting later this month.

S48. Ans.(3) Nitin Gadkari

Sol.

During the two-day (17-18 December) conference organized on the theme Digital Divyang-Enabled and Empowered, Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on the occasion unveiled the online job portal “Rojgar Saarthi”.

This portal is private job portal for Persons with Disabilities (PWD).

Will provide government jobs. Also this portal enables visually impaired people to access the website using assistive technologies like screen readers.

S49. Ans.(2) Arabic

Sol.

‘Arabic Calligraphy: Knowledge, Skills and Practices’ has been officially added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

This was done after collaboration between 15 Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia and under the supervision of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization.

The calligraphy has contributed to the transfer and spread of Arab culture.

S50. Ans.(1) Gautam Gambhir

Sol.

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was on 18th December, appointed as the mentor of the new Lucknow franchise ahead of IPL 2022.

The Lucknow team has also appointed Zimbabwe cricketer-turned coach, Andy Flower as their head coach.

The Lucknow franchise was bought by Indian business conglomerate RP Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG) in August for nearly USD 1 billion.

Gambhir played in the IPL for 10 seasons, being part of his home franchise Delhi Daredevils from 2008 to 2010. He was then bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011 and was also named the captain.

S51. Ans.(4) Telangana

Sol.

India’s first International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC) was jointly inaugurated by Chief Justice of India, V. Ramana, and Telangana Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao in Telangana.

The IAMC has come up with 25,000 sq ft temporary accommodation at VK Towers in Gachibowli, an information technology hub.

The state government has announced that land for a permanent building will be allotted at Puppalaguda in Hyderabad.

Life trustee of the centre, Justice R.V. Raveendran, Supreme Court judges L. Nageswara Rao, Hima Kohli and judges from the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh high courts attended the event.

S52. Ans. (1) Chile

Sol.

Gabriel Boric, leftist lawmaker and former student activist has won Chile’s Presidential Elections 2021.

He beat right-wing candidate Jose Antonio Kast in Chile’s presidential runoff with 56 percent votes on December 19, 2021, becoming Chile’s youngest President ever.

The 35-year-old had come to the limelight in 2011 when he had led the student protests demanding better education.

Gabriel Boric was born in Chile’s far south in Punta Arenas. He studied law but never sat for the bar exam. He is unmarried.

S53. Ans. (1) Rishabh Pant

Sol.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami appointed Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant as the state brand ambassador on December 19, 2021.

The wicketkeeper-batsman has been appointed to the post to encourage the youth of the state towards sports and public health.

S54. Ans.(2) SAIL

Sol.

The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has been awarded the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2021 in the Steel Sector by the Institute of Directors.

SAIL has been the winner of this award for successive three years.

The company’s environmental protections measures are focused on adopting various environmental measures including upgrading pollution control facilities.

S55. Ans. (2) Avni Lekhara

Sol.

Indian shooter Avani Lekhara, who has created history by winning India’s first Gold medal in Shooting at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, won the “Best Female Debut” honour at the 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards.

The Awards were announced by the International Paralympic Committee.

She became the 1st Indian woman to win 2 Paralympic medals in a single edition of the Paralympic Games.

India won an unprecedented 19 medals at the Paralympic Games including 5 Gold, 8 Silver & 6 Bronze.

S56. Ans. 3) Rajnath Singh

Sol.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched ‘Rashtriya Ekta Geet’ composed by the National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets in 22 languages on the theme of National Integration, on 17 December 2021.

It was launched during the grand finale of the ‘Vijay Shrankhla aur Sanskrityon ka Mahasangam’ campaign in New Delhi.

The event comprised of honoring Bravehearts of 1971 Indo-Pak War at 75 locations across India.

S57. Ans.(1) Kidambi Srikanth

Sol.

Kidambi Srikanth became the first Indian male shuttler to win silver in men’s singles event at the BWF World Championships on December 19, 2021.

He settled for the silver after losing to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew in straight sets of 21-15, 22-20.

Kidambi Srikanth, who is currently ranked world no.14, has not only become the first Indian male shuttler to qualify for the final at the prestigious event but he is also the third Indian after PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal.

S58. Ans.(3) Tripura

Sol.

Tripura government has devised an action plan for the next 25 years that focuses on infrastructure development, better employment and education opportunities.

The Tripura Chief Secretary Kumar Alok said that the path of Tripura’s development for the next 25 years has been defined through the two-day Vision 2047 workshop that culminated on December 18.

S59. Ans. (2) Mohit Jain

Sol.

Mohit Jain of The Economic Times has been elected President of The Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2021-22.

He succeeds Adimoolam of Health & The Antiseptic.

The 82nd Annual General Meeting of the Indian Newspaper Society – an apex body of Publishers of Newspapers, Magazines & Periodicals in the country, was held through Video Conference.

While Raja Prasad Reddy (Sakshi) was elected the deputy president, Rakesh Sharma (Aaj Samaj) was the vice-president and Tanmay Maheshwari (Amar Ujala) was elected the honorary treasurer of the Society for 2021-22.

S60. Ans.(3) E Sreedharan

Sol.

Metro Man E Sreedharan announced on December 16, 2021, that he has decided to quit active politics.

He had contested assembly elections from the Palakkad constituency as a BJP candidate. However, he lost the election.

E Sreedharan announced the decision of quitting active politics at a press conference in Malappuram.

E Sreedharan also termed Kerala Government’s recently proposed semi-speed Silverline rail project as ill-conceived and badly planned.

S61. Ans.(1) Neeraj Chopra

Sol.

Neeraj Chopra has topped the list of the most-searched person on Google in India 2021, followed by Aryan Khan.

Neeraj Chopra won India’s first-ever gold medal in Javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Google India on December 9, 2021, announced the results for its year in search 2021 mentioning the top search trends of 2021 in India.

As per Google India’s ‘Year in Search 2021’, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has filled the top spot for the trending query overall in 2021.

IPL is further followed by CoWIN, ICC T20 World Cup, Tokyo Olympics, and Euro Cup in the overall top trending searches in India.

The top trending searches in India under the ‘Near me’ category involved largely of the services related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

S62. Ans.(1) Nilmani Phookan

Sol.

Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award.

The country’s highest literary award, the Jnanpith is bestowed on writers for “their outstanding contribution to literature”.

Jnanpith Award is a literary award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization to Indian writers every year.

This was instituted in 1961 and is given only to Indian writers who write in Indian languages and English.

Nilmani Phookan is a Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri awardee. Based out of Guwahati, he is a poet of renown and has written Surya Henu Nami Ahe Ei Nodiyedi, Gulapi Jamur Lagna, and Kobita. Phookan was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990 and received the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002. Phookan is the third Assamese writer to have received the Jnanpith. The previous awardees were Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya in 1979 and Mamoni Raisom Goswami in 2000.

Damodar Mauzo is based out of Majorda, Goa, and has previously won the Sahitya Akademi Award. He is known for his novels, such as Karmelin, and Tsunami Simon, and short stories Teresa’s Man and Other Stories from Goa. This is the second Jnanpith Award for a Konkani writer— the first being Ravindra Kelekar in 2006.

S63. Ans.(3) India

Sol.

India surpassed Brazil in food exports to the League of Arab States for the first time in 15 years.

The data was provided by the Arab-Brazil Chamber of Commerce on 7 December 2021.

Brazil accounted for 8.15% of the total agribusiness products imported by the 22 League members in 2020, whereas India captured 8.25% of that trade, ending Brazil’s 15-year advantage.

S64. Ans.(2) Shrikant Madhav Vaidya

Sol.

Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has been elected as President of the World LPG Association (WLPGA).

He is the second Indian to head the organization.

Sarthak Buheria, former IOC Chairman was the first Indian to head it in 2008.

Headquartered in Paris, WLPGA represents the global LPG network of over 300 members operating in more than 125 countries.

S65. Ans.(1) Bipin Rawat

Sol.

General Bipin Rawat, the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India, has passed away on December 08, 2021 in a helicopter crash in Ooty near upper Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, shortly after it took off from the Sulur Airforce base. He was 63.

Rawat was accompanied by his wife Madhulika Rawat and members of his personal staff on an Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter.

There were a total of 14 people on board out of which 13 have been confirmed dead in the incident.

Group Captain Varun Singh is the sole survivor of the crash.

Gen Bipin Rawat was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course.

About General Bipin Rawat

General Bipin Rawat (PVSM UYSM AVSM YSM SM VSM ADC) was born in Pauri of Uttarakhand on 16 March 1958. His family had been serving in the Indian Army for multiple generations.

Gen Rawat was commissioned into the 5th battalion of 11 Gorkha Rifles on 16 December 1978.

The Government of India appointed him as the 27th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) on 17 December 2016 and he took office as 27th COAS on 31 December 2016, after retirement of General Dalbir Singh Suhag.

S66. Ans. (1) Pune

Sol.

PANEX-21 is a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise. It is to be held for the BIMSTEC countries.

The exercise is to be held among the BIMSTEC countries: Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.

The main aim of the exercise is to build regional cooperation in responding to natural disasters. It is to be conducted in Pune from December 20 to December 22.

The participants of the exercise will be divided into eight syndicates. One syndicate from the participating countries and two from India.

S67. Ans.(2) National Commission for Women

Sol.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) launched ‘She is a Changemaker’ programme for women politicians on December 7, 2021.

The pan-India capacity building programme has been launched for women representatives at all levels, from gram panchayats to the parliament including political workers and office bearers of national and state-level political parties.

The capacity building programme will be undertaken in coordination with region-wise training institutes.

The main objective of the programme will be to undertake capacity building of women political leaders.

S68. Ans.(2) Amitabh Kant

Sol.

Genesys International has launched its pan India program to make the Digital Twin of the entire Urban India.

The launch programme was inaugurated by Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog.

The creation of this very accurate 3D data will mean a host of applications would open up in high-definition mapping, which was hitherto not possible, for smart cars, e-commerce, logistics, gaming, utilities planning for next-generation networks in telecom, renewable energy and in disaster management and emergency response.

Moreover, with all the smart city components, the digital twin of cities will put India on the map with advanced cities that are now using this geospatial technology.

S69. Ans. 1) Maldives

Sol.

The 11th edition of Exercise EKUVERIN between India and Maldives will be conducted at Kadhdhoo Island, Maldives from 6 Dec 2021.

It will be concluded on 19th Dec 2021.

The exercise will help both nations in understanding transnational terrorism both on land and at sea, conducting counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations, etc.

It will also include cultural and sports activities.

S70. Ans. (1) Russia

Sol.

The Russian Tennis Federation has won the Davis Cup Finals title against Croatia in Madrid.

Daniil Medvedev defeated Marin Cilic by 7-6, 6-2 to seal a 2-0 victory.

Andrey Rublev had won the first singles match against Borna Gojo 6-4 7-6 (7-5).

The Russians are the fourth nation to win the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup in the same year. Russia won its first Davis Cup title in the last 15 years.

Q46.What is India’s rank in the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2021?

(A) 71st

(B) 79th

(D) 97th

S46. Ans. (2) 79th

Q47. As of October 2021, Who is the highest wicket-taker in T20 International cricket?

(A) R Ashwin

(B) Jasprit Bumrah

(D) Tim Southee

S47. Ans.(3) Shakib Al Hasan

Q48. Who has been elected as the first-ever President of Barbados?

(A) Sandra Mason

(B) Philip Greaves

(D) Nita Barrow

S48. Ans.(1) Sandra Mason

Q49Who has been appointed as the New MD of ‘India Ports Global Limited’?

(A) Alok Mishra

(B) Behrouz Aghayi

(D) Dinesh Kumar

S49. Ans. (1) Alok Mishra

Q50.The 52nd International Film Festival of India will be held in –

(A) Goa

(B) Rajasthan

(D) Delhi

S50. Ans.(A) Goa

Q51.What is the name of 1st feature film to shot in Space?

(A) The World

(B) The Challenge

(D) Lick The Star

S51. Ans.(B) The Challenge

Q52.Ayushmann Khurrana has been appointed as the ambassador of which crypto platform?

(A) CoinDCX

(B) WazirX

(D) UnoCoin

S52. Ans.(1) CoinDCX

Q53. Who has been awarded with the European Union’s Sakharov Prize?

(A) Mikhail Mishustin

(B) Dmitry Medvedev

(D) Vladimir Putin

S53. Ans.(3) Alexei Navalny

Q54.Which state government has launched ‘Prashasan Gaon Ke Sang’ campaign?

(A) Jharkhand

(B) Rajasthan

(D) Chhattisgarh

S54. Ans(B) Rajasthan.

Q55.he Book titled “The Stars in My Sky” has been written by –

(A) Dia Mirza

(B) Vidya Balan

(D) Divya Dutta

S55. Ans.(4) Divya Dutta

Q56.Which state government has launched ‘Mukhyamantri Ration Aapke Dwar Yojana’?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Uttar Pradesh

S56. Ans(3) Madhya Pradesh.

Q57. Which company has won the “India Green Energy Award”?

(A) Bajaj

(B) Hero

(D) Tata Motors

S57. Ans. (C) TVS Motor

Q58. Who has recently been appointed by Adidas as its Global Ambassador?

(A) Kangana Ranaut

(B) Kriti Sanon

(D) Alia Bhatt

S58. Ans.(C) Deepika Padukone

Q59.Indian Army has set up the Airspace Control Center in which state?

(A) Assam

(B) West Bengal

(3C) Nagaland

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

S59. Ans. (D) Arunachal Pradesh

Q60.India’s 1st Child-friendly vaccine center has been started in –

(A) West Bengal

(B) Delhi

(D) Tamil Nadu

S60. Ans. (2) Delhi

Q61.Which state government has launched Sri Dhanvantari Generic Medical Store Scheme?

(A) Kerala

(B) Rajasthan

(D) Tamil Nadu

S61. Ans. (C) Chhattisgarh

Q62. What is India’s rank in the FIFA men’s rankings October 2021?

(A) 94th

(B) 113th

(D) 106th

S62. Ans. (D) 106th

Q63.Who has been roped in as the new CEO of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)?

(A) Dilip Kumar Gupta

(B) Dinkar Prakash Srivastava

(D) J.P. Singh

S63. Ans.(C) PK Garg

Q64.Which country has launched its first indigenous space rocket “Nuri“?

(A) Australia

(B) South Korea

(D) North Korea

S64. Ans.(B) South Korea

Q65. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of rating agency ICRA?

(A) Ramnath Krishnan

(B) Ajay Mahajan

(D) Amartya Sen

S65. Ans. (A) Ramnath Krishnan

Q66. Which Indian economist will resign as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

(A) Amartya Sen

(B) Abhijit Banerjee

(D) Sairam Srivastava

S66. Ans. (3) Geeta Gopinath

Q67. Who has won the title of Miss International World 2021?

(A) Dr. Tamanna Paul

(B) Gelsinya Bariva

(D) Rashmi Madhuri

S67. Ans.(C) Dr. Akshata Prabhu

Q68. Which country’s ‘Mount Aso Volcano’ has erupted recently?

(A) Russia

(B) Indonesia

(D) China

S68. Ans. (C) Japan

Q70. Which social media platform will be launched by Donald Trump?

(A) Truth Social

(B) Justice Social

(D) Quick Social

S70. Ans.(A) Truth Social

Q71. Which film has been selected as India’s official entry to the Oscars 2022?

(A) Koozhangal

(B) Sher Shah

(D) Bell Bottom

S71. Ans.(A) Koozhangal

Q72. India’s 1st Hyperscale data center ‘Datasamudra’ has been inaugurated in –

(A) Pune

(B) Kochi

(D) Hyderabad

S72. Ans. (C) Bengaluru

Q73.What will be new Name of Faizabad Railway Junction?

(A) Dashrath Cantt

(B) Ayodhya Junction

(D) Awadh Junction

S73. Ans. (C) Ayodhya Cantt

Q74.In which state, Indian Army has deployed Advance Rocket Launcher “Pinaka” and “Smerch“?

(A) Ladakh

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Tibet

S74. Ans.(B) Arunachal Pradesh

Q75.Who has been appointed as its brand ambassador by the Chinese smartphone brand “Realme”?

(A) Deepika Padukone

(B) KL Rahul

(D) Rohit Sharma

S75. Ans.(B) KL Rahul

Q76. In which state “Garuda app” will ensure mapping of all polling stations?

(A) Haryana

(B) Punjab

(D) Gujarat

S76. Ans.(B) Punjab

Q77.Who has been named for the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd International Film Festival?

(A) Istvan Szabo

(B) Martin Scorsese

(D) None of these

S77. Ans.(C) Both (a) & (b)

Q78. Which of the following commissions has recently launched a new digi-book named “Innovations for You”?

(A) Planning Commission

(B) NITI Aayog

(D) Cultural commission

S78. Ans.(B) NITI Aayog

Q79.Which state has government planned to launch “Illam Thedi Kalvi (Education at Doorstep)”?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Maharashtra

(D) Tamil Nadu

S79. Ans.(D) Tamil Nadu

Q80.Who has been honoured with the 51st Dada Saheb Phalke Award?

(A) Rajnikanth

(B) Vinod Khanna

(D) Asha Bhosle

S81. Ans. (A) Rajnikanth

Q82.Which film has won ‘Best Feature Film’ award at the 67th National Film Awards?

(A) Marakkar

(B) Bhonsle

(D) Panga

S82. Ans.(A) Marakkar

Q83.What is the name of India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier?

(A) INS Vikrant

(B) INS Arihant

(D) INS Vikramaditya

S83. Ans. (A) INS Vikrant

Q84.Recently, Which among the following states reported its 1st Zika Virus case?

(A) Haryana

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Uttar Pradesh

S84. Ans.(D) Uttar Pradesh

Q85.The anthology “Writing for My Life” has been released by which author?

(A) Salman Rushdie

(B) Chetan Bhagat

(D) Ruskin Bond

S85. Ans. (D) Ruskin Bond

Q86.Which state government will provide GPS-enabled smart watches to its officials for tracking their movement?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Tamil Nadu

(D) Uttarakhand

S86. Ans.(C) Haryana

Q87. PM Modi has launched pan-India ₹5,000-crore ‘Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission’ from –

(A) Lucknow

(B) Kanpur

(D) Noida

S87. Ans. (C) Varanasi

Q88.India’s 1st voice-based social media app ‘Hoote’ has been launched by –

(A) Aamir Khan

(B) Ajay Devgan

(D) Anil Kapoor

S88. Ans. (C) Rajinikanth

Q89.How many teams will compete in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022?

(A) 10

(B) 8

(D) 11

S89. Ans.(A) 10

Q90.The initiative ‘Saath Saath Ab Aur Bhi Paas’ has been started by which city’s police?

(A) Bhopal

(B) Jaipur

(D) Chennai

S90. Ans. (C) Hyderabad

Q91.Konkan Shakti 2021 is the first-ever tri-services joint exercise between India and which country?

(A) UK

(B) USA

(D) Japan

S91. Ans. (A) UK

Q92.Which city has bagged the ‘City with most sustainable transport system award’?

(A) Jaipur

(B) Kochi

(D) Shimla

S92. Ans.(B) Kochi

Q93.Which port has become the 1st Indian port to introduce Radio over Internet Protocol (ROIP) System?

(A) Kolkata port

(B) Mumbai Port

(D) Cochin Port

S93. Ans.(A) Kolkata port

Q94. India’s First Banni Buffalo IVF Calf Born in –

(A) Gujarat

(B) Maharashtra

(D) Haryana

S94. Ans. (A) Gujarat

Q95.Name the Indian scientist who has been selected for the 2022 Joseph A. Cushman Award?

(A) Rajiv Nigam

(B) Sunil Pal

(D) Dhruv Bhusan

S95. Ans. (A) Rajiv Nigam

Q96.Which country has successfully launched a new satellite named “Shijian-21“?

(A) Australia

(B) China

(D) Russia

S96. Ans. (B) China

Q97.Which company has handed over 500 vehicles to ‘Project Mumkin’ for J&K youth?

(A) TVS Motor

(B) Maruti Suzuki

(D) Ashok Leyland

S97. Ans. (D) Ashok Leyland

Q98.Who has inaugurated the World’s Largest Cricket Bat in Hyderabad?

(A) Rahul Dravid

(B) Kapil Dev

(D) Md Azharuddin

S98. Ans.(D) Md Azharuddin

Q99.India’s 1st state-owned Wildlife DNA testing facility has unveiled in –

(A) Nagpur

(B) Mumbai

(D) Hyderabad

S99. Ans.(A) Nagpur

Q100.Asia’s First two-container-based mobile hospitals will be setup in –

(A) Delhi

(B) Chennai

(D) None of these

S100. Ans.(C) Both (A) & (B)

Q1. Which state has recently won three awards in the Tourism category?

(1) Rajasthan

(2) Uttarakhand

(3) Haryana

(4) Gujarat

Q2. Which new game has been included in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games?

(1) Men’s Cricket

(2) Kabaddi

(3) Skating

(4) Women’s Cricket

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Q3. Which company has become a participant in the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)?

(1) Hero

(2) Bajaj

(3) TVS

(4) Maruti

Q4. “EX SHAKTI 2021” bilateral army exercise started between India and which country?

(1) Australia

(2) Sri Lanka

(3) France

(4) Nepal

Q5. Which state’s pilgrimage site ‘Bhadrachalam’ was added as a destination in IRCTC’s Ramayana Circuit train?

(1) Telangana

(2) Chhattisgarh

(3) Tamil Nadu

(4) Karnataka

Q6. Which ministry has launched the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ app?

(1) Foreign Ministry

(2) Ministry of Education

(3) Ministry of Culture

(4) None of these

Q7. Which state cabinet has approved the proposal to implement ‘Mathrubhumi Yojana’?

(1) Uttarakhand

(2) Uttar Pradesh

(3) Kerala

(4) Karnataka

Q8. Who has been appointed as the Independent Director on the Hindustan Unilever Limited(HUL) Board?

(1) Sanjiv Mehta

(2) Ritesh Tiwari

(3) Ashu Suyash

(4) Dev Bajpai

Q9. What is the new name of Habibganj railway station?

(1) Rani Kamalapati

(2) Rani Padmavati

(3) Rani Lakshmibai

(4) Chand Bibi

Q10. PM Narendra Modi has virtually inaugurated the Bhagwan Birsa Munda Museum in –

(1) Ranchi

(2) Dhanbad

(3) Patna

(4) Bhubaneswar

Q11. Who will take charge as the Head of the National Cricket Academy?

(1) VVS Lakshman

(2) Virender Sehwag

(3) Irfan Pathan

(4) Anil Kumble

Q12. ISSF has increased Olympic quota places for Asia to how much?

(1) 50

(2) 48

(3) 40

(4) 45

Q13. Who has become the first bowler to give zero runs in T20 cricket?

(1) Dinesh Karthik

(2) Akshay Karnewar

(3) Rahul Chahar

(4) Hardik Pandya

Q14. Who has won the 2021 KidsRights International Children’s Peace Prize for the waste project?

(1) Vihaan

(2) Jaswant

(3) Nav Agarwal

(4) Both (1) & (3)

Q15. In which state, Vivek Sagar Prasad was elected as the captain of the Hockey Junior World Cup?

(1) Haryana

(2) Maharashtra

(3) Odisha

(4) Kerala

Q16. India will be receiving an S-400 Triumf air defense system from which nation?

(1) Germany

(2) France

(3) Russia

(4) THE US

Q17. Who has launched the “Tele-Law” Mobile App for citizens?

(1) Piyush Goyal

(2) Kiren Rijiju

(3) Harsh Vardhan

(4) Amit Shah

Q18. Which team has lifted the T20 World Cup 2021 trophy?

(1) Australia

(2) England

(3) New Zealand

(4) South Africa

Q19. World’s 1st non-profit city will be launched in which country?

(1) THE USA

(2) the UK

(3) Russia

(4) Saudi Arabia

Q20. Which state’s School and higher education departments has won “SKOCH Gold Awards“?

(1) Assam

(2) Odisha

(3) Jharkhand

(4) West Bengal

Q21. hich state has declared “Kaiser-i-Hind” as the state butterfly?

(1) Nagaland

(2) Arunachal Pradesh

(3) Meghalaya

(4) Tripura

Q22. Which state government is launching India’s first ambulance service for Cows?

(1) Madhya Pradesh

(2) Gujarat

(3) Uttar Pradesh

(4) Tamil Nadu

Q23. Who has been roped in as the Commissioner of the Legends League Cricket (LLC)?

(1) Ravi Shastri

(2) MS Dhoni

(3) Rahul Dravid

(4) Sourav Ganguly

Q24. Which state government has signed an MoU with Rocky Mountain Institute for boosting EV adoption?

(1) Karnataka

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Uttarakhand

(4) Maharashtra

Q25. India’s 1st Food Security Museum has been launched in –

(1) Tamil Nadu

(2) Kerala

(3) Karnataka

(4) Andhra Pradesh

Q26. India’s 1st fisheries business incubator has been launched in –

(1) Gurugram

(2) Faridabad

(3) Pune

(4) Nashik

Q27. India’s 1st Grass Conservatory has been launched in –

(1) Uttar Pradesh

(2) Bihar

(3) Jharkhand

(4) Uttarakhand

Q28. Recently, Who has been appointed as the Chairman of ICC Men’s Cricket Committee?

(1) Rajeev Shukla

(2) Jay Shah

(3) Sourav Ganguly

(4) Ravi Shastri

Q29. Recently, Border Roads Organization (BRO) has received the “Guinness World Records certificate” for constructing at –

(1) Assam

(2) Ladakh

(3) J&K

(4) Uttarakhand

Q30. Recently, India–Singapore and in which country the trilateral maritime exercise “SITMEX-21” has started?

(1) Thailand

(2) Pakistan

(3) New Zealand

(4) Australia

Q31. Which bank has launched the 2nd edition of the “Mooh Band Rakho” campaign?

(1) SBI

(2) ICICI Bank

(3) HDFC Bank

(4) Axis Bank

Q32.Who has been appointed by the United Nations as the Resident Coordinator in India?

(1) Shombi Sharp

(2) Steve Waugh

(3) Adil Hussain

(4) Preeti Soni

Q33.Which country has topped the list of richest countries in World 2021?

(1) Saudi Arabia

(2) THE USA

(3) Japan

(4) China

Q34.What is India’s rank in the ‘2021 Global Bribery Risk List’?

(1) 77th

(2) 82nd

(3) 94th

(4) 111th

Q35.At which railway station, Indian Railways has launched ‘Pod Hotel’ for the first time?

(1) Pathankot

(2) Jammu Tawi

(3) Chandigarh

(4) Mumbai

Q36.Which city has topped the IQAir Air Quality Index 2021?

(1) Delhi

(2) Lahore

(3) Kolkata

(4) Zagreb

Q37.Which Indian village has been adjudged as the best tourism village by the UNWTO?

(1) Dinanagar (Punjab)

(2) Pochampally (Telangana)

(3) Khas (Delhi)

(4) Kathua (J&K)

Q38.Which of the following cricketer/s will be inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame 2021?

(1) Janette Brittin

(2) Shaun Pollock

(3) Mahela Jayawardene

(4) All of them

Q39.Uttar Pradesh’s 1st Air Pollution Control Tower (APCT) has been set up in which city?

(1) Noida

(2) Lucknow

(3) Kanpur

(4) Varanasi

Q40.Which city has the 82nd All India Presiding Officers Conference (AIPOC) in 2021?

(1) New Delhi

(2) Lucknow

(3) Shimla

(4) Gurugram

Q41.The Ministry of Defence has organized the Rashtra Raksha Samparpan Parv in which city?

(1) Surat

(2) Varanasi

(3) Bhopal

(4) Jhansi

Q42.How many athletes and coaches have been conferred with the first-ever SAI Institutional Awards?

(1) 124

(2) 246

(3) 211

(4) 86

Q43.India has been re-elected to UNESCO executive board till which year?

(1) 2023

(2) 2022

(3) 2024

(4) 2025

Q44.Which bank has partnered with Jamshedpur Football Club (JFC) to promote football in the country?

(1) Punjab National Bank (PNB)

(2) State Bank of India (SBI)

(3) HDFC Bank

(4) Dena Bank

Q45.Which country will host the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup?

(1) Australia & New Zealand

(2) Ireland & Scotland

(3) USA & West Indies

(4) Bangladesh & Sri Lanka

Q46.AB de Villiers announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket. He is from –

(1) Australia

(2) England

(3) South Africa

(4) New Zealand

Q47.Who has been appointed as the Vaccine Ambassador for Maharashtra Government?

(1) Salman Khan

(2) Aamir Khan

(3) Arshad Warsi

(4) Sohail Khan

Q48. “Sickle Cell Mission” and “Ration Aapke Gram” have been launched by PM Modi in –

(1) Himachal Pradesh

(2) Arunachal Pradesh

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) Uttar Pradesh

Q49.Which late actor has been awarded the Karnataka Ratna award posthumously?

(1) Sanchari Vijay

(2) Puneeth Rajkumar

(3) Sanjay Kishor

(4) Sanchari Vijay

Q50. India’s 1st portable wireless spirometer has been launched by –

(1) Cipla

(2) Serum Institute

(3) Bharat Biotech

(4) DRDO

Q51.Which word has been selected as the “Word of the Year” by the Oxford Dictionary in 2021?

(1) Lockdown

(2) Climate

(3) Vax

(4) Single-use

Q52.Which state has topped the Public Affairs Index 2021 among the large states?

(1) Karnataka

(2) Telangana

(3) Tamil Nadu

(4) Kerala

Q53.Which state has achieved 100% target in providing FREE Ration and 1st Dose of COVID-19?

(1) Kerala

(2) Goa

(3) Nagaland

(4) Gujarat

Q54.Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the World Health Organization(WHO)?

(1) Marise Payne

(2) Alpha Barry

(3) Tedros Adhanom

(4) Tete António

Q55.Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)?

(1) Ashok Bhushan

(2) Arvind Bobde

(3) Ranjan Gogoi

(4) Dipak Misra

Q56. Which corporate was elected as the President of World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)?

(1) Nippon India

(2) India Invest

(3) BlueChip

(4) Invest India

Q57.Which medal has been won by Tajamul Islam in the recent World Kickboxing Championship?

(1) Gold

(2) Silver

(3) Bronze

(4) None of these

Q58.Who has been elected as the Director of National Drug Control Policy?

(1) Regina LaBelle

(2) Rahul Gupta

(3) Sanjay Gupta

(4) Vivek Murthy

Q59.According to NCRB, which state of India has ranked first in terms of suicide?

(1) Tamil Nadu

(2) Gujarat

(3) Karnataka

(4) Maharashtra

Q60.Which state government has recently announced Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhu-Adhikar Yojana?

(1) Odisha

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Karnataka

(4) West Bengal

Q61.Who has been awarded the Blackswan Award for Women Empowerment?

(1) Pratima Garg

(2) Roshni Nadar

(3) Renu Gupta

(4) Puneeth kumar

Q62.Renu Sharma has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of which state?

(1) Nagaland

(2) Assam

(3) Mizoram

(4) Manipur

Q63.Which Union Minister has started ‘Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana’ in Dehradun?

(1) Nitin Gadkari

(2) Kiren Rijiju

(3) Amit Shah

(4) Piyush Goyal

Q64.Which Metro Corporation has bagged the ‘Best Passenger Services and Satisfaction’ award?

(1) Mumbai Metro

(2) Bengaluru Metro

(3) Kolkata Metro

(4) Delhi Metro

Q65.Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has dedicated “Sardar Patel Leadership Centre” at –

(1) Mussoorie

(2) Kota

(3) Srinagar

(4) Mysuru

Q66. India’s 1st long-range 1 ton guided bomb has been test-fired in –

(1) Gujarat

(2) Kerala

(3) Odisha

(4) West Bengal

Q67.Which IT company has won the 2021 HPE GreenLake Ecosystem Partner of the Year Award?

(1) Accenture

(2) Cognizant

(3) Wipro

(4) TCS

Q68.Union Minister Amit Shah has launched the “Dairy Sahakar” scheme in –

(1) Delhi

(2) Gujarat

(3) Uttarakhand

(4) Uttar Pradesh

Q69.Which company has become the World’s most valuable company?

(1) Apple

(2) Microsoft

(3) Amazon

(4) Google

Q70.India’s largest landfill biogas plant has been inaugurated in –

(1) Hyderabad

(2) Amravati

(3) Kushinagar

(4) Agra

Q71.Which country has named its native long-tailed bat as the Bird of the Year 2021?

(1) Sweden

(2) Ireland

(3) Australia

(4) New Zealand

Q72.Which Indian cricketers have been selected for MCC Honorary Life Membership Awards?

(1) Harbhajan Singh

(2) Rahul Dravid

(3) Javagal Srinath

(4) Both (1) & (3)

Q73.Which state government has launched “Mission Clean” to curb illegal sand mining and liquor trade?

(1) Haryana

(2) Punjab

(3) Rajasthan

(4) Uttar Pradesh

Q74.Kashmir has got the first-ever open-air floating theatre in which lake?

(1) Wullar Lake

(2) Dal Lake

(3) Nagin Lake

(4) Surinsar Lake

Q75.Which institute has recently launched “Veer Gatha” Project?

(1) NCERT

(2) NCTE

(3) CBSE

(4) SCERT

Q76.Which Bank have inked $40 million health project agreement with India for Meghalaya?

(1) UNDP

(2) ADB

(3) World Bank

(4) AIIB

Q77.Who has recently won the title of First Miss India 2021?

(1) Lekh Uthaiah

(2) Pearl Agarwal

(3) Shreya Gupta

(4) Rayna Sikri

Q78.Which bank has recently tied up with Indian Navy for salary accounts?

(1) ICICI Bank

(2) Axis Bank

(3) HDFC Bank

(4) SBI

Q79.Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)?

(1) Arun Chawla

(2) Uday Shankar

(3) Dilip Chenoy

(4) Ghanshyam Das

Q80.Which country has recently proposed a ‘Wealth Tax’?

(1) USA

(2) UAE

(3) Oman

(4) Russia

Q81.India’s 1st Mega-scale Maleic Anhydride Plant will be set up in –

(1) Haryana

(2) Punjab

(3) Gujarat

(4) Uttar Pradesh

Q82.Which Indian philanthropist has topped the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021?

(1) Mukesh Ambani

(2) Azim Premji

(3) Shiv Nadar

(4) Kumar Birla

Q83.Uttarakhand’s 1st Internet Exchange has been inaugurated in which city?

(1) Nainital

(2) Haridwar

(3) Mussoorie

(4) Dehradun

Q84. Which organization has recently launched the ‘Whistle-blower Portal’?

(1) IRCTC

(2) NHPC Ltd.

(3) IREDA

(4) Power Finance Corporation Ltd

Q85.How many awardees have been conferred with the Arjuna Awards in 2021?

(1) 28

(2) 12

(3) 35

(4) 40

Q86.What is the name of Captain Amarinder Singh’s new party?

(1) Lok Punjab Congress

(2) Punjab Lok Congress

(3) Punjab Shakti Congress

(4) Punjab Congress Sena

Q87.Who has been appointed as the Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team?

(1) Rahul Dravid

(2) MS Dhoni

(3) Anil Kumble

(4) Md Azharuddin

Q88.Who became the World’s fastest player to take 100 wickets in T20 International Cricket?

(1) Shakib Al Hasan

(2) Rashid Khan

(3) Jasprit Bumrah

(4) Pat Cummins

Q89.Who has secured India’s 1st medal at the World Boxing Championships?

(1) Vijender Singh

(2) Shiva Thapa

(3) Akash Kumar

(4) Akhil Kumar

Q90.“Ayushmaan CAPF” scheme health cards have been launched by –

(1) Amit Shah

(2) Rajnath Singh

(3) Piyush Goyal

(4) Pralhad Joshi

Q91.Which state government has recently launched Uttam Beej Portal?

(1) Punjab

(2) Odisha

(3) Haryana

(4) None of these

Q92.Which country has become the first country to recognize the Novavax vaccine for Covid-19?

(1) Malaysia

(2) Singapore

(3) Indonesia

(4) None of these

Q93.Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic advisory council?

(1) Bibek Debroy

(2) Rakesh Mohan

(3) Poonam Gupta

(4) T T Ram Mohan

Q94. The US state of Georgia has announced to celebrate which Indian language as ‘Rajyotsava Day’?

(1) Tamil

(2) Kannada

(3) Malayalam

(4) Telugu

Q95.Which state government has launched ‘e-Sarkar’ app for paperless administration?

(1) Gujarat

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Punjab

(4) Haryana

Q96.Which country has became the World’s 1st country to approve a COVID-19 anti-viral pill?

(1) USA

(2) Russia

(3) UK

(4) Spain

Q97.Who has been awarded with the 2021 Booker Prize for “The Promise“?

(1) Douglas Stuart

(2) Damon Galgut

(3) Anna Burns

(4) George Saunders

Q98.Which Indian COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use?

(1) COVAXIN

(2) COVOVAX

(3) COVISHIELD

(4) COVIPRO

Q99. Recently, Which mission has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records?

(1) Aatmanirbhar Bharat Mission

(2) Swachh Bharat Mission

(3) National Mission for Clean Ganga

(4) None of these

Q100.Which country has announced a ban on the use of foreign currencies?

(1) Sudan

(2) Ethiopia

(3) Afghanistan

(4) Pakistan

Answer:

S1. Ans. (2) Uttarakhand

Sol. Uttarakhand has bagged three awards in the field of Tourism at the national level.

The northern state has won ‘Best Wildlife Destination’, ‘Best Spiritual Destination’ and ‘Best Adventure Destination’

Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh has emerged as the country’s best ‘adventure destination’, while Kedarnath has become the best ‘spiritual destination’ and Jim Corbett’s best ‘wildlife destination’.

Goa was awarded as the runner-up for the best ‘adventure tourism’ category.

Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy presented the awards to Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj.

S2. Ans. (4) Women’s Cricket

Sol. The first matches for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been announced. Women’s cricket is making its debut at the Commonwealth Games with the T20 format.

The last time cricket was played in the multi-sporting showpiece was in the 1998 edition in Kuala Lumpur.

The women’s cricket T20 competition will be held at the Edgbaston Stadium from the 29 July, with the bronze and gold medal matches taking place on 7 August.

India will face Australia in the opening match when women’s cricket makes its debut at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on July 29 while the final will be played on August 7. India in the early session, with Pakistan playing Barbados, who was recently confirmed as the team from the West Indies that will take part in the Commonwealth Games.

S3. Ans. (3) TVS

Sol. TVS Motor Company has joined United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest sustainability initiative.

The company has become the first Indian two-wheeler and three-wheeler manufacturer to be a part of the UN Global Compact.

The UN Global Compact is a voluntary initiative based on CEO commitments to implement universal sustainability principles.

S4. Ans. (3) France

Sol. The Navies of India and France started carrying out the 6th edition of the biennial training exercise “EX SHAKTI 2021” from November 15 to 26, 2021 in Frejus, France.

The Indian Army will be represented by the Gorkha Rifles Infantry Battalion and France Army will be represented by troops of the 21st Marine Infantry Regiment of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.

The exercise will focus on Counter-Terrorism operations and enhance military cooperation and interoperability between the two Armies.

Apart from this, India and France will also carry out biennial airforce training exercise ‘Exercise GARUDA’, and biennial maritime training exercise ‘Exercise VARUNA’.

S5.Ans. (1) Telangana

Sol. Bhadrachalam in Telangana has been added as a destination in the IRCTC’s Ramayana Circuit train.

Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Kishan Reddy has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the inclusion of Bhadarchalam as one of the destinations in the Ramayana Circuit of the Pilgrim Special Train.

Bhadrachalam is home to Sree Sita Ramachandra Swamy temple. The aim of the Ramayana Yatra Train is to connect all the important locations of Lord Rama’s journey during his lifetime, the inclusion of Bhadrachalam Road Station will complete the Ramayana Circuit.

S6. Ans.(3) Ministry of Culture

Sol. Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs, Meenakshi Lekhi launched the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav mobile App on 12 November 2021.

It will enable single-point access to all information related to the 75th-anniversary celebrations of India’s independence.

Sections like ‘What’s New’ and ‘Weekly Highlights’ allow the users to stay connected to all current Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.

S7. Ans. (2) Uttar Pradesh

Sol. The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the proposal for implementation of ‘Mathrubhumi Yojana’ to facilitate individuals or private institutions to contribute in the development of any village.

For the effective implementation of the scheme, ‘Uttar Pradesh Mathrubhumi Society’ will be set up, which will have a governing council and empowered committee under it.

The Chief Minister will be the president of the governing council and the Minister of Panchayati Raj will be its Vice President.

Under the scheme, the amount of grant given by the state government ‘ the remaining 40 per cent or less ‘ will be arranged from the budget provisions of the departments related to the works that will be undertaken, according to the statement.

A Corpus Fund of Rs 100 crore will be made available to the society, which will be used in case of non-availability of state share budget for any scheme and will be reimbursed when the budget is available.

S8. Ans.(3) Ashu Suyash

Sol. Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has appointed Ashu Suyash as an Independent Director on its board, effective on 12 November 2021.

She was, until recently, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at CRISIL and a member of the operating committee of S&P Global.

She serves on advisory boards and committees of several institutions like the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

S9. Ans. (1) Rani Kamalapati

Sol. The Habibganj railway station in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh has been renamed after 18th-century Gond Queen of Bhopal, Rani Kamlapati.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the revamped Rani Kamlapati railway station on November 15, during his visit to Bhopal.

The railway station has been redeveloped with modern airport-like amenities at a cost of ₹450 crore under Public Private Partnership mode in three years.

Rani Kamlapati was the last Hindu queen of Bhopal and pride of the Gond community.

S10. Ans. (1) Ranchi

Sol. The Bhagwan Birsa Munda Museum inaugurated by PM Modi on November 15, 2021, is known as Bhagwan Birsa Munda Smriti Udayan Sah Swantantra Senani Sangrahalaya.

The Bhagwan Birsa Munda Museum in Ranchi is spread across 38 acres of land.

The Museum houses a 25ft high statue of Bhagwan Birsa Munda along with 9ft high statues of 13 other freedom fighters of tribal movement during India’s Independence.

Born on November 15, 1875, Birsa Munda belonged to the Munda tribe who led an Indian tribal religious Millenarian movement during the British rule in the late 19th century across the tribal belt of modern-day Jharkhand and Bihar.

The portrait of Birsa Munda is up on the walls of the Indian Parliament. Munda is the only tribal freedom fighter who has been honored.

S11. Ans. (1) VVS Lakshman

Sol. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on November 14, 2021, confirmed that former India batsman VVS Laxman will take charge as the Head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA).

Laxman is expected to take up the role by December 2021.

The announcement comes after the post got vacant after the former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid became Team India’s Head Coach on November 3, 2021.

Prior to that, Dravid was the Head of the National Cricket Academy.

Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman, popularly known as VVS Laxman is a former Indian international cricketer and a right-hand batsman.

Laxman is among the few cricket players who have played 100 Test matches.

S12. Ans. (2) 48

Sol. The Asian Shooting Confederation on November 13, 2021, announced the confirmation from the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) to increase the Olympic quota places for Asia from 38 to 48.

The Olympic quota places of 48 for Asia are expected to come into effect from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

15 Indian shooters represented India at the Tokyo Olympics including Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary, Deepak Kumar, Sanjeev Rajput, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Abhishek Verma, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela, Tejaswini Sawant, Elavenil Valarivan, Rahi Sarnobat, and Yashaswini Singh Deswal.

S13. Ans. (2) Akshay Karnewar

Sol. Akshay Karnewar has become the first bowler in men’s T20 cricket to concede zero runs from his full quota of overs.

He achieved this feat of bowling four maiden overs during the Round 4 Plate match against Manipur in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22 at the ACA Stadium in Vijaywada.

Karnewar finished with impressive figures of four overs, four maidens, and two wickets (4-4-0-2).

S14. Ans. (4) Both (1) & (3)

Sol. Two Delhi-based teenage brothers Vihaan (17) and Nav Agarwal (14) have won the 17th annual KidsRights International Children’s Peace Prize for tackling pollution in their home city by recycling household waste.

The duo received the prestigious award by Indian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi on November 14, 2021.

Vihaan and Nav have developed an “One Step Greener” initiative for segregating rubbish and organising waste pickups for trash from thousands of homes, schools and offices.

The International Children’s Peace Prize is given annually by the International children’s rights organization KidsRights based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

S15. Ans. (3) Odisha

Sol. Olympic bronze-medalist Vivek Sagar Prasad will lead the 18-strong Indian men’s hockey squad’s title defence at the FIH men’s junior World Cup starting in Bhubaneswar from November 24.

The event slated to begin on November 24 will witness 16 top teams from across the globe vie for the trophy, which was previously won by India in 2016.

Hockey India on 11th November, named the 18-member Indian junior men’s hockey team for the event with Vivek Sagar Prasad as captain and defender Sanjay, who was part of the India U-18 team that won silver at the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires, as vice-captain.

S16. Ans. (3) Russia

Sol. Russia started the supply of the S-400 Triumf air defence system to India, announced the Director of Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev.

The S-400 Triumf air defence system will provide a major boost to Indian capabilities to take out enemy fighter aircraft and cruise missiles at long range.

China has already deployed two S-400 squadrons at Ngari Gar Gunsa and Nyingchi airbase in Tibet, across Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh

The S-400 air defence system was contracted for by India in a deal worth around ₹35,000 crore and five squadrons would be provided to India for tacking air threats.

S17. Ans. (2) Kiren Rijiju

Sol. Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju launched the Citizen’s Tele-Law mobile app on 13 November 2021.

This app would connect the beneficiaries directly with panel lawyers offering legal advice and consultation.

He has also announced the expansion of Tele-Law in 75,000 Gram Panchayats covering all states and UTs as a part of the 75 years of India’s Independence celebrations.

S18. Ans. (1) Australia

Sol. Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets to win 2021 T20 World Cup final held on November 14, 2021 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE.

This is the first T20 World Cup title won by Australia.

New Zealand had put up the target of 172/4 in their 20 overs match which Australia chased down in 18.5 overs with loss of only two wickets.

Australian team captain: Aaron Finch

New Zealand team captain: Kane Williamson

Australia had won the toss and chose to field. The score put up by New Zealand is the highest ever first-innings total in a T20 World Cup final.

Title Winners

Player of the Match – Mitchell Marsh (Australia)

Player of the Tournament – David Warner (Australia)

S19. Ans. (4) Saudi Arabia

Sol. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced the establishment of the first nonprofit city in the world on 14 November 2021.

The city will be a model for the development of the nonprofit sector globally and an incubator for youth and volunteer groups, as well as local and international nonprofit institutions.

It will be called Prince Mohammed bin Salman Nonprofit City.

S20. Ans. (4) West Bengal

Sol. The West Bengal school education, higher education and tourism departments have been conferred with the prestigious SKOCH Gold Award.

WB chief minister Mamata Banerjee made the announcement on her official Twitter handle on November 14.

Instituted in 2003, the Skoch award covers the best of efforts in digital, financial, social inclusion, governance, inclusive growth, technology and applications and corporate leadership.

In August 2021, the West Bengal government had bagged the Skoch Platinum Award for the Silpa Sathi-Single window system; Gold for Auto-Renewal of Certificate of Enlistment through Online System for Urban Area; and won two Silvers, one for Online Issuance of Trade License for Rural Areas and the other for E-preparation and E-Submission of Deeds.

S21. Ans. (2) Arunachal Pradesh

Sol. State Cabinet of Arunachal Pradesh, headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, approved “Kaiser-i-Hind” as state butterfly on November 13, 2021.

Kaiser-i-Hind’ is a large and brightly coloured butterfly.

It is an elusive swallowtail butterfly, which carries ‘India’ in its name.

It is found in China and now it has been approved as the State butterfly of Arunachal Pradesh.

Kaiser-i-Hind is scientifically known as Teinopalpus imperialis. In literal terms, it means Emperor of India. The butterfly is having a wingspan of 90-120 mm.

S22. Ans. (3) Uttar Pradesh

Sol. The Uttar Pradesh government is all set to start an ambulance service for cows suffering from serious diseases, state Dairy Development, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary said on 14th November 2021.

The minister said 515 ambulances are ready for this scheme, probably the first in India.

An ambulance with a veterinary doctor and two assistants would arrive within a span of 15 to 20 minutes of requesting the service.

Under the scheme slated to begin by December, a call centre will be set up at Lucknow for receiving complaints.

S23. Ans. (1) Ravi Shastri

Sol. Former India chief coach Ravi Shastri has been roped in as the Commissioner of the Legends League Cricket (LLC).

LLC is a professional event for retired players that is set to take off in 2022.

The first season of LLC is scheduled to be held in January 2022 in the Gulf.

The League will have former cricketers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, etc.

S24. Ans. (4) Maharashtra

Sol. Maharashtra government signed an MoU with the United States based Non-Profit Organisation, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), to provide technical support for Maharashtra’s Electric Vehicle (EV) policy.

The MoU was signed at Glasgow, United Kingdom, at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26).

Maharashtra state EV policy aims to have a 10 percent share of EV vehicles of total registrations in India by 2025.

Maharashtra’s new draft EV policy seeks to introduce at least 1,46,000 battery-operated electric vehicles on state roads by 2025.

S25. Ans. (1) Tamil Nadu

Sol. The museum showcases India’s Agri revolution from dependency to self-sufficiency.

It is the first to depict India’s food security journey from “ship to mouth” to being one of the world’s largest food grain exporters.

The museum has been established by FCI in association with Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM), Bengaluru.

The museum has been setup at a cost of about ₹1.1 crore.

The location for India’s 1st Food Museum was finalized as Thanjavur because of its historical significance for the FCI.

In a way, Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu is the birthplace for FCI as its first office was opened here on 14th January 1965.

S26. Ans. (1) Gurugram

Sol. The incubator is known as LINAC- NCDC Fisheries Business Incubation Centre (LlFlC).

It was inaugurated by Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala on November 16, 2021

The centre has been established at a cost of ₹3.23 crore under the central flagship Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) is the implementing agency for the LIFIC.

The first batch of ten incubatees from four states (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra) have already been identified.

Note: Prime Minister has set target to achieve 22 million tonnes of fish production and export to the tune of Rs one lakh crore by 2025.

S27. Ans. (4) Uttarakhand

Sol. India’s first Grass Conservatory was launched by the research wing of the Uttarakhand forest department on November 14, 2021, in Ranikhet of Almora district.

It has been established in an area of 2 acres.

The project has been funded under the CAMPA scheme by the Central Government.

The conservation area houses around 90 different grass species while displaying important ecological, scientific, medicinal, and cultural information related to grass species ‘All Flesh is Grass’.

The Chief Conservator of Forests (Research) and Head, Research Wing of Uttarakhand forest department Sanjiv Chaturvedi stated the economic value of grasses as the most important of all flowering plants because of their soil-forming functions and nutritious grains.

S28. Ans. (3) Sourav Ganguly

Sol. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as the Chairman of ICC Men’s Cricket Committee.

He will be succeeding Anil Kumble, who stepped down from the post after having served a maximum of three, 3-year terms.

The ICC Chairman also thanked Anil Kumble for his outstanding leadership over the last nine years.

The ICC Board also approved that first-class and list A classification will be applied to women’s cricket to align with the men’s game. The ICC Women’s Committee will now be known as the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee.

West Indies Cricket CEO Johnny Grave has been appointed to the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee.

S29. Ans. (2) Ladakh

Sol. The Border Roads Organization (BRO) on November 16, 2021, received the Guinness World Records certificate for constructing and blacktopping the world’s highest motorable road at 19,024 feet at Umlingla Pass in Ladakh.

During a virtual ceremony, the official adjudicator of the Guinness World Records in the UK Rishi Nath presented the certificate to Director General Border Roads (DGBR) Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhary for the remarkable achievement of BRO.

The Ministry of Defence on August 4, 2021, announced that the Border Roads Organization (BRO) has completed the construction of the world’s highest motorable road at an altitude of 19,300 feet at Umlingla Pass in Eastern Ladakh.

The road was being built in 2017.

S30. Ans. (1) Thailand

Sol. Indian Navy took part in 3rd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise, SITMEX.

Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karmuk participated in SITMEX-21 from 15 to 16 Nov 21 in Andaman Sea.

Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) was represented by RSS Tenacious. Royal Thai Navy (RTN) was represented by His Majesty’s Thailand Ship (HTMS) Thayanchon.

2021 edition of the SITMEX is being hosted by Royal Thai Navy (RTN) in Andaman Sea.

S31. Ans. (3) HDFC Bank

Sol. HDFC Bank Ltd has launched the second edition of its “Mooh Band Rakho” campaign to raise awareness on fraud prevention in support of International Fraud Awareness Week 2021 (November 14-20, 2021).

HFC Bank aims to increase awareness of its customers on all types of frauds and the importance of keeping your mouth shut to ensure their prevention and taking a pledge and not share confidential banking information with anyone.

HDFC Bank will organise 2,000 workshops in the next four months under this campaign.

S32. Ans. (1) Shombi Sharp

Sol. Shombi Sharp on November 16, 2021, got appointed as the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in India after approval from the Indian government. Sharp has spent more than 25 years of his career promoting inclusive and sustainable development internationally.

Prior to this, Sharp was serving as UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia. He has held several leadership positions at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) including Resident Representative in Armenia, Deputy Country Director in Lebanon, Deputy Resident Representative in Georgia, Regional HIV/AIDS Practice Team Leader for UNDP Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States in the Russian Federation, Assistant Resident Representative in the Russian Federation, and Programme Manager for the Western Balkans in New York.

Sharp had begun his career with the international non-profit CARE International in Zimbabwe. He has been a US Agency for International Development (USAID) Policy Champion as well as a nominee for the UNDP Administrator’s Award.

S33. Ans. (4) China

Sol. Global wealth tripled over the last two decades, with China leading the way and overtaking the US for the top spot worldwide.

This was stated in a new report by the research arm of consultants McKinsey & Co. that examines the national balance sheets of ten countries.

Net worth worldwide rose to $514 trn in 2020, from $156 trn in 2000.

China accounted for almost one-third of the increase.

China’s wealth jumped to $120 trillion in 2020 from just $7 trillion in 2000. This marks a jump of $113 trillion in 20 years, helping the nation surpass the United States in terms of net worth.

During the same period, the US saw its net worth more than double to $90 trillion. However, the nation could not beat China due to muted increases in property prices.

S34. Ans. (2) 82nd

Sol. India has slipped to 82nd position with a risk score of 44 in the global list of 2021 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix (TRACE Matrix) that measures business bribery risks, which was released by TRACE International.

In 2020, India ranked 77 with a score of 45.

The list by TRACE, an anti-bribery standard-setting organization, measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, and territories.

Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and New Zealand present the lowest bribery risk, according to the list.

The TRACE Matrix was originally developed in 2014 in collaboration with RAND Corporation.

S35. Ans. (4) Mumbai

Sol. Indian Railways’ first pod hotel was inaugurated at Mumbai Central railway station on 17 November 2021 by the Minister of State for Railways, Raosaheb Danve.

Passengers can book the pod hotel for 12 hours for ₹999 and at ₹1,999 for 24 hours.

The pod hotel, spread over an area of approximately 3000 square feet, has 48 capsule-like rooms.

Pod hotels were first developed in Japan.

S36. Ans. (1) Delhi

Sol. According to the data from air quality and pollution city tracking service from IQAir, a Switzerland-based climate group, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai are among the top ten most polluted cities of the world.

Delhi topped the list with AQI at 556, Kolkata and Mumbai recorded an AQI of 177 and 169, respectively, at 4th and 6th position.

The cities with the worst AQI indices also include Lahore, in Pakistan, and Chengdu, in China.

Here are the ten cities with the worst air quality indicators and pollution rankings, according to IQAir:

Delhi, India (AQI: 556)

Lahore, Pakistan (AQI: 354)

Sofia, Bulgaria (AQI: 178)

Kolkata, India (AQI: 177)

Zagreb, Croatia (AQI: 173)

S37. Ans. (2) Pochampally (Telangana)

Sol. The Pochampally village in Telangana has been selected as one of the best Tourism Villages by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

The award will be given on the occasion of the 24th session of the UNWTO General Assembly on 2 Dec 2021 in Madrid, Spain.

Pochampally is often referred to as the Silk City of India.

Pochampally Ikat received a Geographical Indication Status in 2004.

S38. Ans. (4) All of them

Sol. Janette Brittin of England, Shaun Pollock of South Africa and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka have been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2021.

To become eligible for induction in the ICC Hall of Fame, a player should have played his last international match at least five years before.

Now the total inductees in the list has become 106, which includes 10 women, since the launch of the list in 2009.

S39. Ans. (1) Noida

Sol. The Union Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated the first air pollution control tower of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Noida on November 17, 2021.

The Air Pollution Control Tower (APCT) prototype has been developed by state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel).

The indigenously developed APCT is set up between the DND flyway and the slip road to Noida Expressway.

The tower will help to mitigate the rising air pollution problem in the city.

S40. Ans. (3) Shimla

Sol. The 82nd edition of All India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC) will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi in Shimla.

The first Conference was held in Shimla in 1921 and the AIPOC is being held in Shimla for the seventh time.

All India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC) is celebrating its hundred years in 2021.

In this conference, various issues will be discussed such as responsibility of presiding officers towards the Constitution, the House and the people.

S41. Ans. (4) Jhansi

Sol. Three-day Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv will be organized from November 17-19, 2021 in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.

The event is a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahaotsav’ Raksha Mantri will inaugurate the event on November 17.

Prime Minister to launch a number of schemes in a grand ceremony being organised in the precincts of Jhansi Fort on November 19.

19 November is the Birth Anniversary of Rani Lakshmi Bai. Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv is being organised along with the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

New initiatives to be launched include setting up of hundred new Sainik Schools, the launch of NCC Border and Coastal Scheme, NCC Alumni Association and National Programme of Simulation Training for NCC cadets.

S42. Ans. (2) 246

Sol. Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur presented the first ever SAI Institutional Awards to 246 athletes and coaches on November 17, 2021 in New Delhi.

From the total 246 awardees, 162 athletes and 84 coaches were honoured in the Outstanding Award and Best Award category.

The awards have been given for the exceptional performance of the SAI athletes and coaches at national and international competitions from 2016 under the various sports promotion schemes.

The inaugural awards have been granted to the deserving candidates for the years of 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.

S43. Ans. (4) 2025

Sol. India has been re-elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO for the term 2021-25 on November 17, 2021.

India received 164 votes to get re-elected to four-year term of office.

Apart from India, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook Islands and China have also been elected in Group IV Asian and Pacific States category.

UNESCO Executive Board consists of 58 member-states each with a four-year term of office.

S44. Ans. (2) State Bank of India (SBI)

Sol. State Bank of India (SBI) has entered into a strategic partnership with Jamshedpur Football Club (JFC), a fully owned Tata Steel subsidiary, to promote football in the country.

With this partnership, SBI will be one of the principal sponsors of the JFC.

The JFC match jersey will now feature the SBI logo.

This is the first major endeavour by SBI in the game of football.

S45. Ans. (3) USA & West Indies

Sol. Pakistan will host the 2025 Champions Trophy, an ICC flagship tournament, after two decades.

The United States and West Indies will co-host the 2024 T20 World Cup.

This will be the first-ever global event hosted in North America.

India will get to host three ICC events in the next cycle, including the 2026 T20 World Cup and 2031 50-over World Cup.

The 2027 ODI World Cup was awarded to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Australia, which will host the T20 World Cup next year, will organize the event again in 2028 with New Zealand.

S46. Ans. (3) South Africa

Sol. South African cricketer AB de Villiers, known to be one of contemporary cricket’s greatest batsmen, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on November 19, 2021.

Overall, De Villiers has played a total of 114 Test matches, 228 ODIs and 78 T20 Internationals.

He signed off his career with a staggering 20,014 international runs including 8765 in Tests, 9577 in ODIs and 1672 in T20Is and a batting average of over 50 in both Tests and ODIs.

The star batsman had announced his retirement from international cricket earlier on May 23, 2018.

He has featured in a total of 184 IPL matches and featured in 340 T20 games for different teams across the country.

S47. Ans. (1) Salman Khan

Sol. Bollywood actor Salman Khan has become the Covid-vaccine ambassador of Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Public Health Minister According to Rajesh Tope, there is hesitation about receiving anti-coronavirus vaccines in Muslim-majority communities, and the government will enlist the help of Bollywood actor Salman Khan to persuade people to get the vaccine.

Maharashtra is leading in terms of the number of vaccine shots administered, but in some areas the pace of vaccination is low.

S48. Ans. (3) Madhya Pradesh

Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a series of Tribal Welfare programs on his visit to Madhya Pradesh.

PM Modi launched a welfare scheme named ‘Ration Aapke Gram’ scheme & ‘Sickle Cell Mission’ of Madhya Pradesh.

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone for the construction of 50 new Eklavya Model Residential Schools across India.

The Indian Government decided to celebrate 15th November as the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ or ‘Tribal Gaurav Diwas’, every year starting from 2021.

Modi referred to his long association with the tribal society. He was all praised for the richness of their spiritual and cultural life and said that every cultural aspect of tribal including songs and dances carries a life lesson and they have so much to teach.

S49. Ans. (2) Puneeth Rajkumar

Sol. The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai announced on November 16, 2021, that Kannada film star Puneeth Rajkumar will be conferred with the ‘Karnataka Ratna Award’

Puneeth Rajkumar passed away on October 29, 2021, due to cardiac arrest at the age of 46.

Popularly known as ‘Appu’ and ‘Power star’ by his fans, Puneeth made his debut on screen when he was just 6 years old. He went on to win National Award as a child artist for the film “Bettada Hoovu”. Puneeth, then, remerge as a lead actor in 2002 and further went on to star in 29 movies, delivering some of the biggest hits of the Kannada Cinema.

S50. Ans. (1) Cipla

Sol. Drug major Cipla on 17 November 2021 launched Spirofy.

It is the country’s first pneumotach-based portable wireless spirometer for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and asthma.

The device generates reports in real-time, which can be printed using a portable wireless thermal printer instantly, or a pdf version can be shared on the phone.

S51. Ans. (3) Vax

Sol.‘Vax’ selected as Oxford English Dictionary’s 2021 Word of the Year.

‘Vax’ has been chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2021.

Vax is derived from the Latin word Vacca, which means cow.

Vax is used as a short form for vaccines and means a substance put into a person’s body to prevent them from getting a disease.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, words related to vaccines saw surge in 2021, including terms like double-vaxxed, unvaxxed, and anti-vaxxer.

S52. Ans. (4) Kerala

Sol.According to the 6th edition of the Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021) report by the Public Affairs Centre (PAC), a Bengaluru- based non-profit think tank, the top three slots have been taken by Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana among 18 large states.

PAI 2021 highlights the state government’s quality governance and especially the state’s government involvement over the curb of Covid-19.

Toppers among large states

Kerala (1.618)

Tamil Nadu (0.857)

Telangana (0.891)

Toppers among small states

Sikkim (1.617)

Meghalaya (1.144)

Mizoram (1.123)

S53. Ans. (2) Goa

Sol.Goa has achieved a 100 percent target in providing free ration and the first dose of Covid-19.

Goa has already achieved the target of becoming Open Defecation Free.

The state has also achieved targets of Har Ghar Jal Abhiyan and electricity connection to every household.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa program was also launched in October 2020.

S54. Ans. (3) Tedros Adhanom

Sol. The World Health Organization, on 29 Oct 2021, informed that its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is running unopposed for a second five-year term.

The announcement was made after the deadline for candidacies for the next term expired on September 23.

Tedros, an Ethiopian national, is the first African to head WHO.

He was a former Health and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia.

S55. Ans. (1) Ashok Bhushan

Sol. Centre has appointed former Supreme Court Judge Justice Ashok Bhushanas the new Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), for a period of four years or until he attains the age of 70 years, which ever is the earliest.

Justice Bhushan was the former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.

NCLAT was formed by the government under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Apart from this, Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar has been appointed as the new President of the quasi-judicial body, National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for five years or till he attains the age of 67 years.

Justice Sudhakar was the former Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.

S56. Ans. (4) Invest India

Sol. Invest India has been unanimously elected as the President of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) for 2021-2023.

Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency that helps investors looking for investment opportunities and options in India.

WAIPA was established in 1995 under the auspices of the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

S57. Ans. (1) Gold

Sol.Srinanagr’s Taijul Islam won a gold medal in the Under-14 category of the World Kickboxing Championship, held in Cairo, Egypt on October 22.

Islam defeated the Argentinan player in the final of the World Kickboxing Championship.

She had four bouts – two with Egypt, semi-final with France and faced Argentina in the final of the World Kickboxing Championship.

S58. Ans. (2) Dr Rahul Gupta

Sol.Srinanagr’s Taijul Islam won a gold medal in the Under-14 category of the World Kickboxing Championship, held in Cairo, Egypt on October 22.

Islam defeated the Argentinan player in the final of the World Kickboxing Championship.

She had four bouts – two with Egypt, semi-final with France and faced Argentina in the final of the World Kickboxing Championship.The United States Senate has approved Rahul Gupta as the Director of National Drug Control Policy on October 28.

Gupta who is a prominent Indian-American primary care physician is going to be the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)’s first medical doctor to lead the position.

Rahul was born in India and was raised in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. He is the son of an Indian official. He was then graduated from the University of Delhi’s medical school at the very young age of 21.

S59. Ans. (4) Maharashtra

Sol.According to the annual report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Maharashtra has ranked first in terms of suicide.

According to the report, there has been an increase in suicide cases in 2020 as compared to 2019.

In the year 2020, 1,53,052 cases of suicidee. an average of 418 cases have been registered daily.

According to statistics, Maharashtra reported 19,909 cases of suicide followed by Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Karnataka with 16,883, 14,578, 13,103 and 12,259 cases respectively.

S60. Ans. (2) Madhya Pradesh

Sol. The Madhya Pradesh govt has announced the Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhu-adhikar Yojna.

Under the scheme, the state government will provide plots to families that don’t have land to build their own homes.

Residential plots to the eligible families will be provided on Abadi land in each Gram Panchayat.

A family must consist of a couple and their unmarried children to be eligible for the scheme.

Under the scheme, district collectors have been empowered with respect to the availability of Abadi land, and the maximum area of the plot for allotment will be 60 sq m.

S61. Ans. (3) Renu Gupta

Sol.Renu Gupta has been honoured with Blackswan Award for Women Empowerment at The Greatest Brands and Leaders Summit, an initiative of URS Media Consulting P.L. & AsiaOne Magazine, in Oct’21.

She is Managing Director at Red Velvet Rock Global Commercial Brokers LLC, Dubai.

She was honoured for her contribution to making a change in society through her edge of business ideas based on innovation.

S62. Ans. (3) Mizoram

Sol.Central Government on 28th October 2021, appointed senior IAS officer Renu Sharma as the new chief secretary of Mizoram which coincided with the state government appointing J C Ramthanga, the additional chief secretary to the chief minister to the post.

Both have been directed to take charge from November 1.

Renu Sharma will replace Lalnunmawia Chuaungo, who has taken voluntary retirement from October 31.

Sharma, an Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre officer of 1988 batch, had already been posted in Mizoram and was initially commissioner and secretary in the finance and general administration departments between June 2011 and August 2012.

S63. Ans. (3) Amit Shah

Sol.The Union Home Minister Amit Shah on his day-long visit to Uttarakhand will launch Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana in Dehradun.

The aim of the scheme is to eliminate the burden of more than 3 lakh rural women in the state.

Under the scheme, fodder will be provided at the rate of two rupees per kg at a 50 per cent subsidy.

S64. Ans. (4) Delhi Metro

Sol.The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has bagged the award for ‘Metro Rail with the Best Passenger Services and Satisfaction’ by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

It was awarded at the 14th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference 2021 by the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation MD Dr. Mangu Singh received the award.

S65. Ans. (1) Mussoorie

Sol.Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has dedicated to the nation “Sardar Patel Leadership Centre” at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie (Uttarakhand).

The facility was inaugurated on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on October 31, 2021, which marks the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

The Sardar Patel Leadership Centre aims to lay the foundation capacity building for future generations of Civil Servants from India and Abroad, as visualised by the Father of All India Services.

The Centre aims to emerge as a Huge Resource Centre to provide continuous study and learning opportunities to Civil Servants so that they learn from the best practices of leadership across the world while remaining connected with their cultural ethos, values and roots.

S66. Ans. (3) Odisha

Sol.An Indian Air Force (IAF) team and DRDOon 29 October 2021 successfully flight-tested the country’s first indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb (LRB) from a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet over Balasore, Odisha.

The LR Bomb, with a range of 100 kilometres, was fired from the IAF fighter aircraft flying at an altitude of 10 kilometres.

It can carry a warhead of 1000 kilograms.

S67. Ans. (4) TCS

Sol.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has won the 2021 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) GreenLake Ecosystem Partner of the Year Award.

The 2021 HPE Partner of the Year Awards recognize HPE partners from across the ecosystem for their incredible commitment to customer excellence, continued strong performance, focus on growth, and dedication to mutual achievements.

This award confirms TCS’ ongoing commitment to providing the highest level of customer experience, as well as transformative and innovative IT solutions.

S68. Ans. (2) Gujarat

Sol.The Union Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah launched the “Dairy Sahakar” schemeon October 31, 2021 at Anand, Gujarat during a function organised by Amul to celebrate the 75th Foundation Year of Amul.

Total outlay of the Dairy Sahakar scheme is Rs 5000 crore.

The scheme will be implemented by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)under Ministry of Cooperation.

The scheme will supplement the existing efforts of strengthening the dairy sector in the country, doubling the farmers income as well as realize the vision of ‘from cooperation to prosperity’.

S69. Ans. (2) Microsoft

Sol. Microsoft Corp.has surpassed Apple Inc. to become theworld’s most valuable publicly-traded company by market capitalisation on October 29, 2021.

At market close on October 29, 2021, Apple stood at about $2.46 trillion while Microsoftreached nearly $2.49 trillion.

Apple had held the top position for more than a year.

S70. Ans. (1) Hyderabad

Sol. World’s first and India’s largest landfill gas-to-compressed biogas plant has been inaugurated at Hyderabad Integrated Municipal Solid Waste site.

The plant has been inaugurated by Ramky Enviro. Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd is one of Asia’s leading providers of comprehensive environment management services.

The focus of the project is on the conversion of landfill gas into compressed biogas as an automotive fuel.

The benefits of the project include carbon sequestration and reduced emissions of GHGs into the environment.

S71. Ans. (4) New Zealand

Sol. The critically endangered New Zealand long-tailed but has been named the New Zealand Bird of the Year 2021.

The long-tailed bat is the only land mammal of New Zealand. It is also known as the long-tailed wattled bat or pekapeka-tou-roa.

The Bird of the Year competition is organised annually by New Zealand-based independent conservation organization Forest & Bird to raise awareness among the citizens about the native birds of the country.

S72. Ans. (4) Both (1) & (3)

Sol.The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has released the list of 18 Cricketers who were selected for the MCC awards Honorary Life Membership of the Club.

The list witnessed the names of 2 former Indian cricketers – Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath.

This year’s list saw the names of 18 players, including 16 Male & 2 Female players (Sarah Taylor & Sara McGlashan).

MCC awards Honorary Life Membership Complete List:

England: Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Marcus Trescothick, Sarah Taylor

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis & Morne Morkel

West Indies: Ian Bishop, Shivnarine Chanderpaul & Ramnaresh Sarwan

Australia: Alex Blackwell & Damien Martyn

India: Harbhajan Singh & Javagal Srinath

S73. Ans. (2) Punjab

Sol. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi announced ‘Mission Clean’ in a meeting on October 31, 2021, held with all the Deputy Commissioners and the Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) of the State.

The Chief Minister of Punjab, during the meeting, directed the officials to adopt a ‘zero-tolerance policy’ against corruption.

He also ordered strict action against the drug, sand, and the liquor mafia.

The Chief Minister of Punjab has directed the Mining Department to ensure that the sand and gravel should be available in the market at the Government rates while directing the DCs and SSPs to keep a check on it.

S74. Ans. (2) Dal Lake

Sol. Kashmir has got the first-ever open-air floating theatre in the famous Dal lake.

The theatre was launched on by J-K Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta in October 2021.

Bollywood film ‘Kashmir ki Kali’ was shown to tourists and residents of the area in the theatre.The theatre will benefit tourism in J&K.The concept of open-air is pretty unique, not found anywhere in this world.

S75. Ans. 3) CBSE

Sol.CBSE has launched “Veer Gatha” project in schools to raise awareness on Gallantry Awards.

Schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have been asked to prepare projects and engage in activities based on the Gallantry Award winners.

The Veer Gatha project aims to raise awareness about the brave acts and sacrifices of the Gallantry Award winners among school students.

The Veer Gatha project is being conducted from October 21- to November 20.

The projects can be interdisciplinary & in various formats such as poems, essays, etc.

S76. Ans. (3) World Bank

Sol. The Government of India and the World Bankhave inked USD 40 millionhealth project agreement for the state of Meghalaya on October 28, 2021.

The Meghalaya Health Systems Strengthening Projectwill improve the quality of health services in the state and strengthen the management and governance capabilities of the state to handle future health emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic.

S77. Ans. (2) Pearl Agarwal

Sol. The First Miss India 2021 title was bagged by Pearl Agarwal with Lekh Utaiah as 1st runner up and Shreya Gupta as the 2nd runner up.

Rayna Sikri was declared as the First Miss India Teen 2021 with Shubhi Dhaneta as 1st runner up.

The grand finale of the All India Beauty Pageants First Miss India 2021 and First Miss India Teen 2021 was held in Goa on 30 October 2021.

S78. Ans. (2) Axis Bank

Sol.Axis Bank has signed an MoUwith the Indian Navy, offering a defence service salary package.

Through the exclusive defence service salary package–Power Salute–Axis Bank will offer numerous benefits to all ranks of the Indian Navy, veterans and cadets.

The benefits include a personal accident cover of up to ₹56 lakh.

It also includes zero processing fee and 12 EMI waivers on home loans.

S79. Ans. (1) Arun Chawla

Sol. FICCI has appointed Arun Chawla as its new Director-General.

He will assume charge with immediate effect.

He joined FICCI in 2011 and is currently the Deputy Secretary-General of the chamber.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group based.

It was established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi.

S80. Ans. (1) USA

Sol.US President Joe Biden has announced more conventional proposed rate hikes on the income of large corporations and the wealthiest Americans, similar to a ‘Wealth Tax’.

This new tax would apply to people with over $1 billion in assets or $100 million in income for three straight years

Biden’s plan was to raise tax rates on pretty much the entire 1%, the 1.6 million taxpayers earning at least $500,000 annually.

S81. Ans. (1) Haryana

Sol.IndianOil Board has greenlighted the setting up of India’s first mega-scale maleic anhydride plant, to manufacture value-added chemical products, at its Panipat Refinery and Petroleum Complex (PRPC) in Haryana.

The project with a capex of ₹3,681 crore will be commissioned in 54 months from Stage 1 investment approval.

The project is proposed to have a capacity of 120 KTA (kilo tonnes per annum) of maleic anhydride (MAH) that is used to make speciality products like polyester resins and surface coatings, plasticisers, agrochemicals, and lubricant additives.

The plant will also manufacture 20 KTA of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) that finds applications in polyurethanes, polybutylene terephthalates (PBT) – an engineering grade plastic and biodegradable fibres.

S82. Ans. (2) Azim Premji

Sol.Azim Premji,the founder-chairman of Wipro Ltd has topped the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021.

The 76-year-old made the highest contribution of ₹9,713 crores between April 2020 and March 2021 towards philanthropic causes to retain the top position for the second year in a row.

Shiv Nadar, founder, and chairman of HCL Technologies, retained the second spot with an annual donation of ₹1,263 crores.

India’s richest man and the chairman of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani stood at the third spot with an annual donation of ₹577 crores.

The EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021 is compiled by the EdelGive Foundation and Hurun Research Institute. It is the eighth edition of the annual list.

S83. Ans. (4) Dehradun

Sol.Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrashekhar inaugurated Uttarakhand’s first Internet Exchange in a virtual ceremony in Dehradun on 1 November 2021.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will help facilitate internet services in rural areas of the state.

The next internet exchange will be installed in Nainital.

S84. Ans. (3) IREDA

Sol.The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA)has launched a‘Whistle-blower Portal’ as a part of celebration of ‘Vigilance Awareness Week 2021’.

The portal was launched by Shri Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), IREDA on November 02, 2021.

The Whistle-blower Portal has been developed by IT Team of the company and will help the IREDA employees to raise concerns related to fraud, corruption, abuse of power among other things.

S85. Ans. (3) 35

Sol.The National Sports Awards for the year 2021were announced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sportson November 02, 2021.

President of India Ramnath Kovind will felicitate the awardees on November 13, 2021.

The National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.

S86. Ans. (2) Punjab Lok Congress

Sol. Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh announced the name of his new party- Punjab Lok Congress on November 2, 2021.

The announcement comes after he resigned from Congress.

The Punjab assembly elections are scheduled to be held in February or March 2022.

S87. Ans. (1) Rahul Dravid

Sol. Rahul Dravid was appointed as the head coach of Team India (Senior) on November 3, 2021.

He was unanimously chosen for the post by the Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Sulakshana Naik and RP Singh.

The former India skipper will take charge of the Indian cricket team from the upcoming home T20 series against New Zealand.

Rahul Dravid was appointed as the head of the National Cricket Academy in 2019, a position which he will leave before taking over as India’s head coach.

Before this, he was serving as the Head Coach for the India Under-19 and India A teams from 2016 to 2019. Under his mentorship, the India under-19 team was runners-up at the 2016 under-19 Cricket World Cup and winners at the 2018 u-19 Cricket World Cup.

Known as ‘The Wall’ and Dependable, Dravid is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

S88. Ans. (2) Rashid Khan

Sol. Another Afghanistan star spinner Rashid Khan has become the fastest bowler to take 100 wickets in T20Is.

Rashid achieved the feat during the match against Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

The Afghanistan spinner dismissed Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez to reach the milestone.

Shakib Al Hasan, Lasith Malinga and Tim Southee are the players who have taken 100 T20I wickets.

Rashid picked his 100th wicket in only his 53rd match as he broke Malinga’s record. The Sri Lanka bowler had picked his 100th wicket in his 76th game.

S89. Ans. (3) Akash Kumar

Sol.Akash Kumar ensures India’s first medal at the World Boxing Championships by defeating the Rio Olympics bronze medallist Yoel Finol in the quarter-finals.

He became only the seventh Indian to win a world championship medal.

In the previous edition, India had won a silver and bronze medal in the World Boxing Championships.

The gold medalist of this championship will get a prize money of USD 100,000. India is being represented by its reigning national champions across weight categories.

The 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships are being held in Belgrade, Serbia from 25 October to 6 November.

S90. Ans. (1) Amit Shah

Sol. ‘Ayushmaan CAPF’ Scheme health cards have been launched by Home Minister Amit Shah at national level on 02 November.

‘Ayushman CAPF’ scheme has been designed to cover all serving personnel and their dependents of the seven Central Armed Police Forces.

The health card distribution will be undertaken in all CAPFs. The distribution of about 35 lakh cards will be completed by December 2021.

‘Ayushmaan CAPF’ Scheme had been launched by Home Minister on a pilot basis in the State of Assam on 23rd January 2021.

It had been launched to provide health care services to all Central Armed Police Force (CAPFs) personnel and their dependents.

S91. Ans. (3) Haryana

Sol. Haryana’s Prime Minister (CM), Manohar Lal Khattar has launched the ‘Uttam Beej website’ which will benefit Haryana farmers by providing quality seeds in a transparent manner.

The site will explicitly provide a seed production system developed by both Government and private seed production organizations and ensure guaranteed seed quality.

This seed portal is linked to the Meri Fasal Mera Byora Portal and the Family Identity ID card.

The Meri Fasal Mera Byora Portal provides details to all these landowners or those who have contracted their land and should advertise their crop. Farmers will now have access to good quality seeds, which can improve their production and income.

S92. Ans. (3) Indonesia

Sol.Indonesia has become the first country in the world to authorize the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Novavax Inc. and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.

Novavax said a phase 3 trial of the shot, which is given in two doses 21-days apart, found it was 100% effective against moderate and severe disease and was 90% effective at preventing Covid-19.

Novavax and SII have together committed to providing more than 1 billion doses to COVAX, which is co-led by the WHO.

S93. Ans. (1) Bibek Debroy

Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the reconstitution of his Economic advisory council (EAC-PM).

Bibek Debroy, President of the Indian Statistical Institute, is the Chairman of the council.

Former RBI deputy governor Rakesh Mohan, along with IIM Ahmedabad Professor T T Ram Mohan, and Director-General of NCAER Poonam Gupta, are the three new members to join the seven-member council.

The new advisory council has been appointed for a period of two year. The Chairman of the council and three other members have been retained.

S94. Ans. (2) Kannada

Sol. The Governor of Georgia, Brian P. Kemp, has announced that November 1 will be observed as ‘Kannada Language and Rajyotsava Day’.

Georgia had become the first state in the U.S. to issue such a proclamation for Kannada.

Karnataka is set to celebrate Kannada Rajyotsava.

Georgia houses one of the biggest Indian diaspora in the U.S.

Kannada is one of the longest-surviving classical languages, with a rich literature and inscriptions dating back to 450 BCE.

S95. Ans. (1) Gujarat

Sol. E-Sarkar App has been launched by Gujarat Government on pilot basis for paperless administration.

Gujarat government has launched app to make administrative works paperless, quick and easy for citizens.

Government will launch the app on full scale on December 25 when the country will celebrate Good Governance Day.

IWDMS app was launched by Gujarat government in 2005 for administrative purposes.

E-Sarkar app will be applicable to government departments at the Secretariat, district and taluka levels and the collector-DDO offices.

S96. Ans. (3) UK

Sol. The United Kingdom on November 4, 2021, became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 anti-viral pill.

It has been jointly developed by the U.S.-based Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in a boost to the fight against pandemic.

This is the first oral antiviral treatment for Coronavirus that has received approval, with the green light coming ahead of the potential US regulatory clearance.

The oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19 will be branded as ‘Lagevrio’ in Britain.

S97. Ans. (2) Damon Galgut

Sol. South African writer Damon Galgut has been awarded with the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction on November 3, 2021.

Galgut has won the prize for his novel `The Promise’.

The Booker Prize for Fiction, (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019)), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom. It carries £50,000 prize ($69,000).

S98. Ans. (1) COVAXIN

Sol. Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has got WHO approval on 3rd November 2021 as the technical advisory team has recommended the India-made vaccine for emergency use listing for 18 years and above.

This marks a major victory for India’s journey in vaccination against Covid-19.

Covaxin is a vaccine, completely ‘made in India’, by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council of Medical Research.

S99 . Ans. (3) National Mission for Clean Ganga

Sol. On the first day of Ganga Utsav (The River Festival 2021), National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records.

It was registered in the Guinness Book because record number of photos of handwritten notes were uploaded on Facebook in an hour.

The Ganga Utsav event was organised to raise awareness on Ganga rejuvenation as well as to provide impetus to the reach of the event.

Ganga Utsav, event to celebrate the glory of river Ganga, is celebrated by the National Mission for Clean Ganga, which is implemented by the National Ganga Council (NGC).

S100. Ans. (3) Afghanistan

Sol.Afghanistan’s Taliban announced a ban on the use of foreign currencies on 2nd November 2021, threatening further disruption to an already ailing economy.

The Taliban organisation urged everyone — from shopkeepers to business owners — to conduct all transactions using the national currency, the “Afghani“.

Q1.What is India’s rank in the “Global Innovation Index 2021“?

(a) 31st

(b) 36th

(d) 46th

S1.Ans.(d) 46th

Q2.Which country has joined as the 9th full member state of Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO)?

(a) Oman

(b) Iran

(d) Turkey

S2. Ans.(b) Iran

Q3.How many writers have been selected for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship 2021?

(a) 4 writers

(b) 5 writers

(d) 9 writers

S3. Ans. (c) 8 writers

Q4.Who has been appointed as the head of public policy by Facebook India?

(a) Indu Malhotra

(b) Rajiv Aggarwal

(d) Ankhi Das

S4. Ans.(b) Rajiv Aggarwal

Q5. “Sarkar Tumachya Dari ” initiative was started in which of the following states?

(a) Kerala

(b) Kochi

(d) Goa

S5. Ans.(d) Goa

Q6. Who has received an honorary doctorate from the Hindu University of America?

(a) Sanjay Mishra

(b) Anil Kapoor

(d) Mr. Prem Chopra

S6. Ans.(c) Anupam Kher

Q7.Justin Trudeau wins historic third term as Prime Minister of –

(a) Canada

(b) Germany

(d) Denmark

S7. Ans.(a) Canada

Q8.Which organization has launched a unique Scheme called SPIN (Strengthening the Potential of India)?

(a) Khadi and Village Industries Commission

(b) Ministry of Rural Development

(d) State Bank of India

S8. Ans.(a) Khadi and Village Industries Commission

Q9. How many Indian Beaches have International Blue Flag Certification?

(a) 8 Beaches

(b) 10 Beaches

(d) 15 Beaches

S9. Ans.(b) 10 Beaches

Q10.Which state has won the FSSAI’s State Food Safety Index (SFSI) 2020-21 in large state category?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

S10. Ans.(c) Gujarat

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Q11.Who has become the fastest Indian to conquer two peaks located in Africa and Russia?

(a) Shivangi Pathak

(b) Geeta Samota

(d) Premlata Agrawal

S11.Ans.(b) Geeta Samota

Q12.Who has become the 1st player to play 200 matches for a team of IPL?

(a) Suresh Raina

(b) Rohit Sharma

(d) MS Dhoni

S12.Ans.(c) Virat Kohli

Q13.Who has become the new Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab?

(a) Sukhjinder Randhawa

(b) Om Parkash Soni

(d) None of these

S13.Ans.(c) Both (1) & (2)

Q14.Who has been named as the new Chief of the Air Staff, to succeed incumbent Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria?

(a) Raghunath Nambiar

(b) Vivek Ram Chaudhari

(d) Sandeep Singh

S14.Ans.(b) Vivek Ram Chaudhari

Q15.Who has been awarded with the ‘SDG Progress Award’ by the UN-sponsored Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)?

(a) Sheik Hasina

(b) Narendra Modi

(d) Sher Bahadur

S15.Ans.(a) Sheik Hasina

Q16.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Ambrane in India?

(a) Disha Patani

(b) Kriti Sanon

(d) Alia Bhatt

S16.Ans.(a) Disha Patani

Q17.Who has been honored with the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020?

(a) Shobha Madhav

(b) Smt. Chaya Patil

(d) Smt Asha Gajre

S17.Ans.(c) SV Sarasvati

Q18.Who has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation?

(a) Khushwant Singh

(b) VR Chaudhari

(d) Pradeep Kharola

S18.Ans.(c) Rajiv Bansal

Q19.The ‘1st edition of Himalayan Film Festival’ has been inaugurated in –

(a) Ladakh

(b) Uttarakhand

(d) Assam

S19.Ans.(a) Ladakh

Q20.Which city has been named as UNESCO’s World Book Capital for 2023?

(a) Paris

(b) Accra

(d) Beirut

S20. Ans.(b) Accra

Q21.Which state has topped in terms of installed solar power capacity recently?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Karnataka

(d) Punjab

S21. Ans.(c) Rajasthan

Q22.Who has become the World’s 1st Women Cricketer to score 20,000 international runs?

(a) Shafali Verma

(b) Harmanpreet Kaur

(d) Deepti Sharma

S22. Ans.(c) Mithali Raj

Q23.World’s highest electric vehicle charging station has been inaugurated in –

(a) J&K

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Ladakh

S23. Ans.(b) Himachal Pradesh

Q24.Who is the author of the recently launched book ‘400 Days’?

(a) Ravinder Singh

(b) Chetan Bhagat

(d) Durjoy Datta

S24. Ans.(b) Chetan Bhagat

Q25.Which COVID-19 variant is the world’s most dominant variant currently, as per WHO?

(a) Alpha

(b) Beta

(d) Delta

S25. Ans.(d) Delta

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Q26.Which state has passed the Religious Structures (Protection) Bill, 2021?

(a) Odisha

(b) Karnataka

(d) Kerala

S26. Ans.(b) Karnataka

Q27.Which country’s Fairooz Faizah Beether has received the Changemaker Award for 2021?

(a) Pakistan

(b) Bangladesh

(d) Sri Lanka

S27. Ans.(b) Bangladesh

Q28.Recently ‘Yogesh Singh’ has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of which university?

(a) BHU

(b) AMU

(d) Anna University

S28. Ans.(c) Delhi University

Q29.Anirudh Tiwari has become the new Chief Secretary of which state?

(a) Punjab

(b) Haryana

(d) Karnataka

S29. Ans.(a) Punjab

Q30.BPCL has partnered with which bank to launch contactless RuPay credit card?

(a) PNB

(b) SBI

(d) HDFC Bank

S30. Ans.(b) SBI

Q31. Who has become the highest paid footballer in 2021?

(a) Cristiano Ronaldo

(b) Lionel Messi

(d) Neymar

S31. Ans.(a) Cristiano Ronaldo

Q32. Who has recently inaugurated the ‘American Corner’ in Andhra University?

(a) Vishwa Bhushan Harichandran

(b) Jagan Mohan Reddy

(d) Annpurna Devi

S32. Ans.(c) Piyush Goyal

Q33. Which state will become the “Millet Hub of India“?

(a) Telangana

(b) Odisha

(d) Andhra Pradesh

S33. Ans.(c) Chhattisgarh

Q34. Which state has topped for installation of off-grid solar pumps under PM Kusum?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Haryana

(d) Kerala

S34. Ans.(b) Haryana

Q35. Who has been appointed as acting president of the Olympic Council of Asia?

(a) Sheikh Ahmad

(b) Thomas Bach

(d) Gianni Infantino

S35. Ans.(c) Randhir Singh

Q36.PM Modi has laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in –

(a) Nagaland

(b) Uttarakhand

(d) Rajasthan

S36.. Ans.(c) Uttar Pradesh

Q37.Who has won the “Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021“?

(a) Hilary Mantel

(b) Susanna Clarke

(d) J.K. Rowling

S37. Ans.(b) Susanna Clarke

Q38. Which football player has been honored by Guinness World Record for Most goals in international matches (male)?

(a) Lionel Messi

(b) Neymar

(d) Cristiano Ronaldo

S38. Ans.(d) Cristiano Ronaldo

Q39. Which country has become the 1st country in the world that requires all new homes to have EV chargers?

(a) Denmark

(b) Sweden

(d) England

S39. Ans.(d) England

Q40.India’s 1st FASTag-based Metro Parking Facility has been launched in –

(a) Chennai

(b) Lucknow

(d) New Delhi

S40. Ans.(d) New Delhi

Q41.Who has been conferred with the “Swami Brahmanand Award 2021“?

(a) Nurul Hasan

(b) Anand Kumar

(d) Dr Arun Kumar

S41. Ans. (b) Anand Kumar

Q42.Which country is hosting the Exercise “PEACEFUL MISSION 2021”?

(a) Russia

(b) Australia

(d) France

S42. Ans. (a) Russia

Q43.Which Union Minister has launched the read safety project “iRASTE’?

(a) Nitin Gadkari

(b) Amit Shah

(d) Narendra Modi

S43. Ans. (a) Nitin Gadkari

Q44. ‘Project Udaan’ was developed by which of the following IIT?

(a) IIT Nagpur

(b) IIT Kanpur

(d) IIT Madras

S44. Ans.(c) IIT Bombay

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Q45.Name the fast payment systems of Singapore with which RBI has recently linked its UPI?

(a) PayWay

(b) PayNow

(d) PayOut

S45. Ans. (b) PayNow

Q46.Who is the author of the book “Human Rights and Terrorism in India”?

(a) Shashi Tharoor

(b) Nitin Gadkari

(d) Jairam Ramesh

S46. Ans. (c) Subramanian Swamy

Q47.Who has become the first woman excavation engineer to work in an open cast mine at Central Coalfields Ltd?

(a) Akanksha Kumari

(b) Shivangi Singh

(d) Shivani Meena

S47. Ans. (d) Shivani Meena

Q48.Which state government has increased the reservation for women in government jobs from 30% to 40%?

(a) Kerala

(b) Tamil Nadu

(d) Odisha

S48. Ans.(b) Tamil Nadu

Q49.Which state announced that the Temple land grabbing as cognizable, non-bailable offense?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Kerala

(d) Tamil Nadu

S49. Ans. (d) Tamil Nadu

Q50. India is set to host the 1st-ever Global Buddhist Conference in –

(a) Karnataka

(b) Rajasthan

(d) Bihar

S50. Ans.(d) Bihar

Q51. Who has become the World’s 1st Professional Golfer to get Golden Visa of Dubai?

(a) Tiger Woods

(b) Jeev Milkha Singh

(d) Hideki Matsuyama.

S51 Ans.(b) Jeev Milkha Singh

Q52. India’s first CO2 capture plant from blast furnace gas has been launched by –

(a) Tata Steel

(b) ONGC

(d) BHEL

S52. Ans.(a) Tata Steel

Q53. The Campaign titled “Shoonya” has been launched by which organisation?

(a) NITI Aayog

(b) SBI

(d) IIT Madras

S53. Ans.(a) NITI Aayog

Q54. Which country is the World’s 1st to test submarine-launched ballistic missile(SLBM)?

(a) Australia

(b) Israel

(d) Germany

S54. Ans.(c) South Korea

Q55. President Ramnath Kovind has present National Florence Nightingale Awards 2020 to –

(a) 51 Awardees

(b) 52 Awardees

(d) 62 Awardees

S55. Ans.(a) 51 Awardees

Q56.The “One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi” mission has been launched by which state/UT?

(a) Manipur

(b) J&K

(d) Ladakh

S56. Ans.(b) J&K

Q57. Which country has been suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?

(a) Cuba

(b) North Korea

(d) Peru

S57. Ans.(b) North Korea

Q58. Which state government has started the “Dry Ration Scheme“?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Tamil Nadu

(d) Odisha

S58. Ans.(d) Odisha

Q59. Which education board has been awarded “UNESCO Literacy Award“?

(a) NIOS

(b) IGNOU

(d) NCERT

S59. Ans.(a) NIOS

Q60. The Central Government has launched ‘PIB Fact Check’, in which social media platform to counter fake news?

(a) WhatsApp

(b) Telegram

(d) Twitter

S60.Ans.(b) Telegram

Q61. Virat Kohli has stepped down as captain of the Indian cricket team in which format?

(a) T20

(b) ODI

(d) All of these

S61.Ans.(a) T20

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Q62. Where has India’s largest floating solar PV plant been commissioned?

(a) Bihar

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Uttarakhand

S62.Ans.(b) Andhra Pradesh

Q63.Which TV has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 September 2021?

(a) Lok Sabha TV

(b) Rajya Sabha TV

(d) IP Web TV

S63.Ans.(c) Sansad TV

Q64. Who among the following persons was listed in TIME’s 100 Most Influential People List?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Mamata Banerjee

(d) All the above

S64.Ans.(d) All the above

Q65.The ‘Selfie with Temple campaign’ has been started in –

(a) Jharkhand

(b) Uttarakhand

(d) Haryana

S65.Ans.(b) Uttarakhand

Q66. India’s first Euro denominated Green bond has been issued by which company?

(a) NLC India Limited

(b) Mahindra Finance

(d) NHPC Limited

S66.Ans.(c) Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC)

Q67. What is the name of World’s first cricket NET (Non Fungible Token)?

(a) Cricket token.io

(b) Cricket forum.io

(d) Cricket fast.io

S67.Ans.(c) Cricket Crazy.io

Q68. The Exercise “Surya Kiran-XV” will be held in which place in 2021?

(a) Pithoragarh

(b) Dehradun

(d) Ranchi

S68.Ans.(a) Pithoragarh

Q69. Who is the author of the book ‘Translating Myself and Others’?

(a) Arundhati Roy

(b) Sudha Murthy

(d) Jhumpa Lahiri

S69.Ans.(d) Jhumpa Lahiri

Q70. Who has launched “Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana” on September 17, 2021?

(a) Ashwini Vaishnaw

(b) HM Amit Shah

(d) Hardeep Singh Puri

S70. Ans. (a) Ashwini Vaishnaw

Q71. NITI Aayog has tied up with which entity to educate children in 112 aspirational districts?

(a) Google India

(b) Facebook India

(c) Byju’s

(d) Amazon

S71. Ans. (c) Byju’s

Q72. India’s Shefali Juneja has been elected as the first woman chairperson of the UN agency’s security committee?

(a) ICAO

(b) UNTACD

(d) UNICEF

S72. Ans.(a) ICAO

Q73. Who has joined ‘RBI Innovation Hub’ as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)?

(a) Prateek Garg

(b) Rajeev Das

(d) Rahul Monie

S73. Ans. (c) Amit Saxena

Q74. “Katley” has been declared as the state fish by which state?

(a) Nagaland

(b) Sikkim

(d) Manipur

S74. Ans. (b) Sikkim

Q75. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Punjab?

(a) Brahm Mohindra

(b) Manpreet Singh Badal

(d) Om Parkash Soni

S75. Ans. (c) Charanjit Singh Channi

Q76.Annual “Doing Business” report will no longer be released. The report was released by –

(a) World Bank

(b) IMF

(d) United Nations

S76. Ans. (a) World Bank

Q77. Rajnath Singh has launched the book ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’. Written by –

(a) Anwar Masood

(b) Satinder Sartaj

(d) Harjinder Singh Dilgeer

S77. Ans.(c) Dr Prabhleen Singh

Q78. Recently, Which state’s Sirarakhong Chilli and Tamenglong Orange have received GI tag?

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Nagaland

(d) Manipur

S78. Ans. (d) Manipur

Q79.“PRAGATI” mobile app has been launched by which company for its development officers?

(a) LIC

(b) CIL

(d) SAIL

S79. Ans.(a) LIC

Q80.Name the campaign launched by the Department of Justice for Justice Delivery at doorstep?

(a) Sewa Samarpan

(b) Nyaya Raksha

(d) Apna Haq

S80. Ans.(c) Ek Pahal

Q81.Which institution has developed the device to generate electricity from water droplets and rain drops?

(a) IIT Hyderabad

(b) IIT Kanpur

(d) IIT Delhi

S81. Ans.(d) IIT Delhi

Q82.Who has been roped in by the Fino Payments Bank as its first ever brand ambassador?

(a) Pankaj Kapur

(b) Amitabh Bachchan

(d) Pankaj Tripathi

S82. Ans.(a) Pankaj Kapur

Q83. India’s 61st Software Technology park centre has been inaugurated in –

(a) Nagaland

(b) Manipur

(d) Tripura

S83. Ans.(a) Nagaland

Q84.World’s longest expressway in India is set to be in which national highway?

(a) Srinagar – Kanyakumari

(b) Assam – Mizoram

(d) Himachal Pradesh – Jammu and Kashmir

S84. Ans.(c) Delhi – Mumbai

Q85.India’s 1st Indigenous cruise liner has been launched by –

(a) RITES

(b) CONCOR

(d) IRCTC

S85. Ans.(d) IRCTC

Q86.Which state government has started ‘Music Bus’ to train students?

(a) Odisha

(b) Delhi

(d) Tamil Nadu

S86. Ans.(b) Delhi

Q87.Where has the 1st statue of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto been unveiled?

(a) France

(b) Germany

(d) Ukraine

S87. Ans.(c) Hungary

Q88.Manika Shyokand has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of which state for water conservation?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Maharashtra

(d) Punjab

S88. Ans.(c) Haryana

Q89. Which state Assembly passes a bill to register child marriages?

(a) Uttara Pradesh

(b) Gujarat

(d) Rajasthan

S89. Ans.(d) Rajasthan

Q90.UNESCO declares which place as the World’s 1st 5-country Biosphere Reserve?

(a) Guadalupe Island

(b) Picos de Europa

(d) Mura Darva Danube

S90. Ans.(d) Mura Darva Danube

Q91.Lovlina Borgohain has become the brand ambassador of which state’s Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan?

(a) Manipur

(b) Odisha

(d) Karnataka

S91. Ans.(c) Assam

Q92.Which financial institution has approved a $150 million loan for the urban poor in Tamil Nadu?

(a) NDB

(b) World Bank

(d) IMF

S92. Ans.(c) ADB

Q93.The India-Australia bilateral navy exercise AUSINDEX-2021 is which edition of the annual exercise?

(a) 3rd

(b) 5th

(d) 4th

S93. Ans.(d) 4th

Q94.Which Indian Bollywood personality has launched a book titled ‘Back to the Roots’?

(a) Tamannaah Bhatia

(b) Kareena Kapoor

(d) Anuskha Sharma

S94. Ans.(a) Tamannaah Bhatia

Q95.Which country became the 1st country to start vaccination for Toddlers?

(a) Haiti

(b) Mexico

(d) Jamaica

S95. Ans.(c) Cuba

Q96.Rani Rampal and Smriti Mandhana are appointed as brand ambassadors of which bank?

(a) IndusInd Bank

(b) Equitas Small Finance Bank

(d) India Post Payments Bank

S96. Ans.(b) Equitas Small Finance Bank

Q97.Harsha Bhupendra Bangari has been appointed as the new MD of –

(a) Indian Bank

(b) IDBI Bank

(d) HDFC Bank

S97. Ans.(c) EXIM Bank

Q98.Former SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as the economic advisor of which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

S98. Ans.(d) Andhra Pradesh

Q99.Which country has become the 1st country to make bitcoin a National Currency?

(a) Morocco

(b) El Salvador

(d) Sudan

S99. Ans.(b) El Salvador

Q100.The 1st Atma Nirbhar Bharat Corner was successfully inaugurated at –

(a) Bangkok

(b) London

(d) Tokyo

S100. Ans.(a) Bangkok

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