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TOP 100 MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS- OCTOBER 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. Who has topped the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021?

(A) Mukesh Ambani

(B) Azim Premji

(C) Ratan Tata

(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

(C) Ladakh

(D) Assam

S2. Ans.(A) Odisha

 

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

(A) Japan

(B) China

(C) South Korea

(D) North Korea

S3. Ans.(C) South Korea

 

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

(A) Anil Ambani

(B) Urjit Patel

(C) Shaktikanta Das

(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

(C) Mission Samudra

(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

(C) Gati Shakti 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

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Uttar Pradesh

S7. Ans.(B) Gujarat

 

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

(a) Bangladesh

(B) Japan

(C) USA

(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

(C) Suvidha 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

(C) Sri Lanka

(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

(C) Sweden

(D) India

S11. Ans.(B) USA

 

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

(A) Jammu & Kashmir

(B) Ladakh

(C) Delhi

(D) Uttarakhand 

S12. Ans.(A) Jammu & Kashmir

 

Q13.First Ladakh Birds Festival was inaugurated in –

(A) Kargi

(B) Dras

(C) Upshi

(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

(C) Shashidhar Sinha

(D) Manisha Kapoor

S14. Ans.(A) Subhash Kamath

 

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

(A) Rome

(B) Paris

(C) Stockholm

(D) London

S15. Ans.(A) Rome

 

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

(A) Meta

(B) Oculus

(C) Beyond

(D) FaceTo

S16. Ans.(A) Meta

 

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

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Karnataka

(C) Goa

(D) Telangana

S17. Ans.(D) Telangana

 

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

(A) Brunei

(B) Indonesia

(C) Thailand

(D) Philippines

S18. Ans.(A) Brunei

 

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

(A) Odisha

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Goa

(D) Kerala

S19. Ans.(C) Goa

 

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

(A) Karnataka

(B) Meghalaya

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Uttarakhand

S20. Ans.(D) Uttarakhand

 

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

(A) Australia

(B) USA

(C) Japan

(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

(C) Viral Acharya

(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

(C) From Token to Total Health

(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

(C) Atal Dulloo

(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

(C) K V Kamath

(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

(C) Israel

(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

(C) Let’s get CONNECTED

(D) Uniting for action

S27. Ans.(D) Uniting for action

 

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

(A) Srinagar

(B) Jammu

(C) Gulmarg

(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

(C) Melting Ice

(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

(C) Sachin Tendulkar

(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

(C) Match-box

(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

(C) Maharashtra

(D) West Bengal

S32. Ans. (A) Odisha

 

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

(A) Delhi

(B) Telangana

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Kerala

S33. Ans. (A) Delhi

 

Q34.Who has won the German Peace Prize 2021?

(A) Greta Thunberg

(B) Nadia Murad

(C) Tran Minh Nhat

(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

(C) France

(D) US

S35. Ans. (2) Canada

 

Q36.Who has won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship?

(A) Viktor Axelsen

(B) Akane Yamaguchi

(C) Fabio Quartararo

(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

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Bangladesh

S37. Ans.(2) China 

 

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

(A) Indonesia

(B) Thailand

(C) Philippines

(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

(C) Gujarat

(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

(C) Tajikistan

(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

(C) Prateek Sharma

(D) Diane Dimond

S45. Ans.(1) Chidanand Rajghatta 

 

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

(A) 71st

(B) 79th

(C) 84th

(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

(C) Shakib Al Hasan

(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

(C) Denys Williams

(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

(C) Debadatta Chand

(D) Dinesh Kumar 

S49. Ans. (1) Alok Mishra

 

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

(A) Goa

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Maharashtra

(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

(C) The Big Break

(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

(C) Kuber

(D) UnoCoin 

S52. Ans.(1) CoinDCX 

 

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

(A) Mikhail Mishustin

(B) Dmitry Medvedev

(C) Alexei Navalny

(D) Vladimir Putin

S53. Ans.(3) Alexei Navalny 

 

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

(A) Jharkhand

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Uttarakhand

(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

(C) Shabana Azmi

(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

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Uttar Pradesh 

S56. Ans(3) Madhya Pradesh

 

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

(A) Bajaj

(B) Hero

(C) TVS Motor

(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

(C) Deepika Padukone

(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

(C) Kerala

(D) Tamil Nadu 

S60. Ans. (2) Delhi

 

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

(A) Kerala

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Chhattisgarh

(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

(C) 101th

(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

(C) PK Garg

(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

(C) South Africa

(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

(C) Ranjana Agarwal

(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

(C) Geeta Gopinath

(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

(C) Dr. Akshata Prabhu

(D) Rashmi Madhuri

S67. Ans.(C) Dr. Akshata Prabhu 

 

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

(A) Russia

(B) Indonesia

(C) Japan

(D) China

S68. Ans. (C) Japan

 

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

(A) Truth Social

(B) Justice Social

(C) Secure 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

(C) Bhuj

(D) Bell Bottom

S71. Ans.(A) Koozhangal

 

 

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

(A) Pune

(B) Kochi

(C) Bengaluru

(D) Hyderabad

S72. Ans. (C) Bengaluru

 

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

(A) Dashrath Cantt

(B) Ayodhya Junction

(C) Ayodhya Cantt

(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

(C) Uttarakhand

(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

(C) Neeraj Chopra

(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

(C) Rajasthan

(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

(C) Both (a) & (b)

(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

(C) Education commission

(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

(C) Telangana

(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

(C) Manoj Kumar

(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

(C) Asuran

(D) Panga

S82. Ans.(A) Marakkar

 

 

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

(A) INS Vikrant

(B) INS Arihant

(C) INS Shaurya

(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

(C) Rajasthan

(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

(C) Sudha Murty

(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

(C) Haryana

(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

(C) Varanasi

(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

(C) Rajinikanth

(D) Anil Kapoor

S88. Ans. (C) Rajinikanth

 

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

(A) 10

(B) 8

(C) 12

(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

(C) Hyderabad

(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

(C) France

(D) Japan

S91. Ans. (A) UK

 

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

(A) Jaipur

(B) Kochi

(C) Indore

(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

(C) Chennai Port

(D) Cochin Port

S93. Ans.(A) Kolkata port 

 

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

(A) Gujarat

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Karnataka

(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

(C) Kunal Kamra

(D) Dhruv Bhusan

S95. Ans. (A) Rajiv Nigam

 

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

(A) Australia

(B) China

(C) South Africa

(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

(C) Tata Motors

(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

(C) Sourav Ganguly

(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

(C) Pune

(D) Hyderabad

S99. Ans.(A) Nagpur 

 

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

(A) Delhi

(B) Chennai

(C) Both (A) & (B)

(D) None of these

S100. Ans.(C) Both (A) & (B) 

 

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