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.What is India’s rank in the “Global Innovation Index 2021“?
(a) 31st
(b) 36th
(c) 42nd
(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
(c) Iraq
(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
(c) 8 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
(c) Shefali Juneja
(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
(c) Karnataka
(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
(c) Anupam Kher
(d) Mr. Prem Chopra
S6. Ans.(c) Anupam Kher
Q7.Justin Trudeau wins historic third term as Prime Minister of –
(a) Canada
(b) Germany
(c) Haiti
(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
(c) National Small Industries Corporation
(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
(c) 12 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
(c) Gujarat
(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
(c) Chhanda Gayen
(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
(c) Virat Kohli
(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
(c) Both (1) & (2)
(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
(c) Gurcharan Singh Bedi
(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
(c) Imran Khan
(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
(c) Pankaj Tripathi
(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
(c) SV Sarasvati
(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
(c) Rajiv Bansal
(d) Pradeep Kharola
S18.Ans.(c) Rajiv Bansal
Q19.The ‘1st edition of Himalayan Film Festival’ has been inaugurated in –
(a) Ladakh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) J&K
(d) Assam
S19.Ans.(a) Ladakh
Q20.Which city has been named as UNESCO’s World Book Capital for 2023?
(a) Paris
(b) Accra
(c) Rome
(d) Beirut
S20. Ans.(b) Accra
Q21.Which state has topped in terms of installed solar power capacity recently?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Karnataka
(c) Rajasthan
(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
(c) Mithali Raj
(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
(c) Uttarakhand
(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
(c) Amish Tripathi
(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
(c) Gamma
(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
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Kerala
S26. Ans.(b) Karnataka
Q27.Which country’s Fairooz Faizah Beether has received the Changemaker Award for 2021?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Afghanistan
(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
(c) Delhi University
(d) Anna University
S28. Ans.(c) Delhi University
Q29.Anirudh Tiwari has become the new Chief Secretary of which state?
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka
S29. Ans.(a) Punjab
Q30.BPCL has partnered with which bank to launch contactless RuPay credit card?
(a) PNB
(b) SBI
(c) BOB
(d) HDFC Bank
S30. Ans.(b) SBI
Q31. Who has become the highest paid footballer in 2021?
(a) Cristiano Ronaldo
(b) Lionel Messi
(c) Harry Kane
(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
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Annpurna Devi
S32. Ans.(c) Piyush Goyal
Q33. Which state will become the “Millet Hub of India“?
(a) Telangana
(b) Odisha
(c) Chhattisgarh
(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
(c) Punjab
(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
(c) Randhir Singh
(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
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
S36.. Ans.(c) Uttar Pradesh
Q37.Who has won the “Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021“?
(a) Hilary Mantel
(b) Susanna Clarke
(c) Zadie Smith
(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
(c) Mohamed Salah
(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
(c) Finland
(d) England
S39. Ans.(d) England
Q40.India’s 1st FASTag-based Metro Parking Facility has been launched in –
(a) Chennai
(b) Lucknow
(c) Bengaluru
(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
(c) Dr. Vyas Prasad
(d) Dr Arun Kumar
S41. Ans. (b) Anand Kumar
Q42.Which country is hosting the Exercise “PEACEFUL MISSION 2021”?
(a) Russia
(b) Australia
(c) United States
(d) France
S42. Ans. (a) Russia
Q43.Which Union Minister has launched the read safety project “iRASTE’?
(a) Nitin Gadkari
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Piyush Goyal
(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
(c) IIT Bombay
(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
(c) PayPal
(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
(c) Subramanian Swamy
(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
(c) Bhawana Kanth
(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
(c) Karnataka
(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
(c) Karnataka
(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
(c) West Bengal
(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
(c) Rory McIlroy
(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
(c) Larsen & Toubro
(d) BHEL
S52. Ans.(a) Tata Steel
Q53. The Campaign titled “Shoonya” has been launched by which organisation?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) SBI
(c) ISRO
(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
(c) South Korea
(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
(c) 42 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
(c) Delhi
(d) Ladakh
S56. Ans.(b) J&K
Q57. Which country has been suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?
(a) Cuba
(b) North Korea
(c) Venezuela
(d) Peru
S57. Ans.(b) North Korea
Q58. Which state government has started the “Dry Ration Scheme“?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Odisha
S58. Ans.(d) Odisha
Q59. Which education board has been awarded “UNESCO Literacy Award“?
(a) NIOS
(b) IGNOU
(c) CBSE
(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
(c) Instagram
(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
(c) Test
(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
(c) Haryana
(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
(c) Sansad 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
(c) Adar Poonawalla
(d) All the above
S64.Ans.(d) All the above
Q65.The ‘Selfie with Temple campaign’ has been started in –
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Odisha
(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
(c) Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC)
(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
(c) Cricket Crazy.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
(c) Pune
(d) Ranchi
S68.Ans.(a) Pithoragarh
Q69. Who is the author of the book ‘Translating Myself and Others’?
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Sudha Murthy
(c) Anita Desai
(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
(c) Mansukh Mandaviya
(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
(c) UNHCR
(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
(c) Amit Saxena
(d) Rahul Monie
S73. Ans. (c) Amit Saxena
Q74. “Katley” has been declared as the state fish by which state?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Sikkim
(c) Mizoram
(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
(c) Charanjit Singh Channi
(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
(c) WEF
(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
(c) Dr Prabhleen Singh
(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
(c) Mizoram
(d) Manipur
S78. Ans. (d) Manipur
Q79.“PRAGATI” mobile app has been launched by which company for its development officers?
(a) LIC
(b) CIL
(c) ONGC
(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
(c) Ek Pahal
(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
(c) IIT Madras
(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
(c) Neeraj Chopra
(d) Pankaj Tripathi
S82. Ans.(a) Pankaj Kapur
Q83. India’s 61st Software Technology park centre has been inaugurated in –
(a) Nagaland
(b) Manipur
(c) Mizoram
(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
(c) Delhi – Mumbai
(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
(c) HSRC
(d) IRCTC
S85. Ans.(d) IRCTC
Q86.Which state government has started ‘Music Bus’ to train students?
(a) Odisha
(b) Delhi
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
S86. Ans.(b) Delhi
Q87.Where has the 1st statue of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto been unveiled?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Hungary
(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
(c) Haryana
(d) Punjab
S88. Ans.(c) Haryana
Q89. Which state Assembly passes a bill to register child marriages?
(a) Uttara Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Haryana
(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
(c) Andean Belt
(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
(c) Assam
(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
(c) ADB
(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
(c) 7th
(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
(c) Twinkle Khanna
(d) Anuskha Sharma
S94. Ans.(a) Tamannaah Bhatia
Q95.Which country became the 1st country to start vaccination for Toddlers?
(a) Haiti
(b) Mexico
(c) Cuba
(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
(c) Jean-Pierre Adams
(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
(c) EXIM 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
(c) Telangana
(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
(c) Ethiopia
(d) Sudan
S99. Ans.(b) El Salvador
Q100.The 1st Atma Nirbhar Bharat Corner was successfully inaugurated at –
(a) Bangkok
(b) London
(c) Washington
(d) Tokyo
S100. Ans.(a) Bangkok
