Current Affairs - Current Affairs
1.
Who is the new Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the United India Insurance Company Limited (UIICL) appointed by the ACC?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of SL Tripathy as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the United India Insurance Company Limited (UIICL).
Category : Persons
2.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest by-elections from which constituency?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest by-elections from the Bhabanipur constituency.
Category : State
3.
Who has been named as the new MD of Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank)?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Government has appointed Harsha Bhupendra Bangari as the new Managing Director (MD) of Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank).
Category : Persons
4.
Who has been elected as the Chairman of the Hardline Hurriyat Conference?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Incarcerated leader Masrat Alam has been elected as Chairman of the Hardline Hurriyat Conference.
Category : Persons
5.
Who represented India at the Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 (PACS-21)?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
From India, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) attended PACS-21.
Category : National
6.
Who has been awarded the 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Writer Namita Gokhale has been awarded the 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award.
Category : Awards and Honours
7.
TRIFED has planned to set up Atmanirbhar Bharat corner in how many Indian Missions/ Embassies, across the world in the next 3 months?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, is setting up an Atmanirbhar Bharat corner in 75 Indian Missions/ Embassies across the world in the next 3 months.
Category : National
8.
Whose birth anniversary will be celebrated as the Day of Social Justice in Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Tamil Nadu government has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of E V Ramasamy Periyar.
Category : State
9.
The Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 (PACS-21) was held at which place?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 (PACS-21) was held in Hawaii, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
Category : International
10.
Who represented India at the World Health Organization - South-East Asia Regional Office (WHO-SEARO), 2021?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar represented India at the World Health Organization- South-East Asia Regional Office (WHO-SEARO) through video conference.
Category : National
11.
Which state/UT has decided to ban online gambling or betting?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Karnataka has decided to ban online gambling or betting, and to amend the Karnataka Police Act, 1963.
Category : State
12.
Who has become the first IAS officer to win a Paralympic medal?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Noida District Magistrate Suhas Suhas Yathiraj became the first IAS officer to win a medal in Badminton at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games.
Category : Sports
13.
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Central government has approved the appointment of Arun Kumar Singh as the full-time Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).
Category : Persons
14.
PM Modi inaugurated the "Shikshak Parv-2021". What is the theme of the event?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the "Shikshak Parv-2021" and addressed the inaugural conclave through video conferencing.
Category : National
15.
What is the theme of International Literacy Day 2021?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The theme of 55th International Literacy Day is "Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide".
Category : Important Days
16.
Which Taliban Cabinet Minister is on the FBI's most-wanted list?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The new hardline Taliban government led by Mullah Hasan Akhund includes an all-male cabinet. Sirajuddin Haqqani, named as the interior minister, is on the FBI's most-wanted list with a $10 million bounty on his head.
Category : International
17.
Who has been named as the acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Mullah Hasan Akhund has been named the acting Prime Minister, while Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group's co-founder, has been named as the deputy Prime Minister.
Category : International
18.
International Literacy Day is being observed on which date?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
International Literacy Day is observed annually on September 8 across the world to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies.
Category : Important Days
19.
Which bank has announced the launch of a digital FD facility on the Google Pay app, without the need to open an account with the bank?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) has launched a new initiative in partnership with Google Pay, under which it will enable the users of the Google Pay app to open fixed deposits (FDs) on Google Pay, in under 2 minutes without having to open a bank account with ESFB.
Category : Banking
20.
Baby Rani Maurya, who has submitted her resignation, is the Governor of which state?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Uttrakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya submitted her resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind.
Category : Persons
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