Exercise :: October 8, 2021 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
- October 8, 2021 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
| 1. | Who has been honoured with the 2021 Yidan Prize? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: US-based Stanford University's Professor Eric A. Hanushek and Mumbai-based Dr Rukmini Banerji have been felicitated with the 2021 Yidan Prize, the world's highest education accolade.
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| 2. | Who are the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2021 has been awarded jointly to Benjamin List (Germany) and David MacMillan (the USA) "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".
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| 3. | The Ministry of Textile has extended the Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme up to how much period? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Ministry of Textiles has approved the continuation of the Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) up to March 2026.
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| 4. | Who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2021? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.
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| 5. | RBI has superseded the Board of Directors of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL) under which of the following Section of RBI Act, 1934? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India has superseded the Board of Directors of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL) under Section 45-IE (1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
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| 6. | Tax Inspectors Without Borders program has been launched by which nation in partnership with India? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Seychelles' Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) programme launched in partnership with India.
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| 7. | Which bank has launched the NAV-eCash card for the Indian Navy on INS Vikramaditya? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The State Bank of India has partnered with the Indian Navy to launch a NAV-eCash card for the naval personnel onboard the country's largest Naval Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
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| 8. | How many PM MITRA mega textile parks have been approved by the government to be set up in 5 years? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The Centre has approved the setting up of seven new mega textile parks, or PM MITRA parks across the country to help to further the growth of the textile sector in the economy and position India strongly on the Global textiles map.
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| 9. | The World Cotton Day is being observed annually on which date? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The WHO-recognised World Cotton Day (WCD) is every year on October 07 since 2019 to celebrate the international cotton industry and its contribution to communities and the global economy.
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| 10. | Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre which has been inaugurated by Vice President is situated in which state? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre in the presence of Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati Assam in the state of Maharashtra.
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| 11. | Which country's Hockey Federation has withdrawn from the 2022 Commonwealth Games? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Hockey India pulled out of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games stating the risk of contracting COVID-19 and the discriminatory quarantine rules by the United Kingdom (UK) for travellers coming from India.
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| 12. | Which country has test-fired its first Zircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russia successfully test-launched a Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile from a nuclear submarine.
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| 13. | In the Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) handicraft cluster having more than how many artisans will be selected for the scheme? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The mega handicraft clusters having more than 10,000 artisans will be selected for overall development under this scheme.
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| 14. | Which of the following Sections of the SARFAESI Act states that a company can carry the business of asset reconstruction only after obtaining a certificate of registration from RBI in addition to having a prescribed limit of minimum net owned fund requirement? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: As per Section 3 of the SARFAESI Act, a company can carry the business of asset reconstruction only after obtaining a certificate of registration from RBI and, having the owned fund of not less than Rs 2 crore.
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| 15. | What is the minimum net owned fund requirement for a company to operate as an Asset Reconstruction Company? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: having the owned fund of not less than Rs 2 crore or such other amount not exceeding 15% of total financial assets acquired or to be acquired by the securitisation company or reconstruction company.
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| 16. | Who has won the FIH women's Hockey Player of the Year award? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Gurjit Kaur has won the FIH Women's Hockey Player of the Year at the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Hockey Stars Awards 2020-21.
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| 17. | The Alibaug white onion of which state has received the GI tag? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The famous Alibaug white onion from Maharashtra's Raigad district has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
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| 18. | What is the revised status of the sovereign rating outlook of India by Moody's Investor Service? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Rating agency Moody's Investors Service has upgraded India's sovereign rating outlook to 'stable' from 'negative', following an improvement in the financial sector and faster-than-expected economic recovery across sectors.
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| 19. | Ian Watmore has decided to step down with immediate effect as the chair of which cricket board? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chair Ian Watmore has decided to step down with immediate effect.
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| 20. | Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Crypto exchange CoinDCX? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Crypto exchange CoinDCX has roped in Amitabh Bachchan as a brand ambassador to spread awareness about cryptocurrencies.
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