DAILY GK QUIZ: 6 - 10 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 6 - 10 OCT 2021

[Q] Which is the 1st Indian state to use ‘Make in India’ drones for delivery of COVID-19 vaccines under ‘ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone)’?

(a) Tripura

(b) Manipur

(c) Nagaland

(d) Meghalaya

(e) Mizoram

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Name India’s first ‘Vertical Lift Railway Bridge’ that will connect Rameswaram Island with mainland of Tamil Nadu.

(a) Vembanad Rail Bridge

(b) Bogibeel Rail Bridge

(c) Nehru Setu Bridge

(d) Pamban Railway Bridge

(e) Adam’s Rail Bridge

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Where will India’s 1st & World’s 3rd ‘Ropeway Public Transport’ be set up at the cost of Rs. 400 crores?

(a) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

(b) Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Haridwar, Uttarakhand

(d) Kolkata, West Bengal

(e) Puri, Odisha

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the Persons who won ‘2021 Nobel Prize’ in Physics along with Italy’s Giorgio Parisi.

(a) Ardem Patapoutian & David Julius

(b) Klaus Hasselmann & Roger Penrose

(c) Reinhard Genzel & Andrea Ghez

(d) Syukuro Manabe & Klaus Hasselmann

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who was recently appointed as India Country Head by The International Finance Corporation (IFC)?

(a) Wendy Werner

(b) Jun Zhang

(c) Makhtar Diop

(d) Abhishek Yadav

(e) A P Maheshwari

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which country successfully test fired ‘Zircon (Tsirkon)’, a hypersonic cruise missile in October 2021?

(a) North Korea

(b) Russia

(c) Iran

(d) China

(e) Turkey

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What was the theme of the 2021’s ‘World Space Week’ that is annually observed across the globe from 4th to 10th October by the UN?

(a) The Moon: Gateway to the Stars

(b) Women in Space

(c) Satellites to improve lives

(d) Exploring New Worlds in Space

(e) Remote Sensing – Enabling Our Future

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who recently got a 1-year tenure extension to hold the post of Chairman & MD of the ‘Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited’ (MTNL)?

(a) P D Vaghela

(b) Ajay Tyagi

(c) Sunil Kumar Gupta

(d) Pravin Kumar Purwar

(e) Ashok Kumar Gupta

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which is the 1st Airbus operator in the world to start ‘Taxibot Services’ with passengers on board?

(a) Air india

(b) Spice Jet

(c) IndiGo

(d) Vistara

(e) AirAsia India

[ANS] e

 

[Q] 5th edition of India-Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise, ‘JIMEX 2021’ was held in ________ that saw the participation of _______ along with INS Teg from the Indian side.

(a) Indian Ocean; INS Kochi

(b) Indian Ocean; INS Viraat

(c) Pacific Ocean; INS Kochi

(d) Arabian Sea; INS Viraat

(e) Arabian Sea; INS Kochi

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Name the country that won all 8 ‘Hockey Star Awards’ for the 1st time in the history of the International Hockey Federation.

(a) USA

(b) Canada

(c) Finland

(d) Russia

(e) India

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Who won the 2021’s Nobel Prize in Literature?

(a) Bob Dylan

(b) Peter Handke

(c) Abdulrazak Gurnah

(d) Rudyard Kipling

(e) Louise Glück

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the defence exercise that was recently held between India & UK to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation.

(a) Shakti – 2021

(b) Ajeya Warrior – 2021

(c) Surya Kiran – 2021

(d) Vijay Prahar 2021

(e) ZAPAD- 2021

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Name the campaign that was recently launched by ‘Punjab National Bank’ under its customer outreach programme.

(a) Digi Samvad

(b) 6S Campaign

(c) Switch to PNB

(d) Swavalamban Campaign

(e) Go Digital Campaign

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Name the Airline Company that was recently purchased by the Tata Son’s subsidiary company ‘TalacePvt Ltd’ in a Rs 18,000 crore bid.

(a) Go First

(b) SpiceJet

(c) Jet Airways

(d) Air India

(e) IndiGo

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which of the following bank has been honored as the global winner for Most Innovative in Digital Banking by Financial Times publication ‘The Banker’ in its 2021 Innovation in Digital Banking Awards?

(a) HSBC

(b) Standard Chartered Bank

(c) Citibank

(d) DBS

(e) None of the above

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021?

(a) Ratan Tata

(b) Dr Cyrus Poonawalla

(c) Azim Premji

(d) Narendra Modi

(e) None of the above

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, has been named the “Best Airport in the World” in the 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards. In which country Hamad International Airport located?

(a) France

(b) Qatar

(c) UAE

(d) Saudi Arabia

(e) None of the above

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which of the airport in New Delhi has found place among world’s top 50 best airports in the 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards?

(a) Indira Gandhi International Airport

(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

(c) Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport

(d) Coachin International Airport

(e) None of the above

[ANS] a

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DAILY GK: 08, 09 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 08, 09 OCT 2021

1. EXERCISE JIMEX 2021

•      The 5th edition of India-Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise, ‘JIMEX 2021’ between Indian Navy (IN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) is being held in Arabian Sea.

 

2. WATER SHORTAGE CAN HIT FIVE BILLION PEOPLE BY 2050

•      The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that the number of people affected by water scarcity is expected to rise as climate change increases the global risk of water-related hazards like floods and droughts.

•      According to the report ‘The State of Climate Services 2021: Water’, 3.6 billion people had inadequate access to water at least one month per year in 2018.

 

3.INDIA’S 1ST COF TOKENIZATION SERVICE FOR MERCHANTS

•      Global payments technology firm, Visa in partnership with Juspay launched India’s 1st Card-on-File tokenization (CoFT) services for e-commerce players such as Grofers, BigBasket, and MakeMyTrip.

•      Tokenization refers to the process of replacing the card’s actual sensitive information like card number, expiration date, security code with a unique alternate code called the ‘token’ to improve the safety and security of the payment system.

 

4.WORLD BANK RETAINED INDIA’S GDP GROWTH FORECAST

•      World Bank released its report on South Asia Economic Focus titled ‘Shifting Gears: Digitization and Services-Led Development’ and has unchanged India’s GDP growth forecast for FY22 to 8.3 percent from its earlier estimate in June 2021.

 

5.2021 FIH HOCKEY STAR AWARDS

•      For the first time ever, India swept the eight 2021 International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) annual Hockey Star Awards with drag-flickers Harmanpreet Singh and Gurjit Kaur claiming the Player of the Year honours in men and women.

•      THE AWARDS

AWARD                                                                                MEN                                                      WOMEN

Player of the Year Award                                                  Harmanpreet Singh                                             Gurjit Kaur

Goalkeeper of the Year Award                                         PR Sreejesh                                                           Savita Punia

Rising Star of the Year Award                                          Vivek Sagar Prasad                                             Sharmila Devi

The Best Coach Award                                                      Graham Reid                                                        Sjoerd Marijne

 

6.2021 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP HUMANITARIAN AWARDS

•      The United States(US)-India Business Council (USIBC) has presented the 2021 Global Leadership Humanitarian Awards to Julie Sweet, CEO and Chair of Accenture; Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO of IBM; and Brad Smith, President and Vice-Chair of Microsoft.

 

7.NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2021

•      The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature to Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian novelist based in the United Kingdom for his works on the effects of colonialism and fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.

 

8.FIRST UN WORLD COTTON DAY – 7TH OCTOBER 2021

•      7th October 2021 marks the observance of the first ever official United Nations(UN) World Cotton Day.

•      According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), the event theme for 2021 World Cotton Day is ‘Cotton for Good’.

 

9.4TH TIGER RESERVE OF CHHATTISGARH

•      The 11th Technical Committee of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved the proposal of the government of Chhattisgarh to declare the combined areas of the Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary and the Guru Ghasidas National Park as the 4th Tiger reserve of Chhattisgarh.

•      The other tiger reserves of Chhattisgarh are Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, Indravati Tiger Reserves, and Amarkantak – Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary

 

10.EXERCISE AJEYA WARRIOR-2021

•      The 6th Edition of India – UK (United Kingdom) Joint Company Level Military Training exercise Ajeya Warrior-2021 was commenced in Chaubatia, Uttarakhand.

•      To strengthen bilateral defence cooperation between the two countries and develop inter-operability among them.

 

11.  TEXTILE MINISTRY SIGNS MOU WITH GERMANY

•      India’s Ministry of Textiles (MoT) supported by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) signed a MoU with Germany’s Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to implement projects on ‘Sustainability and Value Added in the Cotton Economy’.

•      The agreement was signed on Implementation Agreement of Indo German Technical Cooperation Project.

•      Target – The partnership targets to increase cotton production on 90,000 hectares of land in 4 States (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) to increase the yield of Cotton by 10%, thereby supporting 1.5 lakh farmers.

 

12.TELANGANA CELEBRATED BATHUKAMMA FESTIVAL

•      Bathukamma, a part of Dasara festivities, is a traditional Hindu festival celebrated predominantly in the state of Telangana and in some parts of Andhra Pradesh(AP).

•      The Bathukamma festival celebrates the relationship between earth, water and the humans.

•      Bathukamma means ‘Goddess of Life’.

 

13.UNESCO SOER REPORT 2021

•      In accordance with the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) report titled ‘The report – 2021 State of the Education Report (SOER) for India: No Teachers, No Class’, Indian teachers are facing basic amenities like toilets in northeast and aspirational districts. There are disparities for the same between urban and rural schools.

 

14.SBI EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH TCS

•      State Bank of India (SBI) extended its partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for another five years. Under this partnership, SBI uses TCS BaNCS for which TCS maintain and enhance SBI’s application for core banking, trade finance, financial reporting, and financial inclusion.

 

15.PNB LAUNCHED ‘6S CAMPAIGN’

•      Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched the “6S Campaign” under customer outreach programme to offer financial services at a concessional rate during festival season.

•      The campaign encapsulates various schemes such as Swabhiman, Samruddhi, Sampark and Shikhar, Sankalp and Swagat.

 

16.TATA SONS WON BIDS TO ACQUIRE AIR INDIA

•      Tata Sons Private Ltd subsidiary Talace Pvt Ltd has won the final bid for acquiring national carrier Air India by submitting Rs. 18,000 crore bid. The ministerial panel led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved the bid.

•      The airline Air India was established by industrialist and philanthropist JRD Tata (India’s 1st licensed pilot) in 1932 as the Tata Airlines and it was sold to the government in 1953.

•      Tata Power company Ltd has signed a 3-year commercial agreement with BluWave-ai, the world’s 1st renewable energy AI (Artificial Intelligence) company.

 

17.NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2021

•      The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 to Maria Ressa, journalist from Philippines and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov, journalist from Russia for their efforts to protect the freedom of expression, the precondition of democracy and lasting peace.

•      Maria Ressa is the 18th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

18.HAL DELIVERS ‘SC120-LOX’ TO ISRO

•      Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) delivered the ‘heaviest’ Semi-Cryogenic Propellant tank named ‘SC120-LOX’ to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

•      It is a Semi Cryo-liquid Oxygen (LOX) tank, which will be a part of SC120 stage of ISRO’s GSLV Mark III launch vehicles, replacing the existing L110 stage.

 

19.89TH INDIAN AIR FORCE DAY

•      Indian Air Force Day is annually observed across India on 8th October to increase awareness about the Indian Air Force, an organisation that works towards strengthening national security.

•      The day marks the establishment of the Indian Air Force on 8th October 1932.

•      The 2021 Indian Air Force Day is celebrated as “Swarnim Vijay Varsh”, commemorating the victory of the 1971 war.

 

20.INDIA’S FIRST SMARTPHONE-BASED EVOTING SOLUTION

•      Telangana has developed the country’s first smartphone-based e-voting solution.

•      It will be tested in a dummy election also, and a dry run will be held  in the  Khammam district of Telangana.

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DAILY GK: 07 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 07 OCT 2021

1. INDUSTRIAL PARKS RATING SYSTEM 2.0

•      Minister of State (MoS) Som Prakash, Ministry of Commerce & Industry released the 2nd edition of Industrial Park Ratings System (IPRS) report or IPRS 2.0 Report in New Delhi.

•      It should be noted that it is the first annual IPRS as the earlier one was a pilot phase conducted in 2018.

•      In the report 41 Industrial Parks named as ‘Leaders’ category.

•      These are mostly from Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

•      90 Industrial Parks are marked as ‘Challenger’ while 185 have been rated under ‘Aspirers’.

 

2. PM MODI INAUGURATES AZADI@75 CONFERENCE

•      Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Azadi@75 – New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ Conference-cum-Expo in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on October 05, 2021.

•      During the expo, the Prime Minister virtually handed over keys of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

 

3.2021 UNHCR NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD

•      Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development (JAAHD), a Yemeni humanitarian organization, has been declared the winner of the 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award.

•      The winner of the award was announced by Filippo Grandi, Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Ameen Jubran, Founder of Jeel Albena, received the award on behalf of Jeel Albena.

 

4.2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY

•      The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to German chemist Benjamin List and British chemist David W.C. MacMillan for the development of a precise new and ingenious tool for molecular construction: asymmetric organocatalysis.

•      The Nobel Prize carries a gold medal and a cash prize of 10 million Swedish kronor (around Rs 8.5 crore) which will be shared equally between the laureates.

 

5.FIRST AIRBUS OPERATOR TO START TAXIBOT SERVICES

•      AirAsia India has become the first Airbus operator in the world to start Taxibot services with passengers on board with a modified Airbus fleet.

•      It has announced the implementation of an Alternate Taxiing Solution (ATS), TaxiBot.

•      The airline has tied up with KSU Aviation, the exclusive operator of the TaxiBot in India.

•      Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) was the first airport in the world that introduced Taxibot.

 

6.INDIA’S FIRST E-FISH MARKET APP ‘FISHWAALE’

•      Assam Fisheries Minister Parimal Suklabaidya launched India’s first e-Fish market application named ‘Fishwaale’.

•      The app was developed by Aqua Blue Global Aquaculture Solutions Pvt Ltd, in collaboration with the Assam fisheries department.

•      It will provide a boost to Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

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DAILY GK: 05,06 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 05,06 OCT 2021

1. MITRA SHAKTI – 2021

•      The 8th Edition of India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint Military Exercise ‘Mitra Shakti – 2021’ was scheduled to be conducted at Combat Training School, Ampara, Sri Lanka.

•      The exercise doesn’t take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19.

 

2. NEW GI TAGS

•      Alibaug White Onion & Wada Kolam Rice of Maharashtra, Edayur Chilli and Kuttiattoor Mango of Kerala and Chinnor rice of Madhya Pradesh (MP) got the GI Tag.

•      GI tag in India is governed by Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999.

•      It is issued by the Geographical Indications Registry (Chennai).

 

3. WORLD’S LARGEST FINTECH FESTIVAL GFF 2021

•      India hosted the 2nd edition of Global FinTech Festival (GFF) 2021, the World’s largest virtual fintech festival from September 28 to 30, 2021.

•      Theme: ‘FinTech: Empowering a Global Digital Economy’.

 

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DAILY GK: 03, 04 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 03, 04 OCT 2021

1.PPC 2021

•      Union Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Giriraj Singh launched the People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) 2021- Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas and Vibrant Gram Sabha Dashboard.

•      PPC-2021 is a strategy for ensuring the preparation of GPDP (Gram Panchayat Development Plan) in a campaign mode.

•      PPC 2021 meetings will be rolled out from October 2, 2021, to January 31, 2022.

 

2.2ND PHASES OF SWACHH BHARAT MISSION-URBAN

•      PM Narendra Modi launched the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U 2.0) and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0).

•      The SBM-U 2.0 aims to make cities completely ‘free of garbage’ and ensure grey and black water management in all cities other than those covered under AMRUT.

•      The outlay of SBM-U 2.0 is around Rs 1.41 lakh crore.

•      AMRUT 2.0 intends to improve sewage and septic management, making the cities into water safe cities and ensuring that no sewage drains anywhere in rivers.

•      It will benefit more than 10.5 crore people in urban areas and the outlay of AMRUT 2.0 is around Rs 2.87 lakh crore.

 

3.NUTRITIONAL PROFILE FOR 19 STATES AND UTS

•      NITI Aayog, in a joint effort with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), UNICEF and Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) launched ‘The State Nutrition Profile’ for 19 States and Union Territories.

 

4.NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME’S MASCOT

•      The Union government unveils Chacha Chaudhary, a popular comic book character, as a mascot for ‘Namami Gange Programme’, for sensitising children and youths about the cleaning of Ganga and other rivers during the 37th executive committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) which was chaired by Director General Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.

•      Public engagement activities like ‘Ganga ki Baat, Chacha Choudhary Ke Sath’ will be initiated with the character.

•      Chacha Chaudhary character was created by cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma in 1971 for the Hindi magazine Lotpot.

 

5.ADANI GROUP TO DEVELOP SRILANKA’S PORT

•      Adani group signed a more than $700-million build-operate-transfer agreement with the Sri Lankan government-owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and John Keells Holdings (from Sri Lanka) for 35 years to jointly develop a Colombo Western Container Terminal (WCT).

•      Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Limited is the largest developer and operator company in India which holds 24 percent of the overall port capacity in India.

 

6.BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRES INDEX

•      According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s richest people, as of 28th September 2021, with a total net worth of 213 billion USD, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla has overtaken Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon,(total net worth of 197 billion USD) to become the world’s richest person.

•      Elon Musk gained 13 billion USD in net worth with a rise in the share price of tesla.

•      Mukesh Ambani Topped among Indians & ranked 11th globally.

 

7.BRAND AMBASSADOR OF UP GOVT  ‘ODOP’ SCHEME

•      The government of Uttar Pradesh (UP)  appointed Indian actor Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of its ” one district-one product” programme (ODOP).

•      The ODOP aims to create product-specific traditional industrial hubs across 75 districts of the state.

•      It facilitates development of ingenious and specialized products and crafts of UP that are not found anywhere else.

•      Under the initial phase of the ODOP programme, 106 Products have been identified from 103 districts across 27 States.

 

8.CENTRE APPOINTS BC PATNAIK MD OF LIC

•      The Union government appoints BC Patnaik Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on October 1, 2021.

•      Currently, LIC has one chairman and four Managing Directors.

 

9.ISRO’S FIRST DEMAND-DRIVEN COMMUNICATION SATELLITE

•      The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) commercial arm, New Space India Limited (NSIL) announced its first ‘demand-driven’ communication satellite mission as part of Space reforms announced by the government in June 2020.

•      As part of this initiative, NSIL is undertaking its 1st demand driven communication satellite mission named GSAT-24, a four-tonne class Ku- band satellite.

•      The entire satellite will be leased to Tata Sky for meeting their DTH application needs.

 

10.INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 1

•      International Coffee Day is annually observed across the globe on October 1st to celebrate the diversity, quality and passion of the coffee sector.

•      The day also highlights the challenges faced by the farmers of coffee beans.

 

11.WORLD VEGETARIAN DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 1

•      World Vegetarian Day is annually celebrated across the globe on October 1st to promote compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism.

•      The day celebrates the benefits of being vegetarian.

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