DAILY GK: 19 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 19 OCT 2021

1.       INTEREST RATES ON ‘SMALL SAVINGS SCHEMES’ UNCHANGED FOR Q3-FY22

•        The Central Government has kept the interest rates on ‘Small Savings Schemes’ (SSS) unchanged for the third quarter of Financial Year 2022

•        The interest rates on SSS were altered by the Central government on a Quarterly basis.

•        Public Provident Fund (PPF) – 7.1%

•        National Savings Certificate (NSC) – 6.8%

•        Senior Citizens Savings Scheme – 7.4% (5-year scheme, where interest is paid quarterly)

•        Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account – 7.6%

•        West Bengal is India’s largest contributor in SSS, followed by Uttar Pradesh.

 

2.       17TH INDIA-US JOINT MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE

•        India-US joint training exercise ‘Ex Yudh Abhyas 21’ held in Alaska, United States (US).

•        This is the only India-U.S. service exercise continuing in bilateral format.

 

3.       FM NIRMALA SITHARAMAN’S VISIT TO THE USA

•        Nirmala Sitharaman made a week-long official visit to the USA (United States of America) to attend the Annual Meetings of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meetings, India-US Economic and Financial Dialogue

 

4.       INDIA WON SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP 2021

•        Indian Football team (nicknamed: The Blue Tigers) won the 2021 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship

•        Indian team beat Nepal national football team (nicknamed: The Gurkhas) at the National Stadium in Male, Maldives.

•        The teams that participated in the SAFF Championship 2021 were India, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

•        With the 5 goals scored during the SAFF Championship, Sunil Chhetri increased his international goal tally to 80 and became the 2nd highest goal scorer equaling Lionel Messi(80) of Argentina.

 

5.       BOOK VEER SAVARKAR: THE MAN WHO COULD HAVE PREVENTED PARTITION

•        Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches the book titled “Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition” authored by Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit at Ambedkar International Centre,New Delhi.

•        V.D.Savarkar or Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is born in Maharashtra,India.

•        He is a symbol of India’s integrity and unity.

•        All the national security related problems of India was predicted by him such as war against China, Pakistan as well as the problem in Assam.

 

6.       INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY 2021 – OCTOBER 17

•        The United Nations (UN)’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is annually observed across the globe on October 17th

•        The theme of the 2021 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is “Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet.”

 

7.       NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD (NSG) OBSERVES 37TH RAISING DAY ON OCTOBER 16

•        The National Security Guard (NSG) force celebrated the 37th Raising Day.

•        NSG are popularly known as ‘’Black Cats’’.

•        The SAG (Special Action Group) is formed of army personnel as well as the Special Ranger Groups (SRG), which comprise of personnel drawn from State Police Forces or Central Armed Police Forces.

•        The Black Cats played a key role during the ‘Operation Black Tornado‘ of 2008, when NSG commandos stormed the Nariman House, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and the Oberoi Trident hotel,

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DAILY GK: 17 , 18 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 17 , 18 OCT 2021

1.     ‘GLOBAL TB REPORT’ BY WHO

•      World Health Organisation (WHO) released the ‘Global TB report’ for 2021

•      The report mentioned India as the worst-hit country in TB elimination.

•      Lakshadweep is India’s 1st TB free Union Territory

•      India’s target of eliminating TB by 2025.

•      WHO Headquarter – Geneva, Switzerland

 

2.     2021 CAMBRIAN PATROL EXERCISE

•      Indian Army’s Team of 4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) won Gold medal.

•      The exercise was organised by the United Kingdom (UK) Army at Brecon, Wales, UK.

•      Exercise Cambrian Patrol is sometimes referred to as the ‘Olympics of Military Patrolling’.

•   The prestigious exercise saw the participation of 96 teams including top Special Forces & Regiments from 17 international teams.

•      Chief of Defence Staff  – Bipin Rawat

•      Chief of Army Staff – MM Naravane

 

3.     SAJJAN JINDAL-1ST INDIAN APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF WORLD STEEL ASSOCIATION

•      Sajjan Jindal is Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel Limited .

•      According to the World Steel Association (WSA) data, India now ranks as the second-largest producer of crude steel after China.

 

4.     AUSTRIA’S NEW CHANCELLOR

•      Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen Presided over the Swearing in Ceremony of Alexander Schallenberg as the new Chancellor of Austria at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria.

•      Capital– Vienna

•      Currency– Euro

 

5.     CHINA LAUNCHED 1ST SOLAR EXPLORATION SATELLITE

•      China has successfully launched its 1st solar exploration satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province aboard a Long March-2D rocket.

•      China also Launched Shenzhou-13 with 3 Astronauts on a 6-month Space Station Mission

 

6.     HIGHLIGHTS OF IPL 2021

•      Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won their 4th IPL Title, after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the finals of the 14th Edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) .

•      Final was held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE.

•      Orange Cap – Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK) scored a massive 635 runs

•      Purple Cap – Harshal Patel from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), won the Purple Cap for picking up the most number of wickets .He picked 32 wickets

•      BCCI  President – Sourav Ganguly

 

7.     WORLD FOOD DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 16

•      The United Nations (UN)’s World Food Day is annually observed across the globe on October 16th .

•      The day commemorates the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) on 16th October 1945.

•      The theme of World Food Day 2021 is “Our actions are our future- Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life”.

•      FAO FAO was founded on 16 October 1945 in Quebec City, Canada.

•      Headquarters– Rome, Italy

 

8.     INTERNATIONAL E-WASTE DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 14

•      International E-Waste Day (IEWD) is annually celebrated across the globe on October 14th to create awareness about the hazards of Electronic-waste (e-waste) and to promote the proper way to dispose of e-waste.

•      The theme of IEWD 2021 is “Consumer is the key to Circular Economy!”.

•      E-waste contains hazardous substances like lead, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), mercury, polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs), brominated flame retardants (BFRs), and valuable substances such as iron, steel, copper, aluminium and plastics.

•      India has become the largest producer of e-waste after China and the United States

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 11 - 16 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 11 - 16 OCT 2021

[Q] Name the organization that was recently launched by PM Narendra Modi to boost space technology & to act as an independent agency on space matters.

(a) Bharat Space Corporation

(b) One Web Private Limited

(c) Dhruva Space Association

(d) Indian Space Association

(e) Skyroot Aerospace Limited

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which country recently signed two agreements worth USD 3.15 billion with India to boost cross-border train services?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Myanmar

(c) Bhutan

(d) Bangladesh

(e) Nepal

[ANS] e

 

[Q] India invited 46 Indian Ocean Region countries to participate in a Naval Exercise that is planned to be held at Visakhapatnam in February 2022. Name the Naval exercise.

(a) SLINEX

(b) Samudra Shakti

(c) Ex Milan

(d) Malabar Exercise

(e) IN-Ex CORPAT

[ANS] c

 

[Q] As per the 2021’s ‘Henley Passport Index (HPI)’, India was ranked at ______ place in Q4 of 2021 while _______ along with Singapore topped the ranking.

(a) 84; Japan

(b) 84; Germany

(c) 90; Japan

(d) 90; Germany

(e) 106; Japan

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which organization recently recognised ‘Access to a Clean and Healthy Environment’ as a fundamental right?

(a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

(b) United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

(c) Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP)

(d) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

(e) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

[ANS] b

 

[Q] In October 2021, ‘Nobel Prize in Economics’ was given to ______ for his contributions to labour economics and Joshua D. Angrist & Guido W. Imbens for their contributions towards _________.

(a) Ragnar Frisch; Improvements to auction theory

(b) David Card; Analysis of causal relationships

(c) David Card; Improvements to auction theory

(d) Jan Tinbergen; Analysis of causal relationships

(e) Jan Tinbergen; Improvements to auction theory

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who won 2021’s Turkish Grand Prix?

(a) Max Verstappen

(b) Lewis Hamilton

(c) Sergio Perez

(d) ValtteriBottas

(e) Charles Leclerc

[ANS] d

 

[Q] In India, which day has been dedicated as the National Postal Day?

(a) 10 October

(b) 09 October

(c) 08 October

(d) 11 October

(e) 12 October

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who has passed away recently was an atomic scientist, of which country?

(a) Pakistan

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Afghanistan

(d) Iran

(e) India

[ANS] a

 

[Q] When is the International Day of Girl Child observed?

(a) 09 October

(b) 12 October

(c) 11 October

(d) 08 October

(e) 10 October

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Bathukamma festival is celebrated in which state?

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Telangana

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Tripura

(e) Rajasthan

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The World Mental Health Day is celebrated on which day annually?

(a) 10 October

(b) Second Sunday of October

(c) Second Saturday of October

(d) 09 October

(e) 12 October

[ANS] a

 

[Q] The Ministry of Civil Aviation gave approval to SNV Aviation Pvt Ltd to operate commercial flights across India under which brand name?

(a) Arrive Safe

(b) Safe Escape

(c) Akasa Air

(d) Jet World

(e) Smart Wing

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which country recently unveiled the world’s first automated driverless train?

(a) Japan

(b) China

(c) India

(d) Germany

(e) Singapore

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Asiatic Lioness named _________ , became the official mascot of the 7th edition of the ‘U17 Women’s World Cup’ which will be hosted by _________ in 2022.

(a) Hodori; Spain

(b) Ibha; Spain

(c) Ibha; India

(d) Hodori; India

(e) Miraitowa; México

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the personality who recently became the 1st Indian Women Cricketer to score a century in a pink-ball Test.

(a) Shafali Verma

(b) Smriti Mandhana

(c) Mithali Raj

(d) Harmanpreet Kaur

(e) Deepti Sharma

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who authored the book titled ‘Lal Bahadur Shastri: Politics and Beyond’?

(a) Subramanian Swamy

(b) Sandeep Shastri

(c) Siddharth Shanghvi

(d) Sudha Murthy

(e) Pinarayi Vijayan

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which day of the year is marked as the International Day for Disaster Reduction?

(a) October 13

(b) October 10

(c) October 12

(d) October 11

(e) October 14

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Alexander Schellenberg has been appointed as the new Chancellor of which country?

(a) Austria

(b) Norway

(c) Denmark

(d) Sweden

(e) Switzerland

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of BharatPe?

(a) Hitendra Dave

(b) S S Mallikarjuna Rao

(c) A S Rajeev

(d) Dinesh Kumar Khara

(e) Rajnish Kumar

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has granted a banking licence to _____________.

(a) Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank

(b) A U Small Finance Bank

(c) Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd

(d) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

(e) Capital Small Finance Bank

[ANS] c

 

[Q] In October 2021, the World Health Organisation launched its 1st ever Global roadmap on ‘Meningitis’, in which WHO targets to eliminate ‘Bacterial Meningitis’ by which year?

(a) 2025

(b) 2030

(c) 2035

(d) 2040

(e) 2050

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What is India’s rank in the 58th edition of ‘Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index 2021’ (RECAI) released by Ernst & Young Global Limited’s (EY)?

(a) 6th

(b) 2nd

(c) 9th

(d) 5th

(e) 3rd

[ANS] e

 

[Q] The Government of India has accorded which of these status to the Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC)?

(a) Navratna

(b) Miniratna

(c) Maharatna

(d) Bharatratna

(e) Yogratna

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What is the projected rate of GDP growth for the Indian economy in the financial year 2021-22 as per the IMF?

(a) 10.5%

(b) 8.5%

(c) 7.5%

(d) 9.5%

(e) 11.5%

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The International Standards Day is marked every year on which day worldwide?

(a) 12 October

(b) 14 October

(c) 13 October

(d) 11 October

(e) 15 October

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What is the theme of the World Standards Day 2021?

(a) Video standards create a global stage

(b) Standards for sustainable development goals – shared vision for a better world

(c) Protecting the planet with standards

(d) International Standards and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

(e) International Standards a global stage

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which of the following has announced in October 2021 to launch micro ATMs across India?

(a) HDFC bank

(b) Yes bank

(c) Axis bank

(d) Kotak Mahindra bank

(e) IndusInd bank

[ANS] d

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