CURRENT AFFAIRS
02 NOVEMBER, 2021 TO 08 NOVEMBER, 2021
1. Which
of the following has topped among the large states in the e 6th edition of the
Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021) report by the Public Affairs Centre (PAC), a
Bengaluru- based non-profit think tank?
(a) Telangana
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer:
(c)
2. Which
of the following has topped among the small states in the e 6th edition of the
Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021) report by the Public Affairs Centre (PAC), a
Bengaluru- based non-profit think tank?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Mizoram
(d) Goa
Answer:
(a)
3. Which
of the following has topped among the Union Territories in the e 6th edition of
the Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021) report by the Public Affairs Centre (PAC),
a Bengaluru- based non-profit think tank?
(a) Delhi
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Ladakh
(d) Puducherry
Answer:
(d)
4. Which
state government has launched the ‘Uttam Beej portal’ that will benefit the
farmers of the state by providing quality seeds with transparency?
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(b)
5. Which
of the following has surpassed Apple to become the world’s most valuable
publicly-traded company by market capitalisation?
(a) Tesla
(b) Amazon
(c) Microsoft
(d) Meta
Answer:
(c)
6. Who
is the author of the new book titled ‘“John Lang: Wanderer of Hindoostan,
Slanderer of Hindoostanee, Lawyer for the Ranee’?
(a) Amit Ranjan
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Aravind Adiga
(d) Jhumpa Lahiri
Answer:
(a)
7. Which
of the following has launched a tokenization solution named ‘SafeCard’ for
online debit and credit card transactions?
(a) Paytm
(b) PhonePe
(c) MobiKwik
(d) Freecharge
Answer:
(b)
8. Who
has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate
Tribunal (NCLAT)?
(a) Sharad Arvind Bobde
(b) Tushar Mehta
(c) Mukul Rohatgi
(d) Ashok Bhushan
Answer:
(d)
9. Who
has won the 2021 Booker Prize for the novel ‘The Promise’?
(a) Patricia Lockwood
(b) Richard Powers
(c) Damon Galgut
(d) Anuk Arudpragasam
Answer:
(c)
10. Where
was the 2021 G20 (Group of 20) Summit held on 30 and 31 October, 2021?
(a) Cape Town, South Africa
(b) Paris, France
(c) New Delhi, India
(d) Rome, Italy
Answer:
(d)
11. Who
has topped the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021 with a donation of
Rs 9,713 crore during fiscal 2020-21 that is around Rs 27 crore a day?
(a) Kumar Mangalam Birla
(b) Mukesh Ambani
(c) Shiv Nadar
(d) Azim Premji
Answer:
(d)
12. Which
of the following has topped the 2022 QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University
Rankings?
(a) Peking University, China
(b) National University of Singapore, Singapore
(c) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
(d) University of Hong Kong, Honk Kong
Answer:
(b)
13. Who
has won the 5th Rujna Zora chess tournament held at Serbia?
(a) Shant Sargsyan
(b) Adhiban Baskaran
(c) Makarian Rudik
(d) P. Iniyan
Answer:
(d)
14. Who
has become the first Indian male cricketer to sign up for the Big Bash League
as he is set to feature in the Melbourne Renegades side in the upcoming
edition?
(a) Pradeep Sangwan
(b) Rajat Bhatia
(c) Unmukt Chand
(d) Stuart Binny
Answer:
(c)
15. Which
of the following has been chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford English
Dictionary (OED) in 2021?
(a) Vax
(b) Covid
(c) Quarantine
(d) Immunity
Answer:
(a)
16. When
is World Vegan Day observed?
(a) 01 November
(b) 05 November
(c) 10 November
(d) 15 November
Answer:
(a)
17. When
is World Tsunami Awareness Day observed?
(a) 02 November
(b) 03 November
(c) 04 November
(d) 05 November
Answer:
(d)
18. When
is National Cancer Awareness Day observed in India?
(a) 03 November
(b) 05 November
(c) 07 November
(d) 09 November
Answer:
(c)
19. When
is International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
and Armed Conflict observed?
(a) 02 November
(b) 04 November
(c) 06 November
(d) 08 November
Answer:
(c)
20. When
is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists observed?
(a) 02 November
(b) 03 November
(c) 04 November
(d) 05 November
Answer:
(a)
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