Naukri Study Materials
CURRENT AFFAIRS ( ENGLISH MEDIUM ) 1 october 2021
1. How much amount was infused by the government in National Export Insurance Account (NEI(A) scheme?
(A) ₹1200 cr
(B) ₹1350 cr
(C) ₹1650 cr
(D) ₹1760 cr
Answer : (C) ₹1650 cr
2. Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy laid the foundation stone for the developing Parshuram Kund in which state?
(A) TamilNadu
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Kerala
(D) Assam
Answer : (B) Arunachal Pradesh
3. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Technology (CIPET) in which state?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Bihar
(C) Assam
(D) TamilNadu
Answer : (A) Rajasthan
4. How much capital was infused into ECGC by the government to boost export sector?
(A) ₹3200 cr
(B) ₹3500 cr
(C) ₹4000 cr
(D) ₹4400 cr
Answer : (D) ₹4400 cr
5. Which organisation wins 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award?
(A) Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development
(B)Mayerlin Vergara Association
(C) Din Homes Association
(D) Albert Jindala Organisation
Answer : (A) Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development
6. Recently Defence Acquisition Council (DA(C) headed by Defence minister Rajnath Singh has approvedproposals of modernization and operational needs of the Indian Armed Forces amounting to how much amount?
(A) ₹16500 cr
(B) ₹14500 cr
(C) ₹12555 cr
(D) ₹13165 cr
Answer : (D) ₹13165 cr
7. Who will head the 7 member panel formed by the government to look into rate rationalisation, systems review?
(A) Manish Sisodia
(B) Ajit Pawar
(C) Amit Mitra
(D) Basavaraj Bommai
Answer : (D) Basavaraj Bommai
8. Recently ICC launched T20 World Cup anthem composed by whom?
(A) Amit Trivedi
(B) AR Rehman
(C) Vishal Bharadwaj
(D) Sonu Nigam
Answer : (A) Amit Trivedi
9.Which IT company to enter into MoUs with Karnataka govt to help achieve NEP objective?
(A) Infosys
(B) TCS
(C) Wipro
(D) Siemens
Answer : (A) Infosys
10. Binoy Kumar Saikia has bagged the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for his pioneering research on coal and energy.He is from. Which state?
(A) TamilNadu
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Nagaland
(D) Assam
Answer : (D) Assam
11. Recently The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has partnered with which bank to launch a contactless payments solutions RuPay On-the-Go?
(A) IDBI Bank
(B) Yes Bank
(C) SBI
(D) PNB
Answer : (B) Yes Bank
12. Which insurance company has tied up with Department of Post for “Print to Post” solutions?
(A) NIACL
(B) LIC
(C) OICL
(D) NICL
Answer : (B) LIC
13. Who has been awarded 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development, a top global recognition in the field of education for her work in improving learning outcome in schools?
(A) Rukmini Banerji
(B) Eric Hanushek,
(C) Suman Bharat Singh
(D) Ritu Banerji
Answer : (A) Rukmini Banerji
14. How much amount was approved by Asian Development Bank for Integrated Flood Management in India?
(A) $251 million
(B) $245 million
(C) $300 million
(D) $500 million
Answer : (A) $251 million
15. Which company becomes India’s first platform to accept international remittances directly into digital wallet?
(A) Paytm
(B) Payzapp
(C) PayPal
(D) Mobikwik
Answer : (A) Paytm
16. The fifth edition of the Elite Women’s National Boxing Championships will be held in which state?
(A) Punjab
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Haryana
Answer : (D) Haryana
17. Who has been appointed president of All India Management Association (AIM(A)?
(A) CK Ranganathan
(B) Harsh Pati Singhaniya
(C) Rahul Sharma
(D) Govind Chintala
Answer : (A) CK Ranganathan
18. Which body has approved credit plan for rearing Himalayan yaks?
(A) NABARD
(B) NHB
(C) SIDBI
(D) Ministry of Animal Husbandry
Answer : (A) NABARD
19. Fumio Kishida set to become new PM of which country?
(A) China
(B) North Korea
(C) South Africa
(D) Japan
Answer : (D) Japan
20. Which country has emerged as Dubai’s second biggest trading partner after China with the overall volume touching 38.5 billion dirham in the first half of 2021?
(A) France
(B) UK
(C) USA
(D) India
Answer : (D) India