Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021
This page presents 50 questions from Current Affairs October, 2021 month in GKToday. These questions are part of GKToday’s Daily 20 MCQs Current Affairs Series in GKToday Android App. Download Now.
41. A micro-snail species named Georissa mawsmaiensis has been discovered in which Indian state/UT?
[A] Assam
[B] Sikkim
[C] Meghalaya
[D] Arunachal Pradesh
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Correct Answer: C [Meghalaya]
Notes:
A micro-snail species named Georissa mawsmaiensis has been discovered in Mawsmai, a limestone cave in Meghalaya.
Before 170 years, Georissa saritta, a member of the same genus, was collected and described from the Musmai valley near Cherrapunjee. The researchers involved in the discovery are from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru.
42. What is the name of the High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT), flight-tested today by DRDO?
[A] ARYAN
[B] ABHYAS
[C] AKSHARA
[D] ARUN
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Correct Answer: B [ABHYAS]
Notes:
ABHYAS – the High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) was successfully flight-tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The vehicle was tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Bay of Bengal in Odisha. It can be used as an aerial target to evaluate various missile systems. ABHYAS is designed and developed by DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru.
43. The price of which product is to be raised to Rs 2, after a gap of 14 years?
[A] Paper
[B] Salt
[C] Match-box
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Match-box]
Notes:
National Small Matchbox Manufacturers Association announced that from December 1, the price of a matchbox would be increased to Rs 2 from the present Rs 1.
The proposed price increase comes after a gap of 14 years, as the price of raw materials have increased leading to a jump in cost of production. The raw materials include red phosphorous, wax, pottasium chlorate and splints (sticks). Fuel price led transportation cost is also a factor. Consumers will get more matchsticks up from 36 to 50 per box.
44. Entrepreneurs from which Indian state have been chosen as winners in the Zero Waste Cities Challenge by WasteAid?
[A] Kerala
[B] Assam
[C] West Bengal
[D] Odisha
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Correct Answer: B [Assam]
Notes:
Two entrepreneurs from Shree Guru Plastic and Inside Out, Guwahati have been chosen as winners Zero Waste Cities Challenge.
It was launched by WasteAid, a United Kingdom-based non-profit, to find entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas that can help reduce or recycle waste and create green employment. Guwahati was among three cities selected for the challenge. The two winners were honoured for their work on promoting circular economy and reducing plastic usage.
45. At which city, is the ‘Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission’ inaugurated by the Prime Minister?
[A] Pune
[B] Varanasi
[C] Gandhi Nagar
[D] Patna
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Correct Answer: B [Varanasi]
Notes:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.
Claimed to be “India’s largest scheme to scale-up health infrastructure”, the mission is aimed at ensuring a robust public health infrastructure in both urban and rural areas. It also aims to make the system capable of responding to public health emergencies or disease outbreak.
46. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who was seen in the news, has been re-elected as the President of which country?
[A] Afghanistan
[B] Uzbekistan
[C] Syria
[D] Maldives
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Correct Answer: B [Uzbekistan]
Notes:
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been re-elected for a second five-year term, according to the preliminary results of a poll.
Mirziyoyev won the elections with 80.1 percent of the vote as per Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission. The 64-year-old leader took office in 2016 following the death of long-time President Islam Karimov. Mirziyoyev is known for relaxing many policies of his predecessor.
47. What is the IUCN status of the ‘Shelley’s eagle owls’, which were seen in the news recently?
[A] Near Threatened
[B] Vulnerable
[C] Endangered
[D] Critically Endangered
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Correct Answer: B [Vulnerable ]
Notes:
Shelley’s eagle owl is a rare species, which is considered vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. IUCN estimates that there are between 1,500 and 7,000 adult individuals in the wild.
They are the largest owls that live in Africa’s rainforests, but they are very rare to be spotted by humans. There have been no confirmed photographs of the species since scientists first catalogued its existence 150 years ago. Recently, British scientists snapped a photo of the bird, which can grow to be around two feet. It has black eyes and a yellow bill.
48. In which year was the ASEAN established?
[A] 1967
[B] 1999
[C] 2000
[D] 2005
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Correct Answer: A [1967]
Notes:
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an intergovernmental forum established in the year 1967 and is headquartered in Indonesia.
This year’s diplomatic summit of ASEAN has commenced recently, and it has refused to allow Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar to represent the country. In turn Myanmar has skipped the meeting as a protest to the ASEAN’s decision.
49. India signed a $4.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to improve urban mobility in Aizawl, with which bank?
[A] ADB
[B] AIIB
[C] World Bank
[D] BRICS Bank
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Correct Answer: A [ADB]
Notes:
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $4.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan.
It aims to support project preparation and design activities to improve urban mobility in Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram. It aims to identify high-priority urban transport investments and develop a Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) for Aizawl and promote climate and disaster resilience.
50. Which Union Ministry organised the “SAMBHAV”, a National Level Awareness Programme-2021?
[A] Ministry of Education
[B] Ministry of MSME
[C] Ministry of Skill Development
[D] Ministry of Rural Development
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of MSME]
Notes:
Union Minister of MSME Narayan Rane launched“SAMBHAV”, a National Level Awareness Programme-2021.
It is being organised by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in New Delhi. The outreach program will be a one-month long initiative in which students from different colleges/ITIs will be encouraged by 130 field offices of the Ministry to take up entrepreneurship. College students will be made aware of the schemes being implemented by the Ministry of MSME.
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