Current Affairs 25th October 2021 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which country received non-harmful Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer from India to boost cultivation?
A. Bangladesh
B. Sri Lanka
C. Nepal
D. Bhutan
Answer [B] Sri Lanka
2. Which Indian state conducts an annual State-level Sugarcane competition to award high-yield?
A. West Bengal
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer [B] Uttar Pradesh
3. Who has been awarded the top EU human rights prize-the Sakharov Prize for 2021?
A. Alexei Navalny
B. Vladimir Putin
C. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
D. Narendra Modi
Answer [A] Alexei Navalny
4. Which institution released the 2021 Production Gap Report?
A. WEF
B. UNEP
C. FAO
D. NITI Aayog
Answer [B] UNEP
5. Mount Aso, which erupted recently, is located in which country?
A. Indonesia
B. Philippines
C. Japan
D. Malaysia
Answer [C] Japan
6. Which Organization recently (in Oct’ 21) announced to build India’s largest green hydrogen-making plant with 10 MW capacity?
A. ONGC
B. NTPC
C. GAIL
D. HPCL
Answer [C] GAIL
7. Which Bank recently (in Oct’21) partnered with ‘Pine Labs’ to expand its Point-of-Sale (POS) Services?
A. Induslnd Bank
B. Axis Bank
C. HDFC Bank
D. Kotak Mahindra Bank
Answer [D] Kotak Mahindra Bank
8. Dame Sandra Prunella Mason was elected (in Oct’21) as the 1st ever President of which Caribbean Country?
A. Bahamas
B. Haiti
C. Jamaica
D. Barbados
Answer [D] Barbados
9. Identify the Country that recently (in Oct’21) launched its 1st domestically-developed space rocket named – ‘Nuri’.
A. South Korea
B. Ukraine
C. Israel
D. India
Answer [A] South Korea
10. Which State recently (in Oct’ 21) launched a web portal named ‘e-munnetram’ to review the progress of all important infrastructure projects?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer [C] Tamil Nadu
11. Who was honoured with the 1st-ever ‘Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 52nd International Film Festival of India?
A. James Cameron
B. Martin Scorsese
C. Istvan Szabo
D. Both 2 & 3
Answer [D] Both 2 & 3
12. Name the Bank that recently (in Oct’21) partnered with ‘ITILITE’ to offer commercial Credit Cards for travel expenses to business.
A. Induslnd Bank
B. Axis Bank
C. ICICI Bank
D. HDFC Bank
Answer [C] ICICI Bank
13. Who was recently (In Oct’21) appointed as the CEO of SAI (Sports Authority of India}’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)?
A. Atanu Kumar Das
B. Shivan J.K
C. Rajesh Rajagopalan
D. Pushpendra Kumar Garg
Answer [D] Pushpendra Kumar Garg
14. In October 2021, how many vaccination certificates have been issued via DIVOC (Digital Infrastructure for Vaccination Open Credentialing) on the CoWIN platform?
A. 100 crore
B. 90 crore
C. 95 crore
D. 50 crore
Answer [A] 100 crore
15. In October 2021, the securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved Rs. 16,600 crore Initial public offering (IPO) of which of the following companies?
A. Zomato
B. Paytm
C. Amul India
D. Patanjali Ayurved
Answer [B] Paytm
16. In October 2021, cricketer Ryan ten Doeschate announced his retirement from International cricket, He played for which of the following countries?
A. England
B. Namibia
C. Scotland
D. Netherlands
Answer [D] Netherlands
17. In October 2021, which of the following institutions has launched the Garuda app for digital mapping of polling stations?
A. Election Commission of India
B. Odisha State Election Commission
C. Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission
D. Gujarat State Election Commission
Answer [A] Election Commission of India
18. Under whose Chairmanship was a National Policy Dialogue held on “Plastic Free Cities and Oceans” in October 2021?
A. Dr Rajiv Kumar
B. Cyrill Gutsch
C. Piyush Goyal
D. Both 1 and 2
Answer [D] Both 1 and 2
19. When is Mole Day marked annually?
A. 20 October
B. 21 October
C. 23 October
D. 24 October
Answer [C] 23 October
20. Which of the following has introduced a revised scale-based regulatory framework for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)?
A. RBI
B. IRDAI
C. SEBI
D. NABARD
Answer [A] RBI