Current Affairs 2nd October 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. “Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future” is the theme of which day, celebrated on 30 September?
A. World Seafarers Day               
B. World Maritime Day
C. World Oceanography Day    
D. World Fishery Day
Answer [B] World Maritime Day
2. Which company has launched ‘Future Engineer Programme’ in India?
A. Google               
B. Amazon
C. Microsoft          
D. Facebook
Answer [B] Amazon
3. Gold Exchange and Social Stock Exchange, which were in the news recently, are approved by which organization?
A. SEBI                
B. RBI
C. ECGC              
D. NSDL
Answer [A] SEBI
4. India unveiled a ‘National Action Plan for Dog Mediated Rabies Elimination’ (NAPRE), to eliminate rabies by which year?
A. 2025               
B. 2027
C. 2030               
D. 2032
Answer [C] 2030
5. Padmaja Chunduru, former MD & CEO of Indian Bank, has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of which organization?
A. NSDL                 
B. SEBI MF
C. SBI                     
D. LIC
Answer [A] NSDL
6. Which Payment Bank recently (in Sept’ 21) joined hands with Dairy-tech startup ‘Stellapps’ to enable cashless payment transfers to small dairy farmers?
A. Paytm Payment Bank           
B. NSDL Payments Bank
C. Airtel Payment Bank             
D. Jio Payments Bank
Answer [C] Airtel Payment Bank
7. Which bank was removed by RBI (in Sept’ 21) from its Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework?
A. Punjab National Bank        
B. Central Bank of India
C. YES Bank                              
D. Indian Overseas Bank
Answer [D] Indian Overseas Bank
8. Which Environmental Organization won the 2021’s Right Livelihood Award’?
A. Greenpeace India
B. Centre for Science and Environment
C. National Ganga River Basin Authority
D. Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment
Answer [D] Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment
9. Who was recently (in Sept’ 21) appointed as the President of the ruling’ Liberal Democratic Party’ & set to become the 100thPM of Japan.
A. Shinzo Abe           
B. Yoshihide Suga
C. Fumio Kishida      
D. Naruhito
Answer [C] Fumio Kishida
10. In September 2021, MSME Minister Narayan Tatu Rane inaugurated the India Export Initiative and SME Forum’s portal named ______ to increase export by 50% in 2022.
A. MSMEXports               
B. ARM-MSME
C. eMSME                         
D. IndiaXports      
Answer [D] IndiaXports