CA_12 Oct 2021

 October 12, 2021 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs

1. National Mineral Development Corporation Limited, a CPSE under which ministry, has won two prestigious environment awards?

A. Ministry of Steel

B. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

C. Ministry of Finance

D. Ministry of Education

2. When will PM launch Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakthi?

A. 11th October

B. 12th October

C. 13th October

D. 14th October

3. In which Indian city-based flying car maker Vinata Aeromobility Company is preparing a flying car for India?

A. Chennai

B. Delhi

C. Kolkata

D. Mumbai

4. Name the Chairman of DRDO, who has been conferred with the prestigious Aryabhata Award by the Astronautical Society of India?

A. Dr Ajay Bhatt

B. Dr G Satheesh Reddy

C. Dr Sandeep Mehta

D. Dr Ajay Reddy

5. Which bank has launched the '6S Campaign'?

A. PNB

B. SBI

C. BOI

D. YES

6. Who has won the Turkish Grand Prix 2021?

A. Max Verstappen

B. Sergio Perez

C. Valtteri Bottas

D. None

7. Mobile Based E-Voting System will be held in Telangana on which date?

A. October 22

B. October 23

C. October 24

D. October 20

8. The Indian Railways has launched two long haul trains for the South Central Railway (SCR), What is the name given to the two trains?

A. Trishul and Garuda

B. Trishul and Dhanush

C. Rudra and Garuda

D. Shikhar and Dhanush

9. How many thermal power plants are there in India?

A. 145

B. 155

C. 125

D. 135

10. The second phase of the QUAD Nation's Exercise Malabar 2021 will be held in which region?

A. Arctic Ocean

B. Bay of Bengal

C. Indian Ocean

D. Pacific Ocean

11. Which player has won the F1 Turkish Grand Prix 2021?

A. Lewis Hamilton

B. Max Verstappen

C. Valtteri Bottas

D. Sergio Perez

12. Which Nobel Prize did David Card receive?

A. Nobel Prize 2021 For Biology

B. Nobel Prize 2021 For Economic Sciences

C. Nobel Prize 2021 For literature

D. Nobel Prize 2021 For Chemistry

13. Reliance New Energy Solar Limited has bought REC from China National Bluestar for how much Million Dollars?

A. 271 Million Dollars

B. 771 Million Dollars

C. 571 Million Dollars

D. 971 Million Dollars

14. BC Patnaik has taken over as the Managing Director of which company?

A. IRDA

B. New Indian Insurance

C. Tata

D. Life Insurance Corporation of India

15. The Exercise MALABAR 2021 is which edition of the annual exercise?

A. 21

B. 27

C. 25

D. 23

16. The Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has acquired what percent of stake in the Chinese-owned REC Group, through its subsidiary Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL)?

A. 70%

B. 80%

C. 100%

D. 60%

17. Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia has inaugurated greenfield Sindhudurg airport in which state under UDAN scheme?

A. Maharashtra

B. Punjab

C. Kerala

D. West Bengal

18. What is the theme of the 2021 International Day of the Girl Child?

A. Girl Force: Unscripted and Unstoppable

B. My voice, our equal future

C. With Her: A Skilled Girl Force

D. Digital generation. Our generation

19. The International Day of Girl Child is being observed on which date?

A. October 08

B. October 12

C. October 09

D. October 11

20. Which hockey players have won the FIH Women's Player of the Year and FIH Men's Player of the Year 2020-21?

A. Gurjit Kaur and Harmanpreet Singh

B. Nisha Warsi and Surender Kumar

C. Rani Rampal and Birendra Lakra

D. Savita Punia and Mandeep Singh

21. Which dwarf planet's atmosphere is starting to disappear, as per scientists?

a) Eris

b) Pluto 

c) Ceres

d) Mercury

22. Who has been appointed as Prime Minister Modi’s advisor?

a) Amit Khare

b) Ankush Khorpade

c) Jagjeet Singh 

d) Amandeep Garg

23. Which among the following companies have launched the Starlink satellite internet service?

a) Amazon

b) SpaceX

c) Virgin Galactic

d) Bharti Airtel 

24. Alexander Schallenberg has been sworn in as the new Chancellor of which nation?

a) Germany 

b) Denmark

c) Austria 

d) Ireland 

25. When did farmers observe Shaheed Kisan Diwas?

a) October 9th

b) October 8th

c) October 10th

d) October 12th

26. When did India become an associate member of the International Energy Agency?

a) March 2017

b) February 2018

c) December 2017

d) April 2019 

27. When was International Energy Agency set up?

a) 1975

b) 1974

c) 1968

d) 1954

28. Which nation has unveiled the world's first automated and driverless train?

a) France

b) Japan

c) China

d) Germany 

KEYS:---

1.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

National Mineral Development Corporation Limited, a CPSE under the Ministry of Steel, has won two prestigious Environment Awards.

2.Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Prime Minister Modi On 13 October will launch the 'Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakthi' Masterplan.

3.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Vinata Aeromobility Company, a flying car maker based in Chennai in India, is preparing a flying car for India.

4.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Chairman of Defense Research and Development Organization, Dr G Satheesh Reddy, during the ceremony at the U R Rao Satellite Center Bangalore for his outstanding lifelong contribution to the promotion of Astronautics in India Has been honoured with the prestigious Aryabhatta Award by the Society of India.

5.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched the '6S Campaign' under a customer outreach programme to extend financial services at a concessional rate during the festival season.

6. Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Finland) has clinched the F1 Turkish Grand Prix 2021, held.

7.Answer: Option D

Explanation:

This Mobile Based E-Voting will be held in the Khammam district of Telangana on 20 October.

8.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

For the first time, the Indian Railways has launched two long haul freight trains named "Trishul" and "Garuda" for the South Central Railway (SCR).

9.Answer: Option D

Explanation:

There are 135 thermal power plants used to generate power using coal.

10.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The second phase of Exercise Malabar 2021, between the Quad countries, will be conducted in the Bay of Bengal The Phase 1 of Exercise Malabar 2021 has been conducted off the coast of Guam, in the Philippine Sea, in the Western Pacific.

11.Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Finland) has won the F1 Turkish Grand Prix 2021, held.

12.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences.

13.Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Reliance New Energy Solar Limited of Reliance Industries Limited bought a 100 percent stake of Solar Holdings AS from China National Bluestar for $771 million.

14.Answer: Option D

Explanation:

BC Patnaik has taken over as the Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

15.Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Exercise Malabar 2021 is the 25th edition of MALABAR.

16. Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has acquired 100 percent shareholding of REC Solar Holdings AS (REC Group), a Chinese state-owned solar power company.

17. Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Union Civil Aviation Minister Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia has inaugurated Greenfield Sindhudurg Airport in Maharashtra under the UDAN scheme.

18.Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The theme for 2021 International Day of the Girl Child is "Digital generation. Our generation".

19. Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The International Day of the Girl Child (also known as Day of Girls and the International Day of Girls) is celebrated annually on October 11 since 2012.

20.Answer: Option A

Explanation:

FIH Women's Player of the Year: Gurjit Kaur; FIH Men's Player of the Year: Harmanpreet Singh.

21. (b) Pluto 

Researchers have found evidence that Pluto's atmosphere is undergoing a dramatic alteration and is starting to disappear as the dwarf planet moves farther away from the Sun. 

22. (a) Amit Khare

Amit Khare, the Former Secretary (HRD), Information & Broadcasting (I&B), on October 12, 2021, has been appointed as the advisor of Prime Minister Modi. Khare is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch.

23. (b) SpaceX

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk informed on October 7, 2021 that the SpaceX satellite internet service 'Starlink' will be rolled out across the United States by the end of the month. 

24. (c) Austria 

Alexander Schallenber was sworn in as a new Chancellor of Austria, two days after the former chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned amid the corruption allegations. 

25. (d) October 12th

The Sankyut Kisan Morcha (SKM) called for observing October 12th as Shaheed Kisan Diwas across India as a tribute to the four farmers and a journalist who died during the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on October 3rd.

26. (a) March 2017

India had become an associate member of the International Energy Agency in March 2017. The other associate members of the group include Brazil, China, Singapore, South Africa, Indonesia, Morocco and Thailand. 

27. (b) 1974

The International Energy Agency is a Paris-based body, which was set up in 1974 by industrialised countries to ensure the security of oil supplies amid the 1973 oil crisis. 

28. (d) Germany 

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and industrial group Siemens on October 11, 2021 unveiled the world's first automated, driverless train in the city of Hamburg.