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WorksheetsOCTOBER GK (FULL)
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which of the following has been named as UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023?
Accra (Ghana)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Paris (France)
Munich (Germany)
Which of the following oil refineries has recently partnered with State Bank of India (SBI) Cards to launch the Cobranded RuPay contactless credit card?
HPCL
BPCL
Indian Oil
IOCL
According to the CAF World Giving Index 2021, India has bagged the _______ spot and is up from the 10-year global rank of 82.
6th
9th
12th
14th
Recently, The world‘s highest electric vehicle charging station was inaugurated in _______.
Leh, Ladakh
Kaza, Lahaul Spiti
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
Manali, Kullu
Recently, Union Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav said that Centre has transformed _______ labour laws with four labour codes.
11
15
25
29
Who among the following has received Globoil India Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 for his exemplary
contribution to the Edible Oil Industry?
Amit Rajawat
Dinesh Shahra
Tejpal Singh Sandhu
Gurupal Raj Shekhon
Who is the author of book titled "The Three Khans: And the Emergence of New India"?
Farah Khan
Kaveree Bamzai
Shobhana Bharatiya
Arpita Khan
Recently, Community-driven launchpad, _______ which supports interoperability of initial DEX offerings (IDO), has launched the IDO of Nasdex in India.
Super
Starter
Flower
Unique
Recently, A new version of the Akash Missile, Akash Prime was successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, _______.
Paradip
Chandipur
Dehradun
Vihakhapatnam
Which of the following countries engineers created the "smallest-ever human-made flying structure", which is about the size of a grain of sand and does not require an engine or a motor?
Germany
France
USA
Canada
The UN Climate Change Conference, or COP26, is scheduled to be held in _______.
Ireland
Sweden
Norway
Scotland
Which of the following countries President Kais Saied has appointed Najla Bouden Romdhan as the first female Prime Minister in the Arab world?
Oman
Jordan
Kuwait
Tunisia
Who among the following has won the governing party leadership election and is set to be the next prime minister of Japan?
Sanae Takaichi
Fumio Kishida
Seiko Noda
Yoshihide Suga
Which of the following has recently approved the frameworks for gold exchange and Social Stock Exchange?
Reserve Bank of India
Indian Bullion Index
Securities Exchange Board of India
Ministry of Finance
Recently, Delhi-based environmental organisation Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) has received the 2021 Right Livelihood Award. The award is known as _______ alternative Nobel Prize.
Norway's
Finland‘s
Iceland‘s
Sweden‘s
Recently, Researchers during a recent study made a surprise discovery about how immune _______ cells are
maintained, which could have implications for drugs in development for cancer treatment.
merital
nuptial
sentinel
alimental
According to a report by IIFL-Hurun India‘s top 10 rich list, Name the Indian-American entrepreneur and the CEO founder of cloud security company Zscaler, who is the tenth richest Indian.
Deepak Bharadwaj
Ajeet Bajaj
Jay Chaudhry
Maheep Luthra
Recently, Indel Money, a non-banking finance company (NBFC) pioneering in gold loans, has entered into a first of-its-kind conventional gold loan co-lending partnership with _______ to offer gold loans at competitive rates to a bigger and diverse segment of borrowers.
Bandhan Bank
IDFC First Bank
IndusInd Bank
Airtel Payment Bank
Which of the following two European countries announced a defence deal worth around €3 billion ($3.5 billion) recently?
France and Italy
France and Greece
Portugal and UK
Iceland and Ireland
Recently, which of the following forts becomes India‘s 1st Six Senses hotel?
Neemrana Fort
Barwara Fort
Jahaz Mahal
Jaisalmer Fort
Recently, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as Interim President of _______.
Zambia
Gambia
Turkey
Guinea
Which of the following will be the first medical institute in India to have pathogen reduction technology?
AFMC
King George‘s Medical University
AIIMS, Delhi
JIPMER
Name the first woman cricketer who has achieved the double of 5,000 runs and 300 wickets in international cricket.
Alysse Healey
Ellyse Perry
Bill Mooney
Mithali Raj
Recently, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the _______, share the 2021 Nobel prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing touch and temperature.
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Norway
United States of America
Recently, Edayur Chilli and Kuttiattoor Mango became the latest to receive the Geographical Indication status from_______.
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Lakshadweep
Kerala
Recently, Japan‘s Parliament elected former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida as the Prime Minister. He is the _______ Prime Minister in the country‘s political history.
50th
75th
100th
120th
Which of the following Indian states will be hosting the 56th National Cross Country Championship in January next year?
Tripura
Nagaland
Meghalaya
Assam
Japanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann and Italian Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for work that helps understand complex physical systems such as _______.
Earth‘s changing climate
Earth‘s global warming
Earth‘s rotation on its own axis
Earth‘s revolution around the sun
Which of the following countries Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sworn in for a second five-year term running a country in the grip of a nearly year-long war?
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Yemen
Turkey
Which of the following banks becomes 1st scheduled private sector bank to collect direct, indirect taxes?
Yes Bank
RBL bank
HDFC Bank
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Recently, Hockey India withdraws from 2022 _______, cites Covid concerns.
Birmingham CWG
Gold Coast CWG
Berlin CWG
London CWG
Which of the following banks has become the first Indian private sector bank to arrange a term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) linked trade financing deal, joining a select group of banks and financial institutions globally who have executed similar transactions?
IDFC First Bank
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Bandhan Bank
Axis Bank
Recently, geographical indication (GI) tag has been awarded to _______ indigenous products from Uttarakhand.
Three
Four
Six
Seven
For the second year running the _______ has been ranked first in the world for Computer Science in the Times Higher Education 2022 World University Rankings.
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
University of California
University of Philadelphia
In a historic move, the _______ has endorsed the first anti-malarial vaccine.
NITI Aayog
World Health Organization (WHO)
Union Finance Ministry
Union Corporate Affairs
Who among the following won the 2021 Nobel Prize in literature?
Alex Tudor
Max Buchman
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Frank Luthar
Who has been appointed as chairman of the panel on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice?
Kaushik Basu
Sushil Kumar Modi
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Prakash Javadekar
According to South Asia Economic Focus, India‘s economy, South Asia‘s largest, is expected to grow by _______ percent in the fiscal year 2021-22.
4.2
5.5
6.7
8.3
Recently, Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said the electric carmaker plans to move its headquarters from Silicon Valley‘s Palo Alto, California to ___ where it is building a massive car and battery manufacturing complex.
Austin
Washington D.C.
Boston
New York
India‘s _______ will be producing part of the world‘s only malaria vaccine that has been developed by Pharma major GSK, and was recently approved by WHO (World Health Organisation).
Bharat Biotech
Sun Pharma
Indian Biotech
Ranbaxy
Recently, aimed at promoting road safety, innovation, and the adoption of new technology, the __ has
notified the constitution of the National Road Safety Board.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Law & Justice
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Ministry of Education
Which countries Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned to pull his coalition government back from the brink of collapse after the junior party demanded his head because he has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption?
Germany
Austria
France
Belgium
Recently, the traditional Karuppur Kalamkari Painting of _______ done using pens, brushes made of bamboo stick, palm stem, date tree and coconut tree stems, received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Recently, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the transaction limit in Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) from Rs 2 lakh to _______.
Rs 2.5 lakh
Rs 3 lakh
Rs 5 lakh
Rs 10 lakh
The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 is awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of _______ and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their fight for freedom of expression in their countries.
Philippines
Myanmar
Columbia
Ghana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first ever National Infrastructure Masterplan, Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakti. This will bring together __Ministries, including seven core infrastructure sectors, on one platform.
8
12
16
20
Which of the following countries unveiled the world‘s first automated, driverless train recently?
France
South Korea
Germany
Japan
Recently, A U.S. based Canadian David Card, Israeli-American Joshua Angrist and Dutch-American Guido Imbens won the _______.
Nobel Economics Prize
Nobel Literature Prize
Nobel Chemistry Prize
Nobel Physics Prize
Which of the following teams recently became first team to qualify for the 2022 Football World Cup?
France
Belgium
Germany
Nigeria
Recently, The Union Cabinet approved the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) till _______.
2022-23
2025-26
2028-29
2030-31
For the first time in an ICC men‘s T20I tournament the Decision _______ System (DRS) will be in use as the governing body has announced that the system will be available at the T20 World Cup.
Response
Review
Replay
Recurrent
Recently, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a Small Finance Bank (SFB) license to the consortium of
Centrum Financial Services, and Digital payments platform _______.
BharatPe
Phone Pay
Amazon Pay
BHIM UPI
The combined external debt stock of the 10 largest DSSI-eligible borrowers (Angola, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Zambia) was _______ dollars at end-2020.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
389 billion
467 billion
509 billion
666 billion
The world‘s most powerful radio antenna, the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) is situated in _______.
Greenland
Netherlands
Sweden
Canada
Who among the following has become India‘s latest Woman Grand Master (WGM) at the Grandmaster chess tournament in Budapest, Hungary?
Divya Deshmukh
Geeta Mukherjee
Amrita Nagar
Deepa Luthra
The Indian women‘s badminton team registered over Spain in Group B of the 2020 Uber Cup Finals, at Aarhus in _______.
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
India‘s first Atal Community Innovaion Center (ACIC) was inaugurated at _______.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Barkatullah University, Bhopal
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur
Recently, The World Steel Association (WSA) has elected _______ as its Chairman for the 2021-22 period.
L N Mittal
Sajjan Jindal
Naveen Jindal
T V Narendran
Who among the following has topped a list of the most-wealthy Indians under-40 years with a net worth of Rs 12,500 crore?
Sandeep Bindal
Amarendra Jha
Himanshu Tyagi
Divyank Turakhia
The India-US Economic and Financial Partnership was launched in year _______.
2005
2008
2010
2014
What is the rank of India among 116 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021?
56th
75th
94th
101st
Which of the following Indian states, Karuppur kalamkari paintings and the Kallakurichi wood carvings recently received the geographical indication (GI) tags?
Kerala
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Recently, The Centre has empowered the Border Security Force to conduct searches, arrest suspects and make seizures up to _______ from India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders.
20 km
30 km
50 km
75 km
Who has been named to an expert group launched by the WHO that will examine origins of emerging and reemerging pathogens of epidemic and pandemic potential, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19?
Dr Raman Gangakhedkar
Dr Mukesh Gulgaonkar
Dr Tirath Singh
Dr Shailendra Tyagi
Which of the following has launched the country‘s first "One Health" consortium?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Department of Finance
Department of Technology
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biotechnology
Which of the following northeastern states recently launched the Chief Minister‘s Health for All‖?
Manipur
Mizoram
Sikkim
Nagaland
Recently, Jonas Gahr Stoere took oath as the prime minister of:
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Ireland
Recently, the Government of India has decided to rechristen Mount Harriet Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as _______.
Mount Manipur
Mount Nagaland
Mount Sikkim
Mount Tripura
Recently, the world‘s first ever UNESCO trail is launched in _______.
Ireland
Scotland
Sweden
Norway
Recently, RBI approves reappointment of Amitabh Chaudhry as MD & CEO of _______.
HDFC Bank
Axis Bank
RBL Bank
ICICI Bank
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the government debt, including that of the Centre and the states, to rise to a record _______ per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) during 2021-22.
76.5
82.6
87.2
90.6
Recently, NASA launched a spacecraft called _______ on a 12-year mission to explore Jupiter‘s Trojan asteroids for the first time gathering new insights into the solar system‘s formation.
Lucy
Aric
Versatile
Opel
Recently, Social Token App, Chingari unveiled its‘ first-ever crypto token, $GARI‘ at the hands of film star and the brand ambassador of the tech start-up _______.
Salman Khan
Shahrukh Khan
Amitabh Bachchan
Shahid Kapoor
Recently, India‘s first-ever alcohol museum has been opened up in:
Sikkim
Assam
Goa
Nagaland
Which is the first state in the country to release a Wildlife Action Plan‘?
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Karnataka
World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness held on the _______ of October, to focus global attention on vision impairment, including blindness.
Second Friday
Second Thursday
Second Saturday
Second Tuesday
Which of the following teams won the IPL title 2021 in Dubai recently?
Kolkata Knight Riders
Mumbai Indians
Chennai Super Kings
Delhi Capitals
Which of the following will host ‘Aadhaar Hackathon 2021’?
NITI Aayog
UIDAI
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Home Affairs
India‘s updated nationally determined contributions or NDCs, as commitments by countries under the Paris
Agreement are referred to, could include a commitment to reduce the emissions intensity of the economy by at least _____ per from its 2005 levels.
23 to 25
37 to 39
46 to 48
52 to 56
The developed nations are upping the ante and aim to finalise an ambitious climate action plan at the G20 heads of nations summit in _______ on October 30-31.
Milan
Rome
Paris
London
Who among the following clinched the title in the La Nucia Open chess tournament with an unbeaten run?
G Sathiyan
K Luthra
M N Ravi
P Iniyan
The first-ever Warner Bros. hotel in the world is opened in _______.
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
Masdar
Lisbon
Which of the following groups agreed on principles to govern cross-border data use and digital trade recently?
G-7
G-20
ASEAN
SAARC
Recently, India handed over the 34.9 km-long cross-border rail link connecting Jaynagar in Bihar to Kurtha in _______ to the Nepal government.
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Nepal
Myanmar
Recently, Based on the recommendation of Principal Economic Advisor of Finance Ministry _______ for
rationalisation of railway bodies, the Indian Railways has ordered to dissolve Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC).
Sanjeev Sanyal
Rupak Ghosh
Mahendra Kumar
Amitav Saha
Who has been elected as President of World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies?
Divergent India
One India
Invest India
Target India
Recently, The Reserve Bank of India announced a scale-based regulation of non-banking finance companies. Under the new framework, there will be a ceiling of _______ per borrower for financing subscription to an initial public offering (IPO).
₹1 crore
₹2 crore
₹5 crore
₹10 crore
Which of the following Indian states has discovered three new species of fish of genus Aborichthys of family
Nemachelidae recently?
Manipur
Mizoram
Sikkim
Arunachal Pradesh
According to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the amount of plastics in the oceans has been estimated to be around _______ million tonnes at present.
75-199
95-220
110-260
125-320
Recently, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has launched knowledge App and platform _________
OPENER
CUNSULT
TWIST
THUNDER
Recently, "New Horizon" joint navel exercise at sea was conducted between:
UK and France
USA & Bahrain
France and Oman
Germany and Japan
Recently, The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) launched the first-of-its-kind and the largest ____ for skilling in India in collaboration with global partners, involving a USD 14.4 million fund which will benefit 50,000 youth by making them employment ready.
Impact Bond
Compact Bond
Constant Bond
Unique Bond
Which of the following countries is converting an Oil Rig into the World‘s First Offshore Extreme Amusement and Leisure Park?
Russia
Venezuela
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Recently, Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been re-elected for a second five-year term as President of _______.
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
Recently, In a first, a long-range marine communication system, which will remain effective during storms and inclement weather conditions, was introduced by _______.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Port
Mahatma Gandhi Port
Mundra Port
Which of the following countries advised by the world‘s largest fund manager BlackRock, has launched a national infrastructure fund to support up to 200 billion riyals ($53.32 billion) in projects over the next decade?
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Jordan
Recently, Shri R K Singh, Union Minister of Power & New and Renewable Energy, launched the new market segment, _______.
Green Day Ahead Market (GDAM)
Grown Day Ahead Marketting (GDAM)
Green Day Ahead Mixing (GDAM)
Greening Day Ahead Mining (GDAM)
Which of the following Indian airports becomes first in India to start hydropower project?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport
Cochin International Airport
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport
Which is first Asian country to have two container-based hospitals?
China
South Korea
Japan
India
Recently, Indian-origin politician Anita Anand was appointed as the new Defence Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle in_______.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Suriname
Canada
Fiji
Bangladesh
