Current Affairs MCQ of 18th October 2021

Q.1 What was India’s rank on the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index?

a. 10th

b. 7th

c. 5th

d. 3rd

Q.2 National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping is under taken by

a. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

b. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)

c. Geological Survey of India

d. Both b and c Incorrect

Q.3 Name the digital platform launched by the Centre for holistic and integrated infrastructure development to provide multi-modal connectivity to economic zones in the country?

a. PM Sanchar

b. PM Gati Shakti

c. PM Raftaar 

d. PM Urja Bal

Q.4 The first ever automated, driverless train in the world has been unveiled in which country?

a. Finland

b. Switzerland

c. Germany

d. Japan

Q.5 Recently Karuppur kalamkari paintings got GI tag.They hail from which state?

a. TamilNadu

b. Kerala

c. Telangana

d. Assam

Q.6 The mobile App Fishwaale is launched by which state as India’s first e-fish market?

a. Maharashtra

b. Assam

c. Kerala

d. Nagaland

Q.7 India’s first 5G network trial in a rural location has been undertaken by which company?

a. Bharti Airtel

b. Vodafone Group

c. Reliance Jio

d. BSNL

Q.8 Who is the winner of the 2021 C K Prahlad award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership?

a. Facebook Team

b. Microsoft Team

c. Google Team

d. Apple Team

Q.9 Which ministry has launched the scheme of ‘Good Samaritan’?

a. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

b. Ministry of Finance

c. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

d. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Q.10 Which country has been elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term?

a. China

b. India

c. USA

d. Pakistan

Answers 

Q.1 d) India has been ranked at the third position in the 58th edition of EY’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index’ (RECAI). The index ranks the world’s top 40 markets on the attractiveness of their renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities.

Q.2 c) Since FS 2014-15, GSI has launched and undertook a national programme on landslide susceptibility mapping – National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (NLSM).

Q.3 b) With the vision of holistic and integrated infrastructure development in the country, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated PM Gati Shakti-National Master Plan, from Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on October 13, 2021.The Rs 100 lakh crore PM Gati Shakti-National Master Plan aims to provide multi-modal connectivity to economic zones in the country.

Q.4 c) 

Q.5 a) The traditional dye-painted figurative and patterned cloth called Karuppur kalamkari paintings and the wood carvings of Kallakurichi have received geographical indication (GI) tags.

Q.6 b) 

Q.7 a) Bharti Airtel and Ericsson conducted India’s first 5G network trial in a rural location in the first week of October 2021.

Q.8 b) American Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella has won the prestigious C K Prahlad award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership for the year 2021.

Q.9 a) The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched a “Rewarding Scheme for Grant of Award to the Good Samaritan”.

Q.10 b) India got re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for 2022-24 terms with the overwhelming majority in United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).