Q.1 Who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2021?

a. Benjamin List

b. David W.C. MacMillan

c. Abdulrazak Gurnah 

d. Klaus Hasselmann

Q.2 Which country’s Hockey Federation has withdrawn from 2022 Commonwealth Games?

a. England

b. India

c. New Zealand 

d. Australia

Q.3 Which bank has launched NAV-eCash card for Indian Navy on INS Vikramaditya?

a. Punjab National Bank

b. State Bank of India

c. Canara Bank

d. Bank of Baroda

Q.4 The World Cotton Day is observed annually on which day?

a. October 07

b. October 06

c. October 05

d. October 04

Q.5 How many PM MITRA mega textile parks have been approved by the government to be set up in 5 years?

a. 5

b. 15

c. 7

d. 10

Q.6 The Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre has been inaugurated in which city recently?

a. Itanagar

b. Guwahati

c. Gangtok

d. Shillong

Q.7 The Alibaug white onion of which state has recently received the GI tag?

a. Assam

b. Maharashtra 

c. West Bengal

d. Bihar

Q.8 Which state launched ‘Mukhyamantri Paryatan Udyog Sambal Yojana-2021’ to provide relief to the entrepreneurs of the tourism and hospitality sector affected by COVID-19 pandemic?

a. Rajasthan

b. Uttarakhand

c. Bihar

d. Haryana

Q.9 Which comic book character has been declared as the mascot of the government’s Namami Gange Programme ?

a. Popeye

b. Cinderella

c. Sabu

d. Chacha Chaudhary

Q.10 Which state to celebrate Hornbill Festival?

a. Meghalaya

b. Arunachal Pradesh

c. Nagaland

d. Assam

Answers – 

Q.1 c) Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.

Q.2 b) 

Q.3 b) The State Bank of India (SBI) has partnered with the Indian Navy to launch NAV-eCash card for the naval personnel onboard the country’s largest Naval Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.

Q.4 a) The WHO-recognised World Cotton Day (WCD) is observed every year on October 07 since 2019 to celebrate the international cotton industry and its contribution to communities and the global economy.

Q.5 c) The Centre has approved the setting up of seven new mega textile parks, or PM MITRA (पीएम मित्र) parks across the country in an effort to help furthering the growth of textile sector in the economy and position India strongly on the Global textiles map. The total outlay for the project has been set at Rs 4,445 crore for five years.

Q.6 b) Vice-President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre at Panbazar in Guwahati, Assam recently.

Q.7 b) The famous Alibaug white onion from Maharashtra’s Raigad district has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag on September 29, 2021.

Q.8 a) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched ‘Mukhyamantri Paryatan Udyog Sambal Yojana-2021’ to provide relief to the entrepreneurs of the tourism and hospitality sector affected by COVID-19 pandemic.

Q.9 d) Indian comic book character Chacha Chaudhary has been declared as the mascot of the government’s Namami Gange Programme with an aim of bringing behavioural change among children towards the Ganga and other rivers.

Q.10 c) With decline in COVID-19 cases, the Nagaland government is gearing up to organise the Hornbill festival this year from December one.