Current Affairs Quiz: November 1, 2021

Current Affairs 1 November 2021 Quiz

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1. HM Amit Shah launched Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana in which city?
   A) Dehradun
   B) Mumbai
   C) Pune
   D) Nagpur
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Dehradun to participate in various events in the state.
   
2. Which state has topped the State Energy Efficiency Index 2020 (SEEI) released recently?
   A) Haryana
   B) Karnataka
   C) Madhya Pradesh
   D) Bihar
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Karnataka has topped the State Energy Efficiency Index 2020 (SEEI), scoring 70 points out of 100 on the back of several initiatives to improve energy efficiency in the state. Rajasthan is on second rank followed by Haryana on third.
   
3. Which state government launched ‘Parents Samvad’, a programme aimed at increasing the engagement of parents in the education of their children in government schools?
   A) Delhi
   B) Haryana
   C) Bihar
   D) Uttar Pradesh
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The Delhi government launched ‘Parents Samvad’, a programme aimed at increasing the engagement of parents in the education of their children in government schools.
   
4. Recently with which country,India has decided to agree to form task force to identify new areas of defence cooperation?
   A) Iran
   B) Israel
   C) Japan
   D) Australia
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: India-Israel Joint Working Group on Bilateral Defence Cooperation has agreed to form a Task Force to formulate a comprehensive Ten-Year Roadmap to identify new areas of cooperation
   
5. according to the latest The Changing Wealth of Nations 2021 reportpublished by the World Bank,which region suffers the most among all regions of the world in terms of loss of human capital due to air pollution?
   A) Africa
   B) Europe
   C) Central Asia
   D) South Asia
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: South Asia suffers the most among all regions of the world in terms of loss of human capital due to air pollution, according to the latest The Changing Wealth of Nations 2021 reportpublished by the World Bank.
   
6. As per recent report by finance ministry,Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts swell to how much till October 2021?
   A) 40 cr
   B) 50 cr
   C) 44 cr
   D) 55 cr
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Bank accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) have increased to 44 crore in over 7 years till October 2021, a finance ministry official said.
   
7. Which has becomes first life insurance player to join account aggregator system introduced by RBI?
   A) HDFC Life
   B) Max Life
   C) LIC
   D) ICICI Life Insurance
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd said it has joined the account aggregator (AA) frameworkintroduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in September. Max Life is the first life insurer to do so.
   
8. Thé World’s first-ever FIFA football for school programme launched in which city?
   A) Pune
   B) Dispur
   C) Bhubaneswar
   D) Kolkata
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar, in an initiative never before, has launched the world’s first-ever FIFA Football for School Programme at KISS. Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha virtually launched the Programme.
   

STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. What is the currency of Israel?
   A) Shekel
   B) Dinar
   C) Lira
   D) Peso
   
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   Option A
   
   
2. When was World Bank founded?
   A) 1955
   B) 1952
   C) 1966
   D) 1944
   
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   Option D
   
   
3. WhEre is the HQ of Max lIfe insurance?
   A) Pune
   B) Chennai
   C) NewDelhi
   D) Mumbai
   
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   Option C