Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank | 8th October‘2021 – Free PDF

Q1) Recently, the three days Urban Conclave programme was inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi in which of the following states?

1. Gujarat
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Chattisgarh

Q2) Recently, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the Mahabahu Brahmaputra River heritage center in which of the following states of North East?

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Meghalaya
4. Nagaland

Q3) Who has been appointed as the new administrator of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited and Srei Equipment Finance Limited?

1. Sanjiv Chadha
2. Rajneesh Sharma
3. Debadatta Chand
4. Ajay Kumar Khurana

Q4) Arvind Trivedi has passed away. He was renowned _____?

1. Sportsperson
2. Actor
3. Journalist
4. Economist

Q5) Name the winner of the inaugural Meltwater Champions Chess Tour?

1. Wesley So
2. Viswanathan Anand
3. Magnus Carlsen
4. Sergey Karjakin

Q6) Name the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics?

1. Reinhard Genzel, Didier Queloz and Kip Thorne
2. Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi
3. Arthur B. McDonald, Jim Peebles and Kip Throne
4. Andrea M. Ghez, Jim Peebles and Michel Mayor

Q7) Which of the following organizations has released the report titled-‘The State of the World’s Children 2021; On My Mind’ which states that 14% of India’s population between 15-24 years were depressed?

1. WHO
2. UNICEF
3. Amnesty International
4. Doctors without Border

Q8) Recently, _____&______ was appointed as the brand ambassador of Amrutranjan Health Care Limited?

1. Navjeet Dhillon & Seema Antil
2. Neeraj Chopra & Vikas Gowda
3. Sania Mirza & Shuai Zhang
4. Mirabai Chanu & Bajrang Punia

Q9) Recently, Chackalethu John Yesudass has passed away. He was renowned ____?

1. Politician
2. Economist
3. Journalist
4. Cartoonist

Q10) When is the National Voluntary Donation Day observed annually across the globe to raise awareness about Blood donation and promote voluntary blood donation in the country?

1. October 1
2. October 7
3. October 8
4. October 4

Q11) Which is the first Airbus Operator in the world to start ‘Taxibot Services’ with passengers onboard?

1. Vistara
2. Air India
3. Spice Jet
4. Air Asia India

Q12) In which city, the first ‘seedcopter’ drone was used to deliver seed balls under the ‘Hara Bhara’ initiative?

1. Bengaluru
2. Chennai
3. Kochi
4. Hyderabad

Q13) The Defence Accounts Department under the Ministry of Defence has developed which of the following IT-enabled payment and accounting systems for payments to domestic defence suppliers?

1. Saksham
2. Prabal
3. Dastak
4. e-Nirman

Q14) Which Ministry has approved to continue its  ‘Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme’ till March 2026’?

1. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
2. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
3. Ministry of Textiles
4. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Q15) Recently, Which of the following ministries has organized VAYO NAMAN Programme in New Delhi?

1. Ministry of Women and Child Development
2. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
3. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
4. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Q16) E.R Sheikh has assumed charge as first Director-General of _____?

1. Urban Affairs Directorate
2. Economic Development Directorate
3. Ordnance Directorate
4. Industries and Commerce Directorate

Q17) When is the world cotton Day celebrated annually across India to foster sustainable trade policies and to enable developing countries to benefit from every step of the cotton value chain?

1. October 4
2. October 7
3. October 5
4. October 1

Q18) Which of the following housing finance company has recently joined with CSC e-Governance Services India to provide last mile loan facilities?

1. ICICI Home Finance
2. LIC Housing Finance Limited
3. HDFC Housing Finance
4. D. PNB Housing Finance Limited

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