Current Affairs Quiz: 23 October 2021
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1. Centre has extended the policy period of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP): Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19’ with effect from October 21, 2021, for how many days?

A) 60
B) 90
C) 180
D) 120

2. Union Cabinet has approved an additional hike in the DA and DR for central government employees and pensioners. What is the overall DA/DR rate announced by the government effective from July 01, 2021?

A) 21%
B) 31%
C) 28%
D) 35%

3. Which team has won the Thomas Cup 2020?

A) Indonesia
B) China
C) Malaysia
D) Italy

4. Which country has recently become the first to undertake the shooting of a film in the International Space Station (ISS)?

A) Japan
B) South Korea
C) Russia
D) Spain

5. Who has been appointed as the ambassador of the Russian Film Festival in India?

A) Farhan Akhtar
B) Sajid Nadiadwala
C) A. R. Rahman
D) Imtiaz Ali

6. Name the newly appointed President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF)?

A) Sahdev Yadav
B) S.H. Anande Gowda
C) Naresh Sharma
D) Abraham Kaya Techi

7. Who has been honoured with the European Union’s top human rights prize, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for 2021?

A) Kira Yarmysh
B) Alexei Navalny
C) Boris Yeltsin
D) Roman Protasevich

8. Who has been appointed as the Head of OnePlus India region operations as well as the CEO of OnePlus in India?

A) Rahul Sharma
B) Nipun Marya
C) Sanjeev Kumar
D) Navnit Nakra

9. Which Indian businessman has announced to make an investment in UAE’s first digital-only independent bank ZAND?

A) Uday Kotak
B) Cyrus S. Poonawalla
C) Kumar Mangalam Birla
D) Azim Premji

10. RBI has recently imposed Rs 1 crore monetary penalty on which payments bank for violating norms under Section 26 (2) of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007?

A) Jio Payments Bank
B) Paytm Payments Bank
C) Airtel Payments Bank
D) Aditya Birla Payments Bank

Answers:
C) 180
B) 31%
A) Indonesia
C) Russia
D) Imtiaz Ali
A) Sahdev Yadav
B) Alexei Navalny
D) Navnit Nakra
C) Kumar Mangalam Birla
B) Paytm Payments Bank

Also Read: Current Affairs Quiz: 22 October 2021

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