1. NITI Aayog and World Bank will set up a $300-million ‘first loss risk sharing instrument’ to facilitate a program for faster and easier financing of electric vehicles (EVs). Which bank is the program manager in this?
Answers With Explanation : (D) NITI Aayog and World Bank are setting up a $300-million ‘first loss risk sharing instrument’, with the State Bank of India (SBI) as its program manager.
2. WHO has recently granted emergency use listing (EUL) to ____________, adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of COVID-19.
Answers With Explanation : (B) WHO has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to COVAXIN (developed by Bharat Biotech), adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of COVID-19.
3. South African author Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for __________.
Answers With Explanation : (C) South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut won the 2021 Booker Prize for “The Promise”, his third shortlisted novel which chronicles a family in his homeland from the late apartheid era through to Jacob Zuma’s presidency.
4. Who among the following has replaced Jes Staley as the CEO of Barclays bank?
Answers With Explanation : (D) British bank Barclays’s chief executive Jes Staley had quit. Staley has been replaced with immediate effect by its head of global markets, C.S. Venkatakrishnan.
5. RBI has issued revised PCA framework for banks. The revised PCA framework will be effective from _________.
Answers With Explanation : (A) The RBI issued a revised Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework for banks to enable supervisory intervention at “appropriate time” and also act as a tool for effective market discipline.
6. Which of the following country introduced a bill to declare Diwali a national holiday?
Answers With Explanation : (D) United States lawmakers led by Congresswoman Carolyn B Maloney from New York, introduced a bill to declare Diwali a national holiday in the country.
7. World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed across the world on ________.
Answers With Explanation : (D) World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed across the world on 5 November. The day is celebrated to spread awareness among people across the world in matters related to the dangers of tsunami.
8. Name the Indian cricketer who has won the Arjuna Award in the recently announced National Sports Awards 2021.
Answers With Explanation : (C) Shikhar Dhawan has won the Arjuna Award in the recently announced National Sports Awards 2021.
9. Who among the following has not awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021?
Answers With Explanation : (D) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has not awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021.
10. Who has announced that the Central government has extended the benefits of the “Ayushman CAPF healthcare scheme”?
Answers With Explanation : (B) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that the Central government has extended the benefits of the “Ayushman CAPF healthcare scheme” to the personnel of all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
