Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2021: 30th October

Current Affairs 30th October 2021 Quiz

Here is the Current Affairs Quiz of 30th October covering the following topics Headlines: Facebook, TVS Motor Company, SBI General Insurance, Global Climate Tech Investment trend, Wildlife Action Plan 2021-30.

The Current Affairs section constitutes a major part of General Awareness section in a competitive examination and plays an instrumental role. To supplement your preparation for the General Awareness Section of the upcoming exams like IBPS PO/Clerk Mains, SBI PO Mains and SEBI Grade A Prelims, we are providing you Current Affairs Quiz of 30th October 2021 covering the following topics Headlines: Facebook, TVS Motor Company, SBI General Insurance, Global Climate Tech Investment trend, Wildlife Action Plan 2021-30.

Q1. Which state became India’s 1st state to pass its own Wildlife Action Plan 2021-30?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Chhattisgarh
(e) Assam

Q2. Supreme Court has appointed a three-member committee to look into allegations of unauthorized surveillance using Pegasus. Who is the head of this committee?
(a) R V Raveendran
(b) Kaushik Basu
(c) Tahmima Anam
(d) Ramesh Babu
(e) C K Garyali

Q3. MeitY Startup Hub has partnered with which of the following company to launch ‘Appscale Academy’ Programme?
(a) IBM
(b) Microsoft
(c) Google
(d) Infosys
(e) Intel

Q4. According to the report ‘Five years on: Global climate tech investment trends since the Paris Agreement’, what was the rank of India?
(a) 5th
(b) 6th
(c) 7th
(d) 8th
(e) 9th

Q5. Google Pay has tied up with which General Insurance company to offer Health Insurance?
(a) SBI General Insurance Company
(b) Oriental Insurance Company
(c) Religare Insurance Company
(d) Bharti AXA General Insurance
(e) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company

Q6. Which of the following company has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Renewable Energy User’ at India Green Energy Award 2020?
(a) Hero MotoCorp
(b) TVS Motor Company
(c) Bajaj Auto
(d) India Yamaha Motor
(e) Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India

Q7. Ryan ten Doeschate retired from International Cricket. He was associated with which cricket team?
(a) Scotland
(b) Ireland
(c) England
(d) Netherlands
(e) Australia

Q8. Who has authored the book ‘AIIMS Mein Ek Jang Ladte Hue’?
(a) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
(b) Harsh Vardhan
(c) Kiren Rijiju
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) Jitendra Singh

Q9. Who is the chairperson of Economic Advisory Council-PM?
(a) Vimal Kumar
(b) Prakhar Mittal
(c) Rohit Sharma
(d) Bibek Debroy
(e) Amit Dutta

Q10. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the __________ Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Summit.
(a) 16th
(b) 17th
(c) 18th
(d) 19th
(e) 20th

Q11. Among the following, which company rebranded itself to ‘Meta’?
(a) Google
(b) Snapchat
(c) Zoom
(d) Facebook
(e) Microsoft

Q12. Government has appointed veteran banker K V Kamath as chairperson of_____________.
(a) NABARD
(b) SIDBI
(c) NIIT
(d) NAFED
(e) NaBFID

Q13. The Asia Health 2021 was organised by_________?
(a) CII
(b) NITI
(c) AIIMS
(d) NABARD
(e) SEBI

Q14. RBI has approved the appointment of Baldev Prakash as Managing Director and CEO of which bank?
(a) BoB Bank
(b) PNB Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) J&K Bank
(e) Yes Bank

Q15. What is the theme for 2021 World Psoriasis Day?
(a) Informed
(b) Let’s get CONNECTED
(c) Psoriasis Inside Out
(d) BeInformed
(e) Uniting for action

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. During the 17th meeting of the State Board for Wildlife (SBWL), the government of Maharashtra approved its own Wildlife Action Plan (2021-2030), which will be implemented over the next 10 years.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. SC set up a committee to Probe unauthorized surveillance using Pegasus in India; headed by R V Raveendran.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. MeitY Startup Hub, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Google partnered to launch ‘Appscale Academy’, a growth and development programme, to train early to mid-stage startups across India.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. In accordance with the report ‘Five years on: Global climate tech investment trends since the Paris Agreement’ by London & Partners, and Dealroom. Co, India ranked 9th in the list of top 10 countries for climate technology investment from 2016 to 2021.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. SBI General Insurance made a technological partnership with Google Pay to enable the users to buy SBI General’s health insurance on the Google Pay app.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. TVS Motor Company has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Renewable Energy User’ at the third Edition of India Green Energy Award 2020 by the Indian Federation of Green Energy (IFGE).

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Ryan ten Doeschate, 41-year-old Cricket all-rounder from the Netherlands, announced retirement from International Cricket after Netherland failed to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Former Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal gifted his book ‘AIIMS Mein Ek Jang Ladte Hue’ to PM Modi.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Central Government has reconstituted the seven-member Economic Advisory Council to the PM (EAC-PM). Bibek Debroy continues to be the Chairman of the Council.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the 18th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Summit virtually.

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future.

S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. The government announced the appointment of veteran banker K V Kamath as chairperson of the newly set up Rs. 20,000 crore development finance institution NaBFID to catalyse investment in the funds-starved infrastructure sector.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya participated in the CII Asia Health 2021 summit.

S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of Baldev Prakash as Managing Director and CEO of J&K Bank.

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. The theme for 2021 World Psoriasis Day is “Uniting for action”. The World Psoriasis Day is observed every year on 29 October by the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA).

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