Current Affairs: 26th October 2021

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Q.1) Who has been honoured with the 51st Dada Saheb Phalke Award?
(1) Rajnikanth
(2) Vinod Khanna
(3) Manoj Kumar
(4) Asha Bhosle
Correct Answer - (1) Rajnikanth
Explanation:
 Veteran actor Rajinikanth has been honoured with the prestigious 51st Dada Saheb Phalke Award for his
outstanding contribution to the world of Indian cinema.
 The legendary actor received the Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2019 at the 67th National Film Awards in New
Delhi on October 25, 2021 by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu.
 The winner of 67th National Film Awards was announced on 22 March 2021 in New Delhi to honour best of
Indian cinema in 2019.
 Dadasaheb Phalke Awards is India’s highest honour in cinema. It was instituted in 1969 by the Directorate of
Film Festivals for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema. The award is named
after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who is revered as the father of Indian cinema. The recipient receives a Swarna
Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl and a cash prize of ₹10 lakh.

Q.2) Which film has won 'Best Feature Film' award at the 67th National Film Awards?
(1) Marakkar
(2) Bhonsle
(3) Asuran
(4) Panga
Correct Answer - (1) Marakkar
Explanation:
The winner of 67th National Film Awards was announced on 22 March 2021 in New Delhi to honour best of Indian
cinema in 2019.

Q.3) What is the name of India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier?

(1) INS Vikrant
(2) INS Arihant
(3) INS Shaurya
(4) INS Vikramaditya
Correct Answer - (1) INS Vikrant
Explanation:
 The first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) of India, Vikrant, set sail on October 24, 2021, for the second sea
trials before its planned induction into the Indian Navy by August 2022.
 Vikrant, the 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier, the largest and the most complex warship to be built in the country,
had successfully completed a five-day maiden sea voyage in August 2021.
 The warship has been built at a cost of around ₹23,000 crores.
 The warship has been built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).
Q.4) Which state-owned company will set up India's largest Green Hydrogen Plant?
(1) GAIL
(2) BCCL
(3) NTPC
(4) ONGC
Correct Answer - (1) GAIL
Explanation:
 State-owned GAIL (India) Ltd will build India's largest green hydrogen-making plant as it looks to supplement
its natural gas business with carbon-free fuel.
 Speaking at India Energy Forum by CERAWeek, GAIL chairman and managing director Manoj Jain said the
company has floated a global tender to procure an electrolyser.
 "It will take 12-14 months to put the plant," he said adding the company has finalised 2-3 sites for the unit
including one at Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh.
 Jain said the plant planned is for 10MW capacity, the largest announced so far in the country.

Q.5) Recently, Which among the following states reported its 1st Zika Virus case?
(1) Haryana
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer - (4) Uttar Pradesh
Explanation:
 Uttar Pradesh has reported its first case of Zika Virus.
 The first patient of Zika Virus was detected in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on October 23 after a laboratory in Pune
confirmed the infection on a 57-year old warrant officer of the Air Force Station.
 As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), Zika Virus is transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes. The virus was
first identified in humans in Tanzania and Uganda in 1952.
 The first case of the Zika Virus was confirmed in Kerala on July 8, 2021. As per a WHO report, the Zika viral
RNA was detected through RT-PCR testing at the National Institute of Virology, Pune in a blood sample collected
from a 24-year old pregnant woman in Trivandrum.

Q.6) Who has won the United States Grand Prix 2021?
(1) Lewis Hamilton
(2) Max Verstappen
(3) Sergio Perez
(4) M. Schumacher
Correct Answer - (2) Max Verstappen
Explanation:
 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has won the 2021 United States Grand Prix held at the Circuit of
the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States on October 24, 2021.
 This is the 8th win for Verstappen in this season.
 The race was 17th round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship.
 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) stood second while Sergio Perez (Mexico- Red Bull) came third.

Q.7) The anthology “Writing for My Life” has been released by which author?
(1) Salman Rushdie
 (2) Chetan Bhagat
(3) Sudha Murty
(4) Ruskin Bond
Correct Answer - (4) Ruskin Bond
Explanation:
 “Writing for My Life”, an anthology of author Ruskin Bond has been released. It contains some of the most
exemplary stories, essays, poems and memories of Ruskin Bond.
 What is an anthology? An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a
collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors.
 This anthology has been released 25 years after the first anthology of Bond titled, “The Best of Ruskin Bond”.
 The selections for this anthology have been made by Bond himself and his editor Premanka Goswami. Ruskin
Bond is an Indian author of British descent. His first novel is The Room on the Roof.

Q.8) Name the winner of women’s single title at Denmark Open 2021 badminton championship?
(1) PV Sindhu
(2) Nozomi Okuhara
(3) Chen Yufei
(4) Akane Yamaguchi
Correct Answer - (4) Akane Yamaguchi
Explanation:
The Victor Denmark Open 2021 badminton tournament was held at the Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark,
from 19 to 24 October 2021.
Given below is the list of winners of the tournament
 Men’s single – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) beat Kento Momota (Japan)
 Women’s single – Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) beat An Se-young (South Korea)
 Men’s double – Takuro Hoki, and Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)
 Women’s double – Huang Dongping and Zheng Yu (China)
 Mixed double – Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino (Japan)

Q.9) Who has been named as the staff secretary of the White House?
(1) Archita Garg
(2) Neera Tanden
(3) Nimisha Chopra
(4) Dev Patel
Correct Answer - (2) Neera Tanden
Explanation:
 Indian-origin political consultant Neera Tanden was named the White House staff secretary on 22 October,
putting her in a key 'behind-the-scenes' role.
 Neera Tanden, 51, will be the first Indian-American and the first person of colour to hold the position.
 She was born in Massachusetts in 1970 to parents from India, who divorced when she was five. Tanden and
her brother were brought up by their mother.
 She currently serves as a senior advisor to US President Joe Biden.

Q.10) Recently the United Nations has established a special trust fund for which country?
(1) France
(2) Iran
 (3) Afghanistan
(4) Tajikistan
Correct Answer - (3) Afghanistan
Explanation:
 The United Nations announced on October 21, 2021, that it had set up a special trust fund to provide urgently
needed cash directly to the people of Afghanistan through a system tapping into donor funds frozen since the
country was taken over by Taliban in August 2021.
 As per UNDP, some 97% of Afghan households can be living below the poverty line by mid-2022.
 The International Monetary Fund said that Afghanistan’s economy was set to contract up to 30% in 2021 and
this was likely to further fuel a refugee crisis that will affect the neighbouring countries, Turkey and Europe.

Q.11) Who was re-elected as the President of the Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation?
(1) Aroon Purie
(2) Rahul Joshi
(3) K Madhavan
(4) Kevin Vaz
Correct Answer - (3) K Madhavan
Explanation:
 Indian Broadcasting & Digital Foundation (IBDF), an industry body of Television Broadcasters and Digital
Streaming Platforms in the country, has re-elected K Madhavan, Country Manager & President - The Walt Disney
Company.
 This is the second consecutive term for Madhavan, who was re-elected on 22nd October 2021, in the 22nd
Annual General Meeting (AGM).
 During the 22nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), the members also re-elected TV Today Network Chairman
Aroon Purie, Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi S Vempati, Viacom 18 Managing Director Rahul Joshi, and Star and Disney
India President and Head – Network Entertainment Channels, Kevin Vaz, as members on the board of IBDF.

Q.12) Which state government will provide GPS-enabled smart watches to its officials for tracking their movement?
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Haryana
(4) Uttarakhand
Correct Answer - (3) Haryana
Explanation:
 Haryana Government has now planned to distribute GPS-enabled wrist watches to its employees to keep
track of their real-time location during office hours.
 An announcement in this regard was made by the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on 23rd October 2021,
during ‘Vikas’ rally held at Sarmathla village of Sohna in Gurugram district.
 The GPS-enabled wristwatch costs around ₹7,000- ₹8,000 and the government has to pay for it.
 Under the Smart City Project, in 2018, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation became the first government body
to introduce GPS-enabled smartwatches.

Q.13) Indian Navy has organised an Offshore Sailing Regatta from -

(1) Kochi to Goa
(2) Chennai to Puducherry
(3) Bengaluru to Goa
(4) Kochi to Chennai
Correct Answer - (1) Kochi to Goa
Explanation:
 The Indian Navy has organised an Offshore Sailing Regatta from Kochi to Goa, as a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav celebrations, and above all, boost the spirit of adventure and ocean sailing among the Navy Personnel.
 The event organised under the aegis of the Indian Naval Sailing Association (INSA) will see the participation
of six Indian naval sailing vessels (INSVs), comprising of four 40 footers ad two 56 footers.
 The race will begin on October 24, 2021, for a tentative duration of five days.
 The vessels will cover a total distance of 360 nautical miles between the starting point at the Naval base in
Kochi to Goa.

Q.14) PM Modi has launched pan-India ₹5,000-crore ‘Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission’ from -
(1) Lucknow
(2) Kanpur
(3) Varanasi
(4) Noida
Correct Answer - (3) Varanasi
Explanation:
 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched the “Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission” on
October 25, 2021, from his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
 The Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission is one of the largest pan-India schemes for strengthening
healthcare infrastructure across the country, and is in addition to the National Health Protection Mission
(Ayushman Bharat Yojana).
 Total outlay of the scheme: ₹5,000-crore
 Purpose: to address gaps in public health infrastructure, with focus on critical care facilities and primary care
in both urban and rural areas.
 Benefit: The scheme shall strengthen India’s ability to fight and contain outbreaks of diseases in the future.
 Under the scheme, 17,788 rural health and wellness centres in 10 high focus states will get the support of the
scheme.
 For urban area, 11,024 urban health and wellness centres will be established in all the states.
 Apart from this, a national institution for one health, four new national institutes for virology, a regional
research platform for WHO South East Asia Region, nine biosafety level-III laboratories, five new regional national
centre for disease control will also be set up.

Q.15) What is the theme of 2021 World Polio Day?

(1) Win for Global Health
(2) A win against Polio
(3) Stories of Progres
(4) Delivering on a Promise
Correct Answer - (4) Delivering on a Promise
Explanation:
 World Polio Day is observed on October 24 every year to raise awareness for polio vaccination and
eradication of polio.
 The World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of
Jonas Salk who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis.
 2021 theme for World Polio Day is “Delivering on a Promise.”
 Polio has crippled the lives of millions of people worldwide. The goal of eradicating polio was first adopted in
1988, and while the world has achieved a 99.9% reduction in wild poliovirus transmission, there are some
challenges still faced for the complete eradication of this disease.

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