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- Which company has recently acquired 100% stake in digital lending startup CreditMate?
A) Facebook
B) ICICI Bank
C) Paytm
D) State Bank of India
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Option C
Explanation:Digital payment services provider Paytm has acquired 100% stake in Mumbai-based digital lending startup CreditMate. However, the transaction details of the deal have not been disclosed.
- The World Habitat Day is observed on which day globally?
A) First Monday of October
B) October 01
C) First Sunday of October
D) October 03
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Option A
Explanation:The World Habitat Day is observed every year on the First Monday of October throughout the world to reflect on the state of our towns and cities, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter as well as remind people that they are responsible for the habitat of future generations. In 2021, the World Habitat Day is being celebrated on October 04.
- Name the web portal launched by the government to find solutions to India’s waste problems, through community participation?
A) Magnets of Hope
B) Waste to Wealth
C) Millennium Development
D) Urban Action
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Option B
Explanation:The government has launched a web portal called “Waste to Wealth” to enhance cooperation for sustainable development through economy and community participation. The web portal will bring together technology providers, government stakeholders and urban local bodies to find solutions to India’s waste problems, mainly plastic waste.
- Which lending agency has approved $150 million loan for ‘Chennai City Partnership: Sustainable Urban Services Program’ to make Chennai a world-class city?
A) AIIB
B) New Development Bank
C) ADB
D) World Bank
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Option D
Explanation:The World Bank has approved $150 million (around Rs 1,112 crore) loan for funding ‘Chennai City Partnership: Sustainable Urban Services Program’ of Tamil Nadu, with the vision of making Chennai into a world-class city that is more green, livable, and resilient to climate change.
- Who has been appointed as the head of the reconstituted expert committee formed by the government for Fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Wages under Code on Wages, 2019?
A) Avinash Dixit
B) Rohini Pande
C) SP Mukherjee
D) Rakesh Mohan
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Option C
Explanation:The Ministry of Labour has reconstituted the Expert Group on Fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Wages. The nine-member new committee will now be headed by the economist and statistician SP Mukherjee (emeritus professor at the University of Kolkata).
- The Week from October 04 to 10, 2021 is being observed as___________
A) World Air Week
B) World Space Week
C) World Fire Week
D) World Earth Week
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Option B
Explanation:The World Space Week (WSW) is observed every year from October 4 to 10, to celebrate science and technology, and their contribution towards the betterment of the human condition. WSW was declared by the United Nations General Assembly on December 6, 1999. The 2021 theme is “Women in Space”!
- Najla Bouden Romdhane has been appointed as the first female Prime Minister of which country?
A) Tunisia
B) Syria
C) Algeria
D) Turkey
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Option A
Explanation:Najla Bouden Romdhane has been appointed as the first ever female Prime Minister of Tunisia on September 29, 2021.
- The Indian men’s table tennis team defeated which country to win Bronze medal at the 2021 Asian Table Tennis Championships?
A) Qatar
B) China
C) South Korea
D) Italy
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Option C
Explanation:The Indian men’s table tennis team claimed the bronze medal in the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar on October 01, 2021, after losing to South Korea 0-3 in semi-finals.
- Which financial body has approved $40 million loan for a project aimed at improving the quality of health services in Meghalaya?
A) ADB
B) AIIB
C) UNDP
D) World Bank
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Option D
Explanation: The World Bank has also approved $40 million (around Rs 296 crore) loan for a project which aims at improving the quality of health services in Meghalaya and strengthen the state’s capacity to handle health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The World Animal Day is marked annually on which day?
A) October 01
B) October 04
C) October 02
D) October 03
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Option B
Explanation:The World Animal Day is observed annually on October 04 since 1929.
- What is the theme of the 2021 World Habitat Day?
A) Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world
B) Municipal Solid Waste Management
C) Housing for All: A Better Urban Future
D) Frontier Technologies as an Innovative Tool to Transform Waste to Wealth
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Option A
Explanation:The theme for 2021 World Habitat Day is “Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world”.
- Ghanashyam Nayak, who has passed away recently was a _________ by profession
A) Business Tycoon
B) Author
C) Actor
D) Economist
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Option C
Explanation:Veteran television actor c, who was famous for his role as Nattu Kaka in the TV series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has passed away due cance. He was 77.
