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- India beat which team to win the 2021 SAFF Championship?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Nepal
C) Malaysia
D) Japan
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Option B
Explanation:India beat Nepal, 3-0, to win 2021 SAFF Championship final title, held on October 16, 2021, at the National Football Stadium in Male, Maldives.
- The Lucy Mission has been launched by NASA to study which of these asteroids?
A) Hermes
B) Earth-crossing asteroids
C) Icarus
D) Trojan asteroids
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Option D
Explanation:The US space agency NASA has launched a first-of-its kind mission called ‘Lucy Mission‘ to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The mission life of Lucy is 12-year, during which the spacecraft will fly by a total of eight ancient asteroids to study about solar system’s evolution. These will include one main-belt asteroid and seven Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
- NITI Aayog has partnered with which body to launch a Handbook on Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management?
A) UNICEF
B) UN-Women
C) UNDP
D) UNESCO
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Option C
Explanation:NITI Aayog and UNDP India have collaborated to launch a handbook titled ‘NITI Aayog-UNDP Handbook on Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management’, to promote sustainable management of plastic waste in the country.
- The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the presence of persistent water vapour in ‘Europa’. It is a moon of which planet?
A) Jupiter
B) Mars
C) Mercury
D) Venus
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Option A
Explanation:The Hubble Space Telescope Observatory of NASA have revealed the presence of persistent water vapour in ‘Europa’, the icy moon of Jupiter. However, the presence of a water vapour atmosphere is found only in one hemisphere.
- The Adani Group has recently taken over the operational control which of these International Airports from Kerala?
A) Thiruvananthapuram
B) Calicut
C) Cochin
D) Kannur
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Option A
Explanation:The Adani Group formally took over the operation, management and development control of the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram on October 14, 2021. Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is the first of four international airports in Kerala.
- Who among the following has recently become the oldest person in the world to go to space?
A) George Takei
B) Nichelle Nichols
C) Gene Roddenberry
D) William Shatner
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Option D
Explanation:Legendary Canadian actor William Shatner has become the oldest person to go to space.
- Which state has launched the ‘Mera Ghar Mere Naam’ scheme to confer proprietary rights?
A) Gujarat
B) Punjab
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
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Option B
Explanation:In Punjab, the Chief Minister Charanjit Channi launched a new scheme titled ‘Mera Ghar Mere Naam’ on October 17, 2021 which aims to confer proprietary rights on the people living in the houses within the ‘Lal Lakir’ of villages and the cities.
- What amount of credit line has been seeked by the Sri Lankan government from India to purchase crude oil?
A) USD 100 million
B) USD 200 million
C) USD 500 million
D) USD 300 million
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Option C
Explanation:The Government of Sri Lanka has sought a USD 500 million credit line from India to pay for its crude oil purchases, as the country is facing severe foreign exchange crisis in the island nation, after the pandemic hit the nation’s earnings from tourism and remittances.
- Jonas Gahr Store has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of which country?
A) Norway
B) Sweden
C) Ireland
D) Germany
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Option A
Explanation: Jonas Gahr Store, the Leader of the Labour Party in Norway, has assumed the charge of the Prime Minister of Norway with effect from October 14, 2021.
- How many persons are the part of the crew under the Shenzhou-13 mission of China?
A) 5
B) 4
C) 6
D) 3
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Option D
Explanation:The Chinese space agency has launched Shenzhou-13 crewed mission, the country’s first long-duration stay aboard. The three-person crew are expected to spend six-months in space, to set up new record for the time spent in space by Chinese astronauts.
