Category: Current Affairs November 2021

When is World Tsunami Awareness Day observed every year?

A. November 1
B. November 5
C. November 10
D. November 20

Answer

Correct Answer: B. November 5


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World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed every year on November 5, by the United Nations to spread awareness about this disaster. In December 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution in this regard.
As per a UN report, the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 has been recorded as the most hazardous natural disaster which occurred in the past 100 years.

Which country is the first in the world to approve an oral pill ‘Molnupiravir’ to treat symptomatic Covid?

A. USA
B. UK
C. Australia
D. China

Answer

Correct Answer: B. UK


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UK medicines regulator has recently approved the first antiviral pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid. The tablet named Molnupiravir will be given twice a day to vulnerable patients recently diagnosed with the disease. The pill which was originally developed to treat flu is claimed to cut the risk of hospitalization or death by about half.

Swedish group ABBA released their first studio album in 40 years on:

A. November 3, 2021
B. November 4, 2021
C. November 5, 2021
D. November 6, 2021

Answer

Correct Answer: C. November 5, 2021


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Swedish group ABBA released their first studio album in 40 years on November 5, 2021, but fans hoping for more music in the future will be disappointed to hear this might be the last new venture by one the biggest-selling bands of all time.

New York City voters elected their first Muslim woman to the City Council, Named?

A. Mashal Azeemi
B. Maryam Khan
C. Shahana Hanif
D. Fiza Khalid

Answer

Correct Answer: C. Shahana Hanif


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Bangladeshi-American Shahana Hanif has made history by becoming the first Muslim woman elected to the New York City Council. Shahana Hanif won Council District 39 in Brooklyn with 89% of votes and 100% of precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press. Hanif will represent Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Kensington, and several other central Brooklyn neighborhoods.

Who is the 2021 Booker Prize winner?

A. Sunjeev Sahota
B. Maggie Shipstead
C. Nadifa Mohamed
D. Damon Galgut

Answer

Correct Answer: D. Damon Galgut


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The 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 3 November 2021, during a ceremony at the BBC Radio Theatre. The longlist was announced on 27 July 2021. The shortlist was announced on 14 September 2021. The Prize was awarded to Damon Galgut for his novel, The Promise, receiving £50,000.

India jointly launched the ‘Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid’ (GGI-OSOWOG), with which country?

A. UK
B. Australia
C. USA
D. Japan

Answer

Correct Answer: A. UK


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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his United Kingdom’s counterpart Boris Johnson jointly launched a new flagship international initiative, at the COP26 World Leaders’ Summit.
Named ‘Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid’ (GGI-OSOWOG), it is aimed at accelerating the development of interconnected electricity grids across continents, countries, and communities. It aims to improve the energy access of the poor through mini-grids and off-grid solutions.

Taliban’s chief military strategist killed in Kabul hospital attack, Named?

A. Qari Hamdullah Mohlis
B. Qari Fasihuddin
C. Abdul Ghani Baradar
D. Akhtar Mansour

Answer

Correct Answer: A. Qari Hamdullah Mohlis


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The chief military strategist for the Taliban, Qari Hamdullah Mohlis, was killed on 2 November 2021 attack on a Kabul military hospital carried out by the militant Islamic State. Mohlis was also the military chief of Kabul and was previously the commander of the Khost and Paktika provinces. On Tuesday, at least 19 people were killed and 50 wounded when two explosions followed by gunfire hit Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital in central Kabul.

Which strait crossed for first time by electric plane?

A. Strait of Magellan
B. Torres Strait
C. Cook Strait
D. Tsugaru Strait

Answer

Correct Answer: C. Cook Strait


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Gary Freedman made history by becoming the first person to fly across New Zealand’s Cook Strait in an electric plane. Freedman`s 40-minute solo flight in the small two-seater came 101 years after the first person flew a conventional aircraft over the body of water that separates the South Pacific nation`s two main islands.

When 2021 Kabul hospital attack occurred?

A. 1 November 2021
B. 2 November 2021
C. 3 November 2021
D. 4 November 2021

Answer

Correct Answer: B. 2 November 2021


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On 2 November 2021, a major insurgent attack occurred at the Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan Military Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 25 people were killed and wounded 50 more. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack.

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