Current Affairs
Current Affairs
Current Affairs
January to June
2021
1.Who has been appointed as the new Chairman & CEO of Railway Board? Answer: Suneet Sharma
3.Who has taken over as the Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)? Answer: Soma Mondal
5.Who has become India's youngest female Pilot? Answer: Ayesha Aziz
6. India's first Undersea Tunnel will be built in which city? Answer: Mumbai
7.India's first centralized AC Railway Terminal has been inaugurated in which city? Answer: Bangalore
8.Who has been crowned as the winner of Miss India World 2020? Answer: Manasa Varanasi
9.Who will replace Jeff Bezos as the CEO of Amazon? Answer: Andy Jassy
10.Who will be the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General? Answer: Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala
11. India's first ‘Fire Park’ has been inaugurated in which state? Answer: Odisha
12.Who has become the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand? Answer: Tirath Singh Rawat
13.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Statistician of India(CSI)? Answer: G P Samanta
14.Who has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2021? Answer: Koneru Humpy
15.India's largest floating solar plant will come up in which state? Answer: Telangana
16.Who has been awarded the Saraswati Samman 2020? Answer: Sharankumar Limbale
17.Which railway zone has become India's first fully electrified railway zone in the country?
Answer: West Central Zone
18.Who has been elected as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI) ? Answer: Justice N. V. Ramana
19.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) of India? Answer: Sushil Chandra
20.Who has taken over the charge as the Chairman of Airport Authority of India? Answer: Sanjeev Kumar
21.Who has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary? Answer: T V Somanathan
22.Who has been crowned Miss Universe for the year 2020? Answer:Andrea Meza
23.Who is the winner of the 2021 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize? Answer: Maria Ressa
24.What is the name of the Worlds 1st Artificial Intelligence Ship? Answer: Mayflower 400
25.Who has been appointed as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?
Answer: Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
26.Who has taken charge as the new Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission?
Answer: Arun Kumar Mishra
27.Which city will soon become India's first Electric vehicle city? Answer: Kevadia in Gujarat
28.Who has been awarded with the ‘WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award’? Answer: Harsh Vardhan
29.Which state/UT's village has become India's first to achieve 100 percent vaccination of adults?
Answer: ‘Weyan village’ in Jammu and Kashmir
30.Which nation's railways is working to become the world's largest green railway network? Answer: India
32.Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Microsoft? Answer: Satya Nadella
33.Which country is scheduled to host the 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup? Answer: India
34.Which state is at the top position in India's COVID-19 vaccination drive? Answer: Maharashtra
35.Who has been appointed as the new President of ‘Confederation of Indian Industry for 2021-22 ?
Answer: T V Narendran
36.Who is the author of the book titled "Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020"? Answer: Salman Rushdie
37.Who has been roped in as the new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Answer: Jagannath Mohapatra
38.Who has been appointed as the Chairman of World Health Organization Executive Board?
Answer: Dr Patrick Amoth
39.Who is the author of the book “Stargazing: The Players in My Life”? Answer: Ravi Shastri
40.Who has been appointed as the first Chairman for the newly formed Digital Media Content Regulatory
Council(DMCRC)? Answer: Vikramjit Sen
41.Who is the author of the book “Savarkar: A contested Legacy (1924-1966)”? Answer: Vikram Sampath
42.As per the Centre for World University Rankings 2021-22, which Institute is the best in India?
Answer: IIM-Ahmedabad
43.Who has been appointed as the Director at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)?
Answer: Dr Vinay K Nandicoori
44.Which state has retained the top rank in Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21? Answer: Kerala
45.Which state has been adjudged as the worst performer in Niti Aayog's SDG (Sustainable Development Goals)
Index 2020-21? Answer: Bihar
47.What is the theme of World Environment Day 2021? Answer: Ecosystem Restoration
48.India ranked at which spot on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021? Answer: 117th
49.Which state topped the Anemia Mukt Bharat Index 20202021? Answer: Madhya Pradesh
50.Who has been elected as the President of the Association of National Exchanges Members of India?
Answer: KK Maheshwari
51.Who has been elected as President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly 2021? Answer: Abdulla Shahid
52.Which institution in India has topped among the Indian Universities in the ‘Times Higher Education Asia
University Rankings 2021’? Answer: IISC Bangalore
53.Who has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner? Answer: Anup Chandra Pandey
54.Which University has topped the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021 globally?
Answer: Tsinghua University
55.Who has been named as the new Chairman of oil regulator Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board?
Answer: Sanjeev Nandan Sahai
57.Who has assumed charge as the Director-General Naval Operations?Answer: Rajesh Pendharkar
58.Which city has declared as the most liveable city in the world in the 2021 EIU Global Liveability Ranking?
Answer: Auckland
59.The 31st India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) in June 2021 is being held in which place?
Answer: Andaman Sea
61.Who has been re-appointed as the Chairman of ICICI Bank ? Answer: Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
62.Which city is proposed to host the 2032 Olympic Games? Answer: Brisbane
63.What is the theme of the G7 summit 2021? Answer: Build Back Better
64.Which bank has topped the Forbes Worlds Best Banks 2021 in India? Answer: DBS Bank
66.Who is the author of the book titled “Home in the World”? Answer: Amartya Sen
67.Which female player has recently won the women's singles title in French Open Tennis 2021?
Answer: Barbora Krejcikova
68.Who has been elected as New Prime Minister of Israel? Answer: Naftali Bennett
69.Which Indian-origin journalist won Pulitzer Prize 2021 for exposing China's secret detention camps?
Answer: Megha Rajagopalan
70.Which country has topped the World Giving Index 2021? Answer: Indonesia
71.What is the rank of India in the World Giving Index 2021, by the Charities Aid Foundation?
Answer: 14th
72.‘Believe- What Life Taught me’ is the autobiography of which Indian player? Answer: Suresh Raina
73.Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Cellular Operators Association of India for 2021-22?
Answer: Ajai Puri
74.Which nation has topped the World Competitiveness Index 2021? Answer: Switzerland (India ranked 43rd)
75.Which country has topped the Global Peace Index 2021? Answer: Iceland (India ranked 135th)
76.Who has been elected as Iran's eighth president? Answer: Ebrahim Raisi
77.What is the theme of the 2021 International Yoga Day celebrated annually on 21 June ?
Answer: Yoga for well-being
78.Who is the author of the book titled "The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis"?
Answer: Amitav Ghosh
80.Which Indian - American chemist has been awarded ‘European inventor Award 2021’? Answer: Sumita Mitra
81.Which country's Lauren Hubbard will be the first transgender to participate in the Olympics?
Answer: New Zealand
82.Who has been named the captain of the Indian men's hockey team for the Tokyo Olympics?
Answer: Manpreet Singh
83.Who has topped the inaugural EdelGive Hurun Philanthropists of the Century list ? Answer: Jamsetji Tata
85.Which state will host the 51st International Film Festival of India? Answer: Goa
86.The Union Budget 2021 will be presented on which date? Answer: February 1, 2021
87.Who has become the first women umpire to officiate men's test match? Answer: Claire Polosak
88.Who has recently become the richest person in the world? Answer: Elon Musk
89.In which state first Rice ATM has to be set up? Answer: Karnataka (in Bengaluru)
90.Who has been honoured with ‘Raja Mansingh Tomar’ award 2020 for Hindustani classical music?
Answer: Abhinav Kala Parishad (Bhopal)
91.21 years old Reshma Mariam Roy of which state has become the youngest panchayat president? Answer: Kerala
92.Who has recently become the richest person in Asia replacing Mukesh Ambani ?
Answer: Chinese billionaire “Zhong Shanshan”
93.Who has been awarded the highest civilian honor knighthood 2020 by the Queen Elizabeth?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton
94.Which state will host the 14th Global Healthcare Summit in 2021? Answer: Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam)
95.Government has extended the tenure of ‘K Sivan’ as the Chairman of which organization for a period of one year
up to January 2022? Answer: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
96.Who has become India's 67th chess grandmaster? Answer: Leon Mendonca
97.Which state has created a special memorial to honor the Covid warriors? Answer: Odisha
98.The 4th global Ayurveda festival 2021 will be held in which state? Answer: Kerala
99.The first wooden satellite of the World will be launched by which country in 2023? Answer: Japan
100.Who has been elected as the president of the All India Chess Federation? Answer: Sanjay Kapoor
101.Who was appointed as the new Chief Justice (CJ) of the Common High Court for Jammu & Kashmir and
Ladakh? Answer: Pankaj Mithal
102.World's largest floating solar energy project in India is going to be constructed on Omkareshwar Dam. This dam
is located on which river? Answer: Narmada
103.The Union Budget 2021 will be presented by ? Answer: Finance Minister ‘Nirmala Sithraman’
104.Which state government will initiate the world's largest floating solar project by 2023? Answer: Madhya Pradesh
105.Who has made the largest Charitable Donation of 2020? Answer: Jeff Bezos
106.Who has been elected as the President of Central Republic of Africa? Answer: Faustin Touadera
107.Arup Kumar Goswami has recently sworn in as the Chief Justice of which High Court? Answer: Andhra Pradesh
108.Which district has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by the Niti Aayog?
Answer: Ramgarh in Jharkhand
109.The Justice RS Chauhan sworn in as the Chief Justice of which High Court? Answer: Uttarakhand
110.What was the theme of the 16th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas observed on 9th January?
Answer: Contributing to Atma - Nirbhar Bharat
111.Who has taken over as the MD and CEO of India Post Payment Bank? Answer: J. Venkatramu
112.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Guwahati High Court? Answer: Sudhanshu Dhulia
113.Which state has started the free bus service for women and senior citizens under the “Brahman Sarathi” scheme?
Answer: Assam
114.India ranked at which place in the Digital Evolution Scorecard 2020? Answer: 4th
115.Which country will be the Focus Country in the 51st International Film Festival of India? Answer: Bangladesh
116.Which state has bagged the 1st prize in the state designated agencies category for its ‘effective energy
conservation’? Answer: Kerala
117.Which country has organized the 4th ‘One Planet Summit 2021' with the UN and World Bank? Answer: France
118.What is the theme of the 4th One Planet Summit 2021? Answer: Lets act together for nature
119.Which country has topped in the most powerful passport in the world? Answer: Japan (Indian passport rank 85th)
120.What was the theme of National Youth Festival 2021? Answer: YUVAAH - Utsah Naye Bharat Ka
121.Who has been appointed as the Head of Committee for Administration of COVID-19 Vaccine?
Answer: RS Sharma
122.The 'Jal Jeevan Mission' is a flagship programme of the Union Government which aims to provide tap water
connection to every rural household by which year? Answer: 2024
123.Which nation's military contingent took part in India's Republic Day Parade 2021? Answer: Bangladesh
124.Which AIIMS campus has received the Kayakalp Award for the 3rd time? Answer: AIIMS Bhubaneswar
125.In which state India has discovered its maiden lithium reserves? Answer: Karnataka
126.Which state has won the 'Best State' award at the 2nd edition of the Janaagraha City Governance Awards?
Answer: Odisha
127.Who has become the new CEO of Intel company? Answer: Pat Gelsinger
128.Which city has been ranked top in the ‘fastest growing technology center in the world’? Answer: Bengaluru
129.Which Indian was awarded ‘the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Award’ for her contribution to the
success and development of South Asian Dance? Answer: Chitra Sundaram
130.India's first 'Driverless Metro Car' was launched by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in which city?
Answer: Bengaluru
131.Who has been conferred with the 'Indian Personality of the Year' award at International Film Festival of
India? Answer: Biswajit Chatterjee
132.Who will become the 1st woman fighter pilot to take part in the Republic Day parade?
Answer: Bhawana Kanth
133.Which ministry has got the SKOCH challenger award 2021 for transparency in governance?
Answer: The Ministry of Panchayati Raj
134.Which ministry has bagged the SKOCH challenger award 2021 for e-governance?
Answer: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
135.Who has been honored with the ‘Sahitya Gaurav Samman 2021’ by the Hindi Writers Guild of Canada?
Answer: Ramesh Pokhriyal
136.Air Force exercise 'Desert Knight’ between India and France is started in which city? Answer: Jodhpur
137.Who has been appointed as the managing director of LIC? Answer: Sidhartha Mohanty
138.The first-ever Labour Movement Museum is set to be established in which city of India?
Answer: Alappuzha in Kerala
139.Who is the author of the book titled ‘Manohar Parrikar Off the Record’?
name?
2021?
Answer: 4th
Answer: Delhi
145.In major states category which state has topped the India
Answer: Karnataka
Answer: Meghalaya
Answer: 129th
149.Who has been named ‘Business Standard Banker of the Year’ for
2019-20?
Answer: Shyam Srinivasan
150.Which state's police academy has become the best police academy
Answer: Rajasthan
24 January
153.Which IPS officer has received the ‘Bharat Gaurav Award 2020’?
Answer: 25 January
Informed
Answer: 32
159.Who has been awarded with the Padma Vibhushan 2021 in Public
Affairs category?
Society(SEEDS)
161.Which film has won the award for Best Film in the 51st
163.What is the rank of India in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021?
Answer: 7
164.Which state has won the National Award for Best Electoral
Practices 2020?
Answer: Meghalaya
165.Which state tableau was adjudged the best at the Republic Day
Parade 2021?
voter ID cards?
Answer: Bangalore
169.Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the Ayushman Bharat?
Answer: RS Sharma
Sabha?
172.Which Indian city has received the recognition of the 2020 Tree
City of World?
Answer: Hyderabad
2020?
Answer: 86
Answer: Bihar
178.Which state has ranked 1st among the small states on the India
Answer: Tripura
180.Who has been sworn in as the new President of the Asian Cricket
Council?
181.Which team has won the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2021?
Answer: Chandigarh
India (BFI)?
Answer: Ajay Singh
184.The Oxford Languages has named which word as the Hindi word of
Answer: Aatmanirbharta
Answer: 4 February
Council (NSC) ?
year?
Answer: 2023
192.Who has been ranked first in India's most valued celebrity list
released by Duff & Phelps?
Answer: 50
established?
Answer: Balasore
2021’?
199.Which country is set to build the world's largest wind power plant?
held?
Answer: Bangladesh
201.Which film has won the Best International Feature Film Award at
Answer: USA
Answer: China
which state?
Answer: Ladakh
205.Who has been awarded 'Allan Border Medal' for the period 2020-
21?
206.Who has won the inaugural ICC Player of the Month award 2021?
Tiger reserve of Tamil Nadu. How many Tiger Reserves are there in
India?
Answer: 51
2021?
for all
swarinm gatha'?
Answer: February 13
Answer: 13 February
Answer: Odisha
217.Who has been named as the new MD & CEO of Tata Motors
Limited?
ministry?
Court?
Puducherry?
Trophy-2021?
Answer: Delhi
which state?
Answer: 25 years
228.Which brand has been roped in as the title sponsors of the Indian
Answer: VIVO
229.Who has been honored with the SKOCH Chief minister of the year
award 2021?
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Answer: India
Answer: Airtel
day?
Digital Economy)
235.Who has clinched the women's singles title at the 82nd Senior
237.Who has become the principal Director General of All India Radio
news?
Open 2021?
240.Who has lifted the Australian Open 2021 Tennis title? Answer:
Novak Djokovic
Answer: Lakshadweep
politician?
Pradesh)
243.Which metro has become the first metro to use UV rays to sanitize
train coaches?
244.Who has won the Best Actor Award at the Dadasaheb Phalke
which state?
Answer: Karnataka
246.Who has become the youngest woman to row solo across an Ocean?
247. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director General of the
Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
Answer: Woochong Um
which name?
Answer: Narmadapuram
249.Which film has won the ‘Best International Feature Film award’ at
Answer: Parasite
250.Which film has won the ‘Best Film award’ at the Dadasaheb Phalke
251.Which country was the largest trading partner of India in the year
252.The world's largest Cricket Stadium has been inaugurated in which city of India?
253.The Uttar Pradesh government has planned to develop which Airport as Asia's biggest
airport?
254.Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled
Castes?
Answer: Tuberculosis
256.Who will be the new Director General of Military Operations of the Indian Army?
Answer: B S Raju
257.Who has been appointed as the President of the Table Tennis Federation of India?
259.Who has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of the
National Security Guard (NSG)?
Answer: M A Ganapathy
Answer: Rome
Encouragement’?
Authority of India(UIDAI)?
airports?
Answer: Kerala
of India?
Championship 2021?
Answer: Chenab
2021?
274.Who has been ranked as the top billionaire in the Hurun Global
Answer: Karnataka
2021?
278.Which city has emerged as the top city in the Ease of Living Index
Answer: Bengaluru
279.Which city has emerged as the top city in the Ease of Living Index
Answer: Shimla
Answer: Delhi
Answer: 40
annually on March 8?
COVID-19 world
state?
Answer: Uttrakhand
287.Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Asia Pacific
288.Which state has ranked 1st out of 112 most polluted sites in India
Answer: Odisha
289.19-year old Manu Bhaker won the BBC's Emerging Player of the
Answer: Shooting
292.The annual joint military exercise "DUSTLIK II" has kicked off
Answer: Uzbekistan
Answer: Fugaku
Answer: March 14
Answer: Bengaluru
India's independence?
Enforcement Award?
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Answer: March 16
301.Who has become the highest scorer to score 770 goals in Football
History?
302.Which team has won the domestic cricket tournament Vijay Hazare
Trophy 2021?
Answer: Mumbai
Answer: 20 March
Parrikar "?
at which city?
306.Which is the most polluted city in the world, according to the IQAir
2020 World Air Quality Report?
307.As per the 2020 IQAir World Air Quality Report, which city has
308.Lou Ottens, the inventor of the audio cassette tape has passed away.
Answer: Netherlands
Award 2020?
Answer: M VeerappaMoily
Champions Award?
awards 2020?
Answer: 20
March
314.Which country has topped the World Happiness Report 2021?
Answer: Singapore
316.Who has won the best actress award at the 67th National Film
Awards 2021?
317.Who has been felicitated with the Gandhi Peace Prize for the years
2020?
of External Affairs?
319.Which film has won the Best Hindi Film award at the 67th National
Answer: Chhichhore
320.Who has won the Best Actor award at the 67th National Awards
2021?
Asuran (Tamil)
321. Who has been reappointed as the new Chief of the Research and
Analysis Wing(R&AW) ?
in which country?
Answer: Norway
of India (AAI)?
324.The India's 1st Electric Vehicle Lithium Battery Plant will be set
325.Who has been honoured with the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award
this year?
Answer: Rajinikanth
326.Who is the author of the book titled "1232 km: The Long Journey
Home"?
Answer: 140th
Sanatan
330.Which city's hotel has achieved World's first LEED Zero Carbon
Certification?
331.Which country has topped the Global Gender Gap Report 2021?
Mahinder Giri
334.Which film has won the best film award at the 66th Filmfare
Answer: Thappad
335.Who has won the best actor in a Lead Role (Male) at 66th Filmfare
awards?
Answer: Irrfan Khan
336.Who has won the best actor in a lead role (Female) in the 66th
Filmfare awards?
Taapsee Pannu
Filmfare awards?
Simple Life'?
Answer: 6000 km
341.Which state has become the first to provide health insurance for all
its residents?
Answer: Rajasthan
342.Who has topped the 2021 Forbes' annual world's billionaires list?
everyone")
344.Name the winner of the 30th GD Birla Award for Scientific
345.RBI projected India's real GDP growth for 2021-22 at how much
Answer: 10.5%
Answer: S Ramann
348.Which country has become the first country to drop out Tokyo
Olympics 2021?
day?
Answer: April 10
Doping Agency?
353.The 8th edition of the Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Khanjar’ has
kicked off. The annual exercise is held between India and which
country?
Answer: Kyrgyzstan
354.Which player has been named as the ODI cricketers of the decade
2010-2019, in the 2021 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack?
355.The memoir titled ‘Believe - What Life and Cricket Taught Me’ is
cricket player?
Economic Affairs?
357.Italy has launched its first Mega Food Park in India in which state
of the country?
Answer: Gujarat
358.What is the rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index 2021?
359.Name the former Governor of RBI, who has passed away and was
360.What was the Rank of India in the Henley Passport Index 2021?
country?
Answer: Russia
Answer: Chennai
Index (ETI)?
2021-22?
366.The 19th edition of the Indian and French Navy bilateral exercise
368.Which film has won the Best Picture Award at the 93rd Academy
Answer: Nomadland
Answer: T. V. Somanathan
which day?
Answer: Iceland
374.Who received the Kalinga Ratna award for the year 2021? Answer:
Ambedkar
Answer: Roc
378.In which state India's 1st electric tractor has been tested?
382.Who has become Asia's 1st woman to get the Wild Innovator
Award?
Answer: May 1
384.Name the MD & CEO of Axis Bank who has been reappointed for 3
more years?
385. M.K. Stalin sworn in as the Chief Minister of which Indian state?
state?
Research (IIRR)?
of Puducherry?
Answer: N Rangasamy
390. Who has been reappointed as the new Director of the Intelligence
Bureau (IB) ?
Answer: 8 May
Answer: UK
393.Who has become the first person from India to win the prestigious
395.The book titled "Elephant In The Womb " is a debut book by which
Indian celebrity?
Answer: 11 May
398.Who has been appointed the new chairman and managing director
400.Who has been felicitated with the "Sportswoman of the Year " at
401.From India, who has achieved top rank in the Fortune's 'World's
402.Who has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian Women's
403.What is the name of the cyclone that hit Konkan coast and
Answer: Tauktae
substances?
Answer: China
Railway Stations?
Answer: 6000
409.Which city has topped the State of Indian Healthcare - Indian cities
Answer: Pune
410.Name the Indian who has won the Whitley Awards 2021 also
412.Who has become the first Indian fighter to become Mixed Martial
India?
Answer: May 21
Answer: CoviSelf
Answer: Karnataka
419.The RBI has changed its Accounting year from July-June to?
Answer: April-March
Answer: 13th
425.Who is the author of the book "India and Asian Geopolitics: The
426.Which Indian state has become the first Indian state to have a
Answer: Assam
Answer: Singapore
428.Which state was the top recipient of FDI in India during the fiscal
Answer: Gujarat
renamed?
430.Name the female officer who has become the first woman flight test
engineer of India?