Download Current Affairs Questions for IIFT. Top 50 very important Current Affairs Questions for IIFT based on asked questions in previous exam papers.
Question 1: What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2021?
A) 42nd
B) 46th
C) 36th
D) 39th
E) 45th
Question 2: RBI Retail Direct Scheme was launched by _________.
A) Shiv Pratap Shukla
B) Nirmala Sitharaman
C) Shaktikanta Das
D) Anurag Thakur
E) Narendra Modi
Question 3: The 21st SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) meeting was held under the chairmanship of _________.
A) Xi Jinping
B) Vladimir Putin
C) Imran Khan
D) Emomali Rahmoni
E) Narendra Modi
Question 4: What is the rank of India in Mercer Global Pension Index 2021?
A) 48th
B) 45th
C) 40th
D) 54th
E) 53rd
Question 5: Garuda app was launched by _______.
A) ECI
B) RBI
C) FCI
D) AAI
E) SEBI
Question 6: SIMBEX took place from 2nd September to 4th September 2021. This was the _____ version of the exercise.
A) 26th
B) 30th
C) 28th
D) 29th
E) 25th
Question 7: The first global hackathon named 'HARBINGER 2021' was launched by RBI. What is the theme of this event?
A) easy digital access
B) Instant online payment
C) Smart Digital Payments
D) Instant Digital Payments
E) Simple Online Payment
Question 8: Which of the following has been chosen as the Word of the Year in 2021 by the Oxford English Dictionary?
A) toxic
B) lockdown
C) covid
D) wax
E) mask
Question 9: The 8th meeting of agriculture experts of BIMSTEC countries was organized by _________.
A) Bhutan
B) Bangladesh
C) India
D) Sri Lanka
E) Nepal
Question 10: HDFC Bank tied up with which of the following to launch co-branded credit cards during September?
A) on the phone
B) Google Pay
C) on whatsapp
D) Paytm
E) Amazon Pay
Question 11: An electronic system named 'Faster' was approved by the Supreme Court of India. In 'Faster', what does 'T' mean?
A) transfer
B) term
C) Transactions
D) change
E) Transmission
Question 12: Who became the first woman fighter pilot to participate in the Republic Day parade?
A) Mohana Singh Jitarwal
B) Shivangi Singh
C) feel
D) Zoya Agarwal
E) Avani Chaturvedi
Question 13: State Bank of India has tied up with which of the following US bank to use its block chain technology to accelerate overseas transactions?
A) Goldman Sachs
B) Morgan Stanley
C) BofA Securities
D) Credit Suisse
E) JP Morgan
Question 14: India's first Euro Green Bond was issued by ___________.
A) Coal India
B) NTPC
C) Indian Railway Finance Corporation
D) Power Finance Corporation
E) NHPC
Question 15: Which of the following city has become the first metro to use ultraviolet rays to clean metro train coaches?
A) Hyderabad Metro
B) Bangalore Metro
C) Mumbai Metro
D) Kolkata Metro
E) Lucknow Metro
Question 16: ‘Pulse’, a digital payments interactive geospatial platform was launched by _________.
A) Paytm
B) Amazon Pay
C) Google Pay
D) PhonePe
E) WhatsApp Pay
Question 17: What is the official motto of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics?
A) aiming for a common future
B) together for a better future
C) an objective of the future of sports
D) For a shared future together
E) Creating a bright future
Question 18: Which of the following country has declared food emergency recently?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Nepal
C) Bhutan
D) Pakistan
E) Bangladesh
Question 19: A digital commerce platform 'Equinox' was launched by ________.
A) Infosys
B) TCS
C) Wipro
D) HCl
E) IBM
Question 20: Which of the following country has launched the 'Green Pass System', which allows people who have been vaccinated to use public facilities that would otherwise be off-limits?
A) Iran
B) Ghana
C) Morocco
D) Israel
E) Japan
Question 21: Who won the women's singles title in Tennis at the Australian Open 2021?
A) Alice Mertens
B) Naomi Osaka
C) Ashleigh Barty
D) Jennifer Brady
E) Arya Sabalenka
Question 22: What is the GDP growth of India in the financial year 2021-22 as per S$P Global Rating?
A) 8 percent
B) 9 percent
C) 10 percent
D) 10.5 percent
E) 11 percent
Question 23: A floating ATM on Dal Lake was opened by which of the following bank?
A) PNB
B) ICICI
C) Bob
D) HDFC
E) SBI
Question 24: According to the report released by UK's Department of International Trade, by which year India will become the third largest importer?
A) 2024
B) 2030
C) 2047
D) 2025
E) 2050
Question 25: In which of the following countries was the world's largest plant to absorb carbon from the air opened?
A) Finland
B) Iceland
C) Norway
D) Japan
E) Denmark
Question 26: What is the rank of India in the Global Peace Index 2021 announced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) Sydney?
A) 135
B) 131
C) 137
D) 133
E) 129
Question 27: Who was second in Russian Grand Prix 2021?
A) Lewis Hamilton
B) Carlos Sainz Jr.
C) Max Verstappen
D) Valtteri Bottas
E) Daniel Ricciardo
Question 28: Shaktikanta Das was reappointed as the Governor of RBI for a period of how many years with effect from 10th December 2021?
A) 2 years
B) 1 year
C) 4 years
D) 5 years
E) 3 years
Question 29: India is ranked 101 in the Global Hunger Index 2021. What is the recorded score of India out of 50 in this index?
A) 22.5
B) 28.5
C) 24.5
D) 27.5
E) 25.5
Question 30: Which country has become the first country in the world to give legal tender status to bitcoin?
A) Estonia
B) Honduras
C) Latvia
D) El Salvador
E) Mexico
Question 31: Who won the "Player of the Match" award in the 1st ICC World Test Championship?
A) Trent Boult
B) Kane Williamson
C) Virat Kohli
D) Rohit Sharma
E) Kyle Jamieson
Question 32: ICICI Bank partnered with Amazon India to provide _______ overdraft facility to registered sellers.
A) Rs. 5 lakh
B) Rs. 35 lakhs
C) Rs. 50 lakhs
D) Rs. 10 lakh
E) Rs. 25 lakhs
Question 33: The world's tallest EV charging station was inaugurated in Himachal Pradesh at an altitude of _______.
A) 500 feet
B) 600 feet
C) 250 feet
D) 450 feet
E) 300 feet
Question 34: Kailash Satyarthi was appointed as an SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) advocate by the United Nations Secretary-General. He was born in which of the following state?
A) Rajasthan
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) West Bengal
D) Uttarakhand
E) Uttar Pradesh
Question 35: What is the FDI limit under the automatic route in the telecom sector?
A) 74%
B) 49%
C) 85%
D) 68%
E) 100%
Question 36: The 'Medicine from the Sky' project was launched in which of the following state?
A) West Bengal
B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala
D) Telangana
E) Karnataka
Question 37: Which of the following city topped the Global Liveability Index 2021 published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?
A) Osaka
B) Wellington
C) Adelaide
D) Auckland
E) Zurich
Question 38: India's first National Yogasana Sports Championship was organized at which of the following places?
A) Cuttack
B) Puri
C) Bhubaneswar
D) Balasore
E) Rourkela
Question 39: Who inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport?
A) Jyotiraditya Scindia
B) Narendra Modi
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Anandiben Patel
E) Yogi Adityanath
Question 40: Which of the following has become the Air Transport World's 2021 Airline of the Year?
A) Air Canada
B) Jin Air
C) Qatar Airways
D) Korean Air
E) Air Seoul
Question 41: An app named 'Shopsy' was launched by ________.
A) Amazon
B) BigBasket
C) Flipkart
D) Snapdeal
E) Grofers
Question 42: An online platform YIELD was launched by _________.
A) ICICI Securities
B) Axis Securities
C) SBI Securities
D) PNB Securities
E) HDFC Securities
Question 43: The 'Catch the Rain' campaign was launched by _________.
A) Gajendra Singh Shekhawati
B) Prahlad Singh Patel
C) Narendra Modi
D) Bishweshwar Tudu
E) Narendra Singh Tomar
Question 44: Which of the following state is planning to develop 'Electronic Park'?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) West Bengal
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Karnataka
E) Maharashtra
Question 45: An e-study platform 'TAPAS' was launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. What does 'P' stand for in TAPAS?
A) Promotion
B) payment
C) Productivity
D) production
E) parallel
Question 46: The Global Crypto Adoption Index 2021 by Chainalysis was topped by _________.
A) UK
B) Vietnam
C) China
D) US
E) India
Question 47: Which of the following is the first bank in India to achieve the milestone of issuing one crore FASTag?
A) India Post Payments Bank
B) Paytm Payments Bank
C) Jio Payments Bank
D) Fino Payments Bank
E) Airtel Payments Bank
Question 48: 'Dholavira' is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. In which of the following states is it located?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Gujarat
E) Uttarakhand
Question 49: Which of the following state government has proposed to have its own OTT platform?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh
E) Karnataka
Question 50: For the 51st IFFI (International Film Festival of India), which of the following country was selected as the 'Country in Focus'?
A) Nepal
B) Bhutan
C) Bangladesh
D) Myanmar
E) Sri Lanka
Answers & Solutions:
1) Answer (B)
India ranks 46th in the Global Innovation Index 2021. It is issued by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Switzerland tops this index.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
2) Answer (E)
RBI Retail Direct Scheme was launched by Narendra Modi along with RBI Integrated Ombudsman Scheme.
Hence option E is the correct answer.
3) Answer (D)
The 21st SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) meeting was held under the chairmanship of Emomali Rahmon (President of Tajikistan).
Hence option D is the correct answer.
4) Answer (C)
India is ranked 40th in the Mercer Global Pension Index 2021.
Hence option C is the correct answer.
5) Answer (A)
Garuda App was launched by ECI (Election Commission of India).
Hence option A is the correct answer.
6) Answer (C)
SIMBEX took place from 2 September to 4 September 2021. This was the 28th edition of the exercise. It was conducted between Singapore and India.
Hence option C is the correct answer.
7) Answer (C)
The first global hackathon named 'HARBINGER 2021' was launched by RBI. The theme of this event is Smarter Digital Payments.
Hence option C is the correct answer.
8) Answer (D)
Wax has been voted the Word of the Year in 2021 by the Oxford English Dictionary.
Hence option D is the correct answer.
9) Answer (C)
India hosted the 8th meeting of agricultural experts from BIMSTEC countries.
Hence option c is the correct answer.
10) Answer (D)
HDFC Bank has tied up with Paytm to launch co-branded credit cards during September.
Hence option d is the correct answer.
11) Answer (E)
Fast and secure transmission of fast electronic records
Hence option E is the correct answer.
12) Answer (C)
Bhawna Kanth became the first woman fighter pilot to participate in the Republic Day parade.
Hence option c is the correct answer.
13) Answer (E)
State Bank of India has tied up with JP Morgan to use its blockchain technology to accelerate overseas transactions.
14) Answer (D)
India's first Euro Green Bond was issued by Power Finance Corporation.
Hence option d is the correct answer.
15) Answer (E)
Lucknow Metro has become the first metro to use ultraviolet rays to clean metro train coaches.
16) Answer (D)
PhonePe launched a digital payments interactive geospatial platform 'Pulse'.
Hence option d is the correct answer.
17) Answer (D)
The official motto of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is Together for a Shared Future.
Hence option d is the correct answer.
18) Answer (A)
Sri Lanka recently declared a food emergency.
Hence option a is the correct answer.
19) Answer (A)
A digital commerce platform 'Equinox' was launched by Infosys.
Hence option a is the correct answer.
20) Answer (D)
Israel has launched a 'green pass system' that allows people who have been vaccinated access to public facilities that would otherwise be off-limits.
21) Answer (B)
Naomi Osaka won the women's singles title in tennis at the Australian Open 2021.
22) Answer (C)
According to the S$P Global Rating in the financial year 2021-22, India's GDP growth is 10 percent.
23) Answer (E)
A floating ATM on Dal Lake was opened by SBI.
Hence option E is the correct answer.
24) Answer (E)
According to the report released by UK's Department of International Trade, India will become the third largest importer by 2050.
Hence option E is the correct answer.
25) Answer (B)
The world's largest plant to absorb carbon from the air has opened in Iceland.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
26) Answer (A)
India has been ranked 135th in the Global Peace Index 2021 announced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) Sydney.
27) Answer (C)
Max Verstappen was second at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix. It was won by Lewis Hamilton.
Hence option c is the correct answer.
28) Answer (E)
Shaktikanta Das was reappointed as the Governor of RBI for a further period of 3 years with effect from 10 December 2021.
Hence option E is the correct answer.
29) Answer (D)
India is ranked 101st in the Global Hunger Index 2021. India's recorded score out of 50 in this index is 27.5.
Hence option d is the correct answer.
30) Answer (D)
El Salvador has become the first country in the world to grant legal tender status to bitcoin.
31) Answer (E)
Kyle Jamieson won the "Player of the Match" award in the first ICC World Test Championship.
32) Answer (E)
ICICI Bank partnered with Amazon India to offer up to Rs. 25 lakh overdraft facility to registered vendors.
Hence option E is the correct answer.
33) Answer (A)
The world's tallest EV charging station was inaugurated at a height of 500 feet in Himachal Pradesh.
Hence option a is the correct answer.
34) Answer (B)
Kailash Satyarthi was appointed as an SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) advocate by the United Nations Secretary-General. He was born in Madhya Pradesh.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
35) Answer (E)
The limit of FDI in the telecom sector under the automatic route is 100%.
Hence option E is the correct answer.
36) Answer (D)
The 'Medicine from the Sky' project was launched in Telangana. It was launched by Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Hence option d is the correct answer.
37) Answer (D)
Auckland tops the Global Liveability Index 2021.
38) Answer (C)
India's first National Yogasana Sports Championship was organized in Bhubaneswar.
Hence option c is the correct answer.
39) Answer (B)
Narendra Modi inaugurated Kushinagar International Airport.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
40) Answer (D)
Korean Air became Air Transport World's 2021 Airline of the Year.
Hence option d is the correct answer.
41) Answer (C)
An app named 'Shopsy' was launched by Flipkart.
Hence option c is the correct answer.
42) Answer (B)
An online platform YIELD was launched by Axis Securities.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
43) Answer (C)
The 'Catch the Rain' campaign was launched by Narendra Modi.
Hence option c is the correct answer.
44) Answer (C)
Uttar Pradesh is planning to develop an 'Electronic Park'.
Hence option c is the correct answer.
45) Answer (C)
Training to enhance tapas productivity and services
Hence option c is the correct answer.
46) Answer (B)
Vietnam was at the top of the Global Crypto Adoption Index 2021 by Chainalysis. India ranks second in this index.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
47) Answer (B)
Paytm Payments Bank is the first bank in India to achieve the milestone of issuing 10 million FASTag.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
48) Answer (D)
Dholavira is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is located in Gujarat.
Hence option d is the correct answer.
49) Answer (B)
The Kerala state government has proposed to have its own OTT platform.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
50) Answer (C)
For the 51st IFFI (International Film Festival of India), Bangladesh was selected as the 'Country in Focus'.
Hence option c is the correct answer.
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