CURRENT AFFAIRS
15 SEPTEMBER, 2020 TO 21 SEPTEMBER, 2020
1. Which
state has top ranked in the recently released India Happiness Report 2020 based
on a nationwide survey covering 16,950 people between March and July, 2020 by
Professor Rajesh K. Pillania?
(a) Tripura
(b) Nagaland
(c) Assam
(d) Mizoram
Answer:
(d)
2. Which
state has worst ranked in the recently released India Happiness Report 2020
based on a nationwide survey covering 16,950 people between March and July,
2020 by Professor Rajesh K. Pillania?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(a)
3. Which
city has top ranked in the recently released Smart City Index 2020 by the
Institute for Management Development in collaboration with Singapore University
for Technology and Design (SUTD)?
(a) New Delhi
(b) New York
(c) Singapore
(d) Tokyo
Answer:
(c)
4. Which
was the top Indian city placed at 85th position in the recently released Smart
City Index 2020 by the Institute for Management Development in collaboration
with Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD)?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Mumbai
(c) Guwahati
(d) New Delhi
Answer:
(a)
5. Which
state government has launched a new scheme named ‘GARIMA’ which aims to ensure
the economic safety and social dignity of core sanitation workers in the state?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha
Answer:
(d)
6. Which
state government has launched a state-wide campaign titled ‘My Family, My
Responsibilty’ to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Punjab
Answer:
(b)
7. Which
state government has launched the ‘Arthika Spandana’ programme of disbursing
loans to the tune of Rs. 39,300 crore through various cooperative institutions?
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) West Bengal
Answer:
(c)
8. Which
state government has launched the Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY) to
provide interest free loans to women’s groups in the state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Gujarat
Answer:
(d)
9. Who
has been elected as the Prime Minister of Japan?
(a) Yoshihide Suga
(b) Tsai Ing-wen
(c) Chung Sye-kyun
(d) Mr. Rodrigo R. Duterte
Answer:
(a)
10. Which
of the following has become the first country in the world to issue a sovereign
bond linked to the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations?
(a) Norway
(b) Mexico
(c) Switzerland
(d) Sweden
Answer:
(b)
11. Titan
Company has partnered with which of the following banks to launch India’s first
contactless payment watches named ‘Titan Pay’?
(a) Bank of Baroda
(b) Bank of India
(c) United Bank of India
(d) State Bank of India
Answer:
(d)
12. Which
bank has set up a new vertical called ‘Emerging Entrepreneurs Business (EEB)’
to support the emerging needs of the unbanked and underbanked segment of
customers?
(a) ICIC I Bank
(b) Bandhan Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
Answer:
(b)
13. Which
bank has launched lead management system (LMS)-i-Lead 2.0 (Inspiring Leads
System version 2.0) to provide its service to customers irrespective of where
they resides?
(a) Canara Bank
(b) Vijaya Bank
(c) Bank of India
(d) Bank of Baroda
Answer:
(a)
14. Who
has been elected as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Advertising
Standards Council of India (ASCI)?
(a) Prabhakar Mundkur
(b) N.S. Rajan
(c) Priya Nair
(d) Subhash Kamnath
Answer:
(d)
15. Who
has been appointed as the Executive Director at World Bank in Washington DC?
(a) Rajesh Khullar
(b) Aparna Subramani
(c) Anshula Kant
(d) Sundar Pichai
Answer:
(a)
16. Who
has won the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s Lifetime Achievement Award?
(a) N. Scott Momaday
(b) Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde
(c) Margaret Atwood
(d) Richard Powers
Answer:
(c)
17. Amazon.com
Inc has signed up which Bollywood actor for its Alexa voice assistant?
(a) Amitabh Bachchan
(b) Akshay Kumar
(c) Shahrukh Khan
(d) Ajay Devgan
Answer:
(a)
18. When
is Hindi Diwas observed?
(a) 12 September
(b) 14 September
(c) 16 September
(d) 18 September
Answer:
(b)
19. When
is International Day of Democracy observed?
(a) 11 September
(b) 13 September
(c) 15 September
(d) 17 September
Answer:
(c)
20. When
is International Equal Pay Day observed?
(a) 12 September
(b) 14 September
(c) 16 September
(d) 18 September
Answer:
(d)
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