CURRENT AFFAIRS
22 SEPTEMBER, 2020 TO 28 SEPTEMBER, 2020
1. Which
country has top ranked in the recently released World Bank’s Human Capital
Index 2020?
(a) Singapore
(b) Japan
(c) Russia
(d) France
Answer:
(a)
2. What
is the rank of India in recently released World Bank’s Human Capital Index
2020?
(a) 100th
(b) 116th
(c) 120th
(d) 125th
Answer:
(b)
3. Which
Indian actor has been named in Artists category of the recently released TIME
100 most Influential People List 2020 by the Time Magazine?
(a) Boman Irani
(b) Rajkummar Rao
(c) Vicky Kaushal
(d) Ayushmann Khurrana
Answer:
(d)
4. Which
Indian politician has been named in Leaders category of the recently released
TIME 100 most Influential People List 2020 by the Time Magazine?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Yogi Adityanath
(d) Rajnath Singh
Answer:
(a)
5. Which
state government has approved the scheme called ‘Moksha Kalash Yojana-2020’
that aims to allow free bus travel to two members of the family of the deceased
to immerse ashes of their loved ones in the Ganga in Haridwar?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Rajasthan
Answer:
(d)
6. Which
state government has launched ‘Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni’ of the
state transport department, under which Light Motor Vehicle service would be
launched in all the villages of the state to improve rural connectivity and
generate employment in the villages?
(a) Tripura
(b) Odisha
(c) Assam
(d) West Bengal
Answer:
(c)
7. Which
state government has launched a unified portal called ‘U-Rise’ along with the
implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020?
(a) Bihar
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(d)
8. Who
has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Somalia?
(a) Hassan Ali
Khaire
(b) Mohamed Hussein Roble
(c) Uhuru Kenyatta
(d) Abdoulkader
Kamil Mohamed
Answer:
(b)
9. Volvo
Car India has partnered with which bank to launch Volvo Car Financial Services
to enable buyers get easy finance for its vehicles?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) IDFC First Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
Answer:
(d)
10. Google
Pay has partnered with which of the following for the rollout of tokenization
across its platform that will enable users to safely transact with their debit
or credit cards?
(a) Master Card
(b) PayPal
(c) VISA
(d) RuPay
Answer:
(c)
11. Who
among the following has announced his first presidential memoir titled ‘A
Promised Land’?
(a) Barack Obama
(b) Vladimir Putin
(c) Ram Nath Kovind
(d) Donald Trump
Answer:
(a)
12. Who
among the following has authored a book titled ‘Kitchens of Gratitude’ that
will be released in 2021?
(a) Sanjeev Kapoor
(b) Kunal Kapur
(c) Vikas Khanna
(d) Ranveer Brar
Answer:
(c)
13. Which
bank will launch ‘SafePay’, a contactless debit card based payment facility
that will allow contactless debit card payments by simply waving one’s
smartphone against a Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled POS terminal?
(a) IDFC First Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) ICICI Bank
Answer:
(a)
14. Which
of the following has started a new campaign called ‘SIFI’ or ‘SIP in Fixed
Income’ to make investors more aware about the benefits of investing in fixed
income products via Systematic Investment Plans?
(a) IDFC Mutual Fund
(b) SBI Mutual Fund
(c) ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
(d) Tata Mutual Fund
Answer:
(a)
15. Who
has been appointed as the new Chief of the National Technical Research
Organisation (NTRO)?
(a) Shekhar C.
Mande
(b) Kailasavadivoo
Sivan
(c) Trilochan Mohapatra
(d) Anil Dhasmana
Answer:
(d)
16. Who
has become the first woman fighter pilot of India to fly the Rafale combat
aircraft that was formally inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 10
September, 2020?
(a) Bhawana Kanth
(b) Parul Bharadwaj
(c) Aman Nidhi
(d) Shivangi Singh
Answer:
(d)
17. Who
has won the 2020 Men’s Singles Italian Open title?
(a) Novak Djokovic
(b) Diego Schwartzman
(c) Casper Ruud
(d) Denis
Shapovalov
Answer:
(a)
18. Who
has won the 2020 Women’s Singles Italian Open title?
(a) Karolina Pliskova
(b) Simona Halep
(c) Victoria
Azarenka
(d) Elina
Svitolina
Answer:
(b)
19. When
is International Day of Peace observed?
(a) 19 September
(b) 21 September
(c) 23 September
(d) 25 September
Answer:
(b)
20. When
is World Environmental Health Day observed?
(a) 22 September
(b) 24 September
(c) 26 September
(d) 28 September
Answer:
(c)
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