Current Affairs : 17 November to 23 November, 2020 : Multiple Choice Questions

CURRENT AFFAIRS

17 NOVEMBER, 2020 TO 23 NOVEMBER, 2020

1. Which state government has decided to set up a ‘Gau Cabinet’ for the protection, conservation and promotion of cows in the state?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Tripura

Answer: (a)

2. Who has been elected as the President of Moldova?

(a) Igor Dodon

(b) Ion Chicu

(c) Maia Sandu

(d) Vladimir Plahotniuc

Answer: (c)

3. The Reserve of India has recently imposed a penalty of Rs. 1 crore on which bank for violating the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) Vijaya Bank

(d) Punjab National Bank

Answer: (d)

4. Which bank has launched CASA (current account, savings account) mobilisation campaign that will run from 17 November, 2020 to 04 March, 2021?

(a) Punjab National Bank

(b) Karnataka Bank

(c) Bank of Baroda

(d) United Bank of India

Answer: (b)

5. Who has been elected as the Chief Minister of Bihar?

(a) Nitish Kumar

(b) Chirag Paswan

(c) Tejashwi Yadav

(d) Sanjay Jaiswal

Answer: (a)

6. Who is the Governor of Bihar?

(a) Jagdish Mukhi

(b) Lalji Tandon

(c) Ramesh Bais

(d) Phagu Chauhan

Answer: (d)

7. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the newly launched product ‘EVA’ of Equitas Small Finance Bank?

(a) Smriti Mandhana

(b) Mithali Raj

(c) Harpanpreet Kaur

(d) Shafali Verma

Answer: (a)

8. Who has been awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize 2020?

(a) Greta Thunberg, Sweden

(b) Divina Maloum, Cameroon

(c) Sadat Rahman, Bangladesh

(d) Ivanna Ortega, Mexico

Answer: (c)

9. Who has been honoured with ‘Prof. A.N. Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award 2020’ by the Society of Biological Chemists (India), Bengaluru?

(a) Dr.Vijay Laxmi Saxena

(b) Dr. Susanta Kar

(c) Dr. Prakash Chand Jain

(d) Dr.Sudhir Pratap Singh

Answer: (b)

10. Who has won the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction for the novel ‘Shuggie Bain’?

(a) Diane Cook

(b) Douglas Stuart

(c) Avni Doshi

(d) Brandon Taylor

Answer: (b)

11. Which of the following is not a member of BRICS?

(a) India

(b) Brazil

(c) South Africa

(d) Switzerland

Answer: (d)

12. Which of the following is not a member of Association of South East Asian Nations?

(a) Cambodia

(b) Thailand

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Singapore

Answer: (c)

13. What is the rank of Indian supercomputer ‘Param Siddhi’ in the list of 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world?

(a) 63rd

(b) 70th

(c) 75th

(d) 80th

Answer: (a)

14. What is the rank of India in the TRACE Bribary Risk Matrix 2020?

(a) 50th

(b) 60th

(c) 67th

(d) 77th

Answer: (d)

15. Who has won the Turkish Grand Prix 2020 at Istanbul Park, Turkey?

(a) Sergio Pérez

(b) Lewis Hamilton

(c) Sebastian Vettel

(d) Charles Leclerc

Answer: (b)

16. Who has been given the ATP Tour No. 1 trophy on 15 November, 2020?

(a) Novak Djokovic

(b) Dominic Thiem

(c) Roger Federer

(d) Rafael Nadal

Answer: (a)

17. When is International Day for Tolerance observed?

(a) 12 November

(b) 14 November

(c) 16 November

(d) 18 November

Answer: (c)

18. When is National Press Day observed?

(a) 13 November

(b) 14 November

(c) 15 November

(d) 16 November

Answer: (d)

19. When is World Toilet Day observed?

(a) 19 November

(b) 21 November

(c) 23 November

(d) 25 November

Answer: (a)

20. When is World Children’s Day observed?

(a) 20 November

(b) 22 November

(c) 24 November

(d) 26 November

Answer: (a)