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)
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