1. Which company
has partnered with Amex to provide global benefits and offer exclusive
privileges to their premium consumers?
1) ICICI Card
2) PNB Card
3) SBI Card
4) IOB Card
5) HDFC Card
Answer - 3) SBI Card Explanation:
SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd (SBI Cards) partners
with American Express Global Network Services (Amex) to provide global benefits
and offer exclusive privileges to their premium consumer segments in India.
2. Which company
has partnered with Bajaj Allianz to launch cyber insurance named ‘Digital
Suraksha Group Insurance’?
1) Flipkart
2) Amazon
3) Myntra
4) Snapdeal
5) Max
Answer – 1) Flipkart Explanation:
Flipkart and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company
partnered to offer ‘Digital Suraksha Group Insurance’ for customers who wish to
cover themselves against financial losses resulting from cyber-attacks, cyber
frauds, or other such malicious activities on various online platforms.
3. India
successfully test fired which supersonic cruise missile with a Strike Range of
over 400 Kilometers (September 2020)?
1) Prahaar
2) Agni
3) BrahMos
4) Nirbhay
5) Prithvi
Answer – 3) BrahMos Explanation:
India successfully test fired the surface-to-surface
Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos with a Strike Range of over 400 Kilometers
from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha. It was jointly conducted
by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) & BrahMos
Aerospace. The Test-firing was carried under the PJ-10 Project of DRDO. It will
pay the way for serial production of indigenous components of powerful weapon
systems to realise the aim of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliance).
4. Name the
wicket keeper who has contributed for the most number of dismissals in T20
Internationals?
1) Rishab Pant
2) MS Dhoni
3) Sushma Verma
4) Alyssa Healy
5) None of the
Above
Answer - 4) Alyssa
Healy
Explanation:
Australian woman cricketer and wicket keeper Alyssa Healy
broke the record of “Most Dismissal by Wicket Keeper” by MS Dhoni’s who made 91
dismissals in 98 T20 Internationals(T20Is) for India. Healy has played 114
T20Is for Australia and broke the record with 92 dismissals in the shortest
format of the game during the match against New Zealand in the 2nd T20I of the
three match series at Allan Border Field at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
5. India plans
to build 100-bedded Cancer Hospital and 22, 000-seater Cricket Stadium in which
country?
1) Nepal
2) Mauritius
3) Mali
4) Bangladesh
5) Maldives
Answer – 5) Maldives Explanation:
India will build 100-bedded Cancer Hospital and 22,
000-seater Cricket Stadium, in Hulhumale (Maldives) under USD 800 Million Line
of Credit (LoC) extended to Maldives in 2019.The Export-Import Bank (EXIM) of
India extended the LOC for development of infrastructure projects in Maldives.
The construction of the Hospital will strengthen the bilateral cooperation
between the two countries in the Health Sector. India will partner with Housing
Development Corporation Limited of Maldives for the development of Central Park
and renovation of Arrival Jetty in Hulhumale. It will benefit both the visitors
and residents.
6. New
Development Bank (NDB) has approved USD 241 million for which metro rail
project (USD 500 Million approved for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Project)?
1) Bengaluru
Metro Rail Project
2) Chennai Metro
Rail Project
3) Delhi Metro
Rail Project
4) Mumbai Metro
Rail Project
5) Kolkata Metro
Rail Project
Answer - 4) Mumbai Metro Rail Project Explanation:
New Development Bank (NDB) of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa) Nations approved USD 241 Million (approximately INR
1760 Crores) for Mumbai Metro Rail Project, and USD 500 Million (approximately
INR 3670 Crores) for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System
(RRTS) Project. The loans were approved by the Board of Directors of NDB in the
28th Meeting held in virtual format on September 29, 2020.
7. How many
banks were excluded from Second Schedule of the RBI Act, 1934 in September
2020?
1) 4
2) 6
3) 3
4) 7
5) 9
Answer – 2) 6 Explanation:
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) excluded six public sector banks
(PSBs) from the Second Schedule of the RBI Act, 1934 following their merger
with other banks with effect from April 01, 2020. The six banks are Syndicate
Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), United Bank of India, Andhra Bank,
Corporation Bank, and Allahabad Bank. OBC and United Bank of India merged into
Punjab National Bank; Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank; Andhra Bank and
Corporation Bank into Union Bank of India; and Allahabad Bank into Indian Bank.
8. Which bank has signed MoU with Hindustan Unilever Limited
(HUL) to provide digital payment solutions and financing solutions?
1) State Bank of
India
2) Punjab
National Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) United Bank
of India
5) Indian Bank
Answer – 1) State Bank of India Explanation:
State Bank of India (SBI) and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide Digital Payment Solutions and
Financing solutions to HUL’s retailers and distributors. The Partnership will
accelerate the adoption of digital payments among small-scale entrepreneurs and
retailers in all parts of the country. It will be available initially in Mumbai
and Bengaluru.
9. When was UN’s
International Day of Older Persons observed annually?
1) October 2
2) September 29
3) October 1
4) September 30
5) October 3
Answer – 3) October 1 Explanation:
United Nations(UN)’s International Day of Older Persons is
annually observed across the globe on 1st October to recognize the elderlies as
an asset to the society who are capable of contributing to the development
process. The 1st October 2020 marks the 30th Anniversary of the International
Day of Older Persons. The first International Day of Older Persons was observed
and celebrated on 1st October 1991. The theme of the International Day of Older
Persons 2020 is “Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and Ageing?”. The
decision of the International day of Older persons was preceded by the Vienna
International Plan of Action on Ageing adopted by the 1982 World Assembly on
Ageing, which was also endorsed by the UNGA. On the occasion of the
International Day of Older Persons 2020, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for
Health & Family Welfare stated that marking the launch year of the Decade
of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) various activities will be undertaken throughout
2020.
10. Who heads the
3-member interim committee of directors constituted by RBI to run Dhanlaxmi
bank?
1) P.K Vijayakumar
2) G.
Rajagopalan Nair
3) G. Subramonia
Iyer
4) A.K. Misra
5) None of the
Above
Answer - 3) G. Subramonia Iyer Explanation:
The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) approved a 3-member interim
Committee of Directors (CoD) to exercise the powers of Managing Director(MD)
& Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd till a new MD &
CEO takes charge. G. Subramonia Iyer will head(Chairman) the CoD, G.
Rajagopalan Nair and P.K Vijayakumar will serve as its members.
11. Who has been
chosen as the recipient of the “2020 Gandhi Award” of Mahatma Gandhi National
Foundation (MGNF)?
1) Sanjay Singh
2) Narayana
Kurup
3) M Venkaiah
Naidu
4) Jayashankar
Menon
5) Eby J Jose
Answer - 1) Sanjay Singh Explanation:
Eby J Jose, Chairman of Mahatma Gandhi National Foundation
(MGNF) announced that Sanjay Singh, Member of Parliament (MP) of Rajya Sabha
and the leader of Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has been chosen as the recipient of the
“2020 Gandhi Award”. He was recognized with the award for being instrumental in
the diplomatic intervention of India to remove the image of Mahatma Gandhi on
the beer bottles of Malka brewery, an Israeli private company. M Venkaiah
Naidu, Vice President of India will present the 2020 Gandhi Award to Sanjay
over an award ceremony at New Delhi in January 2021.
12. ISRO plans to
launch Venus mission named “Shukrayaan-1” by which year?
1) 2024
2) 2022
3) 2021
4) 2025
5) 2023
Answer - 4) 2025 Explanation:
ISRO is all set to launch its first Venus mission
“Shukrayaan-1” in 2025 with participation of French space agency CNES (National
Centre for Space Studies; French: Centre national d’etudes spatiales). In this
regard, ISRO has selected the VIRAL (Venus Infrared Atmospheric Gases Linker)
instrument co-developed with the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos and the
LATMOS (Atmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales Laborator) attached to the
CNRS. Notably this will be the first time a French payload will be flown on an
Indian exploration mission.
13. Prime Minister
Modi inaugurated world’s longest highway tunnel (connects Manali and Lahaul-
Spiti Valley) “Atal Tunnel” in which state/UT?
1) Ladakh
2) Arunachal
Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal
Pradesh
5) Jammu &
Kashmir
Answer - 4) Himachal Pradesh Explanation:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Atal Tunnel’ –
World’s Longest Highway Tunnel in Manali, Himachal Pradesh. The 9.02 Kilometre
Long Tunnel has been constructed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at a cost
of INR 3, 300 crores. It connects Manali and Lahaul-Spiti Valley. The Atal
Tunnel, running across the 13,050-ft high Rohtang pass, on the Manali-Leh axis
is the highest motorable highway tunnel in the world. The Tunnel has been built
by adopting the latest NATM (New Austrian Tunneling Method) technique.
14. Gram Sampark
Abhiyan is the financial inclusion initiative of which bank (scheme launched by
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar)?
1) State Bank of
India
2) Punjab
National Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) United Bank
of India
5) Indian Bank
Answer - 2) Punjab National Bank Explanation:
To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
i.e. on October 2, 2020, Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched a 3 months
long nationwide campaign of financial inclusion and literacy initiative “Gram
Sampark Abhiyan”. It was launched by Minister of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on the lines of “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”. The
campaign is centered on four key themes viz. digital, credit, social security
and financial literacy. This campaign will culminate on December 31, 2020
covering 526 districts in 24 states.
15. “Dalle
Khursani”, the famous chilli based on ‘which’ state got GI tag recently?
1) Karnataka
2) Gujarat
3) Andhra
Pradesh
4) Sikkim
5) Kerala
Answer – 4) Sikkim Explanation:
On the basis of an application filed by the North Eastern
Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) on behalf of
Sikkim, the red cherry pepper chilli of Sikkim, “Dalle Khursani” earned the
geographical indication (GI) tag from the Union Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). It is considered as one of the hottest
chilli in the world with medicinal values.
16. Housing &
Urban Affairs secretary Durga Shanker Mishra has launched API integration
between PM SVANidhi Portal and eMudra Portal of ‘which’ Bank?
1) Indian
Overseas Bank
2) Punjab National
Bank
3) State Bank of
India
4) Canara Bank
5) Union Bank of
India
Answer – 3) State Bank of India Explanation:
Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing &
Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the API (Application Programming Interface)
integration between the PM SVANidhi Portal and the SBI (State Bank of India)’s
eMudra portal. This launch is a part of Prime Minister Street Vendor’s
AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme.
17. Harvey J.
Alter, Charles M. Rice and Michael Houghton has won 2020 Nobel prize in
Physiology/medicine for discovering which virus?
1) GB Virus
2) Polio Virus
3) Hepatitis C
Virus
4) Corona Virus
5) Ebola Virus
Answer – 3) Hepatitis C Virus Explanation:
The Head of the Nobel Committee, Thomas Perlmann announced
the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 jointly to 2 Americans Harvey J.
Alter and Charles M. Rice and one British-born scientist Michael Houghton for
discovering the Hepatitis C virus, a major global health problem that causes
cirrhosis and liver cancer at the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in
Stockholm, Sweden. Note- The award is the 1st of six prizes being announced.
The other prizes include in the fields of physics, chemistry, literature, peace
and economics.
18. Which country
planned to send world’s 1st mining robot ‘Asteroid Mining Robot’ into space by
November 2020?
1) China
2) India
3) Russia
4) Japan
5) United States
Answer – 1) China Explanation:
An IEEE Spectrum report stated that Origin Space, the
Beijing-based company is set to send the world’s first mining robot named ‘asteroid
mining robot’ into space by November 2020 to identify and extract resources.
The mining robot will be launched into space by a Chinese Long March series rocket.
The 30-gram spacecraft, NEO-1, is likely to be launched as a secondary payload
on a Chinese Long March rocket. This company also has another mission,
Yuanwang-1 (‘Look up-1’), nicknamed ‘Little Hubble’, which is to be launched by
late 2021 or early 2022.
19. India’s 1st
ever organic spices seed park will be set up in which state?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Sikkim
3) Gujarat
4) Madhya
Pradesh
5) Goa
Answer – 3) Gujarat Explanation:
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani released Sanction letters
to two Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) for the Country’s First Ever
Organic Spices Seed Park in Patan & Banaskantha districts for production of
Cumin & Fennel Seeds.
20. Name the bank
which in partnership with Visa launched the 1st of its kind debit card facility
for availing Loan Against Securities (LAS).
1) State Bank of
India
2) ICICI Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) RBL Bank
5) Punjab
National Bank Answer – 2) ICICI Bank Explanation:
ICICI Bank in partnership with Visa introduced a debit card
facility for customers who avail Loan Against Securities (LAS) from the bank.
The card is available on the Visa platform. With this introduction, ICICI bank
becomes the 1st bank in India to launch this facility after the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) allowed banks to issue electronic(e) cards to customers availing an
Overdraft (OD) facility, that are only in the nature of personal loan with no
specific end-use restriction. Note– New customer who avail LAS will be issued a
Debit card.
21. Roger Penrose,
Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez have got the 2020 Nobel Prize in which field?
1) Economics
2) Medicine
3) Chemistry
4) Physics
5) Literature
Answer – 4) Physics Explanation:
Goran K. Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences announced the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020. One half of the
2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was given to Roger Penrose (United Kingdom- UK) for
his discovery that black hole formation is resilient prediction of the general
theory of relativity and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel(German) and
Andrea Ghez(America) for their discovery of a supermassive compact object at
the center of our galaxy (Milky Way). The award comprises a gold medal and
prize money of 10 million Swedish kronor (more than $1.1 million).
22) The ‘Unfinished’ is the memoir of whom?
1) Alia Bhatt
2) Priyanka
Chopra
3) Deepika
Padukone
4) Anushka
Sharma
5) Sara Ali Khan
Answer - 2) Priyanka Chopra Explanation:
Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra’s long-awaited book debut,
'Unfinished', will be launched on January 19, 2021, publisher Penguin Random
House India announced recently.
23. Which bank
partnered with Vistara to launch the industry 1st co-branded Forex card for international
travelers?
1) Indian Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
3) Yes Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Bank of
Maharashtra Answer – 4) Axis Bank Explanation:
Axis Bank Ltd in partnership with Vistara, India’s full
service carrier launched a Co-Branded Forex Card, ‘Axis Bank Club Vistara Forex
Card’ to cater to the needs of international travelers. This is the 1st-ever
collaboration by a bank and an Indian airline for a co-branded forex card. The
multicurrency forex card enables customers to travel to international
destinations in a cashless and hassle-free manner.
24. Who has been
appointed as the chairman of State Bank of India with effect from October 7,
2020?
1) Tapan Singhel
2) Rajnish Kumar
3) Ashwini Kumar
Tewari
4) Dinesh Kumar
Khara
5) Padmaja
Chunduru
Answer – 4) Dinesh Kumar Khara Explanation:
The Government of India appointed Dinesh Kumar Khara, the
current Managing Director of State Bank of India as the new Chairman of SBI for
a period of three years effective from 7th October 2020. Dinesh Kumar Khara
succeeds Rajnish Kumar as the new Chairman, whose 3-year term ended on 7th
October 2020. The appointment of Dinesh Kumar was recommended by the Bank Board
Bureau.
25. India’s 1st
transportation tunnel (underwater) will be constructed below which river?
1) Tapti
2) Godavari
3) Hooghly
4) Indus
5) Narmada
Answer - 3) Hooghly Explanation:
The Central Government has approved the revised cost
estimates for the construction of the Kolkata East-West Corridor project as per the
realigned route. Now the estimated completion cost of the project is Rs. 8575
crores where the Ministry of Railway’s share is Rs.3268.27 crore, Ministry of
Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)’ share as Rs.1148.31 crore and Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan of Rs.4158.40 crore. The target date for completion of the entire project is December 2021. Notably, the project
also envisages construction of 16.6 Km long Metro Railway Corridor including
tunnel below ‘river Hooghly’ which is the “1st transportation tunnel in India”
under any major river as well as Howrah Station which is one of the deepest
Metro stations in India.
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