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Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 18th and 19th October 2020
- Name the first ever Indian women to win the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award?
- Rathika Ramasamy
- Sooni Taraporevala
- Dayanita Singh
- Aishwarya Sridhar
- Rajeshwari Trivedi
2. Which of the following state recently launched the ‘My Town My Pride’ state-wide campaign with an aim to provide governance at the doorstep in urban areas?
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Assam
- Madhya Pradesh
- Delhi
3. Who has been chosen as the new President of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA)?
- Rajan Manchanda
- Vinod Tihara
- Renu Khanna
- Aishwarya Sridhar
- Rohan Jaitley
4. Who has been recently appointed as the new interim President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)?
- Intarat Yodbangtoey
- Ursula Papandrea
- Michael Irani
- Sachin Pilot
- Antonio Urso
5. Who has been appointed by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) as the new Chairman for 2020-21 session?
- Dinesh Kumar Khara
- Rajkiran Rai G
- Amitabh Kant
- Rajnish Kumar
- SR Mehar
6. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to UNESCO?
- lndra Mani Pandey
- Brajendra Navnit
- Rajiv Rishi
- Harsh Vardhan Shringla
- Vishal V. Sharma
7. Umar Gul has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He played for which country?
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
8. Who has been elected for the second term in the Parliamentary election as the Prime Minister of New Zealand?
- Jacinda Ardern
- Justin Trudeau
- Frank Bainimarama
- Angela Dorothea Merkel
- Scott Morrison
9. Government of India has set to make India Trans Fat free by which year?
- 2020
- 2023
- 2021
- 2024
- 2022
10. Which company has launched car and bike insurance products on its platform in association with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance?
- PhonePe
- Paytm
- Amazon India
- BharatPe
- Google Pay
11. Where did the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the first blasting for construction related work at the 14.15 km Zojila tunnel, one of the longest in Asia?
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Punjab
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
12. Which small finance bank (SFB) has partnered with Ashoknagar Co-operative Bank Limited under the bank sponsorship programme, thereby becoming the first SFB to go live under the sponsorship programme?
- ESAF Small Finance Bank
- A U Small Finance Bank
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
- Jana Small Finance Bank
- Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
13. Legendary singer Kaumudi Munshi, who passed away was known as the Nightingale of which state?
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Uttarakhand
- Madhya Pradesh
- Assam
14. India handed over INS Sindhuvir, a Kilo class submarine to which of the following country?
- Australia
- Myanmar
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
- Indonesia
15. Kapil Deo Kamat who passed away was related to which profession?
- Director
- Politician
- Sports Person
- Writer
- Singer
16. Who has been appointed as the one-man monitoring committee head by the Supreme Court to look into the issue of prevention of stubble burning in the states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh?
- Dipak Misra
- Madan B Lokur
- Ranjan Gogoi
- Arjan Kumar Sikri
- None of These
Answers:
- d
Answer: Aishwarya Sridhar, a 23-year-old, Mumbai based girl, has become the first Indian woman to win the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. It is the 56th year of the prestigious award.
2. b
Answer: In Jammu and Kashmir, the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has announced an initiative called ‘My Town My Pride’ to provide governance at the doorstep in urban areas.
3. e
Answer: Advocate Rohan Jaitley, the son of late Union Minister Arun Jaitley, has been elected unopposed as the President of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on 17 October 2020.
4. c
Answer: The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced the appointment of Michael Irani as its interim President.
5. b
Answer: Rajkiran Rai G, the Managing Director and CEO of Union Bank of India has been elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for the term 2020-21.
6. e
Answer: Vishal V. Sharma has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the UN’s cultural body, UNESCO, with the rank of Ambassador.
7. b
Answer: Pakistani pace bowler Umar Gul has announced that he will retire from all forms of cricket after the end of the ongoing National T20 Cup, which will end on 18 October 2020.
8. a
Answer: The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, won a landslide victory in the country’s general election on 17 October 2020, to be elected as the PM for the second consecutive three-years term.
9. e
Answer: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that the aim of the government is to make India Trans Fat free by 2022, a year ahead of target set by World Health Organization.
10. a
Answer: Flipkart-owned PhonePe launched car and bike insurance products on its platform in association with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.
11. b
Answer: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the first blasting for construction related work at the 14.15 km Zojila tunnel, one of the longest in Asia, that will provide all-year connectivity between Srinagar valley and Leh.
12. d
Answer: Jana Small Finance Bank, a Bengaluru-based small finance bank (SFB), has partnered with Ashoknagar Co-operative Bank Limited under the bank sponsorship programme.With this, Jana Bank has become the first SFB to go live under the sponsorship programme.
13. a
Answer: Legendary singer Kaumudi Munshi, known as the ‘Nightingale of Gujarat’ passed away due to COVID-19. She was 91.
14. b
Answer: India will hand over INS Sindhuvir, a Kilo class submarine to the Myanmar Navy, the Ministry of External Affairs announced.INS Sindhuvir will be the first submarine of the Southeast Asian country and the move is in line with the overall Indian vision that aspires to guarantee security for all maritime partners.
15. b
Answer: Bihar’s Panchayati Raj minister Kapil Deo Kamat succumbed to Covid-19 at AIIMS, Patna. He was 70.
16. b
Answer: The Supreme Court has appointed Justice (retd) Madan B Lokur, a former judge of the apex court, as a one-man monitoring committee to prevent stubble burning in the states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, which is the main source of pollution in Delhi-national capital region (NCR).
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