DAILY GK QUIZ: 28, 29, 30 NOV 2020
[Q] Where the
Song Dam drinking water project is to be set up (Fund allocation of Rs. 1100
crore)?
(a) Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
(b) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
(c) Kevadia, Gujarat
(d) Vadodara, Gujarat
(e) Amarkantak, Madhya Prdaesh
[ANS] b
[Q] Which Public
Sector Company becomes 1st company to market CBG (Compressed Bio Gas) from 10
retail outlets spread across Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat, under the
brand name Indi Green?
(a) Bharat Petroleum
(b) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
(c) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
(d) Indian Oil Corporation
(e) GAIL India Ltd (formerly known as Gas Authority
of India Limited)
[ANS] d
[Q] Which
Country has has successfully test-fired Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile for
the 2nd time?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Russia
(d) Japan
(e) France
[ANS] c
[Q] The United
Nations has adopted a resolution calling (November 2020) for the urgent
solution of the Crisis?
(a) Environment Crisis
(b) Syria Conflict
(c) Malnutrition
(d) Coronavirus
(e) Rohingya crisis
[ANS] e
[Q] Razorpay
partnered with which Financial Services Corporation to launch the 1st of its
kind card, ‘RazorpayX Corporate Cards’ for Indian entrepreneurs?
(a) Mastercard
(b) Visa
(c) American Express
(d) RuPay
(e) None of the Above
[ANS] b
[Q] India Post
Payments Bank (IPPB) has been included in which Schedule to the Reserve Bank of
India Act, 1934?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
(e) Fifth
[ANS] b
[Q] Which
Country has committed a partnership with India for lowering carbon and pollution
levels in future during a digital conference of the India-led International
Solar Alliance (ISA) held on November 27, 2020?
(a) United States
(b) United Kingdom
(c) Finland
(d) Israel
(e) Russia
[ANS] d
[Q] Which
country has signed a MoU with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(ICAI) for the Accounting, Financial and Audit Knowledge Base improvment?
(a) Finland
(b) New Zealand
(c) Bhutan
(d) Netherlands
(e) United States
[ANS] d
[Q] Which State
Government has signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with the United Nations
(UN)’s World Food Programme (WFP) to achieve food and nutritional security
goals?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Karnataka
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Rajasthan
(e) Maharshtra
[ANS] d
[Q] Which
company has received an INR 405 crore work order from the National Capital
Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS
corridor?
(a) Larsen & Tubro (L&T)
(b) Afcons Infrastructures Ltd
(c) Ircon International Ltd
(d) Gammon India Ltd
(e) Hindustan Construction Company
[ANS] c
[Q] Roch Marc
Christian Kaboré won the 2nd term as the President of which African Country?
(a) Ghana
(b) Burkina Faso
(c) Togo
(d) Benin
(e) Nigeria
[ANS] b
[Q] Name the
India’s official entry for the International Feature Film category at the 93rd
Academy Awards or 2021 Oscars?
(a) Gully Boy
(b) Trance
(c) Jallikattu
(d) Tumbbad
(e) Soorarai Pottru (Hail the Warrior)
[ANS] c
[Q] Who has
become 2nd richest person with a total net worth of USD 140 Billion as per the
Bloomberg Billionaires Index?
(a) Mukesh Ambani
(b) Jeff Bezos
(c) Bill Gates
(d) Elon Musk
(e) Bernard Arnault
[ANS] d
[Q] Bulgarian
player Aleksandrina Naydenova for life and fined her $150,000 for match-fixing
offenses. The player belongs to which sport?
(a) Boxing
(b) Weight Lifting
(c) Table Tennis
(d) Tennis
(e) Swimming
[ANS] d
[Q] Central
government has approved the draft scheme of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for
amalgamation of which Bank with DBS Bank India Ltd. (DBIL)?
(a) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
(b) Karur Vysa Bank
(c) Yes Bank
(d) Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank
(e) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
[ANS] a
[Q] Which
hospital has acquired Columbia Asia Hospitals for Rs 2,100 crore in an all-cash
deal?
(a) Apollo Hospitals
(b) Fortis Hospitals
(c) Manipal Hospitals
(d) Care Hospitals
(e) Command Hospitals
[ANS] c
[Q] Who authored
the book on the life and ideals of Sri Guru Nanak Dev the founder of Sikhism,
launched by PM Narendra Modi in November 2020?
(a) Kartar Singh
(b) Kirpal Singh
(c) GBS Sindhu
(d) VN Thapar
(e) Neha Dwivedi
[ANS] b
[Q] Who authored
the book (Autobiography) titled ‘Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey’?
(a) G.R. Gopinath
(b) Vinay Sitapati
(c) Francesca Marino
(d) Abhijeet Gupta
(e) Ruskin Bond
[ANS] a
[Q] Which
Company launched a new app called the “Task Mate” which offers certain amount
to the users on the completion of the task provided by it?
(a) Facebook
(b) Microsoft
(c) Apple
(d) Google
(e) Yahoo
Answer & Explanation
[ANS] d
[Q] James
Wolfensohn, who has passed away recently was the former President of which
body?
(a) United Nations
(b) International Monetary Fund
(c) World Bank Group
(d) World Trade Organization
(e) Asian Development Bank
[ANS] c
[Q] According to
National Statistical Office (NSO), what is the India’s GDP in September
Quarter?
(a) -6.5%
(b) -7.5%
(c) -6.5%
(d) -8.5%
(e) -9.5%
[ANS] b
[Q] Which of the
following construction company bagged Rs 7,000-cr order to construct part of
Bullet Train project?
(a) Larsen and Toubro
(b) TATA Projects
(c) Reliance Construction Group
(d) Aditya Birla Group
(e) Mahendra Construction
[ANS] a
[Q] Which of the
following word named as “Word of the Year 2020” in Cambridge Dictionary?
(a) Quarantine
(b) Covid
(c) Corona
(d) Lockdown
(e) Positive
[ANS] a
[Q] Which Indian
Agency along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the
SDG Investor Map Report for India, which presents 18 investment opportunities
areas (IOAs) in 6 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) Invest India
(c) Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade
(d) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry
(e) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
[ANS] b
[Q] Who is the
founder of the FIT India company that associated with the FIT India Movement?
(a) Kiren Rijiju
(b) Suparno Satpathy
(c) Tathagata Satpathy
(d) Mukesh Ambani
(e) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
[ANS] b
[Q] Founder of
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), _________________, better known as the Father
of the Indian IT industry, passed away.
(a) Azim Premji
(b) Shiv Nadar
(c) Faqir Chand Kohli
(d) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
(e) Gautam Adani
[ANS] c