DAILY GK QUIZ 20 NOV 2020
[Q] Which State
recorded best sex ratio at birth in India as per annual report from office of
Registrar General & Census Commissioner?
(a) Manipur
(b) Assam
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Nagaland
(e) Mizoram
[ANS] c
[Q] India
Customs in a joint operation along with INTERPOL and World Customs Organization
(WCO) intercepted an 18-tonne shipment of red sandalwood destined for the
United Arab Emirates (UAE). What was the name of operation?
(a) Operation Sandal
(b) Operation Red
(c) Operation Earth
(d) Operation Thunder
(e) Operation Shakti
[ANS] d
[Q] “Reciprocal
Access Agreement” is a defence pact signed (November 2020) between
____________to counter China’s growing influence in the South China Sea and
over Pacific Island Nations.
(a) India & Australia
(b) India & Japan
(c) Japan & Australia
(d) Japan & South Korea
(e) Australia & Myanmar
[ANS] c
[Q] Which two
African Nations started their first ever joint military drills (November 2020)?
(a) Sudan & Chad
(b) Niger & Algeria
(c) Libya & Chad
(d) Egypt & South Sudan
(e) Egypt & Sudan
[ANS] e
[Q] HDFC Bank
has been mentioned in the ‘red flag’ list, a system used for monitoring Foreign
Portfolio Investor (FPI) limits. Which is another Bank that has been put in the
list?
(a) IDFC Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) IndusInd Bank
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) DBS Bank
[ANS] c
[Q] Which Bank
launched CASA (current account, savings account) mobilisation campaign?
(a) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
(b) State Bank of India (SBI)
(c) Bank of Baroda (BOB)
(d) Karnataka Bank
(e) Indian Bank
[ANS] d
[Q] Which State
Government signed a MoU with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to
discuss the implementation of India’s 1st 100 MW (MegaWatt) convergence
project?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Goa
(e) Maharashtra
[ANS] d
[Q] Sonu Sood
has been named as State Icon of which state by the Election Commission of India
(ECI)?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Delhi
(c) Punjab
(d) Haryana
(e) Uttar Pradesh
[ANS] c
[Q] Name the
only Indian city to be ranked (62nd) in the list “2021 World’s Best Cities” by
Resonance Consultancy Ltd. (Topped by London, United Kingdom)?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Delhi
(e) Pune
[ANS] d
[Q] How many
Indian Cities are included in the list of 36 cities selected by World Economic
Forum (WEF) for pioneering a new global policy roadmap for smart cities
developed by G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Three
(d) Seven
(e) Six
[ANS] a
[Q] India is set
to host a FIFA women’s football tournament for the first time in which year?
(a) 2021
(b) 2024
(c) 2023
(d) 2022
(e) 2020
[ANS] d
[Q] Who has
authored the book titled “Reporting India: My Seventy Year Journey as a
Journalist”?
(a) Jayasree Kalathil
(b) Prem Prakash
(c) Rajat Sharma
(d) Chinmay Tumbe
(e) Chandrakant Lahariya
[ANS] b
[Q] Name the
India’s first fintech app (developed by MyDigitalCube) that will provide
financial and life skills learning through gamification?
(a) Mediwin
(b) Bluebird
(c) Birdfin
(d) Playwin
(e) Youngfins
[ANS] c
[Q] Which state
has announced to launch a Gau Cabinet for the welfare of cows in the state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Haryana
(c) Punjab
(d) Rajasthan
(e) Madhya Pradesh
[ANS] e
[Q] What is the
theme of World Toilet Day (WTD) 2020?
(a) Toilets and jobs
(b) Sustainable sanitation and climate change
(c) When nature calls
(d) Leaving no one behind
(e) Wastewater
[ANS] b
[Q] Indian
supercomputer, Param Siddhi has achieved ______ rank in the list of 500 most
powerful supercomputers in the world.
(a) 57th
(b) 75th
(c) 100th
(d) 63rd
(e) 42nd
[ANS] d
[Q] Who among
the following has won Moldova’s presidential election?
(a) Sergiu Pucua
(b) Ion Chicu
(c) Igor Dodon
(d) Maia Sandu
(e) Alexandru Flenchea
[ANS] d
