Current Affairs Daily Quiz December 8, 2020

 Q1. Who has been appointed as the 1st Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly launched The WHO Foundation?

• Anil Soni
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
• Thomas Zeltner
• Melinda Gates

Q2. Which bank has introduced a new channel “Money Mitra”, to make banking services accessible to customers in their neighbourhood?

• Equitas Small Finance Bank

• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

• RBL Bank

• Yes Bank

Q3. Which of the following have been recognized as  “IEEE Milestones” in India?

• Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), NCRA Pune

• Generation & reception of radio waves by Sir JC Bose in 1895

• Raman Effect by Sir CV Raman in 1928

• All of the above

Q4. Amul has been ranked ______ in IFCN’s global dairy processors rankings.

**International Farm Comparison Network -IFCN

• 8th

• 9th

• 5th

• 15th

Q5. Which company, will launch its first remote-sensing satellite on the ISRO’s rocket PSLV, in early 2021.?

• SpaceX 

• Pixxel

• Blue Origin

• Virgin Galactic

Q6 . Which bank has launched loan management solution called 'LenS-The Lending Solution’?

• Punjab National Bank

• State Bank of India

• HDFC Bank

• ICICI Bank

Q7. From January 1st, 2021, RBI has approved  the limit of contactless card transaction  ?

• Increased from INR 2000 to INR 5000

• Increased from INR 5000 to INR 10000

• Decreased from INR 5000 to INR 2000

• Decreased from INR 10000 to INR 5000

Quiz Answers

1. Anil Soni was appointed first CEO of The WHO Foundation.

The WHO Foundation, an independent grant-making agency headquartered in Geneva, launched in May 2020 to work alongside the WHO & the health community to address the global health challenges.


2.Ujjivan SFB launches neighbourhood banking channel - Money Mitra.

It will facilitate entrepreneurs running local businesses like Kirana, medical stores & insurance agencies to offer retail banking solutions to the bank's customers exclusively.

3. Pune's GMRT (Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope)  becomes India's third IEEE Milestone facility on November 23 2020. 

GMRT is the largest & most sensitive low-frequency radio observatories in the world, operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune.

Previous two Indian IEEE milestones  are ~

-Sir JC Bose to demonstrate the generation & reception of radio waves in 1895, and

- Sir CV Raman in 1928 for the Nobel prize-winning ‘scattering of light’ phenomenon or Raman Effect.

4. Amul, a brand of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), is ranked 8th in the list of top 20 global dairy processors released by the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN).

5. Pixxel, a private satellite-imaging company, will launch its first remote-sensing satellite on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket PSLV in 2021.

 Also, Agnikul Cosmos has signed an agreement with the Department of Space, under which it will get access to the facilities and technical expertise at the ISRO, for India’s first private small satellite launch vehicle - Agnibaan.

6. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched loan management solution called 'LenS-The Lending Solution’, to speed up delivery.

7. Reserve Bank of India has announced that it  has increased limits for contactless card payments from ₹2,000 to ₹5,000, w.e.f Jan 1st, 2021.