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.

Current Affairs Daily Quiz, 06th December 2020

 Q1. Which is the first country to grant its approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech  vaccine?

• USA

• France

• UK

• India

Q2. Who released the ‘Smuggling in India Report 2019-20’ during the 63rd founding day of DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) ?

• Shri Anurag Thakur

• Smt Nirmala Sitharaman

• Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey

• Shri Balesh Kumar

Q3. Who is the Director-General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) ?

• Om Prakash Dadhich

• Balesh Kumar

• Sanjay Kumar Mishra

• Rakesh Asthana

Q4. Indian defense ministry has approved creation of which of the following posts ?

• Dy. Chief of Military Operations & Strategic Planning

• Director General Information Warfare

• Both of the above

• None of the above

Quiz Answers

1. UK became the first country to grant its approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech  vaccine and it was granted by Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

2. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated DRI's 63rd Founding Day celebrations, and unveiled the 'Smuggling in India Report 2019-20’.

The report analyzed organized smuggling trends on Gold & Foreign Currency, Narcotic Drugs, Securi.ty, Environment, Commercial Frauds.

3. Balesh Kumar ---> Director-General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)

Om Prakash Dadhich--->Principal Director General, Directorate General of GST intelligence (DGGI)

Sanjay Kumar Mishra----> Director of Enforcement Directorate(ED)

Rakesh Asthana--->Director General of Border Security force (BSF) & Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

4. Both

Defence ministry has approved the creation of a new post of deputy chief for military operations and strategic planning in the Army. Lt Gen Paramjit Singh is set to become the first deputy chief of Army staff (strategy).

The Government has also cleared the creation of the post of Director General Information Warfare in the headquarters, for future battlefield, hybrid warfare and social media realities.

Current Affairs Daily Quiz, 05th December 2020

Q1. Born on 4th December 1919, he was the 12th Prime Minister of India, a commemorative stamp was launched in his honour on his 101st Birth Anniversary. Name the ex -PM.

• PV Narasimha Rao

• Chandra Sekhar

• Inder Kumar Gujral

• Vishwanath Pratap Singh

 Q2. 15 year old, Gitanjali Rao, has been named  first-ever Kid of the Year, by which magazine?

• TIME

• New Yorker

• Washington Post

• The Week

Q3. Which country has declared Climate Emergency on Dec 2, 2020, and pledged that its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025?

• Australia

• New Zealand

• Singapore

• UAE

Q4. Dronacharya Awardee Kuldeep Handoo from J&K has been appointed PM Modi’s 'Fit India’ Movement Ambassador. He is associated with which sport?

• Judo

• Archery

• Boxing

• Wushu

Q5. Who has won the Global Teacher Prize 2020 ?

• Carlo Mazzone , Italy

• Olasunkanmi Opeifa , Nigeria

• Doani Emanuela Bertan, Brazil

• Ranjitsinh Disale, India

Q6. Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, also known as” the grand old man of spices”, passed away at the age of 98 was the founder of ______

• Everest spices

• MDH spices

• Badshah Masala

• Catch Foods       

Q7. What is the full form of MDH in spice company MDH private ltd?

• Mahashian Di Handi

• Masala Di Handi

• Mahashay Di Hatti

• Mahashian Di Hatti 

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Quiz Answers

1. Inder Kumar Gujral, was the 12th Prime Minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. He propounded the Gujral Doctrine, as a set of five principles to guide the conduct of foreign relations with India's immediate neighbours.

2. 15 year old, Gitanjali Rao was named first-ever TIME ‘Kid of the Year’. Her work includes to tackling  contaminated drinking water, opioid addiction & cyberbullying, & to create a global community of young innovators.     

3. New Zealand has declared a climate emergency on December 2, 2020 and pledged that its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025. It joins 32 other countries that have declared a climate emergency.

4. Wushu coach Kuldeep Handoo, was appointed as “Fit India” movement ambassador. He is the first person from the J&K UT  to receive the Dronacharya award.

5. Ranjitsinh Disale, an Indian govt. school teacher,has won the Global Teacher Prize 2020. He is known for embedding QR codes in textbooks, which was adopted by NCERT &awareness on ills of teen marriage.

6. Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, was the founder and CEO of MDH, an Indian spice company.

7. In Indian spice company, MDH stands for Mahashian Di Hatti.