Daily Competitive

Monday, December 7, 2020

Dates to Remember ,December 7th

Current Affairs Daily Quiz, December 07 2020

Q1. Which book has won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2020, awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content. ?

'The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj' ~ Anita Anand
Time Song: Searching for Doggerland ~ Julia Blackburn
The Brothers York: An English Tragedy ~Thomas Penn
Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands ~ Hazel Carby

Q2. When was the first International Day of Banks observed, as per UNGA resolution ?

December 04,2020
December 05,2020
December 06,2020
December 07,2020

Q3. Central govt has approved the RBI’s proposal of amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas bank with ______

Deutsche Bank India
DBS Bank India Limited
Citibank
Royal Bank of Scotland

Q4. Who has been elected as the International Cricket Council's (ICC) new independent chairman?

Imran Khwaja
Shashank Manohar
V Srinivasan
Greg Barclay

Q5. Who has been elected as President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) for 2020-21 ?
Sangita Reddy
V Srinivasan
Uday Shankar
Anand Mahindra

Q6. Who is known as the “Father of India's IT industry” and founder of TCS?
Ratan Tata
NR Narayana Murthy
Noel Tata
Faqir Chand Kohli

Q7. Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been re-elected as President of
Togo
Ghana
Mali
Burkina Faso

Q8. Which nation is set to become the first Arab Gulf country to generate electricity from coal ?

UAE
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain

Quiz Answers

1.Anita Anand's 'The Patient Assassin', based on Jallianwala Bagh massacre, has won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman history prize.

PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2020, is awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content.

2. UN General Assembly adopted resolution , which designated 4 December as the International Day of Banks.

It is in recognition of the significant potential of multilateral development banks & other international development banks in financing sustainable development.

3. With effect from November 27, 2020, Lakshmi Vilas Bank has been amalgamated with DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL), the subsidiary of DBS Bank, Singapore.
The scheme of amalgamation is under the special powers of the Government of India and RBI under Section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, India

4. New Zealand’s Greg Barclay has been elected as the ICC's new Independent Chairman. He succeeds India's Shashank Manohar.

5. Uday Shankar has been elected as FICCI President for 2020-21 & succeeds Sangita Reddy.

He is the President, The Walt Disney Company (Asia Pacific) & Chairman of Star & Disney India. He becomes 1st ever media & entertainment executive to be FICCI president.

6. Faqir Chand Kohli, was the founder of TCS & “father of India's IT industry”. He passed away recently at the age of 96, on Nov 26, 2020.

7. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been re-elected as Burkina Faso's president for a period of 5 years.

8. The United Arab Emirates is set to become the first Arab Gulf country to generate electricity from coal. Dubai is starting up the Hassyan coal plant, with capacity of 2,400 MW by 2023.

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Books & Authors

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.

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Dates to Remember ~ 4th & 5th December 2020

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
______________________________________________________

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.