08th December ~Dates to remember

 

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.

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.

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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.

Dates to Remember ~ 4th & 5th December 2020