BITA(Banking Institute & TNPSC Academy
CURRENT AFFAIRS
5 November 2020
Q1. India’s first E-resource centre and virtual court has been launched
in which city?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Nagpur
(c) New Delhi
(d) Mumbai
(e) Lucknow
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad
Arvind Bobde and Justice DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court, jointly
inaugurated India’s first-ever E-resource centre and virtual court called “Nyay
Kaushal” at Judicial Officers Training Institute in Nagpur.
Q2. The Research and Development Centre of Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL) has collaborated with which institute to develop biomass
gasification-based hydrogen generation technology?
(a) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Bombay
(d) IISc Banglore
(e) Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
S2.
Ans.(d)
Sol. The
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Research and Development Centre of
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) have signed an MoU to develop and
demonstrate biomass gasification-based hydrogen generation technology.
Q3. The CCI has recently approved the acquisition of the Bharti AXA by
which insurance company?
(a) ICICI Lombard
(b) HDFC ERGO
(c) Bajaj Allianz
(d) Tata AIG
(e) Aegon
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of General
Insurance Business of Bharti AXA General Insurance Company Limited (Bharti AXA)
by ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited (ICICI Lombard) under
Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.
Q4. Satish Prasad Singh, who has passed away was the Former Chief
Minister and Socialist of which state?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Bihar
S4.
Ans.(e)
Sol. Former
Chief Minister and Socialist of Bihar, Satish Prasad Singh passed away.
Q5. Who among the following won the elections for the post the President
of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)?
(a) Francisco Assis
(b) Carlos Coelho
(c) Duarte Pacheco
(d) Ana Gomes
(e) Marisa Matias
S5.
Ans.(c)
Sol. Portugal
MP, Duarte Pacheco has won the elections for the post the President of
the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Q6. Indian-origin New Zealand politician, ____________ has created
history by becoming the first Indian-Kiwi woman to become a minister in New
Zealand.
(a) Neha Narkhede
(b) Komal Mangtani
(c) Dhivya Suryadevara
(d) Priyanca Radhakrishnan
(e) Debjani Ghosh
S6.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Indian-origin
New Zealand politician, Priyanca Radhakrishnan has created history by becoming
the first Indian-Kiwi woman to become a minister in New Zealand.
Q7. Noted actor, filmmaker and voiceover artiste, __________, has passed
away.
(a) Shikhar Rawal
(b) Rahul Singh
(c) Ashish Kakkad
(d) Karun Sharma
(e) Lovepreet Singh
S7.
Ans.(c)
Sol. Noted
actor, filmmaker and voiceover artiste, Ashish Kakkad, has passed away.
Q8. The four-day-long Malabar naval exercise began in the Bay of Bengal.
Which of the following country is not include in this naval exercise?
(a) India
(b) France
(c) US
(d) Australia
(e) Japan
S8.
Ans.(b)
Sol. The
Navies of India, the US, Japan and Australia began the four-day-long phase
first of the Malabar naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal.
Q9. As a part of Mission Sagar-II, the Indian Naval Ship (INS) _________
has reached Sudan with 100 tonnes of food aid.
(a) INS Airavat
(b) INS Shivalik
(c) INS Talwar
(d) INS Brahmaputra
(e) INS Gomati
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. As
a part of Mission Sagar-II, the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Airavat has reached
Sudan with 100 tonnes of food aid.
Q10.
Ganga Utsav-2020 has been organised by the National Mission for Clean Ganga
(NMCG) jointly with the Ministry of Jal Shakti. Who is the present Union
Minister of Jal Shakti?
(a) Mahendra Nath Pandey
(b) Pralhad Joshi
(c) Giriraj Singh
(d) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(e) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. The
present Union Minister of Jal Shakti is Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Q11. Noted violin maestro and Padma awardee, _________ passed away.
(a) TN Krishnan
(b) Jyotsna Srikanth
(c) Kala Ramnath
(d) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
(e) L. Athira Krishna
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Noted
violin maestro and Padma awardee, TN Krishnan passed away.
Q12.
Which of the following state recently laid the foundation stone of Indo-Israeli
Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables Protected Cultivation?
(a) Tripura
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Uttarakhand
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. The
Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal has laid the foundation stone of
Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables Protected Cultivation at
Khetri on the outskirts of Guwahati.
Q13. The Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence for Vegetables Protected
Cultivation is estimated to be set up at an investment of Rs ____________
Crore.
(a) 8.00 Crore
(b) 12.25 Crore
(c) 11.00 Crore
(d) 10.33 Crore
(e) 9.33 Crore
S13.
Ans.(d)
Sol. The
Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence for Vegetables Protected Cultivation is
estimated to be set up at an investment of Rs 10.33 Crore.
Q14. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde and Justice DY
Chandrachud of the Supreme Court, jointly inaugurated India’s first-ever
E-resource centre and the virtual court called ________________.
(a) Nyay Shakti
(b) Nyay Kaushal
(c) Nyay Nipunata
(d) Nyay Dakshata
(e) Nyay Karma
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. The
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde and Justice DY Chandrachud of
the Supreme Court, jointly inaugurated India’s first-ever E-resource centre and
the virtual court called “Nyay Kaushal”.
Q15.
Australian all-rounder, _________ has announced his retirement from all forms
of cricket.
(a) Peter Handscomb
(b) Andrew Tye
(c) Shane Watson
(d) Chris Lynn
(e) Ashton Agar
S15.
Ans.(c)
Sol. Australian
all-rounder, Shane Watson has announced his retirement from all forms of
cricket
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