Latest Current Affairs Online Quiz in 2020, October, November and December Current Affairs in 2020

1 .

Which Public Sector Company has been granted permission to use drones for inspection activities?

A)

ONGC

B)

NTPC Limited

C)

Oil India Limited

D)

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Correct Answer : Option (B) - NTPC Limited

NTPC Limited has been permitted to use Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) or drones, for carrying out research and inspection activities. The permission has been granted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

NTPC would use drones at Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, Madhya Pradesh, Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Plant, Madhya Pradesh, and Sipat Super Thermal Power Project, Chhattisgarh.

Published On : 07/19/2021 01:46:38

2 .

Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal has been recently integrated with which portal?

A)

Central Public Procurement Portal

B)

CHAMPIONS Portal

C)

SWAYAM Portal

D)

IRCTC Portal

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Central Public Procurement Portal

Recently, the Government e Marketplace (GeM) has been successfully integrated with Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP).

By doing so, the entire process of public procurement of goods and services have been brought under a single platform. The function of ”custom bid” is also created in the platform, which will allow a buyer to float a bid on GeM.

Published On : 07/19/2021 01:46:38

3 .

Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports appointed whom as chairman?

A)

Nitish Rana

B)

N Srinivasan

C)

Saurav Ganguly

D)

Bimal Julka

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Bimal Julka

Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS) has announced the appointment of Bimal Julka as its Chairman. In his new role, Julka will work closely with all the stakeholders to further strengthen the operating standards of the Indian fantasy sports industry. Bimal Julka is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of the 1979 batch belonging to the Madhya Pradesh Cadre.

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4 .

Govt Set Up High-level Committee headed by whom to commemorate 400th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur?

A)

Amit Shah

B)

Arvind Kejriwal

C)

Narendra Modi

D)

Ramnath Kovind

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Narendra Modi

The Centre on Saturday set up a high-level committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to commemorate the 400th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur. The mandate of the 70-member committee includes approval of policies, plans, programmes and supervision and guiding the commemoration, besides deciding broad dates for detailed programmes of celebration.

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5 .

Which country government ordered 'no mask, no service' policy?

A)

India

B)

Nepal

C)

Bangladesh

D)

Sri Lanka

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Bangladesh

Bangladesh government has decided that no service will be provided to people who don't wear a mask. The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina decided that no one will be allowed to enter offices without the mask. It decided that all offices must install notice boards saying 'no mask, no service' in order to control the spread of COVID 19 virus in the country.

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6 .

Who virtually launched "Life in Miniature" project?

A)

Piyush Goyal

B)

Prahlad Singh Patel

C)

Ramesh Pokhriyal

D)

Narendra Singh Tomar

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Prahlad Singh Patel

Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (I/C), Prahlad Singh Patel has virtually launched the "Life in Miniature" project, a collaboration between the National Museum, New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, and Google Arts & culture.

Published On : 07/19/2021 01:46:38

7 .

Lee Kun-Hee passed away, he was the chairman of which company?

A)

Samsung

B)

Micromax

C)

Blackberry

D)

Nokia

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Samsung

The chairman of South Korea's largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, Lee Kun-hee has passed away. Lee helped to transform Samsung from a small trading business to become the world's largest producer of smartphones and memory chips. The firm's overall turnover today is equivalent to a fifth of South Korea's GDP. Lee was also the richest person in South Korea, according to Forbes, with a net worth of nearly $21bn.

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8 .

Which country is to remain in grey list of FATF till Feb 2021?

A)

Iraq

B)

China

C)

Bhutan

D)

Pakistan

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Pakistan

The global terror financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has announced that Pakistan will continue to remain on its grey list till February 2021. This decision has been taken since Pakistan has not been able to fulfil six out of the 27 mandates to check terror funding. FATF has strongly urged Pakistan to swiftly complete its full action plan by February 2021.

Published On : 07/19/2021 01:46:38

9 .

Which of the following can deploy on-tap TLTRO funds in agriculture, retail and MSMEs?

A)

Banks

B)

Army

C)

Financers

D)

Government

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Banks

The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday said that banks can deploy money drawn from Rs 1 trillion on-tap targeted long term repo operations (on-tap TLTRO) in six sectors - agriculture, agri-infrastructure, secured retail, MSMEs, and drugs, pharmaceuticals and healthcare.

Published On : 07/19/2021 01:46:38

10 .

Home minister Nayani Narsimha Reddy passed away, he belonged to which state?

A)

Himachal Pradesh

B)

Andhra Pradesh

C)

Gujarat

D)

Telangana

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Telangana

Former Telangana home minister and senior TRS leader Nayini Narsimha Reddy passed away at a private corporate hospital in the wee hours of Thursday. He was 76. Nayani Narasimha Reddy, who had tested positive for Covid 19 last month, admitted to a private hospital for health complications post recovery from the infection, died while undergoing treatment.

Published On : 07/19/2021 01:46:38