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Q.1  What was the Revenue collected from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in
December?
दसम्बर में गु स एंड स वर्कसेज टै क्स (GST) से क्या राजस्व एकत्र कया गया?
(a) ₹1.04 lakh crore / ₹ 1.04 लाख करोड़: November
(b) ₹1.15 lakh crore / ₹ 1.15 लाख करोड़
(c) ₹1.05 lakh crore / ₹ 1.05 लाख करोड़: October
(d) ₹1.17 lakh crore / ₹ 1.17 लाख करोड़
(e) ₹1.08 lakh crore / ₹ 1.08 लाख करोड़
Q.2 Which company has set a new record for manufacturing India's
highest-rated autotransformer?
कस कंपनी ने भारत के सवर्पोच्च रे टेड ऑटोट्रांसफॉमर्कर के नमार्कण के लए एक नया रकॉडर्क बनाया है ?
Transformers & Rectifiers India Ltd
DRDO
BHEL
Siemens India
PFC
• National High Power Test Laboratory (NHPTL) in Madhya Pradesh, Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the capital goods manufacturing company,
has successfully produced and tested (short circuit) India's highest rating
Auto Transformer.
Q.3 Which state has launched a crop relief scheme- Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana?
कस राज्य ने फसल राहत योजना- “ कसान फासल राहत योजना” शुरू की है ?
West Bengal
Jharkhand
Maharashtra
Chhattisgarh
Karnataka

• It is a compensation scheme which provides security cover to farmers for

the damaged crops occurring due to natural calamity.
Q.4 Name the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) who has approved two
coronavirus vaccines – ‘Covishield’ and ‘Covaxin’.
ड्रग कंट्रोलर जनरल ऑफ इं डया (DCGI) का नाम बताइए िजन्होंने दो कोरोनावायरस वैक्सीन
– ‘को व शल्ड‘ और ‘कोवािक्सन‘ को मंजूरी दी है ।
V. G. Somani
Suresh Chandra Sharma
Rajat Saud
Balram Bhargava
Vishal V Sharma
Q.5 India has been elected as a member of UN’s Commission on Status of
Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a period of
_______ years starting from 2021.
Q.5 भारत को 2021 से शुरू होने वाले _______ वषर्षों की अव ध के लए आ थर्कक और सामािजक प रषद
(ECOSOC) के नकाय, संयुक्त राष्ट्र के म हला आयोग के सदस्य के रूप में चुना गया है ।
3 years  
5 years
2 years 
4 years 
6 years

▪ The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a

functional commission of the UN Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC).

▪ India’s Permanent Representative to the UN

Ambassador T S Tirumurti 
Q.6. Who has become the youngest author to win the International
Booker Prize ?
अंतरार्कष्ट्रीय बुकर पुरस्कार जीतने वाले सबसे कम उम्र के लेखक कौन बन गए हैं?
Jokha Al-Harthi
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Olga Tokarczuk
Han Kang
David Grossman

▪ Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld won the 2020 International

Booker prize for debut novel The Discomfort of Evening, a story of
childhood grief. At 29, He is the youngest author to win the
prestigious prize.
Q.7. Which of the following city was announced as the cleanest city
in the first edition of Swachh Survekshan-2016 ?
नम्न ल खत में से कस शहर को स्वच्छ सवर्देक्षण -2016 के पहले संस्करण में सबसे
स्वच्छ शहर घो षत कया गया था?
Indore
Bhopal
Navi Mumbai
Mysuru
Raipur
▪ Indore in Madhya Pradesh retained its position as the cleanest
city in India for the fourth consecutive year
▪ INDIA’S CLEANEST STATES: Less than 100 ULBs: Jharkhand
▪ INDIA’S CLEANEST STATES: More than 100 ULBs: Chhattisgarh
Q.8. Which of the following bank has launched of a two-month long campaign
called ‘Kona Kona Umeed’ ?
नम्न ल खत में से कस बैंक ने कोना कोनो उिम्मद नामक दो महीने के लंबे अ भयान की शुरुआत की है ?

Kotak Mahindra
Axis Bank
Yes Bank
ICICI
HDFC

▪ Under this Kona Kona Umeed campaign, the bank will provide a range of
offers and deals on its products including loans, savings accounts, current
accounts, corporate salary accounts as well as Kotak debit cards, credit cards
and digital payments.
Q.9. Which of the following and Innoviti Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd have
collaborated to provide EMI billing options on Debit Cards
नम्न ल खत में से कौन सा और इनोवे टव पेमेंट सॉल्यूशंस प्रा। ल मटे ड ने डे बट काडर्क पर ईएमआई
ब लंग वकल्प प्रदान करने के लए सहयोग कया है
Kotak Mahindra Bank
BOB Financial Solutions
PNB MetLife
SBI Cards Ltd
Yes Bank

BOB Financial Solutions Partnered with Innoviti Payment Pvt Ltd to launch
New Credit Card EMI offering on POS Terminal
Q.10. Which of the following has won an award for Environment Sustainability
at 18th FICCI CSR award ceremony, organized by FICCI.
नम्न ल खत में से कसने फक्की द्वारा आयोिजत 18 वें फक्की सीएसआर पुरस्कार समारोह में
पयार्कवरण िस्थरता के लए एक पुरस्कार जीता है ।

Poly Medicare Ltd

Reliance Foundation
Tata Foundation
Dalmia Bharat Group
PNB Gilts Ltd
Q.11. Which of the following National Bank has decided to adopt the Finacle
Cash Management Suite to digitally transform its transaction banking business.

National Bank of Israel

National Bank of Bhutan
National Bank of Surinam
National Bank of UAE
National Bank of Bahrain

▪ National Bank of Bahrain and Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a

wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, announced that the

▪ NBB Chief executive officer– Jean-Christophe Durand

▪ Headquarters– Manama, Bahrain
▪ Infosys CEO: Salil Parekh
Q.12. Who is the author of the book titled "The End of an Era; India Exits Tibet"?
"द एंड ऑफ ए एरा; इं डया एिग्जट त बत" नामक पुस्तक के लेखक कौन हैं?

Arjun Subramanian
Gauri Khan
Claude Arpi
Tenzin Priyadashni
Ramchandra Guha

▪ Tibet's relations with India from 1947 to 1962

Q.13 Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of
National Mineral Development Corporation ?

Sumit Deb
P. Amudha
Abhas Jha
Hemang Amin
Jayant Krishna

▪ National Mineral Development Corporation, is an

Indian state-controlled mineral producer.
▪ It is 72.43% owned by the Government of India, under the administrative
control of the Ministry of Steel.

▪ HQ: Hyderabad
Q.14 United Nations released the World Happiness Report 2020. What is the
rank of India in this index out of 156 countries. 
Q.14 संयुक्त राष्ट्र ने वश्व खुशहाली रपोटर्क 2020 जारी की। 156 दे शों में से इस सूचकांक में भारत का रैंक
क्या है ।

93rd
102nd
133rd
144th
151st

• This is the 8th edition of the World Happiness Report.

1.Finland
2. Denmark
3. Switzerland
144. India
156.  Afghanistan
Q.15 Which Indian state will host the 4th Khelo India Youth Games that is
scheduled after Tokyo Olympics in 2021 ?

Haryana
Uttarakhand
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan

▪ The Games will be held at Panchkula in Haryana.

Q.16 India has extended $ 150 million foreign currency swap support to
_____ to help reduce the impact of the virus.

Q.16 भारत ने वायरस के प्रभाव को कम करने में मदद करने के लए $ 150 म लयन वदे शी
मुद्रा व नमय सहायता _____ तक बढ़ा दी है ।

Sri Lanka
Maldives
Nepal
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Q.17 Swachhta Pakhwara” has been observed by Indian Railways from _____ to
______.
भारतीय रे लवे द्वारा “स्वच्छता पखवारा” _________ से _______ तक मनाया गया है ।

12th – 26th September 2020

13th – 27th September 2020
14th – 28th September 2020
15th – 30th September 2020
16th – 30th September 2020

▪ Swachhta pledge was administered to Railway employees at all Zonal

Railway HQs, Divisional Offices and other establishments
▪ Special focus on plastic waste management
Q.18 Petroleum Ministry formed a committee to inquire Assam Gas Well Fire.
Committee formed under the chairmanship of whom ?

Justice BP Katakey
Rajesh Bhushan
T K Sengupta 
Sujit Prasad
None of these

Assam Gas Leak (NGT) Justice BP Katakey

Assam Gas Leak (Petroleum Min) T K Sengupta former
ONGC director.
Q.19 M V Rajasekharan who passed away recently was a _________.

Q.19 एम वी राजशेखरन िजनका हाल ही में नधन हो गया था, एक ________ थे।

Congress Leader
Agriculturalist
Rural Development Consultant
Former Union Minister
All of the above

• Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister M V Rajasekharan

passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru
Q.20 Which state is on the top as per the cumulative total coverage under the
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana during 2015-2020.

Q.20 2015-2020 के दौरान प्रधानमंत्री कृ ष सचाई योजना के तहत संचयी कुल कवरे ज के अनुसार कौन
सा राज्य शीषर्क पर है

Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh

• Tamil Nadu finishes on top in micro-irrigation coverage in 2019-20

Q.21 As per National Tiger Conservation Authority report on Tiger deaths
during the eight-year period between 2012 and 2019. Which state has reported
the second highest tiger deaths in India.

Madhya Pradesh
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Uttarakhand
Tamil Nadu

▪ Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of 526 tigers in the country and
reported the highest tiger deaths during this eight-year period at 173
▪ Maharashtra has reported second highest casualties at 125 during this period
followed by 111 in Karnataka
Q.22 Which stadium renamed in the honor of the former Lok Sabha
Speaker Purno A Sangma.
Q.22 पूवर्क लोकसभा अध्यक्ष पूणर्पो ए संगमा के सम्मान में कस स्टे डयम का नाम बदला गया।

Barabati Stadium
Sector 42 Stadium
Ekana Cricket Stadium
Dikki Bandi stadium 
Kanchenjunga Stadium

• Meghalaya Cabinet decided to rename the Dikki

Bandi stadium in Tura town after former Lok
Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma.
Q.23 Who has been appointed as the head of the 3-member committee
which will assist GoI in the assessment of relief to bank borrowers ?

Ravindra H Dholakia
K V Kamath
G C Murmu
Rajiv Mehrishi
D B Pathak

▪  Committee will comprise of Rajiv Mehrishi, former CAG of India as

the Chairperson, Dr Ravindra H. Dholakia, former Professor, IIM
Ahmedabad & ex- Member & B Sriram, Former Managing Director,
SBI & IDBI Bank as the other 2 members
Q.24 Which of the following has launched a unique user-friendly
wearable gadget, named as ‘Veli Band’ that helps in maintaining social
distancing by sending out alarm in case of proximity with another
person.

IIT Madras
IIT Kanpur
IIM Kozhikode
IISc Bangalore
IIT Delhi

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode based incubated

startup, Qual5 India Pvt Ltd (a female-led startup)
Q.25 As per new MSME definition approved by GOI, a medium
enterprises is with the investment and turnover upto __________.
GOI द्वारा अनुमो दत नई MSME प रभाषा के अनुसार, एक मध्यम उद्यम __________ तक
नवेश और कारोबार के साथ है ।

10 cr, 100 cr
10 cr, 50 cr
50 cr, 100 cr
50 cr, 250 cr
100 cr, 250 cr
Q.26 What is the amount of the special liquidity infusion through a Partial
credit guarantee Scheme 2.0 for Liabilities of NBFCs)/MFIs/HFCs ?
गैर-बैं कं ग वत्तीय कंपनी (NBFC) / माइक्रो फाइनेंस इंस्टीट्यूशंस (MFI) / हाउ संग फाइनेंस कंप नयों
(HFC) की दे यताओं के लए आं शक क्रे डट गारं टी स्कीम 2.0 के माध्यम से वशेष तरलता जलसेक की
मात्रा क्या है ?

Rs. 30,000 cr 

Rs. 45,000 cr 
Rs. 50,000 cr 
Rs. 1.05 lakh cr 
Rs. 3 lakh cr 
Q.27 Under Atmanirbhar Bharat, how much amount of fund allocated for TOP
to TOTAL scheme.

100 cr
500 cr
750 cr
1000 cr
1500 cr
Q.28 After the 4th Bimonthly RBI Monetary Policy Meeting of RBI in 2020-21, RBI
decided the 60% increase in WMA limit for states in the first half of 2020-21 has
been extended till _______ ?

31 December 2020
1 March 20201
31 March 2021
1 June 2021
30 November 2020

▪ WMA for the centre is kept higher at Rs 1.25 lakh crore

Q.29 Which of the following states recently promulgated the 'Good Conduct
Prisoners Amendment Ordinance, 2020’ ?

Maharashtra
Punjab
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Tamil Nadu

▪ As per new provisions, the temporary release of the prisoners has been
allowed beyond the maximum period of 16 weeks in a calendar year.
▪ Chief Minister: Captain Amarinder Singh.
▪ Governor: Vijayender Pal Singh Badnore.
Q.30 Which stadium renamed in the honor of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
now known as Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium ?

Q.30 स्वगर्थीय अटल बहारी वाजपेयी के सम्मान में कस स्टे डयम का नाम बदलकर अब भारत रत्न श्री
अटल बहारी वाजपेयी क्रकेट स्टे डयम के रूप में जाना जाता है ?

Feroz Shah Kotla : Arun Jaitley

Ekana Cricket Stadium
Dikki Bandi stadium 
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Green Park
Q.31. SEBI has introduced a new “very high risk” category on its Mutual Funds
(MF) riskometer tool, to warn investors, investing in mutual fund schemes. 6
categories Risk-o-meter comes into effect from ______ .

01 January 2021
31 January 2021
31 March 2021
1 June 2021
30 June 2021
Q.32. Which Bank has sanctioned loans worth Rs 20,000 crore to over 400,000
micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) accounts under the Emergency
Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 

SBI
SIDBI
PNB
BOB
ICICI
Q.33 Which bank has launched a programme named “Mahila Atmanirbharshil
Aachani” (meaning- Women Self-Reliance programme) in order to accelerate
Self Help Group (SHG) finance in the Bank.

Bank of Baroda
PNB
State Bank of India 
Karnataka Bank
Canara Bank
Q.34 What is the Dimension (size) of New 10 rupees note ?

Q.34 नए 10 रुपये के नोट का आयाम (आकार) क्या है ?

58 mm x 143 mm²
66 mm x 122 mm²
42 mm x 166 mm²
64 mm x 122 mm²
63 mm x 123 mm²

▪ 2000: 66 X 166 mm²

▪ 500: 66 X 150 mm²
▪ 50: 66 X 135 mm²
Q.35 Tax rebate of 12,500 is provided for the income group upto 5 lakh,
under ____ of IT ACT ?

Q.35 आईटी अ ध नयम के ____ के तहत 5 लाख तक के आय वगर्क के लए 12,500 की कर छूट

प्रदान की जाती है ?

80 C
80 CCB
80 D
87 A
42
Q.36 In the Union Budget 2020-21, TB Harega Desh Jeetega campaign
launched with the commitment to end Tuberculosis by which year ?

Q.36 केंद्रीय बजट 2020-21 में , क्षय रोग को समाप्त करने की प्र तबद्धता के साथ टीबी हरे गा
दे शजेटा अ भयान कस वषर्क तक शुरू कया गया?

2022
2024
2025
2026
2030

▪ Rs. 69,000 crore allocated for overall Healthcare sector

Q.37. World Bank has recently issued support of _____ for the development
of infrastructure projects Under the National Ganga River Basin Project.
वश्व बैंक ने हाल ही में राष्ट्रीय गंगा नदी बे सन प रयोजना के तहत बु नयादी ढांचा प रयोजनाओं
के वकास के लए _____ का समथर्कन जारी कया है ।

$150 million 
$200 million 
$250 million 
$400 million 
$500 million 

▪ Namami Gange Programme: 2014 with a budget outlay of Rs 20000

crore.

▪ The loan is for a period of five years upto 2026.

Q.38. The Lost at Home report issues by which of the following organisation ?
द लॉस्ट एट होम रपोटर्क में नम्न ल खत में से कस संगठन द्वारा समस्या है ?

United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Reporters Without Border
International Labour Organization
United Nations Children's Fund
World Health Organization

• UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

• HQ: Newyork

• More than five million people: 50,37,000

• India has the highest number of new internal

displacements in the world in 2019. Philippines, Bangladesh
and China are on 2nd, 3rd and 4th spot, respectively.
Q.39. Which of the following bank has designated Ramesh S as the
Chief Risk officer (CRO) of the Bank in place of Prakash Kumar.

Axis Bank
Yes Bank
Karnataka Bank
Lakshmi Vilas Bank
City Union Bank

Karnataka Bank MD & CEO- Mahabaleshwara M S.

▪ Karnataka Bank Headquarters, Mangalore.
Q.40. As per the World Bank data for the reference year 2017, India
retained its position as the ________ largest economy in the world in
terms of Purchasing Power Parity.

Second
Fourth
Sixth
Third
Fifth
▪ China’s GDP stood at $19,617 billion (16.4%) in PPP
▪ United States’ GDP was $19,519 billion (16.3%).
Q.41. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India board has restructured an
advisory committee on Corporate Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation
process by including four new members. Who is the chairman of IBBI ?
Uday Kotak
T V Narendran
M. S. Sahoo
Sanjiv Bajaj
Methil Unnikrishnan
▪ Methil Unnikrishnan, General Manager is designated as the secretary of
this Advisory Committee.
▪ The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 
▪ Headquarters– New Delhi
Q.42. Which of the following has announced that it has launched a Central
Bank Digital Currencies Testing Platform that will enable Central Banks to
assess and explore national Digital Currencies.

Visa
Mastercard
NPCI
IBA
IMF

Mastercard has invited Central banks, commercial banks, and tech and

advisory firms to partner with Mastercard to assess CBDC tech designs.
Q.43. Which bank has partnered with Adobe to enhance
personalised customer experience by Adobe Experience Cloud
solutions

SBI
ICICI
HSBC
HDFC
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

▪ Opening an account digitally without visiting a branch

▪ Applying for loans digitally from home 24 by 7
▪ Managing investments without any physical interface
Q.44. Ramesh Babu Boddu has been appointed as the Managing
Director and CEO of _______ for a period of three years from the
date of taking charge.

City Union Bank

Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Federal Bank
Karur Vysya Bank
Kerala Mercantile Co-operative Bank

▪ He has retired as Deputy Managing Director in State Bank of

India in April 2020.
Q.45. Who has been appointed as the first chairman of the
International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) with
effect from 6th July 2020, for a period of three years.

Anil Kishora
Arun Singhal
Manoj Ahuja
Injeti Srinivas 
Urjit R Patel

Senior bureaucrat and former Corporate Affairs Secretary, Injeti

Srinivas a 1983-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre
Q.46. RBI has also lowered the minimum capital requirements for
payment aggregators to how much amount at the time of application
for the licence from Rs 100 crore it had proposed earlier.

Rs 10 crore
Rs 15 crore
Rs 25 crore
Rs 50 crore
None of these

▪ Rs 100 crore it had proposed earlier.

▪ The apex bank said that PAs should achieve a net-worth of Rs 15
crore by March 31, 2021 and a net-worth of Rs 25 crore by the end of
March 31, 2023.
Q.47. RBI raises investment limit for foreign portfolio investors from
20% to ______

25%
30%
40%
49%
51%

• Currently, short-term investments by a foreign portfolio investors

(FPI) should not exceed 20 per cent of the total investment of that
FPI in either central government securities (including treasury bills)
or state development loans or corporate bonds.
Q.48. Which State is on bottom in the Business Reform Action Plan
ranking of states for 2018-19 ?

Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Sikkim
Tripura
Punjab

▪ It is also known as The Ease of Doing Business rankings

▪ Ranking of States based on the implementation of Business Reform
Action Plan started in the year 2015
Q.49. Union minister Jitendra Singh announced that the first-ever
cannabis medicine project will soon be set up in _______
Jammu
Ladakh
Shimla
Dalhousie
Sri Nagar

▪ The cannabis medicine project will be set up with the collaboration of

Canada at the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) in
Jammu.
Q.50 Union Territory of Puducherry celebrated its ______ anniversary of the
“De-Jure”day on August 16, 2020.

44th
59th
66th
71st
74th

▪ Puducherry became independent by virtue of a referendum on October

18,1954.
▪ But the treaty of cession signed between the French and Indian
governments was ratified by the French Parliament only on August 16,
1962.
Q.51 Which of the following has tied up with Kotak Mahindra
General Insurance to offer COVID-19 insurance cover of up to ₹1
lakh against gold loan.

Muthut Finance
Bajaj Alliance
Manappuram Finance Limited
ICICI Home Finance Company Limited
HDB Financial Services

Muthoot Finance Managing Director: George Alexander Muthoot.

Q.52 Which of the following bank has launched Jan BachatKhata (JBK), which is
an Aadhaar Authentication based digital savings account that brings
neo-banking experience to consumers.

Fino Payments Bank

Airtel Payment Bank
AU Small Finance Bank
Suryoday Small Finance Bank
Equitas Small Finance Bank

▪ Fino Pay Tech HQ: Mumbai.

▪ CEO: Rishi Gupta.
Q.53 Former RBI governor, Urjit Patel has written a book
titled ________ .

The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India
Getting Competitive: A Practitioner’s Guide for India
A Song of India
Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver

Former RBI governor, Urjit Patel has written a book

titled ‘Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver’ will be releasing later
this month
Q.54 Which bank has launched “Signature Visa Debit Card” for the
high net worth individuals maintaining an average quarterly
balance of ₹10 lakhs and above.
SBI
BOI
BOB
PNB
HDFC
This card will have a spending limit of up to ₹5 lakhs on POS &
e-commerce and ₹1 lakh on ATM.
115th Foundation Day on September 7, 2020
MD & CEO AK Das
Q.55 Which of the following Bank has launched a lead management system
LMS) named as i-Lead 2.0 ?

Canara Bank
HSBC
HDFC
SBI
ICICI

▪ Canara Bank  (Inspiring Leads System version 2.0): Customers can use internet
banking, mobile banking, call center, SMS and missed call services to enquire
and get services rendered to them.
▪ They can also use the CANDI mobile app of Canara Bank.
Q.56. With which bank, National Payments Corporation of India and JCB
International have announced the launch of JCB Platinum Contactless Debit
Card.

ICICI
HDFC
Axis Bank
SBI
Karnataka Bank

▪ This Card has been launched on the RuPay network by SBI in association with
JCB.
▪ Customers can perform contact & contactless payments with this.
Q.57. Which Municipal Corporation Bonds recently listed bond of 200 cr
successfully on the BSE ?
Mumbai
Bangalore
Lucknow
Ahmedabad
Chandigarh

▪ The total issue of Rs 100 crore (including green shoe option of up to Rs 100
crore) attracted considerable investor interest and received bids totalling to
Rs 450 crore.

▪ It closed at a coupon rate of 8.5 percent for a 10-year bond

Q.58. Who among the following has been announced as India ambassador to
BAFTA’s “Breakthrough initiative”?
नम्न ल खत में से कसे बाफ्टा की “ नणार्कयक पहल” के लए भारत के राजदूत के रूप में घो षत कया गया
है ?
Zakir Hussain
A R Rahman 
Shobha Sekhar
Anupam Kher
None of these
▪ AR Rahman has been roped in as ambassador of the (BAFTA) British Academy
Film Awards Breakthrough initiative in India.
▪ In 2020, BAFTA will identify and support up to five exceptional talents working
in film, games or television in India.
Q.59. Who has been appointed as the new global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Bata?
बाटा के नए वैिश्वक मुख्य कायर्ककारी अ धकारी (CEO) के रूप में कसे नयुक्त कया गया है ?
Sandeep Kataria
P K Mohanty
A K Dixit
Neeraj Dawan
Marcos Prado

▪ Kataria is the first Indian to be appointed to the global role of Bata

(Headquarter-Lausanne, Switzerland).
Q.60. First Child-friendly Police Station in India has launched in which city ?

Hyderabad
Mumbai
Bangalore
Noida
Pune

▪ The mandate for this arisen out of Juvenile Justice Act 2015, outlines the
steps to be taken for the protection of rights of children in need of care &
protection.
Q.61. Who is the author of the book “On the Move: My Journey as a Relentless
Entrepreneur”?
“ऑन द मूव: माई जनर्थी एज ए रलेंटलेस एंटरप्रेन्योर” पुस्तक के लेखक कौन हैं?

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Roshni Nadar
Hari Khemka
Chanda Kochhar
Narayana Murthy 
Q.62. Which state is celebrating 21st edition of Hornbill Festival?
हॉनर्क बल फेिस्टवल का 21वां संस्करण कस राज्य में मनाया जा रहा है ?
Assam
Tripura
Manipur
Nagaland
Sikkim
• 21st edition of the festival is online due to pandemic.
• Nagaland celebrates its 58th Statehood day: 1 December
▪ Nagaland Governor: R N Ravi
▪ CM: Neiphiu Rio
▪ Capital: Kohima
Q.63. The Border Security Force (BSF) observes its Raising Day every year on
December 01. In 2020, BSF is observing its __________ Raising Day
52
54
56
58
62
▪ BSF was formed on December 1, 1965 
▪ BSF has been termed as the First Line of Defence of Indian Territories.
▪ BSF Director General –Rakesh Asthana.
Q.64. The book titled ‘Future of Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific’
has been released by which organisation ?
NDB
ADB
AIIB
World Bank
IMF
▪ The book provides insight on how stronger regional cooperation strategies,
including in health, trade, finance, and disaster risk, can help governments in
Asia and the Pacific accelerate economic growth and robust recovery from the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Q.65. What is the theme of the World Aids Day 2020 by UNO ?

On the fast track to end AIDS epidemic

Communities make the difference
Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Resilience and Impact
Global solidarity, resilient HIV services: WHO
Global solidarity, shared responsibility: UN
Q.66. Where will World Economic Forum 2021 be held?
वश्व आ थर्कक मंच 2021 कहाँ आयोिजत कया जाएगा?
South Korea 
Singapore
Switzerland
Japan
UK

▪ The decision to shift the annual forum from Switzerland has been taken
in view of the Covid-19 situation in Europe.
▪ Headquarters: Cologny, Switzerland.
▪ Founder: Klaus Schwab.
Q.67. Which country has replaced the Maldives as host of the 2023 Indian Ocean
Island Games?
कौन से दे श ने मालदीव को 2023  हंद महासागर द्वीप खेलों के मेजबान के रूप में प्र तस्था पत कया है ?
Maldives
Malawi
Madagascar 
Japan
Seychelles
▪ Madagascar has replaced the Maldives as the host of the 2023 Indian
Ocean Island Games due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
▪ Capital: Antananarivo
▪ Currency: Malagasy ariary
Q.68. Name the Indian woman who was on the 41st position in the list of world’s
top 100 most powerful women by Forbes.
उस भारतीय म हला का नाम बताइए, जो फो सर्क द्वारा दु नया की शीषर्क 100 सबसे शिक्तशाली म हला की
सूची में 41 वें स्थान पर थी।
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chanda Kochhar 
Rank Name About
Indra Nooyi 
1 Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany
Sangeetha Reddy
President, European Central
Nirmala Sitharaman  2 Christine Lagarde
Bank
Vice President-elect, United
3 Kamala Harris
States
Nirmala
41 Finance Minister of India
Sitharaman
Kiran Founder, Chair and Managing
68
Mazumdar-Shaw Director, Biocon Ltd.
Q.69. Who has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year 2020″?
टाइम मैगज़ीन का “पसर्कन ऑफ़ द ईयर 2020” कसे ना मत कया गया है ?
Kamala Harris
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
Greta Thunberg
Narendra Modi
A&B

• Time began its tradition in 1927. Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg last
year became the youngest individual winner
Q.70. Which state has received the ‘Best State’ award for promoting sports at
FICCI India Sports Awards 2020?
फक्की इं डया स्पोट्र्कस अवा र्कस 2020 में खेलों को बढ़ावा दे ने के लए कस राज्य को ‘सवर्कश्रेष्ठ राज्य‘ का
पुरस्कार मला है ?
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Rajasthan
Gujrat
FICCI India Sports Awards 2020 held virtually this year owing to
the COVID-19 pandemic.

Award Personality
Elavenil
Sportsperson of the Year (Female)
Valarivan
Sportsperson of the Year (Male) Bajrang Punia
Madhya
Best State Promoting Sports Award
Pradesh
Best Company Promoting Sports (Private Sector) Anil Kumble
Q.71. Name the company which has introduced world’s 1st satellite-based
Narrowband-Internet of Things network in India.
उस कंपनी का नाम बताइए िजसने भारत में दु नया का पहला उपग्रह-आधा रत नैरोबैंड-इंटरनेट ऑफ थंग्स
नेटवकर्क पेश कया है ।
BSNL
MTNL
Jio
VI
Airtel
▪ The new ‘Made in India' solution has been indigenously developed by Skylo. It
is the world's first satellite-based NB-IoT network.
▪ It will connect with BSNL’s satellite ground infrastructure and provide PAN
India coverage, including the Indian Sea.
Q.72. RBI has decided to set up an ABPC in which city for receipt, storage and
dispatch of currency notes.
Gandhi Nagar
Mumbai
Bhopal
Indore
Jaipur

▪ Automated Banknote Processing Centre

Q.73. Which bank has collaborated with Haqdarshak to assist Indian MSME
via Haqdarshak’s new platform which provides access to MSME-focused
government-assisted schemes across the country.
SBM Bank
DBS Bank
RBL Bank
Axis Bank
YES Bank
▪ MD & CEO - Surojit Shome
▪ HQ - Mumbai
❑ DBS Bank in News

Union Cabinet has approved the merger of capital-starved Lakshmi Vilas Bank
(LVB) with DBS Bank India.

DBS has been recognised as "Safest Bank in Asia" for 11 consecutive years by New
York-based trade publication Global Finance

Global Finance magazine awards DBS ‘Best Bank in the World’ title for the second
time in three years
Q.74. Who has been appointed as chief risk officer of HDFC Bank ?

Jimmy Tata
Sanmoy Chakrabarti
S K Gopalkrishnan
Sashidhar Jagdishan
J Vankatramu

HDFC Bank has appointed Sanmoy Chakrabarti as the CRO for 3 years in
place of Jimmy Tata, who will take on the role of Chief Credit Officer.
▪ MD & CEO - Sashidhar Jagdishan.
Q.75. Aceware fintech launches micro-ATM service in association with which
Bank at Kochi, Kerala.
HDFC
Canara Bank
SBI
BOB
ICICI

▪ Aimed at enabling withdrawal of money from a bank account from the

comfort of home, Customers of all banks can place an order for money on
Ace Money app & money will be delivered in 30-40 minutes.

▪ Aceware is a fintech company located in Infopark, Kochi

Q.76. Which bank has launched “FX 4 U” for forex remittance via Internet
Banking.
HDFC
Canara Bank
SBI
BOB
ICICI

▪ Eligible customers will be able to undertake remittance facilities in

adherence to the FEMA regulations.
▪ Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) is an Act of the Parliament
of India 
▪ CEO & MD - L V Prabhakar.
Q.77. Which Life Insurance company has launched #GotYouCovered for
healthcare workers in partnership with Primero Skills & Training.
Bajaj Allianz
ICICI Prudential
Bharti Axa
Max Life
LIC

▪ For each share of the initiative on social media, Bharti AXA extends one
face mask to each healthcare worker or student with Primero.

▪ It was launched on Universal Health Coverage Day (December 12).

Q.78 Which of the following bank has launched a unique variant of a contactless
debit card under the name ‘RuPay Select’, in association with the NPCI
नम्न ल खत में से कस बैंक ने NPCI के साथ मलकर 'RuPay Select' नाम से एक संपकर्क र हत डे बट
काडर्क का एक अनूठा संस्करण लॉन्च कया है
State Bank of India
Central Bank of India
Bank of Baroda
Union Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India

Additionally, it comes up with an accidental and permanent disability

insurance cover up to 10 lakh at no extra cost to customers.
Banking News

Central Bank of India

CEO: Pallav Mohapatra

Founded: 21 December 1911  

Q.79 Which of the following bank has set up on-line platform “Infinite India” to
provide banking and other valued services to foreign companies for setting up
or expanding business in the country.
नम्न ल खत में से कस बैंक ने दे श में व्यवसाय स्था पत करने या वस्तार करने के लए वदे शी कंप नयों
को बैं कं ग और अन्य मूल्यवान सेवाएं प्रदान करने के लए ऑन-लाइन प्लेटफॉमर्क "अनंत भारत" स्था पत
कया है ।
ICICI
SBI
HDFC
Canara Bank
Kotak Mahindra

Services like incorporation of a business entity, corporate filings, licences and

registrations, HR services, compliances and taxation among others.
Q.80 As per the ‘Status of Leopard in India 2018’, what is the overall population
of leopards in India?
भारत में तें दए
ु की िस्थ त के अनुसार 2018, भारत में तें दओ
ु ं की कुल आबादी क्या है ?
A) 13,777
B) 10,502
C) 11,000
D) 12,852
E) 15,212

▪ 60 per cent increase has been recorded in the leopard population over the
previous estimate which was conducted in 2014.
Q.81 With which country India has signed MOU recently on Technology
Cooperation in Road Infrastructure Sector in New Delhi.
कस दे श के साथ भारत ने हाल ही में नई दल्ली में रोड इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर सेक्टर में प्रौद्यो गकी सहयोग पर
समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर कए हैं।
Austria 
USA
Vietnam
UK
Japan

• Capital: Vienna
• Currency: Euro
Q.82 India and which nation has signed seven agreements during the virtual
summit in areas such as defence, scientific research, renewable energy, nuclear
energy, petro-chemicals, and cancer treatment.
भारत और कस राष्ट्र ने रक्षा, वैज्ञा नक अनुसंधान, नवीकरणीय ऊजार्क, परमाणु ऊजार्क, पेट्रो-रसायन और
कैं सर उपचार जैसे क्षेत्रों में आभासी शखर सम्मेलन के दौरान सात समझौतों पर हस्ताक्षर कए हैं।
Austria 
USA
Vietnam
UK
Japan
प्रधान मंत्री श्री नरें द्र मोदी और वयतनाम के प्रधान मंत्री गुयेन जुआन फुक ने संयुक्त रूप से भारत-
वयतनाम शखर सम्मेलन को संबो धत कया
Q.83 Which state government and UN Women have collaborated to establish
India's first Gender Data Hub.
भारत की पहली जेंडर डेटा हब की स्थापना के लए कस राज्य सरकार और संयुक्त राष्ट्र म हला ने सहयोग
कया है ।
Odisha
Delhi
West Bengal
Kerala
Maharashtra

To collect, analyze and use more nuanced data and inform policy formulation
in a manner that the center-stages women's rights.
Q.84 Asian Development Bank Approves $231 Million Loan for a Hydropower
Project in which state ?
ए शयाई वकास बैंक ने कस राज्य में एक जल वद्युत प रयोजना के लए $ 231 म लयन ऋण स्वीकृ त
कया है ?
Assam
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
Madhya Pradesh

▪ The Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power facility will utilize water from the Kopili
river to produce around 120 MW of electricity.
Q.85 Based on the latest estimate of leopards in India, which state has the
highest population of the species?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Gujarat
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Karnataka

▪ The States of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra recorded the

highest leopard estimates at 3,421, 1,783, and 1,690 respectively.
Q.86 How much amount has been sanctioned by the World Bank for
Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to develop
safe and green national highway corridors in these states?
राजस्थान, आंध्र प्रदे श, हमाचल प्रदे श और उत्तर प्रदे श के लए वश्व बैंक द्वारा इन राज्यों में सुर क्षत
और हरे राष्ट्रीय राजमागर्क ग लयारों को वक सत करने के लए कतनी रा श मंजूर की गई है ?
USD 700 million
USD 500 million
USD 1200 million
USD 900 million
USD 750 million
Q.87 Which bank has collaborates with Salesforce to enhance customer
experience
ग्राहक अनुभव को बढ़ाने के लए कस बैंक ने Salesforce के साथ सहयोग कया है
Axis Bank
Yes Bank
SBI
Kotak Mahindra
BOI

▪ The deployment of Salesforce, the global leader in Customer Relationship

Management Loan Origination System for retail banking will enable the Bank
to provide personalized solutions and connected banking experiences for
consumers across segments.
Q.88 With which country, India has signed an agreement to cooperate in the
fields of health and medicine, including sharing of expertise in building climate
resilient infrastructure?
कस दे श के साथ, भारत ने स्वास्थ्य और च कत्सा के क्षेत्र में सहयोग करने के लए एक समझौते पर
हस्ताक्षर कए हैं, िजसमें जलवायु-लचीले बु नयादी ढांचे के नमार्कण में वशेषज्ञता साझा करना शा मल है ?
USA
Israel
UK
France
Japan
Q.89 Which city’s Amar Singh College conservation project has been recognized
with the 2020 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation?
कस शहर के अमर संह कॉलेज संरक्षण प रयोजना को सांस्कृ तक वरासत संरक्षण के लए 2020 यूनेस्को
ए शया-प्रशांत पुरस्कार से मान्यता दी गई है ?
Sri Nagar
Bhopal
Lucknow
Jaipur
Bangalore
▪ Amar Singh College was recognised with the ‘Award of Merit’ in the 2020
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Q.90 Who is the author of a new book “The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined
the Buddha” which will uncover the story of ‘The Light of Asia’ poem?
“द लाइट ऑफ ए शया: द पोम दै ट डफाइड द बुद्धा” नामक एक नई पुस्तक के लेखक कौन हैं, जो द लाइट
ऑफ ए शया क वता की कहानी को उजागर करे गा?
Shashi Tharoor
Jairam Ramesh
Sagarika Ghose
Anand Jaiswal
Madhu Gaur
Q.91 Who is the author of the book ‘Oh Mizoram’ virtually released by M
Venkaiah Naidu?
एम वेंकैया नायडू द्वारा जारी पुस्तक “ओह मजोरम” के लेखक कौन हैं?
(a) Zoramthanga / ज़ोरमथांगा
(b) Sarbananda Sonowal / सबार्कनंद सोनोवाल
(c) Jagdish Mukhi / जगदीश मुखी
(d) P S Sreedharan Pillai / पी एस श्रीधरन पल्लई
(e) Biswabhusan Harichandan / बस्वभूषण ह रचंदन

▪ VP Venkaiah Naidu virtually released the book ‘Oh Mizoram’, written by

Governor of Mizoram, Shri P S Sreedharan Pillai.
Q.92 Who is the author of the book titled “Covid-19: Sabhyata ka Sankat aur
Samadhan”?
“को वद-19: सभ्यता का संकट और समाधन” नामक पुस्तक के लेखक कौन हैं?
(a) V. Krishnaswamy / वी कृ ष्णस्वामी
(b) Kailash Satyarthi / कैलाश सत्याथर्थी
(c) Ramchandra Guha / रामचंद्र गुहा
(d) Girish Kuber / गरीश कुबेर
(e) Boria Majumdar / बो रया मजूमदार
▪ The book was launched by former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Rajya
Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh 
Q.93 Which of the following company and India's premier housing finance
company signed a MOU with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) to
promote green buildings in the country.
नम्न ल खत में से कस कंपनी और भारत की प्रमुख हाउ संग फाइनेंस कंपनी ने दे श में ह रत इमारतों
को बढ़ावा दे ने के लए भारतीय ह रत भवन प रषद (IGBC) के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर
कए।
HDFC Ltd
SBI Capital
Can Fin Homes Limited
GIC Housing Finance Ltd
BOB Financial
HDFC intends to work with IGBC to create awareness and promote financing
of green buildings in the country.
Q.94 Bajaj Auto signs MoU with which state government for Rs 650
Crore Investment at Chakan Plant
बजाज ऑटो ने चाकन प्लांट में 650 करोड़ रुपये के नवेश के लए कस राज्य सरकार के
साथ समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर कए
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Gujrat

▪ The facility is expected to commence production in 2023.

▪ Company’s electric vehicles starting with the Chetak electric
scooter.
Q.95 The Mobile Application and web portal called ‘PR Insight’ has
been launched by which state?
पीआर इनसाइट ’नामक मोबाइल एिप्लकेशन और वेब पोटर्क ल कस राज्य द्वारा शुरू कया
गया है ?
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Punjab
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh launched Mobile

Application and web portal called PR Insight, to improve the
delivery of citizen centric services, based upon the feedback of its
citizens on government policies.
Q.96 India’s first Lithium refinery is proposed to be set up in which
state?
भारत की पहली ल थयम रफाइनरी कस राज्य में स्था पत करने का प्रस्ताव है ?
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Gujrat
▪ Manikaran Power Limited, one of the country’s largest power
trading and renewable energy company will invest around Rs 1,000
crore to set up this refinery.
Q.97 Union Cabinet has recently allowed 100% FDI in which of the following
sector?
केंद्रीय मं त्रमंडल ने हाल ही में नम्न ल खत में से कस क्षेत्र में 100% FDI की अनुम त दी है ?
Multi Brand retail trading
Direct to Home Broadcasting Services
Private sector Bank
Public Sector Bank
Payment Bank 

▪ 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) as well as increasing the
license period to 20 years.
▪ FDI cap was limited to 49 per cent
Q.98 Which Bank has topped among 100 Banking, Financial Services and
Insurance (BFSI) companies in India?
भारत में 100 बैं कं ग,  वत्तीय सेवाओं और बीमा कंप नयों (BFSI) में कस बैंक ने शीषर्क स्थान प्राप्त कया
है ?
SBI
BOB
ICICI
HDFC
DBS Bank
• BFSI Movers and Shakers 2020 report by Wizikey
▪ 2nd Rank:  ICICI Bank
▪ 3rd Rank: State Bank of India (SBI)
Q.99 Which of the following organization has announced to invest USD 54
million in India to support critical infrastructure projects?
नम्न ल खत में से कस संगठन ने महत्वपूणर्क बु नयादी ढांचा प रयोजनाओं का समथर्कन करने के लए
भारत में 54 म लयन अमरीकी डालर का नवेश करने की घोषणा की है ?
United States Agency for International Development
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
International Development Association
Asian Development Bank
Asian Infrastructure Development Bank

• DFC will invest this $54 million in equity for the National Investment and
Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) in India.
Q.100. James Wolfensohn passed away recently. He was the former president of
which of the following organization?
जेम्स वोल्फेंसन का हाल ही में नधन हो गया। वह नम्न ल खत में से कस संगठन के पूवर्क अध्यक्ष थे?
European Union
UNO
WHO
WTO
World Bank
▪ Australian-American lawyer, investment banker, and economist James
Wolfensohn, who served as the President of the World Bank for 10 years, has
passes away. He was 86.
Q.101. Which bank has approved the appointment of Ashish Chandak
as the new Chief Compliance Officer of the bank for three years.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank

PMC Bank
Yes Bank
City Union Bank
South India Bank

▪ Sumit Gupta as the new Chief Risk Officer of the bank for a period
of three years. He will succeed Neeraj Dhawan
Q.102. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of TRAI.

Rajat Saud
Suresh Chandra Sharma
Balram Bhargava
Subash Kamath
P. D. Vaghela

▪ He will replace R.S. Sharma. Mr Vaghela will hold the post for a period of 3yr
or until he attains the age of 65 years.

▪ Telecom Regulatory Authority of India founded: 20th Feb. 1997

Q.103. Who has been appointed as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SBI with
effect from 01 October 2020.

Prashant Kumar
Vinay Tonse
Prakesh Chandra Kandpal
Charanjit Singh Attra
Ashwini Ku Tiwari
Q.104. Ravi Santhanam is the Chief Marketing Officer of which Bank has been
recognised in the Forbes list of ’The World’s Most Influential CMOs and ranked at
Number 39.

ICICI
HDFC
Axis Bank
SBI
BOB

▪ #HumHaarNahiMaanenge
▪  #HDFCBankSafetyGrid campaign

Phil Schiller: Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing, Apple

Stephanie McMahon: Chief Brand Officer, WWE
Q.105. Who has been appointed as new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of
India ?

C S Attra
D K Khara
M Rajeshwar Rao
Sameer Kumar Khare
Simanchala Das
Q.106. Who is the head of 3-member Committee of Directors (CoD) to look after
the affairs of Lakshmi Vilas Bank, appointed by RBI ?

Shakti Sinha
Meeta Makhan
Satish Kumar Kalra
S Sundar
None of these

▪ The three members are- Meeta Makhan, Shakti Sinha, and Satish Kumar
Kalra.
▪ Meeta Makhan is the head of this Committee of Directors (CoD).
▪ Shri S Sundar: Managing Director & CEO
Q.107. Who has been appointed as the MD&CEO of India Post Payments Bank?

J Venkatramu
Ramesh Babu
A K Dixit
Parth Pratim Sengupta
Anil Kishora

▪ He is presently working as the chief digital officer at Equitas Small Finance

Bank.
▪ Venkatramu has been appointed to the post for a period of three years.
Q.108. Which bank has appointed Prashant Joshi as Managing Director & Head of
National Distribution.

DCB Bank
Federal Bank
Lakshmi Vilas Bank
City Union Bank
None of these

▪ He will report to Surojit Shome, MD & CEO of DBS Bank India Ltd.

▪ DBS Bank India (Development Bank of Singapore) is a Singaporean

multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in
Marina Bay, Singapore.
Q.109. Ashwani Bhatia recently appointed as the Managing Director of which
bank ?

Yes Bank
Bank of Baroda
Union Bank of India
SBI
PNB

▪ Bhatia is currently the deputy MD and CEO of SBI Mutual Fund. Bhatia will
be appointed in place of P K Gupta who superannuated on March 31.

▪ Bhatia has been appointed as the managing director up to the date of his
superannuation, that is May 31, 2022.
Q.110. Who has been appointed as the new president of FTII society and
chairman of governing council of FTII?

Shekhar Kapoor 
Paresh Rawal 
Aveek Sarkar 
Rajat Saud
Suresh Chandra Sharma
Q.111. Who has been appointed as DG of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security ?

M A Ganapathy
Usha Padhee
Samant Goel
Rajesh Ranjan
Arvind Kumar

▪ Usha Padhee, joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been
given additional charge as director general of the Bureau of Civil Aviation
Security
Q.112. The Central Authority nominated to whom as the chairperson of
Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.

R.F Nariman
BVR Mohan Reddy
D P Singh
Neerab Kumar Das
Arun Mishra

▪ SCLSC is constituted for implementing legal services programme insofar as

it relates to the Supreme Court.

▪ Justice R.F Nariman will replace Justice Arun Mishra.

Q.113. Mustapha Adib is set to become the Prime Minister of which nation.

Surinam
Lebanon
Tunisia
Somalia
Singapore

▪ Lebanon's Ambassador to Germany, 

▪ Capital: Beirut
▪ Currency: Lebanese pound
Q.114. Shri R. Masakui has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of
India to which of the following Nation ?

Taiwan
Turkmenistan
Chez Republic
Jamaica
Zimbabwe

▪ Presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Zimbabwe

▪ Jamaica Capital: Kingston.

▪ Currency: Dollar.
▪ PM: Andrew Holness.
Q.115. Yoshihide Suga has been elected as the new Prime Minister of which of
the following country?

China
Singapore
Philippines
Thailand
Japan

Japan's ruling party elected Yoshihide Suga as its new

leader replacing Shinzo Abe as the country's next prime
minister.
Q.116. Mohamed Irfaan Ali became the President of which nation ?

Indonesia
Yemen
Mauritania
Guyana
Iran

He succeeds David Arthur
▪  Brigadier Mark Phillips was also sworn in as Prime Minister.
▪ Additionally, former President Bharrat Jagdeo was named Vice President.

Capital– Georgetown
Currency- Guyanese Dollar
Q.117. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of online live
tutoring company Vedantu.

Sonu Sood
Amitabh Bachchan
Ayushman Khurana
M S Dhoni
Aamir Khan 

▪ Phone Pe, Samsung, Dustin India, Vivo

Q.118. Who has been named as Men’s Footballer of the Year in the All India
Football Federation Award 2019-20

Sanju Yadav
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Anirudh Thapa
L. Ajit Kumar
P. VAIRA-MUTHU
Q.119. Which of the following has come up with an indigenously-made
Microprocessor, named ‘MOUSHIK.’

IISc Bangalore
IIT Madras
IIT Bombay
IIT Kanpur
IIT Delhi

▪ Moushik is the third in the series of six computer chips being designed as a
part of the Shakti Microprocessor programme of IIT Madras. 
▪ The Project Shakti is funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology, Government of India.
Q.120. Which State will have Conservation & Breeding Centre, that will be the 1st
in India which will be dedicated to red-headed king vulture.

Odisha
Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh

▪ UP will get its 1st conservation centre for endangered vultures

▪ It is to be formed on the lines of Haryana's Pinjore VCB centre.
Q.121. Which state will launch a web portal named “Dharani” for integrated land
record management on October 26, 2020 i.e. on the festive occasion of Dussehra.

Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu

▪ Chief minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar

Q.122. To promote buyer-seller network in state, Which of the following has
launched a mobile app Kisan Rath.

Karnataka
Assam
Delhi
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh

▪ App connects more than 10,000 farmers, 50 farmer-producer & 1,000 verified
agricultural traders on its interface.
▪ App is available in 3 language - Assamese, Hindi & English.
Q.123. Which state has launched Kritagyata, an online pension submission and
tracking system

Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Punjab
Odisha
Assam
Q.124. Which state has launched Pathashree Abhijan Scheme to Repair Roads in
State?

Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
Punjab
Odisha
Assam
Q.125. Which state has launched Online E-Learning Platform named
DISHTAVO ?

Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir
Kerala
Gujrat
Goa

▪ YouTube channel ‘DISHTAVO’, wherein the students will be able

to view recorded lectures. 

▪ Around 3,500 videos have been recorded out of which 1,000

videos have been uploaded. Around 2,500 videos are being
edited.
Q.126. Which state has launched a month-long mass awareness campaign till 31
of October on COVID 19. The state will distribute 1crore masks to protect the
public from COVID infection

Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Delhi
Kerala
Odisha
Q.127. Indian Navy has partnered with which Municipal Corporation to
undertake Aerial Seeding ?

Greater Visakhapatnam
Bangalore
Greater Noida
Bhopal
Indore

▪ Aerial seeding is a technique in which seeds are sown aerially with

the help of drones or helicopter.

▪ Aims of this initiative is to enhance the green cover in and around

Visakhapatnam.
Q.128. Which bank has launched a Warehouse Commodity Finance App.

HDFC Bank
Axis Bank
Yes Bank
ICICI
SBI

▪ This will enable customers in drawing down and managing the loan
against pledge of commodities online without physical intervention or
multiple visits to a bank branch

▪ This in turn will enhance efficiencies for the Agri value chain.
Q.129. Which Bank has unveiled its IB-eNote facility, aimed at
providing a paperless working environment and to improve the
turnaround time considerably.

Canara Bank
Indian Bank
Airtel Payment Bank
BOB
PNB

▪ IB also launched Ind Guru, e-learning platform for its employees

▪ CEO: Padmaja Chunduru 
Q.130. Which Bank has introduced Kisan credit card loan scheme for
fishermen in Tamil Nadu.

Canara Bank
Indian Bank
City Union Bank
Karnataka Bank
Karur Vyas Bank

▪ IB-eNote facility, aimed at providing a paperless working

environment and to improve the turnaround time considerably.
▪ CEO: Padmaja Chunduru
Q.131. SBI Card has joined hands with ______ to offer global benefits
and exclusive privileges for consumers in India.

Visa
Master Card
Diners Club
American Express
HSBC Premium

▪ CEO: Stephen Squeri

Q.132. What is the maturity period of Kisan Vikas Patra ?

111 Month Small Savings Scheme Interest Rate

113 Month 5-Year Post Office Recurring Deposit (RD)
117 Month 5.8%
Account
124 Month Post Office Time Deposit Account (TD) – Five
6.7%
None of these Years
Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) 7.4%
15-Year Public Provident Fund Account (PPF) 7.1%
National Savings Certificates (NSC) 6.8%
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) 6.9%
Sukanya Samriddhi Account 7.6%
Q.133. Reserve Bank has raised the banks’ maximum aggregate retail
exposure limit to entities with turnover up to Rs 50 crore to _______

1 Cr
5 Cr
7.5 Cr
9 Cr
10.5 Cr

▪ Earlier this limit was Rs 5 crore.

▪ The decision has been taken to increase credit flow to small

businesses.
Q.134. Which Bank has launched a new entry-level credit card
named ACE Credit Card in collaboration with Google Pay and will run
on Visa (Signature) platform.

Yes Bank
Axis Bank
HSBC
HDFC
ICICI

▪ With focus on increasing participation of users in the digital

economy.
Q.135. NABARD has announced a special refinance facility for the Water,
Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme. NABARD has earmarked an
amount of _______ for the financial year 2020-21.

Rs 200 crore
Rs 500 crore
Rs 800 crore
Rs 1000 crore
Rs 1200 crore

▪ To promote sustainable and healthy lifestyle in rural areas.

▪ The support will be channelised to fund WASH activities, which are
eligible for 95 percent refinance.
Q.136. According to NABARD data, Regional rural banks (RRBs) has
incurred a net loss of ____________ in FY20.

Rs 1100 crores
Rs 2206 crores 
Rs 3312 crores
Rs 3011 crores
Rs 5105 crores     

▪ Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme: Rs 800 crore

▪ RRBs as a group reported net loss of Rs 2,206 crore in the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, as against Rs 652-crore
net loss in FY19
Q.137. Which of the following organisation has issued report titled
‘Beaten or Broken? Informality and Covid-19 in South Asia’, prolonged
closure of schools in India could cost $400bn in future earnings.

Asian Development Bank

UNO
WHO
World Bank
AIIB

▪ Report stated that around 55 lakh students may drop out of the
education system.
Q.138. Who has secured her first Grand Slam title by winning French
Open Women Single?

Sofia Kenin
Victoria Azarenka
Maria Sharapova
Iga Swiatek
Simone Biles

▪ Iga Swiatek / इगा िस्वअतेक : Poland

Q.139. Name the tennis player who has won French Open to equal Roger
Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slam titles.

Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal
Pancho Gonzales
Dominic Thiem
Alexander Zverev
Q.140. Which railway zone has launched Operation My Saheli to provide security
to women passengers from originating point to destination.

South Eastern Railway

Eastern Railway
Western Railway
South Central Railway
Central Railway

▪ Project has been executed under the framework of the Nirbhaya Fund & does
not involve any exp. under the head of Railways

▪ HQ: Kolkata
Q.141. Which airport has become the AAI’s first 100% solar-powered airport ?

Indore
Bangalore
Mysore
Puducherry
Hyderabad

▪ The 500KWp ground-mounted solar power plant was commissioned on

2nd October 2020. The approx cost of the plant is Rs 2.8 crore.
Q.142. NITI Aayog and which nation have signed a Statement of Intent to
support decarbonization & energy transition agenda for accommodating cleaner
energy.

Netherlands
Israel
Finland
Japan
Denmark

▪ Netherlands, Capital: Amsterdam

▪ Currency: Euro
Q.143. Which of the following ministry has entered into MoU with Swiggy to take
street food vendors online

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Planning
Housing and Urban Affairs
Q.144. With which country India holds Bongosagar and CORPAT Naval Exercises?

Nepal
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Japan
Q.145. The American space agency NASA has announced that it is working
on the Artemis program. It plans to establish a base camp on the Moon
by ______
अमे रकी अंत रक्ष एजेंसी नासा ने घोषणा की है क वह आटर्दे मस कायर्कक्रम पर काम कर रही है । इसमें
______ तक चंद्रमा पर बेस कैं प स्था पत करने की योजना है
2022
2024
2026
2025
2030
• Mission Cost: $35 billion 2020–2024
• Apollo 11: Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz
Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module
Eagle on July 20, 1969
Q.146. Which bank listed USD 100 mn green bonds on India INX recently?
हाल ही में कस बैंक ने भारत INX पर USD 100 mn हरे बांड सूचीबद्ध कए?
ICICI
BOB
HDFC
PNB
SBI

• BSE’s India International Exchange (India INX) said state-owned SBI has
listed green bonds of USD 100 million (about Rs 750 crore)
• V. Balasubramaniam : CEO
Q.147. Who has been appointed as the President of the New Development
Bank headquartered in Shanghai, China ?
K V Kamath
Marcos Prado Troyjo
Carmen Reinhart
Anil Kishora
Gita Gopinath

• SBI's risk head Anil Kishora has been elected as next Vice President

and CRO of the NDB.
Q.148. Who is the first Indian Peacekeeper to win the UN Military Gender
Award ?
Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar 
Vice Admiral GM Hiranandani
Major Suman Gawain
Major Hema Divakar
Colonel Rajiv Joshi
▪ Indian Army officer and woman peacekeeper Suman Gawani who has
served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan & Brazilian
Naval Officer Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro  have been
selected for the prestigious United Nations Military Gender Advocate
of the Year Award- 2019
Q.149. The Ickabog book is written by which of the following authors?

Agatha Christie
JK Rowling
Dan Brown
Jeffrey Archer
Sidney Sheldon

Other books: The Casual Vacancy’ and ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’

About Ickabog: This is the first book of author JK Rowling aimed at
children since “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. 
Q.150. Which has become the first state in India to launch policies on
Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cybersecurity policies.

Kerala
Telangana
Maharashtra
West Bengal
Tamil Nadu 

▪  State Family Data Base (SFDB) and Block-Chain Backbone

infrastructure will be established in the state for the implementation
of these policies
Q.151. 8 Indian beaches have been recommended for which of the
following eco-label given by ‘Foundation for Environment Education,
Denmark’?
पयार्कवरण शक्षा संस्थान, डेनमाकर्क द्वारा दए गए नम्न ल खत इको लेबल में से कसके लए 8
भारतीय समुद्र तटों की सफा रश की गई है ?
Green Flag
Yellow Flag
Blue Flag
White Flag
Red Flag

▪ Union Minister Javadekar also announced the launch of India’s own

eco-label ‘Beach Environment and Aesthetics Management Services:
BEAMS
Q.152. Who has been appointed as the new Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian
Army?
Lt Gen Raman Singh
Lt Gen Harpal Singh 
Lt Gen Vinod Kumar
Lt Gen TP Velayudhan
Major Gen Rajeev Chaudhary 
▪ Apart from this, Major Gen Rajeev Chaudhary has been appointed as the
new Director-General of the BRO.
▪ The BRO is responsible for the construction and maintenance of roads
along the borders with China and Pakistan.
Q.153. Which bank has recently launched an ‘SMS Pay’ functionality on POS
terminals, which would allow merchants to accept contactless and remote
payments from their customers
कस बैंक ने हाल ही में पीओएस ट मर्कनलों पर SMS Pay शुरू की है , जो व्यापा रयों को अपने ग्राहकों से
संपकर्क र हत और दूरस्थ भुगतान स्वीकार करने की अनुम त दे गा।
ICICI
HDFC
Axis Bank
Yes Bank
Karnataka Bank
Q.154. SIDBI signed an MoU with which state to develop the ecosystem for
MSMEs in the state.
Maharashtra
Gujrat
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal

▪ Under this, SIDBI will deploy a Project Management Unit to design training
and capacity-building programmes to be taken up by the state government in
various areas.

▪ PMUs aims to enhance efficacy & remove of bottlenecks for MSMEs.

Q.155. Name the educational programme launched by SEBI to enhance
investor education and awareness on the occasion of World Investor Week.
SMARTs
SHAPEs
SCOPEs
SERVICEs
None of these
▪ As a part of the celebrations, SEBI has launched an initiative called ‘Securities
Market Trainers’ (SMARTs) program, to enhance investor education and
awareness.
▪ Markets regulator SEBI is observing World Investor Week (WIW) in the
country from November 23 – 29, 2020.
Q.156 Harivansh has been elected as the _______ Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
ह रवंश को राज्य सभा के _______ उपाध्यक्ष के रूप में चुना गया है ।

10th
12th
9th
11th
13th

Under Article 89: Harivansh Narayan Singh has been re-elected as the Deputy

Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Q.157 Power Finance Corporation signed an agreement with the
______ in order to provide training, research and Entrepreneurship
Development in Smart grid technology. 
पॉवर फाइनेंस कॉपर्पोरेशन ने स्माटर्क ग्रड तकनीक में प्र शक्षण, अनुसंधान और
उद्य मता वकास प्रदान करने के लए ______ के साथ एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर
कए।

IIT Delhi
IIM Ahmadabad
IISc Bangalore
IIT Surathkal
IIT Kanpur

▪ The PFC will provide financial assistance of Rs. 2.38 crore to

the IIT-K under its CSR initiative. 
Q.158 Question. Who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in the field of
chemistry.

M Stanley Whittingham, Kurt Alder and John B Goodenough

Kurt Alder, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino
Otto Paul Hermann Diels, M Stanley Whittingham and Kurt
Alder
John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira
Yoshino
None of these

▪ For their pivotal role in making lithium-ion batteries

▪ TRICK: Stanley
is Goodenough in Chemistry, to
teach about lithium batteries to Akira
Q.159 Indian Railways is constructing the world’s tallest pier bridge
in which state.

Manipur
Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Jammu & Kashmir
Tripura

The bridge which is being constructed across river Ijai near Noney
district (141 meter)
It will surpass the existing record of 139 meter of Mala - Rijeka
viaduct, Montenegro in Europe.
Montenegro Capital: Podgorica
Q.160 Which of the following has launched Shagun-Gift an insurance’
policy.

Digit Insurance
LIC
SBI General Insurance
Universal Sompo General Insurance
Care Health Insurance

▪ Policy is that it can be gifted to anyone we want, which means it is

not necessary for the policy buyer to be related to the insured.
▪ PC Kandpal- MD and CEO of SBI General Insurance.
Q.161 Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Federation of Indian Fantasy
Sports (FIFS)?
फेडरे शन ऑफ इं डयन फैं टे सी स्पोट्र्कस (FIFS) के अध्यक्ष के रूप में   कसे  नयुक्त  कया गया है ?

Suresh Chandra Sharma

Rajat Saud
Bimal Julka
Ritesh Shukla
Ashwani Kumar Shukla

▪ Former Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India, Bimal Julka

Q.162 Who has launched the virtual festival of Parampara Series 2020-National
Festival of Music and Dance organised by Natya Tarangini in partnership with
the United Nations.
Narendra Modi
Amit Shah
Prahalad Patel
M Venkaiah Naidu
Smriti Irani

▪ Natya Tarangini has been organising this for the past 23 years
▪ UN HQ: New York, USA
▪ Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres.
Q.163 How much line of credit amount has been offered by India to central
Asian countries for priority developmental projects?
भारत द्वारा मध्य ए शयाई दे शों को प्राथ मकता  वकासात्मक प रयोजनाओं के  लए  कतनी रा श की पेशक
श की गई है ?
$1 billion
$3 billion
$2 billion
$5 billion
$500 million

▪ The virtual meeting was chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his
counterparts from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
▪ Benefit: These countries would utilize the priority developmental projects in
fields including the connectivity, IT, energy, education, healthcare and
agriculture.
Q.164 Luis Arce Catacora has been appointed as which country’s new President?
लुइ असर्क कैटाकोरा को  कस दे श के नए राष्ट्रप त के रूप में   नयुक्त  कया गया है ?

Chile / चली
Bolivia / बोली वया
Peru / पेरू
Venezuela / वेनेजुएला
Ecuador / इक्वाडोर

Capital: La Paz
Currency: Boliviano
Q.165 Name the Indian-Origin Candidate who has been appointed as the
President of Seychelles.
उस भारतीय मूल के उम्मीदवार का नाम बताइए िजसे सेशल्
े स का राष्ट्रप त  नयुक्त  कया गया है ।

Chandrika Prasad
Mod Hussien Ruble
Pritam Singh
Hichem Mechichi
Wavel Ramkalawan

▪ Wavel Ramkalawan / वेवल रामकलावन

▪ Capital: Victoria
▪ Currency: Rupee
Q.166 Name the mobile app launched by Delhi CM to redress pollution
complaints.
प्रदूषण की  शकायतों के  नवारण के  लए  दल्ली सीएम द्वारा शुरू  कए गए मोबाइल ऐप का नाम बताएं। 

Greenify
Harit Dilli
Green Bharat
Delhi Hariyali
Green Delhi

▪ Citizens can click pictures or make a video of pollution causing activities,

such as burning of garbage, industrial pollution, dust etc. and upload them
on the application.
Q.167 In which state Young Advocates Welfare Fund has been launched
recently?
हाल ही में   कस राज्य में  युवा अ धवक्ता कल्याण कोष शुरू  कया गया है ?

Punjab
Haryana
Bihar
Tamil Nadu
Madhya Pradesh

▪ It provides monthly financial assistance of three thousand rupees each for

two years to the lawyers who just come out of law colleges.
Q.168 On which Bank, RBI has imposed Rs 22 lakh fine for violating marketing
norms for financial products?
कस बैंक पर RBI ने  वत्तीय उत्पादों के  लए  वपणन मानदं डों का उल्लंघन करने के  लए 22 लाख रुपये का 
जुमार्कना लगाया है ?

DCB Bank 
IDFC First Bank
Capital Small Finance Bank
Airtel Payment Bank
DBS Bank

▪ CEO: Murali M. Natrajan 
▪ Headquarters: Maharashtra
Q.169 Which bank has been named Asia’s Safest Bank for 12th consecutive year
by New York-based trade publication Global Finance?
न्यूयॉकर्क िस्थत व्यापार प्रकाशन ग्लोबल फाइनेंस द्वारा लगातार 12 वीं बार  कस बैंक को ए शया का सबसे 
सुर क्षत बैंक ना मत  कया गया है ?

DCB Bank 
IDFC First Bank
DBS Bank
HDFC
ICICI

▪ CEO: Piyush Gupta

Q.170 Who has won the best Child/Young Actress award at the Las Vegas Movie
Awards 2020?
लास वेगास मूवी अवा र्कस 2020 में  सवर्कश्रेष्ठ बाल / युवा अ भनेत्री का पुरस्कार  कसने जीता है ?

K Mahashweta 
Niti Suman
R Vaishnavi
Ridhima Pandey
Archna Shayam

▪ Class V student from Tiruppur (TN)

▪ Best Child/Young Actress award for her role in the short film Grandma Toy at
the Las Vegas Movie Awards 2020.
Q.171 Who has been awarded “Dr Tulsi Das Chugh Award-2020?
कसे “डॉ तुलसी दास चुघ पुरस्कार –2020” से सम्मा नत  कया गया है ?

Dr G Sateesh Reddy
Satish Mishra 
Suresh Chandra Sharma
Balram Bhargava
Rajat Saud

▪ National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) has selected the Principal

Scientist, Division of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology,
(CSIR-CDRI)-Lucknow, Dr Satish Mishra for “Dr.Tulsi Das Chugh Award 2020”.
Q.172 Which state has launched Dharani portal for land and property
registration?
कस राज्य ने भू म और संप त्त पंजीकरण के  लए धरणी पोटर्क ल लॉन्च  कया है ?

Uttarakhand
Odisha
Telangana 
Karnataka
West Bengal

▪ The portal will be used to store land records and for property registrations
digitally.
Q.173 Which of the following organization has won the 2020 UN Global Climate
Action Award?
नम्न ल खत में  से  कस संगठन ने 2020 संयुक्त राष्ट्र वैिश्वक जलवायु कारर्क वाई पुरस्कार जीता है

World Food Programme

Food and Agriculture Organization
Green Climate Fund
UN Environment Programme
Global Himalayan Expedition

▪ GHE is one of the world’s first organisations using tourism and technology to
bring solar energy to remote communities.
Q.174 Which company has tied-up with the National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) to empower 1 lakh women with digital skills?
1 लाख म हलाओं को  डिजटल कौशल के साथ सशक्त बनाने के  लए  कस कंपनी ने राष्ट्रीय कौशल  वकास 
नगम (NSDC) के साथ समझौता  कया है ?

Amazon
Google
Microsoft
Tech Mahindra
TCS
Q.175 Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information
Commissioner(CIC)?
नए मुख्य सूचना आयुक्त (CIC) के रूप में   कसे  नयुक्त  कया गया है ?

Sanjay Kothari
Bimal Julka
Ritesh Shukla
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
Pramod Agrawal

▪ Mr Sinha was sworn in as information commissioner in the CIC on January

1, 2019
Q.176 Who has been honoured at third India International Film Festival of
Boston with a Lifetime Achievement Award?
बोस्टन के तीसरे  भारत अंतरार्कष्ट्रीय  फल्म महोत्सव में   कसे लाइफटाइम अचीवमें ट अवाडर्क से सम्मा नत  क
या गया है ?

Amitabh Bachchan
Dilip Kumar
Om Puri
Paresh Rawal
Anupam Kher
Q.177  For loans up to how much amount, RBI has asked lending institutions to
implement waiver of interest on interest schemes?
कतनी रा श तक के ऋणों के लए RBI ने ऋण संस्थानों को याज योजनाओं पर याज की छूट को लागू
करने के लए कहा है ?
Rs 1 crore
Rs 2 crore
Rs 4 crore
Rs 5 crore
Rs 3 crore
▪ The Reserve Bank of India had announced a moratorium on repayment of
loan for six months in effect from March 1, 2020. 
Q.178 Name the Young Bangladeshi boy who has won the special prize of USD
1000 in the global art competition organised by the Indian Council of Cultural
Relations.
उस युवा बांग्लादे शी लड़के का नाम बताइए िजसने भारतीय सांस्कृ तक संबंध प रषद (ICCR) द्वारा
आयोिजत वैिश्वक कला प्र तयो गता में  USD 1000 का वशेष पुरस्कार जीता है ।
Anzar Mustaeen Ali
Muktar Khan
Ajeet Acharya
Kumar Deepak
Juber Khan

▪ A six year old Bangladeshi boy Anzar Mustaeen Ali

▪ The ICCR had launched a global painting competition named ‘United Against
CORONA- Express through Art’ which attracted 8000 artwork entries from
around the world.
Q.179 Which space agency’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
(SOFIA) has discovered water on Sunlit Surface of Moon?
कस अंत रक्ष एजेंसी की “स्ट्रै टोस्फे रक ऑ जवर्देटरी फॉर इंफ्रारे ड एस्ट्रोनॉमी” (SOFIA) ने चंद्रमा की
सनलाइट सतह पर पानी की खोज की है ?
Roscosmos 
CNSA
NASA
ISRO
JAXA

▪ This indicates that water is not only limited to cold shadowed place but could
be distributed across the lunar surface.
Q.180 By which year NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Satellite is
scheduled to be launched?
नासा-इसरो संथे टक एपचर्कर रडार (NISAR) उपग्रह को कस वषर्क लॉन्च कया जाना है ?
(a) 2022
(b) 2023
(c) 2025
(d) 2027
(e) 2030
▪ NISAR mission is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to co-develop and
launch a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar on an Earth observation
satellite. 
▪ The satellite will be the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequencies.
Q.181 Who is the author of the book ‘Night of the Restless Spirits’?
पुस्तक ‘नाइट ऑफ द रे स्टलेस िस्प रट्स‘ के लेखक कौन हैं?

N Chandrasekaran
Sarbpreet Singh
Vijay Kumar Choudary
Arjun Subramaniam
Chetan Bhagat
Q.182 Who has released “Bye Bye Corona” World’s first scientoon book by
Pradeep Srivastava?
प्रदीप श्रीवास्तव द्वारा  वश्व की पहली scientoon पुस्तक “बाय बाय कोरोना”  कसने जारी की है ?
M Venkaiah Naidu
Anandiben Patel
Ram Nath Kovind 
Satya Pal Malik 
Narendra Modi 
▪ Bye Bye Corona” World’s first scientoon book was Dr Pradeep Srivastava,
former Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute,
(CDRI) Lucknow and released by Anandiben Patel, Uttar Pradesh Governor.
Q.183 Which Bank became the first bank to go live as a ‘Financial Information
Provider’ (FIP) on RBI’s ‘Account Aggregator Framework’?
कौन सा बैंक RBI के ‘खाता एग्रीगेटर फ्रेमवकर्क‘ पर  वत्तीय सूचना प्रदाता
के रूप में  आने वाला पहला बैंक बन गया है ?
DCB Bank 
IDFC First Bank
HDFC Bank
IndusInd Bank
DBS Bank
▪ Customers can now avail a host of benefits such as viewing statements of their
accounts, track deposits, plan investments (such as shares, mutual funds,
Insurance, EPF, PPF), avail credit cards, etc. on a single window, thereby
empowering them to take informed decisions pertaining to their finances.
▪ CEO: Sumant Kathpalia
Q.184 Who will lead NPCI International Payments Ltd to expand real-time
payment system UPI and card payment network RuPay in other countries.

Biswamohan Mahapatra
Dilip Asbe
Rakesh Astana
Sashidhar Jagdishan
Ritesh Shukla

▪ UPI and RuPay have already marked its presence in Singapore and UAE

NIPL will be headed by Ritesh Shukla as Chief Executive Officer

Q.185 In which state, PM Modi has inaugurated “Arogya Van” and Sardar Patel
Zoological Park?
कस राज्य में  पीएम मोदी ने “आरोग्य वन” और सरदार पटे ल जूलॉिजकल पाकर्क का उद्घाटन  कया है ?
Delhi
Karnataka
Haryana
Punjab
Gujrat
▪ Arogya Van is set up on 17 acres of land in Kevadia for spreading awareness
on Yoga, Ayurveda and Meditation.
Q.186 PM Modi has launched India’s first seaplane service in which state?
पीएम मोदी ने  कस राज्य में  भारत की पहली सीप्लेन सेवा शुरू की है ?

Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Goa
Gujrat
Maharashtra
Q.187 Panna Tiger Reserve has been included in the ‘World Network of
Biosphere Reserves’ list of the UNESCO. It is situated in which state ?

Assam
Madhya Pradesh
Bihar
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka

▪ This is the 12th biosphere reserve from India to be included in the ‘World

Network of Biosphere Reserves’, and third from Madhya
Pradesh, after Pachmarhi and Amarkantak.
Q.188 Who is the Author of Book titled Full Spectrum: India’s Wars, 1972-2020

Arjun Subramaniam
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
S Hussain
Ruskin Bond
None of these

Retired Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam

It is a sequel to India’s Wars: A Military History 1947-1971.

The book will be published by HarperCollins India.

Q.189 Which of the following has test-fired an air-launched version of BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile recently?
हाल ही में   नम्न ल खत में  से  कसने ब्रह्मोस सुपरसो नक क्रूज़  मसाइल का एक एयर लॉन्च संस्करण परी
क्षण  कया है ?
DRDO
BARC
Indian Air Force
Indian Navy
Indian Army

▪ Secure Application for Internet (SAI)’, 

▪ The application has been specially designed by the Indian Army for its
personnel to facilitate secure messaging within the service and to prevent
leaking of any classified information. 
Q.190 Which state has topped in the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
2020 for Rural India?
ग्रामीण भारत के  लए  शक्षा की वा षर्कक िस्थ त 2020 में   कस राज्य ने शीषर्क स्थान प्राप्त  कया है

Uttar Pradesh
Punjab
Tripura
West Bengal
Kerala
Q.191 What is the estimated amount allocated for the Optical-fibre connectivity
project in India ?

Rs 12,078 crore
Rs 25,164 crore
Rs 32,061 crore
Rs 42,068 crore
Rs 57,465 crore

▪ Modi said in the upcoming 1000 days nearly 6 lakh Indian villages will be
connected with optical fibre.
Q.192 Which state has been awarded the best governed state in the country in
the large states category, according to the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by
the Public Affairs Centre (PAC)?
पि लक अफेयसर्क सेंटर (PAC) द्वारा जारी सावर्कज नक मामलों के सूचकांक -2020 के अनुसार  कस राज्य को
 बड़े राज्यों की श्रेणी में  दे श का सवर्कश्रेष्ठ शा सत राज्य घो षत  कया गया है ?
Kerala
Chhattisgarh
Tamil Nadu
Punjab
Karnataka

▪ Chandigarh emerged the best governed union territory in the category of UTs.
Q.193 Which state has been awarded the best governed state in the country in
the small state category, according to the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by
the Public Affairs Centre (PAC)?
पि लक अफेयसर्क सेंटर (PAC) द्वारा जारी सावर्कज नक मामलों के सूचकांक के अनुसार  कस राज्य को छोटे  रा
ज्य की श्रेणी में  दे श का सवर्कश्रेष्ठ शा सत राज्य घो षत  कया गया है ?
Chhattisgarh
Assam
Sikkim
Goa
Mizoram
▪ Worst performers who scored negative points are Manipur.
▪ Released by the Public Affairs Centre
▪ Governance performance is analysed in the context of sustainable
development defined by three pillars of equity, growth and sustainability.
Q.194 RBI transfers its surplus profits to the Government of India in terms
of the provisions of _______ of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 

Section 19
Section 35 A
Section 47
Section 51
Section 69

▪ Chairman: Dr. Bimal Jalan

▪ In 2017-18, RBI had transferred ₹ 50,000 crore of its surplus to the

government
Q.195 Reserve Bank of India has approved Rs _______ as surplus to the
Central Government for the accounting year 2019-20.

37,323 crore
42,142 crore
46,723 crore
57,128 crore
76,423 crore

▪ The decision was taken at the 584th meeting of the Central Board of RBI
under the chairmanship of Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor RBI.
▪ RBI has decided to maintain the Contingency Risk Buffer at 5.5%.
Q.196 Which of the following has launched an initiative
named Gig-a-Opportunities. The initiative aims to attract skilled talent that can
work with the bank remotely, from anywhere in the country

HDFC
ICICI
HSBC
AXIS Bank
Yes Bank

▪ Axis Bank aims to employ 800-1000 people over the next under this initiative
▪ Bank targets up to 15% of incremental hiring in alternate work models over the next
three years
Q.197 Central Water Commission along with which of the following has
launched flood forecasting initiative ?

Infosys
Facebook
Microsoft
Amazon Cloud
Google

▪ CWC was established in 1945. It operates under Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Q.198 Union Minister of Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has informed
that _______will become the epicenter of India’s overall steel industry, to
accelerate the development of the domestic steel sector of the country.

Jharkhand
Odisha
West Bengal
Punjab
Haryana

▪ Mission Purvodaya, which aims at accelerated development of eastern India

through the establishment of integrated steel hub.
▪ The Centre has allocated capital investment of Rs 5 lakh crore for this
project
Q.199 India Set To Propose World Solar Bank & Mobilize ________ In Solar Funding
over the next ten years.

$5 Billion
$10 Billion
$50 Billion
$2 Billion
$20 Billion

▪ The bank will require $10 billion in equity capital and $2 billion in paid-up
capital.

▪ ISA is an alliance of 121 countries initiated by India, most of them

being sunshine countries, which lie either completely or partly between
the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. 

▪ Ministry for New & Renewable Energy: R. K. Singh.

▪ Renewable Energy Secretary: Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi
Q.200 Which bank has launched Green Deposit Programme in India ?

HDFC
ICICI
HSBC
AXIS Bank
Yes Bank

▪ The deposit scheme will come in the form of a term deposit, which typically
attracts higher interests as compared to savings deposits.

▪ Recently, HSBC financed 250 MW wind power project at Kutch.

▪ CEO: Noel Quinn
Q.201 Banks Board Bureau has recommended name of _________as the next
chairman of SBI.

Dinesh Kumar Khara

Vinay Tonse
Ashwini Ku Tewari
Ashwini Bhatia
Prakesh Chandra Kandpal

▪ The board has also suggested CS Setty as the candidate on the reserve list
for the vacancy. CS Setty is also serving as MD of State Bank of India.

▪ The three-year term of Rajnish Kumar will come to an end on October 7,

2020
Q.202 Innoviti Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd and _____ have partnered to develop
an installment platform, which will enable the issuers to extend credit to their
cardholders at face-to-face PoS in India

Rupay
Master Card
Visa
Diners Club
Axis

▪ Innoviti Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd: Bangalore, Karnataka

▪ CEO – Rajeev Agrawal
▪ Visa Headquarters: California, United States
▪ Chairman and CEO: Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.
Q.203 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna was launched in which year ?

2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

6th anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) was observed
which was launched on August 28, 2014.
Q.204 What is age limit to qualify under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna ?

18 to 50
18 to 55
18 to 60
18 to 65
18 to 70

Free accidental insurance cover on RuPay cards has been increased from Rs
1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh.

Overdraft facilities have also been doubled from Rs 5,000 to Rs Rs 10,000

with OD up to Rs 2,000 available without conditions.
Q.205 Which of the following university has been conferred with the Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy for the year 2019.

Panjab University Chandigarh

Punjabi University Patiala
Chandigarh University
Andhra University
Anna University

▪ The award was presented virtually by the President Ram Nath Kovind along
with Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju on the occasion
of National Sports Day on 29 August 2020.
Q.206 Which state has launched an ambitious ‘NRI unified portal’ to provide
assistance to overseas Indians and NRIs of the state during any emergency.

Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Gujrat
Kerala
Q.207 Which of the following stock exchange had hit by cyberattack.

USA
Australia
New Zealand
Austria
Switzerland

▪ New Zealand’s Exchange (NZX) which operates New Zealand capital, risk and
commodity markets (stock market) was under cyber attack for four days.
▪ It was a “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks. However, the source
of attack is not known yet.
Q.208 Mustapha Adib is set to become the Prime Minister of which nation.

Surinam
Lebanon
Tunisia
Somalia
Singapore

▪ Lebanon's Ambassador to Germany, 

▪ Capital: Beirut
▪ Currency: Lebanese pound
Q.209 Which financial institution will help Assam government for funding the
first ever Skill University of North East region, to be set up in Darrang district
of Assam?

ADB
AIIB
NDB
World Bank
IMF

▪ The total cost of setting up the University is estimated at Rs 900 crore with
financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank.

▪ Assam government has also inked a MoU recently with the  ITE Education
Service, Singapore, for training resource persons of the university.
Q.210 Govt launches 24X7 toll free mental rehabilitation helpline ____________in 13
languages. Launched by Union minister for social justice and
empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot.

Salah
Darpan
Sagar
Kiran
Seva

▪ 24X7 toll free mental rehabilitation helpline for providing psychological

support to people
Q.211 Which State Government has formed the Task Force to study and
implement the National Education Policy-2020 for school education.

Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
▪ According to the State Education Department, the State-level Task Force
comprises 15 members from politicians, administrative officials and
academicians.
Q.212 Who among the following is the head of the 5-member committee set up
by DRDO to overhaul its labs to meet future defence needs ?

Prof. V. Ramagopal Rao

Satheesh Reddy
Subhash Bhamre
Bipin Rawat
None of the above

IIT-Delhi director professor V. Ramagopal Rao

DRDO chief Satheesh Reddy received a two-year extension

Q.213 Which of the following insurance company has launched India's only
retail comprehensive pet insurance offering for pet dogs ?

Aegon Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Aviva Life Insurance Co. India Ltd.
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
Bharti AXA Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched a pet insurance product, called
‘Bajaj Allianz Pet Dog Insurance Policy’.
▪ The company claims this policy to be India’s only retail comprehensive pet
insurance offering for pet dogs
▪ Dogs from age 3 months to 10 years.
▪ Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, CEO-Tapan Singhel.
Q.214 Which bank has launched Omni Collect, a one-stop solution in India. It
supports businesses to offer multiple payment options on a single platform.

Axis Bank
IDBI
ICICI
Yes Bank
HSBC

▪ It is designed for businesses to easily collect payments through various

digital methods, thereby allowing them to easily adapt to the changes in
consumer spending.

▪ CEO– Surendra Rosha

Q.215 Which bank has introduced ‘Liberty Savings Account’ for the Indian
Youth, to address the changing lifestyle needs of young and digitally
interested Indians.

Axis Bank
IDBI
ICICI
Yes Bank
HSBC

▪ Offers a complimentary insurance cover of upto Rs 20,000 per year, (COVID

-19)

▪ Offers Cashback like, 5% cashback on Debit card spends across Food,

Entertainment, Shopping & Travel and gift Vouchers

▪ CEO: Amitabh Chaudhry

▪ Tagline– Badhti Ka naam Zindagi.
Q.216 Which bank has partnered with Adobe to enhance personalised
customer experience by Adobe Experience Cloud solutions

SBI
ICICI
HSBC
HDFC
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

▪ Opening an account digitally without visiting a branch

▪ Applying for loans digitally from home 24 by 7
▪ Managing investments without any physical interface
Q.217 Which edition of International Film Festival of India IFFI will be held in
Goa, from November 20th to 28th.

21st
31st
41st
51st
71st

▪ This film festival being a hybrid film festival due to Covid 19, would screen
films on official digital platform along with the theatrical screenings
Q.218 What is the duration of the next-generation startup contest Chunauti’
launched by IT ministry to boost startups and software products?

3 years
6 months
1 year
2 years
5 years

▪ The government has earmarked a budget of over 95  crore rupees over a

period of three years for this programme.

▪ It aims at identifying around three hundred startups working in identified

areas and providing them seed funds of upto 25 lakh rupees and other
facilities.
Q.219 Who has been honoured with Asia Game Changer award 2020 for feeding
millions in India amid COVID crisis ?

Vikash Khanna
Aditya Puri
Ashok Kumar
Ravi Sahu
J P Reddy
• Star chef Vikas Khanna 
• Asia Game Changer Awards, launched by the Asia Society — a US-based
non-profit organisation — in 2014, identify and honour true leaders who make
a positive contribution to the future of Asia.
Q.220 Which state government has launched ‘Sampoorna Poshana’ scheme for
providing nutritious food to pregnant women?

Karnataka
Telangana
Kerala
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh 
Q.221 Which bank to receive Brandon Human Capital Management Excellence
Award (also known as the Academy Awards of Learning & Development) 2020 ?

SBI
BOB
ICICI
HDFC
BOI

HR initiative, ”Nayi Disha”.

▪ The award winners will be honored at Brandon Hall Group’s annual HCM
Excellence Conference, January 26-28, 2021 at the Hilton West Palm Beach,
Florida.
Q.222 Which of the following railways developed the robotic device
named 'RAIL-BOT' to assist in patients care in hospitals ?

South Eastern Railway

South Central Railway: Secunderabad
Northeast Frontier Railway
Western Railway
Central Railway
Q.223 In the fight against the spread of Covid 19 pandemic, the Railways
has designed a health assistant Robot _______ which can remotely
communicate between doctor and patient.

Mitra robots
COBOT
MEDBOT
KARMI-Bot
Rakshak

The medical aid robot is able to measure health parameters such as

temperature, pulse, oxygen percentage.

It can also provide medicines, food to the patients and make a

two-way video communication between the doctor and the patient.
List of Robots

Fortis Hospital in Bengaluru deployed the ‘Mitra’ robots

Ernakulam, Kerala hospital deploys “KARMI-Bot
COBOT to serve food, medicine to COVID-19 patients in Jharkhand
Jaipur based company 'Club First: Sona 2.5, Sona 1.5 and Sona .5
PNT Solutions, Coro-bot: world’s 1st ‘Internet-controlled’ robot
RAIL-BOT:South Central Railway: Secunderabad
MEDBOT (Railway): Deliver food and medicines to COVID-19 patients
Robot Rakshak: The medical aid robot is able to measure health
parameters such as temperature, pulse, oxygen percentage.
Q.224 Which of the following has launched a mobile app ‘Pension Corner’ to
cater to the needs of all its retired personnel.

CRPF
BSF
ITBP
CISF
Air Force

▪ All important circulars like job opportunities and benefits relating to

pensioners will be available on the app

▪ CISF Director: Rajesh Ranjan

Q.225 Civil engineering final-year students of which IIT has launched a
free-of-cost mobile scanner application called AIR Scanner

IIT Delhi
IIT Bombay
IIT Madras
IIT Kanpur
IIT Indore

▪ Rohit Kumar Chaudhury and Kavin Agarawal got inspired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s Atma Nirbhar Bharat concept and made the artificial
intelligence-based reading assistant and document scanner app.

▪ Mamata Banerjee launches West Bengal's 'Self Scan' app

Q.226 Amul, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation has been
ranked 16th in the Rabobank’s Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list. Amul has
achieved an annual turnover of how much amount.

$1.3 billion
$3.5 billion
$5.5 billion
$4.1 billion
$7.3 billion

▪ Switzerland’s Nestle topped the list with a turnover of US $22.1 billion.

▪ Amul is the first Indian company to enter the top 20 ranking of Rabobank’s
Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list.
Q.227 Which state will set up India’s First International Women Trade Centre in
accord with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations ?

Telangana
Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
Karnataka
Kerala

Biju Prabhakar, IAS, Secretary, Department of Social Justice, Women & Child
Development announced that Kerala  (UN) at Kochi, Kerala
Q.228 The newspaper named 'The Young Minds' reportedly, will cater to kids of
4-14 years of age. This newspaper has launched in which state ?

Kerala
Tripura
Assam
West Bengal
Himachal Pradesh

▪ The newspaper named 'The Young Minds' is the brainchild of Neelam Sethia
and Neha Bajaj.

▪ The Young Minds, reportedly, will cater to kids of 4-14 years of age
Q.229 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the College, Administration
Buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University in which state ?

Bihar
Maharashtra
Gujrat
MP
UP

▪ College, Administration Buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural

University in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
▪ Prime Minister Narendra Modi sanctioned 500 water projects worth Rs 10,
000 crores to improve the water availability in the drought prone
Bundelkhand region.
Q.230 Who was appointed as the secretary-general of the All India Tennis
Association?

Anil Dhupar
Anil Khanna
Rohit Rajpal
Hemang Amin
Non of these

▪ All India Tennis Association (AITA) elected BJP Rajya Sabha member Anil Jain
as its new President while Anil Dhupar was chosen as its Secretary-General.

▪ India’s Davis Cup Captain Rohit Rajpal was elected as the treasurer for a
4-year term till 2024.
Q.231 Who has been elected as the Chairman of the Press Trust of India ?

Jayant Krishna
Prabhjeet Singh
Hemang Amin
Aveek Sarkar 
Vijay Kumar Chopra

▪ Aveek Sarkar has been elected as the Chairman of the Press Trust of India.

▪ He replaces Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of
newspapers.

▪ Aveek Sarkar is the Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of

Publications.
Q.232 Under a new initiative which state has appointed India’s first-ever woman
ambulance driver ?

Kerala
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
West Bengal
Tamil Nadu 

▪ M Veeralakshmi was appointed driver of one of the newly launched ‘108’

ambulances in Tamil Nadu.
Q.233 Which of the following has acquired 74% stake in Mumbai International
Airport Limited (MIAL) that operates Mumbai Airport.

Vedanta Group
Future Retail Group
Reliance Group
Adani Group
GVK group

▪ Under this, Adani Group will acquire 50.5% stake of GVK group. Additionally,
Adani will also acquire 23.5% stake of minority partners Airport Company of
South Africa (ACSA) and Bidvest.
Q.234 Which Airport has won the National Energy Leader and Excellent Energy
Efficient Unit awards at the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy
Management’.

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Indira Gandhi International Airport
Kempegowda International Airport
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport

▪ It was organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Godrej Green

Business Centre (GBC).

▪ CII President (2020-21): Mr. Uday Kotak

▪ President-Designate (2020-21) -T V Narendran
▪ HQ: New Delhi, Delhi.
Q.235 Govt. of Japan has committed Official Development Assistance loan of an
amount of _______ for the COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response Support to India.

JPY 1 billion
JPY 50 billion
JPY 250 billion
JPY 500 billion
None of these

▪ JPY50 billion (approx. Rs. 3,500 crore) 

▪ Apart from this, Japan Government has given Grant Assistance of an amount
of JPY 1 billion (= approx. Rs. 70 crore) to India for providing medical
equipment to strengthen the public health and medical system.
Q.236 Which nation has launched Agriota, an agri-commodity trading and
sourcing e-market platform 

USA
UK
UAE
India
Japan

Agriota, will bridge the gap between rural farmers in India and the UAE’s food
industry.
Q.237 Dr S Padmavati passed away at the age of 103 years due to COVID-19. She
was popularly known as ”God Mother of _______

Homeopathy
Cardiology
Criminology
Dermatology
Neurology

▪ She was the founder of the National Heart Institute.  She was born in Burma
(now Myanmar) in 1917, a year before the world was hit by the Spanish Flu
pandemic.
Q.238 Who has appointed as brand ambassador of E-commerce
website Myntra 

Kiara Advani
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Sara Ali Khan
Alia Bhatt
Disha Patni
Q.239 Who has been appointed as the Director (R&D) of BEL?

M V Raja Sekhar
M V Gowtama
Yatinder Prasad
Pramod Agrawal
Aveek Sarkar

BEL - Aerospace and defence company. HQ: Bangalore.

BEL CEO: M V Gowtama

Q.240 What is the production target of Coal India to be achieved by the year
2023-24 ?

Two Billion Tonnes

One Billion Tonne
Three Billion Tonnes
Four Billion Tonnes
Five Billion Tonnes

Coal India Ltd will invest over 1.22 lakh crore rupees on development of

nearly 500 projects related to coal evacuation, infrastructure, project
development, exploration and clean coal technologies in the country.

▪ Coal and Mines Minister: Pralhad Joshi

▪ Coal India CEO: Anil Kumar Jha
Q.241 A chatbot Service called LiGo was launched by which of the following?
Indian Railways
Microsoft
Both (1) & (2)
State Bank of India
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

Chatbaot service LiGo on Google Assistant to help policyholders’ queries

answered by voice commands such as Ok Google, I want to speak to ICICI
Prudential Life LiGo or May I talk to ICICI Prudential Life LiGo.

LiGo to be available in Indian English & 9 Indian languages.

N S Kannan, MD & CEO, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

Q.242 Who will deliver the keynote address to 3rd USISPF leadership summit
titled ‘US-India Week: Navigating New Challenges’?

Donald Trump
S Jaishankar
Piyush Goyal
Narendra Modi
Mike Pence

▪ Summit titled ‘US-India Week: Navigating New Challenges’ highlights areas of

Indo-US bilateral cooperation including in trade and investment, strategic
energy ties, collaboration in fintech, healthcare, technology and India's
position in global supply chains.

▪ US Vice President Mike Pence

Q.243 Rajnath Singh is on a visit to Moscow for the Defence Ministers Meeting of
Shanghai Cooperation Limited (SCO). Where is SCO headquartered?

Shanghai
Moscow
Nur-Sultan
Tashkent
None of the above
Q.244 Uttarakhand and which state has paired under Ek Bharat Shreshtha
Bharat programme to promote national integration through mutual
understanding.

Kerala
Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
Tripura

▪ Both the states have established relations through sports, trade and
culture.

▪ Uttarakhand had inspired people in Karnataka in forest conservation.

Q.245 Who has been appointed as the chairperson of National School of Drama?

Anupam Kher
Amitabh Bachchan
Shatrughan Sinha
Paresh Rawal
Nana Patekar

 Rawal replaces veteran theatre artist Amal Allana as the chairperson of the
esteemed institution.
Q.246 Who has become the first woman IG to lead CRPF in Kashmir?

Kiran Bedi
Archana Ramasundaram
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
Charu Sinha
Dr B. Sandhya

▪ She is appointed as the IG of CRPF’s Srinagar sector that oversees the

deployment of the paramilitary forces’ battalions in Srinagar

▪ A P Maheshwari: Director General of CRPF

Q.247 Which state has announced to set up an exclusive anti-electricity theft
police station in every district ?

Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar

All 75 districts out of which 63 has already started functioning

Q.248 Which state had launched cleanliness campaign titled “Gandgi Bharat
Chhodo from 16 to 30 August 2020 to make the state garbage-free ?

Bihar
Jharkhand
Odisha
Madhya Pradesh
Delhi

▪ The campaign was divided into five themes

Cleanliness Oath,
Continuous reduction in urban waste emissions,
Cleanliness in COVID conditions,
Separation of waste from sources of houses,
Launching a special cleanliness campaign for public places.
Q.249 India featured in top 50 for the first time in the Global Innovation Index.
What was India's rank in the index ?

44
45
46
47
48
International Index

13th edition of the Global Innovation Index 2020 

Rank Country Score

1st Switzerland 66.08
2nd Sweden 62.47
3rd USA 60.56
United
4th 59.78
Kingdom
5th Netherlands 58.76
48th India 35.59
▪ World Intellectual Property Organization: Geneva,
Switzerland
▪ CEO: Francis Gurry
Q.250 What is the new award money for Dhronacharya Lifetime award ?

5 lakh
10 lakh
15 lakh
20 lakh
25 lakh

Enhanced Prize
Award Old Prize Money
Money
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Rs 7.5 lakh Rs 25 lakh
Award
Arjuna Award Rs 5 lakh Rs 15 lakh
Dhronacharya
Rs 5 lakh Rs 15 lakh
(Lifetime)
Dhronacharya (Regular) Rs 5 lakh Rs 10 lakh
Dhyanchand Award Rs 5 lakh Rs 10 lakh
Q.251 Who is set to take over as the first woman CEO of an American
Multinational Investment bank, Citigroup?

Abigail Johnson
Julie Sweet
Mary Barra
Meg Whitman
Jane Fraser
▪ Jane Fraser to Succeed Michael Corbat as First Woman CEO of Citigroup
▪ Citigroup - American multinational investment bank.
▪ City Bank CEO: Mary McNiff 
▪ HQ: New York
Q.252 Who has been elected as the chairman of the board of governors of
the Advertising Standards Council of India ?

Aveek Sarkar
Usha Padhee
L C Goyal
Paresh Rawal
Subash Kamath

▪ ASCI Founded: 1985.
▪ ASCI Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Q.253 The 'Agreement on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services' was
signed between India and which of the following countries recently?’

Zimbabwe
Maldives
Israel
Japan
Finland

India and Japan have inked a landmark agreement that will allow their
militaries to access each other's bases for logistics support
Signed by Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar and Japanese Ambassador Suzuki
Satoshi
Q.254 Which of the following has become the first airport in the world to be
certified with “COVID-19 5-star airport rating” from Skytrax, a U.K.-based airport
and airline review firm.

Changi Airport Singapore

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Kempegowda International Airport
Fiumicino International Airport
Kazan International Airport 

▪ Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) in Rome, Italy: Also known as the

Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, is the busiest airport in Italy.
▪ The COVID-19 ratings for hygiene by Skytrax
Q.255 Who has retained his place at the top of Forbes' list of highest-paid
footballers after earning $126million ?

Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Neymar
Luka Modrić
Mohamed Salah

Lionel Messi - $126m

Cristiano Ronaldo - $117m
Neymar - $96m
Q.256 Which of the following launched India's first Indigenous Automatic Train
Supervision?

South Western Railways

North Eastern Railways
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC)
None of these

Major step towards development of an indigenously-built

communication-based train control with the launch of i-ATS — the first
Made-in-India signalling system
ATS (or Automatic Train Supervision) is a computer-based system, which
manages train operations, including basic functioning such as running and
halting
Q.257 State Bank of India extended the OTB-based Withdrawal facility 24X7 for
withdrawal of how much rupees ?

₹ 5,000
₹ 10,000
₹ 15,000
₹ 20,000
₹ 1,00,000

▪ SBI which introduced this for 12 hours on Jan 1 is extended now.

Q.258 The 10th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative, DTTI Group took place
virtually between India and which of the following countries ?

Australia
Sweden
France
The USA
Germany
▪ TTI Group Meetings are normally held twice a year, to bring sustained
leadership focus to the bilateral defence trade relationship.
Q.259 Which Bank has launched a special gold loan scheme titled ‘Vikas Laghu
Suvarna’ with a reduced interest rate of 7.25 percent.

City Union Bank

South Indian Bank
Karnataka Bank
Canara Bank
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank

▪ Under the new gold loan scheme, the customer will get 80% of the market
value of the gold, subjected to a maximum of Rs 3,200/gram.
▪ Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank: sponsored by Canara Bank.
▪ Headquarter is based at Dharwad.
Q.260 ICICI Home Finance has launched a new loan scheme named _______ to
cater to the needs of informal segment of the population to fulfil their dream of
owning their own home.

Ghar Hai Zaruri

Home Utsav
Gig-a- Opportunity
Apna Ghar Dreamz
Liberty account

▪ Loan Amount: Rs 2 lakh to Rs.30 lakh ( and Upto Rs.50 lakh in Mumbai/Delhi).
▪ The Apna Ghar Dreamz will also offer a subsidy benefit of up to Rs 2.67 lakhs
on home loans under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’s (PMAY).
Q.261 RBI has proposed allowing of FPIs to undertake Interest Rate Derivatives
subject to an overall ceiling of how much amount ?

₹ 1000 Crores
₹ 5000 Crores
₹ 3000 Crores
₹ 10000 Crores
₹ 3500 Crores

RBI has released the draft version of Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives (Reserve
Bank) Directions, 2020. (It is released under Section 45W, RBI Act 1934)
Q.262 Which of the following bank partnered with Mastercard to launch Debit
Card For High Net Worth Customers?

SBI
ICICI Bank
Axis Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
None of these
Q.263 Streets for People Challenge was launched by which of the
following ministries ?

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

The Streets for People Challenge is the response to the need for
making the cities more walkable and pedestrian-friendly.
Q.264 Which state government has launched My Family, My Responsibility’
campaign to tackle coronavirus.

Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Delhi
Kerala
Karnataka

BMC, the authorities will reach out to every family door-to-door to check
temperature and oxygen levels.
Q.265 Which of the following schemes of West Bengal won the WSIS Award 2020
?

Kanyashree
Sabuj Sathi
SABLA
Swawalamban
Shikshashree

▪ Started in 2015, bicycles are given to students of state-run, state-sponsored,

aided schools and madrasas studying between classes 9 and 12
Q.266 In which of the following state, PM Modi addressed the ‘Grih
Pravesham’ event through video conferencing.

Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Delhi
Kerala
Karnataka

▪ Under this, 1.75 Lakh Families in Madhya Pradesh were delivered pucca

houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G).

▪ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs: Rs 50,040 crore

▪ Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: 27,500 Cr
Q.267 Which of the following and the ENGIE group signed a long-term loan of up
to 4.66 billion Indian rupees (about $65.5 million) to construct and operate
a 200-megawatt alternating current solar photovoltaic-based power plant.

NDB
AIIB
ADB
IMF
IDA

Solar Park in India’s western state of Gujarat.

Q.268 Who has been appointed as the executive director in Asian Development
Bank

Takeo Konishi 
Sumeer Kumar Khare
Ashok Lavasa
Rajesh Khullar
Anil Kishora

Founded: 19 December 1966

Membership: 68 countries
Q.269 India’s first coronavirus airport testing facility has been launched at which
airport

Mumbai
Delhi
Bangalore
Hyderabad
Kolkata

Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.

▪ Passengers can book the testing the slot an hour before the time of arrival and around
four-six hours before the departure flight. The test results are available within four-six
hours.
Q.270. Which state has launched Radio Pathshala program for students
upto class 8 ?

Odisha
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
Assam
Jharkhand

▪ The program will be broadcast from AIR stations in the state for 15
minutes daily.
▪ The audio of the program will also be made available on the online
DIKSHA platform.
▪ Capital: Bhubaneswar
▪ Governor: Ganeshi Lal
Q.271. Which of the following has become the first company in India to adopt
e-office?

MP Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company Limited

MP Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company Limited
MP Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company Limited
Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited
Dhakshinachal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited

It has implemented e-file & e-correspondent system through NIC e-office.

It helps consumers get quick results of their complaints.

Q.272. Which state government has accords ambulance status to vehicles
carrying medical oxygen for one year

Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Delhi
Kerala
Karnataka
Q.273. Maharashtra Government has launched chemo recovery kits containing
Ayurvedic with financial assistance from the _______.

Reliance Foundation
Tata Trusts
Goonj Foundation
Sanjeevani Life Beyond Cancer
Grace Cancer Foundation 

▪ The chemo recovery kit has been developed by the Integrated Cancer
Treatment and Research Centre of the Bharatiya Sanskriti Darshan Trust
in Pune with financial assistance from the Tata Trusts.
Q.274 PM Modi has announced to introduce a new National Cyber Security
Strategy 2020 (NCSS 2020) policy under the aegis of which agency?

Defence Planning Committee

National Cyber Coordination Centre
Research and Analysis Wing
National Security Council Secretariat
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
Q.275 Which of the following becomes the 1st Bank in India Uses Satellite Data
to Assess Credit Worthiness of Farmers

HDFC
HSBC
Standard Charter
ICICI
SBI

By using such a technique to measure an array of parameters related to the

land, irrigation and crop patterns and use it in combination with
demographic and financial parameters to make quick lending decisions for
farmers.

▪ MD & CEO– Sandeep Bakhshi

▪ Tagline– Hum Hai Na, Khayal Apka
Q.276 Which of the following has launched Stack for digital lending solutions ?

AapkaBank.com
PolicyBazaar.com
Paisabazaar.com
Etmoney.com
LazyPay.com

The digitisation stack will include KYC verification, income & employer
validation, repayment and agreement set-up.

▪ Naveen Kukreja, CEO & Co-founder, Paisabazaar.com

Q.277 Government has appointed 3 members: Bureaucrats Ajay Jain, Vivek Johri
& Sungita Sharma as members of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes &
Customs. It can have a maximum of ____ members.

Five
Six
Seven
Nine
Ten

▪ Ajit Kumar, chairman Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Q.278 Which state has launched a one month-long innovative virtual
cybercrime awareness programme ‘E-Rakshabandhan’ 

Madhya Pradesh
Bihar
Rajasthan
Uttarakhand
Andhra Pradesh

▪ CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy: The slogan for the campaign is “Let us make

August a month of e freedom and e-safety.
Q.279 To enhance safety of cheque payments, it has been decided to introduce a
mechanism of Positive Pay for all cheques of value ______ and above.

25,000
29,000
49,000
50,000
55,000

This measure will cover approximately 20% and 80% of total cheques issued
in the country by volume and value, respectively.
Q.280 Which of the following Payments Bank has teamed up with the Payments
Major, Mastercard to develop customised financial products for farmers, SMEs?

Airtel Payments Bank

Fino Payments Bank
India Post Payments Bank
Jio Payments Bank
Paytm Payments Bank

▪ This could help farmers gain access to neighbourhood banking.

▪ Airtel Payment Bank CEO: Anubrata Biswas
▪ HQ: New Delhi

▪ Mastercard CEO: Ajay Singh Banga

Q.281. What is the total amount that the cabinet approved recently under the
Blue Revolution to bring sustainable development of the fisheries sector over
the next five years?
₹ 2050 Crores
₹ 30,550 Crores
₹ 4550 Crores
₹ 20,050 Crores
₹ 45,550 Crores

• The government also aims to double the income of fishers, fish farmers and
fish workers by 2024 through the scheme
Q.282. Which of the following is the first state to release a report on
conservation of endemic, threatened floras?

Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Uttarakhand
Nagaland
Tripura

• Around 1,145 species are conserved of which 46 species are endemic &
68 species are rare, endangered or threatened. Around 386 species,
conserved, have medicinal properties.
Q.283. Who has recently appointed as first women Director General of
Kerala Police.

R. Banumathi
Indu Malhotra
Indira Banerjee
R. Sreelekha
Karuna Nundy
Q.284.
Q285. Which of the following countries is the world's first to launch the
contact-tracing app developed by Google and Apple?

India
Iceland
Switzerland
Brazil
Turkey

Switzerland launched the world's first app-based on Google and Apple's

contact-tracing tech

▪ The first app using Google and Apple's contact-tracing was launched in
Switzerland. "SwissCovid" app is now available to members of army,
hospital workers & civil servants
Q286. Which of the following companies has recently acquired  Etergo?

Mahindra & Mahindra

Amazon
Ola
Maruti Suzuki
Flipkart

Ola Electric Mobility Pvt Ltd, electric vehicle arm of Ola acquired
Amsterdam-based Etergo BV, manufacturer of electric scooters.

With this acquisition, Ola Electric will launch electric two-wheeler in 2021 
Q287. Name the Fintech startup company who joined hands with Visa to
launch payment solutions for SMEs and startups.
उस  फनटे क स्टाटर्क अप कंपनी का नाम बताइए िजसने एसएमई और स्टाटर्क अप के लए भुगतान समाधान
शुरू करने के लए वीजा के साथ हाथ मलाया।

Zaggle
ETMoney
BhartPe
Billdesk
Pine Labs
Q288. Who was appointed to the key World Bank position on Climate Change,
Disaster Management in South Asia?

Dr Harsh Vardhan
Abhas Jha
Chintala govindarajulu
Shaji K V
P.V.S Suryakumar

Dr Harsh Vardhan takes charge as WHO Executive Board chairman

Q.289. Who has been appointed as chief economist and vice president of
World Bank.

Jahnabi Phookan
Carmen Reinhart
Hema Divakar
Gita Gopinath 
Sangita Reddy

▪ Bengaluru-based medical doctor Hema Divakar was honoured with the

'Global Asian of the Year 2018-19' award in Dubai 
Q.290. Rural Livelihood Mission began Didi Vehicle Service for safe
delivery of rural women. Which of the following states has launched
this?

West Bengal
Odisha
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh

▪ Didi Vehicle Service” has been launched by the women of Rural

Livelihood Mission in the tribal-dominated Jhabua district
of Madhya Pradesh.
Q.291 Which state has launched a new scheme known as ‘Karma Sathi
Prakalpa’ under which one lakh unemployed youth of the state would be
provided soft loans and subsidies to make them self-reliant

West Bengal
Odisha
Jharkhand
Bihar
Assam

▪ A budget of Rs 500 crore has been earmarked for the successful

implementation of this scheme.
▪ The state government would provide loans to 1 lakh youth every year to help
them start their own business
Q.292 United States has joined an international panel of G7 for setting up
ethical guidelines for the use of AI. Which of the following is not the part of
G-7.
संयुक्त राज्य अमे रका एआई के उपयोग के लए नै तक दशा नदर्दे श स्था पत करने के लए जी 7 के एक
अंतरराष्ट्रीय पैनल में शा मल हो गया है । नम्न ल खत में से कौन G-7 का हस्सा नहीं है ।
China
Italy
Canada
Germany
UK

The aim of this panel is to counter the China’s twisting technology in ways
that threaten civil liberties.
Q.293 Which of the following companies won the Stevie Awards in New
York for 2019 ?
नम्न ल खत में से कस कंपनी ने 2019 के लए न्यूयॉकर्क में स्टीवी पुरस्कार जीता?
Google
Apple
Microsoft
Cisco
Tata Consultancy Services

▪ Nomination Subcategory: Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the

Year - At Organizations With More Than 2,500 Employees
Q.294 RBI recently stopped selling govt savings bonds of 7-year lock-in
period. What was the rate of interest on that bonds ?

7%
7.15%
7.35%
7.5%
7.75%
Q.295 Haryana government has appointed international wrestler Babita Phogat
and Kabaddi player _______ as deputy directors in its Sports and Youth Affairs
Department.

Geeta Phogat
Kavita Devi
Karnam Malleswari
Sakshi Malik
None of these

▪ Kavita Devi a Kabaddi player was a member of the India national Kabaddi
team that won the gold medal in 2014 in the Incheon Asian Games.
Q.296 The government of J&K recently launched which of the following to
promote organic fruit production for home consumption?

Backyard Horticulture
Terrace Farming
Terrace Horticulture
Garden Horticulture
Lawn Horticulture

▪ Under the programme, at least three fruit plants costing Rs. 200 will be distributed
among the farmers at 90% subsidy covering 600 households
Q.297 RBI asks banks to complete automation of NPA recognition by which date
?
RBI ने बैंकों से NPA मान्यता के स्वचालन को कस तारीख तक पूरा करने को कहा ?

31 December 2020
31 January 2021
31 March 2021
30 June 2021
15 June 2021
Q.298 Centre Extends ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme
for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19, till which date ?
केंद्र ने प्रधानमंत्री गरीब कल्याण पैकेज बीमा योजना को कस तारीख तक बढ़ाया है ?

31 December 2020
31 January 2021
31 March 2021
30 June 2021
15 June 2021

Aims to provide an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh to around over 22 lakh

public healthcare providers.
Q.299 RBI has further imposed restriction on the Punjab and Maharashtra
Co-operative (PMC) Bank. What is the extended time of restriction?

1 January 2021
31 January 2021
31 December 2020
31 March 2021
1 June 2021
Q.300 Tribal Affairs Ministry is developing nine Tribal Freedom Fighters
Museums. All museums to come into existence by end of which year ?

2021
2022
2023
2025
2026

▪ Tribal Affairs Ministry is developing "Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums

dedicated to the contributions of the tribal people in India to the
freedom struggle.
▪ Out of the nine, two are under near completion.
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