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Current Affairs Quiz
Question 1: Who is recently appointed as managing director of State Bank of India?
Question 2: Which international day was observed by the United Nations on 21st August?
Question 3: Pinaka Rockets are manufactured by which private organization?
Question 4: Who has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner?
Question 5: What is the name of the interactive video game on COVID-19 launched by the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan?
Question 6: E-commerce giant Flipkart has partnered with which e-commerce platform of Nepal?
Question 7: What is the new name of Religare Health Insurance?
Question 8: Swachh Survekshan Report 2020 has ranked which city as the cleanest city of India?
Question 9: Labour Ministry launched new ________ of the Labour Bureau.
Question 10: The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal for leasing out which three airports for 50 years?
Current Affairs Quiz Answers
Answer 1: Ashwani Bhatia has been appointed as the State Bank of India’s Managing Director by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Indian Prime Minister.
Answer 2: On August 21, the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism was observed by the United Nations.
Answer 3: Pinaka Rockets, which are manufactured by a private sector organization named Economic Explosives Ltd, has completed its successful test firing operation at Pokhran.
Answer 4: Rajiv Kumar, Former Finance Secretary of India, has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner.
Answer 5: An interactive video game on COVID-19, named the ‘Corona Fighters’, has been launched by the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to spread awareness on the disease.
Answer 6: Flipkart has partnered with Sastodeal, an e-commerce platform from Nepal, to expand its business to Nepal. This is its first overseas partnership by Flipkart to sell Make in India products.
Answer 7: Religare Health Insurance now has a new name “Care Health Insurance”.
Answer 8: The Union Housing & Urban Affairs Ministry released the Swachh Survekshan Report 2020, which declared Indore as the cleanest city in the nation for the fourth year.
Answer 9: New logo of the Labour Bureau, an arm of the Labour ministry, has been launched by the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
Answer 10: The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for leasing out three airports i.e. Guwahati, Jaipur, and Thiruvananthapuram through the PPP model for 50 years.
