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Q1. Name the Person Who Has Been Appointed As an Honorary Adviser to the Steering Committee for the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Young Leaders Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com Quiz Date: 26th July 2020 Q1. Name the person who has been appointed as an honorary adviser to the steering committee for the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) young leaders. (a) Akhilesh Pandey (b) Money Jain (c) H M Patel (d) Sahil Seth (e) Yogesh Yadav Q2. Name the person who has been appointed by Tata AIA Life Limited as its Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO). (a) Naveen Tahilyani (b) Mahesh Kumar Sharma (c) Vibha Padalkar (d) Bhargav Dasgupta (e) Ritesh Kumar Q3. _____________ has become the first Indian port to sign the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). (a) VRL Logistics Limited (b) Container Corporation of India Ltd (c) Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (d) Transport Corporation of India Limited (e) Allcargo Logistics Ltd Q4. Name the NBFC which has recently launched a portal “Restartindia” for the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector. (a) Shriram Transport Finance Company (b) Muthoot Fincorp Limited (c) Manappuram Finance Limited (d) Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (e) Magma Fincorp Q5. Name the Sri Lankan bowling allrounder who has announced her retirement from International Cricket with immediate effect. (a) Dilani Manodara (b) Eshani Lokusuriyage (c) Shashikala Siriwardene (d) Chamari Atapattu (e) Sripali Weerakkody For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264 Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com Q6. Name the person who has been appointed by the Government of India as the new Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB). (a) Partha Pratim Sengupta (b) Lingam Venkat Prabhakar (c) Pratip Chaudhuri (d) Rajnish Kumar (e) S.S. Mallikarjuna Rao Q7. __________ has released the 21st Issue of the Financial Stability Report, which reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council. (a) State Bank of India (b) Securities and Exchange Board of India (c) NITI Aayog (d) Reserve Bank of India (e) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Q8. Name the person who has been appointed by the Government of India as the next Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs. She will replace the incumbent Vijay Singh Thakur. (a) Nina Tshering La (b) Renu Pall (c) Gaitri Issar Kumar (d) Riva Ganguly Das (e) Sangeeta Bahadur Q9. Name the country which has conducted a successful flight test of the MGTD-20 gas turbine engine made by the 3D-printing, at Kazanbash Aviation centre in Tatarstan. (a) China (b) Russia (c) France (d) U.S. (e) Germany For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264 Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com Q10. According to the Financial Stability Report, the GNPA ratio of all scheduled commercial banks may increase from 8.5% in March 2020 to _____ by March 2021 under the baseline scenario. (a) 9.5% (b) 10.0% (c) 10.5% (d) 11.5% (e) 12.5% Solutions S1. Ans.(d) Sol. Sahil Seth has been appointed as an honorary adviser to the steering committee for the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) young leaders. S2. Ans.(a) Sol. Naveen Tahilyani has been appointed by Tata AIA Life Limited as its Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO). S3. Ans.(c) Sol. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) has become the first Indian port to sign the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). S4. Ans.(b) Sol. Kerala-based NBFC, Muthoot Fincorp has launched a portal “Restartindia” for the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector. S5. Ans.(e) Sol. Sri Lankan bowling allrounder, Sripali Weerakkody has announced her retirement from International Cricket with immediate effect. S6. Ans.(a) For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264 Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com Sol. Government of India has appointed Partha Pratim Sengupta as the new Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB). S7. Ans.(d) Sol. Reserve Bank of India has released the 21st Issue of the Financial Stability Report, which reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council. S8. Ans.(d) Sol. Government of India has appointed Riva Ganguly Das as the next Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs. She will replace the incumbent Vijay Singh Thakur. S9. Ans.(b) Sol. Russia has conducted a successful flight test of the MGTD-20 gas turbine engine made by the 3D-printing, at Kazanbash Aviation centre in Tatarstan. S10. Ans.(e) Sol. According to the Financial Stability Report, the GNPA ratio of all scheduled commercial banks may increase from 8.5% in March 2020 to 12.5% by March 2021 under the baseline scenario. For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264.
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