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Q1. Name the Person Who Has Been Appointed As the Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Philippines Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com Quiz Date: 16th June 2020 Q1. Name the person who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Philippines. (a) Sripriya Ranganathan (b) Taranjit Singh Sandhu (c) Sanjay Kumar Verma (d) Shambhu S. Kumaran (e) Pankaj Saran Q2. Name the CSIR's National Healthcare Supply Chain Portal which was launched recently to provide real-time availability of healthcare supplies. (a) Aarogyapath (b) Aarogyabhoomi (c) Aarogyabharat (d) Aarogyaswasth (e) Aarogyadesh Q3. Which state government has recently launched “Ghar Ghar Nigrani” mobile application to check the community spread of COVID-19 in the state? (a) Haryana (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh (e) Odisha Q4. Name the Artificial Intelligence enabled robot which was launched by the Indian Railways’ Central Railway zone to intensify the screening and surveillance of railway passengers. (a) CAPTAIN RATHORE (b) CAPTAIN VIJAY (c) CAPTAIN AJAY (d) CAPTAIN ABHIMANYU (e) CAPTAIN ARJUN Q5. Internal Working Group has been constituted by the Reserve Bank of India to review the extant guidelines on ownership and corporate structure for Indian private sector banks. The IWG will be headed by? (a) Urjit Patel (b) Shaktikanta Das (c) Raghuram Rajan (d) Dr. Prasanna Kumar Mohanty For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264 Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com (e) Viral Acharya Q6. Name the state of the art flood warning system which was launched recently in Mumbai to predict floods three days before they happen in order to save property as well as lives from the flood. (a) iSwim (b) iFlood (c) iFLOWS (d) iWarning (e) iMumbai Q7. Name the India’s oldest First Class cricketer who passed away recently. (a) M.J. Gopalan (b) C.S. Nayudu (c) Vijay Merchant (d) L.P. Jai (e) Vasant Raiji Q8. Name the person who has been appointed by the UTI Mutual Fund as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). (a) Imtaiyazur Rahman (b) U. K. Sinha (c) Leo Puri (d) Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra (e) Andrew Flintham Q9. Name the bollywood actor who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Patna's Khadi Mall by the Bihar government. (a) Raju Srivastav (b) Boman Irani (c) Manoj Bajpai (d) Pankaj Tripathi (e) Nawazuddin Siddiqui For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264 Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com Q10. On which day the World Wind Day is being observed every year to discover wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth? (a) 15th June (b) 14th June (c) 13th June (d) 12th June (e) 11th June Q11. What was the campaign theme of World Blood Donor Day 2020? (a) Bring a life back to power (b) Anybody can give blood (c) Safe blood saves lives (d) Anybody can save lives (e) Heroes come in all types and sizes Q12. On which day the United Nations celebrates World Elder Abuse Awareness Day globally every year? (a) 19 June (b) 18 June (c) 17 June (d) 16 June (e) 15 June Q13. Name the bollywood actor who passed away recently. He made his Bollywood debut with the 2013 movie “Kai Po Che!” and was renowned for his role in the 2016 hit MS Dhoni: The Untold Story. (a) Ali Fazal (b) Sushant Singh Rajput (c) Varun Sharma (d) Divyenndu (e) Vikrant Massey Q14. On which day the World Health Organization celebrates World Blood Donor Day? (a) 10 June (b) 11 June (c) 12 June (d) 13 June (e) 14 June For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264 Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com Q15. Name the former NASA astronaut who has become the first woman to reach the deepest point in the ocean located in the Western Pacific Ocean. (a) Kathryn D. Sullivan (b) Christina Koch (c) Anne McClain (d) Jessica Meir (e) Peggy Whitson Solutions S1. Ans.(d) Sol. Shambhu S. Kumaran has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Philippines. S2. Ans.(a) Sol. A CSIR National Healthcare Supply Chain Portal named as “Aarogyapath” has been launched to provide real-time availability of healthcare supplies. S3. Ans.(c) Sol. “Ghar Ghar Nigrani” mobile application has been launched by the Punjab government to check the community spread of COVID-19 in the state. S4. Ans.(e) Sol. An Artificial Intelligence enabled robot “CAPTAIN ARJUN” has been launched by the Indian Railways’ Central Railway zone to intensify the screening and surveillance of railway passengers. S5. Ans.(d) Sol. Internal Working Group has been constituted by the Reserve Bank of India to review the extant guidelines on ownership and corporate structure for Indian private sector banks. The IWG will be headed by Dr. Prasanna Kumar Mohanty. S6. Ans.(c) Sol. State of the art flood warning system “iFLOWS” has been launched in Mumbai to predict floods three days before they happen in order to save property as well as lives from the flood. S7. Ans.(e) Sol. India’s oldest First Class cricketer Vasant Raiji passed away. For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264 Bankersadda.com Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2020 Adda247.com S8. Ans.(a) Sol. UTI Mutual Fund has appointed Imtaiyazur Rahman as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). S9. Ans.(d) Sol. Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Patna's Khadi Mall by the Bihar government. S10. Ans.(a) Sol. World Wind Day is observed on 15th June every year to discover wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth. S11. Ans.(c) Sol. The campaign theme of World Blood Donor Day 2020 is “Safe blood saves lives”. S12. Ans.(e) Sol. United Nations celebrates World Elder Abuse Awareness Day globally on 15 June every year. S13. Ans.(b) Sol. Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput passed away. He made his Bollywood debut with the 2013 movie “Kai Po Che!” and was renowned for his role in the 2016 hit MS Dhoni: The Untold Story. S14. Ans.(e) Sol. World Health Organization celebrates World Blood Donor Day around the world on 14 June. S15. Ans.(a) Sol. Former NASA astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan has become the first woman to reach the deepest point in the ocean located in the Western Pacific Ocean. For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264.
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