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Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 20 Aug 2021 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: 20 AUG 2021 1. Who has been awarded the National (c)INS Shivalik Youth Award for displaying exemplary (d)INS Kochi leadership qualities? (e)INS Viraat (a) Ram Singh Sharma 7. Which institute collaborated with the (b) Ramesh Sipi Ministry of Road Transport and (c) Mohammad Azam Highways (in Aug’ 21) for research in (d) Divya Kumari Dutta areas of pavement engineering & (e) Roshan Singh Kalra intelligent transportation systems? 2. Which city was adjudged the second most (a) IIT Bangalore polluted city out of the 50 ‘most polluted (b) IISc Bangalore cities’ in the world in 2020? (c) IIT Madras (a) Judbury (d) IIT Delhi (b) Hotan (e) IIM Calcutta (c) Hawaii 8. Which bank(s) executed India’s 1st set of (d) Ghaziabad ‘swaption’ deals to protect the borrower (e) Dhaka and investors against any losses from rate 3. Which of the following state has decided movements (in Aug’ 21)? to set up a training centre for Anti- (a) HSBC Terrorist Squad (ATS) commandos? (b) ICICI (a) Haryana (c) Standard Chartered (b) Uttar Pradesh (d) Only 1 & 3 (c) Punjab (e) All 1, 2 & 3 (d) Rajasthan 9. Name the bank that partnered (in Aug (e) Gujarat ’21) with Creditas Solutions to launch 4. Actor-producer ______ was announced as “Do It Yourself” (DIY) – a digital the chairperson of Jio MAMI Film repayment platform. Festival. (a) Axis Bank (a) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (b) Kotak Mahindra Bank (b) Deepika Padukone (c) Bandhan Bank (c) Priyanka Chopra Jonas (d) ICICI Bank (d) Kareena Kapoor (e) HDFC Bank (e) Alia Bhatt 10. In August 2021, ________ placed an 5. Name the company that received 50MW order with GE Aviation for purchasing 99 Solar PV & 50 Mwh Battery Storage F404-GE-IN20 engines to power ____ Project (in Aug’ 21) in Leh, Ladakh. Aircraft. (a) Adani Solar (a)HAL; Rudra (b) Tata Power Solar (b)DRDO; Rudra (c) Waaree Energies (c)BDL; Lakshya (d) Vikram Solar (d)DRDO; Tejas (e) Reliance Power (e)HAL; Tejas 6. Identify the Indian Naval Ship that 11. Which country is the chair for the 5th participated in the bilateral Maritime meeting of BRICS Industry Ministers in Exercise between India & Bahrain in the 2021? Persian Gulf (in Aug’ 21). (a) South Africa (a)INS Talwar (b) India (b)INS Kadmatt (c) Brazil 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 1 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: 20 AUG 2021 (d) Russia (e) China 12. What is PRISM, that is placed by RBI to strengthen compliance by supervised ANSWER KEYS entities? 1 c 9 b (a) Software to manipulate fraud Payment 2 d 10 e systems 3 b 11 b (b) Application based software for 4 c 12 c security 5 b 13 d (c) Web-based end-to-end workflow 6 d 14 a automation system (d) An Antivirus Software 7 c 15 d (e) Automation Software to be 8 e implemented in every e-commerce sites 13. India Navy ship INS Ranvijay has undertaken a bilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea with which of the following country? (a) China (b) Japan (c) Thailand (d) Vietnam (e) Malaysia 14. Which country host 2021 edition of the World Athletics U20 Championships? (a) Kenya (b) Russia (c) China (d) Pakistan (e) Indonesia 15. Who among the following is set to be named as the brand ambassador of adventure tourism in Kerala? (a) Murali Sreeshankar (b) Jabir M Palliyalil (c) Sajan Prakash (d) PR Sreejesh (e) Alex Antony 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 2 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .
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