Best MCQs of November 2020 for SBI PO 2020 at 10 AM Friday

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1. MCQs Revision: 13 Question 2. BANKING & FINANCE 3. Appointments 4. State in News 5. National News 6. International News 7. Science & Tech 8. Extra Dose: List of Events in India 10. Loans by ADB 11. Defence Exercises 12. State: Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Financial News

▪ Muthoot Finance has tied up with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance to provide insurance on gold jewellery as part of their new initiative.

▪ Scheme named as "Muthoot Gold Shield" is backed by Group Affinity All Risk policy of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.

▪ Policy is designed to provide insurance coverage of gold jewellery articles for customers of the company at the time of closure of a gold loan and the release of gold ornaments Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live National News

▪ Union Minister holding the Law and Justice, Electronics and Information Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad launched UMANG’s international version in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs for select countries.

▪ It will help Indian international students, NRIs and Indian tourists abroad, to avail Government of India services, anytime.

▪ UMANG- Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance. Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live National News

▪ Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a mobile COVID-19 RT-PCR Lab at Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.

▪ It has been jointly developed by Spice Health & ICMR.

▪ Tests will be free of cost for the people & report would be available within 6 to 8hrs.

▪ RT-PCR: Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live State in News

▪ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy launched the 'Abhayam' app designed for safe and secure travel for women commuting by autos and taxis.

▪ The app aims at providing emergency help to those in distress and installs confidence among women. Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live State in News

▪ 23 rare medicinal plants of Karnataka are listed as endangered on International Union for Conservation of Nature list.

▪ The red-listed rare medicinal plants include sandalwood, wild clove, red sanders, wild jamun & other species endemic to Western Ghats.

▪ IUCN HQ: Gland, Switzerland Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live State in News

▪ India’s first Moss Garden has been unveiled at Khurpatal in district of Uttarakhand.

▪ The iconic garden, developed by the Uttarakhand forest department is spread over an area of 10 hectares.

▪ Moss Garden, Khurpatal houses around 30 different species of moss and certain other bryophyte species. Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Uttarakhand

▪ Uttarakhand government has decided to convert waste generated in the state to electricity under an initiative titled ‘Waste to Energy’

▪ Former Indian opener has been appointed head coach of the Uttarakhand team.

▪ in has been formally declared as the summer capital of Uttarakhand.

▪ Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has launched “HOPE” (Helping Out People Everywhere) portal to help unemployed youth to get jobs opportunities. Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Uttarakhand

▪ India’s longest single-lane motorable suspension bridge has been inaugurated in Tehri-Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.

▪ Hot air balloon festival

▪ India’s first Moss Garden has been unveiled at Khurpatal in of Uttarakhand. Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Summit

▪ Malaysia Hosts 2020 APEC Summit: 2020 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting was held on 20 November 2020 under the Chairmanship of Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

▪ The theme of the APEC Malaysia 2020 was “Optimising Human Potential Towards a Resilient Future of Shared Prosperity: Pivot. Prioritise. Progress”.

▪ The APEC Summit 2021 will be hosted by New Zealand. ▪ APEC headquarter – Singapore Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live India has become the only ______country in the world to have its independent regional navigation satellite system recognised by IMO भारत दनु िया का ______देश बि गया है जिसके पास अपिा वतंत्र क्षेत्रीय िेववगेशि उपग्रह प्रणाली है जिसे IMO 饍वारा मान्यता प्राप्त है a) Third b) Fourth c) Fifth d) Sixth e) Seventh ▪ Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) has been recognised by the International Maritime Organisation (USA, Russia and China) Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Which of the following bank has approved a $50mn loan to improve operational efficiencies and resource planning and management in West Bengal. नि륍िललखित मᴂ से ककस बकℂ / संगठि िे पजचिम बंगाल मᴂ पररिालि क्षमता और संसाधि नियोिि और प्रबंधि मᴂ सुधार के ललए $ 50 लमललयि के ऋण को मंिूरी दी है। a) ADB b) NDB c) AIIB d) WB e) IMF ▪ ADB HQs: Mandaluyong, Philippines; Founded: 19 December 1966. List of Loan approved by ADB 2020

▪ $300 mn (₹2,200 crore) loan to finance inclusive water supply & sanitation infrastructure and services in secondary towns of Rajasthan ▪ 270 Mn (about Rs 1,988 crore) loan for the construction of water supply and integrated storm water and sewage management infrastructure in Madhya Pradesh ▪ $50mn loan to improve operational efficiencies and resource planning and management in West Bengal List of Loan approved by ADB 2020

▪ $177 million-To upgrade 450 kilometers (km) of state highways Maharashtra ▪ $346 million-Provide reliable power connection in rural areas of Maharashtra. ▪ $USD 1.5 billion-Help fund its fight against coronavirus pandemic. ▪ $60 million-Aavas Financiers Ltd, to improve access to housing finance for lower-income borrowers, particularly women. ▪ $1 billion- loan for construction of Delhi-Meerut RRTS ▪ $100 million-Indian infrastructure sector through the government-promoted NIIF. ▪ ENGIE group signed a long-term loan of up to 4.66 billion Indian rupees (about $65.5 million) Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live

Name of Exercise Participating Nations Conducted at India and the United AJEYA WARRIOR 2020 The United Kingdom Kingdom Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Force Station EX Indradhanush – V and Royal Air Force Hindon, Ghaziabad, 2020 (UK) Uttar Pradesh ‘Sahyog-Kaijin’ India and Japan Chennai, India MILAN 2020 40 Countries Visakhapatnam, India BIMSTEC disaster India, Bangladesh, management exercise - Nepal, Sri Lanka & Puri (Odisha) 2020 Myanmar UMROI, Meghalaya, SAMPRITI-IX India and Bangladesh India ▪ Andamans and Passage Exercise India & USA Nicobar Islands Defence Exercise Exercise Between Hand in Hand India and China Garuda-VI Indian Army and French Army Varuna India-France Naval Exercise AL NAGAH III Indian and Oman SAMPRITI India and Bangladesh SIMBEX India, Singapore Naval Exercise SITMEX India, Singapore and Thailand AUSINDEX India and Australia Bold Kurukshetra India and Singapore Military Exercise Vajra Prahar India – United States Yudh Abhyas India – United States Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Important Days

▪ 59th National Pharmacy Week (NPW) was celebrated throughout the country from November 16-22, 2020.

▪ The theme of the NPW 2020 is “Pharmacists: Frontline Health Professionals”

▪ The Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) organises NPW during the third week of November every year. Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Important Days

▪ Airports Authority of India (AAI) is observing the Aviation Safety Awareness Week 2020 from 23 November to 27 November 2020.

▪ Ministry of Civil Aviation aims to achieve long term objective of Zero fatality by the year 2030 as envisaged by International Civil Aviation Organization in its Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP-2020-22) through better managed safety systems of stakeholders.

▪ AAI: Arvind Singh Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Leena Acharya has passed away recently. She was a/an ______. लीिा आिाय य का हाल ही मᴂ निधि हो गया। वह एक ______थी। (a) Singer /गायक (b) Journalist / पत्रकार (c) Actress / अलभिेत्री (d) TV Anchor / टीवी एंकर (e) Classical singer / शात्रीय गायक

▪ Actor Leena Acharya passed away in Delhi due to kidney failure Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Obituary

▪ Telugu poet, journalist, scriptwriter Shaik Khaja Hussain, has passed away after brief illness. He was 70.

▪ Popularly known as Devi Priya, the renowned poet bagged the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017, for his book Gaali Rangu. Daily Current Affairs @7:30AM Live Obituary

▪ Three-time Assam Chief Minister from Congress party Tarun Gogoi, has passed away after been undergoing treatment for post-Covid complications. He was 84. ▪ Tarun Gogoi had served as the Chief Minister of Assam between 2001 and 2015. ▪ He was the longest serving chief minister of Assam.