www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co 1. Who has been appointed as the National Management Games (NMG) Managing Director (MD) and Chief 2020? Executive Officer (CEO) of Punjab and A. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Sindh Bank? B. Coal India Limited A. Murali Ramakrishnan C. Indian Oil Corporation Limited B. VKV Yadav D. NTPC Limited C. S Krishnan Ans. D D. Pramod Chandra Mody Sol Ans. C • Team of NTPC Limited, the Central PSU Sol under Ministry of Power, has won the All • S Krishnan has been appointed as India Management Association (AIMA) Managing Director and CEO of Punjab & Chanakya (Business Simulation Game) Sind Bank. National Management Games (NMG) • Prior to this appointment, he was an 2020. Executive Director at Canara Bank. • The team from NTPC Vallur, Tamil Nadu • He will replace S Harishankar, the won the championship which featured the current MD and CEO of Punjab & Sind participation of teams from 112 Bank. organisations from different parts of the • Punjab & Sind Bank is among the few country. state-owned banks that had not been • AIMA Chanakya National Management brought into the bank consolidation Games is an online Business Simulation efforts of the Central Government. Game which is conducted every year. • Headquarter: Delhi • The championship aims to ensure that • Tagline: Where Service is a Way of Life executives participating in the event get the onboard experience about the 2. Famous cricketer David Capel held complexities of running an organisation from which country who passed away and gain expertise and skills from this recently? event. A. South Africa • It also enables the Corporate Managers B. Zimbabwe to face the thrill of Managing Business in C. Australia a competitive mode. D. England Ans. D 4.Who has won the prestigious Annual Sol World Open online chess tournament? • David Capel, the former cricket A. Swayams Mishra allrounder from England passed away B. P Iniyan recently. C. Prithu Gupta • He had played around 15 tests and 23 D. Raunak Sadhwani One Day Internationals (ODIs) Ans. B representing England from 1987 to 1990. Sol • He made his Test debut against • Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan won the Pakistan in 1987. prestigious Annual World Open online • Capel made 270 first-class appearances chess tournament for Northamptonshire from 1981-1998 • He scored 7.5 points out of a possible 9 • He became the first cricketer born in the with six victories and three draws to finish county to play a Test for England in 77 on top. years when he made his debut against • The 48th edition of the annual event Pakistan in July 1987. was held online from August 7-9. • A total number of 120 players from 16 3. Which Maharatna Public Sector countries participated in the event which Undertakings has won the All India included more than 30 Grandmasters. Management Association (AIMA) Chanakya (Business Simulation Game) 2 www.gradeup.co • Iniyan had recently defeated world • He represented the bank in the board of number two Fabiano Caruana in an online CIBIL and the risk advisory board of VISA blitz event. for the Asia Pacific. 5.With which of the following organization 7.Who has authored the book titled “Let the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Tribal Us Dream” set to release in December Affairs, Ministry of Tribal Affairs organised 2020? a two-days long “National Tribal Research A. Benedict XVI Conclave”? B. Pope Francis A. NITI Aayog C. John Paul II B. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) D. John Paul I C. Federation of Indian Chambers of Ans. B Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Sol D. Indian Institute of Public • Pope Francis is set to release the book Administration (IIPA) “Let Us Dream” in December 2020. Ans. D • In the book, Pope Francis explains how Sol a crisis can teach an individual to deal • The Centre of Excellence (CoE) for with problems they face in their lives. Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, • He cites three major crises from his own Indian Institute of Public Administration personal life. (IIPA) organised 2-days long “National • The book will be an outcome of Tribal Research Conclave”. numerous exchanges between Pope • The inaugural session of conclave was Francis and his Biographer Austen addressed by the Union Minister for Tribal Ivereigh in the weeks following the Affairs Shri Arjun Munda. Coronavirus outbreak around the world. • The National Tribal Research Conclave • Austen Ivereigh is a Roman Catholic was organised to review the progress on Journalist, Commentator, the author the results of projects launched by based out of Britain. Ministry of Tribal Affairs. • The book is being published by Simon & • 10 research partners shared their Schuster and will be released in English projects in the 2-days long conclave. and Spanish Editions simultaneously. 6.Who has been appointed as the 8.Who has been appointed as the Chief Managing Director and CEO of the South Executive Officer (CEO) of Railway Board? Indian Bank? A. Usha Padhee A. Murali Ramakrishnan B. Hemant Khatree B. VKV Yadav C. VK Yadav C. S Krishnan D. GP Garg D. Pramod Chandra Mody Ans. C Ans. A Sol Sol • The Appointments Committee of the • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Cabinet has approved the appointment of approved the appointment of Murali the current chairman of the Railway Ramakrishnan as Managing Director and Board VK Yadav as the Chief Executive CEO of the South Indian Bank for a period Officer (CEO). of three years with effect from October 1, • The chairman and CEO will be the cadre 2020. controlling officer responsible for human • Ramakrishnan had retired from ICICI resources (HR) with assistance from a DG Bank as Senior General Manager at (HR). Strategic Project Group on May 30, 2020, • The Cabinet had earlier approved the and joined the South Indian Bank as an restructuring of the Railway Board, whose advisor on July 1, 2020. strength has been cut from eight to five, 3 www.gradeup.co as part of large scale reforms initiated by it is working to expand its coverage to the the national transporter. whole of the country. • The process to merge eight railway- • More than 65 per cent of people who related wings into a single central service receive advance flood warnings take called the Indian Railway Management action to protect themselves and their Service (IRMS) is underway. assets. • The company is also partnering with the 9.Under Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat International Federation of Red Cross and Programme, Goa is paired with which Red Crescent Societies to build to deliver state? a l e r t s to people who don’t have smart A. Jharkhand phones to receive the a l e r t s directly. B. Odisha • The company uses Artificial Intelligence C. West Bengal (AI) to analyse historical data to predict D. Madhya Pradesh flood in the river basins. Google launched Ans. A its flood forecasting pilot programme in Sol Patna in 2018. • Under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, Goa is paired with Jharkhand. 11.Which state government has entered • Lot of exchange activities are happening into a Memorandum of Understanding on this front. (MoU) with CSIR- Indian Institute of • The intensity of programmes is less due Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) to set to lockdown and so the focus is laid on up a Bulk Drug Park (BDP)? virtual events. A. Maharshtra • Lokotsav programmes held earlier in B. Uttar Pradesh Goa in Panaji evoked good response. C. Madhya Pradesh • Stalls of Jharkhand displayed delicacies D. Andhra Pradesh from that state and Goans enjoyed Ans. D savouring the same. Sol • Folk dances presented by Jharkhand • The Andhra Pradesh Industrial artistes also were appreciated by Goan Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (APIIC) artistes. has entered into a Memorandum of • Later Goan artistes also visited Understanding (MoU) with Council of Jharkhand and presented Goan folk Scientific and Industrial Research – dances. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology • Bangle making workshops were held in (CSIR-IICT) as a step forward in the Goa wherein experts from handicraft direction of setting up a Bulk Drug Park arena of Jharkhand guided Goan artistes. (BDP) under a scheme by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, Department of 10.Google has partnered with which Pharmaceuticals. country to bring the flood warning • The objective of the MoU is to develop services to the country? a collaborative partnership between the A. Sri Lanka State government and CSIR-IICT to B. Maldives establish Bulk Drug Pharma park in the C. Bangladesh State D. Myanmar • It seeks financial support from the Ans. C Centre. Sol • As per the agreement, CSIR-IICT shall • Google has partnered with Bangladesh provide necessary technical support as Water Development Board to bring the the knowledge partner in preparing the flood warning services to the country. proposal to be submitted by the Andhra • Announcing this on its official blog Pradesh government to the Department Google said that it currently covers more of Pharmaceuticals. than 40 million people in Bangladesh and 4 www.gradeup.co • This would make the State a top • The initiative will also help in achieving destination for medicine manufacturers. 175 GW renewable energy (RE) target of the country. 12.The Geological Survey of India (GSI) • It will lessen the burden on RE-rich has signed a Memorandum of states and incentivize them to develop RE Understanding for cooperation in the field capacity beyond their own RPO of geology and mineral resources with its (Renewable Purchase Obligation). counter part of which country? • This would promote RE merchant A. Japan capacity addition and help in achieving RE B. Norway capacity addition targets of the country. C. New Zealand D. Finland 14.What is India’s rank in the 13th edition Ans. D of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 Sol jointly released by the World Intellectual • A Memorandum of Understanding for Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell cooperation in the field of geology and University and INSEAD Business School? mineral resources between Geological A.