Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 20 August 2017
1. The Sadbhavana Diwas or Harmony Day is celebrated on Aug 20 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of
1) Rajiv Gandhi
2) Indira Gandhi
3) Sanjay Gandhi
4) Jawaharlal Nehru
5) Lal Bahadur Shastri
2. The MIT World Peace University, the first of its kind in India, was inaugurated recently in
1) Chennai
2) Bengaluru
3) Pune
4) Bhopal
5) Jaipur
3. S Paul, who died recently, was a veteran
1) painter
2) writer
3) singer
4) musician
5) photographer
4. Who among the following took charge as the Executive Director of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in New Delhi recently?
1) Hasmukh Adhia
2) Mamta Suri
3) Sumit Mullick
4) Jagdip Narayan Singh
5) Ashok Jain
5. Which of the following automakers in India has appointed Sanjiv Gupta as the new President and Managing Director of the company?
1) Ford Motors
2) Renault
3) Nissan
4) General Motors
5) SAIC
6. Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Nikolay Kudashev as Russia’s new ambassador to
1) Pakistan
2) India
3) China
4) US
5) Germany
7. _______ has become the Goodwill Ambassador for Handicap International, a charity organisation.
1) Lionel Messi
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Roger Federer
4) Neymar
5) Gareth Bale
8. The Union Bank of India entered into a corporate agency agreement with Bajaj Allianz GI and Cholamandalam MS GI recently. The bank is headquartered in
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru
9. The World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed every year on
1) 03 Aug
2) 09 Aug
3) 19 Aug
4) 29 Aug
5) 31 Aug
10. _______ has set an ambitious target of moving to paperless futuristic banking and launched its first digital banking branch in Bengaluru named ‘CANDI’?
1) Corporation Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Indian Bank
5) Canara Bank
Answers:
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- 5
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- 1
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