GK Current Affairs Quiz: September 19th-20th, 2020

Current Affairs Quiz 19th 20th September 2020

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Question 1:____________ won the bid to construct a new Parliament building at a cost of 861.90 crore.
A. Reliance Infrastructure Limited
B. Tata Projects Limited
C. L&T Construction Company
D. Hindustan Construction Company

Answer and Explanation

Answer: B

Tata Projects Limited won the bid to construct a new Parliament building at a cost of 861.90 crore.

The L&T Ltd had submitted a bid of Rs.865 crore.

Tata group: Headquarters: Mumbai || Chairman : Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Question 2:State Bank of Mauritius India has launched ‘SBM World Debit Card’ in partnership with ___________.
A. Visa
B. Mastercard
C. American Express
D. RuPay

Answer and Explanation

Answer: B

State Bank of Mauritius India has launched ‘SBM World Debit Card’ in partnership with Mastercard.

State Bank of Mauritius (SBM), is a bank in Mauritius that the Bank of Mauritius, the national banking regulator, has licensed as a commercial bank.

SBM Bank india: Headquarters: Mumbai || Managing Director & CEO – Sidharth Rath

Mastercard: CEO: Ajaypal Singh Banga || Headquarters: New York

Question 3:Online poker platform 9stacks has signed __________ as its brand ambassador.
A. Hardik Pandya
B. Rohit Sharma
C. Suresh Raina
D. Virat Kohli

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C

Online poker platform 9stacks has signed Suresh Raina as its brand ambassador.

Question 4:Volvo Car India has partnered with _________ to launch Volvo Car Financial Services.
A. HDFC Bank
B. ICICI Bank
C. AXIS Bank
D. Yes Bank

Answer and Explanation

Answer: A

Volvo Car India has partnered with HDFC Bank to launch Volvo Car Financial Services.

HDFC: CEO: Aditya Puri || Headquarters: Mumbai

Volvo Car India: Headquarters: Gothenburg, Sweden || CEO: Martin Lundstedt

Question 5:Book titled ‘Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction’ is authored by __________.
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Salman Rushdie
C. Pradip Krishen
D. Jhumpa Lahiri

Answer and Explanation

Answer: A

Book titled ‘Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction’ is authored by Arundhati Roy.

Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.

Question 6: India has been ranked at the __________ position in the latest edition of ‘Human Capital Index’ by World Bank.
A. 118th
B. 117th
C. 116th
D. 119th

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C

India has been ranked at the 116th position in the latest edition of ‘Human Capital Index’ by World Bank.

It benchmarks key components of human capital across countries.

India was ranked 115 out of 157 countries. This year India finds itself at 116th from among 174 countries.

Question 7:Hyderabad was the top Indian city, placed at the _______ position in the Smart City Index 2020.
A. 99th
B. 75th
C. 85th
D. 90th

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C

Smart City Index 2020 has been released by Institute for Management Development in collaboration with Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD).

Hyderabad was the top Indian city, placed at the 85th position in the Smart City Index 2020.

Top Three

1. Singapore

2. Helsinki

3. Zurich

Question 8:___________ became the second man to score 100 International Goals and First European for the same.
A. Robert Lewandowski
B. Neymar Jr.
C. Leo Messi
D. Cristiano Ronaldo