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- The RE-Invest 2020 is which edition of the Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo?
A) 4th
B) 3rd
C) 2nd
D) 5th
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Option B
Explanation:Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020) on 26 November 2020 through video conferencing. The summit is organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.The theme for RE-Invest 2020 is ‘Innovations for Sustainable Energy Transition’.
- James Wolfensohn, who has passed away recently was the former President of which body?
A) United Nations
B) International Monetary Fund
C) World Bank Group
D) World Trade Organization
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Option C
Explanation: Australian-American lawyer, investment banker, and economist James Wolfensohn, who served as the President of the World Bank for 10 years, has passes away. He was 86. Wolfensohn had served as the ninth president of the World Bank Group from 1995 to 2005.
- The largest solar power project at a high altitude in India has been set up at which place?
A) Leh
B) Kargil
C) Siachen Glacier
D) Udhampur
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Option A
Explanation:The largest solar power project at a high altitude, setup under the Centre’s ”Make In India” initiative of the Central government for the defence sector has been set up at Leh IAF station in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
- Inventivepreneur Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ICCI) has recently partnered with which bank to support MSMEs/SMEs and Start-ups?
A) ICICI Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) SBI
D) Union Bank of India
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Option B
Explanation:The Inventivepreneur Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ICCI) and HDFC Bank have inked an MoU to support MSMEs/SMEs and Start-ups financially.ICCI is the biggest platform operating to support entrepreneurship globally.
- PM Modi has released a book on Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, penned by Kirpal Singh Ji. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was the _________ Sikh Guru
A) First
B) Tenth
C) Fifth
D) Second
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Option A
Explanation:The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released a book on the life and ideals of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji on 25 November 2020..The book has been penned by Kirpal Singh Ji, who is based in Chandigarh. Guru Nanak, also referred to as Baba Nanak, was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
- The ‘Garima Greh is a newly set up Shelter Home for Transgender Persons. The facility has recently been inaugurated in which city?
A) Jaipur
B) Indore
C) Vadodara
D) Pune
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Option C
Explanation:The Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot virtually launched a ‘National Portal for Transgender Persons’ on 25 November 2020. Apart from this, the minister also e-inaugurated a ‘Garima Greh: A Shelter Home for Transgender Persons’ in Vadodara, Gujarat.
- Invest India has collaborated with which organisation to develop the first-ever ‘SDG Investor Map for India’?
A) UNDP
B) WEF
C) World Bank
D) UNICEF
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Option A
Explanation:Invest India, the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency, has partnered with UNDP India to develop the first-ever ‘SDG Investor Map for India’.The map lays out 18 Investment Opportunities Areas (IOAs) in six critical SDG enabling sectors, that can help India to move forward on Sustainable Development path.
- The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways recently laid foundation stones for 16 National Highway projects in Uttar Pradesh worth around Rs 7477 crore. Name the Minister
A) Prakash Javadekar
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) Piyush Goyal
D) J. P. Nadda
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Option B
Explanation:Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 16 National Highway projects in Uttar Pradesh on 26 November 2020. The construction cost of these infra projects is estimated to be around Rs 7477 crore.
- Mercedes-Benz has joined hands with which bank to strengthen its customer base through unique financial benefits to lender’s HNI customers?
A) PNB
B) HDFC Bank
C) SBI
D) ICICI Bank
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Option C
Explanation:India’s largest luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has partnered with State Bank of India (SBI), to offer attractive financial benefits, to the lender’s HNI customers on owning a Mercedes-Benz and in turn expand its customer base in the country.
- Who has been appointed as the new Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian Army?
A) Lt Gen Raman Singh
B) Lt Gen Harpal Singh
C) Lt Gen Vinod Kumar
D) Lt Gen TP Velayudhan
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Option B
Explanation:Lt Gen Harpal Singh has been appointed as the new Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian Army. He would take over his new appointment on December 1, 2020. He is presently the Director-General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
- Who among the following was famously known as the Father of Indian Information Technology (IT) Industry?
A) Faqir Chand Kohli
B) Rajesh Gopinathan
C) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
D) Subramaniam Ramadorai
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Option A
Explanation:Renowned Indian industrialist,Faqir Chand Kohli, who was referred as Father of Indian Information Technology (IT) Industry, has passed away. He was 96.
- Veteran footballer Diego Armando Maradona who has passed away played for which country?
A) Portugal
B) Argentina
C) Spain
D) New Zealand
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Option B
Explanation: The former Argentinian football legend Diego Armando Maradona, has passed away following heart attack. He was 60.
- The Government of India has set the target to achieve 175 GW of renewable energy by which year?
A) 2030
B) 2028
C) 2025
D) 2022
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Option D
Explanation:It must be noted that India has set an ambitious target of having 175GW of renewable energy by 2022 and 450GW by 2030.
- Who among these has been appointed as the new Director-General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO)?
A) Rajeev Chaudhary
B) Arjan Singh
C) Gobinder Singh
D) Vimal Shinghal
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Option A
Explanation: Major Gen Rajeev Chaudhary has been appointed as the new Director-General of the BRO.
- Renowned industrialist Faqir Chand Kohli, who has passed away recently was the founder of which company?
A) Tech Mahindra
B) HCL Technologies
C) TCS
D) ITC Limited
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Option C
Explanation:Popularly known as F. C. Kohli, he was the founder and the first and longest serving CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest software services company.
