20th Nov 2021 Current Affairs Daily Dose
Q1. What was the rank of India in the global list of 2021 TRACE Bribery Risk Rankings (TRACE Matrix)?
(a) 53
(b) 77
(c) 82
(d) 95
(e) 108
Q2. Which bank has signed a strategic agreement with Jamshedpur Football Club, a fully owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, to promote and support football in India?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) RBL Bank
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) Axis Bank
Q3. Which organization has received the Guinness World Record for constructing & blacktopping the world highest motorable road “Umling la Pass” in the Union Territory of Ladakh?
(a) Border Roads Organisation
(b) Border Security Force
(c) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(d) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(e) National Highways Authority of India
Q4. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav?
(a) Neeraj Chopra
(b) Mary Kom
(c) Mirabai Chanu
(d) PR Sreejesh
(e) Lovlina Borgohain
Q5. Which country will host the 2031 ICC Men’s 50-over World Cup?
(a) India
(b) Australia
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) England
(e) South Africa
Q6. Who among the following has won Vienna Tennis Open or Erste Bank Open 2021?
(a) Roger Federer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Alexander Zverev
(e) Daniil Medvedev
Q7. Uttar Pradesh’s first Air Pollution Control Tower (APCT) has been set up in which city?
(a) Meerut
(b) Mathura
(c) Lucknow
(d) Kanpur
(e) Noida
Q8. World Toilet Day is observed as an official United Nations international day across the world on ___________.
(a) 19th November
(b) 20th November
(c) 21st November
(d) 22nd November
(e) 23rd November
Q9. What is the theme of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Theme 2021?
(a) The future of antibiotics depends on all of us
(b) Seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional before taking antibiotics
(c) United to preserve antimicrobials
(d) Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance
(e) Antibiotics: Handle with care
Q10. In India, the National Newborn Week is observed every year from _________.
(a) 15 to 21 November
(b) 16 to 22 November
(c) 17 to 23 November
(d) 18 to 24 November
(e) 19 to 25 November
Q11. Veteran author, football journalist and sports commentator ___________ has passed away due to health complications.
(a) Vikram Kapadia
(b) Rohan Kapadia
(c) Novy Kapadia
(d) Deepak Kapadia
(e) Sumit Kapadia
Q12. What is the theme of The Sydney Dialogue 2021?
(a) Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue
(b) Identity and Authentication
(c) Improvise, Adapt and Overcome
(d) Transforming Healthcare for a better tomorrow
(e) India’s technology evolution and revolution
Q13. India gets reelected to the Executive Board of UNESCO with 164 votes for the term _______________.
(a) 2024-25
(b) 2022-24
(c) 2021-25
(d) 2023-25
(e) 2021-22
Q14. Which country has topped the global list of 2021 TRACE Bribery Risk Rankings?
(a) Norway
(b) Iceland
(c) Singapore
(d) Finland
(e) Denmark
Q15. The ADARSH GRAM, Sui village is in which state/district?
(a) Banswara, Rajasthan
(b) Bhiwani, Haryana
(c) Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
(d) UdhamSingh, Uttarakhand
(e) Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Solutions :
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. India has slipped to 82nd position (drop by 5 slots from 2020) with a risk score of 44 in the global list of 2021 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix (TRACE Matrix) that measures business bribery risks, which was released by TRACE International.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The State Bank of India signed a strategic agreement with Jamshedpur Football Club, a fully owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, to promote and support football in India. This is the first of its kind of agreement by SBI in the game of football.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Border Roads Organisation has received the Guinness World Record for constructing & blacktopping the world highest motorable road passing through the 19,024 feet 0.73 inches (5798.251m) high Umlingla Pass in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Olympic medallist and boxer Padma Vibhushan MC Mary Kom was declared as brand ambassador of the TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav. It is a national tribal festival and a joint initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the TRIFED.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. India will co-host 2031 50-over WC & 2026 ICC T20 WC2029 and host ICC Men’s Champions Trophy. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the 14 host countries of the ICC men’s white-ball events from 2024-2031.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Alexander “Sascha” Zverev, a German professional tennis player, won the fifth ATP title of the season (2021) and 18th overall at the Vienna Open 2021 or Erste Bank Open 2021 defeating Frances Tiafoe of United States of America (USA).
S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Union Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated the first air pollution control tower of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Noida.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. World Toilet Day is observed as an official United Nations international day across the world on 19th November 2021.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Theme 2021 is Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance. The theme calls on One Health stakeholders, policymakers, health care providers, and the general public to be Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness champions.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. In India, the National Newborn Week is observed every year from 15 to 21 November. The main purpose of the week is to reinforce the importance of newborn health as a key priority area of the health sector and reduce the infant mortality rate by improving healthcare conditions for babies in the neonatal period.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Veteran author, football journalist and sports commentator Novy Kapadia has passed away due to health complications.
S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered the keynote address at The Sydney Dialogue, via video conferencing. PM addressed the event on the theme ‘India’s technology evolution and revolution’.
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. India gets reelected to the Executive Board of UNESCO with 164 votes for the term 2021-25,” the Paris-based Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation).
S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. Denmark has topped the rankings with a score of 2. An anti-bribery standard-setting organisation, known as TRACE, measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind visited Sui village in the Bhiwani district of Haryana, to inaugurate various public facilities in the village.
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