30th Nov 2021 Current Affairs Daily Dose

Q1. The Reserve Bank of India has recently increased the cap on promoters’ stake in private bank to ___ percent of the paid-up voting equity share capital of the bank.
(a) 26%
(b) 15%
(c) 21%
(d) 18%
(e) 20%

Q2. Which state has emerged as the poorest state in India at all dimensions in the inaugural national Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released by NITI Aayog?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Punjab
(e) Jharkhand

Q3. The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is an UN-organized day held every year on ________.
(a) November 29
(b) November 26
(c) November 27
(d) November 28
(e) November 30

Q4. Who has been elected as the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF)?
(a) Arunima Sinha
(b) Bachendri Pal
(c) Premlata Agrawal
(d) Santosh Yadav
(e) Harshwanti Bisht

Q5. Who has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the Czech Republic?
(a) Václav Klaus
(b) Milos Zeman
(c) Andrej Babis
(d) Petr Fiala
(e) Livia Klausova

Q6. Indian Railways is constructing the tallest pier railway bridge of the world in Manipur. What is the height of the bridge?
(a) 151 metres
(b) 141 metres
(c) 131 metres
(d) 121 metres
(e) 111 metres

Q7. Cherry Blossom Festival is celebrated in which of the following state?
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Telangana
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Tripura
(e) Rajasthan

Q8. According to Kantar’s BrandZ India 2021 report, which brand has emerged as the most purposeful brands in India across “technology category”?
(a) Tata Tea
(b) Swiggy
(c) Samsung
(d) Amazon
(e) Asian Paints

Q9. Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on which bank for holding shares in the borrower companies of an amount exceeding 30% of the paid-up share capital of those companies?
(a) Punjab National Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Union Bank of India
(d) Central Bank of India
(e) Allahabad Bank

Q10. Which general Insurance company has partnered with TropoGo for the distribution of a drone Insurance product?
(a) SBI General Insurance Company
(b) Oriental Insurance Company
(c) Religare Insurance Company
(d) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company
(e) Bharti AXA General Insurance

Q11. Who has been appointed as an Independent non-executive Director on the Board of Hero MotoCorp?
(a) Dinesh Kumar Khara
(b) A S Rajeev
(c) Rajnish Kumar
(d) Vinod Aggarwal
(e) Hitendra Dave

Q12. Name India’s first privately developed fully cryogenic rocket engine, which has been successfully test-fired by Skyroot Aerospace, Hyderabad.
(a) GISAT-1
(b) Dhawan-1
(c) Vikram-1
(d) Kalam-1
(e) Satish-1

Q13. Who among the following has released a book titled “Bangladesh Liberation@50 Years: ‘Bijoy’ with Synergy, India-Pakistan War 1971”?
(a) Manoj Mukund Naravane
(b) MA Ganapathy
(c) R Hari Kumar
(d) Karambir Singh
(e) Rajeev Chaudhary

Q14. National Cadet Corps Day is celebrated every year on ____________.
(a) Third Sunday of November
(b) 28th November
(c) Fourth Sunday of November
(d) 22nd November
(e) Second Sunday of November

Q15. World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 as _______.
(a) Micro
(b) Delta-3
(c) Micron
(d) Bicron
(e) Omicron

Solutions :

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. The cap on promoters’ stake in long run of 15 years has been raised from 15 percent (earlier) to 26 percent of the paid-up voting equity share capital of the bank.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bihar has been adjudged as the state with highest level of multidimensional poverty. 51.91 percent of the state’s population are multidimensionally poor.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is an UN-organized day held every year on November 29.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Noted mountaineer Harshwanti Bisht has been elected as the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF).

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Petr Fiala has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the Czech Republic by President Milos Zeman.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Indian Railways is constructing the tallest pier railway bridge of the world in Manipur. The bridge is being built at a height of 141 metres.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The three-day Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival 2021 was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad K Sangma and Ambassador of Japan to India, Satoshi Suzuki.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Kantar’s BrandZ India report 2021: Amazon, Asian Paints, Tata Tea topped India’s Most Purposeful Brand Rankings.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs one crore on country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) for holding shares in the borrower companies of an amount exceeding 30 per cent of the paid-up share capital of those companies.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announced its partnership with deep-tech startup TropoGo for the distribution of a drone Insurance product.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Two-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp announced the appointment of former chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) Rajnish Kumar as an independent non-executive director on the board of the company.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Skyroot Aerospace, a space technology startup based in Hyderabad, has successfully test-fired Dhawan-1, India’s first privately developed fully cryogenic rocket engine.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. General MM Naravane released a book ‘Bangladesh Liberation @ 50 years: ‘Bijoy’ with Synergy, India-Pakistan war 1971’, a compilation of personal accounts of the war by veterans from India and Pakistan.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. NCC Day is celebrated every year in fourth Sunday in the month of November. The NCC was formed on 15 July 1948.

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 as Omicron. New COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 was first reported to WHO from South Africa on 24 November 2021.

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