Current Affairs Quiz 17th April 2020: Daily Quiz MCQ for Bank Exam

The Current Affairs section constitutes a major part of General Awareness section in a competitive examination and needs your undivided attention. The questions which are asked in the exam are generally framed on National News, International News, State News, Sports, Awards, Summits, Schemes, Books & Authors, Ranks & Reports, Important Days, Economy, Defence, Science & Technology etc. To excel in this section of the competitive examinations you are required to cover the above areas.

Current Affairs 17th April 2020 Quiz

To complement your preparation for General Awareness section of the upcoming exams like SBI Clerk Mains, RBI Assistant Mains and SEBI Grade A Prelims, we are providing you Current Affairs Quiz of 17th April 2020 covering the following topics: SAHYOG, SBI, Ranjit Chowdhry, YSR Nirman portal, CARE Ratings.

Q1. Name the person who represented India in the virtual session of the 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting.
(a) Amit Shah
(b) Ramvilas Paswan
(c) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
(d) Nirmala Sitharaman
(e) D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Q2. The 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has been postponed. The session was scheduled to be held in?
(a) Fuzhou, China
(b) Kyoto, Japan
(c) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(d) Surabaya, Indonesia
(e) Brisbane, Australia

Q3. Name the Integrated Geospatial Platform that has been rolled out by the Department of Science and Technology to help in decision making during the present COVID-19 outbreak.
(a) PRAYOG
(b) UTHAAN
(c) SAHYOG
(d) KARMYOG
(e) CORONAYOG

Q4. Name the Algerian writer who has won the 13th International Arab fiction prize 2020 for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’.
(a) Lisa Ko
(b) Jami Attenberg
(c) Jesmyn Ward
(d) Jess Arndt
(e) Abdelouahab Aissaoui

Q5. Name the public sector bank which has made an announcement to waive service charges for all ATM transactions made on its ATMs and on the other bank ATMs on account of exceeding the free number of transactions up to 30th June 2020.
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Corporation Bank
(d) Canara Bank
(e) Bank Of Baroda

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman represented India in the virtual session of the 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has been postponed. It was scheduled to be held in Fuzhou, China.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Department of Science and Technology has rolled out an Integrated Geospatial Platform known as “SAHYOG” to help in decision making during the present COVID-19 outbreak.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Algerian writer Abdelouahab Aissaoui has won the 13th International Arab fiction prize 2020 for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. State Bank of India has made an announcement that the bank will waive service charges for all ATM transactions made on SBI ATMs and on the other bank ATMs on account of exceeding the free number of transactions up to 30th June 2020.

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