Static Gk Awareness Quiz 19th August 2020- Static GK for Bank Exam

Q1. The global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep Pakistan in the Grey List’ for terror financing as the country failed to check flow of money to terror groups. Where is the headquarters of FATF?
(a) London, UK
(b) Vienna, Austria
(c) Geneva, Switzerland
(d) Paris, France
(e) Washington DC, US

Q2. Tripura government has announced an ambitious scheme “Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar” to provide nutrition kits to pregnant and lactating women in order to combat infant and maternal mortality and malnutrition. Name the present Governor of Tripura.
(a) P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
(b) Ramesh Bais
(c) Ganga Prasad
(d) R. N. Ravi
(e) Satya Pal Malik

Q3. Former England women’s captain Clare Connor will become the 1st female president of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in its 233-year history. In which of the following year Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded?
(a) 1792
(b) 1846
(c) 1787
(d) 1799
(e) 1804

Q4. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is observed on _____________.
(a) 22nd June
(b) 23rd June
(c) 24th June
(d) 25th June
(e) 26th June

Q5. The world’s first yoga university outside India has been launched in Los Angeles, US. The Yoga University has been named as the Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU). United Nations celebrates International Day of Yoga globally on _________________ .
(a) 10 June
(b) 05 June
(c) 29 June
(d) 21 June
(e) 22 June

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Q6. The Kempegowda International Airport operated by the Bengaluru International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has become the 1st airport in India, to have an indigenously-developed Aviation Weather Monitoring System (AWMS) at its new runway on both ends. Where is the headquarters of National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)?
(a) Dehradun
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Mumbai
(e) Nainital

Q7. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has been named among the 50 ambassadors at 45th edition Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2020. In which of the following year Toronto International Film Festival was started?
(a) 1976
(b) 1977
(c) 1978
(d) 1979
(e) 1980

Q8. Yes Bank has partnered with UDMA Technologies to launched its digital wallet solution ‘Yuva Pay’ mobile app. What is the Tagline of Yes Bank?
(a) A Long Tradition of Trust
(b) Experience our Expertise
(c) A Friend You can Bank Upon
(d) Working for a better tomorrow
(e) You can always bank on us

Q9. Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal’s financial services startup “Navi” has launched a mobile app ” Navi lending” to provide instant personal loans targeted at consumers in the middle-income segment. In which year Navi Technologies was established?
(a) 2010
(b) 2012
(c) 2014
(d) 2016
(e) 2018

Q10. Swiss National Bank (SNB) has released ‘Annual banking statistics, 2019’. India has moved down three places to 77th rank in terms of money parked by its citizens. Where is the headquarters of Swiss National Bank (SNB)?
(a) Zurich, Switzerland
(b) Geneva, Switzerland
(c) Basel, Switzerland
(d) Lausanne, Switzerland
(e) Bern, Switzerland

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Q11. Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day is observed globally on 27th June every year since 2017. Where is the headquarters of International Society for Small and Medium Enterprises?
(a) Kanpur
(b) Kolkata
(c) New Delhi
(d) Mumbai
(e) Lucknow

Q12. Micheal Martin has been elected as new Prime Minister of Ireland by the lower house of the Irish parliament. What is the capital of Ireland?
(a) Cork
(b) Limerick
(c) Galway
(d) Dublin
(e) Waterford

Q13. Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda has inaugurated the TRIBES India store on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) and the TRIFED’s new website (trifed.tribal.gov.in). Name the present chairman of TRIFED.
(a) S. L. Jain
(b) Murali Ramaswami
(c) Sanjiv Chadha
(d) Hasmukh Adhia
(e) Ramesh Chand Meena

Q14. PhonePe has partnered with ICICI Bank on UPI multi-bank model. Through this partnership, Phonepe will give its users the option to create and use multiple UPI IDs with ICICI bank. In which year Phonepe was founded?
(a) 2011
(b) 2012
(c) 2013
(d) 2014
(e) 2015

Q15. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed globally on ____________.
(a) 24th June
(b) 25th June
(c) 26th June
(d) 27th June
(e) 28th June

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. The FATF Secretariat is located at the OECD headquarters in Paris.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Ramesh Bais is an Indian politician serving as the 18th and current Governor of Tripura.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Marylebone Cricket Club was founded in 1787, taking as its home a cricket ground set up by the ambitious entrepreneur Thomas Lord staged his first match – between Middlesex and Essex – on a ground on Dorset Fields in Marylebone.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is observed on 26th June every year to raise awareness among the people about the human torture that it is not only unacceptable but it is also a crime.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. United Nations celebrates International Day of Yoga globally on 21st June.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bengaluru, Karnataka is the headquarters of National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The festival was founded in 1976 at the Windsor Arms Hotel by Bill Marshall, Henk Van der Kolk and Dusty Cohl.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Experience our Expertise is the Tagline of Yes Bank.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. Bangalore-based Navi Technologies was established in 2018.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Zurich, Switzerland is the headquarters of Swiss National Bank (SNB).

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. New Delhi is the headquarters of International Society for Small and Medium Enterprises.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on a bay on the east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey.

S13. Ans.(e)
Sol. Ramesh Chand Meena is the present chairman of TRIFED.

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. PhonePe was founded in December 2015, by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed globally on 26th June every year to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse.

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