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Here is the Current Affairs Quiz of 20th September 2020 covering the following topics: Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana, Emerging Entrepreneurs Business, BRICS.

The Current Affairs section constitutes a major part of General Awareness section in a competitive examination and plays an instrumental role. To supplement your preparation for the 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 20th September 2020 covering the following topics: Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana, Emerging Entrepreneurs Business, BRICS.

Q1. Who has been honored with the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award?
(a) Salman Rushdie
(b) Margaret Atwood
(c) Toni Morrison
(d) JK Rowling
(e) Anita Desai

Q2. Name the Indian who has been selected in the United Nations 2020 list of 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
(a) Shah Swapanil
(b) Kishan Gangolli
(c) Udit Singhal
(d) Krishna Udupa
(e) Kaushal Srivastava

Q3. Babu Sivan was a renowned Director from which film industry?
(a) Malayalam
(b) Bengali
(c) Tamil
(d) Marathi
(e) Punjabi

Q4. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is presented by which country?
(a) United States
(b) United Kingdom
(c) France
(d) Germany
(e) Australia

Q5. The Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana has been launched by which state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Punjab
(e) West Bengal

Q6. Which of the following banks has launched the new vertical ‘Emerging Entrepreneurs Business (EEB)’?
(a) Bank of Baroda
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) IndusInd Bank
(d) Federal Bank
(e) Bandhan Bank

Q7. Harsimrat Kaur Badal has resigned as the Union Minister of Food Processing Industries. Who has been given the additional charge of the ministry?
(a) Narendra Singh Tomar
(b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(c) Jyotiraditya Scindia
(d) Hardeep Singh Puri
(e) Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Q8. Who represent India at 10th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives on National Security?
(a) Harsh Vardhan
(b) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
(c) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
(d) Prakash Javadekar
(e) Ajit Doval

Q9. The 10th meeting of the NSAs was hosted by the current chair of BRICS _______________.
(a) South Africa
(b) China
(c) Brazil
(d) India
(e) Russia

Q10. Which of the following bank recently launched i-Lead 2.0 (Inspiring Leads System version 2.0). The system has been launched to provide its services to customers irrespective of where they reside?
(a) Canara Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Bank of Baroda
(d) Central Bank of India
(e) State Bank of India

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Margaret Atwood (Canada) has won the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Udit Singhal, an 18-year-old Indian boy, has been included by the United Nations (UN) in the 2020 Class of 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Tamil filmmaker Babu Sivan has passed away in Chennai following multiple organ failure.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. The award celebrated the power of literature in fostering peace, social justice and global understanding. It is a United States literary award.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani has launched a scheme named Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY) that will provide interest-free loans to women’s groups in the state.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Bandhan Bank has launched a new vertical named “Emerging Entrepreneurs Business (EEB)” to focus on small businesses.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been given the additional charge of Food Processing Industries Ministry.

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. 10th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives on National Security was held virtually. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval represented India in a virtual meet of top security officials from Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. The 10th meeting of the NSAs was hosted by the current chair of BRICS i.e. Russia.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Public sector lender Canara Bank has launched lead management system (LMS) – i-Lead 2.0 (Inspiring Leads System version 2.0). The system has been launched to provide its services to customers irrespective of where they reside.

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