Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2021- 10th October |

Q1. Which of the following bank has been honored as the global winner for Most Innovative in Digital Banking by Financial Times publication ‘The Banker’ in its 2021 Innovation in Digital Banking Awards?
(a) HSBC
(b) Standard Chartered Bank
(c) Citibank
(d) DBS
(e) None of the above

Q2. Name the Neurosurgeon who has been conferred the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons’ ‘International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery’.
(a) Dr.Sandeep Shekhar
(b) Dr. Arun Shah
(c) Dr. Amitabh Goel
(d) Dr Basant Kumar Misra
(e) None of the above

Q3. Who has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Dr Cyrus Poonawalla
(c) Azim Premji
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) None of the above

Q4. The Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, has been named the “Best Airport in the World” in the 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards. In which country Hamad International Airport located?
(a) France
(b) Qatar
(c) UAE
(d) Saudi Arabia
(e) None of the above

Q5. Which state government has selected Sri Basavalinga Pattaddevaru, senior seer of Bhalki Hiremath, for the prestigious Sri Basava International Award?
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Karnataka
(e) None of the above

Q6. Which of the state has been conferred with seven national awards on the first Van Dhan Annual Awards 2020-21?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Haryana
(c) Telangana
(d) Himachal Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q7. Indian Wrestler Labhanshu Sharma won the Bharat Kesari Wrestling Dangal 2021. In which state it was organized?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Punjab
(d) Bihar
(e) None of the above

Q8. Mohammad Azam has been awarded the National Youth Award recently by the Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur in Delhi for displaying exemplary leadership qualities. He lived in which state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Telangana
(d) Kerala
(e) None of the above

Q9. Jagdish Bhagwati and C Rangarajan have been conferred with the inaugural Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal. In which field Prof. C.R. Rao Centenary Gold Medal award has been given?
(a) Mathematics
(b) Physiology
(c) Economics
(d) Chemistry
(e) None of the above

Q10. Which of the airport in New Delhi has found place among world’s top 50 best airports in the 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards?
(a) Indira Gandhi International Airport
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
(c) Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport
(d) Coachin International Airport
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(d)
Sol. DBS has been honoured as the global winner for Most Innovative in Digital Banking by Financial Times publication, The Banker, in its 2021 Innovation in Digital Banking Awards.
S2.Ans(d)
Sol. Dr Basant Kumar Misra has been conferred the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons’ ‘International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery’.
S3.Ans(b)
Sol. Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of the Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021.
S4.Ans(b)
Sol. The Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, has been named the “Best Airport in the World”.
S5.Ans(d)
Sol. Karnataka government has selected Sri Basavalinga Pattaddevaru, senior seer of Bhalki Hiremath, for the prestigious Sri Basava International Award.
S6.Ans(a)
Sol. Nagaland has been conferred with seven national awards on the first Van Dhan Annual Awards 2020-21.
S7.Ans(b)
Sol. Indian Wrestler Labhanshu Sharma won the Bharat Kesari Wrestling Dangal 2021 organised in Tamil Nadu.
S8.Ans(c)
Sol. Mohammad Azam from Karimnagar district in Telangana has been awarded the National Youth Award.
S9.Ans(c)
Sol. The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) Trust has selected two renowned economic scholars for the Prof. C.R. Rao Centenary Gold Medal award. Renowned economists Jagdish Bhagwati and C Rangarajan have been conferred with the award.
S10.Ans(a)
Sol. The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi has found place among world’s top 50 best airports in the 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards.