Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank | Free PDF – 18th September ‘2020

Q1) Which among the following has launched a new loan scheme Apna Ghar Dreamz?

1. ICICI Home Finance
2. Axis Bank
3. Yes Bank
4. Kotak Mahindra

Q2) Among Indian cities, which city has topped the 2020 Smart City Index released by Institute for Management Development?

1. New Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Hyderabad
4. Bengaluru

Q3) Ashok Gasti, who passed away recently, was the Rajya Sabha member from which state?

1. Odisha
2. Karnataka
3. Goa
4. Himachal Pradesh

Q4) What is the theme of the World Bamboo Day 2020?

1. BAMBOO NOW
2. Bamboo for SDG
3. Bamboo for Future
4. Bamboo for Livelihood

Q5) Moussa Traore, who passed away recently, was the former President of which country?

1. Angola
2. Nigeria
3. Cuba
4. Mali

Q6) Lok Sabha has passed a bill to reduce the salaries of MPs by what per cent for one year?

1. 25%
2. 50%
3. 30%
4. 40%

Q7) Which has become the first airport in the world to earn “the COVID-19 5-Star Airport Rating” from Skytrax?

1. Fiumicino International Airport 
2. Los Angeles International Airport
3. Dubai International Airport
4. Tokyo Haneda Airport

Q8) The first International Equal Pay Day was observed on which date?

1. 17 September
2. 18 September
3. 19 September
4. 16 September

Q9) Which state has launched the loan disbursal programme “Arthika Spandana”?

1. Odisha
2. West Bengal
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Karnataka

Q10) Which company has won the bid to construct the new Parliament building at a cost of Rs 861.90 crore?

1. Tata Projects 
2. Larsen & Toubro
3. Shapoorji Pallonji
4. Hindustan Construction

Q11) Which watch company and State Bank of India have launched India’s first contactless payment watch?

1. Fossil
2. Fastrack
3. Diesel
4. Titan

Q12) The union finance ministry has sought Parliament’s approval to infuse ₹________crore into public sector banks (PSBs)?

1. ₹10,000 crore
2. ₹20,000 crore
3. ₹30,000 crore
4. ₹25,000 crore

Q13) Who has won the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award?

1. Margaret Atwood 
2. Sharon Stone
3. Avni Doshi
4. Brandon Taylor

Q14) Who wiill be honoured with the prestigious 2020 Asia Game Changer Award?

1. Ranveer Brar
2. Sanjeev Kaporr
3. Vikas Khanna
4. Kunal Kapur

Q15) Byju’s has unveiled its new initiative  ‘Education for All’ to empower 5 million children by which year?

1. 2024
2. 2023
3. 2026
4. 2025

Q16) Which has become the first country to pass legislation requiring financial firms to declare their climate-related risks?

1. New Zealand
2. India
3. Ireland
4. Norway

Q17) Who has been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries?

1. Nitin Gadkari
2. Piyush Goyal
3. Prakash Javadekar
4. Narendra Singh Tomar

Q18) Who is the author of the book “A promised land”?

1. Barack Obama
2. Justin Trudeau
3. Scott Morrison
4. Boris Johnson

Q19) What is the rank of India in the World Bank’s 2020 Human Capital Index?

1. 88^th
2. 99^th
3. 116^th
4. 126^th

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