Q1. Which state/UT is to constitute Anti-electrocution cells to protect wild elephants? 

Answer. West Bengal

Q2. What amount of grant is announced by the Finance Minister for COVID vaccine research?

Answer. Rs. 900 Crore

Q3. Which potential vaccine candidate of India has completed enrolment of Phase III clinical trials?

Answer. Covishield

Q4. Which state has launched Mukhya Mantri Rural Street Vendor Scheme?

Answer. Madhya Pradesh

Q5. When is ‘World Pneumonia Day’ observed every year?

Answer. 12 November

Q6. What is the theme of World Science Day for Peace and Development 2020?

Answer. Science for and with Society

Q7. Which of the following bank has been put in the ‘red flag’ list, a system used for monitoring foreign portfolio investor (FPI) limits?

Answer. HDFC Bank

Q8. Recently, the RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on Punjab National Bank for contravention of which of the following statute?

Answer. The Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007

Q9. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar?

Answer. Tarkishore Prasad, Renu Devi

Q10. Which of the following was the first foreign bank in India to obtain a banking license from RBI to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary?

Answer. SBM Bank

Q11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a statue of Swami Vivekananda in Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi. Name the sculptor of the statue.

Answer. Naresh Kumawat

Q12. Who the following honoured with “Prof. A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award 2020” by Society of Biological Chemists (India), Bengaluru?

Answer. Susanta Kar

Q13. How many astronauts have launched recently by SpaceX to the International Space Station on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA?

Answer. 4

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