Current Affairs 8th December 2020
Current Affairs of the morning are here with the top headlines of the morning. Current Affairs are very important for all competitive exams including Banking, SSC, RBI, NABARD, etc.
01. Government has launched online
data pool named as _________
that contains data of critical
human resource for combating
and containing COVID-19?
A. www.deshkraksak.gov.in
B. www.covidfight.gov.in
C. www.covidwarriors.gov.in
D. www.nationagainstcovid.gov.in
Answer: C.
Explanation: Government has launched online data pool of critical human resource for combating and containing
COVID-19.
● Health Ministry has created an online data pool on www.covidwarriors.gov.in of doctors including nurses
and other health care professionals, volunteers from National Yuva Kendras, NCC, Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana and ex-Servicemen for use by the ground level administration at state, district or
municipal levels.
02. According to Society of
Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles
(SMEV), In 2019-20, the sale of
electric vehicle in India grew up by
________.
A. 05%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 20%
Answer: D.
Explanation:
According to Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), Electric vehicles sales, excluding e-
rickshaws, in India grew by 20 per cent at 1.56 lakh units in 2019-20.
● In 2018-19, total EV sales in India stood at 1.3 lakh units.
● Out of the total sales in FY20, 1.52 lakh units were two-wheelers, 3,400 cars and 600 buses.
● The corresponding sale for the 2018-19 was 1.26 two-wheelers, 3,600 cars and around 400 buses.
03. Recently, Anand Singh Bisht
passed away. He was the father of
Chief Minister of which of the
following state?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Rajasthan
Answer: C.
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s father Anand Singh Bisht passed away.
● The UP CM’s father was being treated at All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi.
● Yogi’s father used to live in the Panchur village of the Uttarakhand Yamkeshwar area. He had retired as a forest ranger from the state Forest Department in 1991.
04. Recently, Which of the following
bank has launched voice banking
services on Amazon Alexa, Google
Assistant?
A. State Bank of India
B. ICICI Bank
C. HDFC Bank
D. IndusInd Bank
Answer: B.
Explanation: ICICI Bank has launched voice assistance-based banking services for its customers and they can check balance,
seek credit card details as well as ask other queries among others through this application.
● The bank said it has integrated its artificial intelligence (AI) powered multi-channel chatbot iPal with Amazon
Alexa and Google Assistant through which its retail banking customers can undertake host of banking services
through voice commands.
05. Which of the following Zilla
Parishad has decided to provide
temporary ‘ration cards’ to more
than 80,000 undocumented people
so they can receive foodgrains
under the Public Distribution
System (PDS)?
A. Pune
A. Lucknow
B. Mumbai
C. Bengaluru
Answer: A.
Explanation: Recently, the Pune Zilla Parishad has decided to provide temporary ‘ration cards’ to more than 80,000
undocumented people in the district, so they can receive foodgrains under the Public Distribution System
(PDS).
● Earlier, Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Abhijit Banerjee, and former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan had
suggested that temporary ration cards should be issued to enable the undocumented to draw rations
through the PDS system.
● It is a first innovation of its kind to help larger numbers of people access government benefits during the
Covid-19 lockdown.
06. World Creativity and
Innovation Day is observed
every year on ________.
A. 18 April
B. 19 April
C. 20 April
D. 21 April
Answer: D.
Explanation: World Creativity and Innovation Day is a global UN day celebrated on April 21.
● The day is observed to raise awareness around the importance of creativity and innovation in problem
solving with respect to advancing the United Nations sustainable development goals, also known as
the “global goals”.
07. According to a recent report,
the sown area of summer crops
has increased by ________ as
compared to previous year?
A. 42%
B. 22%
C. 36%
D. 49%
Answer: C.
Explanation: The government said that the sown area of summer crops has registered an increase of 36 per cent over the
previous year.
● The rise has been mainly observed in rice cultivation.
● The food grain production has been fixed at an ambitious 298 million tonnes at the recently held Kharif
Conference 2020.
08. Which of the following state
government will provide free
online medical consultation to sick
people through e-sanjeevani-opd?
A. Haryana
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Assam
D. Odisha
Answer: B.
Explanation: In order to provide health services in the wake of COVID-19 Pandemic, the Himachal Pradesh Health
Department has come up with a unique idea of providing free online medical consultation to sick people at
their residence through e-sanjeevani-opd.
● In view of COVID-19 pandemic sick people were feeling uncomfortable to visit hospitals, hence for this, the
state government with the health department has come up with an idea of ‘esanjeevaniopd’ through which
general health advice will be provided to the people at their residence throughout the state.
09.Recently, New Development
Bank has decided to provide
________ emergency
assistance to India.
A. 1 billion dollar
A. 1.5 billion dollar
B. 2 billion dollar
C. 2.5 billion dollar
Answer: B.
Explanation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman appreciated efforts of New Development Bank on fast
tracking of financial assistance of about five billion dollars to BRICS countries including
Emergency Assistance of one billion dollar to India to combat COVID-19 pandemic.
10. Who among the following has
been appointed as the new
Secretary to President of India?
A. Raghav Krishna
B. Kapil Dev Tripathi
C. Rajneesh Kumar
D. Mahesh Dubey
Answer: B.
Explanation:
Former IAS officer Kapil Dev Tripathi has been appointed as the Secretary to President Ram Nath
Kovind.
● The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Mr Tripathi for a term co-
terminus with the tenure of the President.
● Mr Tripathi, a 1980 batch IAS officer ( Retired) of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is at present the Chairman
of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).
