Daily Current Affairs - 19 November 2020

19 November 2020: the present Affairs Quizzes section of  Utkarsh aims to assist every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day comfortably. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics like Former PM Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary, Boeing P-8I surveillance aircraft, and COVID Vaccine updates among others. 

1.Who was sworn in as pro-tem speaker of the newly-elected 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly?

a)Jitan Ram Manjhi 

b) Hari Narayan Singh- 

c)Prafull Kumar Manjhi 

d)Musafir Paswan

Ans. (a) Jitan Ram Manjhi

2.When is former PM Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary observed?

a)November 18th 

b)November 19th 

c)November 14th 

d)November 17th 

Ans. (b) November 19th

3.When is World Toilet Day observed?

a)November 17th 

b)November 18th 

c)November 19th 

d)November 20th 

Ans. (b) November 19th 

4.Which among the subsequent vaccine manufacturers has claimed that its COVID-19 vaccine is 95 percent effective?

a)Moderna

b)Johnson & Johnson

c)Sanofi

d)Pfizer 

Ans. (d) Pfizer 

5.Which state/ UT government has announced a Rs 2000 fine for not wearing masks?

a)Puducherry 

b)Delhi 

c)Uttar Pradesh

d)Maharashtra

Ans. (b) Delhi

6.Which nation has temporarily suspended the issuance of visit visas to visitors from 12 countries including Pakistan?

a)US

b)UAE

c)Bahrain

d)Saudi Arabia

Ans. (b) UAE

7.India has received its ninth Boeing P-8I surveillance aircraft from which aerospace company?

a)Lockheed Martin

b)SpaceX

c)Boeing 

d)Airbus

Ans. (c) Boeing 

8.Which nation’s court has sentenced JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed to 10 years of imprisonment?

a)Pakistan 

b)India

c) the United States

d)Bangladesh

Ans. (a) Pakistan

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