Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 9 November to 15 November 2020

9 November to 15 November 2020: The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The week's updated quizzes cover topics such as Sarna Code resolution, Food Coalition, Bihar Assembly Polls 2020 and 6G experimental satellite among others. 

1.Which nation’s long-serving Prime Minister passed away on November 11, 2020?
a)Oman
b)Jordan
c)Bahrain 
d)Egypt

2.Which party emerged as the single-largest party in Bihar Assembly Polls?
a)BJP
b)RJD
c)JDU 
d)LJP

3. Which state has passed a resolution on Sarna Code?
a)Jharkhand
b)Chhattisgarh 
c)Odisha
d)Bihar 

4.Which international organisation has launched a Food Coalition?
a)FAO
b)WHO 
c)WFP
d)IFPRI

5.Which nation has relaxed Islamic personal laws to allow cohabitation of unmarried couples?
a)Saudi Arabia
b)UAE
c)Kuwait
d)Bahrain

6.Which tennis player has equaled Pete Sampras’ year-end World No. 1 record?
a)Novak Djokovic 
b)Roger Federer 
c)Rafael Nadal
d)Andy Murray

7.Which nation’s transitional government signed ‘Juba Peace Agreement’ with rebel groups?
a)Syria
b)Turkey 
c)Ethiopia
d)Sudan

8.Which nation has launched the world's first 6G experimental satellite?
a)China
b)Russia
c)Israel
d)US

9.Which Indian author has been selected for TATA Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2020?
a)Vikram Seth
b)Kiran Desai
c)Amish Tripathi
d)Ruskin Bond

10.Which party won Myanmar General Election 2020?
a)National League for Democracy
b)Union Solidarity and Development Party
c)Arakan National Party
d)National Unity Party

Answers

1.(c) Bahrain
Bahrain’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa passed away on November 11, 2020 at the age of 84. He was the world's longest-serving Prime Minister, having held the post of Prime Minister since Bahrain’s independence in 1971. 

2.(b) RJD
Tejashwi Yadav-led RJD emerged as the single-largest party in Bihar polls with 75 seats, followed by the BJP with 74 seats but the NDA alliance crossed majority mark with 125 seats. 

3.(a) Jharkhand 
Jharkhand Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Sarna Code during a special one-day assembly session on November 11, 2020. The resolution seeks the inclusion of Sarna as a separate religion in the 2021 Census. 

4.(a) FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has formally launched the Food Coalition, an international coalition to address COVID-19 impact on food systems and agriculture worldwide.

5.(b) UAE
The United Arab Emirates has made an amendment in its strict Islamic personal laws to allow cohabitation of unmarried couples and loosen restrictions on alcohol consumption by scrapping penalties on the consumption of alcohol and its possession for those aged 21 and above.

6.(a) Novak Djokovic 
Serbian Tennis star Novak Djokovic clinched year-end world number one ranking for a record sixth time on November 6, 2020. He has now equaled the record of American Tennis great Pete Sampras, who ended with world number one ranking for six straight years between 1993 and 1998.

7.(d) Sudan
Sudan's transitional government signed a peace deal called the 'Juba Peace Agreement' with several rebel groups in Juba on October 3, 2020, almost a year after the peace talks began.

8.(a) China
China successfully launched the world's first 6G experimental satellite on November 6, 2020. The satellite was launched into the orbit aboard a single rocket along with 12 other satellites.

9.(d) Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond will be presented with TATA Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020 on November 21. Bond has a significant body of work, which is close to 100 books, across genres for adults and children. 

10.(a) National League for Democracy
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party secured 322 seats in the Myanmar General Elections 2020, enough to form the government in the nation yet again.