Current Affairs General Knowledge MCQ Test Quiz - 26th August 2020

1. Which two General Insurance Companies, last week, announced a merger to form the country’s third-largest general insurance entity, which however is subject to approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai), Competition Commission of India, stock exchanges, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and other shareholders and stakeholders?

HDFC Ergo and Bharti AXA
ICICI Lombard and HDFC Ergo
ICICI Lombard and Bharti AXA
ICICI Lombard and Bajaj Allianz

2. Which company on Wednesday, 26th Agust 2020 moved to Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court’s order refusing to allow reopening of Sterlite Copper's smelter unit in Thoothukudi, which accounted for over a third of India's refined copper output before it was shut?

Vedanta
Bharat Forge
Bhushan Steels
Reliance

3. The number and value of Rs 2,000 notes in circulation declined during the year ended March 2020, even as the Rs 500 notes in circulation sharply increased, as per the RBI’s Annual Report. It disclosed that Rs 2,000 notes were not printed in 2019-20, while 1,200 crore pieces of Rs 500 notes were printed. The central bank printed ______ Rs 2,000 notes in 2018-19.

5 crore
10 crore
15 crore
20 crore

4. Name the former Indian Oil Corp (IOC) chairman, who has joined Reliance Industries Ltd as Group President for o2c (oil-to-chemicals) business?

Rajiv Singh
Sanjiv Singh
Sachin Suri
Abhishek Bhola

5. Which cricketer became the first-ever fast bowler to enroll in the rarefied 600-Test wicket club during a test match on 25th August 2020 (Only three greats of the game — Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, and Anil Kumble have this record earlier but all three are spinners)?

Mitchell Starc
Wahab Riaz
Tymal Mills
James Anderson

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