1.Who won the UK Booker Prize 2020?
a)Brandon Taylor
b)Maaza Mengiste
c)Tsitsi Dangarembga
d)Douglas Stuart
Answer (d) Douglas Stuart
UK writer Douglas Stuart won the UK Booker Prize 2020 for his debut novel Shuggie Bain. The autobiographical novel is about a lonely gay son of an alcoholic mother coming of age in 1980s Glasgow, Scotland.
2.Who has been sworn in as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar?
a)Renu Devi
b)Jyoti Devi
c)Swarna Singh
d)Kavita Devi
Answer (a) Renu Devi
Renu Devi has become the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. She was sworn in along with Tarkishore Prasad as new Bihar deputy CMs on November 16, 2020 at the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Renu Devi won the Bihar Polls 2020 from the Bettiah constituency.
3.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
Answer (a) Jitan Ram Manjhi
Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was on November 19, 2020 sworn in as pro-tem speaker of the newly elected 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly. Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan administered him the oath of office at Rajbhavan in Patna.
4.India has drawn a five-year action plan for the conservation of which species?
a)Eagles
b)Vultures
c)Heron
d)Siberian Crane
Answer (b) Vultures
The Union Government has released a five-year action plan for the conservation of vultures. The step has been taken in light of a substantial decline in the population of vultures in India. Vultures are nature’s scavengers that feed on the animal carcasses, keeping the surrounding clean.
5.Asia’s first solar-powered textile mill will be set up in which Indian state?
a)Madhya Pradesh
b)Telangana
c)Maharashtra
d)Karnataka
Answer (c) Maharashtra
Asia’s first solar-powered Textile Mill in Asia will come up in the Parbhani district, Maharashtra. The Jai Bhawani women’s cooperative textile mill will become the first Solar Power enabled textile mill in Asia.
