CURRENT AFFAIRS
06 OCTOBER, 2020 TO 12 OCTOBER, 2020
1. When
was the Atal Tunnel, world’s longest highway tunnel of 9.02 km above 10,000
feet from the Mean Sea Level (MSL), on the Leh-Manali Highway in Himachal
Pradesh was inaugurated ?
(a) 03 October, 2020
(b) 02 October, 2020
(c) 05 October, 2020
(d) 06 October, 2020
Answer:
(a)
2. Who
has been assigned the additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution following the death of union minister Ram Vilas Paswan?
(a) Harsh Vardhan
(b) Smriti Zubin Irani
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Giriraj Singh
Answer:
(c)
3. Which
state government has announced a ‘Digital Seva Setu’ programme to ensure optimum
utilisation of technology for public welfare in rural areas?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Bihar
(c) West Bengal
(d) Gujarat
Answer:
(d)
4. Which
state government has entered into a partnership with Israel to establish a one
of a kind Centre of Excellence (CoE) on high-value vegetables in the state to
improve and promote the livelihoods of farmers?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Assam
(d) Tripura
Answer:
(b)
5. Which
state government has signed a concession agreement with representatives of
Zurich Airport International for designing, building and operating its
international airport at Jewar for a period of 40 years?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Punjab
Answer:
(a)
6. Which
state government has launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana’ to
promote self-employment of the youth and the production of Green Energy?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Bihar
Answer:
(a)
7. The
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has entered into an MoU with which of the
following food delivery platforms to onboard street food vendors on its e-commerce
platform?
(a) Zomato
(b) Swiggy
(c) UberEats
(d) Foodpanda
Answer:
(b)
8. Which
of the following has partnered with India Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation (IRCTC) to provide its customers with the facility to book reserved
train tickets on its e-commerce platform?
(a) Flipkart
(b) Myntra
(c) Amazon
(d) Snapdeal
Answer:
(c)
9. Who
is the author of the book ‘Discovering the Heritage of Assam’?
(a) Mitra Phukan
(b) Jahnavi Baruah
(c) Rita Chowdhury
(d) Padmapani Bora
Answer:
(d)
10. Who
is the author of the children’s book ‘The Very, Extremely, Most Naughty Asura
Tales for Kids’?
(a) Anand Neelakantan
(b) Ashwin Sanghi
(c) Amish Tripathi
(d) Kavita Kane
Answer:
(a)
11. Which
bank has launched a debit card facility for the customers availing the Loan
Against Securities (LAS) from the bank?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) IDFC First Bank
Answer:
(c)
12. Who
has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of State Bank of
India (SBI)?
(a) Charanjit Singh Attra
(b) Srinivasan Vaidyanathan
(c) Vikrant Gandhi
(d) Puneet Sharma
Answer:
(a)
13. Who
has been appointed as the new Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)?
(a) Sandeep Bakhshi
(b) Rakesh Makhija
(c) Deepak Parekh
(d) Dinesh Kumar Khara
Answer:
(d)
14. Who
has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020?
(a) Dorothy Allison
(b) Louise Glück
(c) Alison Stine
(d) Ely Shipley
Answer:
(b)
15. Where
was the Quad Countries’ Foreign Ministers meet held?
(a) Tokyo, Japan
(b) Sydney, Australia
(c) New Delhi, India
(d) California, USA
Answer:
(a)
16. Who
among the following has topped the Forbes India Rich list for 2020?
(a) Gautam Adani
(b) Lakshmi Mittal
(c) Mukesh Ambani
(d) Shiv Nadar
Answer:
(c)
17. When
is the Indian Air Force Day observed?
(a) 06 October
(b) 08 October
(c) 10 October
(d) 12 October
Answer:
(b)
18. When
is the world Teachers’ Day observed?
(a) 01 October
(b) 03 October
(c) 05 October
(d) 07 October
Answer:
(c)
19. When
is the World Habitat Day observed?
(a) First Monday of October every year
(b) First Tuesday of October every year
(c) First Sunday of October every year
(d) First Friday of October every year
Answer:
(a)
20. When
is the World Mental Health Day observed?
(a) 07 October
(b) 08 October
(c) 09 October
(d) 10 October
Answer:
(d)
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