Current Affairs : 06 October to 12 October, 2020 : Multiple Choice Questions

CURRENT AFFAIRS

06 OCTOBER, 2020 TO 12 OCTOBER, 2020Current Affairs : 06 October to 12 October, 2020 : Multiple Choice Questions : Assam Jobs Guide

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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