CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2020 October
(1) Which country launch “No Mask No Service Policy”?
Answer: Bangladesh.
(2) According to the United Nations how much countries have ratified the UN Treaty to ban Nuclear Weapons?
Answer: 50 Countries.
(3) Nag anti-tank guided missile belongs to which country?
Answer: India.
(4) In the Anemia Mukt Bharat Index among 29 states, which one topped in India?
Answer: Haryana.
(5) 1st ever Ministerial Meeting of G-20 Anti-Corruption Working Group has been addressed by whom?
Answer: Shri Jitendra Singh – Union Minister of State (Independent Charge).
(6) Trilateral naval exercise “Malabar-2020” is scheduled to be held in which month of 2020?
Answer: November.
(7) India’s rank which position in OECD International Migration outlook report?
Answer: 2nd.
(8) By the New York-based trade publication Global Finance, which bank became ‘Safest Bank in Asia’ for the 12th consecutive year?
Answer: DBS Bank.
(9) To build the first mobile phone network on the moon, NASA selected which company?
Answer: Nokia.
(10) Who has been appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of San Marino from India?
Answer: Neena Malhotra (1992-batch IFS officer).
(11) NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touched on which Asteroid’s surface?
Answer: Asteroid’s Bennu.
(12) According to which space agency Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), Mars is losing its atmosphere at a faster rate than the Earth?
Answer: ISRO.
(13) IDBI Bank announced the launch of banking services on which messaging app?
Answer: WhatsApp.
(14) India successfully flight-tested its indigenously developed SANT missile. What is the full form of SANT?
Answer: Stand-off Anti-tank.
(15) In women’s event of the 2020 Sheikh Russel International Air Rifle Championship, Elavenil Valarivan of India won which medal?
Answer: Gold.
(16) ‘Gradual Step Up Scheme’ and ‘TML Flexi Drive Scheme’ are the schemes introduced by whom?
Answer: HDFC Bank partnered with Tata Motors.
(17) Who has been elected as the Chairman of Indian Bank Association (IBA) for the term 2020-21?
Answer: Managing Director and CEO of Union Bank of India, Rajkiran Rai G.
(18) Fully-automated direct payment platform, ‘mooPay’, for dairy farmers in Rajasthan launched by whom?
Answer: IIT-Madras incubated dairy-tech startup, ‘Stellapps’.
(19) To encourage MSME in Research and Development, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh approved a new DRDO Procurement Manual, 2020 on which date?
Answer: October 20, 2020.
(20) In the Asia Power Index 2020, what is the rank of India by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute?
Answer: 4th.
(21) “2020 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty” observed on which date?
Answer: October 17.
(22) On which date the 36th Raising Day of National Security Guard (NSG) observed in India?
Answer: October 16, 2020.
(23) Which woman from India to win the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award?
Answer: Aishwarya Sridhar.
(24) “World Trauma Day” observed worldwide on which date?
Answer: October 17, 2020.
(25) For which purpose the Nagaland Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mr S. Pangnyu Phom launched a handbook on “TB Harega, Desh Jeetega”?
Answer: To end Tuberculosis by 2025 in the country.
(26) Global hunger index released on October 16, 2020. What is the rank of India?
Answer: 94.
(27) Book titled “The Battle of Belonging” written by whom?
Answer: Politician Shashi Tharoor.
(28) Which ministry in India launched ‘Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana’?
Answer: Ministry of Culture.
(29) Which company launched a coronavirus hospitalization insurance policy called ‘Corona Care’ in partnership with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance?
Answer: PhonePe.
(30) International Day of Rural women observed on which date in October 2020?
Answer: October 15, 2020.
(31) President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned from his post. He was president of which country?
Answer: Kyrgyzstan.
(32) Under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt Tech- Thon 2020 organized by whom?
Answer: IEEE, NIC and Oracle.
(33) Sports journalist and commentator Kishore Bhimani died at the age of __ on October 15, 2020?
Answer: 81.
(34) Foremost Kuchipudi dancer ‘Shobha Naidu’ passed away on which date?
Answer: 14 October 2020.
(35) Central bank of the year award 2020 won by which bank?
Answer: Bank of Ghana.
(36) ‘EpiVacCorona’ is a vaccine for coronavirus treatment approved by which country?
Answer: Russia.
(37) To set up a greenfield zinc smelter, Vedanta Group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) signed a pact with which state in India?
Answer: Gujarat State.
(38) BharatPe has announced how many Cricket Stars as Brand Ambassadors while launching of TV campaign starring ‘Team BharatPe’?
Answer: 11 Cricket Stars.
(39) Autobiography of former Union Minister Dr Balasaheb Vikhe Patil launched by whom
Answer: PM Narendra Modi.
(40) To promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction ‘International Day for Disaster Reduction’ observed on which date?
Answer: 13th October 2020.
(41) To boost climate innovation, “Earth shot Prize” launched by whom?
Answer: Britain’s Prince William.
(42) For the Greater Male Connectivity Project in the Maldives, Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has extended how many lines of Credit (LoC)?
Answer: $400 million.
(43) International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the Indian economy to contract by ___ in 2020-21?
Answer: 10.3%.
(44) Holistic healthcare solution “Healthy Life Programme” is to launch for customers of HDFC Bank. The bank has collaborated with whom to launch this scheme?
Answer: Apollo Hospitals.
(45) ‘World Day Against the Death Penalty’ observed on which date?
Answer: October 10, 2020.
(46) RAISE 2020 – Responsible AI for social empowerment 2020′ inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on which date?
Answer: October 9, 2020.
(47) Which Indian state government has tied up with India Posts to enrol 11,000 farmers in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme?
Answer: Goa.
(48) To make identifying the citizenship of Taiwan passport holders easier, Taiwan is to released new passport design from which year?
Answer: 2021.
(49) India received the second set of Swiss bank details under the “Automatic Exchange Pact” signed with which country?
Answer: Switzerland.
(50) Under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) by providing 100% tap water connections in Functional Household Tap Connections(FHTCs), which become the 1st ‘Har Ghar Jal’ state in India?
Answer: Goa.
(51) 17th NBA Championship 2020 who by which Basketball team?
Answer: Los Angeles Lakers.
(52) Eifel Grand Prix 2020 was the first Formula One race held at Nurburgring, Germany. The race won by whom?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton.
(53) ‘World Mental Health Day’ observed globally on which date in October 2020?
Answer: October 10, 2020.
(54) WHO-backed global Covid-19 vaccine initiative known as?
Answer: COVAX
(55) Forbes India Rich List 2020 topped by whom?
Answer: Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).
(56) Interview for recruitment in government jobs (for Group-B (non-gazetted) and Group-C posts) has been abolished in how many states in India?
Answer: 3 states and 8 union territories.
(57) To provide customers with the facility to book reserved train tickets, Amazon India has tied up with whom?
Answer: ‘Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation’ (IRCTC).
(58) India test-fired which Anti-Radiation Missile developed by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)?
Answer: Rudram.
(59) Indian Bank’s business mentoring programme ‘MSME Prerana’ launched by whom?
Answer: Nirmala Sitharaman.
(60) ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ by UNICEF celebrated on which date in 2020?
Answer: October 11, 2020.
(61) Who has been awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020?
Answer: Louise Gluck.
(62) “COVID-19 Appropriate Behavior” Campaign launched in India by whom?
Answer: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Twitter.
(63) ‘Tsirkon hypersonic missile’ reached a hypersonic speed of over Mach 8 in a test-fired by which country?
Answer: Russia.
(64) Reliance General Insurance partnered with whom for satellite-based crop monitoring and predictive analytics support?
Answer: SatSure Analytics.
(65) Government of India has appointed whom as the new Chairman of State Bank of India for a period of three years?
Answer: Dinesh Kumar Khara.
(66) India’s largest HPC-AI supercomputer ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’ is to commissioning by which organization?
Answer: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
(67) In the world cotton trade, India’s premium cotton would be known as which name?
Answer: Kasturi Cotton.
(68) Who tested “Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo” (SMART) from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha?
Answer: Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
(69) World’s first mining robot named ‘asteroid mining robot’ is to be sent by which country?
Answer: China.
(70) How much of Amazon Forest are at the risk of changing into Savannah like environment?
Answer: 40%.
(71) Special-purpose VVIP aircraft Air India One (B777 aircraft) delivered by which aircraft manufacturer to Air India?
Answer: Aircraft Manufacturer Boeing.
(72) When the ‘World Habitat Day’ observed in 2020?
Answer: 5 October.
(73) 12th BRICS Summit is scheduled to be held on which date in 2020?
Answer: 17th November 2020.
(74) “Android mini-app store” launched for Indian developers by which company in India?
Answer: Paytm.
(75) On which date the ‘World Sight Day 2020’ with the theme of ‘hope insight’ was observed worldwide?
Answer: October 8.
(76) To empower economically deprived women, which Indian state launched ‘Swa-nirbhar Naari: Atmanirbhar Asom’ scheme in the state?
Answer: Assam.
(77) Who was known as Iron Lady (died at the age of 81) of Mumbai?
Answer: Social activist Pushpa Bhave.
(78) National Wildlife Week celebrated in India between which dates?
Answer: 2-8 October 2020.
(79) World Animal day celebrated each year on October 4th. From which year this day was started first?
Answer: In 1929.
(80) To contain the spread of Coronavirus in the region, ‘No Mask, No Ride’ was launched by which state in India?
Answer: Sangli district of Maharashtra.
(81) Atal Tunnel is the World’s longest High-Altitude Tunnel inaugurated by whom?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
(82) “25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women” celebrated on which date?
Answer: October 1st, 2020.
(83) “World Day for Farmed Animals” celebrated on which date?
Answer: October 2nd, 2020.
(84) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 jointly won by whom?
Answer: Harvey J. Alter, Charles M. Rice and Michael Houghton (Britain).
(85) “International Coffee Day 2020” celebrated on which date?
Answer: October 1st.
(86) What is the theme of “UN Summit on Biodiversity 2020”?
Answer: Urgent action on biodiversity for sustainable development.
(87) “Ambedkar Social Innovation & Incubation Mission (ASIIM)” launched by whom in India?
Answer: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
(88) “Pathashree Abhijan” scheme for road repair launched by which Indian State?
Answer: West Bengal.
(89) With effect from October 1st 2020, which bank in India appointed Charanjit Singh Attra as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?
Answer: State Bank of India (SBI).
(90) A book titled ‘A bouquet of flowers’ written by Dr. Krishna Saksena, launched by whom?
Answer: Rajnath Singh.
(91) ‘Operation My Saheli’ launched in India to boost the security of women passengers by whom?
Answer: The South Eastern Railway.
(92) Green-Tech Initiative “IB-eNote” launched by which bank in India?
Answer: Indian Bank.
(93) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first museum on Ganga River located at where?
Answer: Chandi Ghat, Haridwar.
(94) Which bank becomes 1st bank to enable document embedding feature on SFMS?
Answer: IDBI.
(95) Which Bollywood actor became is the brand ambassador of Vedantu?
Answer: Aamir Khan.
(96) To make India’s micro, small and medium enterprises future-ready, Government of India formed how many task forces?
Answer: Five.
(97) What is the theme of World ‘International Translation Day 2020’?
Answer: Finding the words for a world in crisis.
(98) PATA Grand Award 2020 won by which state tourism in India?
Answer: Kerala Tourism.
(99) “International Day of Older Persons” celebrated globally on which date?
Answer: 1st October.
(100) Who is the Director-General (DG) of Indo- Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been given the additional charges as the DG of National Security Guard (NSG) India?
Answer: Surjeet Singh Deswal.
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