Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2020

1. Which organisation has announced to make available to 120 million rapid-diagnostic tests for Covid-19?
[A] UNICEF
[B] WHO
[C] UNESCO
[D] World Bank

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2. Fraudulent transactions amounting Rs.12,705 crore have been unearthed recently in which financial institution?
[A] ICICI Bank
[B] DHFL
[C] Popular Finance
[D] Sharada Chits

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3. Which Indian leader founded the ‘Harijan Sevak Sangh’?
[A] B R Ambedkar
[B] M K Gandhi
[C] Rettaimalai Srinivasan
[D] Jagjivan Ram

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4. Which company has started exploration of Kolar Gold Fields after 16 years?
[A] Reliance Industries Limited
[B] Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited
[C] National Mineral Development Corporation
[D] Coal India Limited

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5. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘CSIR- Technologies for rural development’?
[A] Ministry of Science and Technology
[B] Ministry of Education
[C] Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
[D] Ministry of Rural Development

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6. As per a recent RBI release, what is the value of India’s external debt at the end of June 2020?
[A] USD 554.5 billion
[B] USD 355.5 billion
[C] USD 654.5 billion
[D] USD 754.5 billion

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7. What is the name of the global virtual summit of overseas and resident Indian Researchers to be conducted in October 2020?
[A] VAIBHAV
[B] ASPIRE
[C] ACCUMEN
[D] SPARK

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8. Which organisation has developed highly purified ‘Antisera’, for Covid-19 treatment?
[A] ICMR
[B] AIIMS
[C] JIPMER
[D] CSIR

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9. The RAISE 2020 global summit is being organized by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology along with which body?
[A] Department of science and technology
[B] Election Commission of India
[C] National Commission for Women
[D] NITI Aayog

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10. Indian Army has built a memorial for its personnel killed during the Galwan clash, at which place?
[A] Ladakh
[B] Siliguri
[C] Jammu
[D] Shillong

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