Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2020

1. 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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2. Which company has proposed to invest Rs 3,675 crore in Retail arm of Reliance?
[A] Virgin Atlantic
[B] General Atlantic
[C] Pacific Atlantic
[D] Microsoft

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3. Which decade is named as the “Decade of Healthy Ageing”, as per the World Health Organisation (WHO)?
[A] 2018-2028
[B] 2020-2030
[C] 2021-2031
[D] 2022-2032

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4. Madhabi Puri Buch, who was seen in news, is the first woman Whole-time member of which organisation?
[A] RBI
[B] SEBI
[C] IRDAI
[D] PFRDA

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5. Which Union Ministry organised “Charkhe pe Charcha” webinar, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
[A] Ministry of Law and Communication
[B] Ministry of Culture
[C] Ministry of Tourism
[D] Ministry of External Affairs

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6. Which car manufacturer has announced to withdraw from Formula One?
[A] Ferrari
[B] Mercedes
[C] BMW
[D] Honda

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7. 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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8. As per the recent statement from NABARD, which category of banks incurred a loss of over Rs 2200 crores in FY 20?
[A] Co-operative Banks
[B] Regional Rural Banks
[C] Scheduled Commercial Banks
[D] Private Banks

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9. What is ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’, that was seen in news recently?
[A] Super computer
[B] Robot
[C] Drone
[D] Missile

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10. Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has partnered with which organization to promote new agricultural technology?
[A] Prasar Bharati
[B] Press Information Bureau
[C] Press Trust of India
[D] ANI News Agency

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