Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2020

1. International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste is observed on 29th September by which organization?
[A] UNESCO
[B] UNDP
[C] FAO
[D] WHO

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2. 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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3. The “Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM)” has been launched by which ministry?
[A] Ministry of MSME
[B] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
[C] Ministry of HRD
[D] Ministry of Tribal Affairs

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

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5. Which firm has developed R-Green Kit for diagnosis of COVID-19 infection in 2 hours?
[A] AIIMS
[B] ICMR
[C] Reliance Life Sciences
[D] Tata Institute of Fundamental Sciences

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6. What is the name of the nuclear capable hypersonic missile that was test-fired from Odisha test range?
[A] Veer
[B] Shaurya
[C] Agni VII
[D] Tejas

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7. ‘Bongosagar’ is a Military Exercise between India and which country?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Madagascar
[C] Bangladesh
[D] France

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8. Which organization initiated live trading and other operations successfully from its Disaster Recovery Site?
[A] State Bank of India
[B] National Stock Exchange
[C] Bombay Stock Exchange
[D] SEBI

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9. The Election Commission has issued instructions for postal ballot facilities for elderly people above what age?
[A] 65
[B] 70
[C] 75
[D] 80

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10. India has provided around 3000 vials of Remdisvir to which country?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Myanmar
[C] Thailand
[D] Nepal

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