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. 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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3. Which e-commerce giant has launched a new ‘Fulfilment Centre’ in Tamil Nadu?
[A] Flipkart
[B] Cloud Tail
[C] Alibaba
[D] Amazon

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4. Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)?
[A] P. D. Vaghela
[B] Sumanta Chaudhry
[C] Shalabh Mathur
[D] Ajay Vijayvergiya

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5. Which organization in India conducts the Sero survey?
[A] AIIMS
[B] IIT Bombay
[C] ICMR
[D] ICAR

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6. 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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7. The Fast Patrol Vessel “Kanaklata Barua” has been inducted into which Defence force?
[A] Indian Navy
[B] Indian Army
[C] Indian Coast Guard
[D] Indian Air Force

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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 European Union has recently imposed sanctions against which country?
[A] Iran
[B] Azerbaijan
[C] Iraq
[D] Belarus

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10. The Global symposium ‘India PV EDGE 2020’ is organised by which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Power
[B] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
[C] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
[D] Ministry of Communication

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