Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2020

1. Serum Institute of India in collaboration with “Gavi” and which other organization has aimed to produce 100 million additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine?
[A] UNDP
[B] WHO
[C] UNICEF
[D] Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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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. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. Which Indian bureaucrat has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Cambodia?
[A] Devyani Uttam Khobragade
[B] Taranjit Singh Sandhu
[C] Harsh Vardhan Shringla
[D] Navtej Sarna

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8. Which department of the Union Government has organized “Shramdan” drive, to commemorate Gandhi Jayanti?
[A] Department of Financial Services
[B] Department of Justice
[C] Department of Science and Technology
[D] Department of Fertilizers

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9. 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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10. Indian Army has signed a project worth Rs.7796 crore with which company for strengthening ASCON communication network?
[A] Reliance Industries Ltd
[B] ITI Limited
[C] BEL
[D] Tata Communications Ltd

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