Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2020

1. Which astronomical observatory of India has completed five years of mapping stars?
[A] Astrosat
[B] Risat
[C] Cartosat
[D] South Asian Satellite

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2. Flipkart and which General insurance company has launched insurance cover for online financial frauds?
[A] National Insurance Company
[B] Bajaj Allianz
[C] Tata AIG
[D] Sundaram Insurance

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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. What is the largest handicraft and organic products marketplace of India, to be launched?
[A] Go Tribal
[B] Tribes India
[C] Local to Global
[D] India Tribe

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5. Which country is to send the world’s first mining robot named ‘Asteroid Mining robot’ into space?
[A] India
[B] United States
[C] China
[D] Israel

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6. Which state has decided to give 30 % of the new Public Distribution System (PDS) shops to women?
[A] Kerala
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Rajasthan
[D] West Bengal

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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. Ministry of Defence has designated Alpha Design Technologies Limited for upgrading which defence system?
[A] Pinaka Artillery System
[B] Pechora surface to air systems
[C] Brahmos Missile System
[D] Navic System

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9. Which Department of the Union Finance Ministry prepares the Union Budget?
[A] Department of Economic Affairs
[B] Department of Revenue
[C] Department of Expenditure
[D] Department of Financial Services

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10. ‘World Day for Farmed Animals’ is celebrated on the birth anniversary of which leader?
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Martin Luther King
[C] Abraham Lincoln
[D] Dalai Lama

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