Current Affairs Quiz-September, 2020

11. Who has recently won the 48th annual world open chess tournament?
[A] P Iniyan
[B] Swayams Mishra
[C] P Karthikeyan
[D] Karthik Venkataraman

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12. Which country has appointed the former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott as a Trade advisor?
[A] United States
[B] United Kingdom
[C] India
[D] New Zealand

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13. Which rating agency estimated that that the annual GDP growth of India would contract by 10.5 per cent?
[A] Fitch Ratings
[B] S & P
[C] CRISIL
[D] ICRA

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14. Which institute is to set up new Centres for Skilling and Technical Support in Bhagalpur and Varanasi?
[A] Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology
[B] Institute of Pesticides Formulation Technology
[C] CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
[D] CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI)

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15. Which organization is set to become the largest procurer of Covid-19 vaccines?
[A] WHO
[B] UNICEF
[C] UNESCO
[D] AIIMS

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16. Which state has topped in literacy rate as per a recent report by NSO?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Kerala
[D] Madhya Pradesh

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17. The Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) that has been tested for hot and high weather conditions, is developed by which organisation?
[A] Hindustan Aeronautical Limited
[B] Defence Research and Development Organisation
[C] Bharat Electronics Limited
[D] New Space India Limited

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18. Five state-run oil and natural gas PSUs would make financial contribution to which fund?
[A] Green Energy Fund
[B] International Solar Alliance Corpus Fund
[C] UNFCC Fund
[D] Nirbhaya Fund

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19. The country’s second Kisan Rail that was flagged off recently, would connect which two cities?
[A] Bangalore – Mumbai
[B] Chennai – Delhi
[C] Anantapur – Delhi
[D] Hyderabad – Kolkata

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20. ‘PNGRB’ and ‘CGD Authorisation’, that were seen in news recently, are associated with which Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
[B] Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
[C] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
[D] Ministry of Power

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