Current Affairs Quiz-September, 2020

11. Which Union Ministry announced that Parole and Furlough is not an absolute right of prisoners?
[A] Ministry of Law and Justice
[B] Ministry of Defence
[C] Ministry of Home Affairs
[D] Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Show Answer

12. Which country is to send its expert teams to United Nations missions to help Congo and South Sudan fight Covid-19?
[A] United States
[B] India
[C] China
[D] Russia

Show Answer

13. The annual Indo-Pacific Business Forum is to be held in which country, in the month of October?
[A] Philippines
[B] Vietnam
[C] India
[D] Sri Lanka

Show Answer

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)

Show Answer

15. Which organization has stated that rainfall received in August 2020 in India is highest since 1926?
[A] ISRO
[B] IMD
[C] NASA
[D] WMD

Show Answer

16. Patrika Gate, that was seen in news recently, is located in which city?
[A] Varanasi
[B] Jaipur
[C] Bhopal
[D] Ahmedabad

Show Answer

17. Which neighbouring country of India has proposed to ban Cow-slaughter?
[A] Bangladesh
[B] Nepal
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] China

Show Answer

18. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has partnered with which Indian state to set up supplementary nutrition production units?
[A] Bihar
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] Jharkhand

Show Answer

19. 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

Show Answer

20. India signed ‘Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA)’ with which country?
[A] Japan
[B] France
[C] Germany
[D] Brazil

Show Answer