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Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

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Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

MCQ BASED QUESTIONS (MONTH OF OCTOBER)

Atal Tunnel is the world longest highway tunnel above 10000 ft. The tunnel was recently dedicated to the nation by PM Modi in which state?’

A) Rajasthan

B) Uttarakhand

C) Jammu & Kashmir

D) Himachal Pradesh: ANSWER

Pathashree Abhijan is a road repair scheme launched by which state?’’

A) West Bengal: ANSWER

B) Maharashtra

C) Assam

D) Odisha

The Bilateral Navy Exercise Bongosagar is being conducted between the Indian Navy with the Navy of which country?

A) Bhutan

B) Nepal

C) Bangladesh: ANSWER

D) Thailand 2

Page Which state has launched the portal ‘Kritagyata’, an online pension submission and tracking system for the retired pensioners?

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

A) Assam: ANSWER

B) Madhya Pradesh

C) Punjab

D) Gujarat

Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed has recently been appointed as the new Emir (King) of which country?

A) Turkey

B) Qatar

C) Kuwait: ANSWER

D) UAE

Which among the following financial institutions has approved loan worth USD 241 million for the Mumbai Metro Rail II Project?

A) Asian Development Bank

B) New Development Bank: ANSWER

C) World Bank

D) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The International Coffee Day is celebrated globally on which day?

A) 29 September

B) 2 October 3

Page C) 30 September

D) 1 October: ANSWER

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‘Operation My Saheli’ has been launched by which zone of the Indian Railways to enhance the security of women passengers while travelling?

A) South Eastern Railway: ANSWER

B) Northern Railway

C) East Coast Railway

D) South Central Railway

When is the World Animal Day observed?

A) 3 October

B) 2 October

C) 4 October: ANSWER

D) 1 October

The DRDO recently conducted successful test firing of a new version of nuclear capable . It is a ____ category of missile

A) Air-to-air

B) Surface-to-air

C) Air-to-surface

D) surface-to-surface: ANSWER

The World Space Week (WSW) is being observed every year between______

4 A) 28 Sep-05 Oct

Page B) 24-30 September

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 C) 1-7 October

D) 4-10 October: ANSWER

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020 has come into force wef 29 September 2020. It has amended which Act?

A) Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1990

B) Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1994

C) Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2000

D) Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010: ANSWER

Atal Tunnel is the world longest highway tunnel above 10000 ft. The tunnel was recently dedicated to the nation by PM Modi in which state?

A) Rajasthan

B) Uttarakhand

C) Arunachal Pradesh

D) Himachal Pradesh: ANSWER

The DRDO recently conducted successful test firing of a new version of Shaurya nuclear capable ballistic missile. It is a ____ category of missile

A) Surface-to-Air

B) Air-to-Air

C) Surface-to-Surface: ANSWER

D) Air-to-Surface

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Page The World Space Week (WSW) is being observed every year between______.

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 A) 28 Sep-05 Oct

B) 24-30 September

C) 1-7 October

D) 4-10 October: ANSWER

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah who passed away was the Emir of which country?

A) Saudi Arabia

B) Kuwait: ANSWER

C) Qatar

D) Oman

Who has recently been sworn in as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the SBI?

A) Charanjit Singh Attra: ANSWER

B) Prashant Kumar

C) C Venkat Nageshwar

D) J Swaminathan

How much amount has been earmarked by NABARD for the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme, under its refinance facility for the 2020-21?

A) Rs 400 crore

B) Rs 600 crore

C) Rs 500 crore

D) Rs 800 crore: ANSWER 6

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Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 The Ministry of Jal Shakti presented the Swachh Bharat 2020 Awards to various states on the occasion of Swachh Bharat Diwas, on 2nd October 2020, which marked the ______year of the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM).

A) 4

B) 6: ANSWER

C) 5

D) 7

Name the month long global virtual Summit inaugurated by PM Modi on 2nd October 2020 for overseas and resident Indian Researchers and Academicians?

A) VAIBHAV: ANSWER

B) VIDYA

C) VAISHALI

D) VANDE

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for 2020 has been bestowed upon 14 people. The annual award is given for outstanding work in which field?

A) Sports

B) Science & Technology: ANSWER

C) Arts & Television

D) Literature

Which Indian state has won the PATA Grand Award 2020 for its Tourism Campaign?

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Page A) Kerala: ANSWER

B) Uttar Pradesh

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C) Maharashtra

D) Gujarat

The Indian think tank NITI Aayog has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with which country recently for ‘decarbonization and energy transition agenda’?

A) Singapore

B) The Netherlands: ANSWER

C) Denmark

D) Bangladesh

DRDO conducted successful test flight of its BrahMos supersonic recently. It is a

______type of missile

A) Surface-to-air

B) Air-to-surface

C) surface-to-surface: ANSWER

D) Air-to-air

Which of the following have won the Russian Grand Prix 2020?

A) Valterri Bottas : ANSWER

B) Lewis Hamilton

C) Max Verstappen

D) None of the above 8

Page When is the World Teachers’ Day observed?

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

A) 3 October

B) 4 October

C) 5 October: ANSWER

D) 6 October

Who is the author of the book Coffee Table Book on “Discovering the Heritage of Assam”, which was recently released by DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh?

A) Padmapani Bora: ANSWER

B) Dipankar Dutta

C) Purnendu Kant

D) Ashok Pandit

What is the theme of the World Teachers’ Day 2020?

A) Young Teachers: The Future of the Profession

B) Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future: ANSWER

C) The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher

D) Teaching in Crisis, Empowering Teachers

Who has been appointed as the Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG)?

A) Surjeet Singh Deswal: ANSWER

B) Subhash Chandra Khuntia

C) Yogesh Chander Modi 9

Page D) Arvind Saxena

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 Name the newly appointed Chairperson of the Film and Television Institute of (FTII) Governing Council?

A) Shekhar Kapur: ANSWER

B) Naseeruddin Shah

C) A. R. Rahman

D) Mani Ratnam

When is the International Day of Non-Violence observed?

A) 02 October: ANSWER

B) First Friday of October

C) 01 October

D) First Thursday of October

International Day of Older Persons is a UN recognized day celebrated worldwide on which date?

A) 29th September

B) 2nd October

C) 30th September

D) 1st October: ANSWER

In 2020, the World Habitat Day is being celebrated on ______.

A) 1st October

10 B) 2nd October

Page C) 3rd October

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 D) 5th October: ANSWER

Who among the following is not the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology/ Medicine?

A) Harvey J Alter

B) Charles M Rice

C) Bryan Stevenson: ANSWER

D) Michael Houghton

DRDO recently conducted test flight of SMART system. It has been launched for which operation?

A) Anti-aircraft warfare

B) Space warfare

C) Anti-submarine warfare: ANSWER

D) Naval warfare

Which of the following country is set to send the world’s first mining robot named ‘asteroid mining robot’ into space by November 2020 to identify and extract resources?

A) China: ANSWER

B) USA

C) India

D) Russia

The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) has presented the lifetime achievement award to business 11 icon ______for his pioneering role in the Business Relations of India-USA and for his lifetime

Page achievement in Global Leadership.

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 A) Naveen Jindal

B) Rahul Bajaj

C) Kumar Mangalam Birla

D) Ratan Tata: ANSWER

Who has been appointed as the new and fourth Deputy Governor of RBI?

A) Prasanna Kumar Mohanty

B) Sachin Chaturvedi

C) M Rajeshwar Rao: ANSWER

D) Manish Sabharwal

Which day of the year is marked as the Air Force Day in India?

A) 7 Oct

B) 8 Oct: ANSWER

C) 9 Oct

D) 10 Oct

Who have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

A) George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter

B) Frances H. Arnold and M. Stanley Whittingham

C) John B. Goodenough and Akira Yoshino

D) Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna: ANSWER 12

Page Who has been given as the additional charge of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

A) Piyush Goyal: ANSWER

B) Nitin Gadkari

C) J.P. Nadda

D) Dharmendra Pradhan

When is the World Mental Health Day celebrated globally?

A) 8 October

B) 9 October

C) 10 October: ANSWER

D) 7 October

A two-day Coastal Security Exercise namely ______conducted by the Indian Navy along

with Indian Coast Guard and all stakeholders involved in Coastal Security from the coast of Kerala.

A) Indra Nav

B) Sahyog-Kaijin

C) Samudra Shakti

D) Sagar Kavach: ANSWER

Name the winner of the 2020 French Open Men’s Tennis Championship

A) Diego Schwartzman

B) Rafael Nadal: ANSWER 13

Page C) Denis Shapovalov

D) Novak Djokovic

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

World Arthritis Day is observed on which day?

A) 12 October: ANSWER

B) 11 October

C) 10 October

D) 9 October

Which player has claimed the Formula One Eifel Grand Prix 2020?

A) Daniel Ricciardo

B) Sebastian Vettel

C) Max Verstappen

D) Lewis Hamilton: ANSWER

How many Indian beaches have won the International Blue Flag Certification in 2020?

A) 5

B) 12

C) 8: ANSWER

D) 10

How many states have been selected as the beneficiaries of the ‘SVAMITVA’scheme in the first phase?

A) 3

B) 6: ANSWER 14

Page C) 8

D) 10

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

Which state has launched the first ever Tree Plantation Policy?

A) Delhi: ANSWER

B) Assam

C) Gujarat

D) Andhra Pradesh

Who among the following beat Sofia Kenin to win the Women’s single title in 2020 French Tennis Open?

A) Magda Linette

B) Victoria Azarenka

C) Sachia Vickery

D) Iga Swiatek: ANSWER

What is the rank of India in the 2020 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index?

A) 103

B) 129: ANSWER

C) 155

D) 117

Recently, PM Modi released a commemorative coin of what value in honor of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia?

A) Rs 500

B) Rs 250 15

Page C) Rs 100: ANSWER

D) Rs 150

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

The Indian cotton has been given a brand name by the on the occasion of World Cotton Day. What is the brand name of the product?

A) Kasturi Cotton: ANSWER

B) Kuber Cotton

C) Kesari Cotton

D) Kanak Cotton

In 2020, India is celebrating which edition of the Air Force Day.

A) 82

B) 88: ANSWER

C) 85

D) 80

Who has been appointed the managing director and chief executive officer of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)?

A) Rajesh Mishra

B) Yogesh Singh

C) Ratan Verma

D) J Venkatramu: ANSWER

Former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland, and ex-CBI Director, ______passed away

recently.

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Page A) Rakesh Asthana

B) Anil Sinha

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

C) Ranjit Sinha

D) Ashwani Kumar: ANSWER

Who among the following has been awarded Nobel Prize 2020 in Literature?

A) Bob Dylan

B) Kazuo Ishiguro

C) Olga Tokarczuk

D) Louise Glück: ANSWER

Jammu & Kashmir Bank has extended the term of RK Chhibber, Chairman and Managing Director of the Jammu & Kashmir bank, by a further period of _____ months.

A) 12

B) 6: ANSWER

C) 5

D) 4

Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, ______passed away.

A) Mahendra Nath Pandey

B) Pralhad Joshi

C) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

17 D) Ram Vilas Paswan: ANSWER

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Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 Who has been awarded the prestigious Sarala Puraskar for his poetry work ‘Setebelaku Nathiba’, published in 2017?

A) Banaja Devi

B) Satrughna Pandav

C) Pandit Harmohan Khuntia

D) Nityanand Nayak: ANSWER

Who has been re-elected as the Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)?

A) M. Jayaraman

B) Nilesh Shah: ANSWER

C) Sukumar Shankar

D) B.R. Reddy

In which of the following day, World Post Day is observed?

A) 6th October

B) 7th October

C) 8th October

D) 9th October: ANSWER

The World Bank projected India’s GDP to contract by ______this FY-21, which is

reflective of the national lockdown and the income shock experienced by households and firms due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 A) 9.2%

Page B) 9.3%

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 C) 9.6%: ANSWER

D) 9.5%

Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes India Rich list for 2020. With this, he has won the annual recognition for the _____ consecutive year

A) 12

B) 13: ANSWER

C) 14

D) 15

The 2021 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in which place?

A) Grindelwald

B) Zermatt

C) Davos

D) Lucerne: ANSWER

Shobha Naidu, who has passed away recently was a renowned exponent of which classical dance?

A) Bharatnatyam

B) Kuchipudi: ANSWER

C) Kathakali

D) Mohiniyattam

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on____ 19

Page A) Third Saturday of October

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 B) 17 October: ANSWER

C) 16 October

D) Third Friday of October

The Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness (KAPILA) campaign is being implemented by which ministry?

A) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

B) Ministry of Home Affairs

C) Ministry of External Affairs

D) Ministry of Education: ANSWER

Name the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?

A) William D. Nordhaus and Paul Romer

B) Richard Thaler and Oliver Hart

C) Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer

D) Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson: ANSWER

The 16-year-old Aava Murto was recently appointed as the Prime Minister of which country for a day?

A) Germany

B) Finland: ANSWER

C) Netherlands

D) Iceland

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Page When do we observe the International Day for Disaster Reduction?

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 A) 12 October

B) 10 October

C) 11 October

D) 13 October: ANSWER

Which country has topped the 2020 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index?

A) Sweden

B) Norway: ANSWER

C) Finland

D) Singapore

Name the team which has won the National Basketball Association (NBA) Championship 2020?

A) Houston Rockets

B) Miami Heat

C) Milwaukee Bucks

D) Los Angeles Lakers: ANSWER

IMF has projected India’s GDP at what percent in FY21?

A) -10.3%: ANSWER

B) -8.8%

C) -11.2%

D) -9.7% 21

Page Indian player Carlton Chapman, who has died recently, was related to which sports?

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

A) Chess

B) Football: ANSWER

C) Wrestling

D) Shooting

World Standards Day is observed on which day of the year?

A) 14 October

B) 12 October

C) 13 October

D) 11 October: ANSWER

Axis has collaborated with which company to launch the Axis ACE Credit Card?

A) Samsung Pay

B) Amazon Pay

C) Google Pay: ANSWER

D) Apple Pay

How much amount of loan value has been approved by the ADB for the Rajasthan Secondary Towns Development Sector Project?

A) USD 300 million: ANSWER

B) USD 200 million

C) USD 100 million 22

Page D) USD 500 million

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 Which bank has won the 2020 Central bank of the year award?

A) Reserve Bank of India

B) Bank of Ghana: ANSWER

C) Bank of England

D) Reserve Bank of Australia

When is the World Students’ Day celebrated?

A) 12 October

B) 13 October

C) 10 October

D) 15 October: ANSWER

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, has passed away. He was a well known poet in which language?

A) Malayalam: ANSWER

B) Odia

C) Kannada

D) Bengali

Who has been appointed as the one-man monitoring committee head by the Supreme Court to look into the issue of prevention of stubble burning in the states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh?

A) Dipak Misra 23

Page B) Madan B Lokur: ANSWER

C) Ranjan Gogoi

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D) Arjan Kumar Sikri

Renowned singer Kaumudi Munshi who has passed away was famously known as the Nightingale of_____

A) Punjab

B) Assam

C) Gujarat: ANSWER

D) Odisha

Which country has been elected as the President of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?

A) Italy

B) Russia

C) USA

D) India: ANSWER

What is the rank of India in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020?

A) 94: ANSWER

B) 107

C) 87

D) 75

Who has recently become the first ever Indian women to win the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award? 24

Page A) Rathika Ramasamy

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 B) Sooni Taraporevala

C) Dayanita Singh

D) Aishwarya Sridhar: ANSWER

Name the Prime Minister of New Zealand who has been elected for a second term in the Parliamentary election recently?

A) Jacinda Ardern: ANSWER

B) Justin Trudeau

C) Frank Bainimarama

D) Scott Morrison

Which state has launched the ‘Mission Shakti’ programme to ensure security of women in the state?

A) Haryana

B) Rajasthan

C) Uttar Pradesh: ANSWER

D) Bihar

Umar Gul has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He played for which country?

A) Afghanistan

B) Pakistan: ANSWER

C) South Africa

D) Zimbabwe 25

Page Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to UNESCO?

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

A) lndra Mani Pandey

B) Brajendra Navnit

C) Harsh Vardhan Shringla

D) Vishal V. Sharma: ANSWER

Name the India’s first indigenous surface-to-surface strategic missile, which has been developed by DRDO?

A) -2

B) -2

C) -2: ANSWER

D) Gagan-2

Who has been appointed by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) as the new Chairman for 2020-21 sessions?

A) Dinesh Kumar Khara

B) Rajkiran Rai G: ANSWER

C) Rajnish Kumar

D) SR Mehar

Who is the author of the book “The Battle of Belonging”?

A) Shashi Tharoor: ANSWER

B) Subramanian Swamy

26 C) Sachin Pilot

Page D) P. Chidambaram

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

Name the new interim President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) appointed recently?

A) Intarat Yodbangtoey

B) Ursula Papandrea

C) Michael Irani: ANSWER

D) Antonio Urso

Who has been chosen as the new President of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA)?

A) Rajan Manchanda

B) Vinod Tihara

C) Renu Khanna

D) Rohan Jaitley: ANSWER

Which Indian movie has recently bagged an award at the 14th Asian Film Awards 2020?

A) Article 15

B) Gully Boy: ANSWER

C) Kesari

D) Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi

As per the Indian Tourism Statistics (ITS), 2020 report of the Tourism Ministry, which state was the top most domestic tourist destination in 2019?

A) Goa 27

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C) Maharashtra

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D) Uttar Pradesh: ANSWER

When is the Police Commemoration Day celebrated in India?

A) 22 October

B) 21 October: ANSWER

C) 20 October

D) 19 October

COVIRAP is a Covid-19 diagnostic technology launched by which institute to provide easy and affordable test technology?

A) IIT Madras

B) IIT Kanpur

C) IIT Kharagpur: ANSWER

D) IIT Bombay

The ‘Portraits Of Power: Half A Century of Being at Ringside’ is an autobiography of which economist?

A) Urjit Patel

B) Arvind Subramanian

C) Y. V. Reddy

D) NK Singh: ANSWER

Who represented India in the 18th Prosecutors General meeting of SCO held recently?

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Page A) Mukul Rohatgi

B) Tushar Mehta: ANSWER

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C) Kapil Sibal

D) Arun Kumar Mishra

Asan Conservation Reserve has recently received the Ramsar site certification to be recognised as ‘Wetland of International Importance’. It is situated in which state?

A) Uttarakhand: ANSWER

B) Assam

C) Tamil Nadu

D) Haryana

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INS Kavaratti is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes commissioned into the Indian Navy. The ship has been built by______

A) Cochin Shipyard

B) GRSE, Kolkata: ANSWER

C) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

D) Hindustan Shipyard

Name the third generation, anti-tank guided missile of DRDO, whose final user trial was successfully conducted recently from the Pokhran field firing ranges in Rajasthan?

A) SANT

B) MPATGM

29 C) : ANSWER

Page D) Amogha missile

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

Which telecommunication company has been selected by NASA to undertake the project of building the first cellular network on the moon?

A) Samsung

B) Nokia: ANSWER

C) Apple

D) Vivo

Name the first woman officer to be commissioned in the Indian Air Force, who has passed away recently?

A) Divya Ajith Kumar

B) Gursharan Kaur

C) Padma Bandopadhyay

D) Vijayalakshmi Ramanan: ANSWER

International Snow Leopard Day is marked annually on which day?

A) 23 October: ANSWER

B) 22 October

C) 24 October

D) 21 October

Which country has been appointed as the Chair of the Governing Body of International Labour Organization (ILO) for a period till June 2021?

30 A) Brazil

Page B) Australia

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 C) India: ANSWER

D) Russia

Who has been appointed as the head of the advisory panel formed by NITI Aayog to look into introducing reforms in the urban planning education system?

A) Amitabh Kant

B) Rajiv Kumar: ANSWER

C) Arvind Panagariya

D) Bibek Debroy

When is the United Nations Day celebrated globally?

A) 21 October

B) 22 October

C) 23 October

D) 24 October: ANSWER

Which district has topped the list of top 30 districts for implementing the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)?

A) Mandi: ANSWER

B) Dehradun

C) Shimla

D) Leh

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Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 World Polio Day is celebrated on which day?

A) 21 October

B) 24 October: ANSWER

C) 22 October

D) 23 October

Saad Hariri has recently been appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?

A) Qatar

B) Cyprus

C) Kuwait

D) Lebanon: ANSWER

Which day is observed as the World Development Information Day, as recognised by the United Nations?

A) 22 October

B) 23 October

C) 24 October: ANSWER

D) 21 October

Which country has recently joined the IMF as its 190th member?

A) Andorra: ANSWER

B) Armenia

33 C) Timor-Leste

Page D) Madagascar

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

Which player has won the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix?

A) Lewis Hamilton: ANSWER

B) Valtteri Bottas

C) Max Verstappen

D) Charles Leclerc

Lee Kun-hee, who has passed away recently was the Chairman of which of these conglomerate?

A) Sony Corporations

B) Huawei

C) LG

D) Samsung: ANSWER

The International Day of Diplomats is observed every year on?

A) 24 October: ANSWER

B) 25 October

C) 26 October

D) 23 October

Mahesh Kanodia, a veteran singer and film musician was from which state?

A) Odisha

34 B) Himachal Pradesh

Page C) Uttarakhand

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 D) Gujarat: ANSWER

The Kisan Suryodaya Yojna has recently been inaugurated in which state by PM Modi?

A) Gujarat: ANSWER

B) Uttarakhand

C) Rajasthan

D) Himachal Pradesh

Which state of India has announced to set up country’s first sand dune parks and interpretation centres?

A) Kerala

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Goa: ANSWER

D) Maharashtra

PM Modi has inaugurated the Paediatric Heart Hospital, which is India’s biggest hospital for cardiology. It is in which city?

A) Surat

B) Patna

C) Bhopal

D) Ahmedabad: ANSWER

Pakistan is currently under which list of FATF for being non-cooperative in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing? 35

Page A) Grey: ANSWER

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 B) Brown

C) Blue

D) White

Aditya Puri has stepped down as the MD & CEO of HDFC Bank. Who has been appointed to replace Puri as the new MD & CEO?

A) Malay Patel

B) Kaizad Bharucha

C) Sashidhar Jagdishan:. ANSWER

D) Sandeep Parekh

Which day of the year is observed as the Infantry Day by the Indian Army every year?

A) October 27: ANSWER

B) October 28

C) October 26

D) October 25

Alpha Conde has been re-elected as the President of which country recently for the third term?

A) Senegal

B) Ghana

C) Sierra Leone

D) Guinea: ANSWER

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Page The Government has set up a high-level committee to look into commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur. Who is the head of this committee?

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

A) Amit Shah

B) Rajnath Singh

C) : ANSWER

D) Nitin Gadkari

Which country was the chair for the 6th BRICS Parliamentary Forum held virtually on 27 October 2020?

A) Russia: ANSWER

B) Brazil

C) India

D) South Africa

Luis Arce has won the Presidential election of which country recently to be appointed as the President elect?

A) Uruguay

B) Chile

C) Paraguay

D) Bolivia: ANSWER

The India-US two plus two Ministerial Dialogue was which edition of the annual event?

A) Second

B) Third: ANSWER

C) Fourth 37

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Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020 Who led the Indian delegation at the 2020 BRICS Parliamentary Forum?

A) Om Birla: ANSWER

B) Venkaiah Naidu

C) Pralhad Joshi

D) Nitin Gadkari

Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS)?

A) Rameesh Kailasam

B) Bimal Julka: ANSWER

C) Ranjit Nair

D) Mitesh Gangar

When is the International Animation Day observed?

A) October 26

B) October 27

C) October 25

D) October 28: ANSWER

Which is the first state of India to fix the floor price for vegetables?

A) Himachal Pradesh

B) Uttar Pradesh

38 C) Kerala: ANSWER

Page D) Goa

Current Affairs MCQs- October, 2020

The 19th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Ministers of Foreign Economy and Foreign Trade was held under the Chairmanship of which country?

A) India: ANSWER

B) China

C) Pakistan

D) Russia

Which Indian movie has recently bagged an award at the 14th Asian Film Awards 2020?

A) Article 15

B) Gully Boy: ANSWER

C) Kesari

D) Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi

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