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OCTOBER 2020 ONE LINER CURRENT AFFAIRS ( One Liners of September Last Week Are Also Included) www.ranaacademyshimla.com COACHING OF VARIOUS CENTRAL & contact no. 7018596250, 9805332278 STATE LEVEL COMPETITIVE EXAMS OCTOBER 2020 ONE LINER CURRENT AFFAIRS ( one liners of September last week are also included) 1. Who has become the new head of India women’s selection committee? Neetu David 2. Valtteri Bottas has won the Formula One Russian Grand Prix 2020, he is related to which Finland country? 3. Recently who has virtually inaugurated 'Destination North East-2020', a fourday event to Amit Shah highlight the Northeast region's various potentials like eco-tourism? 4. India has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with which country in the field of Denmark Intellectual Property Cooperation? 5. Which state/UT has won the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Kerala Control of Noncommunicable Diseases Awards 2020 for its “outstanding contribution” towards the non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals? 6. Isher Judge Ahluwalia passed away recently, she was renowned ________. Economist 7. In which state has the Parliament passed a bill to establish a National Defense University Gujarat recently? 8. Recently which IIT has successfully developed ‘MOUSHIK’, an indigenouslymade IIT Madras microprocessor for the Internet of things devices? 9. Recently who has been appointed as the Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India- Dr P. D. TRAI? Vaghela 10. Usha Mangeshkar was honoured with Lata Mangeshkar award 2020-21, what is the cash prize Five lakh rupees of Lata Mangeshkar award? 11. Recently Syeda Anwara Taimur has passed away, she was the first and only woman chief Assam minister of which state? 12. Recently who was appointed as the Advisor of Khadi and Village Industries Commission? Sunil Sethi 13. ICRA has projected India’s GDP for FY21 to contact by ___. 11% 14. Recently Moctar Ouane was appointed as new Prime Minister of which country? Mali 15. All India Football Federation awards 2019-20 has announced, who has won the 2019-’20 Gurpreet Singh AIFF Player of the year awards in men’s category? Sandhu 16. Which state Tourism’s ‘Human by Nature Print Campaign’ bagged the Prestigious Pacific Kerala Asia Travel Association Grand Title Winner 2020 for Marketing? 17. Who has been conferred the prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by the Sonu Sood United Nations Development Programme in September 2020 during a virtual ceremony? 18. Who has been given the additional charge of counter-terrorism force National Security Guard? S S Deswal 19. Recently who has been named as the President of Film and Television Institute of India, FTII Shekhar Kapur Society and Chairman of Governing Council of FTII? www.ranaacademyshimla.com COACHING OF VARIOUS CENTRAL & contact no. 7018596250, 9805332278 STATE LEVEL COMPETITIVE EXAMS 20. Recently which railway zone has launched ‘Operation My Saheli’? South Eastern Railways 21. Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has launched POS 3.1 software, SMS Andhra Pradesh Gateway and Home Delivery facility of Fertilizers (RBK) for farmers in which state recently? 22. Recently which Union Minister has e-launched the “Ambedkar Social Innovation and Thaawarchand Incubation Mission (ASIIM)”? Gehlot 23. International Day of Older Persons is observed globally on ________ every year. 1st October 24. Alexander De Croo was appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country recently? Belgium 25. Recently the Indian Coast Guard Vessel Karnaklata Barua was commissioned in which Kolkata city? 26. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated strategically important, Atal Tunnel in Himachal which State/ UT recently? Pradesh 27. Recently which country has hired former Bermuda batsman David Hemp as the head coach of Pakistan the national women's side? 28. Shri Tanmaya Lal has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which country? Sweden 29. Recently who has been re-appointed as Chairman of Shri Somnath Trust? Keshubhai Patel 30. ISRO is scheduled to launch its Venus mission in which year? 2025 31. Recently who has assumed the charge of Additional Director General Military Nursing Sonali Ghosal Service? 32. Recently which state government has launched the “Pathashree Abhijan” scheme? West Bengal 33. India and which country have signed Statement of Intent to support decarbonisation? Netherlands 34. Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully test-fired a new version of the Shaurya surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile ________________at Balasore, off the coast of Odisha. 35. Every year World Space Week is observed from ________________. 4 to 10 October 36. Recently which edition of Indian Navy Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise Second Bongosagar commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal? 37. Recently who won gold in 10 meter air rifle event of International Online Shooting Visnu Shivaraj Championship? Pandian 38. Under the Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shouchalaya category which state bagged the first Gujarat position at state level? 39. Harvey J. Alter Charles M. Rice and Michael Houghton were awarded jointly Medicine the Nobel Prize 2020 in which field? 40. NASA launched a commercial astronaut named after Indian-origin Kalpana Chawla ________________divine astronaut. 41. Every year World Teachers’ Day is celebrated globally on ________________. 5th October 42. Recently which country has decided to send first-ever ‘asteroid mining robot’ into space? China www.ranaacademyshimla.com COACHING OF VARIOUS CENTRAL & contact no. 7018596250, 9805332278 STATE LEVEL COMPETITIVE EXAMS 43. Three-time member of Legislative Council Mulayam Singh Yadav has passed Samajwadi away, he was associated with which political party? Party ( not the one who remained CM of UP and also the father of Akhilesh Yadav) 44. Which State/UT has announced the launch of the anti-pollution campaign ‘Yudh Pradushan Delhi Ke Virudh’ to reduce the pollution level? 45. Recently which airport has become the first airport of the Airports Authority of India which is Puducherry entirely solar-powered? 46. Recently the red cherry pepper chilli of which state has earned the geographical indication tag, Sikkim which is locally known as the “Dalle Khursani”? 47. Recently which state government has announced Digital Seva Setu Programme for the rural Gujarat areas? 48. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of State Bank of India for a period of three Dinesh Kumar years? Khara 49. On the occasion of the 151st Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who has Manish Sisodia launched the coffee-table book titled “Babu – The Unforgettable” over the virtual event? 50. Wildlife Week is annually celebrated across India between 2nd to 8th ________________ with an aim to protect and preserve the flora and fauna of India. October 51. India and which country are working towards the operationalization of the Sittwe port in the Myanmar Rakhine state of Myanmar in the first quarter of 2021? 52. Recently where was Quad Countries’ Foreign Minister meet held? Tokyo 53. Who has been appointed as the Director-General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security? M A Ganapathy 54. Recently right-handed batsman, Najeeb Tarakai has passed, he was related to which country? Afghanistan 55. Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma, Shashanka Bhide were appointed as new members of 6 Monetary Policy Committee, how many members are in the Monetary Policy Committee? 56. Who is the chairman of Prasar Bharati? Surya Prakash 57. Who was awarded by the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020? Louise Glück 58. Who was appointed as the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 7th October M Rajeshwar 2020? Rao 59. Recently which country has successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile in the Russia Arctic? 60. India’s GDP expected to contract by World Bank is ________________ for fiscal year 2020- 9.6% 21. 61. What is the Name the Former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland, and ex-CBI Ashwani Kumar Director, who has passed away recently? 62. Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan has passed away, he was the ________________Minister. Consumer affairs, food and public distribution www.ranaacademyshimla.com COACHING OF VARIOUS CENTRAL & contact no. 7018596250, 9805332278 STATE LEVEL COMPETITIVE EXAMS 63. Recently who has been re-elected as the Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India? Charanjit Singh Attra 64. Which Union Minister has been given additional charge of the Ministry of Piyush Goyal Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution following the demise of Ram Vilas Paswan? 65. New Development Bank has approved infrastructure projects worth ________________ for 741 million India. dollars 66. Recently which state government has entered into a partnership with Israel to establish a one Meghalaya of a kind Centre of Excellence? 67. Recently Uttar Pradesh government has signed agreement with Zurich Airport Noida for Jewar Airport, Jewar Airport is situated in which city? 68. Recently KK Usha, has passed away, she was the former Chief Justice of which High Court? Kerala 69. Recently who was appointed as next Ambassador of Netherlands? Nilesh Shah 70. Chetan Anand was named brand ambassador for Indian brand ‘Transform’, he is related to Badminton which sport? 71. International Day of the Girl Child is observed globally on ________________ every year 11th October since 2012. 72. Who has won the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix, held at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany? Lewis Hamilton 73. Who has won the men’s 2020 French Open Title? Rafael Nadal 74. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative 100 rupee coin in the honour of Vijaya Raje ________________ . Scindia 75. Recently where was Coastal security exercise “Sagar Kavach” concluded? Kerala 76. Sadyr Zhaparov was appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country recently? Kyrgyzstan 77. Which state/UT has become the first state to have completely digital, hi-tech classrooms? Kerala 78. According to the data provided by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, which state has become the first Goa “Har Ghar Jal” State in the country by providing tap water connection to every rural household? 79. As part of the United Nations International Day of Girl Child Aava Murto became Prime Finland Minister of which country for a day? 80.
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