SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I October Current Affairs Marathon Q.1) Recently Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched the Pragati Rath of which bank? a) SBI b) IDBI Bank c) HDFC Bank d) PNB Q.2) Recently which state gets in-principle nod from Centre to set up its first SEZ at Sabroom? a) Tripura b) Mizoram c) Assam d) Odisha Q.3) Who has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology? a) William G. Kaelin Jr b) Gregg L. Semenza c) Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe d) All of the above Q.4) Which city hosted the 39th World Congress of Poets? a) Bhubaneswar b) Kochi c) Lucknow d) Kanpur Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I Q.5) What is the rank of India in the Global Firepower Index 2019? a) 4th b) 5th c) 3rd d) 7th Q.6) Who is the author of book “India and the Netherlands – Past, Present and Future”? a) Gopal Ayer b) VenuRajamony c) Rishi Raj d) NK Chaturvedi Q.7) Which state government launched an awareness campaign — Urjagiri — which aims at stopping power theft and saving? a) Bihar b) Uttarakhand c) Odisha d) Maharashtra Q.8) Recently government launched which portal for monitoring coal supply to power plants? a) PRANJAY b) PRAKASH c) VARUN d) CHAMAK Q.9) Who has been appointed as the Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau? Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I a) NKSingh b) KS Dhatwalia c) Vikas Chaturvedi d) Rajesh Kumar Vyas Q.10) What is the theme of this year’s World Teachers Day 2019? a) Transformation of Education b Young Teachers: The future of the Profession c) Teachers evolving Education lives d) Young and Energetic Teachers Q.11) The exercise KAZIND is a exercise between India and which other country? a) Uzbekistan b) Kazakhstan c) Afghanistan d) China Q.12) Who has won Russian Grand Prix? a) Nico Rosberg b) Lewis Hamilton c) Sebastian Vettel d) Valtteri Bottas Q.13) What is the theme of this year’s Wildlife Week? a) Water and Living b) Life below water: for people and planet c) Save Environment d) Life is Water Q.14) Recently Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off Vande Bharat Express from which city/UT to Shri Mata VaishnodeviKatra? Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I a) Kanpur b) New Delhi c) Mumbai d) Lucknow Q.15) Which country unveiled the DF-41 intercontinental-range ballistic missile? a) China b) India c) USA d) Russia Q.16) Recently Indian men’s hockey team defeated which country to maintain their 100 percent record in the tour? a) Australia b) Belgium c) Netherlands d) Canada Q.17) Who was presented with most effective Swachchta Ambassador Award by President Ram Nath Kovind? a) Saurav Ganguly b) Sachin Tendulkar c) MS Dhoni d) Virat Kohli Q.18) What is the interest rate for Public Provident Fund for the third quarter of FY 20? a) 8.0% Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I b) 7.9% c) 7.7% d) 8.1% Q.19) Recently Ram Vilas Paswan launched which application for registering consumer grievances? a) Grievence App b) Consumer App c) Consumer Grievance App d) Consumer Redressing App Q.20) The World Tournoi satellite competition is being held in which country? a) Thailand b) Canada c) Belgium d) Singapore Q.21) Recently Indian Army biggest mountain combat exercise ‘Him Vijay’ held in which state? a) Manipur b) Arunachal Pradesh c) Sikkim d) Assam Q.22) On the occasion of which birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,PM Modi declared India to be an ‘open defecation free’ (ODF) country? a) 100th b) 150th c) 175th d) 155th Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I Q.23) The 14th edition of Indo – Mongolian joint military training “Nomadic Elephant” held in which state? a) Himachal Pradesh b) Kerala c) Tamil Nadu d) Gujarat Q.24) Recently as per Railway Minister Piyush Goyal,India Railways will connect the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari by which year? a) 2025 b) 2022 c) 2024 d) 2021 Q.25) Recently Jessie Norman passed away.She was related to which field? a) Opera star b) Author c) Philosophy d) Actress Q.26) Peddapalli district of which state topped the rural Swachhta survey? a) Bihar b) Assam c) Telangana d) Tamil Nadu Q.27) Which state retained its top place in Niti Aayog’s School Education Quality Index (SEQI)? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Kerala Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I c) Tamil Nadu d) Assam Q.28) Which state government launched the YSR Vahana Mitra scheme? a) Assam b) Tamil Nadu c) Andhra Pradesh d) Odisha Q.29) Which state has recently has launched five new schemes like MukhyamantriSuposhanAbhiyaan on October 2 to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi? a) Odisha b) Chhattisgarh c) Bihar d) Assam Q.30) Recently CMYogi Adityanath flagged off Tejas Express from Lucknow to which city/UT? a) New Delhi b) Jammu c) Kanpur d) Varanasi Q.31) Which state government launched a campaign to make state pothole-free? a) Maharashtra b) Delhi c) Jharkhand d) Bihar Q.32) Who was appointed as executive director for India at International Monetary Fund? Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I a) TN Manoharan b) Surjit S Bhalla c) Amitabh Kant d) Rakesh Singh Q.33) Which state government has launched the ‘Village Secretariat system’? a) Assam b) Andhra Pradesh c) Telangana d) Odisha Q.34) Recently Claudio Marchisio announced his retirement from which sport? a) Cricket b) Football c) Tennis d) Basketball Q.35) Which city to host National Health Informatics Meet in 2020? a) Mumbai b) Kochi c) Pune d) Kolkata Q.36) Who has been appointed as new PM of Portugal? a) Antonia Costa b) Marcelo Vieeera c) Pedro Passos d) Anibal Cavaco Q.37) Which state recently launched the ‘Plants for Plastic’ campaign? a) Assam Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I b) Bihar c) Maharashtra d) Sikkim Q.38) What is the theme of this year’s World Space Week? a) Earth and Sun b) The Moon: Gateway to the Stars c) Space:The Universe d) Planets and Galaxies Q.39) Recently Smriti Irani inaugurated world’s largest plastic made charkha in which city/UT? a) New Delhi b) Kolkata c) Noida d) Lucknow Q.40) Who was appointed the chief executive officer of MyGov India, the government’s citizen-centric online platform? a) Abhimanyu Pratap b) Abhishek Singh c) Vikas Singh d) Rajesh Singh Chaturvedi Q.41) Recently the NBA is bringing India’s first-ever Floating Basketball Court in which city/UT? a) Mumbai b) New Delhi c) Pune d) Chennai Q.42) Recently the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in collaboration with the Union Health Ministry launched which application on oral health awareness? Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I a) Oral Hygiene b) e-DantSeva c) EOral d) eDant Q.43) The exercise Ekuverin is between India and which other country? a) Maldives b) Mauritius c) Thailand d) Singapore Q.44) Who scripted history by scoring the highest-ever individual score in women’s T20I? a) Alyssa Healy b) Ellese Perry c) Mithali Raj d) SuzieBates Q.45) Recently Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched DIN.What does “I” stands in DIN? a) Identification b) Imagine c) Identity d) Immediate Q.46) Recently Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Harsh Vardhan and Harsimrat Kaur Badal flagged off which express at New Delhi Railway Station? a) Sher E Punjab Express b) Sarbat Da Bhala Express c) Shatabdi Express d) Tejas Express Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I Q.47) Recently Tourism Ministry launched which application for 12 sites of India on occasion of Paryatan Parv 2019? a) Audio Odigos b) Audio Sarang c) Audio Vars d) Audio Oreo Q.48) Who will head the panel set up by IRDA to standardise title insurance for home buyers in India? a) TL Alamelu b) TN Bakshi c) NK Singh d) VR Bhanushali Q.49) Which became the first state to launch policy on Pneumoconiosis? a) Tamil Nadu b) Rajasthan c) Haryana d) Bihar Q.50) Recently which platform got Corporate Agency license from Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA).? a) Mobikwik b) InstantPay c) Paytm d) Freecharge Q.51) Who will head the committee that has been setup to prepare the contours of a new industrial policy to make India a manufacturing hub? a) Amitabh Kant Join in our Telegram Group to Get Instant Notifications about Various Exams and FREE PDF’s SSC CGL 2020 – Current Affairs Marathon – PART I b) Guruprasad Mohapatra c) PV Bharathi d) TN Manoharan Q.52) Who is the author of book “The Tech Whisperer”? a) TV Shah b) Jaspreet Bindra c) MK Haroon d) Manoj Sinha Q.53) Who has become the 1st Indian to play 100 T20 International matches? a) Smriti Mandhana b) Mithali Raj c) Jhulan Goswami d) Harmanpreet Kaur Q.54) Which city railway station topped the list of cleanest railway stations in the country, as per a report ‘Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat 2019’ released by