Current Affairs Quiz: October 5 and 6, 2020

Current Affairs 5 and 6 October 2020 Quiz

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  1. Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice received 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for which of the following?
    A) For the discovery of Hepatitis D virus
    B) For their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability
    C) For the discovery of Hepatitis C virus
    D) For discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation:

    The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus,” the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced in Stockholm, Sweden.
    The trio’s work helped explain a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn’t be explained by the hepatitis A and B viruses.
  2. What is the theme of World Space Week 2020?
    A) The Moon: Gateway to the Stars
    B) Space Unites the World
    C) Satellites improve life
    D) Exploring New Worlds In Space
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation:

    World Space Week is celebrated on October 4-10, to commemorate the launch of earth’s first human-made satellite, Sputnik I, on October 4, 1957, and the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967.
    2020 World Space Week is dedicated to satellites and their broad benefits under the theme “Satellites improve life.”
  3. What is the theme of World Teachers’ Day 2020?
    A) Teachers: Leading in Crisis, Reimagining the Future
    B) The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher
    C) Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers in the Crisis
    D) Inspiring and Improving the opportunities in the Crisis
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation:

    World Teachers’ Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is an international day held annually on October 5 every year to celebrate the works of teachers, researchers and professors across the world.
    The theme for World Teachers’ Day 2020 is “Teachers: Leading in Crisis, Reimagining the Future”.
  4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a five-day global virtual summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) called RAISE 2020 summit. What does R stands for in RAISE?
    A) Requisite
    B) Random
    C) Radiant
    D) Responsible
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a five-day global virtual summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Responsible AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE 2020) summit organized by the Government of India in partnership with Industry and Academia.
    The RAISE 2020 summit aims to highlight India’s vision and the potential roadmap of using AI.
  5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the VAIBHAV Summit, organised for the overseas and resident Indian Researchers and Academicians. What does last VAI stands for in VAIBHAV?
    A) Vaishvik
    B) Vaigyanik
    C) Vaidya
    D) Vaithegi
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation:

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit, organised for the overseas and resident Indian Researchers and Academicians.
    The objective of the summit is to bring Indian-origin luminaries in academic institutes and research organisations across the world and resident counterparts on a single platform to debate upon collaboration mechanisms to strengthen academic and science and technology (S&T) base in India for global development.
  6. Which project has been launched by the union government to digitise all provident fund and pension related activities of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO)?
    A) Sarika
    B) Suhasini
    C) Sunidhi
    D) Surekha
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation:

    The government announced the launch of an ambitious information technology project ‘Sunidhi’ to digitise all provident fund and pension related activities of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO).
  7. BOB Financial Solutions has partnered with which of the following to launch 4 new BOB (Bank of Baroda) credit cards catering to its customers across segments?
    A) Mastercard
    B) VISA
    C) NPCI
    D) American Express
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation:

    BOB Financial Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, and Mastercard have launched 4 new credit cards catering to its customers across segments, including affluent as well as the first-time credit card owners.
    Two of these cards were in association with eminent professional institutions of the country. The new card variants are Eterna, which will cater to the distinctive needs of the NBFC’s affluent customers and will be offered to customers as part of the Radiance program of Bank of Baroda. Swavlamban, a ‘by Invitation only’ card, targets the low-income employees of select corporates and SMEs which have a banking relationship with Bank of Barod.
  8. Ravi Santhanam, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of which of the following is the only CMO of an Indian company to be recognised in the Forbes list of ’The World’s Most Influential CMOs’?
    A) Mahindra& Mahindra
    B) HDFC Bank
    C) Reliance
    D) TCS
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation:

    Ravi Santhanam, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), HDFC Bank has been recognised in the Forbes list of ’The World’s Most Influential CMOs’.
    Ranked at Number 39, he is the only CMO of an Indian company to be featured in the illustrious list which includes marketing heads of Apple, BMW, Lego, Adobe, Microsoft, P&G among others.
  9. Which bank launched a financial inclusion and literacy initiative ‘Gram Sampark Abhiyan’ to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
    A) Bank of Maharashtra
    B) Indian Oversea Bank
    C) United Bank of India
    D) Punjab National Bank
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:

    State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched a financial inclusion and literacy initiative ‘Gram Sampark Abhiyan’ to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
    The campaign is centred on four key themes -digital, credit, social security and financial literacy that will encapsulate various activities and prescribes the cherished theme of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
  10. Activists from which of the following country did not receive Right Livelihood Award 2020 which is also referred to as “Alternative Nobel Prize”?
    A) USA
    B) Belarus
    C) Nicaragua
    D) Poland
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:

    A Belarusian pro-democracy campaigner, an imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer, a US civil rights attorney, and a Nicaraguan activist won a top Swedish honour sometimes called “the alternative Nobel Prize.
    Ales Bialiatski of Belarus and his NGO Viasna, Nasrin Sotoudeh of Iran, Bryan Stevenson of the United States and indigenous rights and environmental activist Lottie Cunningham Wren of Nicaragua share the Right Livelihood Award.
  11. What state has launched ‘Gram Darshan’, which will allow accessibility to data of development projects of 6,197 gram panchayats of the state?
    A) Uttar Pradesh
    B) Haryana
    C) Chhattisgarh
    D) Madhya Pradesh
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation:

    Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar digitally launched ‘Gram Darshan’, which will allow accessibility to data of development projects of 6,197 gram panchayats of the state.
  12. Pradeep Maharathy who passed away was related to which profession?
    A) Politician
    B) Actor
    C) Director
    D) Activist
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation:

    Former Odisha Minister and veteran Biju Janata Dal MLA Pradeep Maharathy passed away, weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19. He was 66.
  13. Who won the 10m air rifle event at the fifth edition of the International Online Shooting Championship?
    A) Etienne Germond
    B) Martin Strempfl
    C) Pratyush Aman Barik
    D) Visnu Shivaraj Pandian
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:

    India’s Visnu Shivaraj Pandian won the 10m air rifle event at the fifth edition of the International Online Shooting Championship.
  14. Which indigenously developed nuclear capable hypersonic missile was test fired by DRDO with a strike range of around 1,000 km from a test range in Odisha in October 2020?
    A) Prakaram
    B) Veerta
    C) Shaurya
    D) Shurveer
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation:

    India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable hypersonic missile ‘Shaurya’ with a strike range of around 1,000 km from a test range in Odisha.
    The surface-to-surface tactical missile, which is the land variant of India’s K-15 missile, has a strike range of 700 km to 1000 km and is capable of carrying payloads of 200 kg tO 1000 kg.

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