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OCTOBER – 03 | Daily Current Affairs 2020

OBITUARY

1. Pushpa Bhave passes away. He is related to which field?
A) Actor
B) Social Activist
C) Writer
D) Musician
Answer: B) Social Activist
Pushpa Bhave – Social Activist.

2. Minister Haji Hussain Ansari passed away. He is related to which state?
A) Punjab
B) Jharkhand
C) Odisha
D) Haryana
Answer: B) Jharkhand
Haji Hussain Ansari – Jharkhand’s minority welfare minister.
Jharkhand: 
Capital : Ranchi
CM: Hemant Soren
Governor : Draupadi Murmu

BANKING AND FINANCE

3. Which Bank launched a financial inclusion and literacy initiative ‘Gram Sampark Abhiyan’ to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
A) State Bank of India
B) Punjab National Bank
C) Canara Bank
D) Indian Bank
Answer: B) Punjab National Bank
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.
PNB – financial inclusion, literacy initiative Gram Sampark Abhiyan.
Punjab National Bank: 
HQ: New Delhi
MD & CEO : Sunil Mehta
Tagline: The Name You Can Bankupon

ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS

4. TPG Capital Management invests how much percent stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Limited in Rs 1,837.5 crore?
A) 3.41 per cent
B) 1.41 per cent
C) 0.41 per cent
D) 2.41 per cent
Answer: C) 0.41 per cent
GIC will invest Rs 5,512 crore for a 1.22% stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Limited.
TPG – 0.41 per cent – Reliance Retail Ventures Limited in Rs 1,837.5 crore.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

5. A book “Unfinished” authored by Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ . Which publishers is published in this book?
A) Westland Publications
B) Hachette India
C) Aleph Book Company.
D) Penguin Random House India
Answer: D) Penguin Random House India
“Unfinished” – Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ – Penguin Random House India.

APPOINTMENTS

6. Securities and Exchange Board of India extends tenure of its whole-time member (WTM) for one-year extension. Who is WTM of SEBI?
A) Kumar Birla
B) Shantanu Narayen
C) Guillaume Faury
D) Puri Buch
Answer: D) Puri Buch
Puri Buch – get a year more as Sebi’s whole time member.
SEBI:
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman : Ajay Tyagi

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

7. Which organisation launches SS Kalpana Chawla Cygnus spacecraft to International Space station?
A) ISRO
B) NASA
C) SpaceX
D) JAXA
Answer: B) NASA

• The International Space Station (ISS) is gearing up to receive the flight which will supply thousands of kilograms essential space supplies and related-equipments to the astronauts.
• Northrop Grumman launched another flight to the International Space Station, this time named after late astronaut ‘Kalpana Chawla’. The Cygnus vehicle S.S Kalpana Chawla along with Antares rocket for NG-14 mission.

NASA – SS Kalpana Chawla Cygnus spacecraft to International Space station.

8. S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences finds new “BreathPrint” for detecting ulcer-causing gastric pathogen. what is the headquarters of this institute?
A) Kochi, Kerala
B) Kolkata, West Bengal
C) Bangalore, Karnataka
D) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Kolkata, West Bengal
Exhaled breath may soon help detect bacteria that infect the stomach, causing various forms of gastritis and eventually gastric cancer. Scientists have found a method for early diagnosis of bacteria that causes peptic ulcer, with the help of a biomarker called ‘BreathPrint’ found in the breath.
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences – new “BreathPrint” for detecting ulcer-causing gastric pathogen.
West Bengal: 
Capital : Kolkata
CM : Mamata Banerjee
Governor : Jagdeep Dhankhar

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

9. Which state has launched a month long mass awareness campaign on COVID 19?
A) Punjab
B) Rajasthan
C) Odisha
D) Haryana
Answer: B) Rajasthan
Rajasthan – month long mass awareness campaign on COVID-19.
Rajasthan:
Capital: Jaipur
CM: Ashok Gehlot
Governor: Kalraj Mishra

10. KVIC rolled out multiple employment generation activities in which state/UT to celebrate the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Delhi
B) Goa
C) Chandigarh
D) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: D) Jammu and Kashmir
KVIC – multiple employment generation activities in J&K.
Jammu and Kashmir:
Capital : Srinagar(summer), Jammu(winter)
Governor : Manoj Sinha

11. India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable hypersonic missile ‘Shaurya’. What is the range of this missile?
A) 300 km to 1000 km
B) 700 km to 1000 km
C) 500 km to 1000 km
D) 800 km to 1000 km
Answer: B) 700 km to 1000 km

• ‘Shaurya’, 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.
• The surface-to-surface tactical missile was blasted off from a canister strapped to the ground launcher from launch complex 4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in the APJ Abdul Kalam Island.

India – successfully test fired indigenously developed nuclear capable hypersonic missile ‘Shaurya’.

12. Which municipal corporation has launched ‘Swachh Swaari’, a drive under which special vehicles will collect clothes, shoes, stationery and books from residents willing to donate?
A) Chandigarh
B) Nagaland
C) Manipur
D) Delhi
Answer: A) Chandigarh
MC commissioner also launched ‘Swachh Ward’, an inter-ward competition, in which major indicators like waste segregation, citizen engagement, etc, will be assessed by an independent committee to declare ward-wise ranking on a monthly basis till January 2021.
Chandigarh municipal corporation – Swachh Swaari’ will collect clothes, shoes, stationery and books from residents willing to donate.
Chandigarh:
Capital : Chandigarh
Lt Governor: V.P. Singh Badnore

13. Who launched India’s largest handicraft and organic products marketplace- Tribes India E-Marketplace?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Minister of Tribal Affairs
C) Ministry of Home
D) Ministry of Women and Child Development
Answer: B) Minister of Tribal Affairs
Minister of Tribal Affairs – India’s largest handicraft and organic products marketplace- Tribes India E-Marketplace.
Tribal Affairs:
Minister : Arjun munda
Constituency : Khunti, Jharkhand

14. Which state launched a mobile water testing laboratory Van equipped with a multi-parameter system containing analysers, sensors, probes, and instruments based on Colorimentric, Electrochemistry?
A) Odisha
B) Assam
C) Haryana
D) Meghalaya
Answer: C) Haryana
Haryana: 
Capital : Chandigarh
CM: Manohar Lal Khattar
Governor : Satyadev Narayan Arya

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