Current Affairs Quiz: 08 October 2020
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1. Which nation has agreed to work with India towards operationalization of Sittwe Port in the first quarter of 2021?

a) Myanmar
b) Iran
c) Bangladesh
d) Sri Lanka

2. Which nation’s government has resigned ahead of General Elections 2020?

a) Qatar
b) UAE
c) Bahrain
d) Kuwait

3. Students belonging to which among the following institutes have launched an e-commerce platform for weavers to sell their products directly to customers?

a) NIT Warangal
b) NIT Jamshedpur
c) IIT Roorkee
d) IIT Madras

4. Which country’s women’s cricket team has equalled world-record for most consecutive ODI victories?

a) India
b) Australia
c) England
d) South Africa

5. The DGCI has given approval for conducting Phase-1 human clinical trial of which antisera as a potential treatment for COVID-19?

a) Bat Antisera
b) Horse Antisera
c) Monkey Antisera
d) Frog Antisera

6. India will be launching a constellation of maritime surveillance satellites along with which nation?

a) Israel
b) US
c) France
d) Russia

7. Who all have been awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020?

a) Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
b) Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel
c) Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice
d) John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino

8. Madhabi Puri Buch, who was seen in the news, is the first woman Whole-time member of which organisation?

a) RBI
b) SEBI
c) IRDAI
d) PFRDA

9. What is the name of the nuclear-capable hypersonic missile that was test-fired from Odisha test range?

a) Shaurya
b) Veer
c) Agni VII
d) Tejas

10. Which Department of the Union Finance Ministry prepares the Union Budget?

a) Department of Revenue
b) Department of Expenditure
c) Department of Economic Affairs
d) Department of Financial Services

Answers:
a) Myanmar
d) Kuwait
a) NIT Warangal
b) Australia
b) Horse Antisera
c) France
a) Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
b) SEBI
a) Shaurya
c) Department of Economic Affairs

Also Read: Current Affairs Quiz: 07 October 2020

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