Current Affairs Quiz – October 18 & 19 2020

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Current Affairs Quiz – October 18 & 19 2020

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1. Maritime Exercise SLINEX-20 is being currently held between which two nations?
a)India, South Africa
b)India, Sri Lanka
c)Sri Lanka, Australia
d)Japan, India

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Answer b) India, Sri Lanka. The 8th edition of the annual Indian Navy (IN) and Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-20 starts from October 19 to October 21, 2020.

2. The 8th Edition of annual Indian Navy (IN) – Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) SLINEX-20 is scheduled off ____________
a) Trincomalee
b) Visakhapatnam
c) Both a and b
d) None

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Answer a) Trincomalee. Maritime exercise SLINEX-20 starts from October 19 to October 21, 2020, in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

3. Who won the Denmark Open title in women’s singles?
a) PV Sindhu
b) Akane Yamaguchi
c) Carolina Marin
d) Nozomi Okuhara

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Answer d) Nozomi Okuhara. In Badminton, former World Champion Nozomi Okuhara clinched the Denmark Open title beating three-time world champion Carolina Marin in women’s singles.

4. Who has been elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)?
a) Sakalp Pandit
b) Haraman Preet
c) Rajkiran Rai
d) Praveen Raj

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Answer c) Rajkiran Rai. The Managing Director and CEO of Union Bank of India, Rajkiran Rai G has been elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for the term 2020-21. He succeeds Rajnish Kumar as the IBA Chairman after Kumar recently retired as SBI Chief.

5. Which state’s Chief Minister launched Mission Shakti?
a) Delhi
b) UP
c) MP
d) Telangana

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Answer b) UP.

6. Who published the Global Tuberculosis report of 2020?
a) UNESCO
b) RBI
c) UN
d) WHO

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Answer d) WHO. World Health Organisation(WHO) has published global tuberculosis (TB) report of 2020.

7. Bepicolombo is a joint mission of
a) European Space Agency and ISRO
b) European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
c) ISRO and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
d) None of the above

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Answer b) European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

8. ______________________ has been selected as the next permanent representative of India to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
a) Vishal V Sharma
b) Audrey Azoulay
c) Irina Bokova
d) None

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Answer a) Vishal V Sharma.