Current Affairs 13th October 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. What is the name of the Covid-19 awareness campaign launched by the Indian Prime Minister ahead of festive seasons?
A. Jan Andolan
B. Bharat Andolan
C. Covid Jagrutha
D. Covid Chodo India
Answer [A] Jan Andolan
2. What would be the new brand name of India’s premium Cotton in the World Cotton Trade?
A. Bharat Cotton
B. Incredible Cotton
C. Kasturi Cotton
D. Maharaja Cotton
Answer [C] Kasturi Cotton
3. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Kingdom of Netherlands?
A. Navtej Sarna
B. Pradeep Kumar Rawat
C. Arun Kumar Singh
D. Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Answer [B] Pradeep Kumar Rawat
4. As per the latest report from FIS, which country has recorded the real-time financial transactions of 41 million per day?
A. United States
B. China
C. India
D. Russia
Answer [C] India
5. Who has been appointed as the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
A. M Rajeshwar Rao
B. Ashima Goyal
C. Jayanth R Varma
D. Shashanka Bhide
Answer [A] M Rajeshwar Rao
6. According to World Trade Organization, the World Merchandise Trade forecast is expected to fall by____ in 2020?
A. 14.2%
B. 12.4%
C. 7.6%
D. 9.2%
Answer [D] 9.2%
7. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai collaborated with which company to mark Containment Zones in Mumbai on Maps?
A. TCS
B. IBM
C. Microsoft
D. Google
Answer [D] Google
8. Who has got additional charge as the minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?
A. Narendra Singh Tomar
B. Piyush Goyal
C. Jitendra Singh
D. Smriti Irani
Answer [B] Piyush Goyal
9. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of India’s first badminton brand named ‘Transform’?
A. Dinesh Khanna
B. Syed Modi
C. Chetan Anand
D. Aparna Popat
Answer [C] Chetan Anand
10. Who has been appointed as the director general of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)?
A. MA Ganapathy
B. K. VijayRaghavan
C. Rakesh Asthana
D. Ajay Kumar
Answer [A] MA Ganapathy