Current Affairs 14th October 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which development bank has approved to finance Delhi-Meerut rapid rail and Mumbai metro rail service?
A. Asian Development Bank
B. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
C. BRICS Bank
D. World Bank
Answer [C] BRICS Bank
2. Gyan Circle Ventures is a Technology Business Incubator of which Indian institution?
A. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City
B. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
C. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
D. Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Answer [A] Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City
3. Defence minister Rajnath Singh laid foundation stone for 450m long ‘Nechiphu tunnel’ in which state/UT?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Assam
D. Gujarat
Answer [B] Arunachal Pradesh
4. Which is 1st state/UT in India to go digital in public education?
A. Kerala
B. Delhi
C. Telangana
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer [A] Kerala
5. Which organization released the report titled “Beaten or Broken? Informality and COVID-19 in South Asia”?
A. International Monetary Fund
B. United Nations Children’s Fund
C. World Bank
D. International Labour Organization
Answer [C] World Bank
6. Which is the first country in the world to approve the use of drought-resistant genetically modified (GMO) wheat?
A. Chile
B. Argentina
C. Brazil
D. Bolivia
Answer [B] Argentina
7. India to overtake China as world’s largest LPG residential market by which year?
A. 2022
B. 2027
C. 2025
D. 2030
Answer [D] 2030
8. EXIM Bank of India has credited $310 million to which country to finance repowering of Hwange Thermal Power Station?
A. Botswana
B. Zimbabwe
C. Zambia
D. Mozambique
Answer [B] Zimbabwe 
9. Name the organization which signed MoU with National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) host institutes to establish supercomputing infrastructure in India.
A. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
B. Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
C. National Development Centre (NDC)
D. National Informatics Centre (NIC)
Answer [A] Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
10. Name the chief minister of Tamil Nadu who has signed 14 MoUs worth Rs 10,055 crore recently.
A. Hemant Soren        
B. Neiphiu Rio
C. Nitish Kumar     
D. Edappadi K Palaniswami
Answer [D] Edappadi K Palaniswami