Current Affairs 27th October 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which country recorded highest air pollution exposure globally in 2019, as per the State of Global Air 2020 report?
A. China
B. United States
C. India
D. Singapore
Answer [C] India
2. The United States is to sell advanced air-to- ground missiles worth USD 1 bn to which country?
A. India
B. Taiwan
C. Israel
D. United Arab Emirates
Answer [B] Taiwan
3. What is the name of the Anti-Submarine Warfare stealth corvette commissioned into the Indian Navy?
A. INS Kavach
B. INS Kiltan
C. INS Kamorta
D. INS Kavaratti
Answer [D] INS Kavaratti
4. Which state/UT has implemented Smart Black Board scheme in 80,000 Government schools?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Odisha
Answer [C] Tamil Nadu
5. Low-cost Covid-19 test unit ‘COVIRAP’, which was approved by ICMR, was developed by which institution?
A. IIT Chennai
B. IIT Kharagpur
C. AIIMS
D. JIPMER
Answer [B] IIT Kharagpur
6. The Un High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) asked which country to review the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act?
A. China
B. United States
C. India
D. Brazil
Answer [C] India
7. ‘PM 2020’, that was seen in news recently, is associated with which organization?
A. DRDO
B. ISRO
C. BSNL
D. HAL
Answer [A] DRDO
8. What is the name of the online portal recently launched to provide information about the stage of trials of the drugs of CSIR?
A. Drug Info
B. Repo Drug
C. Cure Info
D. CuRED
Answer [D] CuRED
9. Which Indian company has partnered with Qualcomm to develop a 5 G RAN product?
A. Airtel
B. Vi
C. Jio
D. BSNL
Answer [C] Jip
10. The evidence of a 172-thousand-year-old river has been found at which state/UT?
A. Rajasthan
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer [A] Rajasthan