Current Affairs 3rd November 2020
Current Affairs of the morning are here with the top headlines of the morning. Current Affairs are very important for all competitive exams including Banking, SSC, RBI, NABARD, etc.
01. Which of the following city
currently has the India’s longest
BRTS network?
A. Ahmedabad
B. New Delhi
C. Indore
D. Surat
Answer: D.
Explanation: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani e -launched projects worth more than Rs 200 crore in Surat.
● The BRTS corridor from Kumbharia to Kadodora was
opened.
● With the opening of this BRTS corridor, Surat has become
the only city in the country to have the longest BRTS
the network of 108 km.
02. Which of the following has been
selected as the national industry
partner for the third edition of
‘Make in Odisha’ conclave?
A. Food Corporation of India
B. Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce & Industry
C. NASSCOM
D. National Payments Corporation
of India
Answer: B.
Explanation: FEDERATION of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI) has been selected as the national
industry partner for the third edition of ‘Make in
Odisha’ conclave.
● It is the flagship industrial summit of Odisha
The government that showcases the State as an industrial
powerhouse and a preferred investment destination in
the country.
● The third edition of the ‘Make in Odisha’ conclave will be
organized from November 30 to December 4.
03. On 5th November, India will be holding the fifth joint working group
on coal meeting virtually with ________.
A. Indonesia
B. Madagascar
C. Indonesia
D. Algeria
Answer: A.
Explanation: India and Indonesia will be holding the fifth joint
working group on coal meeting virtually on November
5, 2020.
● The meeting will throw light on Indian Coal policy
reforms including the coal exploration, commercial
coal mining, research and development.
● Indonesia is one among the major coal producer on
the world.
● Indonesian coal is that it has less Sulphur content
and produces less Ash. Thus, emits less pollutants.
04. Bennu was recently in news. It is
a/an ________.
A. Hurricane
B. Species of fish
C. GM variety of tomato
D. Asteroid
Answer: D.
Explanation: NASA ’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touched
asteroid Bennu, from where it is meant to collect samples of dust and pebbles and deliver them back to Earth in 2023.
● The asteroid was named after an Egyptian
deity by a nine -year -old boy from North Carolina in 2013 who won NASA
’s “Name that Asteroid” competition.
● Bennu is an asteroid located at a distance of
about 200 million miles away from the Earth.
05. International Stuttering Awareness
Day is observed every year on
________.
A. 19 October
B. 20 October
C. 21 October
D. 22 October
Answer: D.
Explanation: International Stuttering Awareness Day is observed
globally on 22nd October every year.
● The day is intended to raise public awareness of the
millions of people who have a speech disorder of
stuttering or stammering.
● Stuttering is a speech disorder that involves frequent
and significant problems with normal fluency and
flow of speech. People who stutter know what they
want to say, but have difficulty saying it.
06. India participates in the 18th
meeting of the Prosecutors
General of SCO via video
conference. Who among the
following is the current Solicitor
General of India?
A. Mukul Rohatgi
B. Tushar Mehta
C. Ashok Bhushan
D. K. K. Venugopal
Answer: B.
Explanation: India participated in the 18th meeting of Prosecutors
General of SCO via video conference.
● Representing India, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
said India has zero-tolerance for corruption and black
money.
● India will host the next meeting of Prosecutors General
in 2021.
07. Recently, the ‘COVIRAP’
diagnostic technology developed
has been successfully validated
for its efficacy in COVID-19
detection by the Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR).
COVIRAP has been developed by
_________.
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Mumbai
D. IIT Kharagpur
Answer: D.
Explanation: ‘COVIRAP,’ the diagnostic technology developed by
researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has
been successfully validated for its efficacy in COVID -19 detection by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
● This COVID -19 Diagnostic Test has been designed to be fairly
easy to conduct and affordable as well and can produce
results within one hour.
08. Which of the following Indian city
will host the third India-US 22
Ministerial Dialogue on 27th of
October?
A. Washington DC
B. Chennai
C. New York
D. New Delhi
Answer: D.
Explanation: India will be hosting the Third India-US 22 Ministerial Dialogue on
27th of October in New Delhi.
● United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of
Defence Mark T. Esper will be visiting India to participate in the
dialogue.
● From the Indian side, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External
Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will lead the delegation.
09. Recently, The RPF has started
_________ initiative is to provide a
safe and secure environment to lady
passengers travelling in trains
throughout their journey.
A. Suraksha
B. Mission Shakti
C. Meri Saheli
D. Disha
Answer: C.
Explanation: As per the directives of Railway Board, the staff of Railway
Protection Force in Vijayawada Division launched ‘Meri Saheli’
initiative in Train No.07225 Amaravathi Express between
Vijayawada-Hubli.
● The main motto of this ‘Meri Saheli’ initiative is to provide a safe
and secure environment to lady passengers travelling in trains
throughout their journey.
10.“Portraits of Power: Half a Century of
Being at Ringside” is the
autobiography of ________.
A. Arvind Panagariya
B. Shikha Sharma
C. NK Singh
D. Raghuram Rajan
Answer: C.
Explanation: Veteran Economist and bureaucrat N K (Nand Kishore) Singh has released his autobiography titled
“Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at Ringside”.
● Singh is currently serving as the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission.
● The book portrays the life of NK Singh who played an active role in the development of the Indian economy.
