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Current Affairs – 14 October 2020 Questions and Answers

GS Team published here 14 October 2020 Current Affairs Quiz. These will be helpful for the upcoming SSC, UPSC, Bank, Railway, Clerk, PO exams. These current affairs make daily analysis and realted india, World, Technology, and all govt news. If you have a question about ‘, please reach out to us through a comment.

GK Quiz on 14th October 2020 for Every Competitive Exams

Question 1. Paul R. an American economist Milgrom and Robert B. Which Nobel Prize has been jointly announced to give this year?

  1. Nobel Prize in Medicine
  2. nobel prize in Physics
  3. Nobel Prize in Literature
  4. Nobel Prize in Economics
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Answer: Economics Nobel Prize - According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, American economist Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson has been announced to jointly give the Nobel Prize for Economics this year. Both of them have shown why the Rational Bidder bids lower than their best estimate of the Common Value.

Question 2. Which of the following state government’s most backward welfare minister Vinod Singh has passed away?

  1. Government of Kerala
  2. Government of Gujarat
  3. Government of Maharashtra
  4. Government of Bihar
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Answer: Government of Bihar - Recently, the Minister of Backward Welfare of the Government of Bihar, Vinod Singh, has died of brain hemorrhage. Many leaders, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi, have expressed condolences on the death of State Government Minister Vinod Singh on the death of Extreme Backward Welfare Minister Vinod Singh.

Question 3. Which state’s child girl Sanvi M Prajit has set a record for make 33 dishes in 1 hour?

  1. Kerala
  2. Gujarat
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Delhi
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Answer: Kerala - Sanvi M. Prajit of Kerala state of India has set a record for making 33 dishes by the youngest girl in less than 1 hour. For which its name has been recorded in Asia and India Book of Records. Sanvi M Prajit of Ernakulam, Kerala has made Idli, Waffle, Corn, Fitters, Mushroom Tikka, Uttapam, Paneer Tikka, Egg Bulls Eye, Sandwich, Papdi Chaat, Fried Rice, Chicken Roast, Pancake, Appam Dish.

Question 4. Recently which payment gateway company has become the fifth startup unicorn with new investment?

  1. Paytm
  2. Freecharge
  3. Mobikwik
  4. Razor-pay
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Answer: Razer-Pay - Recently payment gateway company Razor-Pay has raised $ 100 million or Rs 731 crore from the investments of several companies, including Singapore's Wealth Wealth Fund GIC and Sekoya Capital India, with which Razer-Pay became the fifth startup Unicorn has gone. With this investment, the company's market value has crossed $ 1 billion.

Question 5. Which day is celebrated worldwide on 14 October?

  1. World science day
  2. World Women’s Day
  3. World settlement day
  4. world standards Day
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Answer: World Standard Day - "World Standard Day" or "International Standard Day" is observed all over the world on 14 October. The main objective of this day is to raise awareness among regulators, industry and consumers as to the importance of standardization for the global economy.

Question 6. Which of the following state government has launched “Jagananna Vidya Kanuka Yojana”, allocating Rs 650 crore?

  1. Government of Kerala
  2. Government of Punjab
  3. Government of Maharashtra
  4. Government of Andhra Pradesh
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Answer: Government of Andhra Pradesh - Government of Andhra Pradesh has recently launched the "Jagananna Vidya Kanuka Yojana", allocating Rs 650 crore to provide school kits to 43.32 lakh government school students. For the first time in India, this type of program for students has been started in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Question 7. According to a study published of the medical journal Lancet, by which year will India become third largest economy in the world?

  1. 2022
  2. 2030
  3. 2040
  4. 2050
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Answer: 2050 - According to a study published in the medical journal Lancet, by the year 2050, India will overtake Japan to become the third largest economy in the world. Whereas in this report it is said that in 2030, India's economy will be fourth in the world.

Question 8. Which helpline service has recently been launched by the retirement fund (EPFO) ​​for its subscribers?

  1. Mail helpline service
  2. Call helpline service
  3. Whatsapp helpline service
  4. Tollfree helpline service
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Answer: WhatsApp helpline service - Retirement fund body ie Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has recently launched the WhatsApp helpline service for the purpose of ensuring uninterrupted service delivery for its subscribers. This WhatsApp helpline has been started in all 138 regional offices of EPFO.

Question 9. The Delhi government has announced exemption in road tax on which vehicles under its new policy to make Delhi pollution free?

  1. Metro
  2. Bus
  3. Battery powered vehicles
  4. None of these
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Answer: Battery-powered vehicles - The Delhi government has announced an exemption in road tax on all battery-powered vehicles with immediate effect under its new electric vehicle policy aimed at making Delhi pollution free. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that this policy will encourage and aware people to adopt electric vehicles on a large scale.

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