Current Affairs Quiz: 7 October 2020

7 October: The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics such as Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020, antisera human trials and constellation of maritime surveillance satellites among others. 

1.Who all have been awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020?
a)Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
b)Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel 
c)Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice
d)John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino

2.Which state has become the first one to legally challenge the Centre's farm reform laws in the Supreme Court?
a)Jharkhand
b)Rajasthan
c)Punjab 
d)Chhattisgarh 

3.India will be launching a constellation of maritime surveillance satellites along with which nation?
a)Israel
b)US
c)France
d)Russia

4.The DGCI has given approval for conducting Phase-1 human clinical trial of which antisera as a potential treatment for COVID-19?
a)Bat Antisera
b)Horse Antisera
c)Monkey Antisera
d)Frog Antisera

5.Which country’s women’s cricket team has equaled world-record for most consecutive ODI victories?
a)India
b)Australia
c)England 
d)South Africa

6.Students belonging to which among the following institutes have launched an e-commerce platform for weavers to sell their products directly to customers?
a)NIT Warangal
b)NIT Jamshedpur
c)IIT Roorkee
d)IIT Madras

7.Which nation’s government has resigned ahead of General Elections 2020?
a)Qatar
b)UAE
c)Bahrain
d)Kuwait

8.Which nation has agreed to work with India towards operationalization of Sittwe Port in the first quarter of 2021?
a)Myanmar 
b)Iran
c)Bangladesh
d)Sri Lanka

Answers

1.(a) Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 has been jointly awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a revolutionary tool for genome editing- CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors.

2.(d) Chhattisgarh 
Chhattisgarh has become the first state to legally challenge the Centre's farm reform laws in the Supreme Court on the grounds that they infringed on a state subject. The state is ruled by Congress government. 

3.(c) France
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French space agency CNES will jointly launch constellation of maritime surveillance satellites that will be able to trace illegal spillage of oil by ships in the Indian Ocean Region. 

4.(b) Horse Antisera
The Drugs Controller General of India has given its go-ahead for conducting Phase-1 human clinical trial of 'antisera'. ICMR officials revealed that antisera, which was developed by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV-2 in horses, can be a potential treatment for COVID-19.

5.(b) Australia
Australian women's cricket team on October 7, 2020 equaled the world record for the most consecutive ODI victories after they defeated New Zealand by 232 runs in the third ODI of their three-match series. The record for most consecutive ODI victories is held by the Australian men’s cricket team led by the then skipper Ricky Ponting after they had registered 21 consecutive wins in 2003. 
 
6.(a) NIT Warangal 
Three NIT Warangal graduates have launched an e-commerce platform-- 'Pickmycloth'--for the weavers to directly sell their products to the customers and thus bridging the gap between them and eradicating middlemen.

7.(d) Kuwait
The Kuwaiti government, chaired by Prime Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah, on October 6, 2020, submitted its resignation to Emir Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah in the anticipation of general elections in November 2020.

8.(a) Myanmar 
India and Myanmar on October 5, 2020, agreed to work towards the operationalization of Sittwe Port in the first quarter of 2021. The decision was taken during M.M. Naravane, Indian Army Chief General, and Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Indian Foreign Secretary's visit to Myanmar.