Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 5 October to 11 October 2020

5 October to 11 October 2020 :The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The week's updated quizzes cover topics such as new SBI Chairman, Nobel Peace Prize 2020 winner, India’s new premium cotton brand and Tree Transplantation Policy among others. 

1.Dinesh Kumar Khara has been appointed as new Chairman of which bank?
a)RBI
b)SBI
c)PNB
d)Canara

2.Who has been given additional charge of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?
a)Prakash Javadekar
b)Nitin Gadkari 
c)Dharmendra Pradhan
d)Piyush Goyal

3.Who has won the Nobel Peace Prize 2020?
a)The World Health Organization
b)Jacinda Ardern
c)Donald Trump
d)World Food Programme

4.Three scientists Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel have been awarded the Nobel Prize 2020 in which category?
a)Chemistry
b)Physics
c)Economic Sciences
d)Physiology or Medicine

5.The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for the discovery of which virus?
a)Hepatitis C 
b)Ebola
c)H1NI
d)COVID-19

6.India’s economy is expected to contract by how much in the current fiscal year (2020-21)?
a)14.7 percent 
b)11.9 percent 
c)9.6 percent 
d)6.8 percent 

7.What is the new brand name of India’s premium cotton?
a)Komal
b)Shakti 
c)Kasturi
d)Kumkum

8.Who has 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

9.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

10.Which state government has passed a Tree Transplantation Policy?
a)Delhi 
b)Uttar Pradesh 
c)Karnataka
d)Kerala

Answers

1.(b) SBI
Dinesh Kumar Khara has assumed charge as the new Chairman of State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender. He has taken over from Rajnish Kumar, who superannuated on October 7, 2020. One of his top priorities would be to maintain the quality of the loan book. 

2.(d) Piyush Goyal
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been given additional charge of the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The additional responsibility was given by President Ram Nath Kovind on October 9, 2020. 

3.(d) World Food Programme
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat hunger. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been honoured with the prestigious prize for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.

4.(b) Physics
The Nobel Prize 2020 in the Physics category has been awarded to Roger Penrose while the other half was jointly awarded to Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel. The three scientists have been awarded the prestigious prize for their groundbreaking discoveries about the black holes.

5.(a) Hepatitis C 
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus, which is a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.

6.(c) 9.6 percent 
India's economy is expected to contract by 9.6 percent in the current fiscal year (2020-21) because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank said on October 8, 2020. India's economy is the largest in South Asia. 

7.(c) Kasturi
Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani launched the first-ever brand and logo for India’s premium cotton on the occasion of Second World Cotton Day on October 7, 2020 through video conferencing. The Indian cotton will now be known to the world by the name ‘Kasturi Cotton’. 

8.(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.

9.(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. 

10.(a) Delhi 
Delhi government has passed a tree transplantation policy, under which 80% of the trees uprooted for any construction or development project will have to be transplanted elsewhere. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the transplantation agency will only get their due payment if 80 percent of the transplanted trees survive.