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Top 10 Current Affairs Questions with Answers of 26th October

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Top 10 Current Affairs Questions with Answers: 26-10-2020

 

👉 (1) For consumer base price (industrial workers), the new base set by the Ministry of Labor will replace the year 2001 with ……………?

 

A - 2011

B - 2020

C – 2016 ✔️

D - 2021

 

Explanation: 2016 will replace the base year set by the Ministry of Labor with 2001 to 2016 for the Consumer Price Index (CPI-IW) for industrial workers that will give higher weightage to non-food items (ie education health and housing).

 

The CPI consists of four components at the national level, which are: - CPI for industrial workers. CPI for agricultural workers CPI for rural workers CPI for Urban Non-Manual Employees (UNME).

 

👉 (2) Who among the following released the report "The World Women 2020: Trends and Statistics"?

 

A - International Social Welfare Council

B - World Health Organization

C - Ministry of Defense, Government of India

D - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ✔️

 

Explanation: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Report The World Women 2020: Trends and Statistics has been released by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and worldwide after 25 years of adopting the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Provides data on the status of women that was adopted for the advancement of women's rights.

 

The report focuses on gender equality in the following six areas: - Population and Family Education Health Asset Ownership and Economic Empowerment Decision Making and Power Violence against Women and Girls

 

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👉 (3) …………………… IIT Institute has developed a low cost 'Kovirap' diagnostic machine?

 

A - IIT Delhi

B - IIT Pune

C - IIT Kharagpur ✔️

D - IIT Kanpur

 

Explanation: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has successfully verified the capability of a diagnostic machine named Kovirap in detecting Covid-19. This machine has been developed by researchers from IIT-Kharagpur.

 

The nature of this diagnostic test is portable and makes rapid diagnostic testing of coronaviruses within 1 hour. The test has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research. The device costs around Rs 500 / test and the results are of standard level compared to the reputed RT-PCR probe.

 

 

👉 (4) The Election Commission set up a …………………… member committee to review the spending limit of candidates in the Lok Sabha / Assembly elections?

 

A - One

B - two

C – three ✔️

D - five

 

Explanation: Election Commission constituted a three-member committee to review the spending limit of candidates in the Lok Sabha / Vidhan Sabha elections.

 

This committee consists of two members former IRS and Director General (Investigation) Harish Kumar and General Secretary and Director General (Expenditure) Umesh Sinha.

 

Will be This panel will take input from political parties and other stakeholders to decide on the requirement.

 

 

👉 (5) Mangdechhu Hydropower Project constructed with Indian assistance in ……………… has been awarded the prestigious Brunel Medal Award 2020 for excellence in civil engineering?

 

A – Bhutan ✔️

B - Nepal

C - Bangladesh

D - Sri Lanka

 

Explanation: The Mangdechhu Hydropower Project, built with India's assistance in Bhutan, has been awarded the prestigious Brunel Medal for excellence in civil engineering.

 

The award has been conferred by the UK Institute of Civil Engineers. The award is named after the Kingdom of Brunel at Isambard, a 19th-century engineering giant.

 

The project was inaugurated in August 2019 and has a capacity of 720 MW. This project is an important milestone in India-Bhutan relations.

 

👉 (6) India has assumed the chairmanship of the International Labor Organization's governing body after ……………………… years?

 

A - 27 years

B - 35 years ✔️

C - 15 years

D - 11 years

 

Explanation: India has assumed the chairmanship of the International Labor Organization's governing body after 35 years. Labor and Employment Secretary Shri Apoorva Chandra has been elected as the Chairman of the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization-ILO.

 

The Governing Body (GB) is the apex executive body of the ILO which meets annually in March, January and November (ie three times a year) and determines the policies, programs, agenda budgets and also performs the task of electing the Director General. The ILO currently has 187 members.

 

 

👉 (7) The Asan Conservation Reserve has been announced to become the first Ramsar site of ………………… .., making it a ‘wetland of international importance’?

 

A - Madhya Pradesh

B – Uttarakhand ✔️

C - Maharashtra

D - Odisha

 

Explanation: Uttarakhand has announced the Asan Conservation Reserve to become the first Ramsar site of Uttarakhand, making it a wetland of international importance.

 

It is situated on the banks of river Yamuna near Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of the Reserve Himalayas. The Kabar Tal wetland from Bihar has also been awarded the title which has increased the number of Ramsar sites in India to 39, the highest in South Asia.

 

 

👉 (8) What is the shortest interval of time recently measured by scientists?

 

A - 756 Zeptoseconds

B - 302 Zeptoseconds

C - 247 Zeptoseconds ✔️

D - 124 Zeptoseconds

 

Explanation: 247 Zeptoseconds Atomic physicists at the Goeth University Frankfurt in Berlin, the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin and Deci have measured that it takes 247 zeptoseconds for a photon to travel into a hydrogen molecule.

 

This is the shortest time period that has been successfully measured to date. One jeptosecond is equal to one trillion of one billionth of a second which is a number written with a decimal point preceding it by 20 zeros.

 

 

👉 (9) On which date is the ITBP Foundation Day celebrated?

 

A - 21 October

B - 24 October ✔️

C - 25 October

D - 22 October

 

Explanation:  ITBP's foundation day is celebrated on 24 October India Tibet Border Police Force (ITBP) has celebrated its 59th Foundation Day on 24 October 2020.

 

👉 (10) …………………. Has developed the third generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) NAG?

 

A – DRDO ✔️

B - ISRO

C - Reliance Industries

D - Bharat Electronics

 

Explanation: Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed the third generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) nag which is the main battle tank of the new era and has the capability to destroy other heavily armored vehicles is.

 

The missile is equipped with a passive homing guidance tool as well as kill and forget and 'high attack capabilities to destroy all MBTs equipped with composite and reactive armor.

 

NAG missile carrier NAMICA is a BMP- || Based system that has the ability to run on both water and land.

 

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