22nd October 2020 Daily Current Affairs & Daily GK Update in English

Here we are Providing  Top 10 Current Affairs of 22nd October 2020 and Daily News are the most important topics for any competitive exams with Questions & Answers for SSC, Bank & Railway Exams. So Solve daily quizzes that will help you memorize the topics.

Daily Current Affairs 22nd October 2020 in English

1. When was United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees created as recently India released a statement to UNHCR chief Enactment of laws a sovereign prerogative?

(A) 1987

(B) 1950

(C) 1967

(D) 1960

ANSWERS: – 1(B) 

2. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a new Defence Research & Development Organization Procurement Manual (PM) 2020 to encourage more participation by the industry, in this context tell us DRDO started its first major project in surface-to-air missiles (SAM) which is known as:

(A) Project White

(B) Project Star

(C) Project Blue

(D) Project Indigo

Ans: 2(D) 

3. China opposes India-Taiwan trade ties, in this context tell us Taiwan is on which position in terms of Asia’s largest economy?

(A) Fourth

(B) Fifth

(C) Sixth

(D) Seventh

Ans: 3(B)

4. Automakers prepare for potential Joe Biden win as they are now working on the principle of Less carbon, more electric vehicles, in this context tell us which of the following is the India’s largest carbon black producer?

(A) Goa Carbon Limited

(B) Phillips Carbon Black Limited

(C) Sterlite Technologies

(D) HimadriSpeciality Chemical Limited

Ans: 4(B)

5. When was India’s antitrust law, fully constituted as recently U.S. files landmark antitrust case against Google?

(A) March 1, 2010

(B) March 1, 2009

(C) March 1, 2008

(D) March 1, 1978

Ans: 5(B) 

6. Which of the following statement (s) is/are true regarding India Meteorological Department?

1. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.
2. IMD is headed by the Director General of Meteorology(currently Dr. MrutyunjayMohapatra).

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Both I & II

(D) Neither I nor II

Ans: 6(C) 

7. Which of the following statement (s) is/are true regarding Fifth Generation (5G) Cellular Technology?

1. 5G is the fifth generation cellular technology that apart from increasing the downloading and uploading speeds over the mobile network, also reduces the latency i.e. the time taken by a network to respond.
2. 5G will provide download speed of 6 Gbps, which is at least 1000 times the existing data speeds.

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Both I & II

(D) Neither I nor II

Ans: 7(A) 

8. Which of the following statement (s) is/are true regarding Right to Information Act, 2005?

1. This law was passed by Parliament on 1 June 2005 and came fully into force on 1 October 2006.
2. Right to Information (RTI) is an act of the Parliament of India which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens’ right to information. It replaced the former Freedom of Information Act, 2002.

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(C) Both I & II

(D) Neither I nor II

Ans: 8(B)

9. Match the list I with list II in terms of Date and day observed.

                      List I                                                                              List II

1. International Day of Non-Violence         1. 10 October
2. World Animal Day                                           2. 2 October
3. World Post Day                                                 3. 4 October

ABC

(A) 123

(B) 213

(C) 231

(D) 312

Ans: 9(C)

10. Match the list I with list II in terms of cities with the Rivers.

             List I                                     List II

1. Bangalore               1. Vrishabhavathi
2. Coimbatore                    2. Noyyal
3. Dibrugarh                  3. Brahmputra

ABC

(A) 123

(B) 213

(C) 231

(D) 312

Ans: 10(A)