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- Name the winner of the 2020 Italian Open men’s single title
A) Diego Schwartzman
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Novak Djokovic
D) Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Option C
Explanation: World number one Novak Djokovic beat Argentine Diego Schwartzman, 7-6, 5-3, to win 2020 Men’s Single Italian Open title and his fifth overall Rome title.
- What is the total outlay allocated to the PM SVANidhi scheme?
A) Rs.600 crores
B) Rs.700 crores
C) Rs.500 crores
D) Rs.800 crores
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Option A
Explanation: The Government of India has approved a total outlay of Rs.600.00 crores for the PM SVANidhi scheme. This was informed by Minister of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 21 September 2020.
- Who among these has been awarded with the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) M Venkaiah Naidu
C) Harsh Vardan
D) Narendra Modi
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Option D
Explanation: Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education.
- The first ever direct cargo ferry service between India and Maldives, will connect which ports of India with the port of Maldives?
A) Kandla port and Mumbai port
B) Tuticorin port and Cochin port
C) Visakhapatnam Port and Mumbai Port
D) Tuticorin port and Marmagao Port, Goa
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Option B
Explanation: India and the Maldives have launched the first ever Direct Cargo Ferry Service on 21 September 2020 to boost trade between the two countries. The cargo ferry service will connect the Indian ports of Tuticorin and Cochin ports with Kulhudhuhfushi and Male ports in the Maldives.
- Centre has extended the tenure of the Company Law Committee by one year until September 2021. Who is the head of this committee?
A) Rajesh Verma
B) Anil Bajaj
C) Yogesh Mukherjee
D) Balkrishna Raje
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Option A
Explanation: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has extended the tenure of the Company Law Committee by one year until September 2021. Corporate affairs secretary Rajesh Verma is the present chairperson of the committee.
- Which Ministry has recently inked an agreement with the Ministry of AYUSH to control malnutrition?
A) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare
B) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
C) Ministry of Human Resource Development
D) Ministry of Women and Child Development
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Option D
Explanation:Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Women and Child Development have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for controlling Malnutrition as a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan.
- When is the International Red Panda Day (IRPD) observed annually?
A) Third Monday of September
B) Third Sunday of September
C) Third Saturday of September
D) Third Tuesday of September
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Option C
Explanation:The International Red Panda Day (IRPD) is celebrated on third Saturday of September every year to raise public awareness and support for red panda conservation issues. In 2020, the IRPD is being observed on 19 September 2020.
- Who has been appointed as the Chief of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)?
A) Anil Dhasmana
B) Samant Goel
C) Alok Joshi
D) Rajinder Khanna
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Option A
Explanation: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by PM Narendra Modi has approved the appointment of former Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) chief,Anil Dhasmana, as the new Chief of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) for a period of two years with effect from 18 September 2020.
- PM Modi has recently inaugurated the Ghar Tak Fibre project in which state to connect all the villages of the state through Optical Fibre Internet Service?
A) Maharashtra
B) Bihar
C) Rajasthan
D) Haryana
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Option B
Explanation: Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone ofnine highway projects worth Rs. 14,258 crore in Bihar through video conferencing on 21 September 2020. PM Modi also inaugurated the Ghar Tak Fibre project, under which all the 45,945 villages of Bihar will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service.
- Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times has passed away. He was from which country?
A) Malaysia
B) Bhutan
C) India
D) Nepal
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Option D
Explanation: Nepal-based Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times, has passed away suffering brain and liver ailments for a long time. He was 72.
- Who is the winner of the 2020 Women’s Italian Open Tennis Tournament?
A) Simona Halep
B) Sofia Kenin
C) Karolina Pliskova
D) Garbiñe Muguruza
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Option A
Explanation: In Women’s single, top seed Simona Halep defeated champion Karolina Pliskova, 6-0, 2-1, to win her first Italian Open title.
- Bibhuranjan Choudhury, who has passed away recently was an eminent artist hailing from which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Bihar
C) Assam
D) Odisha
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Option C
Explanation: Music composer, singer, lyricist and actor Bibhuranjan Choudhury passed away at the age of 71 years due to cancer. He was from Assam.
