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- Name the winner of the F1 Russian Grand Prix 2020?
A) Valtteri Bottas
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Max Verstappen
D) Sebastian Vettel
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Option A
Explanation: Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Finland) has won the Formula One Russian Grand Prix 2020 held on 27 September 2020. This is his second win of the season.
- The World Rabies Day is observed every year on which day?
A) 27 September
B) 28 September
C) 26 September
D) 25 September
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Option B
Explanation: The World Rabies Day is celebrated annually on September 28 to raise awareness about the impact of rabies on humans and animals, provide information and advice on how to prevent the disease and take efforts to control rabies.
- Mustapha Adib has recently resigned as the Prime Minister-designate of which country?
A) Cyprus
B) Venezuela
C) Mexico
D) Lebanon
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Option D
Explanation: The Prime Minister-designate of Lebanon, Mustapha Adib has announced his resignation following his failure to form a new cabinet..
- Which political party has recently quit the BJP-led NDA coalition, due to differences over farm bills?
A) Lok Janshakti Party
B) Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
C) Shiromani Akali Dal
D) Janata Dal (United)
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Option C
Explanation: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the oldest ally of Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), has quit the coalition due to the differences over the three farm bills which were recently passed by Parliament.
- The Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna has been launched by which state on the lines of Centre’s PM-KISAN scheme?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Haryana
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Option B
Explanation: TheChief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, inaugurated the`Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna` on 26 September 2020. This scheme has been launched on the lines of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) Scheme of the Government of India.
- What is the theme of the World Rabies Day 2020?
A) End Rabies: Collaborate, Vaccinate
B) Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate
C) Rabies: Share the message. Save a life
D) Rabies: Zero by 30
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Option A
Explanation: The theme for the 14th WRD in 2020 is ‘End Rabies: Collaborate, Vaccinate’. The day also marks the death anniversary of the French chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur’, who developed the first rabies vaccine.
- The former Union Minister Jaswant Singh, who has passed away recently had held which of these portfolios?
A) Defence Ministry
B) External Affairs Ministry
C) Finance Ministry
D) All of the above
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Option D
Explanation: The former Union Minister Jaswant Singh has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 82. Jaswant Singh had served as the external affairs minister, defense minister and finance minister of India, during the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Cabinet.
- When is the International Day for the Universal Access to Information observed globally?
A) 26 September
B) 28 September
C) 25 September
D) 27 September
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Option B
Explanation: The International Day for the Universal Access to Information (commonly known as Access to Information Day) is held on 28 September ever year. Theme 2020 : Access to Information – Saving lives, Building Trust, Bringing Hope!
- Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the BCCI’s women’s national selection panel?
A) Neetu David
B) Shubhangi Kulkarni
C) Purnima Rau
D) Anju Jain
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Option A
Explanation: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Neetu David, one of finest woman cricketers of India in the late ’90s and early 2000, as the Chairman of the 5 member women’s national selection panel.
- The World Rabies Day is commemorated on the death anniversary of which scientist?
A) Marie Curie
B) Alexander Fleming
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Isaac Newton
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Option C
Explanation: The day also marks the death anniversary of the French chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur’, who developed the first rabies vaccine.
