Static GK is an important part of the Banking and Insurance exams. Most of the static GK Questions asked in these exams are from the recent news. For example, the capital or currency of a country may be asked for such a country with whom India has signed an agreement recently or where our politicians made a visit recently.
In this post, we will cover up such Static GK that is in news in the month of October 2020. The content is arranged category wise for your quick revision.
Current Static GK in News – October 2020
Headquarters
International
- New Development Bank (NDB)/ BRICS bank- Shanghai, China [October 02, 2020]
- World Bank- Washington, D.C., U.S [October 10, 2020]
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)- Manila, Philippines [October 14, 2020]
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)- Washington, D.C., United States [October 14, 2020]
- World Economic Forum (WEF)- Cologny, Switzerland [October 15, 2020]
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)- Rome, Italy [October 17, 2020]
- International Solar Alliance (ISA)- Gurugram, India [October 17, 2020]
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)- Paris, France [October 18, 2020]
- International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)- Budapest, Hungary [October 18, 2020]
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)- Paris, France [October 21, 2020]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)- Geneva, Switzerland [October 24, 2020]
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF)- Paris, France [October 25, 2020]
National
- NITI Aayog- Delhi [October 06, 2020]
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)- Delhi [October 06, 2020]
Banks
- Reserve Bank of India- Mumbai; Governor- Shaktikanta Das [October 01, 2020]
- Yes Bank- Mumbai [ October 01, 2020]
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)- Mumbai [October 03, 2020]
- State Bank of India- Mumbai; Chairman- Dinesh Kumar Khara [October 04, 2020]
- Dhanlaxmi Bank- Thrissur City, Kerala [October 04, 2020]
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)- Mumbai [October 07, 2020]
- ICICI Bank- Mumbai; MD-CEO- Sandeep Bakhshi [October 07, 2020]
- Indian Bank- Chennai [October 10, 2020]
- Axis Bank- Mumbai [October 10, 2020]
- J&K Bank- Srinagar [October 10, 2020]
- India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)- New Delhi [October 10, 2020]
- HDFC Bank- Mumbai [October 15, 2020]
- EXIM Bank- Mumbai [October 15, 2020]
- Union Bank of India- Mumbai [October 18, 2020]
- IndusInd Bank- Pune [October 31, 2020]
Country – Capital, Currency
- Netherlands- Amsterdam, Euro, USD [October 01, 2020]
- Denmark- Copenhagen; Danish Krone [October 02, 2020]
- Kuwait- Kuwait City, Kuwaiti Dinar [October 02, 2020]
- Bangladesh- Dhaka, Bangladeshi Taka [October 04, 2020]
- France- Paris, Euro, CFP Franc [October 06, 2020]
- Myanmar- Naypyidaw, Burmese Kyat [October 07, 2020]
- Switzerland- Bern, Swiss Franc [October 10, 2020]
- Russia- Moscow, Russian Ruble [October 10, 2020]
- Jordan- Amman, Jordanian Dinar [October 10, 2020]
- Finland- Helsinki, Euro [October 13, 2020]
- Kyrgyzstan- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstani Som [October 16, 2020]
- Australia- Canberra, Australian Dollar [October 21, 2020]
- Andorra- Andorra La Vella, Euro [October 24, 2020]
- Lebanon- Beirut, Lebanese Pound [October 24, 2020]
- Bangladesh- Dhaka, Bangladeshi Taka [October 27, 2020]
- Seychelles- Victoria, Seychellois Rupee [October 27, 2020]
- Guinea- Conakry, Guinean Franc [October 28, 2020]
- Bolivia- La Paz, Sucre; Bolivian Boliviano [October 28, 2020]
Schemes/ Campaign
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme- by NABARD [October 03, 2020]
- Pathashree Abhijan- West Bengal [October 04, 2020]
- “Yudh Pradushan ke Virudh” Campaign- Delhi [October 07, 2020]
- ‘Jagananna Vidya Kanuka’ scheme- Andhra Pradesh [October 11, 2020]
- Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana- Uttarakhand [October 11, 2020]
- “Sujal”- ‘Drink from Tap Mission’ scheme- Odisha [October 14, 2020]
- ‘My Town My Pride’ Campaign- Jammu and Kashmir [October 18, 2020]
Books & Author
- Coffee Table Book on “Discovering the Heritage of Assam”- Padampani Bora [October 05, 2020]
- ‘Deh Vechwa Karani’- Autobiography of Union Minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil [October 14, 2020]
- “The Battle of Belonging: On Nationalism, Patriotism And What It Means To Be Indian”- Shashi Tharoor [October 18, 2020]
- “Portraits Of Power: Half A Century of Being at Ringside”- NK Singh (autobiography) [October 22, 2020]
- “The 10 Rules Of Successful Nations”- Ruchir Sharma
Miscellaneous
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 2020- given for outstanding Indian work in the field of science and technology. [October 01, 2020]
- Atal Tunnel – Himachal Pradesh [October 04, 2020]
- Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as the Quad) is an informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia and India [October 07, 2020]
- Brand name of Indian Cotton- ‘Kasturi Cotton’ [October 08, 2020]
- Zurich Airport International?- Switzerland [October 10, 2020]
- Asan Conservation Reserve- Dehradun [October 23, 2020]
- Kabartal Wetland- Bihar [October 23, 2020]
- Ramsar Convention is also known as?- The Convention on Wetlands- is an intergovernmental environmental treaty established in 1971 by UNESCO, which came into force in 1975. [October 23, 2020]