1. Which nation has signed the BECA Agreement with India?

The United States

2.Which state secured the first place under PM-SVANidhi Scheme?

Uttar Pradesh

3.India has banned the export of which vegetable's seeds?

Onion

4.Which state’s governor approved a bill that seeks to provide 7.5 % reservation for government school students in medical admission?

Tamil Nadu

5.Which nation has targeted to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050?

Japan

6.Which nation has offered F-18 naval fighter jets to the Indian Navy?

United States

7.Who was awarded the UN Global Climate Action Award 2020?

Global Himalayan Expedition

8.Which nation has become the first one in the Arab world to open a consulate in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara?

UAE

9.Which state has launched a portal to help inter-caste married couples to avail incentives?

Odisha

10.Which nation has become the third Arab nation to establish relations with Israel in the last two months?

Sudan

11.Which are the best-governed states in India as per PAI Index(Public Affairs Index 2020)?

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Goa

12.What is the name of the biggest storms in two decades has been hit Vietnam?

Typhoon Molave

13.Who is appointed as New Chief Information Commissioner?

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha

14.Union Minister for Science & Technology launched ................... Scheme, designed exclusively for women scientists?

“SERB-POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research)”

15.Who is appointed as RGCB(Rajeev Ghandi Centre or Biotechnology)director?

Prof.Chandrabas Narayanan

16.Kerala State announces e-governance award winners, who shared the first prize?

Urban Affairs Directorate and the Mining and Geology Department

17.The National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) is celebrated on which date?

31st October, Birth Day of Sardar Vallabhbhai Pate

18. Who is appointed as the new INCOIS Director?

Tummala Srinivasa

19.Memorandum of Cooperation between India and ------ on cooperation in the field of information and communication technologies (ICTs)?

Japan

20Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Mr Shri Arjun Munda launched two Centers of Excellence for Tribal Welfare through video conference on October 27, 2020,what are they?

Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and Art of Living (AoL)

21. The extensive computation analysis of the 1029 sequenced genomes from India, were published in the scientific journal, Nucleic Acid Research, the research is carried out by which labs ?

CSIR constituent labs, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad

22. Name the zone in the Ladakh region where Indian & Asian Plates are joined has been found to be tectonically active, as against current understanding that it is a locked zone?

The Indus Suture Zone (ISZ) or the suture zone of the Himalayas

23. Who got ezhuthachan award in 2020?

Writer Paul Zacharia

24. The Malayalam poet ,who won jnanpith Award 2019 passed away on 15 October 2020,who is that?

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri