Current Affairs : 14 July, 2020 to 20 July, 2020

CURRENT AFFAIRS

14 JULY, 2020 TO 20 JULY, 2020

1. Which of the following countries has top ranked in the recently released Global Manufacturing Index 2020 by the US-based property consultant Cushman & Wakefield?

(a) India

(b) United States

(c) China

(d) United Kingdom

Answer: (c)

2. What is the rank of India in the recently released Global Manufacturing Index 2020 by the US-based property consultant Cushman & Wakefield?

(a) 3rd

(b) 5th

(c) 10th

(d) 12th

Answer: (a)

3. Which of the following countries was India’s top trading partner in fiscal year 2019-20? The bilateral trade between the two countries has increased from $87.96 billion in 2018-19 to $88.75 billion in the fiscal year 2019-20?

(a) Australia

(b) China

(c) France

(d) United States

Answer: (d)

4. Which state has topped among the other states in the implementation of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi)?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Assam

(d) Karnataka

Answer: (b)

5. In which of the following states, Railways Minister has announced India’s first cable-stayed Railways bridge ‘Anji Khad Bridge’ to connect Katra and Reasi?

(a) Jammu & Kashmir

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Tripura

Answer: (a)

6. Which of the following states has recently decided to convert waste generated in the state to electricity under an initiative titled ‘Waste of Energy’?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Gujarat

(d) Uttarakhand

Answer: (d)

7. Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Singapore?

(a) Mahathir bin Mohamad

(b) Joko Widodo

(c) Lee Hsien Loong

(d) Prayut Chan-o-cha

Answer: (c)

8. India has become the second-largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in which of the following countries?

(a) Canada

(b) Scotland

(c) United States

(d) United Kingdom

Answer: (d)

9. Who has been elected as the President of Poland?

(a) Andrzej Duda

(b) John Magufuli

(c) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

(d) Justin Trudeau

Answer: (a)

10. Who has been elected as the President of South American country ‘Suriname’?

(a) Jair Bolsonaro

(b) Chandrikapersad ‘Chan’ Santokhi

(c) Alberto Fernandez

(d) Lenin Moreno

Answer: (b)

11. Pakistan have signed an agreement for the 700 MW Azad Pattan hydel power project on the Jhelum river in Sudhoti district on Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)?

(a) Afghanistan

(b) Iran

(c) Uzbekistan

(d) China

Answer: (d)

12. Who among the following has been appointed as the first woman Prime Minister of Gabon?

(a) Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda

(b) Portia Simpson Miller

(c) Ewa Kopacz

(d) Alenka Bratusek

Answer: (a)

13. What amount of refinance scheme has been announced by NABARD for banks and financial institutions to offer finance to the beneficiaries of its 2,150 watershed development projects?

(a) Rs. 3,000 crore

(b) Rs. 5,000 crore

(c) Rs. 6,000 crore

(d) Rs. 6,500 crore

Answer: (b)

14. Visa, a global leader in payments technology has tied-up with which of the following banks to launch ‘Visa Secure’ to the bank’s cardholders? ‘Visa Secure’ is a modernized technology which is built on EMVCo 3DS (3D Secure) 2.0 protocol, and provides a quicker and frictionless checkout experience to consumers?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) Federal Bank

(d) IDBI Bank

Answer: (c)

15. What amount has been announced by Google for ‘Google for India Digitalisation Fund’?

(a) $5 billion

(b) $7 billion

(c) $8 billion

(d) $10 billion

Answer: (d)

16. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Bangladesh?

(a) Vikram Doraiswami

(b) Riva Ganguly Das

(c) Ruchira Kamboj

(d) Manjeev Singh Puri

Answer: (a)

17. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Afghanistan?

(a) Gautam Bambawale

(b) Rudrendra Tandon

(c) Vinay Kumar

(d) Satbir Singh

Answer: (b)

18. Which of the following football clubs has been crowned La Liga Champions for the 34th time after defeating Villarreal 2-1 at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in Madrid?

(a) Barcelona

(b) Atletico Madrid

(c) Sevilla

(d) Real Madrid

Answer: (d)

19. When is World Day for International Justice observed?

(a) 14 July

(b) 16 July

(c) 17 July

(d) 19 July

Answer: (c)

20. When is Nelson Mandela International Day observed?

(a) 15 July

(b) 16 July

(c) 17 July

(d) 18 July

Answer: (d)