CURRENT AFFAIRS
21 JULY, 2020 TO 27 JULY, 2020
1. The
Consumer Protection Act, 2019 has been implemented since when?
(a) 20 July, 2020
(b) 21 July, 2020
(c) 22 July, 2020
(d) 23 July, 2020
Answer:
(a)
2. Where
did India has successfully conducted flight tests of its indigenously developed
anti-tank guided missile ‘Dhruvastra’?
(a) Digha, West Bengal
(b) Gopalpur, Odisha
(c) Shankarpur, West Bengal
(d) Chandipur, Odisha
Answer:
(d)
3. Who
among the following has been named winner of the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for
Humanity?
(a) Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan
(b) Greta Thunberg from Sweden
(c) Abiy Ahmed Ali from Ethiopia
(d) Juan Manuel Santos from Colombia
Answer:
(b)
4. Which
of the following states has launched ‘Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana’ for all-round
development of the Schedule Castes?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Odisha
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:
(c)
5. Union
Food Processing Minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal has virtually inaugurated the ‘Zoram
Mega Food Court’ in which of the following states?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Tripura
(d) Nagaland
Answer:
(a)
6. Which
of the following states has launched ‘Godhan Nyay Yojna’ to promote cattle
rearing, ensure the safety of livestock, help cattle ranchers earn extra
income, help in tackling the problem of open grazing by stray cattle and
encourage the use of organic fertilizers as well as boost rural economy among
other things?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
Answer:
(b)
7. A
mission titled as ‘Hope’ has been launched to ‘Mars’ by which of the following
countries?
(a) United States
(b) Russia
(c) Australia
(d) United Arab Emirates
Answer:
(d)
8. World
Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council has recently granted the ‘Observer’ status
to which of the following central Asian countries?
(a) Turkmenistan
(b) Kyrgyzstan
(c) Tajikistan
(d) Uzbekistan
Answer:
(a)
9. Which
of the following countries has conducted a successful flight test of an MGTD-20
gas turbine 3D-printed aircraft engine?
(a) Australia
(b) North Korea
(c) Russia
(d) Sweden
Answer:
(c)
10. Who
is the writer of recently launched book ‘The Endgame’?
(a) Chetan Bhagat
(b) S. Hussain Zaidi
(c) Amish Tripathi
(d) Amit Chaudhuri
Answer:
(b)
11. Who
is the writer of the recently released book ‘Suraj Kade Marda Nahi’?
(a) Anita Nair
(b) Vikram Chandra
(c) Upamanyu Chatterjee
(d) Baldev Singh Sadaknama
Answer:
(d)
12. Which
of the following banks has launched ‘Insta Click Savings Account’, a 100 per
cent paperless self-assisted digital online savings account?
(a) Vijaya Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Bank of Baroda
Answer:
(d)
13. When
is the World Chess Day observed?
(a) 20 July
(b) 22 July
(c) 24 July
(d) 26 July
Answer:
(a)
14. When
is the National Broadcasting Day observed?
(a) 21 July
(b) 23 July
(c) 25 July
(d) 27 July
Answer:
(b)
15. When
is the National Thermal Engineer Day observed?
(a) 22 July
(b) 24 July
(c) 26 July
(d) 28 July
Answer:
(b)
16. Who
is the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?
(a) Narendra Singh Tomar
(b) Ram Vilas Paswan
(c) Shripad Yasso Naik
(d) Hardeep Singh Puri
Answer:
(b)
17. Who
is the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports?
(a) Kiren Rijiju
(b) Giriraj Singh
(c) Arjun Munda
(d) Smriti Irani
Answer:
(a)
18. Who
is the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises?
(a) Harsh Vardhan
(d) Nitin Gadkari
Answer:
(d)
19. Who
is the Union Minister of Science and Technology?
(a) Harsh Vardhan
(b) Smriti Irani
(c) Nitin Gadkari
(d) Amit Shah
Answer:
(a)
20. Who
is the President of Turkmenistan?
(a) Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Answer: (a)
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