Current Affairs : 21 July, 2020 to 27 July, 2020

CURRENT AFFAIRS

21 JULY, 2020 TO 27 JULY, 2020Weekly Current Affairs : 21 July, 2020 to 27 July, 2020 : Assam Jobs Guide

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

(b) Ravi Shankar Prasad

(c) Prakash Javadekar

(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

(b) Shavkat Mirziyoyev

(c) Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

(d) Sooronbay Jeenbekov

Answer: (a)

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