CURRENT AFFAIRS
04 AUGUST, 2020 TO 10 AUGUST, 2020
1. The
New Education Policy 2020 replaces 34-year-old National Policy on Education
framed in which of the following years?
(a) 1986
(b) 1988
(c) 1990
(d) 1985
Answer:
(a)
2. When
was the 79th Death Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore observed?
(a) 6 August, 2020
(b) 7 August, 2020
(c) 8 August, 2020
(d) 9 August, 2020
Answer:
(b)
3. When
was the 78th anniversary of Quit India movement observed?
(a) 6 August, 2020
(b) 7 August, 2020
(c) 8 August, 2020
(d) 9 August, 2020
Answer:
(c)
4. Who
among the following has launched ‘Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21’, which is
a national programme to popularise science among school students of Class VI to
XI?
(a) Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr.
Harsh Vardhan
(b) Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah
(c) Union Minister of Women & Child Development,
Smriti Irani
(d) Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting,
Prakash Javdekar
Answer:
(a)
5. Who
among the following inaugurated a two-day international webinar on ‘Lokmanya
Tilak-Swaraj to Self-Reliant India’?
(a) Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting,
Prakash Javdekar
(b) Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr.
Harsh Vardhan
(c) Union Minister of Women & Child Development,
Smriti Irani
(d) Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah
Answer:
(d)
6. In
Himachal Pradesh, Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal has laid the
foundation stone of which of the following institutes at Dahula Kuan in Sirmour
District?
(a) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
(b) Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
(c) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
(d) All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH)
Answer:
(b)
7. Which
of the following state governments has launched an innovative virtual
cybercrime awareness programme named as ‘E-Raksha Bandhan’ to create awareness
among the public on Cyber crime across the state?
(a) Tripura
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
Answer:
(c)
8. Which
of the following state governments has launched a social security scheme ‘Shaheed
Mahendra Karma Tendupatta Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha Yojana’ for tendu leave
collectors in the state?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Odisha
Answer:
(a)
9. Which
of the following state governments has tied up with Google to provide online
education to students in the state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra
Answer:
(d)
10. Who
has been named as the President of Guyana?
(a) Irfaan Ali
(b) Jair
Bolsonaro
(c) Chan Santokhi
(d) Luis Lacalle
Pou
Answer:
(a)
11. Who
is the Prime Minister of Guyana?
(a) Justin Trudeau
(b) Walter Martos
(c) Mark Phillips
(d) Jean Castex
Answer:
(c)
12. Airtel
Payments Bank has partnered with which of the following general insurance
companies to offer ‘Smart Plan Package Policy’ for the financial protection of
the bank’s retailers and merchants?
(a) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
(b) ICICI Lombard General Insurance
(c) DHFL General Insurance
(d) Bharti AXA General Insurance
Answer:
(d)
13. Who
is the author of the recently released book titled “RAW : A History of India’s
Convert Operations”?
(a) Yatish Yadav
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Amish Tripathi
(d) Kiran Desai
Answer:
(a)
14. Who
is the author of the book titled ‘Amazing Ayodha’?
(a) Preeti Shenoy
(b) Ashwin Sanghi
(c) Rohinton Mistry
(d) Neena Rai
Answer:
(d)
15. Which
of the following banks has announced launch of a two-month-long campaign called
‘Kona Kona Umeed’ with huge offers and discounts to lift up hope and optimism
among its customers in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Axis Bank
Answer:
(b)
16. Who
among the following has been appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of HDFC Bank by the Reserve Bank of India?
(a) Sashidhar Jagdishan
(b) Aditya Puri
(c) Sandeep Bakshi
(d) Amitabh Chaudhry
Answer:
(a)
17. Which
of the following countries will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021?
(a) Australia
(b) New Zealand
(c) England
(d) India
Answer:
(d)
18. The
sports gaming platform WTF Sports has appointed which of the following
cricketers as its global ambassadors?
(a) Smriti Mandhana and Virat Kohli
(b) Poonam Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal
(c) Harmanpreet Kaur and Suresh Raina
(d) Shafali Verma and Rohit Sharma
Answer:
(c)
19. When
is the National Handloom Day observed?
(a) 5 August
(b) 6 August
(c) 7 August
(d) 8 August
Answer:
(c)
20. Who
is the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh?
(a) Jai Ram Thakur
(d) Biplab Kumar
Deb
Answer: (a)
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