Current Affairs : 04 August, 2020 to 10 August, 2020

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

(b) Trivendra Singh Rawat

(c) Prem Singh Tamang

(d) Biplab Kumar Deb

Answer: (a)