Current Affairs : 11 August, 2020 to 17 August, 2020

CURRENT AFFAIRS

11 AUGUST, 2020 TO 17 AUGUST, 2020

1. Which of the following Union Minister has launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Academy?

(a) Gajendra Sigh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti

(b) Amit Shah, Union Minister of Affairs

(c) Prahalad Singh Patel, Union Minister of Culture

(d) Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare

Answer: (a)

2. Who among the following has been listed at top in the recently released ‘The Highest-Paid Actors of 2020’ list by Forbes magazine?

(a) Ryan Reynolds

(b) Ben Affleck

(c) Vin Diesel

(d) Dwayne Johnson

Answer: (d)

3. What is the rank of Akshay Kumar in the recently released ‘The Highest-Paid Actors of 2020’ list by Forbes magazine, who is the only Indian actor to be listed among the top 10?

(a) 3rd

(b) 5th

(c) 6th

(d) 10th

Answer: (c)

4. What amount of Line of Credit has been extended by the Government of India to the Government of Maldives to expand the fishing facilities at Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO)?

(a) $18 million

(b) $15 million

(c) $20 million

(d) $16 million

Answer: (a)

5. 2nd edition of Student Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP 2.0) has been rolled out by the Niti Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in collaboration with which of the following?

(a) Lenovo Group

(b) Dell Technologies

(c) HP Inc

(d) IBM

Answer: (b)

6. Which of the following has launched the ‘W-GDP Women Connect Challenge’ across India in association with US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) to bridge the gender divide as well as the divide in India?

(a) Ola Foundation

(b) Ashadeep

(c) Guria India

(d) Reliance Foundation

Answer: (d)

7. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) will open the Silk Training cum Production Center in the tribal village of Chullyu in which of the following states?

(a) Tripura

(b) Mizoram

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Nagaland

Answer: (c)

8. Which of the following state governments has announced ‘Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana’ for the current Kharif season?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (b)

9. Which of the following state governments has launched ‘Indira Van Mitan Yojana’ to make the forest dwellers of the state self reliant?

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Bihar

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (a)

10. Which of the following state governments would provide Rs. 830/- per month each to 17 lakh poor families under the ambitious ‘Orunodoi’ scheme to financially empower women?

(a) Tripura

(b) West Bengal

(c) Assam

(d) Odisha

Answer: (c)

11. A ‘state of environmental emergency’ has been declared by which of the following island nations as a Japanese bulk carrier ‘MV Wakashio’ ran around on a reef in the country and began leaking oil into the ocean?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Maldives

(c) Mauritius

(d) Madagascar

Answer: (c)

12. Who is the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?

(a) Mahinda Rajapaksa

(b)  Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

(c) K. P. Sharma Oli

(d) Lotay Tshering

Answer: (a)

13. Who is the President of Belarus?

(a) Roman Golovchenko

(b) Alexander Lukashenko

(c) Volodymyr Zelensky

(d) Andrzej Duda

Answer: (b)

14. Who is the Prime Minister of Mauritania?

(a) Mohamed Ould Bilal

(b) Abdelaziz Djerad

(c) Saad-Eddine El Othmani

(d) Fayez al-Sarraj

Answer: (a)

15. Which of the following countries has become the first to register a coronavirus vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ registered for use?

(a) India

(b) France

(c) Italy

(d) Russia

Answer: (d)

16. The Andhra Pradesh government has signed an MoU with which of the following to set an IT company in Visakhapatnam?

(a) McKinsey & Company

(b) Boston Group

(c) Oliver Wyman

(d) Bain & Company

Answer: (b)

17. Flipkart has signed an MoU with One District, One Product (ODOP) Scheme of which of the following state governments?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (c)

18. Who among the following has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of the Capital India Finance Limited?

(a) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

(b) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi

(c) Shyamala Gopinath

(d) Prashant Kumar

Answer: (a)

19. When is the International Youth Day observed?

(a) 10 August

(b) 12 August

(c) 14 August

(d) 16 August

Answer: (b)

20. When is the World Organ Donation Day observed?

(a) 11 August

(b) 13 August

(c) 15 August

(d) 17 August

Answer: (b)