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
(c) K. P. Sharma
Oli
(d) Lotay Tshering
Answer:
(a)
13. Who
is the President of Belarus?
(b) Alexander Lukashenko
(d) Andrzej Duda
Answer:
(b)
14. Who
is the Prime Minister of Mauritania?
(b) Abdelaziz
Djerad
(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)
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