Current Affairs : 18 August, 2020 to 24 August, 2020 : Multiple Choice Questions

CURRENT AFFAIRS

18 AUGUST, 2020 TO 24 AUGUST, 2020Weekly Current Affairs : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

1. What amount has been sanctioned by the Government of India for the National Recruitment Agency (NRA)?

(a) Rs. 1500.60 crore

(b) Rs. 1517.57 crore

(c) Rs. 1623.30 crore

(d) Rs. 1450.73 crore

Answer: (b)

2. Which of the following institutes has top ranked in the recently released ‘Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)’?

(a) IIT Madras

(b) IIT Kharagpur

(c) IIT Bombay

(d) IIT Guwahati

Answer: (a)

3. Which city has become the cleanest city in the recently announced Swachh Survekshan 2020 awards?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Patna

(c) Madurai

(d) Indore

Answer: (d)

4. Which city has become the cleanest city of the North East India in the recently announced Swachh Survekshan 2020 awards?

(a) Tezpur

(b) Shillong

(c) Jorhat

(d) Dimapur

Answer: (c)

5. Which of the following cricketers will be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in the National Sports Awards 2020?

(a) Rohit Sharma

(b) Virat Kohli

(c) Hardik Pandya

(d) Ishant Sharma

Answer: (a)

6. Which of the following boxers will be awarded the Arjuna Award in the National Sports Awards 2020?

(a) Jamuna Bora

(b) Ankushita Boro

(c) Shiva Thapa

(d) Lovlina Borgohain

Answer: (d)

7. Which of the following state governments has launched ‘Yellow Chain’, a centralised e-commerce system to provide the people of the state integrated platform to build sustainable businesses either in products or services from their own locations for sustainable economic activity?

(a) Nagaland

(b) Tripura

(c) Mizoram

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: (a)

8. Which of the following state governments has announced to launch a student centric scheme named ‘Padhai Tuhar Para’ to enable the school students to study with the help of community in their localities and villages, in view of the suspension of classes due COVID-19 pandemic?

(a) Jharkhand

(b) Odisha

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Chhattisgarh

Answer: (d)

9. Who has become the President of Dominican Republic?

(a) Luis Abinader

(b) Andrew Holness

(c) Laurentino Cortizo

(d) Carlos Alvarado Quesada

Answer: (a)

10. Who has become the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago for the second consecutive term?

(a) Moses Nagamootoo

(b) Keith Rowley

(c) Mia Mottley

(d) Keith Mitchell

Answer: (b)

11. Who has become the Prime Minister of Republic of Equatorial Guinea for the third consecutive term?

(a) Sylvestre Ilunga

(b) Joseph Ngute

(c) Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda

(d) Francisco Pascual Obama Asue

Answer: (d)

12. E-commerce platform ‘Flipkart’ has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which of the following institutes to encourage industry focused applied research in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML)?

(a) IIT Guwahati

(b) IIT Madras

(c) IIT Patna

(d) IIT Bombay

Answer: (c)

13. Which of the following state governments has signed a ‘plan of cooperation’ with Israel government to resolve water crisis in Bundelkhand region?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Gujarat

(d) Bihar

Answer: (b)

14. Which of the following banks has launched a campaign named ‘Digital Apnayen’ to encourage customers to use digital banking channels?

(a) Punjab National Bank

(b) Bank of Baroda

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Allahabad Bank

Answer: (a)

15. Which of the following banks has launched ‘Shaurya KGC Card’ for Indian armed forces personnel to offer agriculture loans for military and paramilitary professionals?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(c) IDBI Bank

(d) HDFC Bank

Answer: (d)

16. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of GoAir Airline?

(a) Kaushik Khona

(b) Rono Dutta

(c) Ajay Singh

(d) Vinay Dube

Answer: (a)

17. Who among the following has been appointed as the brand ambassador of eBikeGo, an e-mobility start-up based in Amritsar?

(a) Yuvraj Singh

(b) Harpreet Singh

(c) Harbhajan Singh

(d) Vijendar Singh

Answer: (c)

18. Who has been appointed as the Director-General of Border Security Force (BSF)?

(a) Rakesh Asthane

(b) Kumar Rajesh Chandra

(c) A.P. Maheshwari

(d) Arun Kumar

Answer: (a)

19. Who has appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya?

(a) Ramesh Bais

(b) P. S. Sreedharan Pillai

(c) Ganga Prasad

(d) Satya Pal Malik

Answer: (d)

20. When is the World Photography Day observed?

(a) 18 August

(b) 19 August

(c) 20 August

(d) 21 August

Answer: (b)

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