Current Affairs : 28 July, 2020 to 03 August, 2020 : Multiple Choice Questions

CURRENT AFFAIRS

28 JULY, 2020 TO 03 AUGUST, 2020

1. The five French-manufactured Rafale multi-role combat jets landed at which of the following Air Force base after covering a distance of 7,000 km from the Merignac airbase in French port city of Bordeaux?

(a) Chandigarh Air Force base

(b) Gurugram Air Force base

(c) Amritsar Air Force base

(d) Ambala Air Force base

Answer: (d)

2. How much fund has been approved by the Asian Development Bank to India from its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund to support the government’s emergency response to COVID-19 pandemic?

(a) USD 3 million

(b) USD 4 million

(c) USD 5 million

(d) USD 2 million

Answer: (a)

3. The Union Cabinet has approval the change in the name of ‘Ministry of Human Resource Development’ to which of the following?

(a) Ministry of Human Resource

(b) Ministry of Human Resource & Education

(c) Ministry of Education

(d) Ministry of Education & Human Resource Development

Answer: (c)

4. India has recently handed over 10 broad-gauge railway locomotives to which of the following countries?

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Nepal

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Afghanistan

Answer: (a)

5. What is the name of the mobile app that has been developed for weather by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune and the India Meteorological Department?

(a) Weather

(b) Mausam

(c) Weather at your hands

(d) Mausam Aapke Haath Mein

Answer: (b)

6. Government of India has extended medical assistance worth about USD 1 million in the form of anti-tuberculosis medicines to which of the following countries in response to a request from the World Health Organisation?

(a) South Korea

(b) Japan

(c) Indonesia

(d) North Korea

Answer: (d)

7. How much fund has been approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to South Africa in emergency funding to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic?

(a) USD 4.3 billion

(b) USD 5 billion

(c) USD 2.5 billion

(d) USD 3 billion

Answer: (a)

8. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia?

(a) Hichem Mechichi

(b) Elyes Fakhfakh

(c) Abdelaziz Djerad

(d) Fayez al-Sarraj

Answer: (a)

9. Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed an agreement with which of the following institutes for Training, Research and Entrepreneurship Development in Smart Grid Technology?

(a) IIT Guwahati

(b) IIT Bombay

(c) IIT Kanpur

(d) IIT Kharagpur

Answer: (c)

10. Which of the following banks has launched one-stop knowledge portal named as ‘MSME Saksham’ in association with TransUnion CIBIL for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)?

(a) Small Industries Development Bank of India

(b) Indian Industrial Development Bank

(c) IDBI Bank

(d) Bank of India

Answer: (a)

11. With which of the following the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched a new Co-branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay Platform to ensure a safe, convenient and improved travel experience for the rail passengers?

(a) HDFC Bank Card

(b) ICICI Bank Card

(c) SBI Card

(d) Axis Bank Card

Answer: (c)

12. The Reserve Bank of India has signed an agreement for extending a $400 million currency swap facility to which of the following countries in order to boost the foreign reserves and ensure the financial stability of the country, which is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?

(a) Nepal

(b) Bhutan

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Sri Lanka

Answer: (d)

13. Which of the following General Insurance Companies has launched a crop insurance campaign titled ‘Bohot Zaroori Hai’ for farmers in Maharashtra and Karnataka to encourage them about their yield protection and financial security?

(a) United India Assurance Company

(b) ICICI Lombard

(c) Bazaz Allianz

(d) Bharti AXA General Insurance

Answer: (d)

14. Which of the following has launched ‘mpay.me’ UPI link service that allows users to send and receive money from any UPI payment app?

(a) PayTM

(b) Freecharge

(c) MobiKwik

(d) Google Pay

Answer: (c)

15. Who among the following has been appointed the Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on co-terminus basis?

(a) Hardik Sastishcahandra Shah

(b) Anil Kumar Gupta,

(c) Arvind Kumar Sharma

(d) Rajeev Topno

Answer: (a)

16. Who has been named as the Prime Minister of Ivory Coast?

(a) George Weah

(b) Hamed Bakayoko

(c) Nana Akufo-Addo

(d) Paul Kaba Thieba

Answer: (b)

17. Which of the following states will host the 4th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games in 2021?

(a) Punjab

(b) Gujarat

(c) Assam

(d) Haryana

Answer: (d)

18. Who won the Golden Boot award in Premier League after netting 23 goals across the 2019-20 season?

(a) Jamie Vardy, Leicester City

(b) Danny Ings, Southampton

(c) Raheem Sterling, Manchester City

(d) Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur

Answer: (a)

19. Who won the Golden Glove award in the Premier League for the season 2019-20?

(a) Nick Pope, Burnley

(b) David de Gea, Manchester United

(c) Ederson, Manchester City

(d) Allison, Liverpool

Answer: (c)

20. Which cricketer has become the 7th bowler to take 500 wickets in the International Test Cricket?

(a) Stuart Broad, England

(b) Mitchell Starc, Australia

(c) Ravichandran Ashwin, India

(d) Tim Southee, New Zealand

Answer: (a)