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)
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