Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. A new helicopter service has been unveiled in which state under UDAN scheme and is to be operated by Pawan Hans Limited?

[A] Bihar
[B] Gujarat
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] Maharashtra

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2. Which Union Ministry has received SKOCH Gold Award for its IT enabled Scholarship Schemes?
[A] Ministry of HRD
[B] Ministry of Tribal Affairs
[C] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[D] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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3. Which former RBI Governor was appointed as an independent Director in Great Eastern Shipping Company?

[A] Raghuram Rajan
[B] Urjit Patel
[C] Y V Reddy
[D] D Subba Rao

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4. Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state?

[A] Karnataka
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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5. What is the new repo rate, after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting of August 2020?
[A] 4.75 per cent
[B] 4.5 per cent

[C] 4.0 per cent
[D] 3.8 per cent

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6. The Mars test rocket of which space company was successfully flight tested with an upward landing?

[A] Boeing
[B] SpaceX
[C] Air Bus
[D] Tesla

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7. Sadia Dehlvi, who passed away recently, was associated with which profession?

[A] Politician
[B] Sportsperson
[C] Writer
[D] Musician

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8. Which organisation signed an MoU with IIT Delhi to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for using Artificial Intelligence in Decision making?

[A] Airports Authority of India
[B] National Highways Authority of India
[C] NHPC Ltd
[D] Union Public Services Commission

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9. Which country has declared an ‘Environmental emergency’ after the ship MV Wakashio spilled fuel?

[A] Maldives
[B] Mauritius
[C] Malaysia
[D] Sri Lanka

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10. The Prime Minster of India is to inaugurate a submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) to provide telecom services to which UT?

[A] Jammu & Kashmir
[B] Andaman and Nicobar Islands
[C] Lakshadweep
[D] Goa

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