Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. Which Union Minister released e-book on Standard Treatment Guidelines for Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Behavioural Addictions?
[A] Dr Harsh Vardhan
[B] Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
[C] Jitendra Singh
[D] Amit Shah

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2. Which country has passed a bill to promote the legacies of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr?

[A] India
[B] United States
[C] Australia
[D] United Kingdom

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3. What is the modified deadline for filing income tax returns, as announced by the Union Government after July 31?

[A] August 31
[B] September 30
[C] October 31
[D] December 31

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4. ‘Samarth’ is an initiative of which E-Commerce company, to help artisans enter digital marketplace?

[A] Amazon
[B] Flipkart
[C] Snapdeal
[D] Shopclues

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5. MyGov platform has announced a Logo design contest for which government program in August 2020?
[A] AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
[B] Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
[C] Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
[D] One Nation One Ration Card

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6. Which mode of payment clocked its highest monthly transactions since its inception in July, at 1.49 billion?

[A] UPI
[B] FASTag
[C] BBPS
[D] IMPS

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7. Which Indian state is to set up the country’s first snow leopard conservation centre?

[A] Arunachal Pradesh
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Sikkim
[D] Himachal Pradesh

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8. Which country has witnessed a massive blast that occurred by explosives stored at a port?

[A] Australia
[B] Lebanon
[C] France
[D] Germany

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9. Which Indian bank is set to launch an Artificial-Intelligence powered multilingual voice bot ‘AXAA’?

[A] HDFC Bank
[B] ICICI Bank
[C] Yes Bank
[D] Axis Bank

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10. Who is the Chairperson of the Expert Committee on Debt resolution, constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

[A] Usha Thorat
[B] Urjit Patel
[C] K V Kamath
[D] N K Singh

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