Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. Which two cities are additionally selected by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs to be made as smart cities?

[A] Leh and Kargil
[B] Ludhiana and Amritsar
[C] Jaipur and Jodhpur
[D] Gangtok and Namchi

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2. 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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3. What is the name of the nodal agency that will regulate space activities and the use of ISRO facilities by private sector?

[A] NSIL
[B] IN-SPACe
[C] Space India
[D] Bharat Space

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4. Which country successfully operated Arab world’s first nuclear power reactor?

[A] Kuwait
[B] United Arab Emirates
[C] Qatar
[D] Oman

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5. Which major technology company launched the second phase of ‘More Together’ campaign in India?

[A] Amazon
[B] Microsoft
[C] Facebook
[D] Google

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6. Which England cricketer has been made the member of House of Lords of the British Parliament?
[A] Ian Botham
[B] Viv Richards
[C] Bob Willis
[D] David Bower

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7. Which technology company is to set up Robotics Laboratory at IISc, Bengaluru to study about 5G technology?

[A] Amazon
[B] Nokia
[C] Huawei
[D] Jio

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8. Which company has been approved to set up the third Power exchange of India?

[A] PTC India
[B] REC Ltd
[C] Oil India
[D] Tata Power

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9. What is the proposed target of Defence and Aerospace exports by the year 2025, as per the Draft DPEPP 2020?

[A] USD 1 billion
[B] USD 2 billion

[C] USD 3 billion
[D] USD 5 billion

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10. IIM Sirmaur that was seen in news recently, is located in which state?
[A] Uttar Pradesh

[B] Himachal Pradesh

[C] Bihar
[D] Uttarakhand

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