Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. Which technology company released the ‘Security Endpoint Threat Report 2019’?

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

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2. Which trade association organised the “National Digital conference on Ease of Doing Business for Atmanirbhar Bharat”?

[A] FICCI
[B] CII
[C] ASSOCHAM
[D] NASSCOM

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3. India has imposed restrictions on the import of which electronic gadget after two decades?

[A] Mobile Phones
[B] Colour Television sets
[C] Speakers
[D] Microwave Ovens

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4. What is the name of the mobile application launched by the Directorate of Cashew Research (DCR)?
[A] Cashew Care
[B] Cashew India
[C] Cashew Credit
[D] Quality Cashew

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5. 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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6. Who has assumed office as the Union Health Secretary of India in August 2020?

[A] Rajesh Bhushan
[B] S Jai Shankar
[C] M Siva Shankar
[D] Anil Swarup

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7. Which Indian city featured in the ‘Top 20 Most Surveilled Cities’ survey conducted by Comparitech?

[A] Mumbai
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Chennai
[D] New Delhi

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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. 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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10. Which Indian film won the best film award at the New York Indian Film Festival 2020 (NYIFF)?
[A] Moothon
[B] Uyare
[C] Kumbalangi Nights
[D] Unda

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