Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. Which Indian journalist has been named the winner of Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting?
[A] Dipankar Ghose
[B] Ravish Kumar
[C] Siddharth Varadarajan
[D] Malini Parthasarathy

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2. Which zone of the Indian Railways operated the first-ever Vyapar Mala Express train?
[A] Central Railway
[B] Northern Railway
[C] North-Eastern Railway
[D] East Coast Railway

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3. 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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4. Amar Singh, who passed away recently, was related to which field?

[A] Sports
[B] Politics
[C] Literature
[D] Arts

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5. Which oil company has formed a Joint Venture to manufacture Bitumen Derivatives?

[A] Indian Oil
[B] Hindstan Petroleum

[C] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
[D] Bharat Petroleum

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6. Which global organisation has estimated that about 24 million additional children may drop out of school?
[A] World Bank
[B] World Economic Forum
[C] UNESCO
[D] International Monetary Fund

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7. Where is the Headquarters of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) located?

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

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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. The Export Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) has extended a USD 250 million worth LoC to which country, to improve its power supply quality?
[A] Mozambique
[B] Maldives
[C] Malaysia
[D] Mauritius

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10. Who has sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, after its Parliamentary Elections?
[A] Mahinda Rajapaksa
[B] Gotabaya Rajapaksa
[C] Maithripala Sirisena
[D] Mangala Samaraweera

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