Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. ‘Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar’ is awarded by which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Defence
[C] Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
[D] Ministry of Corporate affairs

Show Answer

2. Which financial institution has launched the ‘MSME Saksham’ portal, in association with TransUnion CIBIL?

[A] SIDBI
[B] RBI
[C] NABARD
[D] NHB

Show Answer

3. Which country has approved a law that gives more power to regulate social media content?

[A] China
[B] North Korea
[C] Turkey
[D] Russia

Show Answer

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

Show Answer

5. Which global institution has inked deal with Reliance Power for constructing power plant in Bangladesh?
[A] World Bank
[B] Asian Development Bank
[C] Asian Investment Infrastructure Bank
[D] International Monetary Fund

Show Answer

6. Which fin tech company launched a UPI payment link service that allows transactions from any payment app?

[A] PhonePe
[B] MobiKwik
[C] BharatPe
[D] Freecharge

Show Answer

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

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

Show Answer

8. 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

Show Answer

9. Which racing driver has won the British Grand Prix tournament?
[A] Michael Schumacher
[B] Valtteri Bottas
[C] Lewis Hamilton
[D] Max Verstappen

Show Answer

10. What is the name of the politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who passed away recently?

[A] John Hume
[B] Hawa Abdi
[C] Pete Hamill
[D] Agathonas Iakovidis

Show Answer