Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. The Indian Government has imposed safeguard duty on which product till July 2021, to protect domestic manufacturers?

[A] Medical devices
[B] Solar cells
[C] Textile
[D] Electronics

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2. Which Public sector Unit has partnered with IIT- Kanpur, for training and research of Smart Grid Technology?

[A] NTPC Ltd
[B] Power Finance Corporation
[C] ONGC Ltd
[D] REC Ltd

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3. What is the limit of turnover, above which companies are mandated to submit E-invoicing?

[A] Rs 50 crore
[B] Rs 100 crore
[C] Rs 200 crore
[D] Rs 500 crore

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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. Who is set to become the first non-white person to feature on a British coin?

[A] Babasaheb Ambedkar
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
[D] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

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6. What is the name of the official YouTube channel of the National Cooperative Development Corporation?

[A] NCDC Coop
[B] Sahakar Cooptube NCDC
[C] Agri NCDC Sahayata
[D] NCDC Krishi Jagran

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7. Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state?

[A] Karnataka
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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8. 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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9. Which Indian state/UT launched a new mobile application named ‘E-Gyan Mitra’?

[A] Puducherry
[B] Goa
[C] Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
[D] Lakshadweep

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10. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has been sworn in as the new President of which South American country?

[A] Guyana
[B] Venezuela
[C] Brazil
[D] Columbia

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