Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. Which state in North East India has launched the Green-Ag project, funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF)?

[A] Sikkim
[B] Mizoram
[C] Assam
[D] Manipur

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2. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of the credit rating agency ICRA Ltd?

[A] N Sivaraman
[B] Sankara Narayanan
[C] Manoj Fadnis
[D] Dilip Sadarangani

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3. Which major Technology Company is to launch ‘Project Kuiper’, for building satellite infrastructure?

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

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4. Which country chaired the 6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting?

[A] Brazil
[B] Russia
[C] India
[D] China

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5. Ciro Immobile, who was seen in news recently, is associated with which sports?

[A] Cricket
[B] Football
[C] Hockey
[D] Basket Ball

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6. 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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7. What is the new repo rate, after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting of August 2020?
[A] 4.75 per cent
[B] 4.5 per cent

[C] 4.0 per cent
[D] 3.8 per cent

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8. The Mars test rocket of which space company was successfully flight tested with an upward landing?

[A] Boeing
[B] SpaceX
[C] Air Bus
[D] Tesla

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9. 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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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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