Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. Which institution is to launch a new National Clinical Registry of COVID-19 patients?

[A] Indian Council of Medical Research
[B] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
[C] Department of Biotechnology
[D] National Institute of Virology

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

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

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3. Who is the head of the Sports Ministry’s committee to select this year’s National Sports Awards winners?

[A] Mukundakam Sharma
[B] S B Sinha
[C] Markandey Katju
[D] Jagannadha Rao

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4. Mahatma Gandhi Setu (bridge), that was seen in news, is located in which state?

[A] West Bengal
[B] Bihar
[C] Gujarat
[D] Uttarakhand

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5. Lee Teng-hui, who passed away recently, was the first democratically elected President of which country?

[A] Vietnam
[B] Taiwan
[C] Singapore
[D] Malaysia

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6. Where is the headquarters of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) located?

[A] Mumbai
[B] New Delhi
[C] Gandhi Nagar
[D] Kolkata

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7. Which Union Ministry signed MoU with DARPG and IIT Kanpur for analysis of grievances using Artificial Intelligence?

[A] Ministry of Finance
[B] Ministry of Defence

[C] Ministry of Tourism
[D] Ministry of Home Affairs

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8. Which Indian state has signed an MoU with leading MNCs such as ITC, P&G and Hindustan Unilever, for women empowerment?

[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Karnataka
[D] Kerala

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9. Which telecom company of India has partnered with Amazon Web Services to provide cloud solutions to businesses?

[A] Jio
[B] Airtel
[C] BSNL
[D] Vodafone Idea

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10. As per the Petroleum Ministry, what is the minimum net worth to be eligible for obtaining license to sell petrol and diesel?

[A] Rs 100 crore
[B] Rs 200 crore
[C] Rs 500 crore
[D] Rs 1000 crore

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