Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. What is the name of the microorganism decontamination device developed by CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO)?
[A] Suraksha
[B] Shreyas
[C] Samriddhi
[D] Sweekar

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2. 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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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

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4. 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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5. Which organisation released the report “The Toxic Truth: Children’s exposure to lead pollution undermines a generation of potential”?

[A] UNESCO
[B] World Health Organisation
[C] UNICEF
[D] Food and Agricultural Organisation

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6. 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

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7. ‘Indira Rasoi Yojana’ is a welfare scheme of which Indian state?

[A] Punjab
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Chhattisgarh
[D] Mizoram

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8. What is the name of the Crew Dragon spacecraft from which NASA astronauts landed back on the Earth?

[A] Victor
[B] Endeavor
[C] SpaceX Plus
[D] NASA Craft

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9. Which Indian city featured in the ‘Top 20 Most Surveilled Cities’ survey conducted by Comparitech?

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

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10. Which Indian bank is set to launch an Artificial-Intelligence powered multilingual voice bot ‘AXAA’?

[A] HDFC Bank
[B] ICICI Bank
[C] Yes Bank
[D] Axis Bank

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