Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. The UK India Business Council signed a MoU with which Indian state for promoting industrial development?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Gujarat
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Karnataka

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2. Which is the first Armed Police Force to partner with Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to procure products for its personnel?
[A] Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
[B] Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
[C] Border Security Force (BSF)
[D] Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

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3. Which Union Ministry has received SKOCH Gold Award for its IT enabled Scholarship Schemes?
[A] Ministry of HRD
[B] Ministry of Tribal Affairs
[C] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[D] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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4. How many States/UTs implement the ‘One Nation One Ration Card scheme’, as on August 4, 2020?
[A] 15
[B] 20
[C] 24
[D] 29

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5. Which Indian journalist has been named the winner of Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting?
[A] Dipankar Ghose
[B] Ravish Kumar
[C] Siddharth Varadarajan
[D] Malini Parthasarathy

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6. 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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7. 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

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8. 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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9. Which mode of payment clocked its highest monthly transactions since its inception in July, at 1.49 billion?

[A] UPI
[B] FASTag
[C] BBPS
[D] IMPS

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10. Over 44 lakh tonnes of food grains were taken by the States and UTs under which scheme?
[A] Pradhan Mantri Annadata Yojana-2
[B] Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana-2
[C] PM Cares Yojana
[D] PM KISAN Maan Dhan Yojana

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