Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. Which Union Minister released e-book on Standard Treatment Guidelines for Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Behavioural Addictions?
[A] Dr Harsh Vardhan
[B] Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
[C] Jitendra Singh
[D] Amit Shah

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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 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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4. 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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5. Which global firm became the world’s most valuable publicly listed company, after surpassing Saudi Aramco?

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

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6. Amar Singh, who passed away recently, was related to which field?

[A] Sports
[B] Politics
[C] Literature
[D] Arts

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7. What is the name of the hurricane that has hit the US state North Carolina?

[A] Dolly
[B] Bertha
[C] Isaias
[D] Gonzalo

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8. 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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9. Thenzawl Golf Resort, which was seen in news recently, is located in which state?

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

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10. Which country successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile named ‘Minuteman 3’?
[A] China
[B] United States
[C] Israel
[D] South Korea

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