Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan centre of which institution has partnered with CSIR and Vijnana Bharti for promoting rural development?
[A] IIT Madras
[B] IIT Delhi
[C] IIT Kharagpur
[D] IIT Guwahati

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2. What is the name of the robotic Mars rover launched by NASA?

[A] Endeavour
[B] Perseverance
[C] Achiever
[D] Patriot

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3. Which country has passed a bill to promote the legacies of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr?

[A] India
[B] United States
[C] Australia
[D] United Kingdom

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4. What is the modified deadline for filing income tax returns, as announced by the Union Government after July 31?

[A] August 31
[B] September 30
[C] October 31
[D] December 31

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5. 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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6. Which country is the first to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content?

[A] China
[B] Russia
[C] Australia
[D] Germany

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7. Which England cricketer has been made the member of House of Lords of the British Parliament?
[A] Ian Botham
[B] Viv Richards
[C] Bob Willis
[D] David Bower

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8. Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment (WEE) is an initiative of which institution?

[A] IIT- Delhi
[B] IIT- Madras
[C] IIT- Guwahati
[D] IIT- Bombay

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9. Which oil company has formed a Joint Venture to manufacture Bitumen Derivatives?

[A] Indian Oil
[B] Hindstan Petroleum

[C] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
[D] Bharat Petroleum

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10. India has contributed USD 15.46 million to which international Partnership Fund?

[A] India-UN Development Partnership Fund
[B] India- BIMSTEC Fund
[C] G20 Partnership Fund
[D] ASEAN Partnership Fund

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