Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

1. 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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2. What will be the effective contribution by the employees and employers to the Employee’s Provident Fund (EPF) from August 2020?

[A] 25%
[B] 24%
[C] 20%
[D] 18%

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3. Which trade association organised the “National Digital conference on Ease of Doing Business for Atmanirbhar Bharat”?

[A] FICCI
[B] CII
[C] ASSOCHAM
[D] NASSCOM

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4. What is the name of India’s solar-powered ferry that has won the prestigious Gustave Trouve Award?

[A] Aditya
[B] Arunan
[C] Ravikant
[D] Soorya

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5. 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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6. Which company has been approved to set up the third Power exchange of India?

[A] PTC India
[B] REC Ltd
[C] Oil India
[D] Tata Power

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7. IIM Sirmaur that was seen in news recently, is located in which state?
[A] Uttar Pradesh

[B] Himachal Pradesh

[C] Bihar
[D] Uttarakhand

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8. Who has been given an 18-month extension as the Chairman of the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?

[A] Ajay Tyagi
[B] M S Sahoo
[C] U K Sinha
[D] S K Mohanty

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9. What is the new repo rate, after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting of August 2020?
[A] 4.75 per cent
[B] 4.5 per cent

[C] 4.0 per cent
[D] 3.8 per cent

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10. Which technology company has partnered with Prasar Bharati for AI-enabled Independence Day celebration?

[A] Microsoft
[B] Google
[C] Facebook
[D] Twitter

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