Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

21. Which metro rail network has set up India’s deepest underground ventilation shaft?

[A] Delhi Metro
[B] Kochi Metro
[C] Kolkata Metro
[D] Chennai Metro

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22. What is Ceres, that was referred to in a recent study by the NASA?
[A] Asteroid
[B] Dwarf Planet
[C] Black hole
[D] Comet

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23. Which pharma company has launched the Country’s cheapest version of Remdesivir as ‘Remdac’?
[A] Zydus Cadila

[B] Sun Pharma

[C] Apex
[D] Cipla

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24. Steel Ministry is to conduct a Webinar titled “Fostering Steel Usage in Housing & Building Construction and Aviation Sectors”, along with which organization?
[A] CII
[B] FICCI
[C] ASSOCHAM
[D] L&T

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25. Gangadhar Meher Lift Canal System, seen in news recently, is an irrigation project of which state / UT?
[A] Maharashtra
[B] Odisha
[C] West Bengal
[D] Bihar

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26. What is the quantum of the annual dividend pay-out approved by the Reserve Bank of India, to the Government?
[A] Rs 27000 crore
[B] Rs 37000 crore
[C] Rs 57000 crore
[D] Rs 77000 crore

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27. The Anti Drone System developed by which organization has been deployed at the Independence Day celebrations in Delhi?
[A] ISRO
[B] Indian Army
[C] DRDO
[D] BEL

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28. A New Project for conservation of which two animals was referred by the Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech?
[A] Leopard and Rhino
[B] Lion and Dolphin
[C] Rhino and Black buck
[D] Bengal Tiger and Turtle

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29. Researchers of which two organisations have developed a process of making Bricks on lunar surface?
[A] HAL and DRDO
[B] NASA and DRDO
[C] IISc and ISRO
[D] NASA and ISRO

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30. CAMPA fund, that was seen in news recently, is associated with which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
[B] Ministry of Home Affairs
[C] Ministry of External Affairs
[D] Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare

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