Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

31. Which organisation to establish a “Centre of excellence” in Uttar Pradesh Defence corridor?
[A] DRDO
[B] Indian Navy
[C] ONGC
[D] NHAI

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32. Which country has discovered a new coronavirus strain named ‘D614G’, which is claimed to be more infectious?
[A] United States
[B] Russia
[C] Malaysia
[D] China

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33. Which institution is to set up a new Umbrella entity for retail payments?
[A] Reserve Bank of India
[B] National Payment Corporation of India
[C] Securities Exchange Board of India
[D] Indian Banks Association

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34. As per the recent survey by NCERT, what percent of students cannot access smart phones or laptops to attend online classes?
[A] 7%
[B] 27%
[C] 47%
[D] 67%

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35. Which Indian Parliamentarian has attended the inaugural ceremony of the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament?
[A] Venkaiah Naidu
[B] Om Birla
[C] Thambi Durai
[D] Harivansh Narayan Singh

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36. Which country has discovered a large natural gas reserve along Black Sea coast?
[A] Turkey
[B] Georgia
[C] Bulgaria
[D] Romania

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37. Which bank has launched ‘Green Deposit Programme’ to finance green initiatives?
[A] ICICI Bank
[B] HDFC Bank
[C] HSBC India
[D] Yes Bank

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38. ‘Rules of origin’, that was seen in news recently, is associated with which Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Commerce
[B] Ministry of Finance
[C] Ministry of Agriculture
[D] Ministry of MSME

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39. ‘Train the Trainer’ program, that was seen in in news recently, is associated with which technology company?
[A] Google
[B] Microsoft
[C] Amazon
[D] IBM

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40. Which football club has won the UEFA Champions League 2020?
[A] AC Milan
[B] Real Madrid
[C] Bayern Munich
[D] Barcelona

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