Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

31. Which is the new Industrial corridor proposed to be set up by the Government of Karnataka?
[A] Mysuru-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor
[B] Bengaluru-Kudagu Industrial Corridor
[C] Mysuru-Bidar Industrial Corridor
[D] Bengaluru-Hyderabad Industrial Corridor

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32. Manduadih railway station, that was renamed as ‘Banaras’, is located in which state?
[A] Bihar
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Uttarakhand

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33. “Sterlite Copper” which is in news recently is associated with which state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Chhattisgarh
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Tamil Nadu

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34. Who represented India in the 2020 roundtable of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks?
[A] Narendra Modi
[B] S Jai Shankar
[C] Piyush Goyal
[D] Shaktikanta Das

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35. Who is the Chief Executive Officer of NPCI International Payments Limited (NPIL)?
[A] Ritesh Shukla
[B] Nandan Nilekani
[C] Urjit Patel
[D] Rina Penkar

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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. Zojila tunnel, that was seen in news recently, connects Jammu and Kashmir with which state/UT?
[A] Punjab
[B] Chandigarh
[C] Ladakh
[D] Himachal Pradesh

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38. Which country recorded an outbreak of West Nile Virus that causes West Nile Fever?
[A] Germany
[B] Spain
[C] Uganda
[D] Israel

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39. ‘Eat Right India’ is a flagship initiative of which organisation?
[A] FSSAI
[B] WWF
[C] FCI
[D] BIS

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40. Which Ministry partnered with Tribal Ministry, to promote opportunities among tribal women SHGs?
[A] Ministry of Agriculture
[B] Ministry of Rural Development
[C] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
[D] Ministry of Culture

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