Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020

31. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Meghalaya?
[A] Satya Pal Malik
[B] G C Murmu
[C] R K Mathur
[D] Tamilisai Soundarrajan

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32. The Government of which country has launched an ‘Innovation Challenge Fund’ in India?
[A] United Kingdom
[B] Australia
[C] Brazil
[D] Germany

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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. Which is the second Indian zoo to have African hunting cheetahs?
[A] Thiruvananthapuram Zoo
[B] Mysuru Zoo
[C] Darjeeling Zoo
[D] Indra Gandhi Zoo, Andhra Pradesh

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35. Which organisation released a report titled ‘Population projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’?
[A] National Commission on Population
[B] United Nations Population Fund
[C] UNICEF
[D] World Economic Forum

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36. Which Indian institution has inaugurated the Academy of Classical and Folk Arts?
[A] IIT Roorkee
[B] IIT Kharagpur
[C] IIT Madras
[D] IIT Delhi

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37. Which two Indian leaders are selected for USISPF 2020 Leadership Awards?
[A] Anand Mahindra and Shantanu Narayen
[B] Uday Kotak and Urjit Patel
[C] Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani

[D] Narayanamurthy and Azim Premji

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38. ICICI Lombard General Insurance is set to acquire which insurance company?
[A] Digit Insurance
[B] Bharti AXA General Insurance
[C] Sundaram Insurance
[D] ERGO Life Insurance

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39. Who has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner by the Central Government?
[A] Amitabh Kant
[B] Ajay Bushan Pandey
[C] Debashis Panda
[D] Rajiv Kumar

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40. Which is the most downloaded Covid-19 contact tracing application in the world, as on date?
[A] COVIDSafe
[B] Stopp Corona
[C] eRouška
[D] Aarogya Setu

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