Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

1. What is the tenure of the Taxable Floating Rate Savings Bonds, 2020 introduced by the Government?

[A] 5 years
[B] 6 years
[C] 7 years
[D] 8 years

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2. Which Union Ministry has developed a new web portal to issue No Objection Certificate (NOC) for power projects?

[A] Ministry of Coal
[B] Ministry of Power
[C] Ministry of Defence
[D] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

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3. What is the name of the application launched to provide information to sportspersons, about prohibited substances?

[A] Sports Check
[B] NADA India
[C] NADA Check
[D] Check and Khel

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4. Asia’s first-ever Continuous Galvanized Rebar (CGR) manufacturing facility has been launched in which state?

[A] Rajasthan
[B] Punjab
[C] West Bengal
[D] Chhattisgarh

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5. Which global organisation released the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report?

[A] UNICEF
[B] UNESCO
[C] IMF
[D] World Bank

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6. Which Union Ministry is set to launch a cashless scheme for road accident victims with an insurance cap of Rs 2.5 lakh?
[A] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
[B] Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
[C] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[D] Ministry of Home Affairs

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7. Union Home Ministry has extended the Armed Forces Special power Act(AFSPA) in which state for six months?

[A] Assam
[B] Nagaland
[C] Mizoram
[D] Arunachal Pradesh

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8. What is the name of the new scheme launched by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) to strengthen research ecosystem?

[A] Accelerate Vigyan
[B] Bharat Vigyan
[C] Vigyan Padhe
[D] Vigyan Kendra

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9. Which Indian institution has launched the world’s first online Bachelor of Science Degree in Data Science and programming?
[A] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
[B] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
[C] Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
[D] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati

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10. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has partnered with which technology company, to launch a curriculum on digital safety?

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

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