Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

1. What is the name of the first edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter, that was recently launched?

[A] AQUA EDUCARE
[B] MATSYA SAMPAD
[C] Fishery AQUA
[D] MACHAVATAR

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2. Which former Union Minister is to lead the proposed Co-Operative Development Forum (CDF)?
[A] Suresh Prabhu
[B] Gopinathrao
[C] Kalraj Mishra
[D] Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

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3. Who is the head of the national level committee set up by the Home Ministry, for reform in criminal law?
[A] Ranbir Singh
[B] A K Sikri
[C] C Rangarajan
[D] Thaawar Chand Gehlot

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4. 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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5. Which global organisation has enhanced support to USD 400 million, for India’s programme to rejuvenate Ganga river?
[A] International Monetary Fund
[B] World Bank
[C] Asian Development Bank
[D] BRICS Bank

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6. Coal India has partnered with which other PSU to form a Joint Venture Company, to develop green power?
[A] NLC India
[B] GAIL
[C] ONGC
[D] NTPC Ltd

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7. Which Indian state/UT has launched a mobile van ‘Dhanvantri Rath’ providing essential healthcare services to the people?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Gujarat
[C] Odisha
[D] West Bengal

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8. What is the rank of India in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index?

[A] 77
[B] 97
[C] 117
[D] 137

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9. Rewa Ultra-Mega Solar plant, which is said to be the largest solar plant in Asia, is to be inaugurated in which state?

[A] Odisha
[B] Telangana
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Madhya Pradesh

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10. Which Union Minister represented India in the fourth edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA)?
[A] Piyush Goyal
[B] Prakash Javadekar
[C] Pralhad Joshi
[D] Narendra Singh Tomar

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