Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

1. Who has been conferred with the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to statistics?

[A] D Subba Rao
[B] C Rangarajan
[C] Bimal Jalan
[D] Y V Reddy

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2. What is the corpus of the new Special Liquidity Scheme launched to support Non-Banking Finance Companies and Housing Finance Companies?
[A] 10000 crore
[B] 20000 crore
[C] 30000 crore
[D] 50000 crore

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3. Which Indian Badminton star is to launch the series of Fit India’s interactive sessions called ‘Fit India Talks’?
[A] Saina Nehwal
[B] P V Sindhu
[C] Sai Praneeth
[D] Srikanth Kidambi

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4. Which Indian state/UT has launched a plantation drive called ‘Paudhe Lagao, Paryavaran Bachao’ (Plant Saplings, Save Environment)?

[A] Sikkim
[B] West Bengal
[C] New Delhi
[D] Jharkhand

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5. ‘Dharma Chakra Parvattana’ is a famous celebration of which religion?

[A] Jainism
[B] Buddhism
[C] Hinduism
[D] Sikhism

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6. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver’?

[A] Amartya Sen
[B] Raghuram Rajan
[C] Urjit Patel
[D] ShaktiKanta Das

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7. Which company has posted a net loss of Rs 73,878 crore in this fiscal year, the highest ever reported by an Indian company?

[A] Reliance Industries
[B] Vodafone Idea
[C] BSNL
[D] Bharti Airtel

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8. As per the World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which country reported the highest seizure of opium in 2018?

[A] Iran
[B] Afghanistan
[C] India
[D] Pakistan

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9. Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (AHRCs) are to be developed for migrants and poor, under which scheme?

[A] Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban
[B] Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana
[C] National Rural Livelihoods Mission
[D] Swachh Bharat Mission

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10. The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) works under which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
[B] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
[C] Ministry of AYUSH
[D] Ministry of MSME

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