Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

1. Which Union Ministry launched the Pradhan Mantri FME Scheme, to generate investments of Rs 35,000 crore?

[A] Ministry of MSME
[B] Ministry of Food Processing Industries
[C] Ministry of Agriculture and Family Welfare
[D] Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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2. Which Indian state/UT has launched the world’s largest convalescent plasma therapy project for treating COVID-19, named PLATINA?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Maharashtra
[C] TamilNadu

[D] Kerala

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3. What is the theme of the ‘National Statistics Day’ 2020, celebrated on June 29?

[A] Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 5
[B] Honouring P. C. Mahalanobis
[C] Statistics is Life
[D] Indian statistics

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4. When is ‘Chartered Accountants (CA) Day’ celebrated in India?

[A] July 1
[B] July 2
[C] July 3
[D] July 4

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5. 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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6. Which Indian American author and oncologist has been named as ‘2020 Great Immigrants’ honouree?
[A] Siddhartha Mukherjee
[B] Jhumpa Lahiri
[C] Fareed Zakaria
[D] Sanjay Gupta

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7. 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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8. What is the name of the online competition launched by the HRD Ministry and Health Ministry, to identify drugs against coronavirus?

[A] Corona Care Hackathon
[B] Drug Discovery Hackathon
[C] Bharat Medico Hackathon
[D] Aatma Nirbhar Hackathon

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9. Everton Weekes, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?

[A] Politics
[B] Arts
[C] Sports
[D] Literature

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10. What is the name of the free video-conferencing application, launched by Reliance Jio?

[A] JioMeet
[B] Vande Bharat
[C] Hello India
[D] Jio Zoom

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