Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

21. Which Indian organisation has constituted a working group to study feasibility of forming a ‘pandemic risk pool’?

[A] Reserve Bank of India
[B] Securities Exchange Board of India
[C] Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
[D] Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India

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22. Union Shipping Ministry’s draft ‘Aids to Navigation Bill, 2020’ seeks to replace which colonial act?

[A] Lighthouse Act, 1927
[B] Coasting vessels Act, 1838
[C] Inland Vessels Act, 1917
[D] India Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925

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23. Which Indian state is the first to conduct state-wide Lok Adalat through video conferencing?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Chhattisgarh
[C] Kerala
[D] West Bengal

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24. Hagia Sophia, the monument that was seen in news recently, is located in which country?

[A] Italy
[B] Turkey
[C] Australia
[D] France

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25. Andrzej Duda has been re-elected as the President of which country?

[A] France
[B] Poland
[C] The Netherlands
[D] Egypt

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26. Which country has launched a nation-wide campaign to clean up websites, that target users below the age of 18?

[A] India
[B] China
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Nepal

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27. Ashok Lavasa has been appointed as the new Vice President of which international financial institution?

[A] World Bank
[B] Asian Development Bank
[C] BRICS Bank
[D] Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

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28. Jio Platforms is to partner with which Technology company to develop a new operating system for smartphone in India?
[A] Microsoft
[B] Google
[C] Xiaomi
[D] Facebook

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29. Which country has made the ‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act’ into law and ended its preferential treatment for Hong Kong?

[A] China
[B] United States
[C] India
[D] United Kingdom

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30. Which country is to play host to the FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament?

[A] France
[B] Brazil
[C] Qatar
[D] Japan

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