Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

41. Which Union Minister represented India in the G20 Digital Ministers’ Meet?

[A] Prakash Javadekar
[B] Ravi Shankar Prasad
[C] Jitendra Singh
[D] S JaiShankar

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42. Which Indian vaccine maker is to begin trials of the Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University-AstraZeneca?

[A] Serum Institute of India
[B] Biocon
[C] Panacea Biotech
[D] Cadila Healthcare

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43. Which country has been ordered to close its consulate in Houston by the United States?

[A] China
[B] India
[C] Australia
[D] Germany

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44. Which Indian state has approved the ‘One-stop shop’ scheme, to fast-track investments?

[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Punjab
[D] Kerala

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45. As per the ‘Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report’ by the UNEP and IEA, what is the estimated number of cooling machines in the world by 2050?

[A] 1.4 million
[B] 1.4 billion
[C] 14 billion
[D] 140 billion

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46. Women officers in which Indian armed force have been granted permanent commission?

[A] Indian Air Force
[B] Indian Navy
[C] Indian Army
[D] Indian Coast Guard

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47. Department of Science and Technology has launched a 15-crore fund to support research collaboration with which country?

[A] Russia
[B] Japan
[C] Thailand
[D] Vietnam

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48. Which Union Territory of India has launched a dedicated job portal named ‘Rozgar Bazar’?

[A] Chandigarh
[B] New Delhi
[C] Puducherry
[D] Goa

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49. What is the name of the new Mobile application of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)?

[A] BIS Score
[B] BIS Care
[C] BIS Standard
[D] BIS Utkarsh

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50. Which country is to inaugurate its new Supreme Court building, constructed with Indian assistance?

[A] Mauritius
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Maldives

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