Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

41. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank?

[A] Partha Pratim Sengupta
[B] Padmaja Chundru
[C] A K Goel
[D] Sankara Narayanan

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42. Which country has launched a Fitness Drive to reduce the mortality rate of Covid-19?

[A] United States
[B] United Kingdom
[C] Brazil
[D] Russia

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43. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate, being manufactured by Serum Institute of India, is called by which name in India?

[A] Covishield
[B] Covaxin
[C] Covidsafe
[D] Covidia

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44. 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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45. Which of these organisations started the ‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ contest on the death anniversary of former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam?
[A] Indian Space Research Organisation
[B] Defence Research and Development Organisation
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] Indian Institute of Science

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46. India has pledged to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic by which year?

[A] 2022
[B] 2025
[C] 2030
[D] 2035

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47. Which state has the highest tiger population, as per the recent report of the Environment Ministry?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Kerala

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48. Who is the seventh bowler in the world and second England bowler to clinch 500 wickets in Test Cricket?

[A] Stuart Broad
[B] Ben Stoke

[C] Chris Woakes
[D] Jos Buttler

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49. Thierry Bollore has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of which automobile company?

[A] Mercedes Benz
[B] Jaguar Land Rover
[C] BMW
[D] Aston Martin

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50. What is the new name of the Ministry of Human Resources and Development?
[A] Ministry of Education
[B] Ministry of Human Resources
[C] Ministry of Education Development
[D] Ministry of Tutoring and Teaching

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