Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

41. Who is the head of the Committee set up by the Union HRD Ministry, on retaining Indian students in its institutions?

[A] D P Singh
[B] Anil Sahasrabudhe
[C] Vineet Joshi
[D] Bhushan Patwardhan

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42. Which global organisation has launched a new initiative named ‘COVID-19 Law Lab’?

[A] World Health Organisation
[B] World Trade Organisation
[C] Food and Agricultural Organisation
[D] UNICEF

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43. India is set to renew the ‘Agreement on Scientific cooperation’ for the next five years with which global association?

[A] ASEAN
[B] BIMSTEC
[C] European Union
[D] G-20

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44. As on July 2020, what is the average completion of time of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin scheme?

[A] 514 days
[B] 314 days
[C] 114 days
[D] 54 days

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45. What is the name of the participatory governance platform of India that has completed six years?

[A] MyGov
[B] My India
[C] Bharat Hamara
[D] Mera Desh

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46. State Bank of India (SBI) has provided USD 16.20 million for local businesses in which country?

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

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47. Which is India’s first Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)-approved drone training school?

[A] Bombay Flying Club
[B] Madras Flying Club
[C] Hyderabad Flying Club
[D] Delhi Flying Club

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48. Who represented India in the Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?

[A] Shakti Kanta Das
[B] Nirmala Sitharaman
[C] Piyush Goyal
[D] Rajiv Kumar

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49. Who has been presented the Life Time Excellence Award of Ministry of Earth Sciences National Awards?

[A] Ashok Sahni
[B] S.V. Karanjkar
[C] Ashok Kumar Sharma
[D] S. Suresh Babu

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50. What is the target to be achieved in Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) by 2025, as per the National Education Policy?

[A] 25 per cent
[B] 50 per cent
[C] 75 per cent
[D] 100 per cent

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