Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2020

1. Which venue was originally scheduled for the 47th G-7 summit 2020, that has been postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic?

[A] France
[B] United States
[C] Germany
[D] Italy

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2. Which global rating agency downgraded India’s sovereign ratings to Baa3?

[A] CRISIL
[B] Moody’s Investors Service
[C] Fitch Ratings
[D] S&P Ratings

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3. Which state has launched a month-long drive to spread awareness about COVID-19 pandemic under Mission Fateh?

[A] Rajasthan
[B] Punjab
[C] Odisha
[D] Jharkhand

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4. Which country is to deliver Rafale fighter air-crafts to India?

[A] United States
[B] France
[C] Germany
[D] Israel

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5. When was the Essential Commodities act passed?

[A] 1952
[B] 1955
[C] 1975
[D] 1982

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6. Union Cabinet recently approved the MoU between India and which country, on cooperation in the field of Environment?

[A] New Zealand
[B] Bhutan
[C] Japan
[D] Finland

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7. Which Indian writer won the regional award for Asia of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, 2020?
[A] Kritika Pandey
[B] Madhuri Vijay
[C] Aravind Adiga
[D] Vikram Seth

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8. What is the name of the tropical storm that has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico?

[A] Amphan
[B] Amanda
[C] Cristobal
[D] Harold

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9. Who has been appointed as the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?
[A] V K Kirloskar
[B] Uday Kotak
[C] Adi Godrej
[D] Sanjiv Bajaj

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10. Which private sector bank has partnered with Mastercard India to launch a digital point-of-sale solution named ‘Soft POS’?

[A] ICICI Bank
[B] Axis Bank
[C] Kotak Mahindra Bank
[D] Yes Bank

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