26th July Most Important Current Affairs MCQ'S for JKSSB and JK Bank Exams.
Q.1) When is IPL 2020 edition scheduled
to begin?
(1) September 19th
(2) November 18th
(3) August 20th
(4) September 25th
Correct
Answer - (1) September 19th
Explanation:
The much-awaited Indian Premier League
has been rescheduled for September 19, 2020, in the United Arab Emirates. The
final will be held on November 8, 2020. This was confirmed by IPL Chairman
Brijesh Patel on July 24.
Q.2) India will work together with which
nation to develop 30-second COVID-19 tests?
(1) US
(2) Japan
(3) Israel
(4) UK
Correct
Answer - (3) Israel
Explanation:
India and Israel have decided to work
together to develop a set of COVID-19 tests that will bring the entire testing
process down to 30 seconds, it will also be widely available and will help the
open economies.
Q.3) Who has been appointed as an honorary
advisor to the steering committee for BRICS Chamber of Commerce?
(1) Kaushik Basu
(2) Raghuram Ranjan
(3) Sahil Seth
(4) Jayati Ghosh
Correct
Answer - (3) Sahil Seth
Explanation:
Sahil Seth has been appointed as the
honorary advisor to the steering committee of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce
(CCI) young leaders from 2020 to 2023.
Q.4) Which state/UT govt. launched
e-Sachivalaya portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online
appointments for virtual meetings?
(1) Haryana
(2) Punjab
(3) Chandigarh
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Correct
Answer - (1) Haryana
Explanation:
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar launched
e-Sachivalaya portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online
appointments for virtual meetings with the CM, Deputy CM, Ministers and other
Heads of Depts.
Q.5) Which nation has banned over 100
textbooks for containing 'objectionable content?
(1) Pakistan
(2) Afghanistan
(3) China
(4) Nepal
Correct
Answer - (1) Pakistan
Explanation:
Pakistan's Punjab government has banned
over 100 textbooks for having "blasphemous and objectionable content"
such as not showing Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as part of the country. Some
books had not printed the correct date of the birth of Pakistan's founder
Muhammad Ali Jinnah and national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
Q.6) Which state govt. has signed an MoU
with milk cooperative giant AMUL to empower Women Self-help Groups (SHGs)?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Andhra Pradesh
Correct
Answer - (4) Andhra Pradesh
Explanation:
Andhra Pradesh Government has signed an
MoU with the milk cooperative giant AMUL (Anand Milk Union Limited) to provide a
fillip to the empowerment of women self-help groups and by encouraging the milk
cooperatives in government sector.
Q.7) Which state has announced a 2-year
jail term, Rs 1 lakh fine for not wearing masks and violation of COVID-19
protocols?
(1) Odisha
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Goa
(4) Maharashtra
Correct
Answer - (2) Jharkhand
Explanation:
Jharkhand state cabinet on July 22, 2020,
approved the Jharkhand Contagious Disease Ordinance 2020, under which
violations of COVID-19 protocols such as not wearing masks will invite jail
term up to 2 years and fine of up to Rs 1 lakh.
Q.8) The Rajya Sabha secretariat recently
launched an Employees’ Welfare Scheme in memory of which Indian Politician?
(1) Arun Jaitley
(2) Sushma Swaraj
(3) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(4) Sheila Dikshit
Correct
Answer - (1) Arun Jaitley
Explanation:
The Rajya Sabha secretariat has launched
an Employees’ Welfare Scheme in the name of former Union minister Arun Jaitley,
who was also the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha.
Q.9) How much fund has been approved by the
European Union (EU) as the biggest green stimulus in history?
(1) $585 billion
(2) $572 billion
(3) $871 billion
(4) $376 billion
Correct
Answer - (2) $572 billion
Explanation:
European governments approved the most
ambitious climate change plan to date, agreeing to pour more than 500 billion
euros ($572 billion) into everything from electric cars to renewable energy and
agriculture.
Q.10) After UAE, China, which nation
will launch a Mars probe later this month?
(1) Russia
(2) India
(3) Japan
(4) US
Correct
Answer - (4) US
Explanation:
The United States is planning to launch
its Mars Rover next week, becoming the third nation to launch a space probe to
Mars in July after the UAE and China. NASA will be launching its Mars
Perseverance rover next week. All three missions are planning to reach Mars
orbit by February 2021.
Q.11) Researchers from which University
have developed AZD1222 whose human trial for COVID-19 pandemic has shown a
positive result?
(1) University of Cambridge
(2) Stanford University
(3) Harvard University
(4) University of Oxford
Correct
Answer - (4) University of Oxford
Explanation:
The human trial of the COVID-19 vaccine
candidate developed by the University of Oxford and backed by AstraZeneca Plc
has shown a positive result. Officially known as AZD1222, the vaccine has
prompted a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.
Q.12) With 25 goals in La Liga, which
football player won the Pichichi trophy?
(1) Telmo Zarra
(2) Lionel Messi
(3) Sergio Ramos
(4) Karim Benzema
Correct
Answer - (2) Lionel Messi
Explanation:
Lionel Messi won a record seventh top-scoring
title, also known as the Pichichi award, in the La Liga after netting twice in
Barcelona’s 5-0 rout of Alaves in the final round.
Q.13) Name the newly appointed Chairman
and Managing Director (CMD) of the National Mineral Development Corporation
(NMDC).
(1) P.K. Satpathy
(2) Amitava Mukherjee
(3) Sumit Deb
(4) N.Baijendra Kumar
Correct
Answer - (3) Sumit Deb
Explanation:
Sumit Deb has been appointed as the next
Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Mineral Development
Corporation (NMDC), an Indian state-controlled mineral producer.
Q.14) PM Narendra Modi addressed the
2020 India Ideas Summit which was hosted by India Business Council. What was
the theme of the summit?
(1) Technology & Innovation
(2) Healthcare Models
(3) Building a Better Future
(4) The Future of Work
Correct
Answer - (3) Building a Better Future
Explanation:
India Business Council hosted the 2020
India Ideas Summit which was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The
two-day summit’ organized by USIBC also marked the 45th anniversary of the formation
of the council and is based on the theme ‘Building a Better Future’.
Q.15) Who authored the book titled “The
Pandemic Century”?
(1) Khaled Hosseini
(2) Atul Gawande
(3) Mark Honigsbaum
(4) C.J. Lyons
Correct
Answer - (3) Mark Honigsbaum
Explanation:
“The Pandemic Century, A History of
Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19”, by the British medical
historian Mark Honigsbaum covers 10 outbreaks in the past 100 years, dating
from the Spanish Flu (1918) to the present day Coronavirus (2019). The book is
published by Penguin Publishers.
25th July Current Affairs MCQ'S for JKSSB and JK Bank Exams.