Q.1) Zoram Mega
food park has been launched in which state?
(1) Meghalaya
(2) Nagaland
(3) Sikkim
(4) Mizoram
Correct
Answer - (4) Mizoram
Explanation:
The Union Food
Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated Zoram mega food park in
Mizoram on July 21, 2020, that will benefit around 25,000 farmers and generate
around 5,000 job opportunities.
Q.2) Who
launched MANODARPAN initiative?
(1) PM Narendra
Modi
(2) Ramesh
Pokhriyal Nishank
(3) Piyush Goyal
(4) Smriti Irani
Correct
Answer - (2) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Explanation:
The Union HRD
Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched MANODARPAN initiative to provide psychosocial
support to students for their mental health and well-being on July 21, 2020, in
New Delhi.
Q.3) Which state
has launched the ‘Godhan Nyay Yojana’ to boost rural economy by purchasing cow dung
at Rs 2/kg from the cattle rearers?
(1) Chhattisgarh
(2) Punjab
(3) Haryana
(4) Kerala
Correct
Answer - (1) Chhattisgarh
Explanation:
Chhattisgarh
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched ‘Godhan Nyay Yojana’ on 21 July 2020,
under which the state government will purchase cow dung from the cattle rearers
at the rate of Rs 2 per kg. The women self-help groups will then prepare
vermicompost from it, which will then be sold at Rs 8 per kg to farmers, while
the dung will be utilized for other products.
Q.4) India’s
first public EV (Electric Vehicle) charging plaza has been inaugurated in which
city?
(1) Ahmedabad
(2) Kolkata
(3) Bengaluru
(4) New Delhi
Correct
Answer - (4) New Delhi
Explanation:
The Minister of
State (IC) for Power, New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh inaugurated India’s
first public EV (Electric Vehicle) charging plaza at Chelmsford Club in New
Delhi on 20 July 2020.
Q.5) With which
company has UNICEF India partnered to provide career counseling to young people
in the country?
(1) Microsoft
(2) SAP India
(3) IBM
(4) Capgemini
Correct
Answer - (2) SAP India
Explanation:
On World Youth
Skills Day, UNICEF India has announced its partnership with SAP India to
provide career counseling to young people in the country that will improve
their employability skills in a COVID and post COVID19 era.
Q.6) The
clinical trials of a vaccine of which nation will soon begin in India?
(1) UK
(2) US
(3) Germany
(4) Italy
Correct
Answer - (1) UK
Explanation:
Oxford Vaccine
Partner, Serum institute plans to begin clinical trials of Oxford COVID Vaccine
in India. The Oxford COVID
vaccine trials have shown the most promising results and are much ahead of
other clinical trials happening around the world. The Oxford vaccine trials
will begin in India as soon as the required license is procured.
Q.7) Indian Army
has acquired newly developed drones from DRDO? What are they called?
(1) Bharat
(2) India
(3) Desh
(4) Hindustan
Correct
Answer - (1) Bharat
Explanation:
The Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has provided its
indigenously-developed drone named Bharat to the Indian Army. The drones will
help the army carry out accurate surveillance in high altitude areas and
mountainous terrain, especially along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern
Ladakh.
Q.8) In which
state is the Harela festival celebrated where ‘Smriti Van’ was inaugurated by
the Chief
Minister of the
state?
(1) Bihar
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) Haryana
(4) Madhya
Pradesh
Correct
Answer - (2) Uttarakhand
Explanation:
On the occasion
of Harela festival in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat
inaugurated ‘Smriti Van’ at Asthal village of Dehradun district in the memory
of famous folk singer of the state late Jeet Singh Negi.
Q.9) The United
States has listed which Indian telecommunications company among ‘Clean Telcos’?
(1) Vodafone
Idea
(2) Reliance Jio
(3) Bharti
Airtel
(4) BSNL
Correct
Answer - (2) Reliance Jio
Explanation:
The United
States has listed Reliance Jio among the companies that are becoming
"Clean Telcos", saying they are rejecting doing business with
companies like Huawei that are tools of the Chinese Communist Party's
surveillance state.
Q.10) ICC has
postponed T20 World Cup 2020. When will be it held now?
(1)
October-November 2021
(2)
February-March 2021
(3)
January-February 2022
(4) December
2020
Correct
Answer - (1) October-November 2021
Explanation:
The
International Cricket Council confirmed on July 20, 2020, that the ICC Men’s
T20 World Cup to be held Australia 2020 has been postponed to October-November
2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Q.11) What is
the rank of India in the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019 list?
(1) 9th
(2) 6th
(3) 10th
(4) 7th
Correct
Answer - (3) 10th
Explanation:
India emerged as
top tenth nation in the ranking of the total (resident and abroad) IP filing
activity by origin, revealed World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019. 1st –
China.
Q.12) India has
been ranked among the 10 worst countries for working people’s right in the
Global Rights
Index 2020. The
index is released by which body?
(1) World
Federation of Trade Unions
(2) INTERPOL
(3) ITUC
(4) ILO
Correct
Answer - (3) ITUC
Explanation:
The
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has released its Global Rights
Index for the year 2020, which ranks countries on the degree of respect for
workers’ rights. This is the seventh edition of the annual report and ranks 144
countries. India has been ranked among the 10 worst countries for working people.
It is rated with 5 on the scale.
Q.13) Who became
the youngest person to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of
Manchester for
his work campaigning against child poverty?
(1) Wayne Rooney
(2) Ruud van
Nistelrooy
(3) Marcus
Rashford
(4) Anthony
Martial
Correct
Answer - (3) Marcus Rashford
Explanation:
Manchester
United striker Marcus Rashford will become the youngest person to receive an
honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester for his work campaigning
against child poverty.
Q.14) Who among
the following has been appointed as the Private Secretary (PS) to President Ram
Nath Kovind?
(1) P Praveen
Siddharth
(2) Ajay Bhadoo
(3) J.G.
Subramanian
(4) Shivendra
Chaturvedi
Correct
Answer - (1) P Praveen Siddharth
Explanation:
The Appointments
Committee of the Cabinet has appointed P Praveen Siddharth, a 2001-batch
officer of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), as the new Private Secretary
(PS) to President Ram Nath Kovind.
Q.15) Lalji
Tandon, who passed away recently was the current Governor of which state?
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Uttar
Pradesh
(3) Haryana
(4) Madhya
Pradesh
Correct
Answer - (4) Madhya Pradesh
Explanation:
Madhya Pradesh
Governor Lalji Tandon has passed away after battling long time illness. He was
85. He had been hospitalized in Lucknow since June 11, after developing
breathing problems among other health issues.