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Current Affairs Quiz: July 19, 2020

  1. How much amount has been released by Ministry of Finance as grants-in-aid to 2.63 lakh Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) of the country?
    A) Rs 18,271 cr
    B) Rs 15,983 cr
    C) Rs 15,187 cr
    D) Rs 16,652 cr



  2. According to a report by United Nations, in the last 10 years how many people have been lifted out of poverty by India?
    A) 273 mn
    B) 321 mn
    C) 295 mn
    D) 307 mn



  3. Which shipbuilding company has signed a contract with ASKO Maritime AS, Norway for construction of world’s first Autonomous electric vessels?
    A) Mazagon Dock Limited
    B) Goa Shipyard Limited
    C) Hindustan Shipyard Limited
    D) Cochin Shipyard Limited



  4. With which company has UNICEF India partnered to provide career counselling to young people in the country?
    A) Microsoft
    B) SAP India
    C) IBM
    D) Capgemini



  5. In July 2020, the Drug Controller General of India approved vaccine against which disease as country’s first fully indigenously developed vaccine?
    A) Malaria
    B) Tuberculosis
    C) Pneumonia
    D) Dengue



  6. Which state’s police launched a month-long virtual awareness campaign ‘CybHER’ in the wake of cybercrime against the women and children in the state?
    A) Kerala
    B) West Bengal
    C) Odisha
    D) Telangana



  7. In which state is the Harela festival celebrated where ‘Smriti Van’ was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of the state?
    A) Bihar
    B) Uttarakhand
    C) Haryana
    D) Madhya Pradesh



  8. Start-up from which institute has developed a portable hospital unit called ‘MediCAB,’ that can be installed anywhere within two hours by four people?
    A) IIT Madras
    B) IIT Ropar
    C) IIT Indore
    D) IIT Delhi



  9. According to property consultant Cushman & Wakefield, what is the rank of India in global manufacturing locations among 48 countries?
    A) 1st
    B) 2nd
    C) 3rd
    D) 4th



  10. What is the rank of India in the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019 list?
    A) 9th
    B) 6th
    C) 10th
    D) 7th



  11. Pakistan and China have signed an agreement for the 700 MW Azad Pattan hydel power project situated on which river?
    A) Jhelum
    B) Chenab
    C) Indus
    D) Sutlej



  12. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Cards?
    A) Sachin Gaba
    B) Hardayal Prasad
    C) Ashwini Kumar Tewari
    D) Shravan Malhotra



  13. Shyam Srinivasan has been re-appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of which bank?
    A) Karur Vyasya Bank
    B) Indian Bank
    C) Federal Bank
    D) Lakshmi Vilas Bank



  14. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of HCL Technologies after Shiv Nadar stepped down from the position?
    A) Kavita Mishra
    B) Bhawna Saini
    C) Ravina Khattar
    D) Roshni Malhotra



  15. Who has been signed as the brand ambassador of India news website, SportsAdda?
    A) Brett Lee
    B) Ricky Ponting
    C) Kumar Sangakkara
    D) Virat Kohli



  16. Which of the following country has appointed its first female prime minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda?
    A) Liberia
    B) Gabon
    C) Andorra
    D) Norway



  17. Who became the youngest person to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester for his work campaigning against child poverty?
    A) Wayne Rooney
    B) Ruud van Nistelrooy
    C) Marcus Rashford
    D) Anthony Martial



  18. Indian player Ramesh Tikaram passed away recently of Coronavirus. He was related to which sport?
    A) Badminton
    B) Tennis
    C) Football
    D) Hockey



  19. On July 15th, 2020, which state observed School Education Day in the memory of state’s former CM K Kamaraj?
    A) Kerala
    B) Karnataka
    C) Odisha
    D) Tamil Nadu



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