Current Affairs

1 August – 31 August 2020

India’s first Solar Powered Ferry "Aditya" won World's best

Electric boat for Passenger services

Guwahati gets First manhole cleaning Robot called

BANDICOOT. Third city to get after Gurugram and

Coimbatore

Q. American citizen Tahir Naseem was shot dead inside

which nation’s courtroom?

Ans: Pakistan

Q. Who represented India at the 6th BRICS Environment

Ministers’ Meeting?

Ans: Prakash Javadekar

Q. Which state government has approved ADB-funded Rs

1,000 crore project for farmers?

Ans: Maharashtra

Q. Name the nation who has released its first list of

verified news portals?

Ans: Bangladesh

Q. Which bank launched a campaign named ‘Kona Kona

Umeed’ recently.

Ans: Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q. The ‘mpay.me’ is the personalized UPI payment link

launched by which company?

Ans: MobiKwik

Q. Where is the headquarters of PayTM Money located?

Ans: Bengaluru

Q. When was world ranger day observed annually?

Ans: 31 July

Q. Who has won Prem Bhatiya award for outstanding

Journalism ?

Ans: Dipankar Ghosh

Q. Who has become the additional director of Great

Eastern Shipping Company Limited ?

Ans: Urjit Patel

Q. Which state government launched Sanjivani app

similar to aarogya Setu ?

Ans: Bihar

Q. Who is the current chief of R&AW (Research and

Analysis Wing) ?

Ans: Samant Goel

Q. United Arab Emirates has launched operations at the

Arab World's First nuclear power plant. It's name is ?

Ans: Barakah

Q. Which state has used aerial seeding technology to

improve green cover in the Aravali region ?

Ans: Haryana

Q. Which company has become the World's most valuable

company ?

Ans: Apple (CEO: Tim Cook & HQ: California)

Q. Which ministry launched programme under

“Gramodyog Vikas Yojana” to benefit artisans

manufacturing Agarbatti ?

Ans: Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium

Q. India tied up with which country for five new medicinal

research projects worth 8 million pounds?

Ans: United Kingdom

Q. Which state government launched “Ek Mask-Anek

Zindagi” (One mask, Many lives) public awareness

campaign recently?

Ans: Madhya Pradesh

Q. Who won Formula One British Grand Prix 2020 ?

Ans: Lewis Hamilton

Q..Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) launched helicopter service

in which state recently under UDAN scheme ?

Ans: Uttarakhand

Q. Which state government has received SKOCH Gold

Award for its Blockchain-based property registration

project?

Ans: Telangana

Q. Which country has collaborated with India to develop

rapid testing for COVID-19 in under 30 seconds ?

Ans: Israel

Q. World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is observed annually

on ?

Ans: August 1-7 (Theme: Support Breast feeding for a

healthier planet”)

Q. Which billion dollar startup is valued the highest

according to the Hurun India Unicorn Index 2020 ?

Ans: Paytm (2nd position is OYO Rooms)

Q. Former King of which Nation has exited the country

amid corruption allegations?

Ans: Spain (King Juan Carlos)

Q. Which nation gave warning to put TikTok out of

business if it is not sold by September 15?

Ans: USA

Q. Which nation has become the first one in the Arab

world to produce nuclear energy?

Ans: UAE

Q. Who became the captain with most sixes in

international cricket beating MS Dhoni of India?

Ans: Eoin Morgan ( England )

Q. Which billion dollar startup is valued the highest

according to the Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2020 ?

Ans: Ant Group ( Alibaba group affiliate )

Q. Who launched ‘Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan 2020-21’ to

popularize science among school students of class sixth

to Eleventh ?

Ans: Dr. Harsh Vardhan ( Union Minister for Ministry of

Science and Technology)

Q. Which state government launched cybercrime

awareness programme named ‘E-Raksha Bandhan’?

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

Q. Which nation’s President has barred federal agencies

from replacing its citizens with foreign workers?

Ans: USA

Q. Pakistan’s new political map includes parts of which

Indian state?

Ans: Gujarat

Q. Name the person who received the Karmaveer Chakra

of United Nations & iCONGO at ReX ConcLIVE ?

Ans: Sunil Yadav SS

Q. A massive explosion rocked which Nation's Capital city

on August 4, 2020?

Ans: Lebanon (in its capital Beirut)

Q. Which Chinese company pulled out as IPL's Title

Sponsor?

Ans: Vivo

Q. Which organization has organized international

webinar on the theme of ‘Lokmanya Tilak – Swaraj to

Self-reliant India’ in New Delhi ?

Ans: Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Q. Infosys Finacle was selected to digitally transform the

transaction banking business of national bank of which

country?

Ans: Bahrain

Q. Which state government signed MoU with Hindustan

Unilever Ltd, P&G and ITC to support economic

empowerment of women?

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

Q. Who has been appointed as the MD&CEO of HDFC

Bank with effect from October 27, 2020?

Ans: Sashidhar Jagdishan

Q. Which state planned to develop India’s 1st snow

leopard conservation centre?

Ans: Uttarakhand

Q. Northern railway’s 1st Vyapar Mala Express train ran

from Delhi to which state?

Ans: Tripura

Q. Which state government launched the unique identity

card, the Parivar Pehchan Patras ?

Ans: Haryana ( for effective and efficient delivery of

central and state schemes for the people)

Q. Which cities will be developed as smart cities in the

union territory of Ladakh ?

Ans: Leh & Kargil

Q. Which is the 1st country in the world which plans to

require Facebook & Google to pay for news content

provided by media companies?

Ans: Australia

Q. Which company has announced multi-year Strategic

Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services

(AWS)?

Ans: Bharti Airtel Ltd

Q. Which organization developed ‘COVID19BWM App’ to

track biomedical waste?

Ans: Central Pollution Control Board

Q. Which state’s villages have been recognised by UNESO

for Tsunami readiness?

Ans: Odisha

Q. When was the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima

atomic bomb attack observed?

Ans: 6th August ( in Japan)

Q. Name the party that won just one seat in Sri Lankan

Parliamentary Elections 2020?

Ans: UNP (United National Party)

Q. Which institute has signed an agreement with Gavi, the

vaccine alliance to accelerate manufacture and delivery

of 100 million doses of COVID Vaccine?

Ans: Serum Institute of India

Q. Who has been appointed as the new Comptroller and

Auditor General of India?

Ans: GC Murmu

Q. India’s first mobile RT-PCR COVID lab named ‘Mobile

Infection Testing and Reporting lab (MITR)’ was

developed by which institute?

Ans: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru

Q. The foundation stone of Indian Institute of

Management Sirmaur was laid at which state ?

Ans: Himachal Pradesh

Q. Which is the most valuable brand in the world as per

FutureBrand Index 2020?

Ans: Apple

Q. Which organization collaborated with Simplilearn to

upskill professionals in digital skills?

Ans: National Skill Development Corporation(NSDC)

Q. Which is 1st state in India to partner with Google India

to provide learning tools for schools?

Ans: Maharashtra

Q. Who is the chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Board of India (IBBI) ?

Ans: M S Sahoo

Q. Which language was dropped from list of examples of

foreign languages in National Education Policy?

Ans: Mandarin

Q. The Export-Import bank of India has extended a Line of

Credit of USD 250 million to which country?

Ans: Mozambique

Q. What is the current reverse repo rate (as on August 7,

2020)?

Ans: 3.35 %

Q. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed

MoU with which IIT to strengthen data-driven decision

making?

Ans: IIT Delhi

Q. Which ministry has launched a new version of the India

Water Resources Information System (India-WRIS)?

Ans: Ministry of Jal Shakti

Q. Who authored the book titled “Amazing Ayodhya”?

Ans: Neena Rai

Q. Who has been appointed as the new Lieutenant

Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)?

Ans: Manoj Sinha

Q. Which technology company launched a new file-

sharing feature ‘Nearby Share’?

Ans: Google

Q. World Tribal Day observed on which day ? Ans: 9

August

Q. Which E-commerce Company has tied up with Uttar

Pradesh for the One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme

?

Ans: Flipkart (To bring artisans, weavers and craftsmen

into mainstream business)

Q. Who has released the state-wise data in the EnviStats

India 2020 report ?

Ans: National Statistical Office (NSO)

Q. Recently China has claimed half of which country ?

Ans: Tazikistan

Q. Wrestling legend James Harris passed away at the age

of 70 recently. He was popularly known by which name?

Ans: Kamala (in WWE)

Q. Which nation declared a state of environmental

emergency on August 7, 2020?

Ans: Mauritius (due to oil spill )

Q. Mt. Sinabung Volcano erupted recently, it is in which

country ?

Ans: Indonesia

Q. Which nation will host ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021?

Ans: India

Q. Which municipal corporation of India will provide

forestland right certificates to people of urban area ?

Ans: Jagdalpur (in Chhattisgarh) It became the first to do

that

Q. 2300 km Submarine Optical Fibre Cable recently

inaugurated by PM Modi connect which two states and

union Territory ?

Ans: Chennai & Andaman and Nicobar

Q. Researchers from which IIT has won Gandhian Young

Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards 2020 for

generating electricity from wet clothes?

Ans: IIT Kharagpur

Q. The Dragon Endeavour is the spacecraft of which

space company?

Ans: Space X

Q. What is the name of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine

launched by Russia ?

Ans: Sputnik V

Q. When was World Tribal Day observed? Ans: 9 August

Q. Which nation has decided to construct a standalone

war memorial for the Indian soldiers martyred in 1971

War?

Ans: Bangladesh

Q. Union ministers Piyush Goyal & Pralhad Joshi has

dedicated the railway museum at which city to the

nation?

Ans: Hubbali (Karnataka)

Q. Which state has launched the anti-bullying campaign

(part of teen age police initiative)?

Ans: Haryana (Faridabad Police) To report any form of

bullying in the schools, colleges, neighbourhood, home

and workplace on their social media page

Q. What is the maximum loan amount under the

Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS), a

credit guarantee scheme for MSME?

Ans: 10 Crore

Q. Which state government has announced the launch of

“Indira Van Mitan Yojana” to support forest dwellers?

Ans: Chhattisgarh

Q. Which state signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA)

with IIT Delhi to set up a Geographical Information

System (GIS) based platform?

Ans: Bihar ( Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB)

Q. Which Indian Umpire has been included in the ICC

panel of international umpires ?

Ans: KN Ananthapadmanabhan

Q. Which state government has entered in a partnership

with Boston group to provide employment in its State ?

Ans: Andhra Pradesh (CM: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy)

Q. Which city became the first one to put a female logo on

its traffic signal ?

Ans: Mumbai

Q. Which company topped in the Future Brand Index 2020

?

Ans: Apple

Q. Central government has abolished Cotton Advisory

Board recently. Who is the present textile minister of

India?

Ans: Smriti Irani

Q. Name the portal on human-elephants conflict which

was launched by Union Environment minister Prakash

Javadekar.

Ans: Surakhsya

Q. Which company received Federal Communications

Commission’s (FCC) approval for Project Kuiper satellite

constellation ?

Ans: Amazon (to provide internet access)

Q. Name the Lebanon Prime Minister who resigned after

Beirut Blast ?

Ans: Hassan Diab

Q. Who launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)

academy, an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based free

mobile online training course ?

Ans: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Union Minister for Jal

Shakti)

Q. Who launched KrishiMegh along with the KVC ALUNET

(Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Chhatr Alumni Network) ?

Ans: Narendra Singh Tomar (Union Minister of Agriculture

& Farmers’ Welfare)

Q. Who has won the sixth consecutive presidential term

of Belarus recently ?

Ans: Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (Belarus Capital

is Minsk)

Q. Which company has unveiled ‘Special Revival

Campaign’ to revive lapsed policies ?

Ans: Life insurance corporation

Q. Which state has signed MoU with Tata projects limited

and IIT Mumbai to construct smog tower?

Ans: Delhi

Q. Who heads the “National Expert Group on Vaccine

Administration” formulated by central government ?

Ans: Dr VK Paul

Q. Who has become the new chairman of Indian Council

for Research on International Economic Relations

(ICRIER) ?

Ans: Pramod Bhasin

Q. Which is the India’s 1st private aerospace company to

test fire 1st of its kind upper stage rocket engine named

“Raman”?

Ans: Skyroot Aerospace (aerospace startup)

Q. Which two Indian players retired from International

Cricket ?

Ans: MS Dhoni & Suresh Raina

Q. Name the country which shares AI based technology

and high-end equipment with AIIMS Delhi. Ans: Israel

Q. When was the annual World Organ Donation Day

observed ?

Ans: 13 August

Q. Which University topped the ranking of Central

University released by Ministry of Education ?

Ans: Jamia Milia Islamia University

Q. Name the state which observes Patriots’ day annually

on August 13.

Ans: Manipur (to commemorate the 1891 Anglo-Manipuri

war)

Q. Who launched “Transparent Taxation – Honoring the

Honest” platform of Income tax department?

Ans: PM Narendra Modi

Q. Name the app which has won “AtmaNirbhar App

Innovation Challenge” in social category.

Ans: Chingari

Q. Which company will be the official sponsor of the

Indian Team for Tokyo Olympics ?

Ans: INOX group

Q. Which organisation published a report titled

“Elephants. Not commodities”?

Ans: World Animal Protection

Q. The Shaurya KGC Card is an agriculture loans

instrument launched by which bank ?

Ans: HDFC Bank (for military and paramilitary )

Q. E-commerce platform ‘Yellow Chain’ has been

launched by which state ?

Ans: Nagaland (to promote local business &

entrepreneurship in State)

Q. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive

Officer of GoAir?

Ans: Kaushik Khona

Q. ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’ campaign has been launched by

which bank to encourage its customers for digital

banking?

Ans: Punjab National Bank

Q. Which State topped in the implementation of the Atal

Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

(AMRUT) scheme ?

Ans: Odisha

Q. Which of the following organized “India@75 Summit –

Mission 2022” in August 2020?

Ans: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

Q. Where was the 5th BRICS Minister of Environment

Meeting held ?

Ans: Sau Paulo, Brazil

Q. Which Arab country has agreed to the the Abraham

Accord agreement with Israel ?

Ans: United Arab Emirates ( UAE )

Q. NITI Aayog has selected which company to help it to

modernize IT infra for Aspirational Districts programme?

Ans: Oracle

Q. The Lok Sabha has started a beginner-level course in

which language recently ?

Ans: French

Q. What is the name of the offshore patrol vessel (OPV)

launched for the Indian Coast Guard from its

headquarters at New Delhi in August 2020?

Ans: Sarthak

Q. National Stock Exchange (NSE) joined hands with

which institute to offer platform for investor education ?

Ans: IIM Bangalore

Q. In August 2020, India signed an MoU with which

country on space cooperation?

Ans: Nigeria

Q. Mukti Caravan’ is the campaign of which foundation?

Ans: Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation

Q. Who has become the 1st ever national brand

ambassador of Aligarh Municipal Corporation?

Ans: Shahzan Mujeeb

Q. Who authored the book titled “A Bend in Time: Writings

by Children on the Covid-19 pandemic” ?

Ans: Bijal Vachharajani

Q. Tamil Nadu Honours WHO Chief Scientist For Helping

State Fight COVID-19. What is her name ?

Ans: Soumya Swaminathan

Q. Which bank launched 'Adopt Digital' campaign to

promote digital banking ? Ans: Punjab National Bank

(PNB)

Q.Who has been appointed as the new Meghalaya

Governor?

Ans: Satya Pal Malik ( He was Governor of Jammu and

Kashmir at the time of abrogation of Article 370 )

Q. With which nation for the first time Israel has

established direct phone links recently ? Ans: United Arab

Emirates (UAE)

Q. Which institute ranked first in the list of top innovative

educational institutes in India? Ans: IIT Madras

Q. Which nation’s Presidential Election Results 2020 have

caused massive uproar and protests?

Ans: Belarus (Capital: Minsk) in Europe

Q. ISRO has named a crater on Moon after which scientist

?

Ans: Vikram Sarabhai (Chandrayaan 2 has captured the

image of crater on the Moon)

Q. Who heads the committee formed by central

government to reconsider the minimum age for marriage

for women?

Ans: Jaya Jaitly

Q. Which ministry has launched ‘Nasha-Mukt Bharat’

campaign?

Ans: Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment

Q. Which railway station of Uttar Pradesh is recently

renamed as ‘Banaras railway station’?

Ans: Manduadih railway station

Q. The two fly-overs of which city of Gujarat was named

after Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj?

Ans: Ahemdabad

Q. Aircraft of Indian Air Force flied to which country with

58 MT of emergency humanitarian aid recently?

Ans: Lebanon

Q. The central government has set the target to achieve

10% bio-ethanol blending of petrol by which year?

Ans: 2022

Q. Which two countries have agreed the historic peace

agreement namely ‘Abraham Accord’?

Ans: Israel and UAE

Q. With which IIT, Flipkart has signed MoU to support the

industry focused applied research?

Ans: IIT Patna

Q. What is the theme for “India Healthcare Week” which

was observed between 17th – 21st August 2020 ?

Ans: Redefining Healthcare Ecosystem

Q. Who has launched the first of its kind e-portal named

“Swasthya” (a tribal health and nutrition portal) ?

Ans: Arjun Munda (Union Minister of Tribal Affairs)

Q.Who has become the first Indian American to accept

Democratic Party nomination for US Vice President’s

post?

Ans: Kamala Harris

Q. With which two countries India is launching Supply

Chain Resilience Initiative to counter China ?

Ans: Japan & Australia

Q. Which city was ranked at the top in the Swachh

Survekshan 2020 rankings list?

Ans: Indore, Madhya Pradesh (2nd Surat & 3rd Navi

Mumbai)

Q. Which town was adjudged as the cleanest town on the

banks of river Ganga in Swachh Survekshan 2020

rankings?

Ans: Varanasi

Q. When is the World Mosquito Day marked?

Ans: 20 August ( to raise awareness about the causes of

malaria and how it can be prevented )

Q. Which International organisation has funded 1 billion

dollars for the for Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit

System (RRTS)?

Ans: Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Q. Which payments bank has launched an Aadhaar

authentication based digital savings account ‘Jan Bachat

Khata’?

Ans: Fino Payments Bank

Q. Which state/UT’s police has signed MoU with All India

Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) for ‘Dhanwantari Rath’?

Ans: Delhi Police

Q. People's Bank of China (PBOC) has acquired a stake in

which Indian private sector bank?

Ans: ICICI Bank

Q. Which state announced to reserve all government jobs

to the people belonging to its state?

Ans: Madhya Pradesh

Q. Which institution is to set up a new Umbrella entity for

retail payments?

Ans: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Q. Which state will be the first one in India to offer

government jobs based on the CET score?

Ans: Madhya Pradesh (Common eligibility test (CET)

which will be conducted by the proposed National

Recruitment Agency)

Q. Which organization published the report titled, “Youth

and COVID-19: Impacts on Jobs, Education, Rights and

Mental Well-being”?

Ans: International Labour Organization (ILO)

Q. Which state government has decided to provide Rs 50

lakh insurance cover to private doctors who die of COVID-

19 infection?

Ans: Maharashtra

Q. India’s first air bubble in South Asia will be established

with which nation?

Ans: Maldives

Q. Which short film won the first prize in the online short

film contest organised by the Information and

Broadcasting Ministry?

Ans: Am I

Q. Who has been appointed as the new election

commissioner of India ?

Ans: Rajiv Kumar

Q. Who won the World snooker championship 2020 ?

Ans: Ronnie O'Sullivan

Q. Who wrote the book ' One arranged murder ' ? Ans:

Chetan Bhagat

Q. which country has tied up with the Uttar Pradesh

Government, India for water resource management in

Bundelkhand ?

Ans: Israel

Q. Which state has started campaign ' Ek Sankalp -

Bujurgo ke Naam ?

Ans: Madhya Pradesh

Q. Who has been appointed as the new MD of State Bank

of India ?

Ans: Ashwani Bhatia

Q. Which is the First Foreign Bank in India to launch

'Green Deposit Program' ?

Ans: HSBC BANK

Q. Name the company which partnered with National Skill

Development Corporation to offer a free digital education

platform for skill development ?

Ans: IBM

Q. Which company launched Kormo Jobs android app in

India ?

Ans: Google

Q. Which ministry has launched the scheme Nayi Udan ?

Ans: Ministry of Minority Affairs

Q. According to survey by NCERT, how many percentage

of students don't have smartphone or laptop to

participate in online classes ?

Ans: 27 %

Q. Flipkart has tied up with which country's E-Commerce

Firm Sastodil ?

Ans: Nepal

Q. What is the name of the app developed by NHAI for

greener highways ?

Ans: Harit Path

Q. Who has become second zoo in the country to bring

hunting cheetah under animal exchange program ?

Ans: Mysore Zoo (First : Hyderabad Zoo)

Q. Recently in which Union Territory digital health card

scheme has been launched ?

Ans: Chandigarh

Q. Which Indian participated in the the 5th world

conference of speakers of parliament ?

Ans: Om Birla (Speaker of Lok sabha)

Q. Which state has launched a new scheme to promote

bio-floc fish farming system?

Ans: Odisha

Q. Which nation has discovered the biggest-ever natural

gas reserve in the Black Sea?

Ans: Turkey

Q. Which state’s government has launched India’s longest

ropeway over Brahmaputra river?

Ans: Assam

Q. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of

State Bank of India ?

Ans: Ashwani Bhatia

Q. Which regional rural bank has partnered with SBI

General Insurance Company to sell general insurance

products?

Ans: Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank

Q. Which private sector bank has partnered with

Accenture for its digital transformation journey ?

Ans: RBL Bank

Q. Which bank has collaborated with AddaCorner to

launch ‘Online Home Carnival’?

Ans: State Bank of India

Q. Tata capital limited has launched new service called,

‘Swift Insta Personal Loans’ on which platform?

Ans: Whatsapp

Q. India’s longest river ropeway project on Brahmaputra

river was inaugurated in which state?

Ans: Assam (Guwahati Passenger Ropeway Project)

Q. “Thumbimahotsavam 2020” is the 1stever dragonfly

festival of which state?

Ans: Kerala

Q. Which company has launched ‘The Anywhere School’

initiative to boost online education ?

Ans: Google

Q. Indian railways has generated 6 lakh 40 thousand man-

days of work under which scheme in 6 states?

Ans: Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan

Q. Which country has launched remote sensing satellite

named “Gaofen-9 05” recently?

Ans: China

Q. Which company has been awarded Global water award

?

Ans: Va Tech Wabag

Q. Who has won the women's British open 2020 Golf

tournament ?

Ans: Sophia Popov

Q. Who was won the Swachhata hi Seva award ?

Ans: NLCIL(NLC India limited) for transforming Neyveli

Township, Tamil Nadu

Q. Which is 1st bank in India to use satellite data to

access credit worthiness of farmers?

Ans: ICICI Bank

Q. Which general insurance company has launched the

first of its kind ‘Shagun – Gift an Insurance’ policy

recently?

Ans: SBI General Insurance Company

Q. Which company has partnered with NITI Aayog’s

Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) to support

women entrepreneurs in India?

Ans: Tech Mahindra

Q. Name the Indian who has bagged the first-ever gold for

India in Mental Calculation World Championship (August

2020).

Ans: Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash

Q.Which nation will host BRICS games in 2021?

Ans: India

Q. Who has become the first-ever fast bowler to take 600

Test wickets?

Ans: James Anderson (England)

Q. Which railway station has introduced baggage

sanitization and wrapping machine recently?

Ans: Ahmedabad Railway station

Q. The students of which IIT has discovered ‘2020 QG’,

the closest known asteroid to fly by Earth?

Ans: IIT Bombay

Q. Name the mobile app which was launched by Indian

Air Force?

Ans: My IAF

Q. Kevin Mayer stepped down as CEO of which company

on August 26, 2020 ?

Ans: TikTok

Q. Who has become the first person to hit a net worth of

$200 billion?

Ans: Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO)

Q. Which bank has launched one stop business solution

named,‘Omni collect’ in India?

Ans: HSBC India

Q. Which state’s Chief Minister has approved Rs 200

crore worth package for poor families affected by COVID-

19?

Ans: Odisha

Q. Which continent was declared wild polio free by World

Health organization in August 2020?

Ans: Africa

Q. Who has become the first bowler to take 500 wickets

in T20 cricket ?

Ans: Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)

Q. Which state topped Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness

Index 2020 ?

Ans: Gujarat (2nd Maharashtra)

Q. Which university became the first in the India to

establish a space innovation cum incubation centre with

ISRO ?

Ans: Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT),

Odisha

Q. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana completed how many

years on August 28, 2020?

Ans: 6 Years

Q. Which bank has introduced ‘Liberty Savings Account’

for the Indian youth ?

Ans: Axis Bank (It also covers Covid-19 Hospitalization

expenses making it first of its kind in Savings account)

Q. Who has become youngest to get International booker

prize 2020 ?

Ans: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Age: 29, Country:

Netherlands, Book Name: the discomfort of the evening)

Q. Who represented India at the virtual ASEAN-India

Business Council Meet on August 27?

Ans: Piyush Goyal (Commerce and Industry Minister)

Q. Which nation’s Prime Minister has resigned due to

worsening health condition?

Ans: Japan (PM: Shinzo Abe )

Q. Which state/UT government has launched ‘Healthy

Body, Healthy Mind’ campaign for students?

Ans: Delhi

Q. Which company has partnered with UNICEF to map

internet connectivity landscape for schools in 35

countries by the end of 2023?

Ans: Ericsson (Swedish Telecom Company)

Q. Who released the report titled, “COVID-19: Are Children

Able to Continue Learning During School Closures?”

Ans: UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)

Q. The Business with an annual turnover of up to how

much are exempted from GST (August 2020) ?

Ans: Rs 40 lakh

Q. Name the Kerala’s 1st marine ambulance which was

inaugurated by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan recently ?

Ans: Pratheeksha

Q. Which state/UT has launched ‘Iraada’ campaign to

include eligible left-out beneficiaries under social welfare

schemes?

Ans: Jammu and Kashmir

Q. Who launched Next Gen Start-up challenge "Chunauti"

?

Ans: Union Information Technology Minister, Ravi

Shankar Prasad

Q. Which department has decided to integrate electronic

Pension Payment Order (e-PPO) with DigiLocker?

Ans: Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

(DoPPW), Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and

Pension

Q. Which country has launched India backed

infrastructure projects like Hulhumale Central Park and

renovation of the Arrival Jetty recently?

Ans: Maldives

Q. “Kiran” helpline launched by which ministry to launch

mental health rehabilitation?

Ans: Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment

Q. Tsar’s bomb, that was seen in news recently, was

developed by which country?

Ans: Russia

Q. What is the position of India in the global ranking of

average wages ?

Ans: 72 ( Top position : Switzerland)

Q. Recently in news Dachigam National Park is located in

which state/UT? Ans: Jammu and Kashmir

Q. Which automobile manufacturer has launched a Virtual

Racing Championship in India?

Ans: Volkswagen Motorsport India

Q. Which Union Ministry launched ‘National GIS-enabled

land bank system’?

Ans: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q. What is the name of the new Mental health

rehabilitation helpline of Social Justice Ministry?

Ans: Kiran

Q. Which organisation distributes bee boxes under the

‘Honey Mission’ scheme?

Ans: Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

Q. Who was awarded Eklavya award recently by Madhya

Pradesh Government ?

Ans: Ishika Chaudhary (Junior hockey)

Q. Which state government has launched Major Dhyan

Chand Vijay path Yojana

Ans: Uttar Pradesh

Q. Which bank won the Brandon Human Capital

management excellence award 2020 ?

Ans: State Bank of India (SBI)