Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020 || 21 Jul 2020 ||

Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020

21 JULY 2020

(Q.01) Who has launched the restructured Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 scheme and web portal?

  1. Prakash Javadekar
  2. Dr Jitendra Singh
  3. Jugal Kishore Sharma
  4. Dr Harsh Vardhan

Ans. :- (B) Dr Jitendra Singh

 

(Q.02) In July 2020, with which of the following has the Odisha government signed an MoU to give a boost to the state’s arts, craft, and handloom sectors?

  1. Flipkart
  2. Myntra
  3. Amazon
  4. Snapdeal

Ans. :- (A) Flipkart

 

(Q.03) On which day was the 117th birth anniversary of former CM of Tamil Nadu, K Kamaraj observed as School Education Day?

  1. 15 July
  2. 16 July
  3. 17 July
  4. 18 July

Ans. :- (A) 15 July

 

(Q.04) Northern Railway has made available 503 isolation coaches equivalent to 8,048 beds as COVID Care Centres at how many stations in Delhi?

  1. 06
  2. 07
  3. 08
  4. 09

Ans. :- (D) 09

 

(Q.05) By mid-July 2020, India’s Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 falls below how much per cent for the first time?

  1. 1.5
  2. 2.0
  3. 2.5
  4. 3.0

Ans. :- (C) 2.5

 

(Q.06) As per the Railway Ministry, the private trains are slated to run from which year?

  1. 2021
  2. 2022
  3. 2023
  4. 2024

Ans. :- (C) 2023

 

(Q.07) PM Narendra Modi’s Twitter account surpassed how many millions mark in July 2020, reaffirming him as the most followed Indian leader across the globe?

  1. 50
  2. 55
  3. 60
  4. 65

Ans. :- (C) 60

 

(Q.08) In July 2020, Income Tax Department has rolled out new Form ________ with an aim to assist Tax payers in filing quick and correct Income Tax Return (ITR).

  1. 24AH
  2. 26AS
  3. 28AJ
  4. 30AK

Ans. :- (B) 26AS

 

(Q.09) Which country’s historic journey to Mars has been successfully started from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan?

  1. Saudi Arabia
  2. Yemen
  3. UAE
  4. Oman

Ans. :- (C) UAE

 

(Q.10) In July 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Commission of which country has issued orders for the telecom companies to stop free internet services to its subscribers for accessing social media?

  1. Bhutan
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Myanmar

Ans. :- (B) Bangladesh

 

(Q.11) When is the International Chess Day celebrated?

  1. 18 July
  2. 19 July
  3. 20 July
  4. 21 July

Ans. :- (C) 20 July

 

(Q.12) Which of the following has announced the commercial launch of its Remdesivir under the brand name Desrem in India for treatment of coronavirus patients?

  1. Teva Pharmaceuticals
  2. Mylan
  3. Sanofi
  4. Novartis

Ans. :- (B) Mylan

 

(Q.13) In July 2020, British scientists have found how many distinct types of COVID-19, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms?

  1. 03
  2. 04
  3. 05
  4. 06

Ans. :- (D) 06

 

(Q.14) Britain’s GSK would invest 130 million pounds ($163 million) to buy a how much per cent stake in Germany’s CureVac?

  1. 05
  2. 08
  3. 10
  4. 12

Ans. :- (C) 10

 

(Q.15) Who has been named the global lead of Accenture Applied Intelligence in July 2020?

  1. Anil Aggrawal
  2. Pawan Munjal
  3. Varun Berry
  4. Sanjeev Vohra

Ans. :- (D) Sanjeev Vohra

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