Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020 || 24 Jul 2020 ||

Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020

24 JUL 2020

(Q.01) In July 2020, NHPC has inked an MoU with GEDCOL to form a joint venture for developing floating solar energy projects in which state?

1. Bihar
2. Jharkhand
3. Odisha
4. West Bengal

Ans. :- (C) Odisha

(Q.02) Which of the following has announced collaboration with UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Limited for providing all the PAN card services to the citizens digitally PAN India at all its facilitation centers?

1. Alankit Ltd.
2. Tata Teleservices Ltd.
3. Inspirisys Solutions Limited
4. Invest India

Ans. :- (A) Alankit Ltd.

(Q.03) Which of the following has launched South Korea’s first military communications satellite, ANASIS-II, into space?

1. NASA
2. Roscosmos
3. Space X
4. JAXA

Ans. :- (C) Space X

(Q.04) Who has been appointed as the Director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in July 2020?

1. Keshav Chandra
2. P Amudha
3. Ajay Kumar
4. Aditya Negi

Ans. :- (A) Keshav Chandra

(Q.05) Which of the following awards will be posthumously conferred to the legendary animation director Arnab Chaudhuri in 2020?

1. 24FPS Animation Awards
2. Legend of Animation Award
3. TASI Viewers Choice Awards
4. Anifest India Awards

Ans. :- (B) Legend of Animation Award

(Q.06) The new MoU signed between CBDT and CBIC in July 2020, supersedes the MoU signed between CBDT and the erstwhile Central Board of Excise and Customs in which year?

1. 2013
2. 2014
3. 2015
4. 2016

Ans. :- (C) 2015

(Q.07) Which of the following days is observed on July 22 all around the world?

1. World Braille Day
2. World Water Day
3. Pi Approximation Day
4. World Pulses Day

Ans. :- (C) Pi Approximation Day

(Q.08) Rear Admiral Mohammad Shaheen Iqbal has been appointed as the next Chief of the Navy of which country?

1. Bangladesh
2. Pakistan
3. Myanmar
4. Laos

Ans. :- (A) Bangladesh

(Q.09) Where was the 53rd Biel International Chess Festival held?

1. Sweden
2. Switzerland
3. Finland
4. Denmark

Ans. :- (B) Switzerland

(Q.10) Who among the following will step down as Non-Executive Chairman of Bajaj Finance on July 31, 2020?

1. Hritik Bajaj
2. Ajay Bajaj
3. Rahul Bajaj
4. Pawan Bajaj

Ans. :- (C) Rahul Bajaj

(Q.11) In July 2020, which of the following countries has been granted Observer status by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council?

1. Turkmenistan
2. Uzbekistan
3. Kazakhstan
4. Mongolia

Ans. :- (A) Turkmenistan

(Q.12) When is the National Broadcasting Day observed?

1. 20 July
2. 21 July
3. 22 July
4. 23 July

Ans. :- (D) 23 July

(Q.13) Which of the following has recently launched India’s first numberless card?

1. Amazon
2. Paytm
3. Freecharge
4. FamPay

Ans. :- (D) FamPay

(Q.14) Who has been nominated to be the vice-chairman of the Security Platform of the Paris-based Union Internationale Des Chemins/International Union of Railways (UIC) in July 2020?

1. Arun Kumar
2. Satish Gupta
3. Om Prakash
4. Sarthak Saxena

Ans. :- (A) Arun Kumar

(Q.15) India has successfully conducted 3 flight tests of which of the following indigenously developed anti-tank guided missiles from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha in July 2020?

1. Amogha
2. Nag
3. Jasmine
4. Dhruvastra

Ans. :- (D) Dhruvastra