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AUGUST – 01 | Daily Current Affairs 2020

IMPORTANT DAYS

1. World Lung Cancer Day is observed on which date?
A) August 2
B) August 3
C) August 5
D) August 1
Answer: D) August 1

OBITUARY

2. Amar Singh passed away. He is related to which field?
A) Actor
B) Singer
C) Politician
D) Professor
Answer: C) Politician
Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, 64, passed away.

3. Filmmaker Alan Parker passed away. He is related to which country?
A) USA
B) UK
C) UAE
D) China
Answer: B) UK
British filmmaker Alan Parker, director of movies ranging from Bugsy Malone, a gangster comedy featuring children armed with machineguns that fired cream, to the tense prison drama Midnight Express, died.
United Kingdom:
Capital: London
Currency: Pound Sterling

APPOINTMENTS

4. Who is appointed as NTPC Director Commercial?
A) Varun Kumar Mondol
B) Chandan Kumar Mondol
C) Madhan Kumar Mondol
D) Tarun Kumar Mondol
Answer: B) Chandan Kumar Mondol
NTPC Limited:
HQ: New Delhi, India
Chairman: Shri Gurdeep Singh

5. Sumit Deb is appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NMDC Limited. He succeeds whom?
A) N. Bala Kumar
B) N. Bajaj Kumar
C) N. Baijendra Kumar
D) N. Barvai Kumar
Answer: C) N. Baijendra Kumar

AWARDS

6. Who has won the prestigious Zinnov Award 2020 for his contribution to the field of artificial intelligence and data analytics?
A) Sunil Kumar Vuppala
B) Sandhosh Kumar Vuppala
C) Senthil Kumar Vuppala
D) Ravi Kumar Vuppala
Answer: A) Sunil Kumar Vuppala

7. Who won Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting?
A) Divakar Ghose
B) Dinesh Ghose
C) Dipankar Ghose
D) Dhanush Ghose
Answer: C) Dipankar Ghose

• P. Sainath’s People’s Archive of India wins the Prem Bhatia Award 2020.
• The award for reporting on environmental and development issues was given to the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), a journalism website.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

8. Which country starts up Arab world’s first nuclear power plant in the country?
A) Iran
B) Iraq
C) Afghanistan
D) UAE
Answer: D) UAE
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced the startup of its Barakah nuclear power plant, scoring another first for the Arab world.
UAE:
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Currency: UAE Dirham

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

9. Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland and Uttarakhand have joined the ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ scheme. How many states are totally connected as of now under the One Nation One Ration Card initiative?
A) 21
B) 22
C) 23
D) 24
Answer: D) 24
Nagaland:
Capital: Kohima
CM: Neiphiu Rio
Governor: R N Ravi
Manipur:
Capital: Imphal
CM: N. Biren Singh
Governor: Najma Heptulla
Uttarakhand:
Capital: Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer)
CM: Trivendra Singh Rawat
Governor: Baby Rani Maurya
Jammu and Kashmir:
Capital: Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)
Governor: Girish Chandra Murmu

10. Tamil Nadu government renames three Metro Rail stations in Chennai. According to a government order, the Alandur station will be called which name?
A) ‘Arignar Anna Alandur Metro’
B) ‘Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Alandur Metro’
C) ‘Periyar Alandur Metro’
D) ‘Puratchi Thalaivi Dr J Jayalalithaa Alandur Metro’
Answer: A) ‘Arignar Anna Alandur Metro’

Tamil Nadu:
Capital: Chennai
CM: Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Governor: Banwarilal Purohit

11. Madhya Pradesh begins ‘Ek Mask-Anek Zindagi’ public awareness campaign in Bhopal. What is the meaning of ‘Ek Mask-Anek Zindagi’?
A) One mask-many Safety
B) One mask-many Lives
C) One mask-many Security
D) One mask-many Healthy
Answer: B) One mask-many Lives
Madhya Pradesh:
Capital: Bhopal
CM: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Governor: Anandiben Patel

12. Which Ministry launched ‘Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21 for popularizing science among school students of Class 6th to 11th?
A) Home Ministry
B) Ministry of Education
C) Ministry of Health
D) Ministry of Finance
Answer: C) Ministry of Health
It was designed to identify the bright minds with a scientific aptitude among the student community.
Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences:
Minister: Dr Harshavardhan
Constituency: Chandni Chowk, Delhi

13. MSME Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari launches Khadi’s Gift Box of Silk Mask. This mask is developed by which organization?
A) KVIC
B) CSIR
C) NAL
D) DRDO
Answer: A) KVIC
Khadi and Village Industries Commission:
Hq: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman: Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena
Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises:
Minister: Nitin Gadkari
Constituency: Nagpur, Maharashtra

14. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched an app to market residential properties. What is the name of that app?
A) ‘CREDAI Awaas App’
B) ‘CREDIT Awaas App’
C) ‘DEBIT Awaas App’
D) ‘HOUSE Awaas App’
Answer: A) ‘CREDAI Awaas App’

• Housing Ministry has also launched NAREDCO’s online portal ‘HousingforAll.com’
• Puri released the knowledge pack of the government’s ‘Affordable Rental Housing Complexes’ (ARHCs) programme, which has been recently launched to provide rental accommodations to migrant and urban poor.
• Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India.

Housing and Urban Affairs, Civil Aviation:
Minister: Hardeep Singh Puri
Constituency: Rajaya sabha MP, Uttar Pradesh

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