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AUGUST – 31 | Daily Current Affairs 2020

SPORTS

1. Nihal Sarin is related to which sports?
A) Chess
B) Cricket
C) Boxing
D) Wrestling
Answer: A) Chess

• Russia were declared Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh as joint winners of the 2020 Online Chess Olympiad.
• Koneru Humpy, the world rapid champion, was beaten by Alexandra Goryachkina and D Harika drew with Alexandra Kosteniuk.

2. Which team wins Fifth Straight Women’s Champions League title beating Wolfsburg?
A) Boca Juniors
B) Lyon
C) Arsenal
D) Sao Paolo
Answer: B) Lyon

OBITUARY

3. Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away. He served as which President of India?
A) 11
B) 12
C) 13
D) 14
Answer: C) 13
Bharat Ratna – 2019.
Padma Vibhushan -2008.

4. Dr S Padmavati passed away. She is known as which name?
A) ‘God Mother of Cardiology’
B) ‘God Mother of epidemiology’
C) ‘God Mother of ecclesiology’
D) ‘God Mother of pharmacology’
Answer: A) ‘God Mother of Cardiology’

• Noted cardiologist Dr S Padmavati has died at 103 due to COVID-19.
• Dr S Padmavati, an eminent cardiologist, rather the first female cardiologist of the India, popularly known as ‘God Mother of Cardiology’ passed away.
• Padma Bhushan – 1967.
• Padma Vibhushan -1992.

BANKING AND FINANCE

5. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance introduces customer service chatbot on Google Assistant. What is the name of that chatbot?
A) ‘SunGo’
B) ‘LiGo’
C) ‘IPGo’
D) ‘IcGo’
Answer: B) ‘LiGo’
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance:
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
MD & CEO : N. S. Kannan

6. RBI extended the validity of its directions to Rupee Co-operative Bank by three months till November 30, 2020.what is headquarters of Rupee Co-operative Bank?
A) Mumbai, Maharashtra
B) Pune, Maharashtra
C) Jalgaon, Maharashtra
D) Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Answer: B) Pune, Maharashtra
19.55 Crore for FY20.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

7. A book named ‘The 21-Day Immunity Plan: How to Rapidly Improve Your Metabolic Health and Resilience to Fight Infection’ is written by whom?
A) Dr Tagore Malhotra
B) Dr Aseem Malhotra
C) Dr Ashok Malhotra
D) Dr Manoj Malhotra
Answer: B) Dr Aseem Malhotra
He is a UK-based Indian-origin doctor.

APPOINTMENTS

8. Aveek Sarkar has been elected Chairman of Press Trust of India succeeds whom?
A) Suresh Kumar Chopra
B) Vijay Kumar Chopra
C) Manoj Kumar Chopra
D) Ravi Kumar Chopra
Answer: B) Vijay Kumar Chopra
Aveek Sarkar is the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications.

9. Kiara Advani is appointed as Brand Ambassador of Myntra . She is related to which field?
A) Singer
B) Actor/Actress
C) Writer
D) Sports
Answer: B) Actor/Actress

10. Mustapha Adib is appointed as Prime Minister of which country?
A) Uruguay
B) Oman
C) Chile
D) Lebanon
Answer: D) Lebanon
Lebanon:
Capital : Beirut
Currency : Lebanese Pound

AWARDS

11. Roohi Sultana has been selected for National Teachers Award 2020. She is related to which state/UT?
A) Delhi
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Chandigarh
D) Goa
Answer: B) Jammu & Kashmir
Roohi Sultana, a Kashmir based teacher, who uses ‘play way method’ to teach her students has been selected for National Teachers Award 2020 which she dedicated to her students and education department.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

12. Which IIT backed startup has developed a nanotech-coating on textiles that can deactivate coronavirus within five minutes of contact?
A) IIT Hyderabad
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Mandi
D) IIT Kozhikode
Answer: B) IIT Madras
Startup Name – Muse Nanobots.

13. Indian Railways develops remote-controlled medical trolley to deliver food, medicines to COVID-19 patients. what is the that trolley?
A) WARBOT
B) WARDBOT
C) MEDBOT
D) SENBOT
Answer: C) MEDBOT

14. Which IIT has launched AIR Scanner, a free-of-cost document-scanning mobile application?
A) IIT Madras
B) IIT Hyderabad
C) IIT Bombay
D) IIT Mandi
Answer: C) IIT Bombay
The AI (Artificial Intelligence) based Reading Assistant and Document Scanner app is developed by Rohit Kumar Chaudhary and Kavin Agrawal, both students of IIT Bombay.

15. Which organization has developed world’s largest solar tree?
A) CSIR-CMERI
B) CSIR-NCL
C) CSIR-CRRI
D) CSIR-CAPF
Answer: A) CSIR-CMERI

• CSIR-CMERI has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which is installed at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony, Durgapur. Prof.(Dr.) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, while elaborating about the technology stated that, “The installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp. It has the annual capacity to generate 12,000-14,000 units of Clean and Green Power”.
• There are a total of 35 Solar PV Panels in each tree with a capacity of 330 wp each.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

16. Which Ministry has inaugurated Technology Centre at Bhiwadi in Alwar District of Rajasthan through video conferencing?
A) Home Ministry
B) MSME Ministry
C) Finance Ministry
D) Education Ministry
Answer: B) MSME Ministry
Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises:
Minister : Nitin Gadkari
Constituency : Nagpur. Maharashtra
Rajasthan:
Capital:Jaipur
CM: Ashok Gehlot
Governor: Kalraj Mishra

17. According to Pralhad Joshi, India aims to achieve 100 MT coal gasification target by which year?
A) 2050
B) 2030
C) 2025
D) 2024
Answer: B) 2030
Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines:
Minister :Pralhad Joshi
Constituency :Dharwad, Karnataka

18. Festival of Onam is celebrated by Kerala. It is celebrated to honor the memory of which king?
A) King Moolam Thirunal
B) King Sthanu Ravi Varma
C) King Mahabali
D) King Marthanda Varma
Answer: C) King Mahabali
Kerala:
Capital : Thiruvananthapuram
CM : Pinarayi Vijayan
Governor : Arif Mohammed Khan

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