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AUGUST – 08 | Daily Current Affairs 2020

SPORTS

1. The 2021 Women’s ODI World Cup is postponed to 2022. It will be held in which country?
A) India
B) Australia
C) New Zealand
D) Bangladesh
Answer: C) New Zealand
The 2021 Women’s ODI World Cup which was scheduled to take place in New Zealand between February 6 and March 7, has been postponed to February-March 2022.
New Zealand:
Capital: Wellington
Currency: New Zealand Dollar
ICC:
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chairman: Imran Khwaja(Interim)

OBITUARY

2. Mahender Khatri passed away. He is related to which field?
A) Actor
B) Politics
C) Musician
D) Scientist
Answer: B) Politics
Yamunagar district’s BJP president Mahender Khatri.

3. Nandi Yellaiah passed away. He is related to which state?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer: B) Telangana
Veteran Congress leader and eight-time parliamentarian from Telangana-Nandi Yellaiah.
Telangana:
Capital: Hyderabad
CM: K. Chandrashekar Rao
Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan

4. Which company signs MoU with UP government’s One District, One Product scheme?
A) Amazon
B) Flipkart
C) Snapdeal
D) Shop clues
Answer: B) Flipkart
Flipkart:
Hq: Bengaluru, Karnataka
CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy
Uttar Pradesh:
Capital: Lucknow
CM: Yogi Adityanath
Governor: Anandiben Patel

APPOINTMENTS

5. Who will be sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
A) Arjun Rajapaksa
B) Mahinda Rajapaksa
C) Sandhosh Rajapaksa
D) Saravana Rajapaksa
Answer: B) Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the country’s new prime minister for the fourth time. Party name—Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP) leader
Sri Lanka:
Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kota
Currency: Rupee

6. Government set up panel to fix ceiling rates under duty reimbursement scheme for exporters. Who is head of this committee?
A) G K Babu
B) G K Arun
C) G K Pillai
D) G K Ashok
Answer: C) G K Pillai
Members—3. The other two members are Y G Parande (retd CBIC member) and Gautam Ray (retd chief commissioner of custom and central excise).

7. Who is appointed as Inspector General in Central Reserve Police Force?
A) P S Ranipse
B) P S Vasu
C) P S Chandran
D) P S Sudhan
Answer: A) P S Ranipse

AWARDS

8. Which organization is awarded the Food Systems Vision Prize for its ‘Eat Right India’ movement?
A) FSSAI
B) IOC
C) CSIR
D) CBDC
Answer: A) FSSAI
FSSAI on being selected as one of the ten global organizations for the award by Rockefeller Foundation, in partnership with SecondMuse, and OpenIDEO for the ‘Eat Right India’ movement. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
USA:
Capital: Washington D.C
Currency: US Dollar
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India:
HQ: New Delhi
CEO: Shri Arun Singhal

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

9. Jammu and Kashmir Government plans to build how many Km highway along border to explore picturesque tourist sites?
A) 400 km
B) 600 km
C) 500 km
D) 900 km
Answer: B) 600 km
The Rs 8,000 crore road project will connect Gulmarg with Kargil and Drass in Ladakh.
Jammu and Kashmir:
Capital: Srinagar (summer), Jammu(winter)
Governor: Manoj Sinha

10. Which state government approved “Policy on Reservation of seats for Women in Village Employment Councils (VECs)”?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Karnataka
D) Meghalaya
Answer: D) Meghalaya
The State Government has brought the policy of reserving at least 50 per cent seats for women in the grassroot village level community institutions (VECs).
Meghalaya:
Capital: Shillong
CM: Conrad Sangma
Governor: Tathagata Roy

11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a week-long campaign to free India of garbage. What is the name of that campaign?
A) ‘Gandagi, Swachh Chorho’
B) ‘Garbage, Bharat Chorho’
C) ‘Gandagi, Bharat Chorho’
D) ‘Gandagi, Bharat Swachh’
Answer: C) ‘Gandagi, Bharat Chorho’

12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch financing facility of how much amount under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund?
A) Rs 3 lakh cr
B) Rs 1 lakh cr
C) Rs 8 lakh cr
D) Rs 5 lakh cr
Answer: B) Rs 1 lakh cr
He will also release the sixth instalment of funds of 17 thousand crore rupees to 8.5 crore farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme.

13. Which state government launches new Industrial Policy 2020 Focusing on MSMEs?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer: B) Gujarat
The Gujarat government, announced the new Industrial Policy 2020 for the State, with an expected average annual outlay of up to ₹8,000 crore.
Gujarat:
Capital: Gandhinagar
CM: Vijay Rupani
Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat

14. Delhi airport develops a portal for home-bound international passengers. What is the name of that app?
A) ‘AIR Sudha’
B) ‘AIR Suvidha’
C) ‘AIR Swachh’
D) ‘AIR Bharat’
Answer: B) ‘AIR Suvidha’

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