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August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 17 August 2020 1.Kailash Satyarthi(a Child rights activist) has launched anti-trafficking drive in which state? Andhra Pradesh Bihar MP UP 2.The President of which country has announced a historic peace agreement between Israel and UAE on August 13, 2020? India China US UK 3.To financially empower its women population, Orunodoi scheme was launched by which of the following state? Assam Chhattisgarh Odisha Jharkhand 4.What is the rank of Mukesh Ambani in Bloomberg Index in terms of richest persons in the world? 4th 6th By hpgsnotes.com Page 1 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 8th 10th 5.Via which city the Katra-Delhi Express Road Corridor project will connect Delhi to Katra? Dharamsala Amritsar Haridwar Shimla 6.To provide soft loans and subsidies to the unemployed youths which state launched Karma Sathi Prakalpa scheme? Rajasthan Maharashtra Uttrakhand West Bengal 7.To acquire how many ship-based drones Indian Navy has pushed an urgent proposal? 10 50 20 100 8.Recently how many new exoplanets were discovered by NASA? 100 88 77 66 By hpgsnotes.com Page 2 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 9.In which city Amazon.com Inc has launched its online pharmacy? Delhi Banglore Chennai Bengaluru 10.Under AMRUT Scheme Ranking, 2020 which state emerged as topper? Andhra Pradesh Odisha Karnataka Himachal Pradesh 11.To buy the Russian vaccine of COVID-19 which of the following countries regsitered? Vietnam India Malaysia Taiwan 18 August 2020 1.Which one of the following launched the "Transparent Taxation - Honoring the Honest" platform of IT department? Smriti Irani Amit Shah Narendra Modi Rajnath Singh By hpgsnotes.com Page 3 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 2.Which one of the following launched 15 products developed by Defence PSUs and OFB? Smriti Irani Amit Shah Narendra Modi Rajnath Singh 3.How many children across the world lacked basic hand-washing facilities in their schools? Around 808 Million Around 818 Million Around 828 Million Around 918 Million 4.Which one of the following has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of GoAir? Kaushik Khona Jehangir Wadia Rahul Bhatia Vinay Dube 5.In the Waters of River Yamuna, which IIT found WHO listed Priority Pathogens? IIT Srinagar IIT Delhi IIT Kanpur IIT Bombay The research team of IIT-Delhi found the critical group and multi drug resistant bacteria of the World Health Organization's(WHO's) 2017 list of antibiotic resistant priority pathogens. By hpgsnotes.com Page 4 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 6."UVSAFE", UVGI Based Room Disinfection Device has been developed by which of the following IIT? IIT Kolkata IIT Kanpur IIT Bombay IIT Ropar 7.To Enhance RoadSafety, which state/UT Govt Signed MoU with Bloomberg Philanthropies? Andaman and Nicobar Delhi Maharashtra Puducherry 8.To encourage its customers for digital banking, which bank launched ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’ campaign? Canara Bank South Indian Bank State Bank of India Punjab National Bank 9.By which year India aims to Achieve Zero Road Fatalities? 2035 2028 2040 2030 By hpgsnotes.com Page 5 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 10.With which country India Signs MoU on Space Cooperation? Nigeria USA Uganda Iran 11."eBikeGO" appointed whom as its Brand Ambassador? Suresh Raina Harbhajan Singh MS Dhoni Sachin Tendulkar 12.For more than 1.74 Lakh Students, which state provide Free Smart phones? Himachal Pradesh Bihar Haryana Punjab 19 August 2020 1.Along with MS Dhoni which indian cricket player announced retirement from International Cricket? Yuvraj Singh Suresh Raina KL Rahul Rohit Sharma By hpgsnotes.com Page 6 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 2.Under the aegis of which agency a new National Cyber Security Strategy 2020 (NCSS 2020) is announced by PM Modi? Defence Planning Committee National Cyber Coordination Centre Research and Analysis Wing National Security Council Secretariat 3.For the Optical fibre connectivity project in India the estimated amount allocated is Rs 12,078 crore Rs 25,164 crore Rs 42,068 crore Rs 30,000 crore 4.In how many days, villages of India are targeted to be connected with the optical fibre network? 1000 days 500 days 100 days 750 days 5.According to Nitin Gadkari, in which year India will achieve zero road accident fatalities? 2030 2025 2028 2040 6.In implementation of AMRUT scheme which state is emerged top in list of states? By hpgsnotes.com Page 7 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 Himachal Pradesh Rajasthan Odisha Andhra Pradesh 7.To launch Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based module for school students NITI Aayog partnered with which IT industry body? INTROCHAM NABARD ASII Nasscom 8.A Flood forecasting Initiative launched by Central Water Commission in association with company? Infosys Apple Google Microsoft 9.The Formula One Spanish Grand Prix 2020 won by which one of the following? Lewis Hamilton Charles Leclerc Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas By hpgsnotes.com Page 8 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 20 August 2020 1.On the occasion of Independence Day 2020, which ministry has launched 'Fit India Freedom Run'? Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Health and Family Affairs Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports 2.‘Nasha-Mukt Bharat’ campaign is launched by which union ministry? Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 3.'Ayush for Immunity' campaign is launched by Ministry of AYUSH has launched to promote Ayush solutions in the entire world is of what duration? 1 year 6 months 4 months 3 months 4.The CM of Madhya Pradesh announced that name of Gwalior Chambal Expressway will be changed after whom? Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sushma Swaraj Arun Jaitley Narendra Modi By hpgsnotes.com Page 9 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 5.To re-examine the marriage age for women, the committee formed is headed by whom? Vasudha Kamath Dipti Shah Vinod Paul Jaya Jaitly 6.A new strain of coronavirus that is ten times more dangerous has been detected by which country? China US Uk Malaysia 7.Which of the following has been appointed as new DG of the Border Security Force (BSF)?(Director-General) Rajesh Ranjan Udyan Banerjee Sudhir Kumar Rakesh Asthana 8.To which country's citizen Google has warned that their possibility of losing their access to free search services? Taiwan US Australia China 9.Recently Chandrayaan- 2 has captured an image of a crater on Moon which is named by ISRO after whom? By hpgsnotes.com Page 10 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 APJ Abdul Kalam Atal Bihari Vajpayee Albert Einstein Vikram Sarabhai 10.In India, which of the following will get COVID-19 vaccine first? Senior Citizens Chidrens below 5 years Corona Warriors None of the Above 21 August 2020 1.Which company has been given the title sponsorship for IPL 2020? Vivo Samsung Dream11 Mpaisa 2.The Book "Full Spectrum: India's Wars, 1972-2020" is written by whom? Gal Gadot Sharon Stone Prithvi Singh Brar Arjun Subramaniam 3.On Independence Day 2020, which state launched 'Yellow-Chain' e-commerce platform? Himachal Pradesh Rajasthan Nagaland By hpgsnotes.com Page 11 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 Manipur 4.In the top innovative educational institutes list in India, which institute topped the list? IIT Delhi IIT Madras IIT Roorkie IIT Kolkata 5.The additional charge of being the Governor of Goa has been given to which of the following? Vajubhai Vala Acharya Devvrat Bhagat Singh Koshyari PS Sreedharan Pillai 6.Who has been appointed as the new Meghalaya Governor? Satya Pal Malik Acharya Devvrat Bhagat Singh Koshyari RN Ravi 7.To revive country’s economy, 'Restart Mission' is started by which of the following state? Nagaland Tripura Meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh By hpgsnotes.com Page 12 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 8.First-ever World Solar Technology Summit will held on which date? August 24th August 28th August 27th September 8th 9.For school students, ‘PadhaiTuhar Para’ scheme was launched by which state? Haryana Punjab Chhattisgarh West Bengal 22 August 2020 1.A e-portal named "Swasthya" had been launched by which of the following? Harsh Vardhan MN Pandey Arjun Munda Narendra Modi 2.What is rank of Akshay Kumar in Forbes’ list of highest paid actors for the year 2020? 1st 2nd 4th 6th 1st Rank-Dwayne Johnson By hpgsnotes.com Page 13 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 3.To join ADB as Vice-President which of the following has resigned as the Election Commissioner of India? Sunail Lambar Suhel Jamekar Achal Kumar Jyoti Ashok Lavasa 4.To give priority to India’s COVID 19 vaccine, which country has promised? Australia Sri Lanka Indonesia Bangladesh 5.For which year, a target has been set by union government to achieve 10% bio-ethanol blending of petrol? 2030 2022 2025 2028 6. Which of the following state government has introduced the new state emblem? Chhattisgarh Rajasthan Jharkhand Gujarat By hpgsnotes.com Page 14 August 2020 Current Affairs Week-4 7.The two fly-overs of Ahmedabad was named after Sushma Swaraj and which of the following? Narendra Modi Atal Bihari Bajpai Arun Jaitley Jawahar Lal Nehru 8.In which region of India, the government is planning to build a new road? Ladakh North-East Srinagar None of the Above 23 August 2020 1.The book 'Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President