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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

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 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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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?

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 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

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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

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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?

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 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?

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 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

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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

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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

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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 Donald Trump' is written by which of the following?

 Michael Larsen  Barack Obama  Michael Cohen  Carl Bernstein

2.To support start ups which of the following launched 'Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge- Innovate Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar Bharat' to support start ups?

 Ravi Shankar Prasad  Piyush Goyal

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 Raj Kumar Singh  Ravi Shankar Prasad

3.AIFF and SAI jointly launched, which of the following Web Platform to Promote Football?

 E-Learning  E-Shiksha  E-Pathshala  E-Padhai

4.From which state the Home Ministry has withdrawn 10,000 security personnel?

 Maharashtra  Rajasthan  J & K  Assam

5.In Swachh Survekshan 2020 rankings, on the banks of Ganga river which of the following town is ranked as cleanest town?

 Varanasi  Allahabad  Rishikesh  Haridwar

6.which of the following has been awarded Star 2020 e-citation certification by world book of records?

 Seema Verma  Ganesh Vilas Lengare  Kamala Harris  Pramila Jayapal

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7.‘DEEKSHAK’ e-classroom software has been developed by which of the following IIT?

 IIT Delhi  IIT Roorkee  IIT Mumbai  IIT Kharagpur

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