Current Affairs Quiz: 17 August 2020
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1. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has launched which of the following partnership of State Govt, YuWaah for youth development?
a) Punjab Soul
b) Pride of Punjab
c) Variety of Punjab
d) Punjab choice

2. Which of the Indian gets, a Non-Profit Journalism Website Bags Prem Bhatia award 2020?
a) Dipankar Ghose
b) Sudhir Choudhary
c) Arnab Goswami
d) Ravish Kumar

3. The first recipient of Nehru Award was?
a) Martin Luther King
b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
c) Mother Teresa
d) U Thant

4. Who among the following is a winner of the Indira Gandhi Award for National integration?
a) Aruna Asaf Ali
b) Ashok Kumar
c) Sundarlal Bahuguna
d) M. G. K. Menon

5. The hunting and gathering economy can support only _____.
a) 1 person per sq. km
b) 3 persons per sq. km
c) 5 persons per sq. km
d) 7 persons per sq. km

6. The largest gulf in the world is?
a) Gulf of Mexico
b) Persian Gulf
c) Gulf of Carpentaria
d) Gulf of Mannar

7. Which state Government of India has instituted the Samman Award?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh

8. In which year was MIDI(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) introduced?
a) 1987
b) 1983
c) 1973
d) 1977

9. NASA recently discovered how many new exoplanets?
a) 78
b) 66
c) 54
d) 81

10. Amazon.com Inc has launched its online pharmacy in which Indian city?
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Chennai
d) Bengaluru

11. Which nation has registered to buy the Russian COVID-19 vaccine?
a) Australia
b) Malaysia
c) Indonesia
d) Vietnam

12. The US-brokered a historic peace agreement between Israel and which nation on August 13, 2020?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Qatar
c) UAE
d) Bahrain

13. Which two nations warships engaged in 'mini collision' in the eastern Mediterranean on August 12?
a) Israel, Italy
b) Greece, Turkey
c) Egypt, Jordan
d) Lebanon, Turkey

14. Which Indian state’s ruling government won the vote of confidence in the state assembly on August 14, 2020?
a) Karnataka
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Gujarat

15. Indian Navy has pushed an urgent proposal to acquire how many ship-based drones?
a) 10
b) 21
c) 8
d) 19

Answers:
b) Pride of Punjab
a) Dipankar Ghose
d) U Thant
a) Aruna Asaf Ali
a) 1 person per sq. km
a) Gulf of Mexico
c) Madhya Pradesh
b) 1983
b) 66
d) Bengaluru
d) Vietnam
c) UAE
b) Greece, Turkey
c) Rajasthan
a) 10

Also Read: Current Affairs Quiz: 14 August 2020

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