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1. Noted Carnatic musician Dr B Siva Kumar passed away recently, he was proficient in which musical instrument?
a) Piano
b) Tabla
c) Veena
d) Flute
2. Who has won the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix 2020 held at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain?
a) Lewis Hamilton
b) Fernando Alonso
c) Max Verstappen
d) Sebastian Vettel
3. As per the draft plan prepared by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the “One Sun, One World, One Grid” (OSOWOG) initiative will connect how many countries through a common grid that will be used to transfer solar power?
a) 110 Countries
b) 130 Countries
c) 160 Countries
d) 140 Countries
4. What amount the Reserve Bank of India has decided to transfer as dividend to the central government accounting year 2019-20?
a) ₹ 57,128 crore
b) ₹ 67,328 crore
c) ₹ 77,168 crore
d) ₹ 87,126 crore
5. Which intergovernmental organization has launched project ’Nirmanshree’ for enhancing the women skill towards housing construction sector?
a) EU
b) ASEAN
c) BRICS
d) SAARC
6. Famous sportsperson Chetan Chauhan passed away recently, he was associated with which sport?
a) Football
b) Cricket
c) Badminton
d) Tennis
7. Which of the following banks has launched ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’ campaign to encourage customers to use digital banking channels?
a) Punjab National Bank
b) SBI
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Canara Bank
8. When is World Humanitarian Day observed?
a) August 15th
b) August 16th
c) August 17th
d) August 19th
9. Whose death anniversary was observed on August 16, 2020?
a) Sushma Swaraj
b) Arun Jaitley
c) Sheila Dikshit
d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
10. Bihar has extended lockdown restrictions till when?
a) September 6th
b) September 30th
c) August 31st
d) September 15th
11. Which country has detected new coronavirus strain that is ten times more infectious?
a) Malaysia
b) China
c) US
d) Italy
12. Google has warned which nation’s citizens of the possibility of losing their access to free search services?
a) US
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) Pakistan
13. Who will get coronavirus vaccine first in India?
a) People with comorbidities
b) Children below 5 years
c) Adults above 65 years
d) Coronavirus Warriors
14. Chandrayaan- 2 recently captured an image of a crater on Moon. ISRO has named the crater after whom?
a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b) K Sivan
c) Vikram Sarabhai
d) APJ Abdul Kalam
15. PM Modi announced the launch of which two new projects for the conservation of India’s most endangered species during his Independence Day speech?
a) Project Rhino, Project Elephant
b) Project Leopard, Project Panda
c) Project Tiger, Project Dolphin
d) Project Barasingha, Project Heron
Answers:
c) Veena
a) Lewis Hamilton
d) 140 Countries
a) ₹ 57,128 crore
a) EU
b) Cricket
a) Punjab National Bank
d) August 19th
d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
a) September 6th
a) Malaysia
b) Australia
d) Coronavirus Warriors
c) Vikram Sarabhai
c) Project Tiger, Project Dolphin
Also Read: Current Affairs Quiz: 17 August 2020
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