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1. Which PSU has won the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019?
a) GAIL
b) NTPC
c) BEL
d) ONGC
2. Bastille Day is celebrated on?
a) July 12
b) July 13
c) July 15
d) July 14
3. Malala day is celebrated on?
a) July 14
b) July 12
c) July 11
d) July 13
4. Darpan Portal of which state has received the Elites Excellence Awards 2020?
a) Maharashtra
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Haryana
d) Jharkhand
5. Qualcomm is based out of?
a) USA
b) South Korea
c) Japan
d) China
6. Bulk Drug Park of India is to be set up in which state?
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Jharkhand
7. India's second Voluntary National Review (VNR) report has been presented by which organization?
a) NITI Aayog
b) DRDO
c) Ministry of Finance
d) DMRC
8. Who has been appointed as India's new High Commissioner to Bangladesh?
a) Rajendra Tandon
b) Vikram Doraiswami
c) Navtej Sarna
d) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
9. The Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is in which state?
a) Kerala
b) Tamilnadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka
10. When is Nelson Mandela International Day observed?
a) July 20th
b) July 18th
c) July 22nd
d) July 31st
11. The United Nations has designated Noor Wali Mehsud as a global terrorist. He is the chief of which terror group?
a) Al-Qaeda
b) Lashkar-e-Omar,
c) Jaish ul-Adl
d) Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan
12. As per the latest UN report, which nation has recorded the largest reduction in multidimensional poverty?
a) Myanmar
b) Sri Lanka
c) Bangladesh
d) India
13. Which state government has announced financial assistance for the kin of Anganwadi, ASHA workers who succumb to COVID in line of Duty?
a) Karnataka
b) West Bengal
c) Odisha
d) Jharkhand
14. When will the newly-elected Rajya Sabha MPs take the oath?
a) July 30th
b) July 22nd
c) July 31st
d) July 20th
15. When will gigantic Asteroid 2020ND make its closest approach to Earth?
a) July 24th
b) August 14th
c) September 15th
d) August 20th
Answers:
b) NTPC
d) July 14
b) July 12
b) Chhattisgarh
a) USA
b) Punjab
a) NITI Aayog
b) Vikram Doraiswami
a) Kerala
b) July 18th
d) Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan
d) India
c) Odisha
b) July 22nd
a) July 24th
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