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1. Who Released Ebook, 'Connecting, Communicating, Changing' Chronicling the Vice President's 3rd year in office?
a) Sashi Tharoor
b) Chetan Bhagat
c) Prakash Javadekar
d) None of these
2. Which company unveils 'Special Revival Campaign' to revive lapsed policies?
a) Birla Sunlife
b) LIC
c) Bajaj
d) Jeevan Beema
3. Who is the new Chairperson of the think tank of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations(ICRIER)?
a) Isher Judge Ahluwalia
b) Pramod Bhasin
c) Dr. Rajat Kathuria
d) None of these
4. Which state/UT government Signed an MoU with IIT-Bombay and Tata Projects Limited for Smog Tower?
a) Goa
b) Haryana
c) Delhi
d) Punjab
5. India signed a contract for Development of 5 Eco-Tourism Zones with?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Bangladesh
c) Maldives
d) Singapore
6. Who is the author of the book "Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World"?
a) Arundhati Roy
b) Dalai Lama
c) Vikram Seth
d) Anita Desai
7. Atal Innovation Mission in association with Dell Technologies launched which Edition of Student Entrepreneurship Program?
a) 1st
b) 2nd
c) 3rd
d) 4th
8. Which nation’s Presidential Election Results 2020 have caused massive uproar and protests?
a) Armenia
b) Belgium
c) South Korea
d) Belarus
9. Israel for the first time established direct phone links recently with which nation?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Qatar
c) UAE
d) Russia
10. Which institute ranked first in the list of top innovative educational institutes in India?
a) IIT Delhi
b) IIT Madras
c) IIT Bombay
d) IIT Kanpur
11. When will PM Modi announce Swachh Survekshan 2020 results?
a) August 20th
b) September 2nd
c) September 9th
d) September 30th
12. Who has been given the additional charge of being the Governor of Goa?
a) Vajubhai Vala
b) Acharya Devvrat
c) Arif Mohammad Khan
d) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
13. Who has been appointed as the new Meghalaya Governor?
a) Satya Pal Malik
b) Najma Heptulla
c) PS Sreedharan Pillai
d) RN Ravi
14. When will the first-ever World Solar Technology Summit be held?
a) August 20th
b) September 8th
c) September 12th
d) August 31st
15. Which Indian Cricketer has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by the National Sports Awards Committee?
a) Shikhar Dhawan
b) Jasprit Bumrah
c) Rohit Sharma
d) KL Rahul
Answers:
c) Prakash Javadekar
b) LIC
b) Pramod Bhasin
c) Delhi
c) Maldives
b) Dalai Lama
b) 2nd
d) Belarus
c) UAE
b) IIT Madras
a) August 20th
d) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
a) Satya Pal Malik
b) September 8th
c) Rohit Sharma
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