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1. Who unveiled a microwave device named 'Atulya' that can disinfect any premises in just 30 seconds?
a) Smriti Irani
b) Ramesh Pokhriyal
c) Nitin Gadkari
d) Yogi Adityanath
2. Which state is providing free smartphones to more than 1.74 lakh students?
a) Punjab
b) Rajasthan
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
3. Who has been appointed as Brand Ambassador of eBikeGO?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Harbhajan Singh
c) MS Dhoni
d) Yuvraj Singh
4. Who has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd?
a) Subhash Sheoratan Mundra
b) Sameer Gehlaut
c) R S Mundra
d) None of these
5. When was the World Organ Donation Day 2020 celebrated?
a) 11 August
b) 12 August
c) 13 August
d) 9 August
6. Which state has launched the 'Orunodoi' Scheme to provide Financial Assistance?
a) Goa
b) Haryana
c) Assam
d) Sikkim
7. Which bank has rolled out "KCC (Kisan Credit Card) Review option" for Farmers?
a) Central Bank of India
b) State Bank of India
c) Union Bank of India
d) HDFC
8. India is launching the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative to counter China along with which two nations?
a) US, Israel
b) Japan, Australia
c) UK, France
d) Italy, Germany
9. The Home Ministry has withdrawn 10,000 security personnel from which state/ UT?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Manipur
d) Assam
10. Which town was adjudged as the cleanest town on the banks of river Ganga in Swachh Survekshan 2020 rankings?
a) Rishikesh
b) Haridwar
c) Varanasi
d) Allahabad
11. Which city was ranked at the top in the Swachh Survekshan 2020 rankings list?
a) Surat
b) Navi Mumbai
c) Bhopal
d) Indore
12. Who has become the first Indian American to accept Democratic Party nomination for US Vice President’s post?
a) Nikki Haley
b) Kamala Harris
c) Pramila Jayapal
d) Seema Verma
13. Whose birth anniversary was observed on August 20th?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Rahul Gandhi
d) Rajiv Gandhi
14. Which state has launched the Indira Rasoi Yojana?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Punjab
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Rajasthan
15. Which country is ranked first in the number of organic farmers?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Switzerland
c) India
d) Finland
Answers:
c) Nitin Gadkari
a) Punjab
b) Harbhajan Singh
a) Subhash Sheoratan Mundra
c) 13 August
c) Assam
b) State Bank of India
b) Japan, Australia
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Varanasi
d) Indore
b) Kamala Harris
d) Rajiv Gandhi
d) Rajasthan
c) India
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