Current Affairs Quiz: 22 August 2020
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1. Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for a 2nd consecutive 5-year term?
a) Keith Rowley
b) David Abdulah
c) Garvin Nicholas
d) Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan

2. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly launched NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NPCI?
a) Dilip Apse
b) Arif Khan
c) AR Ramesh
d) Ritesh Shukla

3. What is the name that has been given to the interactive first-of-its-kind game on COVID-19, launched by the Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan?
a) Corona Fighters
b) Corona King
c) Corona Yoddha
d) Corona Warrior

4. Which of the following central government departments has launched its new official logo displaying three goals of the department, Accuracy, Validity, and Reliability?
a) Department of Revenue
b) Department of Science and Technology
c) Labour Bureau
d) Department of Economic Affairs

5. Which of the following technology companies has launched an employment application named ‘Kormo Jobs’ in India?
a) Apple
b) Google
c) Microsoft
d) IBM

6. International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is observed on?
a) March 25
b) April 21
c) May 23
d) June 20

7. ‘World Senior Citizens Day’ is celebrated on?
a) August 19
b) August 20
c) August 21
d) August 22

8. Which nation has reopened select visa services for Indian students, researchers & teachers?
a) US
b) UK
c) Japan
d) France

9. Which state government has decided to provide Rs 50 lakh insurance cover to private doctors who die of COVID-19 infection?
a) Delhi
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Jharkhand

10. India’s first air bubble in South Asia will be established with which nation?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Maldives
c) Nepal
d) Bangladesh

11. Which short film won the first prize in the online short film contest organised by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry?
a) Am I
b) Ab India Banega Bharat
c) 10 Rupees
d) Respect

12. A new ICMR study has proposed what alternative to swabs for COVID-19 sample collection?
a) Ear wax
b) Eye Fluid
c) Blood
d) Gargled Water

13. Which nation is looking for collaboration with India to mass-produce its COVID-19 vaccine?
a) China
b) US
c) Russia
d) Brazil

14. Which state will be the first one in India to offer government jobs based on the CET score?
a) Telangana
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Delhi
d) Maharashtra

15. When did Chandrayaan-2 complete one year in orbit around the moon?
a) August 20th
b) August 5th
c) July 30th
d) August 21st

Answers:
a) Keith Rowley
d) Ritesh Shukla
a) Corona Fighters
c) Labour Bureau
b) Google
a) March 25
c) August 21
d) France
b) Maharashtra
b) Maldives
a) Am I
d) Gargled Water
c) Russia
b) Madhya Pradesh
a) August 20th

Also Read: Current Affairs Quiz: 21 August 2020

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