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1. The 6th round table of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT) was organized recently. Which country holds the chairmanship of ASEAN 2020?
a) Vietnam
b) Cambodia
c) Laos
d) Malaysia
2. Who is/are going to receive the 2020 leadership award from the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)?
a) Anand Mahindra & Shantanu Narayen
b) Shantanu Narayen & Satya Nadella
c) Satya Nadella & Sundar Pichai
d) None of the above
3. Who among the following was not conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in national sports awards 2020?
a) Rohit Sharma
b) Manika Batra
c) Shashi Malik
d) Vinesh Phogat
4. Name the person who has been appointed as the Managing Director of State Bank of India.
a) PK Gupta
b) Ashwani Bhatia
c) Arijit Basu
d) Dinesh Khara
5. Name the ministry which has signed MoU with Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) and FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) for women empowerment.
a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
b) Ministry of Tourism
c) Ministry of Women and Child Development
d) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
6. Which insurance company was renamed as Care Health Insurance company recently?
a) Religare Health Insurance Company Limited
b) Indraprastha Medical Corporation Limited
c) Aster DM Healthcare Limited
d) Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited
7. Tata capital limited has launched a new service called, ‘Swift Insta Personal Loans’ on which platform?
a) Twitter
b) Facebook
c) Instagram
d) WhatsApp
8. Which bank has collaborated with AddaCorner to launch ‘Online Home Carnival’?
a) PNB
b) HDFC
c) SBI
d) ICICI
9. Which regional rural bank has partnered with SBI General Insurance Company to sell general insurance products?
a) Allahabad UP Gramin Bank
b) Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
c) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
d) Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank
10. Name the country which discovered the large natural gas reserve off the Black Sea.
a) Russia
b) Turkey
c) Bulgaria
d) Ukraine
11. Name the organization which invited countries to join its COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) facility by August 31, 2020.
a) World Health Organisation
b) Amnesty International
c) United Nations Children’s Fund
d) Commonwealth of Nations
12. Which state’s Chief Minister has urged the centre to reopen Delhi Metro in a phased manner?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) West Bengal
c) Maharashtra
d) Delhi
13. Which nation’s state oil company has suspended its USD 10 bn worth China oil refinery project?
a) UAE
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Qatar
d) Oman
14. Which state has launched a new scheme to promote bio-floc fish farming system?
a) Odisha
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Telangana
d) Chattisgarh
15. Who has replaced Ashok Lavasa as the new Election Commissioner?
a) Rajiv Kumar
b) Pranab Bardhan
c) Subramanian Swamy
d) Sanjeev Sanyal
Answers:
a) Vietnam
a) Anand Mahindra & Shantanu Narayen
c) Shashi Malik
b) Ashwani Bhatia
b) Ministry of Tourism
a) Religare Health Insurance Company Limited
d) WhatsApp
c) SBI
c) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
b) Turkey
a) World Health Organisation
d) Delhi
b) Saudi Arabia
a) Odisha
a) Rajiv Kumar
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