Current Affairs Quiz 13th August 2020: Daily Quiz MCQ for Bank Exam

Current Affairs 13th August 2020 Quiz

Here is the Current Affairs Quiz of 13th August 2020 covering the following topics: ACJ Award 2019, Raman, Indira Van Mitan Yojana, Bombay Stock Exchange, Lebanon.

The Current Affairs Quiz will help you to revise the Current Affairs which constitutes a major part of General Awareness section in a competitive examination and hence it needs your undivided attention. To complement your preparation for General Awareness section of the upcoming exams like SBI Clerk Mains, RBI Assistant Mains and SEBI Grade A Prelims, we are providing you Current Affairs Quiz of 13th August 2020 covering the following topics: ACJ Award 2019, Raman, Indira Van Mitan Yojana, Bombay Stock Exchange, Lebanon.

Q1. ________ has been launched to fulfil the requirements of the services and infrastructure requirements of Digital Agriculture of National Agricultural Research and Education System.
(a) DIGI-AGRI
(b) Crop Megh
(c) Agri Cloud
(d) Krishi Megh
(e) Digi Krishi

Q2. Name the person who has been appointed as executive chairman of the Capital India Finance Limited.
(a) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
(b) Ajay Tyagi
(c) Govinda Rajulu Chintala
(d) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
(e) Mohammad Mustafa

Q3. Which day is being celebrated by the United Nations as the International Youth Day every year?
(a) 10th August
(b) 11th August
(c) 12th August
(d) 13th August
(e) 14th August

Q4. Name Indian e-commerce payment system and financial technology company which has launched India’s first pocket Android POS device for contactless ordering & payments.
(a) PhonePe
(b) Freecharge
(c) MobiKwik
(d) PayZapp
(e) Paytm

Q5. Name the noted Urdu Poet who passed away recently. He was also a bollywood lyricist.
(a) Afsar Maudoodi
(b) Rahat Indori
(c) Hamid Ullah Afsar
(d) Kalim Aajiz
(e) Jan Nisar Akhtar

Q6. Name the veteran Tamil film songwriter who passed away recently. He is known for penning the lyrics of songs in films like Thaipirandhal Vazhi Pirakum and Kaveriyin Kanavan.
(a) Harris Jayaraj
(b) Gangai Amaran
(c) M. Ghibran
(d) Vidyasagar
(e) PK Muthusamy

Q7. The Prime Minister of Lebanon and his entire government has resigned in the wake of the major blast in Beirut. Who is the prime minister of Lebanon?
(a) Fayez al-Sarraj
(b) Omar Razzaz
(c) Hassan Diab
(d) Imad Khamis
(e) Hassan Rouhani

Q8. Bombay Stock Exchange has signed an MoU with Akola, _______-based bullion trade and industry associations to enhance cooperation between the BSE and physical markets represented by the two trade bodies.
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Assam
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Punjab

Q9. Which state government has announced the Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana for the current Kharif season?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Haryana
(c) Sikkim
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Gujarat

Q10. Which state government has launched the “Indira Van Mitan” Yojana to make the forest dwellers of the state self reliant?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Nagaland
(c) Manipur
(d) Tripura
(e) Odisha

Q11. Who among the following has won the K.P. Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism?
(a) Sudhir Chaudhary
(b) Shekhar Gupta
(c) Shiv Sahay Singh
(d) Prannoy Roy
(e) Rajat Sharma

Q12. Name the Spacetech startup which has successfully test fired an upper stage rocket engine “Raman” and become the first Indian private firm to exhibit the potential to build a homegrown rocket engine.
(a) Skyroot Aerospace
(b) Earth2Orbit
(c) Bellatrix Aerospace
(d) Dhruva Space
(e) Pixxel Aerospace

Q13. Which of the following has become the first city in India to have women symbols on traffic signals and signage?
(a) Chennai
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Jaipur
(e) Gurugram

Q14. Who among the following has won the Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ) Award 2019 for Investigative Journalism?
(a) Tavleen Singh
(b) Vikram Chandra
(c) Sweta Singh
(d) Shoma Chaudhury
(e) Nitin Sethi

Q15. What is the theme of International Youth Day 2020?
(a) Transforming Education
(b) Safe Spaces for Youth
(c) Youth Engagement for Global Action
(d) Youth Building Peace
(e) Youth Civic Engagement

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol.“Krishi Megh” has been launched to fulfil the requirements of the services and infrastructure requirements of Digital Agriculture of National Agricultural Research and Education System.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala has been appointed as executive chairman of the Capital India Finance Limited.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. United Nations celebrates the International Youth Day on 12th August every year.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Paytm has launched India’s first pocket Android POS device for contactless ordering & payments.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Noted Urdu Poet Rahat Indori passes away. He was also a bollywood lyricist.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Veteran Tamil film songwriter, PK Muthusamy passed away. He is known for penning the lyrics of songs in films like Thaipirandhal Vazhi Pirakum and Kaveriyin Kanavan.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Hassan Diab and his entire government has resigned, in the wake of the major blast in Beirut.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bombay Stock Exchange has signed an MoU with Akola, Maharashtra-based bullion trade and industry associations to enhance cooperation between the BSE and physical markets represented by the two trade bodies.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. Gujarat government has announced the Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana for the current Kharif season.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Chhattisgarh Government has launched the “Indira Van Mitan” Yojana to make the forest dwellers of the state self reliant.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Shiv Sahay Singh has won the K.P. Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism.

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Skyroot Aerospace has successfully test fired an upper stage rocket engine “Raman” and become the first Indian private firm to exhibit the potential to build a homegrown rocket engine.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Mumbai has become the first city in India to have women symbols on traffic signals and signage.

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. Nitin Sethi has won the Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ) Award 2019 for Investigative Journalism.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. The theme of International Youth Day 2020 is “Youth Engagement for Global Action”.

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