Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank | Free PDF – 20th August ‘2020

Q1) The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has opened a quality control laboratory for seafood exporters in which city?

1. Hyderabad
2. Kollam
3. Porbandar
4. Kolkata

Q2) Which company in association with the Central Water Commission(CWC) of India has launched the flood forecasting initiatives across India for the past several months?

1. Facebook
2. Google
3. Amazon
4. Microsoft

Q3) Which state has announced to launh “Padhai Tuhar Para” scheme?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Jharkhand
3. Rajasthan
4. Chhattisgarh

Q4) Nishikant Kamat, who passed away recently, was a renowned _________?

1. Filmmaker
2. Author
3. Doctor
4. Sculptor

Q5) The Ministry of AYUSH has launched a three-month campaign to raise awareness about affordable practices for boosting immunity. Name the campaign?

1. Food and Immunity
2. Diet and Health
3. Natural Immunity
4. Ayush for Immunity

Q6) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has appointed whom as executive director (ED)?

1. VK Verma
2. GP Garg 
3. SN Sharma
4. BN Sahu

Q7) Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF)?

1. S S Deswal
2. Rakesh Asthana
3. Rajesh Ranjan
4. Rajni Kant Misra

Q8) Renowned vocalist Pandit Jasraj, who passed away recently, belonged to which Music Gharana?

1. Gwalior Gharana
2. Indore Gharana
3. Patiala Gharana
4. Mewati Gharana

Q9) Which company has won the title sponsorship for Indian Premier League 2020?

1. Dream 11
2. Patanjali
3. Byju’s
4. Unacademy

Q10) Satya Pal Malik has been appointed as the new Governor of which state?

1. Assam
2. Meghalaya
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Uttarakhand

Q11) A new strain of the novel coronavirus called ‘D614G’ has been detected in which country?

1. China
2. Vietnam
3. Malaysia
4. Thailand

Q12) Which Chinese smartphone major will distribute 2,500 handsets worth Rs 2 crore to support online education of children in India?

1. OPPO
2. Vivo
3. Huawei
4. Xiaomi

Q13) Government has formed a five members panel to probe into Kozhikode plane crash under whose chairmanship?

1. Ravi Krishna
2.  S S Chahar
3. Ashutosh Vasistha
4. G. Rajsekhar

Q14) The Gwalior-Chambal Expressway will be named  after which late Political Leader?

1. Arun Jaitely
2. Sushma Swaraj
3.  Manohar Parrikar
4. Atal Bihar Vajpayee

Q15) Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has laid the foundation stone for 13 highway projects worth Rs 3,000 crore in which state?

1. Mizoram
2. Assam
3. Manipur
4. Sikkim

Q16)  The All India Football Federation and Sports Authority of India have joined hands to launch which web platform to promote football?

1. E-Pathshala
2. E- Shiksha
3. E- Khel
4. E- Sambhawna

Q17) Who is the author of the book “Full Spectrum: India’s Wars, 1972-2020″?

1. Satish Kumar Sareen
2. Anil Yashwant Tipnis
3. Arjun Subramaniam
4. Pradeep Vasant Naik

Q18) Which country observed the National Mourning Day on August 15, 2020?

1. Israel
2. Japan
3. Russia
4. Bangladesh

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