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Today's 22 August 2020: Top 20 Current Affairs Questions and Answers covers the topic 'Corona Fighters Video Game, Patriotic Short Film Contest, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020, World Senior Citizens Day, etc.
Q1. Who has launched the first of its kind video game 'Corona Fighters' for the awareness among the people about COVID-19?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Dr. Harsh Vardhan
C. Piyush Goyal
D. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Correct Answer: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Explanation:
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched the 'Corona Fighters' video game to spread awareness about the coronavirus pandemic.
About Dr. Harsh Vardhan: 1. Present Chairman of the WHO Executive Board.
2.Current Union Minister for Health and Family welfare
3. Current Union Minister for science and technology
4. Current Minister for Earth Sciences.
Q2. Direct shipping service between India and which nation to be flagged off next month?
A. Mauritius
B. Maldives
C. Bangladesh
D. Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: Maldives
Explanation:
The direct shipping service between India and Maldives would be started next month.
This shipping service will connect Kochi and Tuticorin Port, India with Maldives capital Male.
Q3. Srisailam power plant seen recently in news due to fire accidents. Srisailam power plant is located in which state?
A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Telangana
D. Manipur
Correct Answer: Telangana About Telangana State:
Statehood- 2 June 2014 Capital- Hyderabad
Total number of districts- 33
Present Governor- Tamilisai Soundararajan
Present Chief Minister- K Chandrasekhar Rao
Total number of Rajya Sabha seats- 7
Total number of Lok Sabha seats- 17
Q4. Which film won recently the first prize in the online Patriotic Short Film Contest organized by information and broadcasting along with NFDC?
A. 'Am I'
B. Ab India Banega Bharat
C. Gandhi Se Mahatma Tak
D. Vande Bharat
Correct Answer: 'Am I' Explanation:
1st Prize- 'Am I' (directed by- Abhijeet Paul)
2nd Prize- ' Ab India Banega Bharat'
NSDC Full-Form- National Film development corporation of India
Founded- 1975
Headquarters- Mumbai
Q5. 'Harit Path' mobile app developed by which PSU for the creation of green highway across the nation?
A. BRO
B. CPWD
C. NHAI
D. MES
Correct Answer: NHAI
About NHAI:
National Highway Authority of India Limited
Founded- 1995
Headquarters- New Delhi
Present Chairman-Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
Q6. Who has been appointed as a new election commissioner after the resignation of Ashok Lavasa?
A. Luv Agarwal
B. Shashikant Verma
C. Rajiv Kumar
D. S N K Shrivastava
Correct Answer: Rajiv Kumar
Q7. How many players have been for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award & Arjun Award this year?
A. 5 and 30
B. 6 and 50
C. 5 and 27
D. 6 and 38
Correct Answer: 5 and 27 Explanation:
For the national sports awards, 2020 five sportspersons will receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and 27 sportspersons will receive Arjun Award.
Q8. Recently Chandrayaan-2 completed its 1 year in the orbit around the moon on which date?
A. 19 August
B. 20 August
C. 21 August
D. 22 August
Correct Answer: 20 August
About Chandrayaan-2 Launch Date- July 22, 2019
Rocket Used- GSLV MK III M1
Name of Rover - Pragyan
Name of Lander - Vikaram
Q9. Which state will be the first state in India to offer government job best on common eligibility test (CET) score?
A. Bihar
B. Haryana
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Chhattisgarh
Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh Explanation:
After the announcement of the National Recruitment Agency, Madhya Pradesh is the first state in India to give the jobs to the youth of state on the basis of their common eligibility test score.
Q10. Who recently launched 'Eat Right India' handbook?
A. Rajnath Singh
B. Harsh Vardhan
C. Narendra Singh Tomar
D. Piyush Goyal
Correct Answer: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Q11. Which bank becomes the first foreign bank in India to launch a green deposit program?
A. Citi Bank
B. HSBC Bank
C. DBS Bank
D. Bank of America
Correct Answer: HSBC Bank
Q12. Who won recently Sixth World Snooker Championship 2020?
A. Ben Wollaston
B. Andrew Higgison
C. Ronnie O'Sullivan
D. Yan Bingatao
Correct Answer: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Q13. Who authored the book 'One Arranged Murder'?
A. Shashi Tharoor
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Amitabh Ghosh
D. Arundhati Roy
Correct Answer: Chetan BhagatThe novel's Authored by Chetan Bhagat:
Five-point someone, three mistakes in life, revolution 2020, Making India Awesome, Half Girlfriend, etc.
Q14. World Senior Citizens Day observed on which day?
A. 20 August
B. 21 August
C. 25 August
D. 23 August
Correct Answer: 21 August Explanation:
World senior citizen day is observed annually on August 21 every year.
Q15. Which district of Uttar Pradesh signs an agreement with Israel for water resource management?
A. Kanpur
B. Mirzapur
C. Bundelkhand
D. Gorakhpur
Correct Answer: Bundelkhand
Q16. Which company has launched 'Kormo Jobs' android based application for job seekers in India?
A. Microsoft
B. Facebook
C. Telegram
D. Google
Correct Answer: Google Explanation:
Recently Google launched apps in India to help the people to find the job who have lost jobs during coronavirus pandemic.
About Google: Founded on 4 September 1998
Founder's- Larry Page & Sergey Bin
Headquarters- California United States
Present CEO of Google- Sundar Pichai
Present CFO of Google- Ruth Porat
Q17. Bureau of Indian standards signed a memorandum of understanding with which IIT to co-operate in standardization and conformity assessment?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Bombay
C. IIT Roorkee
D. IIT Madras
Correct Answer: IIT Roorkee
About IIT Roorkee:
Indian Institute of Roorkee is the second oldest technical Institute in Asia.
Established- 1847
Present Director- Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi
Q18. What is the rank of India in the 'Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index 2020'?
A. 50th
B. 57th
C. 59th
D. 60th
Correct Answer: 57th Explanation:
India's Rank- 57th.
Top Position- Denmark.
Q19. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award started in which year?
A. 1991-92
B. 1984-85
C. 1994-95
D. 1997-1998
Correct Answer: 1991-92 Explanation:
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award is the highest sports honor in India.
This award is given annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
The first winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award is Viswanathan Anand. (Chess Player).
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Q20. What is the official language of Maldives?
A. Hindi
B. Bhojpuri
C. Tamil
D. Dhivehi
Correct Answer: Dhivehi
About Maldives: Capital- Male
Current President- Ibrahim Mohamed solih
Current Vice President- Faisal Naseem
Currency- Maldivian Rufiyaa(MVR)
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