Current Affairs 18th July 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which international organization has released a report titled ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’?
A. International Monetary Fund
B. United Nations
C. World Economic Forum
D. Asian Development Bank
Answer [B] United Nations
2. Which country is set to ban Huawei from its high-speed wireless 5-G network?
A. United Kingdom
B. India
C. Russia
D. Germany
Answer [A] United Kingdom
3. Which Indian has become the world’s sixth-richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index?
A. Gautam Adani
B. Mukesh Ambani
C. Lakshmi Mittal
D. Shiv Nadar
Answer [B] Mukesh Ambani
4. Which state government has launched the ‘Operation Muskaan’, to trace missing children?
A. West Bengal
B. Maharashtra
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Gujarat
Answer [C] Andhra Pradesh
5. As per the Health Ministry, what percentage of the country’s GDP is to be spent for public health, by 2025?
A. 1.5%
B. 2.0%
C. 2.5%
D. 5%
Answer [C] 2.5%
6. Which institution has launched a 5000-crore scheme for computerization of primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)?
A. Reserve Bank of India
B. Securities Exchange Board of India
C. National Housing Bank
D. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
Answer [D] National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
7. Which Indian has won the USIBC (US-India Business Council) Global Leadership Award?
A. Uday Kotak
B. N Chandrasekaran
C. Ratan Tata
D. Narayana Murthy
Answer [B] N Chandrasekaran
8. Which Union Ministry has released a set of guidelines named ‘PRAGYATA’?
A. Ministry of MSME
B. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare
C. Ministry of Human Resource Development
D. Ministry of Health and Family welfare
Answer [C] Ministry of Human Resource Development
9. The first trans-shipment hub of India, Vallarpadam terminal is being developed in which state?
A. Kerala
B. Gujarat
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Maharashtra
Answer [A] Kerala
10. Which Indian institution developed the World’s Most Affordable COVID-19 Diagnostic Kit ‘Corosure’?
A. AIIMS
B. IIT Delhi
C. IISc 
D. IIT Madras
Answer [B] IIT Delhi