Current Affairs 19th August 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. NITI Aayog has selected which company to help it to modernize IT infra for Aspirational Districts Programme?
A. TCS                            
B. Oracle 
C. Wipro                        
D. Infosys 
Answer [B] Oracle 
2. The Lok Sabha has started a beginner-level course in which language recently?
A. Mandarin                     
B. French 
C. German                         
D. Korean 
Answer [B] French 
3. ‘Mukti Caravan’ is the campaign of which foundation?
A. Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation 
B. Smile Foundation 
C. Save the Child Founadtion 
D. Snehalaya Foundation 
Answer [A] Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation
4. How much was the amount that was approved as dividend to central government by Reserve Bank of India?
A. Rs 45,842 Crore                   
B. Rs 78,541 Crore 
C. Rs 57,128 Crore                     
D. Rs 75,142 Crore 
Answer [C] Rs 57,128 Crore
5. Who has become the 1st ever national brand ambassador of Aligarh Municipal Corporation?
A. Shahazan Mujeeb                 
B. Sunny Hindustani 
C. Rohit Raut                               
D. Adriz Ghosh 
Answer [A] Shahazan Mujeeb       
6. Which institute along with ISRO Developed a sustainable process for making brick-like structures named “Space Bricks” on the surface of the moon?
A. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
B. Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 
C. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 
D. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar 
Answer [B] Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru
7. National Stock Exchange of India and which institute have jointly developed and launched Platform for Investor Education (PIE)?
A. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad 
B. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore 
C. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow 
D. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta 
Answer [B] Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
8. ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 has captured images of the Moon by Terrain Mapping Camera-2 (YMC-2). One of the moon’s craters was named after whom?
A. Madhavan Chandradathan         
B. Roddam Narasimha 
C. K. Radhakrishnan                         
D. Vikram Sarabhai 
Answer [D] Vikram Sarabhai 
9. Who authored the book titled “A Bend in Time: Writings by Children on the Covid-19n pandemic?
A. Bijal Vachharajani                   
B. Avni Doshi
C. Rudyard Kipling                   
D. Jim Corbett
Answer [A] Vikram Sarabhai 
10. Which edition of Independence day of India was celebrated on August 15,2020?
A. 71st                                         
B. 73rd 
C. 74th                                         
D. 75th
Answer [C] 74th