Current Affairs 21th August 2020 : Daily GK Update in English
1. What is the name of the e-portal launched by the Tribal Ministry for promoting tribal health?
A. Aarogya
B. Swasthya
C. Vandana
D. Tribal Raksha
Answer [B] Swasthya
2. Which country has approved a rapid saliva test to detect Covid-19 named ‘Saliva Direct’?
A. China
B. United States
C. Russia
D. United Kingdom
Answer [B] United States
3. The ‘Atal Tunnel’ that was seen in news recently, is located in which state?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Himachal Pradesh
B. Sikkim
D. Karnataka
Answer [B] Himachal Pradesh
4. Who has been appointed as the Director General of Border Security Force?
A. Rakesh Asthana
B. Nageswara Rao
C. Rishi Kumar Shukla
D. Ranjit Sinha
Answer [A] Rakesh Asthana
5. Gangotri National Park, which was seen in news recently, is located in which state/UT?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Sikkim
C. Assam
D. Bihar
Answer [A] Uttarakhand
6. Researchers of which two organizations have developed a process of making Bricks on lunar surface?
A. HAL and DRDO
B. NASA and DRDO
C. IISc and ISRO
D. NASA and ISRO
Answer [C] IISc and ISRO
7. What is the name of the Crater that has been captured by the ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter?
A. Lunar Crater
B. Sarabhai Crater
C. Kalam Crater
D. Optimus Crater
Answer [B] Sarabhai Crater
8. The “Konkurs Missile Test Equipment” launched by the Defence Minister, has been developed by which organization?
A. DRDO
B. Bharat Earth Movers Limited
C. Bharat Dynamics Limited
D. Bharat Electronics Limited
Answer [C] Bharat Dynamics Limited
9. National Stock Exchange has developed Platform for Investor Education (PIE) Along with which institution?
A. Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay
B. Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore
C. Xavier Labour Research Institute
D. National Institute of Industrial Engineering
Answer [B] Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore
10. The famous computer scientist Russel Kirsch, who died recently, is associated with which invention?
A. RAM
B. Pixels
C. Optical Mouse
D. Bluetooth
Answer [B] Pixels