Current Affairs 21th July 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which Indian state has set up a high-level committee to constitute new districts with Lok Sabha constituency as base?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Karnataka
Answer [C] Andhra Pradesh
2. Which payment application has launched India’s first numberless card of the country?
A. Payzapp
B. FamPay
C. FreeCharge
D. PayTm
Answer [B] FamPay
3. The import of which agricultural equipment has been curbed by the Indian Government by amending its import policy?
A. Tractor
B. Power tiller
C. Power weeder
D. Rotary tiller
Answer [B] Power tiller
4. Chattogram port, which was seen in news recently, is located in which country?
A. Bangladesh
B. Afghanistan
C. Myanmar
D. Thailand
Answer [A] Bangladesh
5. As per the recommendation of the NITI Aayog, what is the percentage of recycled products to be used in large infrastructure projects?
A. 5 per cent
B. 10 per cent
C. 25 per cent
D. 50 per cent
Answer [C] 25 per cent
6. Which financial institution has released guidelines for ‘Fair Practices Code’ for Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs)?
A. Securities Exchange Board of India
B. Reserve Bank of India
C. NITI Aayog
D. Department of Revenue Intelligence
Answer [B] Reserve Bank of India
7. Solar Orbiter Mission is the collaboration between NASA and which other space agency?
A. SpaceX
B. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
C. Roscosmos
D. European Space Agency
Answer [D] European Space Agency
8. Which country recorded the largest reduction in number of people in multi-dimensional poverty between 2006 and 2016?
A. China 
B. India
C. Japan
D. Indonesia
Answer [B] India
9. Lourdes Roman Catholic shrine, that arranged the world’s first e-pilgrimage, is located in which country?
A. France
B. Italy
C. Germany
D. United States
Answer [A] France
10. ‘Aarogyasri’ is a health care scheme being implemented in which state?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Karnataka
Answer [C] Andhra Pradesh