Current Affairs 23th August 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Name the Tribal minister of India who launched the Tertiary processing centers of the ‘Trifood Project’ in Maharashtra’s Raigad and Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur. 
A. Arjun Munda                     
B. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
C. Harsh Vardhan                 
D. Mahendra Nath Pandey 
Answer [A] Arjun Munda   
2. Who launched Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s ‘Eat Right India’ Handbook recently?
A. Harsh Vardhan                   
B. RS Prasad 
C. Nirmala Sitharaman         
D. Piyush Goyal 
Answer [A] Harsh Vardhan     
3. Which state/UT’s police has launched ‘EkSankalp – Bujurgokenaam’ campaign?
A. Delhi                       
B. Uttar Pradesh 
C. Punjab                   
D. Madhya Pradesh 
Answer [D] Madhya Pradesh
4. Find the organization which released the report titled ‘Elephants. Not commodities’.
A. Animal Friends of the Valleys 
B. World Animal Protection 
C. Best Friends Animal Society 
D. The Humans Society of Animals
Answer [B] World Animal Protection
5. Which is the 1st foreign bank to launch a ‘Green Deposit Programme’ in India?
A. HSBC India                 
B. Deutsche Bank
C. DBS Bank                   
D. Bank of China 
Answer [A] HSBC India
6. Mahesh Kumar Jain the Deputy governor of RBI has released the National Strategy for Financial Education (NSFE) 2020-2025 recently. The NFSE 2020-2025 recommends which strategy?
A. 3D                       
B. 4A 
C. 5C                       
D. 7B
Answer [C] 5C
7. Name the company which partnered with National Skill Development Corporation to offer a free digital education platform for skill development.
A. Google                       
B. Amazon 
C. IBM                           
D. Apple
 
Answer [C] IBM 
 
8. Which ministry has signed MoU with Ministry of shipping for development in port and maritime sector?
A. Ministry of Culture 
B. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 
C. Ministry of Human Resource Development 
D. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 
Answer [B] Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
9. Which IIM has signed MOU with Switzerland based HELP logistics?
A. Indian Institute of Management Indore
B. Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam 
C. Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode 
D. Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
Answer [C] Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
10. Which state government has signed MOU with Reliance Retail, Reliance Jiolnfocomm and Allana Group to empower women and help women SHGs in the state?
A. Gujarat                                 
B. Maharashtra 
C. Andhra Pradesh                 
D. Assam 
Answer [C] Andhra Pradesh