Current Affairs 5th August 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which country sent its trial container ship ‘MV Shejyoti’ through Chattogram port of Bangladesh?
A. China
B. India
C. Myanmar
D. Nepal
Answer [B] India
2. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for data sharing with which organization?
A. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
B. Director General of Foreign Trade
C. Employee Provident Fund Organization
D. Securities Exchange Board of India
Answer [A] Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
3. Who has been appointed as the head to probe the encounter involving the Kanpur-based gangster?
A. B S Chauhan
B. A K Sikri
C. Shashi Kant Aggarwal
D. K L Gupta
Answer [A] B S Chauhan
4. Which Indian public sector bank has announced a corporate agency agreement with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)?
A. State Bank of India
B. Indian Bank
C. Bank of India
D. Union Bank of India
Answer [D] Union Bank of India
5. Which state government has signed an MoU with ‘AMUL’, to boost self-help groups and milk cooperatives?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Haryana
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer [C] Andhra Pradesh
6. Which country has conducted a successful flight test of a 3D-printed aircraft engine?
A. China
B. India
C. Russia
D. United States
Answer [C] Russia
7. Which State launched the Digital Economy Mission in the state?
A. Kerala
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Karnataka
Answer [D] Karnataka
8. Indian Railways to RFID Tag all wagons by____?
A. 2022
B. 2023
C. 2024
D. 2025
Answer [A] 2022
9. Which Indian vaccine maker is to begin trials of the Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University-AstraZeneca?
A. Biocon
B. Serum Institute of India
C. Panacea Biotech
D. Cadila Healthcare
Answer [B] Serum Institute of India
10. Which Indian-origin nurse has been conferred with the Singapore President’s Award for COVID-19 Services?
A. Kala Narayanasamy
B. Bhasha Mukherjee
C. Ankit Bharat
D. Uma Madhusudan
Answer [A] Kala Narayanasamy