Current Affairs 8th August 2020 : Daily GK Update in English
1. What is the name of the book that has been released with essays on Swachh Bharat Mission?
A. Swachh Bharat Kranti
B. SBM Chronicles
C. Swachh Bharat Kitab
D. Swachh Bharat Records
Answer [A] Swachh Bharat Kranti
2. Which technology company is to set up Robotics Laboratory at IISc, Bengaluru to study about 5G technology?
A. Amazon
B. Nokia
C. Huawei
D. Jio
Answer [B] Nokia
3. Which Indian city featured in the ‘Top 20 Most Surveilled Cities’ survey conducted by Comparitech?
A. Mumbai
B. Hyderabad
C. Chennai
D. New Delhi
Answer [B] Hyderabad
4. Which company has been approved to set up the third Power exchange of India?
A. REC Ltd
B. Oil India
C. Tata Power
D. PTC India
Answer [D] PTC India
5. The Information & Broadcasting Ministry has launched a dedicated Door Darshan channel for which state?
A. Meghalaya
B. Manipur
C. Assam
D. Sikkim
Answer [C] Assam
6. Ebrahim Alkazi, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?
A. Politics
B. Sports
C. Arts
D. Business
Answer [C] Arts
7. Which Union Ministry signed MoU with DARPG and IIT Kanpur for analysis of grievances using Artificial Intelligence?
A. Ministry of Finance
B. Ministry of Defence
C. Ministry of Tourism
D. Ministry of Home Affairs
Answer [B] Ministry of Defence
8. Which mode of payment clocked its highest monthly transactions since its inception in July, at 1.49 billion?
A. UPI
B. FASTag
C. BBPS
D. IMPS
Answer [A] UPI
9. Which Indian state has signed an Mou with leading MNCs such as ITC, P&G and Hindustan Unilever, for women empowerment?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Kerala
Answer [C] Andhra Pradesh
10. Which Indian state is to set up the country’s first snow leopard conservation centre?
A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Sikkim
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Uttarakhand
Answer [D] Uttarakhand