Daily Current Affairs Quiz – August 7, 2020

1. Indian railway’s project to use New Track Construction machine will be implemented by….

2. Which is the 2^nd state to come up with a latest manual for the police in recent times?

3. Sashidhar Jagdishan has been appointed as the new managing director & chief executive officer(CEO) of?

4. Consider the following statements about Vyapar Mala Express train…

1) Northern Railway recently ran its first-ever Vyapar Mala Express train.

2) The train departed from Delhi Kishanganj for Jirania and it will cover a distance of 2,673km from Punjab to Tripura.

c) This is an express service where piece-meal stock will reach its destination in a shorter time.

Which of the above statement/s is/ are correct

5. Parivar Pehchan Patra has been launched by….

6. Consider the following statements about Ammonium Nitrate…

1) It is a nitrogen-rich white, crystalline chemical which is soluble in water.

2) It’s chemical formula is NH4NO3

3) It is used in agricultural fertilisers, anaesthetic gases, commercial explosives.

Which of the above following statement/s is/are correct

7. Consider the following statements about Pokkali variety of rice….

1) It is a saltwater resistant variety.

2) It grows in coastal Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Thrissur districts of Kerala between June and November.

3) It has been granted Geographical Indication(GI) tag.

Which of the above following statement/s is/are correct

8. Infosys Finacle will digitally transform the transaction banking business of national bank of ?

9. Tanner- Whitehouse 3(TW3) is a famous technique of…

10. Who among the following has been appointed the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India(CAG)?

11. Which day is being celebrated every year on 7^th August ?

12. Future Brand Index 2020 is topped by which company?

13. The Government of India has extended Line of Credit of worth 18 million USD to which country to expand fishing facilities?

14. Which state is set develop India’s first Snow Leopard Conservation centre?

15. Chandan Kumar Mondal has been appointed as Director(commercial) of which company?

16. Airtel Payments Bank has entered into a partnership with General Insurance company for financial protection of the bank’s retailers and merchants?

17. What is the rank of Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries in the “Future Brand Index 2020”?

18. “ARHCs” is a sub scheme under which of the following Yojana?

19. Which film has won the Best Film Award in the 20^th edition of New York Indian Film Festival(NYIFF) of Indo- American Arts Council(IAAC)?

20. Name of the architect whose design has been adopted by Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra for construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya?

21. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), Government of India (GOI), has approved another extention of Ajay Tyagi’s term as Chairman of which of the following organization?

22. The Construction of the World’s Biggest Nuclear Fusion Plant started in which country?

23. Which pair of Indian cricketers were appointed as Global brand ambassadors of Win Trade Fantasy (WTF) sports?

24. Which state government has launched ‘Mahila Evam Kishori Samman Yojana’ to provide free sanitary napkins to girls and women of below poverty line(BPL) families?

25. Name the Inspection app that has been launched by the Indian Railways which will help in minimizing the train delays and long waits due to technical snags?

26. Renowned personality Shirley Ann Grau passed away recently, she was a veteran…..

27. Which state government has launched ‘Mukhya Mantri Doodh Uphar Yojana’ to provide fortified flavoured skimmed milk powder to women and children?

28. Which online payments processing service launched vehicle insurance in partnership with Bengaluru- based startup Acko General Insurance?

29. Tik Tok is going to set-up its first European data centre in which country?

30. As per Hurun Global Unicorn List, India is home to how many unicorns?