Current Affairs Quiz 2020: August – Part 4

Current Affairs Quiz 2020 August is very important to achieve more marks in Banking, Insurance, UPSC, SSC, Railways and all other competitive Exams. We have prepared the current affairs quiz question from our daily current affairs 2020 updates.

1. Which state has started registration of construction workers?
   A. Uttar Pradesh
   B. Punjab
   C. Rajasthan
   D. Delhi✔
   
   D. Delhi
   Delhi’s Labour and Employment Minister Gopal Rai has announced that the state government will organise camps to enable registration of construction workers for a period of 15-days starting from August 24, 2020, in all the 70 assembly constituencies of the state.
2. Who has been appointed as the new Meghalaya Governor?
   A. PS Sreedharan Pillai
   B. Satya Pal Malik✔
   C. RN Ravi
   D. Najma Heptulla
   
   B. Satya Pal Malik
   Goa Governor, Satya Pal Malik was on August 18, 2020 appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya, replacing Tathagata Roy who completed his five-year tenure on the gubernatorial post.
3. Who has replaced Ashok Lavasa as the new Election Commissioner?
   A. Pranab Bardhan
   B. Subramanian Swamy
   C. Rajiv Kumar✔
   D. Sanjeev Sanyal
   
   C. Rajiv Kumar
   Rajiv Kumar was on August 21, 2020 appointed as the new Election Commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind. The former finance secretary has been replaced Ashok Lavasa, who resigned earlier this week.
4. Which Indian Cricketer has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by the National Sports Awards Committee?
   A. Shikhar Dhawan
   B. Ishant Sharma
   C. Jasprit Bumrah
   D. Rohit Sharma✔
   
   D. Rohit Sharma
   The National Sports Awards Committee has recommended the names of cricketer Rohit Sharma, table tennis champion Manika Batra, Paralympian Mariappan Thangavelu and wrestler Vinesh Phogat for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
5. Dwijing Festival is celebrated annually on which state?
   A. Odisha
   B. Assam✔
   C. Chhattisgarh
   D. Goa
   
   B. Assam
   The Dwijing Festival is an annual festival set on the banks of ‘Aie’, meaning mother. The festival is a colorful celebration of Assam’s culture. The fourth edition of the Dwijing Festival was graced by the Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, and the Finance Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, and other eminent dignitaries. The award-winning fourth edition of Dwijing Festival was organized by the Dwijing Festival Organising Committee under the guidance and leadership of the Minister of Tourism, Chandan Brahma, and in association with Assam Tourism and Bodoland Tourism. The festival has won 5 Awards at WOW Awards Asia – 2020.
6. Where is the HQ of RBL bank located?
   A. New Delhi
   B. Chennai
   C. Bengaluru
   D. Mumbai✔
   
   D. Mumbai
   The headquarters of RBL bank is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra
7. Which is largest island of the world?
   A. Madagascar
   B. Greenland✔
   C. New Guinea
   D. Baffin
   
   B. Greenland
   Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet of water, a new study said. After two years when summer ice melt had been minimal, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tons (532 billion metric tons) of ice melting, according to satellite measurements reported in a study. Last year’s Greenland melt added 1.5 millimeters to global sea level rise. The Greenland is the largest island of the world.
8. Which state Cabinet Approves Policy on Reservation of Seats for Women in Village Employment Councils?
   A. Meghalaya✔
   B. Haryana
   C. Chattisgarh
   D. Maharashtra
   
   A. Meghalaya
   On 8th August 2020, Conrad Kongkal Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya informed the cabinet’s approval for the passage of the “Policy on Reservation of seats for Women in Village Employment Councils(VECs)”, the policy of reserving 50% seats for women in the village level community institutions.
9. Who launches new financing scheme under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund?
   A. Rajnath Singh
   B. Smriti Irani
   C. Narendra Modi✔
   D. Amit Shah
   
   C. Narendra Modi
   Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 9, 2020 launched a new financing scheme under the Rs 1 lakh crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund meant for setting up storage and processing facilities. The scheme will support farmers, PACS (primary agricultural credit societies), FPOs (farmer producer organisations), agri-entrepreneurs, etc. in building community farming assets and post-harvest agriculture infrastructure.
10. The National Commission on Population has projected India’s population to be more feminine in which year?
    A. 2028
    B. 2032
    C. 2036✔
    D. 2040
    
    C. 2036
    The National Commission on Population under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) submitted the Report of the Technical group on population projections July 2020, titled “Population projections for India and States 2011- 2036”. The report projected that the India’s sex ratio of the total population (females per 1000 males) is expected to be more feminine in 2036 compared to the population as of 2011.