Current Affairs Quiz 2020: August – Part 6

Current Affairs Quiz 2020 (Month of August) is very important to get 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 continent was declared as wild polio-free by WHO on August 25, 2020?
   A. Europe
   B. Asia
   C. Africa✔
   D. South America
   
   C. Africa
   Africa has been declared free of polio by the World Health Organisation in a significant public health milestone. WHO’s Africa Regional Certification Commission-certified 47 nations of Africa to be free of wild polio on August 25, 2020.
2. When was Mother Teresa’s 110th birth anniversary observed?
   A. August 25th
   B. August 27th
   C. August 23rd
   D. August 26th✔
   
   D. August 26th
   mother Teresa’s 110th birth anniversary was observed across the world on August 26, 2020. Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 to a family of ethnic Albanians in Skopje. Mother Teresa was honoured with several peace awards including the Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize in 1962 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
3. Which state topped Niti Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2020?
   A. Maharashtra
   B. Gujarat✔
   C. Tamil Nadu
   D. Kerala
   
   B. Gujarat
   Gujarat was ranked at the top of Niti Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2020. Maharashtra was placed second and Tamil Nadu followed in third place, as per a report released by NITI Aayog on August 26, 2020.
4. Who has become the first bowler to take 500 wickets in T20 cricket?
   A. Dwayne Bravo✔
   B. Stuart Broad
   C. James Anderson
   D. Mark Wood
   
   A. Dwayne Bravo
   West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo on August 26, 2020 became the first bowler to pick up 500 wickets in T20 cricket. Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga is the second-highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket with 389 wickets from 339 matches.
5. Who has become the first-ever fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets?
   A. Mark Wood
   B. Liam Plunkett
   C. James Anderson✔
   D. Stuart Broad
   
   C. James Anderson
   England’s James Anderson has created history by becoming the first-ever fast bowler to take 600 wickets in Test cricket. The 38-year-old achieved the feat during England’s third test against Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl cricket ground in Southampton on August 25, 2020
6. Find the bank which has introduced ‘Liberty Savings Account’ for the Indian youth.
   A. HDFC Bank
   B. ICICI Bank
   C. IDBI Bank
   D. Axis Bank✔
   
   D. Axis Bank
   Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private sector bank, has introduced ‘Liberty Savings Account’ for the Indian Youth, to address the ever changing lifestyle needs of young and digitally interested Indians. It offers a complimentary hospital cash insurance cover of uptoRs 20,000 per year, which covers hospital expenses incurred under COVID -19, which makes this a 1st of its kind savings account to cover the pandemic.
7. Which edition of India-Vietnam joint commission meeting was held recently?
   A. 14th
   B. 15th
   C. 16th
   D. 17th✔
   
   D. 17th
   The 17th Meeting of the India-Vietnam Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation co-chaired by Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of Republic of India (EAM) and H.E.
8. Sophia Popov who is in news recently is associated with which sport?
   A. Badminton
   B. Golf✔
   C. Tennis
   D. Gymnastics
   
   B. Golf
   World number 304 Sophia Popov became the first female golfer from Germany to capture a major title after winning the Women’s British Open by two strokes at Royal Troon in Scotland.
9. National Sports Day is observed in India annually on __________.
   A. 27 August
   B. 28 August
   C. 29 August✔
   D. 30 August
   
   C. 29 August
   Every year India observes the National Sports Day, (Rashtriya Khel Divas), on 29 August.
10. When will India formally induct Rafale fighter jets?
    A. September 10th✔
    B. September 5th
    C. September 6th
    D. September 8th
    
    A. September 10th
    The Rafale fighter jet will be formally inducted into the Indian Air Force by Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh at Ambala Airbase in Haryana on September 10, 2020. French Defense Minister Florence Paley will be invited for the induction ceremony.