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 The Australian government has appointed former cricketer _______ and Indian-origin politician Lisa Singh as trade envoys for advancing business ties with India. -- Matthew Hayden
 Which month will be observed as Poshan Maah - Nutrition month? -- September
 Name the first Divyanga sportsperson of the country, who has been awarded with the Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award? -- Para-swimmer Satyendra Singh Lohia of Madhya Pradesh
 Who won the first online Chess Olympiad organised by FIDE (The Fédération Internationale des Échecs)? -- India and Russia (joint winners)
 India has pulled out of which exercise that is to be held in Astrakhan region of Southern Russia? -- Kavkaz-2020
 The Lakshadweep Administration has embarked on the ‘Pilot project on Biological Control of Rodents (Rats) by using ___________in Kavaratti Island’. -- Barn Owls (Tyto alba)
 The prize money of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to _________from 7.5 lakh rupees. -- 25 lakh rupees
 He was a former Supreme Court Judge and chairman of the 18th Law Commission of India, Chief Justice of Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh High Court, who passed away recently -- Justice A.R. Lakshmanan
 Who became the first bowler to take 500 wickets in T20? -- Dwayne John Bravo, West Indies
 Name the athletics coach selected for the prestigious Dronacharya Award 2020 in the lifetime category,who passed away recently? -- Purshottam Rai
 Name the social reformer who worked for the advancement of deprived untouchable people in the princely state of Travancore, British India and founded the Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham (SJPS)which campaigned for access to schools? -- Ayyankali
 Name the Prime Minister of Japan who has resigned from the post due to poor health? -- Shinzo Abe
 The Bryan Brothers have recently announced their retirement from which professional game? -- Tennis
 The International Day against Nuclear Tests is held on  -- August 29
 The slogan for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan mission is  -- ‘Mera Khata – Bhagya Vidhaata’
 BCCI has roped in this edu-tech firm as official partner for the Indian Premier League for three seasons  -- 'Unacademy'
 A bronze statue of Indian doctor_____________, who is revered in China for his contributions during the Chinese revolution headed by its founder Mao Zedong and the World War II, would be unveiled outside a medical school in North China. -- Dwarkanath Kotnis
 She was an Indian-origin woman who worked as a spy for Britain during World War II and first Indian-origin woman to get memorial plaque in London -- Noor Inayat Khan
 The World Bank has paused publication of its __________report to probe data collection irregularities whichannually ranks countries' business and investment climates.  -- "Doing Business"
 Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology has launched this contest to further boost start-ups and software products with special focus on Tier-II towns of India  -- “Chunauti”- Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest
 It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education (formerly Ministry of Human Resource Development) set up in 1996 to promote, develop and propagate the Urdu language that recently organised the World Urdu Conference in Delhi -- National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL)
 Name the first teacher from the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) selected for National Award to Teachers 2020? -- Ms. Sudha Painuli
 Which Ministry is the implementing agency for Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS)?  -- Ministry of Tribal Affairs
 Which Article of the Constitution of India is designed to ensure free and fair elections to the Municipalities? -- Article 243 ZA
 Which Article of the Constitution of India is designed to ensure free and fair elections to the Panchayats? -- Article 243K
 To mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand,India observes the National Sports Day on  -- 29 August
 NASA astronaut ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________is set to become the first Black woman to serve as an International Space Station (ISS) crew member after the US space agency assigned her to a 2021 mission aboard Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. -- Jeanette Epps
 Which company of Russia will make uranium-plutonium remix fuel matrix for India's VVER-1000 reactors? -- Rosatom
 It has engravings from the late Neolithic period, the only evidence for the existence of true Neolithic Culture in Kerala -- Edakkal Caves
 It is a rare phenomenon that occurs when two or more storms (hurricanes, tropical storms, tropical depressions) converge over a common area and then essentially spin around each other as they each feed off of the other’s energy.  -- Fujiwara (Fuji-war-ah) Effect
 Which organisation has released the Export Preparedness Index 2020? -- NITI Aayog
 In which year India was declared polio-free by the WHO? -- 2014
 It is a contagious zoonotic infectious disease that occurs primarily in horses, mules, and donkeys. It can be contracted by other animals, such as dogs, cats, goats and humans. It is caused by infection with the bacterium Burkholderia mallei -- Glanders
 World Water Week 2020 was organised by _________ from 24-28 August with the theme ‘Water and Climate change: Accelerating Action’. -- Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
 Poulomi Ghatak, who has recently announced her retirement is associated with which sports?  -- Table Tennis
 Name the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) who resigned recently? -- Rajiv Srivastava
 Who become the first fast bowler and fourth bowler in the test cricket to join the 600-Plus Club with the three legendary spinners Sri Lankan MuttiahMuralitharan (800), Australian Shane Warne (708) and Indian Anil Kumble (619)? -- James Anderson, England
 On which cricket coach a book - ‘Cricket Drona’ - has been written?  -- Vasudev Jagannath Paranjpe
 The transmission of wild poliovirus has officially been stopped in all 47 countries of this region that was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 25 August, 2020 -- African Region
 Women from which state have a greater share in the loan benefit under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)? -- Tamil Nadu
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with this technical institute, to set up the first of its kind innovation cum incubation centre, VSSUT Space Innovation Centre (VSSSIC) in India to promote space research -- Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, Odisha
 It is India’s first multi- wavelength satellite observatory, has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth -- ASTROSAT
 Which state has decided to approach the Centre for bringing the Frontier State under the purview of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution towards protecting the rights of its indigenous peoples?  -- Arunachal Pradesh
 The tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are protected by the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution under Articles  -- 244(2) and 275(1)
 The ILP is an official travel document issued by the government of India to allow inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected area for a limited period. The ILP regime falls under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 and it is active in  -- Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland
 The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is the only multilateral body with a counterterror unit based in Tashkent called  -- Regional Anti-terrorist Structure (RATS)
 It was an aircraft carrier of Indian Navy, decommissioned in 2017 and now will be scrapped at ship-breaking yard -Alang in Gujarat  -- INS Viraat
 For the first time in India, which bank has announced to use of satellite data-imagery from earth observation satellites to assess the creditworthiness of its customers belonging to the farm sector?  -- ICICI Bank
 China has proposed the creation of ______________ in China to take forward 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI) cooperation among the BRICS nations.  -- ‘BRICS Innovation Base’
 It is the standard developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) that outlines the acceptable limit of various substances in drinking water, including heavy metals such as arsenic, and other parameters like the pH value of water, its turbidity, the total dissolved solids in it, and the colour and odour -- Indian Standard (IS) 10500
 According to the population projections made by the National Commission on Population under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India’s population is expected to be more feminine by the year -- 2036
 Who is the chairperson of the Delimitation Commission? -- Justice Ranjana Desai
 He is popularly known as Narmad, a Gujarati poet, playwright, essayist, orator, lexicographer and reformer under the British Raj. He is considered to be the founder of modern Gujarati literature, introduced his fearlessness and creativity through a magazine called ‘Dandio’ -- NarmadashankarLalshankar Dave
 Which institution will organise online International Conference on ‘Aerosol Air Quality, Climate Change and Impact on Water Resources and Livelihoods in the Greater Himalayas’? -- Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital
 These winds are so dry and warm that they pose a great danger to the Californian Orchards and are considered as Climatic Hazard since they desiccate (dry) the soil and vegetation moisture and may even result in widespread forest fires -- Santa Ana
 This year (2020) Jaques Kallis (South Africa), Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan) and Pune-born former Australian captain Lisa Sthalekar were inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame. In which year Sachin Tendulkar was inducted in this club? -- 2019
 Which organisation implements Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana, that offers cash compensation to insured persons when they are rendered unemployed?  -- Employee's State Insurance (ESI) Corporation
 The Ministry of Tourism virtually signed an MoU with Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) & FICCI Ladies Organisation(FLO) to promote tourism as sustainable livelihood model for economic empowerment of  -- Women
 Name the video game that has been launched by the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to teach people about ‘COVID-appropriate behaviour’ in a bid to fight the pandemic  -- The Corona Fighters
 Who will be the chairperson of the National Council for Transgender Persons that has been declared recently? -- Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment
 Under which article of the Constitution, Trafficking in Human Beings or Persons is prohibited in India? -- Article 23 (1)
 United Nations(UN)’s International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is observed annually on  -- August 22
 In which state of India,one of the most advanced and longest river crossing Aerial Tramway system has been inaugurated over River Brahmaputra?  -- Assam
 Which country recently discovered a large natural gas reserve in the Black Sea? -- Turkey
 The Uttar Pradesh government has inked an agreement with the water resources ministry of which country for the management of water resources in Bundelkhand region of the state? -- Israel
 The Boundary Working Group (BWG) is a joint agency constituted by the governments of India and _________ in 2014 to carry out works in the fields of construction, restoration and repair of boundary pillars including clearance of 'no-man's land' and other technical tasks. -- Nepal
 World senior citizens Day is observed every year on  -- 21 August
 With ‘Pantalu’as Mascot, which state is going to organise first-ever State Dragonfly Festival named ‘Thumbimahotsavam 2020’? -- Kerala
 Name the second museum that has been converted into a mosque by Turkey after turning the iconic Hagia Sophia museum?  -- Chora (Kariye) Museum
 Facilities like medicines, vegetables, milk, essential goods, telephone, TV recharge, online application are being provided to the house of the elderly by MP Police through this campaign  -- ‘Ek Sankalp – Bujurgo ke Naam’
 International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism is annually observed on  -- 21st August
 Name the English Professional Snooker Player who won the World Snooker Championship for the 6th time by winning the 2020 World Snooker Championship at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England? -- Ronnie O’Sullivan
 It is a harvest festival observed in western Odisha and some parts of Chhattisgarh to celebrate the reaping of new crops  -- Nuakhai
 The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has developed this mobile App to facilitate creation of Green Highways across country -- ‘Harit Path'
 Which Article of the Constitution guarantees equal treatment under law in matters of public employment, prohibits the state from discriminating on grounds of place of birth or residence? -- Article 16
 Martyr Qassem Soleimani and Martyr Abu Mahdi are two missiles launched recently by -- Iran
 Which private organisation has manufactured Pinaka rockets, that were recently test fired successfully? -- Economic Explosives Ltd (EEL)
 Name the subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) -- NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL)
 Which organisation has been commissioned the responsibility of carrying out the assessment of Swachh Survekshan? -- Quality Council of India (QCI)
 Which Ministry carries out Swachh Survekshan in urban areas? -- Ministry of Urban Development
 Which Ministry carries out Swachh Survekshan in rural areas? -- Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
 Which State Govt. has initiated ‘Namath Basai’ programme that involves the teaching of tribal children in their mother tongue? -- Kerala
 Teesta river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, is known in Bangladesh as -- Jamuna
 Barakah nuclear power plant is situated in which country? -- United Arab Emirates
 Who headed the selection committee for the National Sports Awards 2020? -- Mukundakam Sharma, Retd. Judge of SC
 Which Industrial Training Institute hasregistered three of its innovative products developed to fight against the novel Coronavirus in the patent journal? -- Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Berhampur
 Name the short film that won 1st prize in an Online Short Film Contest - an initiative by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting along with National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) on the theme around patriotism, equating it to Atmanirbharta (self-reliance)? -- Am I? by Abhijit Paul
 Which organisation has been selected by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as the official sponsor of the Indian team for the Tokyo Olympics? -- INOX Group
 Who has been selected as one of the Election Commissioners of India after the resignation of Ashok Lavasa?  -- Rajeev Kumar
 Which is the dirtiest city in India among small cities (with population less than 10 lakhs) as per the SwachhSarvekshan 2020?  -- Gaya, Bihar
 Which is the dirtiest city in India among big cities (with population more than 10 lakhs) as per the Swachh Sarvekshan 2020? -- Patna, Bihar
 A memoir about President Donald Trump titled “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump” is written by -- Michael Cohen
 Which Bank has approved a USD 1 billion (Rs 7,485 crore) loan to construct the modern, high-speed 82-kilometre (Delhi – Meerut) Uttar Pradesh Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)? -- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
 In International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List the conservation status of Woolly Flying Squirrel is -- Endangered
 This Union Territory of India was officially merged with India on August 16, 1962 so it celebrates Independence Day on both August 15 and 16 (De Jure Day)?  -- Puducherry
 According to Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index 2020 released by Surf Shark, an online privacy solutions provider, India stands at the overall rank of _____________ out of the 85 countries and in internet affordability, ithas secured __________ place. -- 57, 9th
 Recently Kolkata Urban local bodies (ULB) were warned of punishment by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for failing to comply with its order over waste disposal at  -- East Kolkata Wetlands
 The first Prakash PurabUtsav marked the installation of Guru Granth Sahib in Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden temple, in  -- 1604
 Under which Section of Contempt of Courts Act,1971, High Courts are given powers to punish contempt of subordinate courts? -- Section 10
 Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers the High Courts to punish people for their contempt? -- Article 215
 Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers the Supreme Court to punish people for its contempt? -- Article 129
 Which project has been launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in Raigad (Maharashtra) and Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) to enhance the income of tribal communities through better utilisation of and value addition to the minor forest produces (MFPs) collected by the tribal forest gatherers? -- ‘Trifood’
 It is a process that captures carbon dioxide emissions from sources like coal-fired power plants and either reuses or stores it so it will not enter the atmosphere -- Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)/ Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration
 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the sugar season 2020-21 at  -- 285 rupees per quintal
 Which country has launched a 3-million pound ‘Innovation Challenge Fund’ in India to support scientists in academia and industry to tackle the most acute global challenges such as COVID-19 and the threat to the environment? -- UK
 In IUCN Red List, African Cheetahs’ conservation status is  -- Vulnerable
 The Asiatic cheetah is classified as a “critically endangered” speciesby the IUCN Red List, and is believed to survive only in -- Iran
 This Mysuru zoo has got one male and two female African hunting Cheetah from Ann Van Dyke Cheetah Centre at Johannesburg, South Africa and is the second zoo in the country to house hunting cheetahs after Hyderabad zoo which has a pair of big cats -- Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens
 Name the UAVs deployed by Indian Railways for establishing a drone-based surveillance system in a bid to intensify its security mechanism across its network -- “Ninja UAVs” (unmanned aerial vehicles)
 Under which Article of the Constitution of India, appointment and conditions of the office of a Judge of a High Court are provided? -- Article 217
 Which e-commerce player has established academic collaboration with IIT Patna? -- Flipkart
 Pixels are the digital dots that are used to display photos, videos and more on phone as well as computer screens. Name the inventor of ‘pixel’ who recently passed away -- Russell Kirsch
 Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has resigned after a military mutiny. He was the president of  -- Mali
 Which city won the ‘cleanest city in the country’ award for the fourth consecutive time in the Swachh Survekshan 2020? -- Indore, Madhya Pradesh
 Shashi Tharoor has come up with this book – a compilation of bombastic words introduced by him and the context behind it -- 'Tharoorosaurus'
 Who is the author of book titled, “Full Spectrum: India’s Wars, 1972-2020″? -- Retired Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam
 This institute has retained number-one position in list of top innovative educational institutes in India as per 'Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements -- IIT Madras
 Name the fantasy gaming sports platform that has replaced Vivo as the title sponsor for the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), which is to be held in the UAE? -- Dream11
 The Gwalior-Chambal Expressway connecting Madhya Pradesh with Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be named as  -- Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway
 ____________ bio-ethanol plants utilise sugarcane juice and molasses, byproducts in the production of sugar, as raw material, while ___________ plants utilise surplus biomass and agricultural waste to produce bioethanol.  -- 1G, 2G
 Indian Railways’ North East Frontier Railway zone is constructing world’s tallest pier bridge, having height of 141 metres, across river  -- Ijai in Manipur
 Satya Pal Malik has been appointed as the 21st Governor of  -- Meghalaya
 It is the lowest point in the North America that has recently registered a temperature of 54.4°C which is the highest temperature in more than a century -- Death Valley (USA)
 The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the Tribal Health and Nutrition Portal __________and a quarterly e-newsletter on health and nutrition _________. -- "Swasthya" , "ALEKH"
 Name the country's first bullion index that will be launched by Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)? -- Bulldex
 The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Sports Authority of India(SAI), jointly launched this web platform to recognise creativity of the children and to develop their interest in football. -- E-Pathshala
 Who has won the Spanish Grand Prix that set a record in the Formula 1 history with the most podium finishes, over taking German legend Michael Schumacher? -- Lewis Hamilton
 The government has set targets of ____ per cent bioethanol blending of petrol by 2022 and to raise it to _____per cent by 2030 under the ethanol blending programme to curb carbon emissions and reduce India’s dependence on imported crude oil. -- 10, 20
 Which state has declared White chippi (Sonneratiaalba) or sweet scented apple mangrove as the official mangrove tree of that state? -- Maharashtra
 Which organisation will organise the First World Solar Technology Summit on a virtual platform on September 08, 2020? -- International Solar Alliance (ISA)
 A new cyber security policy to be rolled out in 2020 as announced by the prime minister on Independence Day will replace the existing policy i.e. -- National Cyber Security Policy 2013
 What are the two conservation projects announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 74th Independence Day in line with ‘Project Tiger’? -- Project Lion and Project Dolphin
 Which Ministry has been ranked as the best overall performing government department in ensuring Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) to beneficiaries for the April 2019-March 2020 period? -- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
 It is a single window e-commerce platform developed to promote local business and entrepreneurship in Nagaland that was launched recently  -- Yellow Chain
 Which state Govt. will develop ‘Ram Van Gaman Tourism Circuit’ through the state to attract more visitors? -- Chhattisgarh
 Name the Arjuna Award winner former Indian cricketer and Uttar Pradesh minister of Sainik Welfare, Home Guards, PRD and Civil Security who recently passed away -- Chetan Chauhan
 Who is the only captain in cricket to have won all ICC trophies -- T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup in and the Champions Trophy who retired recently? -- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
 The European Union has launched this project in four districts of India (Beed and Osmanabad in Maharashtra) and (Dhenkanal and Jajpur in Odisha) to train 3,000 women in masonry, plumbing and electrical fitting which aims at sustainable housing through empowering women -- Project Nirmanshree
 It is a Bluetooth-based programme that will be introduced for providing study materials to students in remote areas of Chhattisgarh who do not have access to internet facility  -- ‘BultuKeBol’
 Spanish mountaineer Juan Antonio, who recently scaled a virgin peak (unclimbed mountain) in Spain, has named the peak and its route after a former district magistrate of Uttarakashi -Ashish Chauhan - who helped him during an expedition to Mountain Santopanth situated in the Gangotri region as -- 'Magistrate's Point','Via Ashish'
 The first day of which month is considered as the New Year day as per the Malayalam calendar? -- Chingam
 The Government of which state has launched 'PadhaiTuhar Para' scheme that will teach children with the help of community in their localities and villages? -- Chhattisgarh
 To provide correct information about various initiatives taken by Government of India for the benefit of the common people, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has brought out a fortnightly in English and 12 Indian languages titled  -- "New India Samachar"
 Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF)? -- Rakesh Asthana
 Under which scheme the Assam government plans to provide Rs 830 per month each to 17 lakh poor families to financially empower women? --  “Orunodoi” Scheme
 Manipur observes its Patriots’ Day on August 13 to commemorate Manipuris who sacrificed their lives in this war to safeguard the independence of the State -- 1891 Anglo-Manipuri War
 The Government of Telangana has launched Artificial Intelligence(AI) for Agricultural Innovation Programme(AI4AI) in collaboration with Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) and  -- World Economic Forum (WEF) – India
 Andhra Pradesh CM has launched “YSR Cheyutha” scheme to ensure sustainable livelihood for  -- Women
 Which state govt. has launched the ‘Karma SathiPrakalpa’ scheme under which 1 lakh unemployed youth will be provided soft loans and subsidies so as to make them self-reliant? -- West Bengal
 Punjab Govt. has launched this scheme to provide free smartphones to the students of class 12  -- “Punjab Smart Connection Scheme”
 Name the peace agreement between Israel and United Arab Emirates that was brokered by US President Donald Trump -- Abraham Accord
 It is the first Gulf Arab country to reach a deal on normalising relations with Israel -- United Arab Emirates
 The ratification the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 by this country recently, marked the first universal ratification of a global labour standard  -- Tonga
 The 6th Schedule of Indian Constitution consists of provisions for the administration of tribal areas in which states? -- Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
 Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter of ISRO has captured the Moon images of this crater dedicated to an Indian physicist -- “Sarabhai” Crater
 ‘The Next Frontier: India’s Smart Cities’- is documentary that chronicles the trailblazing journey of India’s Smart Cities Mission brought out by____, in collaboration with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. -- National Geographic
 Which item did TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs supplied to eminent dignitaries and guests who participated in the Independence Day celebrations.  -- Handmade Pankhas
 Which state has retained its top position in implementation of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme according to the ranking of the states released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs?  -- Odisha
 Health authorities in the US and Canada have found a link between this bacteria and onions  -- Salmonella
 India ranks _____in number of organic farmers and _____in terms of area under organic farming. -- First, Ninth
 Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sarthak’ which was launched recently is built indigenously by -- M/s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)
 To which state does Moira bananas, Harmal Chillies, Khaje (traditional state sweet) belong to that were accorded GI Tag recently? -- Goa
 The Perseids meteor shower peaks every year in mid-August when Earth runs into pieces of cosmic debris left behind by the comet  -- Swift-Tuttle
 Which organisation has partnered US Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch the ‘W-GDP WomenConnect Challenge’ across India this year with an aim to bridge the gender digital divide in India? -- Reliance Foundation
 Who has been recommended by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) as the next Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)? -- Mrs. Soma Mondal
 It is a data recovery centre to protect the data of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) set up at National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad -- KrishiMegh
 To enhance safety of cheque payments, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to introduce a mechanism of ‘Positive Pay’ for all cheques of value -- Rs 50,000 and above
 Under this system, a customer who issues the cheque clicks a picture of the cheque before handing it over to the beneficiary and uploads the same on the bank’s mobile application -- ‘Positive Pay’
 Who was the first minority Chief Justice of Bangladesh belonging to the Hindu community? -- Justice S.K. Sinha
 According to guidelines issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, what should be the net worth of an entity to retail petrol and diesel to both bulk or retail consumers? -- Rs 500 crore
 According to guidelines issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, what should be the net worth of an entity to retail petrol and diesel to either bulk or retail consumers? -- Rs 250 crore
 Which is the first city in India to have women symbols on traffic signals and signage? -- Dadar, Mumbai
 It is the first private aerospace company in India which successfully test fired an upper stage rocket engine named “Raman” -- Skyroot Aerospace
 The second edition of Student Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP 2.0) has been rolled out by the NitiAayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in collaboration with  -- Dell Technologies
 The Central Government has formulated an expert committee namely “National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration” to consider the logistics, ethical aspects of procurement, and administration of COVID-19 vaccine under the chairmanship of  -- Dr V.K. Paul
 Name the project under which tri-services want to equip their fleet of around 90 Heron drones with laser-guided bombs and anti-tank missiles to take out enemy posts and armoured regiments -- 'Project Cheetah'
 Which Ice Shelf of Canadian arctic –the country's last intact ice shelf,recently lost more than 40 % of its ice cover? -- Milne Ice Shelf
 The first item from Odisha that received the Geographical Indication Tag -- Kotpad Handloom Fabric
 Under which Mission Maharashtra and Odisha are ‘paired states’? -- Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat
 In the United States, Democratic Party Presidential nominee Joe Biden has named Indian-origin senator __ as his Vice-Presidential candidate. -- Kamala Harris
 Lok Sabha has started a beginner-level course in this language for the officials and staff of the Lok Sabha Secretariat at the Parliament House that is being organised by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) -- French
 In India, National Youth Day is celebrated on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda on -- 12 January
 With the theme ‘Youth Engagement for Global Action’ for 2020, International Youth Day was observed on  -- 12 August
 The book “Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World” on Climate change is co-written by German environmental journalist Franz Alt and -- Dalai Lama
 What is the name of Russian Covid-19 vaccine that it has declared ready for use? -- Sputnik V
 Which company has been awarded the contract to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya? -- Larsen and Toubro (L&T)
 Which organisation in India is responsible for approval of drugs, conduct of clinical trials? -- Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
 This is a dwarf planet named after the Roman goddess of agriculture, which was mapped NASA’s Dawn spacecraft and analysing its data scientists claim there are reservoirs of salty water in the planet  -- Ceres
 LaishramManitombi Singh who passed away recently is associated with which sport? -- Football
 Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) will name its new stadium in Mullanpur after the last Maharaja of Patiala who played a test match for India against England in 1934  -- Maharaja Yadavindra Singh
 National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched its own business intelligence and analytics enabled omni-channel multi-branded loyalty platformcalled  -- ‘nth Rewards'
 It is the first municipal corporation in India to provide forest land right certificates to the people of urban region  -- Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh
 He won the 2020 Belarus presidential election that gave him a sixth consecutive term in officesince 1994  -- Alexander Lukashenko
 India and Maldives have signed a contract for development of five eco-tourism zones in Addu atoll of the island nation. These eco-tourism zones are part of grant projects being implemented under the  -- High-Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) Scheme
 Name the Prime Minister of Lebanon who resigned following public outrage over major blast in Beirut on 4th August  -- Hassan Diab
 The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched beta version of a portal on Human-Elephants Conflict named as -- “Surakhsya”
 Scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) have found 77 new species of butterflies here  -- Matheran, Maharashtra
  Which IIT collaborated with Agnys Waste Management Private Limited to develop indigenous seed balls named ‘BEEG’? -- IIT Kanpur
  The largest celestial object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is  -- Ceres
 The National Statistical Office recently released the Envistats India 2020 report which says that the number of heat wave days in 2019 increased over 80%. The report was prepared by -- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
 On the IUCN Red List of threatened species, Asian elephants are listed as --  “Endangered"
 Indian Elephant has been listed in the Appendix I of the Convention of the Migratory species in the Conference of Parties of CMS 13 held at  -- Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat
 The National Heritage Animal of India is -- Elephant
 World Elephant Day is observed on  -- August 12
 This refinery in Assam has recently received environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for its expansion -- Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)
 It is an Indian Ocean is land that declared a state of environmental emergency after a Japanese-owned ship began spilling tons of fuel recently -- Mauritius
 Hyderabad-based non-profit organisation Naandi Foundation and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have been adjudged among the top ten finalists for the Food System Vision Prize by the US-based Rockefeller Foundation. FSSAI got the recognition for  -- ‘Eat Right India’ initiative
 Which architectural style will be followed to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya? -- Nagara
 As part of the MoU between this state and E-commerce platform Flipkart, artisans, weavers and craftsmen under the One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme will be brought into the ‘Flipkart Samarth’ initiative  -- Uttar Pradesh
 The cabinet of which state has approved the policy of reserving 50% seats for women in the Village Employment Councils (VECs)? -- Meghalaya
 The Government of India has set up a three-member committee for determination of ceiling rates under Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme.The Committee will be headed by  -- G. K. Pillai
 It is the first state in India to delink incentives from State Goods and Service Tax (SGST) -- Gujarat
 World Biofuel Day is observed on this day to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels -- 10th August
 To ensure high speed broadband connectivity, the first ever under sear Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair was inaugurated. The project is funded by the Government (Ministry of Communications) through the -- Universal Service Obligation Fund
 Who is the heading the five member committee set up recently by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to make recommendations on norms for the resolution of COVID-19 related stressed loans? -- KV Kamath
 It's a "grand assembly," an Afghan tradition dating back at least three centuries, that brings together elders and community leaders from across the land to discuss matters of major national importance -- Loya Jirga
 Rockefeller Foundation has selected Anand Mahindra-backed Naandi Foundation, the Hyderabad based non-profit as one of the top 10 Visionaries in the world for the -- Food Vision 2050 Prize
 A Tri-service contingent of India will participate in Kavkaz 2020, a multilateral strategic command-post exercise to be held in -- Russia
 It is a runway that is located on the top of a plateau or hill with one or both ends adjacent to a steep precipice which drops into a deep gorge. This type of runway creates an optical illusion which requires a very precise approach by the pilot -- Tabletop Runway
 Which country will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021? -- India
 Which country will organise the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022? -- Australia
 It is a committee of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) that sets the standards for human gene nomenclature and also assigns a symbol (a short group of characters) to every gene -- HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
 This place (officially renamed August KrantiMaidan) is a park in Tardeo, central Mumbai where Mahatma Gandhi issued the Quit India speech on 8 August 1942 decreeing that the British must leave India immediately or else mass agitations would take place -- Gowalia Tank Maidan
 Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka? -- Mahinda Rajapaksa
 This GI tagged rice is known for its saltwater resistance and cultivated in Kerala and now farmers in West Bengal are experimenting with this variety of rice to tide over a crisis-like situation created by severe seawater incursion into paddy fields in the Sundarbans -- Pokkali
 When was the first National Policy on Education (NPE) promulgated by the Government of India? -- 1968
 To which country India has extended Line of Credit worth 18 million dollars to expand the fishing facilities? -- Maldives
 He was a prominent cultural historian and exponent of Mewatigharana, awarded Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, who passed away recently -- Mukund Lath
 This United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) designated day will be observed for the first time on 29 September 2020 towards meeting SDG target 12.3 -- International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW)
 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples or World Tribal Day is observed on -- 9th August
 The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) will open first of its kind Training cum Production Center of Silk in this village of Arunachal Pradesh  -- Chullyu
  The United States of America has urged United Nations’ members not to support this country’s bid to join the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) -- Cuba
 Who is the Chairman of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI?  -- The Governor of RBI
  The Reserve Bank of India on 6th August 2020 has raised the permissible loan to value (LTV) ratio for gold loans for non-agricultural purposes from 75% to -- 90%
  In 1905, a noted painting of ‘Bharat Mata’ was done by  -- Abanindranath Tagore
 He was the first Lt Governor Jammu and Kashmir and now been appointed as the 14th Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India -- Girish Chandra Murmu
  Which Indian company came second after Apple in FutureBrand Index 2020? -- Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
  6th August 2020 marked the 75th Anniversary of which tragic Day? -- Hiroshima Day
 On 6th National Handloom Day 2020, India's first Handloom Craft Village was launched at  -- Sharan in Himachal Pradesh
  Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?  -- Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi
 The Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of SashidharJagdishan as the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of  -- HDFC Bank
 Who has been appointed as new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir following resignation of G C Murmu? -- Manoj Sinha
 The salinity of this river in Goa to be studied by National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkeewhich has been appointed by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti -- Mhadei River
 India's first snow leopard conservation centre to come up in Uttarakhand by the Uttarakhand forest department along with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as part of its six-year long project -- SECURE Himalayas
 It is the first golf course of Mizoram implemented under the Swadesh Darshan (SD) Scheme of Ministry of Tourism -- Thenzawl Golf Resort
 Spain’s Goalkeeper who appeared in four world cups and as Captain, he helped Spain lift the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has retired recently -- Iker Casillas
 The book, titled “Vishesh: Code To Win”, has been written by sportswoman-turned-author Nirupama Yadav that narrates the inspirational story on the life of India’s youngest basketball team captain -- VisheshBhriguvanshi
 Who won the Formula One British Grand Prix 2020? -- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
 National Handloom Day is observed on -- 7th August
 India’s first 'Kisan Rail' for providing a seamless supply chain of perishable produce has been started between -- Devlali (Maharashtra) and Danapur (Bihar) Pi
 The government of which state has decided to start a program in lines with ‘Mann kiBaat’? -- Himachal Pradesh
 Which organisation has won the 1st prize in Smart India Hackathon 2020? -- Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, DIAT
 This fund was formed in 2017, is supported and led by the Government of India, managed by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), to promote multilateralism and shared prosperity to support developing countries towards the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development  -- India-UN Development Partnership Fund
 Three recognised Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS) sites in India are  -- Pampore Saffron Heritage (Kashmir), Koraput Traditional Agriculture (Odisha) and Kuttanad Below Sea Level Farming System (Kerala)
 Which state has the only hoolock gibbon sanctuary, the only ape species found in India? -- Assam (Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary)
 Designed by SpaceX, it is a spacecraft and super-heavy booster rocket meant to act as a reusable transportation system for crew and cargo to the Earth’s orbit, Moon and Mars -- Starship
 It is a recently launched social security scheme for tendu leaf collectors of Chhattisgarh  -- Shaheed Mahendra Karma TendupattaSangrahakSamajik Suraksha Yojana
 It is a rare sandstone idol of Lord Shiva having Pratihara style of architecture and belongs to the Ghateswar Temple at Baroli, Rajasthan that was smuggled to UK and recently retrieved by Rajasthan Poilce  -- Natesa
 The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has given sanction to set up the third power exchange platform in the country and it will be floated by PTC India along with BSE Investments and ICICI Bank. The existing two power exchanges are  -- Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL)
 The Rajasthan government has amended the Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 and increased reservation from one percent to five per cent in the State Judicial Service for candidates belonging to  -- More Backward Classes (MBC)
 It is a YouTube channel of National Cooperative Development Corporation to encourage farmers and the youth to take benefit of cooperatives -- Sahakar Cooptube NCDC India
 The Union Minister for MSME has approved a unique employment generation program proposed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to make India self-reliant in Agarbatti production -- Khadi Agarbatti Aatmanirbhar Mission (KAAM)
 It is an innovative technological solution aimed at strengthening immunization supply chain systems across the country to provide real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in the country being implemented under National Health Mission (NHM) by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare -- Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN)
 Nobel Peace Prize and Gandhi Peace Prize (Awarded by Govt. of India) winner Noted Irish politician whose efforts led to Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement (Belfast Agreement/Good Friday agreement) who recently passed away -- John Hume
 It is a national programme (an initiative of Vijnana Bharati and Vigyan Prasar) which has been launched to popularize science among school students of Class 6th to 11th and has been designed to identify the talent in the field of science and to promote the scientific acumen among the students -- Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM)
 The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) announced the establishment of an expert committee to suggest ways to enhance International Retail Business. The committee is headed by  -- Pradip Shah
 World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated annually in the first week of August (from 1st of August to 7th of August).The theme for the year 2020 is, “Support Breast feeding for a healthier planet”. The day commenced after signing the  -- Innocenti Declaration
 He is considered the father of modern Indian theatre; the first Director of National School of Drama (NSD); recipient of the Padma Vibhushan (2010), Padma Bhushan (1991) and Padma Shri (1966). He has also been awarded twice by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Direction in 1962, and later the Akademi's highest award the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre -- Ebrahim Alkazi
 The first Arab country to open a nuclear power plant  -- United Arab Emirates
 The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) this year conferred the Life Time Excellence Award to noted paleontologist who established facts that dinosaurs were present in Gujarat -- Ashok Sahni
 In a bid to support the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan”, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to supply  -- Mustard Oil
 The Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, approved a programme for the benefit of artisans involved in the manufacturing of Agarbatti and to develop the village industry under  -- Gramodyog Vikas Yojana
 It is a major E-W trending fault in the Kachchh region of Gujarat extending >150 km from Lakhpat village in the west to the Bhachau town in the east. A recent study has suggested that the fault, which has been dormant for the last 1,000-odd years, has been accumulating stress within and could trigger an earthquake -- Kutch Mainland Fault (KMF)
 A tribal woman hailing from Sundergarh district of Odisha, is amongst the seven new members of the Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change as a part of the UN Youth Strategy -- Archana Soreng
 The Ministry of Human Resource Development has been renamed as  -- Ministry of Education
 The 6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting was held under the presidency of Russia. The next (2021) meeting will be hosted by  -- India
 The first aircraft that will attempt controlled flight on another planet -- Ingenuity
 It is a technology demonstration payload on board Perseverance - NASA’s Mars mission Spacecraft that will produce oxygen from Martian atmospheric carbon dioxide  -- Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE)
 Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd has recently appointed a former RBI Governor as Additional & Independent Director -- Urjit Patel
 This is a conservation tool that sets minimum standards to manage target species, and encourages assessments to benchmark progress. Tigers are the first species selected for the initiative.India is the first among the 13 tiger range countries to nationally adopt this standard  -- Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards [CA|TS]
 A Singapore-based-NGO currently working on the Project ‘Aviral’ to reduce plastic waste in the Ganga River, plans to invest between USD 70 million to 100 million in India over the next five years to majorly to reduce plastic waste is  -- Alliance to End Plastic Waste