1.

PM Modi inaugurated the Asia’s largest solar power project, “Rewa

Ultra Mega Solar Power Project” in which state?
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Telangana

Answer & Explanation

Answer-4) Madhya Pradesh

Explanation:
Asia’s largest solar power project: Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power
Project in Madhya Pradesh is inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi, through video conferencing.The 750 MW ultra-solar
power plant spread over 1,590 acres.It was developed by Rewa Ultra
Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), a joint venture of MadhyaPradesh Urja
Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVN) and Solar Energy Corporation of India
(SECI).The Rewa Solar Power project received the World Bank Group
President’s Award.

2. Which ministry released first 5 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur

Manuscript recently (presented to President Ram Nath Govind).
1) Ministry of Culture
2) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
3) Ministry of Human Resource Development
4) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Answer & Explanation

Answer-1) Ministry of Culture

Explanation:
Under the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), The Ministry of
Culture has taken up the project of re-printing 108 volumes of Mongolian
Kanjur. A set of First Five manuscripts were presented to Shri Ram Nath
Kovind, the President of India on Guru Purnima (Dharma Chakra Day) on
4th July 2020.The present edition is being published by the National
Mission for Manuscripts(NMM).
3. Which company has partnered with Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MEITY) & Digital India to lead the scale
up program of Digital India for hardware and IoT start-ups?
1) DLabs
2) NASSCOM
3)Cubex
4) H-innovative
5) T-Hub

Answer & Explanation

Answer-5) T-Hub
Explanation:
T-Hub announced their partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY) and Digital India to lead the scale up
program of Digital India for hardware and Internet of Things (IoT)
startups and to support the startups with investments and market access.

4. N. Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of which Indian state has

inaugurated 5 Water Supply projects worth Rs 48.39 crore recently?
1) Manipur
2) Mizoram
3) Meghalaya
4) Maharashtra
5) Madhya Pradesh

Answer & Explanation

Answer-1) Manipur
Explanation:
Manipur Chief Minister(CM) N. Biren Singh inaugurates 5 Water Supply
projects worth Rs 48.39 crore, which have a total capacity of more than
26.15 million of liters per day(MLD) through video conferencing from
the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Imphal. With addition to the projects one
office building of Weight and Measures Department and Rapid Antigen
Detection Testing Centre at Jiribam were also inaugurated. The New
Development Bank has sanctioned Rs 3,000 crore to provide drinking
water to every household of the state and work orders for the projects
have been issued.
5. Uttar Pradesh cabinet chaired by CM Yogi Adityanath approved the
Uttar Pradesh Start-up Policy 2020 recently. Who is the Governor of
UP?
1) Banwarilal Purohit
2) Ramesh Bais
3) BiswaBhusanHarichandan
4) Anandiben Patel
5) TamilisaiSoundararajan

Answer & Explanation

Answer-4) Anandiben Patel

Explanation:
The cabinet of Uttar Pradesh Government chaired by Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath approved the new startup policy – Uttar Pradesh Startup
Policy 2020 to increase the job opportunities and employment in Uttar
Pradesh by promoting the developing units in agriculture, health, power,
education, tourism and transport sectors. UP Governor–
AnandibenMafatbhai Patel.

6. What will be the mean average global temperature in next 5 years as

per report “Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update for 2020-
2024” released by World Meteorological Organization (WMO)?
1) 2° Celsius
2) 1.5° Celsius
3) 2.5° Celsius
4) 3° Celsius
5) 3.5° Celsius

Answer & Explanation

Answer-2) 1.5° Celsius

Explanation:
The United Nations (UN) weather Agency, World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) in its “Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update
for 2020-2024” has forecasted that the annual mean global temperature
are already at least 1 C higher now than during the period from 1850-
 1900 because of man-made greenhouse emissions and there is a 20%
chance that it will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) in at least
one year between 2020-2024. Overall, it is very likely to be within the
range 0.91 – 1.59°C.

7. Who chairs the independent panel for pandemic preparedness and

response (IPPR) formulated by World Health Organisation (WHO)?
1) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
2) Helen Elizabeth Clark
3) Harsh Vardhan
4) Both 1) and 2)
5) Both 1) and 3)

Answer & Explanation

Answer-4) Both 1) and 2)

Explanation:
World Health Organization (WHO) has formulated an Independent Panel
for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s
response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Panel will be co-chaired by
former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Elizabeth Clark and former
President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. While Helen Clark served as
an administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), on the other hand, Ellen Sirleaf is a recipient of the 2011 Nobel
Peace Prize.

8. Find the bank which renewed MoU with International Energy

Agency (IEA) to increase the collaboration on sustainability with a
focus on energy sector.
1) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
2) New Development Bank (NDB)
3) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
4) World Bank (WB)
5) None of these

Answer & Explanation

 Answer-3) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Explanation:
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has renewed a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) with International Energy Agency (IEA) during
IEA’s Clean Energy Transitions Summit 2020 with the aim to further
increase the collaboration on sustainability with a focus on energy sector
resilience in Asia and the Pacific.

9. Asian Development Bank has entered into agreement with Qatar-

based Education Above All (EAA) Foundation to work jointly for
project worth of __________.
1) $100 million
2) $200 million
3) $150 million
4) $250 million
5) $500 million

Answer & Explanation

Answer-1) $100 million

Explanation:
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help India and 9 other Asian
nations to ensure quality education for the out-of-school and at-risk
children in the primary level. In its preliminary effort, ADB has entered
into a 5-year agreement with Qatar-based Education Above All (EAA)
Foundation to work jointly for project worth of $100 million to put at
least 3.2 lakh out-of-school children, including refugees and internally
displaced children into quality primary education.

10.The IRDAI has removed the _______ maximum cap on sum insured
for Arogya Sanjeevani policies recently.
1) Rs. 1 Lakh
2) Rs. 2 Lakh
3) Rs. 50,000
4) Rs. 25,000
5) Rs. 5 Lakh
 Answer & Explanation

Answer-5) Rs. 5 Lakh

Explanation:
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
has allowed all general and health insurance companies to increase the
sum insured on the Standard Individual Health Insurance Product namely
“Arogya Sanjeevani” beyond Rs 5 lakh. This decision has been taken in
view of the increasing cost of healthcare in the country amid the covid-19
pandemic. Arogya Sanjeevani, is a product for which all insurers are
mandated to offer had a cap of Rs 5 lakh on the sum insured and the
minimum cover for it was of Rs 1 lakh. The regulator has now allowed
insurers to offer sum insured as low as Rs 50,000 with no upper limit. The
sum insured has to be in multiples of Rs 50,000.

11.Maharashtra government along with which bank planned to set up

fund to revive Slum Rehabilitation Authority projects?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) Indian Overseas Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) Punjab National Bank
5) State Bank of India

Answer & Explanation

Answer-5) State Bank of India

Explanation:
Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad announced that the state
govt and State Bank of India(SBI) will set up a stress fund to revive Slum
Rehabilitation Authority(SRA) projects(about 370 projects) in the
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and other urban areas of the state.

12.How much was the additional amount Mastercard plans to invest to

support Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)?
1) Rs 1000 crore
2) Rs 750 crore
3) Rs 500 crore
 4) Rs 250 crore
5) Rs 100 crore

Answer & Explanation

Answer-4) Rs 250 crore

Explanation:
Mastercard has announced that it will invest Rs 250 crore(USD 33
million) to support Indian Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) to
enable the SMEs to restart itself and help them in business recovery.
SMEs have been hit hardest during the lockdown caused by COVID-19
due to their dependence on the cash-economy and disruption of the
supply chain.

13.Name the PSU which has signed agreement with New Okhla
Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) to install public Electric
Vehicle charging stations.
1) State Express Transport Corporation(SETC)
2) United Electrical Industries Limited(UEIL)
3) Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL)
4) Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd(HECL)
5) None of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer-3) Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL)

Explanation:
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) inked an agreement with the
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) to install public
Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations & related infrastructure in order
to promote the usage of electric vehicles. The objective of this partnership
is to create an infrastructural ecosystem to accelerate e-mobility post
COVID-19 pandemic.

14.Which state signed MoU with Flipkart to promote the arts, Crafts
and Handloom sector?
1) Karnataka
 2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Kerala
5) Rajasthan

Answer & Explanation

Answer-1) Karnataka
Explanation:
Flipkart and the Department of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
(MSME) and Mines of Government of Karnataka signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) to promote the arts, Crafts and Handloom sector
of Karnataka by providing market access through e-commerce platform
and to increase the local business.

15.Who chairs the advisory committee constituted by SEBI on matters

related to regulation and development of the mutual funds?
1) M. S. Kamath
2) Motilal Oswal
3) Ashish Chauhan
4) Usha Thorat
5) Nitin Vyakaranam

Answer & Explanation

Answer-4) Usha Thorat

Explanation:
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the regulator of the
securities and commodity market in India, has reconstituted the
committee advising it on matters related to regulation and development of
the mutual fund industry by including five new members. The new 20-
member committee, will be chaired by Usha Thorat, former deputy
governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

16.Name the person who has been appointed as the officiating president
of Hockey India (July 2020)?
1) Gyanendro Ningombam
 2) Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad
3) Rajinder Singh
4) Shukhbir Singh
5) Balbir Singh

Answer & Explanation

Answer-1) Gyanendro Ningombam

Explanation:
The Hockey India(HI) in its Executive Board meeting named Manipur’s
GyanendroNingombam, who was senior vice-president in the federation,
as officiating president till the end of September 2022 after
MohdMushtaque Ahmad resigned on July 07, 2020 due to personal and
family commitments.

17.The battalion unit of which country has won annual United Nations
Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) environment awards?
1) China
2) India
3) Pakistan
4) United States
5) Japan

Answer & Explanation

Answer-2) India
Explanation:
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Head of Mission
and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col awarded the
annual environment awards of UNIFIL to 7 mission entities. An Indian
Battalion (INDBATT) stationed with UNIFIL is declared first for
environmental contributions.The annual award was launched by UNIFIL
on 4th December 2019 to recognise the environmental achievements
within the Mission’s area of operations.

18.The Annual Ranking of Police Stations for 2019 prepared by the

Ministry of Home Affairs was announced recently. The Nadaun
 Police Station of which state is ranked one of the best in India?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Rajasthan
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Punjab

Answer & Explanation

Answer-3) Himachal Pradesh

Explanation:
Amit Shah, The Union Minister of Home Affairs announced the Annual
Ranking of Police Stations for 2019 prepared by the Ministry of Home
Affairs, Government of India in the Director General of Police’s (DGP’s)
conference. Nadaun Police Station of Hamirpur District in Himachal
Pradesh is ranked as one of the best Police Stations of India.

19.Name the Operation which was committed by Indian Navy to bring

back stranded Indians in abroad (The 55 days long mission
completed recently).
1) Operation COVID-19 rescue
2) Operation Come back
3) Operation Back to home
4) Operation Red Chillies
5) Operation Samudra Setu

Answer & Explanation

Answer-5) Operation Samudra Setu

Explanation:
Indian Navy has successfully completed its 55 days and 23,000
kilometers long ‘Operation Samudra Setu’, which was launched on May
5, 2020 as a part of the national effort to repatriate (bring back) Indian
citizens from 3 countries of Maldives, Iran, and Sri Lanka during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Under this operation 3,992 Indian citizens were
brought back to India, which was conducted by Indian Naval Ships (INS)
Jalashwa, and INS Airavat, INS Shardul and INS Magar (Landing Ship
Tanks).This operation was undertaken by the Indian Navy in close
coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Ministry of
 Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
and various other agencies of the Government of India (GoI) and State
Governments.

20.ISRO set to launch Amazonia – 1 earth observatory satellite on

PSLV. The Amazonia – 1 is the satellite belongs to which country?
1) Chile
2) Israel
3) Brazil
4) Egypt
5) Iran

Answer & Explanation

Answer-3) Brazil
Explanation:
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the
Amazonia – 1 onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) as a
primary payload by August 2020. Amazonia -1 is Brazil’s first satellite
for Earth observation – designed, assembled and tested in Brazil.

21.Pritam Rani who is in news recently is associated with which sport?

1) Tennis
2) Cricket
3) Football
4) Hockey
5) Badminton

Answer & Explanation

22.Who authored the book titled ‘His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai
Lama: An Illustrated Biography’?
1) Kelsang Gyatso
2) Pema Chödrön
3) ThinleyNorbu
4) Tenzin GeycheTethong
5) NamkhaiNorbu

Answer & Explanation

Answer-4) Tenzin GeycheTethong

Explanation:
A book titled ‘His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated
Biography’ is authored by one of the Dalai Lama’s closest aides and
advisor of over 40 year, Tenzin GeycheTethong. The biography is a
memorable portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. The book is
to be released in October 2020 and is published by Roli Books