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Current Affairs Quiz of 21st July 2020 1
Current Affairs Quiz of 21st July 2020 1
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Q2. Name the racer who recently won the Formula-1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2020 at Hungaroring,
Mogyoród, Hungary.
(a) Lewis Hamilton
(b) Alexander Albon
(c) Max Verstappen
(d) Valtteri Bottas
(e) Lance Stroll
Q3. The 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting was held
under the presidency of which country?
(a) South Africa
(b) Mexico
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Japan
(e) Turkey
Q4. Name the e-portal recently launched by the International Centre for Automotive Technology
(ICAT) to improve the technological capability of Indian automotive sector.
(a) DREAM
(b) GOAL
(c) VICTORY
(d) MOTIVATE
(e) ASPIRE
Q5. Name the bollywood director who directed movie Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya released in 2001,
passed away recently.
(a) Chandan Arora
(b) Rajat Mukherjee
(c) Ram Gopal Varma
(d) Ravi Baswani
(e) Ganesh Yadav
Q6. Name the Germany forward player & World Cup winner, who has announced his retirement
from the sport recently.
(a) Mario Gotze
(b) Benedikt Howedes
(c) Andre Schurrle
(d) Miroslav Klose
(e) JosE Mourinho
Q7. Which day is being celebrated by United Nations as World Chess Day every year? It marks
the date of the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in 1924.
(a) 23 July
(b) 22 July
(c) 21 July
(d) 20 July
(e) 19 July
Q8. __________ and Marianna Vardinoyannis have been announced as the winners of the 2020
Nelson Mandela Prize.
(a) Myles. B. Abbott
(b) William A. Abdu
(c) Morissana Kouyate
(d) Fouad. M. Abbas
(e) Khalid Abbed
Q9. Name the eminent Indian mathematician Professor who passed away recently. He was the
founder and Director-Emeritus of the Chennai Mathematical Institute.
(a) Narendra Karmarkar
(b) C S Seshadri
(c) Sujatha Ramdorai
(d) Manindra Agrawal
(e) K.R. Parthasarathy
Q10. The mobile application PM SVANidhi has been launched. In PM SVANidhi, "S" stands for?
(a) Stree
(b) Shram
(c) Surya
(d) Shramik
(e) Street
Q11. An unmanned “Hope” Probe of Emirates Mars Mission, has been launched to “Mars” from
Tanegashima Space Center. Tanegashima Space Center is located in which country?
(a) Japan
(b) India
(c) France
(d) Saudi Arabia
(e) China
Q12. Which state government has launched ”Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana” for all-round
development of the Scheduled Castes?
(a) Haryana
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Odisha
Q13. Name the civil rights veteran who worked alongside the Rev Martin Luther King Jr, passed
away recently. He was honored by the Barack Obama with the presidential medal of freedom in
2013.
(a) Bernard Lafayette
(b) Cordy Tindell Vivian
(c) James Bevel
(d) Joseph Lowery
(e) Fred Shuttlesworth
Q15. A portal named ASPIRE has been launched by the International Centre for Automotive
Technology to improve the technological capability of Indian automotive sector. ASPIRE stands
for?
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. A mission titled as “Hope” has been launched to “Mars” by the United Arab Emirates.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Lewis Hamilton won the Formula-1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2020 at Hungaroring, Mogyoród,
Hungary.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting was held
under the presidency of Saudi Arabia.
S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. A portal named “Automobile Solutions Portal for Industry, Research & Education (ASPIRE)”
has been launched by the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) to improve the
technological capability of Indian automotive sector.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Bollywood director Rajat Mukherjee, who directed movie Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya released in
2001, passed away recently.
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Germany forward player & World Cup winner, Andre Schurrle has announced
retirement from the sport.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. United Nations celebrates World Chess Day globally on 20 July every year. It marks the date
of the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in 1924.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Morissana Kouyate and Marianna Vardinoyannis have been announced as the winners of the
2020 Nelson Mandela Prize.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Eminent Indian mathematician Professor C S Seshadri passed away recently. He was the
founder and Director-Emeritus of the Chennai Mathematical Institute.
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. The mobile application of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) has been
launched.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. An unmanned “Hope” Probe of Emirates Mars Mission, has been launched to “Mars” from
Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Uttar Pradesh government has launched ”Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana” for all-round
development of the Scheduled Castes.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. A civil rights veteran, The Rev Cordy Tindell Vivian who worked alongside the Rev Martin
Luther King Jr, passed away recently. He was honored by the Barack Obama with the presidential
medal of freedom in 2013.
S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. President of International Chess Federation (FIDE) is Arkady Dvorkovich.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. A portal named “Automobile Solutions Portal for Industry, Research & Education (ASPIRE)”
has been launched by the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) to improve the
technological capability of Indian automotive sector.