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- Who among the following has won the Formula One British Grand Prix 2020?
A) Sebastian Vettel
B) Charles Leclerc
C) Max Verstappen
D) Lewis Hamilton
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Option D
Explanation: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) has won the Formula One British Grand Prix 2020 held on August 02, 2020. He came first, despite a puncture during the last lap. Max Verstappen ended up second in this F1 race while Charles Leclerc came third. This is the third win for Hamilton in this season of F1 races.
- NASA inaugurated its flagship Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission on 30 July 2020. The landing of this rover will take place on which site of the Mars?
A) Korolev Crater
B) Asimov Crater
C) Jezero Crater
D) Gale Crater
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Option C
Explanation: On 30 July 2020, the NASA launched its boldest-ever Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission. The car size Perseverance rover was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The rover will land on the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. The landing will take place on 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, Mars. It will spend at least one Mars year ( around two Earth years (687 days)), exploring the landing site region.
- The World Sanskrit Day is held every year in India, on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana. The day was declared by the Indian government in which year?
A) 1969
B) 1972
C) 1981
D) 1995
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Option A
Explanation: World Sanskrit Day, (also known as Sanskrit Diwas), is celebrated every year on Shraavanapoornima, that is the Poornima day of the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar, which is also marked as Raksha Bandhan. In 2020, this day is being observed on 3 August 2020. The Government of India decided to celebrate World Sanskrit Day in 1969, on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan that falls on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana.
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the renovated 2 lane upstream carriageway of the Mahatma Gandhi bridge. The bridge is based in which state?
A) Gujarat
B) Bihar
C) Uttarakhand
D) Himachal Pradesh
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Option B
Explanation: The Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari virtually inaugurated the two completed lanes of the 4-lane Mahatma Gandhi bridge in Bihar on 31 July 2020, which is being renovated. Mahatma Gandhi bridge is a 5,750 metres long four lane bridge, lying at NH-19 between Patna and Hajipur. It is the third-longest river bridge in India.
- The National Digital Conference on ‘Easing Doing Business for Atmanirbhar Bharat’ was organised recently by CII in partnership with Department for Promotion of Investment and Internal Trade (DPIIT). Who was the Chief Guest at the event?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Suresh Prabhu
C) Nirmala Sitharaman
D) Piyush Goyal
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Option D
Explanation: The National Digital Conference on ‘Easing Doing Business for Atmanirbhar Bharat’ was organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Department for Promotion of Investment and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on 30 July 2020. The event was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, who was the Chief Guest at the event and delivered the inaugural address.
- Kamal Rani Varun, who has passed away recently was the Cabinet Minister in the Government of which state?
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh
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Option C
Explanation: Kamal Rani Varun, the Indian politician and Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh has passed away due to COVID-19. She was 62. Kamal Rani was the minister of technical education in the state government.
- The ‘Kona Kona Umeed’ campaign has been launched by which bank to provide great offers and deals to its customers?
A) Yes Bank
B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) HDFC Bank
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Option B
Explanation: The private sector lender, Kotak Mahindra Bank, has announced the launch of a two-month long campaign called ‘Kona Kona Umeed’ with huge offers and discounts to lift up hope and optimism among its customers in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic .
- India and United Kingdom have collaborated for five new research projects to tackle anti-microbial resistance that can be helpful in the global fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes. What is the cost of this joint research project?
A) 8 million pounds
B) 7 million pounds
C) 6 million pounds
D) 5 million pounds
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Option A
Explanation: Enhancing their science and research collaboration, India and the United Kingdom have partnered to undertake five new research projects to tackle anti-microbial resistance that can be helpful in the global fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes. The overall cost of the five projects is 8 million pounds. They are planned to be executed in September 2020.
- Name the first Arab country to launch the regions first ever nuclear energy based power plant ‘Barakah Nuclear Plant’?
A) Turkey
B) Iraq
C) Qatar
D) United Arab Emirates
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Option D
Explanation: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made a remarkable achievement by becoming the first country in the Arab World to produce nuclear energy, when the Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Plant in Abu Dhabi, got operational on 31 July 2020.
- The World Ranger Day is observed every year on__________
A) 30 July
B) 1 August
C) 31 July
D) 2 August
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Option C
Explanation: The World Ranger Day is celebrated every year on 31 July. It was on this day in 1992 that International Ranger Federation (IRF) was founded.
