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- As per the industry body FICCI, what will be the GDP growth rate of India in the financial year 2020-21?
A) -3.8%
B) -5%
C) -4.5%
D) -6%
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Option C
Explanation: Industry body FICCI has projected the Indian economy to contract by (-) 4.5 percent in 2020-21, as per its latest Economic Outlook Survey released on 12 July 2020. The minimum and maximum GDP growth estimate stood at (-) 6.4 percent and 1.5 percent, respectively, for FY21.
- Who is the author of the book “A Song of India”?
A) Salman Rushdie
B) Ruskin Bond
C) Amitav Ghosh
D) Anita Desai
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Option B
Explanation: A new book by world renowned author Ruskin Bond, titled “A Song of India” is scheduled to hit the stands on July 20, to mark the 70th year of Mr Bond’s literary career. The book has been published by Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House India.
- Google has announced to set up the ‘Google for India Digitisation Fund’ with the total outlay of _____ to invest in India in the coming years
A) $10 billion
B) $5 billion
C) $7 billion
D) $12 billion
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Option A
Explanation: Technology giant Google will invest Rs. 75,000 crore (around $10 billion), in India over the next 5-7 years to boost India’s digital economy. The dedicated ‘Google for India Digitisation Fund’, will be deployed for this purpose.
- Which country was the top trading partner of India in the financial year 2019-20?
A) France
B) China
C) United States
D) United Aram Emirates
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Option C
Explanation: The United States has retained its position as India’s top trading partner for the second consecutive financial year in 2019-20. As per the data of the Ministry of Commerce, the bilateral trade between the US and India in 2019-20 stood at $88.75 billion as against $87.96 billion in 2018-19.
- Lee Hsien Loong has recently secured another term as the Prime Minister of which country?
A) Denmark
B) Finland
C) Malaysia
D) Singapore
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Option D
Explanation: Singapore held its general elections on voted on 10 July 2020 to elect the country’s 14th Parliament, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The ruling party People’s Action Party (PAP) won majority of the vote with 83 out of the 93 seats meaning that the PAP will remain in power for another five years. PAP is ruling the country since independence in 1965. The incumbent Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will continue to serve as the national leader.
- England based player Jack Charlton has passed away. He was related to which sports?
A) Hockey
B) Football
C) Baseball
D) Tennis
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Option B
Explanation: English footballer Jack Charlton, who was the part of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup has passed away following a “long-term” illness. He was 85.
- Name the first ever Indian company to cross the market capitalization mark of Rs 12 lakh crore?
A) Reliance Industries
B) TCS
C) State Bank of India
D) NTPC Limited
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Option A
Explanation: Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has become the first Indian firm to hit a market capitalisation mark of Rs. 12 lakh crore. The shares price of the company surged to a record high of Rs. 1,947 on 13 July 2020, after which the Market cap of the firm rose to Rs 12.32 lakh crore.
- The virtual Counter-Terrorism Week 2020 was orgainsed from 6-10 July 2020. Which organisation conducts the annual celebrations?
A) World Bank
B) OECD
C) United Nations
D) USAID
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Option C
Explanation: The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism organised its Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week 2020 from 6-10 July 2020. The theme of 2020 Counter-Terrorism Week was “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment”.
- The 2020 Voluntary National Review (VNR) of India was presented at the United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) by which organisation?
A) Ministry of External Affairs
B) NITI Aayog
C) FICCI
D) RBI
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Option B
Explanation: NITI Aayog presented India’s second Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, 2020.The India VNR 2020 report was titled Decade of Action: Taking SDGs from Global to Local. The report was presented by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog.
- Nagindas Sanghvi who passed away recently was one of the renowned journalist and writer from which state of India?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Maharashtra
D) Gujarat
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Option D
Explanation: Veteran Gujarati journalist, columnist, writer and political critic Nagindas Sanghvi has passed away in Surat. He was 100. Sangvi was conferred Padma Shri award in the year 2019.
