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- Uttar Pradesh government has signed an agreement with which country for the Bundelkhand Water Management Project?
A) France
B) Israel
C) Russia
D) Japan
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Option B
Explanation: The Government of Uttar Pradesh has signed a ‘plan of cooperation’ with the Government of Israel for the management of water resources in Bundelkhand region of the state, which faces potable water shortage in summers. The plan of cooperation for the ‘India –Israel – Bundelkhand Water Project’ has been signed for a period of two years and will be extended later.
- The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is observed every year on which day?
A) 18 August
B) 19 August
C) 20 August
D) 22 August
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Option D
Explanation: The second annual International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is being observed on 22 August 22, 2020.
- Dr Keith Rowley has recently been sworn in as the Prime Minister of which country for the second consecutive year?
A) Mexico
B) Barbados
C) Trinidad and Tobago
D) Dominican Republic
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Option C
Explanation: Dr Keith Rowley has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago for a second consecutive five-year term on 19 August 2020.
- Government has recently launched two tertiary processing centres for the “Trifood Project” of TRIFED. The two units have been launched in which cities?
A) Raigad and Jagdalpur
B) Pune and Bilaspur
C) Thane and Hubli
D) Satara and Balasore
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Option A
Explanation: The Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Arjun Munda virtually launched the “Trifood Project” of TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs on 20 August 2020 which aims to enhance the income of tribals through better utilization and value addition to the Minor Forest Produce (MFP) collected by the tribal forest gatherers. To begin with, two tertiary processing centres of “Trifood Project” have been launched. One of the centre has been launched in Raigad, Maharashtra and the other in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh.
- Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan who has passed away recently was associated with which sports?
A) Football
B) Cricket
C) Hockey
D) Golf
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Option B
Explanation: Veteran cricketer Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan has passed away due to heart attack. He was 89. He had played only in the first-class cricket in India for Mysore as the right-arm medium pace bowler from 1948 to 1963.
- Francisco Asue has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?
A) Benin
B) Gabon
C) Equatorial Guinea
D) Ivory Coast
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Option C
Explanation: Francisco Asue has been reappointed as Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea. This is Asue’s third consecutive term as PM. He was first appointed as PM of Equatorial Guinea in 2016.
- The Ministry of Labour has launched the logo of Labour Bureau which represents the three goals of the Labour Bureau. Which of these is not one of those goals?
A) Validity
B) Reliability
C) Accuracy
D) Imprecision
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Option D
Explanation: Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment launched the official logo of Labour Bureau on 20 August 2020. The newly launched logo represents the three goals of Labour Bureau to produce quality data which are Accuracy, Validity and Reliability, thus signifying that Labour Bureau is a data based organization dealing in data related to workers and work.
- Name the capital city of Equatorial Guinea.
A) Malabo
B) Kinshasa
C) Kampala
D) Bogota
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Option A
Explanation: Capital: Malabo; Currency: Central African CFA franc
- What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
A) San Juan
B) Port of Spain
C) Point Fortin
D) Siparia
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Option B
Explanation: Port of Spain, Currecny-Dollar
- Who is the Minister of State (I/C) in the Ministry of Labour and Employment?
A) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
B) Mahendra Nath Pandey
C) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
D) Shripad Naik
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Option C
Explanation: Santosh Kumar Gangwar
