Current Affairs MCQ with Answers August 7, 2020

1. Former Jammu & Kashmir Governor Girish Chandra Murmu (1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre) has been appointed the next Comptroller Auditor General on Thursday. He is the ______ Comptroller and Auditor General of India. He was also the first lieutenant governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

10th
12th
14th
16th

2. The first __________ makes its maiden journey from Devlali, Maharashtra at 11 am on 7th August 2020 and is expected to reach its final destination Danapur, Bihar on Saturday by 6:45 pm. The train was flagged off via video conference by Agriculture & Rural Minister Narendra Singh Tomar along with Railway & Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. This marks the first step towards realising the goal of increasing farmers’ income to double their current earnings by 2022 and providing a seamless supply chain to deliver perishable goods and increase business between Maharashtra and Bihar. This Rail is classified as a freight train with refrigerated coaches for transporting fish, milk, meat products, fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural produce.

Kisan Rail
Vastu Rail
Shramik Rail
Refrigerated Rail

3. Which day was chosen as National Handloom Day to commemorate the Swadeshi Movement which was launched on this day in 1905 in the Calcutta Town hall to protest against the partition of Bengal by the British Government?

5th August
7th August
9th August
10th August

4. The Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa-led party, on Thursday, 6th August 2020, decimated the former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe-led party, the country’s oldest national party, in recently held elections in Sri Lanka. What is the name of the winning party?

UNP
SLPP
SLTP
EJJP

5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday,8th August 2020, inaugurate an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission. A tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the experience centre was first announced by the prime minister on April 10 2017 on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of Gandhiji’s Champaran ‘satyagraha’. What is the name of the centre?

Nagrik Swachhata Kendra
Rashtriya Nagrik Kendra
Bhartiya Swachhata Kendra
Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra

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