24 August 2020 Daily Quiz

1.What is the amount of loan agreement between Government of India and AIIB sign to improve the network capacity, service quality and safety of the suburban railway system in Mumbai?

$500 million
$300 million
$750 million
$800 million

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2. On 21st August 2020, the Central Government has constituted a National Council for Transgender Persons under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. Which section ?

section 12
section 11
section 16
section 14

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3. Who is the present Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowermentin Government of India?

Narendra Singh Tomar
Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Prakash Javedekar
Ravishankar Prasad

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4.Which insttute has been identified and awarded with “Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020” by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports ?

Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, Gwalior
Army Sports Institute, Pune
Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala
SAI Water Sports Centre, Alappuzha

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5. Which organization has released "Population projections for India and States 2011 – 2036", and projects India’s Population to be more feminine by 2036 in terms of sex ratio?

UNICEF
ADB
UNESCO
National commission for population

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6. Who are the two business leaders to receive 2020 Leadership Awards from (USISPF) US-India Strategic Partnership Forum?

KV Kamath, Mukesh Ambani
Anand Mahindra, Shantanu Narayen
Nandan Nilekani, Gautam Adani
Kiran Mazumder Shaw, Rajiv Bajaj

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7. Which two insurance companies have signed definitive agreements to merge their business?

HDFC Life, HDFC Ergo
ICICI Prudential, ICICI Lombard
ICICI Lombard, Bharti Axa General Insurance
LIC, SBI General insurance

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8. India's longest river ropeway of 1.8 km has been built on which river?

Ganga
Yamuna
Cauvery
Brahmaputra

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9.Sinabung volcano is an active volcano in which country?

Japan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Maldives

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10.Who is the Chairperson of Delimitation Commission ?

Sunil Arora
Justice Ranjana Devi
Ashok Lavasa
Justice R. M. Lodha

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