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Current Affairs August 2020
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NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
| India emerged joint winner of the International Chess Olympiad along with which country? | Russia |
| On which date Rafale fighter jets will be formally inducted into the Indian Air Force by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh? | September 10, 2020 |
| National Sports Awards 2020 was hosted on? | August 29, 2020 |
| Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for contribution in Cricket? | Rohit Sharma |
| Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for contribution in Para Athletics? | Mariyappan Thangavelu |
| Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for contribution in Table Tennis? | Manika Batra |
| Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for contribution in Wrestling? | Vinesh Phogat |
| Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for contribution in Hockey? | Rani Rampal |
| Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana completed how many years on August 28, 2020? | 6 years |
| Which state's assembly has passed a resolution to bring the state under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution? | Arunachal Pradesh |
| The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) launched a new forum on Artificial Intelligence. Name the Managing Director of IBM (India and South Asia) who will chair this forum? | Sandip Patel |
| Which state topped Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2020? Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu came at second and third place respectively. | Gujarat |
| Which Union Territory performed the best in the Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2020? Goa and Chandigarh came at second and third place respectively. | Delhi |
| The central government will sell how much stake in state-run aerospace and defence company Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL)? | 15 per cent |
| Who has replaced Ashok Lavasa as the new Election Commissioner of India? | Rajiv Kumar |
| Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Meghalaya replacing Tathagata Roy? | Satya Pal Malik |
| Chandrayaan- 2 recently captured an image of a crater on Moon. ISRO has named the crater after which Indian astrophysicist? | Vikram Sarabhai |
| Who on August 18, 2020 won IPL 2020 title sponsorship bid for Rs 222 crores outbidding Tata Sons and educational platforms Byju's and Unacademy? | Dream11 |
| Which state will be the first one in India to offer government jobs based on the Common Eligibility Test (CET) score? | Madhya Pradesh |
| Which short film directed by Abhijit Paul won the first prize in the online short film contest organised by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry along with National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)? | Am I |
| Which state has launched the 'Indira Rasoi Yojana' in order to provide quality nutritious food to poor people at just Rs. 8? | Rajasthan |
| Name the former Prime Minister of India whose birth anniversary was observed on August 20th? | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Which city was ranked at the top in the Swachh Survekshan 2020 rankings list for the fourth consecutive time? | Indore |
| Which town was adjudged as the cleanest town on the banks of river Ganga in Swachh Survekshan 2020 rankings? | Varanasi |
| Which company has acquired a majority equity stake in 'Netmeds' for Rs 620 crores approximately? | Reliance Retail |
| Who took oath as the new Governor of Goa on August 19, 2020? | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| Name the Indian cricketer and a former captain who announced retirement on August 15, 2020? Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| Which institute has retained its top rank in the list of top innovative educational institutes in India for the second consecutive year? | IIT Madras |
| Name the former Indian Prime Minister whose second death anniversary was observed on August 16, 2020? | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| A 2,300 km long Optical Fibre Cable was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on 10th August. It will connect Chennai with which union territory? | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| 78th anniversary of Quit India Day was observed on? | August 8th |
| Which state/UT will host the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) that will be held in November 2020? | Goa |
| Name the renowned poet who passed away on August 11, 2020? He was a poet and lyricist in Urdu language? | Rahat Indori |
| Who assumed office as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) on 8th August 2020? | Girish Chandra Murmu |
| On which day National Handloom Day was observed across India? | August 7 |
| Who has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on August 7, 2020? | Manoj Sinha |
| Name the senior CPI(M) trade union leader and former state Transport Minister of West Bengal who passed away in Kolkata on August 6, 2020 at the age of 76? | Shyamal Chakraborty |
| India's first Kisan Special Parcel Train or Kisan Rail will start from August 7 and will transport materials between Maharashtra and ________. | Bihar |
| Name the veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra who passed away on August 5, 2020 at the age of 89? | S P Nilangekar |
| Name the Indian classical vocalist of Mewati gharana and recipient of Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award who passed away on 17 August 2020 in New Jersey, USA | Pandit Jasraj |
| Name the place in Kerala where a plane of Air India crashed resulting in death of hundreds of people? | Kozhikode |
| Name the former Indian cricketer and Minster of Youth and Sports of Uttar Pradesh who passed away on August 16, 2020? | Chetan Chauhan |
| Name the two villages in Odisha which have been declared as Tsunami Ready by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO? | Venkatraipur (Ganjam) and Noliasahi (Jagatsinghpur) |
| Name the place in Himachal Pradesh where the foundation stone of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) was laid by Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal? | Sirmaur |
| Name the former Samajwadi leader and Rajya Sabha member who passed away on August 01, 2020? | Amar Singh |
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
| Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman passed away on August 28 after a long battle with colon cancer. Name the movie he is best known for? | Black Panther |
| Which country set a record for the world's highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases by reporting 80,092 fresh COVID-19 cases on August 30, 2020 | India |
| Prime Minister of which country has resigned due to worsening health condition? | Japan |
| Who has become the first bowler to take 500 wickets in T20 cricket? | Dwayne Bravo |
| Kevin Mayer stepped down as CEO of which company on August 26, 2020? | TikTok |
| Name the CEO of Amazon who on August 26, 2020, became the first person in the world to hit a net worth of $200 billion? | Jeff Bezos |
| Which continent has been declared free of polio by the World Health Organisation (WHO)? | Africa |
| When was Mother Teresa’s 110th birth anniversary observed across the world? | August 26, 2020 |
| Who has become the first-ever fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets? | James Anderson |
| With 800 wickets who is the highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket? | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Which country won its first-ever gold in the Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad 2020? | India |
| Which country's state oil company has suspended its USD 10 billion worth China oil refinery project? | Saudi Arabia |
| Which country has discovered the biggest-ever natural gas reserve (320 billion cubic meters) in the Black Sea? | Turkey |
| Which state's government has launched India's longest ropeway over Brahmaputra river? | Assam |
| Which country ranked first in the number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming? | India |
| Google has warned which country's citizens of the possibility of losing their access to free search services? | Australia |
| On which day World Humanitarian Day was observed across the world? | August 19 |
| What is the name of Russia's first COVID-19 vaccine which was named after the world's first satellite? | Sputnik V |
| United States brokered a historic peace agreement between Israel and which country on August 13, 2020? | UAE |
| Which country has ended its loan and oil supply to Pakistan, ending the decades-long friendship between the two countries? | Saudi Arabia |
| On which date International Youth Day was observed across the world? | August 12 |
| On which day World Elephant Day was observed across the world? | August 12 |
| Prime Minister of which country has resigned amid public outrage over Beirut blast which caused massive destruction and led to the loss of many lives? | Lebanon |
| Which country will host ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021? | India |
| On which date Japan observed the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack? | August 6 |
| Which country has become the first in the Arab world to produce nuclear energy? | United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
| Which country has banned transactions with TikTok owner Bytedance and WeChat's parent firm Tencent? | USA |
| Name the Nobel Peace Prize winner and a prominent politician of Northern Ireland who passed away on August 3, 2020? | John Hume |