Current Affairs Quiz: 28 August 2020

28 August 2020:The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics such as National Sports Awards 2020, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and induction of Rafale fighter jets among others. 

1.Which nation’s Prime Minister has resigned due to worsening health condition?
a)Russia 
b)China 
c)South Korea
d)Japan

2.When will India formally induct Rafale fighter jets?
a)September 10th 
b)September 6th 
c)September 11th 
d)September 5th 

3.When will National Sports Awards 2020 be hosted?
a)August 29th 
b)September 1st 
c)September 15th 
d)October 2nd

4.Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana completed how many years on August 28, 2020?
a)5 years
b)6 years
c)7 years
d)4 years

5.Which state’s assembly has passed a resolution to bring the state under the Sixth Schedule?
a)Madhya Pradesh 
b)Andhra Pradesh 
c)Arunachal Pradesh 
d)Assam

6.Ukraine has frozen its dialogue with which nation?
a)Mali
b)Belarus
c)Russia
d)UK

7.Who represented India at the virtual ASEAN-India Business Council Meet on August 27?
a)Prakash Javadekar
b)Piyush Goyal 
c)S Jaishankar
d)Nirmala Sitharaman 

8.Who will head a CII’s new forum on Artificial Intelligence?
a)Punit Renjen
b)Shyamal Mukherjee
c)Sandip Patel
d)Arun M. Kumar

Answers

1.(d) Japan 
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stepped down from his position due to his worsening health condition. The long-serving Prime Minister of Japan did not name a successor. 

2.(a) September 10th 
Rafale fighter jets will be formally inducted into the Indian Air Force by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on September 10, 2020 at the Ambala airbase in Haryana. French Defence Minister Florence Parly will be invited for the induction ceremony. 

3.(a) August 29th 
President of India Ram Nath Kovind will confer the National Sports Awards 2020 through a virtual mode for the first-ever time on August 29, 2020. The President will be attending the awards ceremony through the NIC link from the President's house, while all the award recipients will be attending the ceremony from various SAI and NIC centres across the country.

4.(b) 6 years 
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana completed six years on August 28, 2020. The scheme was launched with an ambitious aim of banking the unbanked. The key features of the scheme included the opening of basic saving bank deposit account with relaxed KYC, zero balance and zero charges and the issuance of debit cards.

5.(c) Arunachal Pradesh
The Arunachal Pradesh state assembly has passed a resolution to bring the state under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. The resolution also amends Article 371(H) by including provisions to safeguard the tribes of the state. 

6.(b) Belarus
Ukraine has frozen contact with Belarus and joined the European Union in condemning that the recent elections conducted in the nation were not free or fair.Ukraine had so far been guarded while commenting on the political turmoil engulfing Belarus since August 9 Presidential Elections, which saw the re-election of incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko.

7.(b) Piyush Goyal 
The Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on August 27, 2020, attended the virtual meeting of ASEAN-India Business Council Meet. In his address, he mentioned that the India-ASEAN trade can reach $300 billion by improving relations.

8.(c) Sandip Patel
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) launched a new forum on Artificial Intelligence which will be chaired by the Managing Director IBM India and South Asia, Sandip Patel.