Current Affairs Quiz: 31 August 2020

31 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 Delhi Metro services, Lebanon's Prime Minister and Agriota e-market platform among others. 

1.When will Delhi Metro resume its operations?
a)September 1st
b)September 7th 
c)September 15th 
d)September 12th 

2.Mustapha Adib is set to become the next Prime Minister of which nation?
a)Belarus
b)Lebanon
c)Mali
d)Turkey

3.Which nation has launched 'Agriota', an e-market platform to bridge gap between Indian farmers and its food industry?
a)Saudi Arabia
b)Qatar
c)Germany
d)UAE

4.Which nation recorded the world's highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on August 30, 2020?
a)US
b)Brazil
c)Japan
d)India

5.The DGCA has suspended the International scheduled commercial flight operations till when?
a)September 15th 
b)September 30th 
c)October 5th 
d)September 21st 

6.Which month will be observed as Nutrition month, as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
a)October
b)December 
c)September 
d)November

7.India has jointly won International Chess Olympiad with which nation?
a)Germany 
b)Japan
c)South Korea
d)Russia

8.Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman passed away on August 28 after a long battle with colon cancer. He is best known for his work in which among the following movies?
a)Black Panther
b)Doctor Strange
c)Spider-Man
d)Ant-Man

Answers 

1.(b) September 7th 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has announced fresh new Unlock 4.0 guidelines, which will come into effect from September 1, 2020. Under Unlock 4.0 guidelines, the Home Ministry has given a go-ahead to the resumption of metro services from September 7, 2020 in a calibrated manner. Now, both Delhi Metro and Noida metro are gearing up to resume operations for the public from September 7 in a staggered manner.

2.(b) Lebanon
Lebanon's Ambassador to Germany, Mustapha Adib is set to become the country's next Prime Minister. Adib was named by four former Lebanon Prime Ministers as their choice for the post. 

3.(d) UAE
The United Arab Emirates has launched 'Agriota', an e-market platform to bridge the gap between Indian farmers and its food industry. Agriota is a new technology-driven agri-commodity trading and sourcing e-market platform, which will allow the rural farmers in India to bypass intermediaries, optimise the supply chain and ensure traceability to create value for all stakeholders.

4.(d) India 
India 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 became the first country in the world to cross the 80,000 mark in a single-day case rise since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing even the United States- the worst-affected nation so far.
 
5.(b) September 30th 
The International scheduled commercial flight operations will remain suspended till September 30, 2020, as per the latest order by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

6.(c) September 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 30, 2020, announced that from now on September will be observed as ‘Nutrition Month’. He shared the information while talking about the importance of following a nutritious diet in his monthly ‘Mann in Baat’ radio programme.

7.(d) Russia
India and Russia were announced on August 30, 2020, as the joint winners of FIDE (International Chess Federation) Chess Olympiad as Divya Deshmukh and Nihal Sarin lost connection to their games in the 2nd round and had to forfeit.
 
8.(a) Black Panther
The Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman, best known for his work in ‘Black Panther’ passed away on August 28, 2020, after a four-year-long battle with colon cancer. He was 43.