Current Affairs 11th august 2020
Current Affairs of the morning are here with the top headlines of the morning. Current Affairs are very important for all competitive exams including Banking, SSC, RBI, NABARD, etc.
01. Which of the following country has
recently declared an emergency
over an oil spill from a grounded
ship?
A. Maldives
B. Laos
C. Mauritius
D. Cambodia
Answer:C.
Explanation: The prime minister of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency and appealed to France for
urgent assistance.
● The French Island of Reunion is the closest to Mauritius. The Island of Reunion is a major military base of France
in the Indian Ocean.
● The oil spill was caused by Japanese owned ship that was stranded off the coast days ago.
02. Kushinagar airport is in ________.
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Bihar
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. West Bengal
Answer: C.
Explanation: India has said it would like Sri Lanka to send the first international flight to the newly upgraded Kushinagar
airport in Uttar Pradesh.
● Indian Government has decided to declare the Kushinagar airport an international airport in June.
● Kushinagar is regarded as a sacred Buddhist pilgrimage centre and is dotted with several other Buddhist sites
in the surrounding areas such as Sravasti (238 km), Kapilvastu (190 km) and Lumbini (195 km).
03. Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for
________ time.
A. 2nd
B. 3 rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
Answer:C.
Explanation: In Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa took oath as the Prime Minister for the fourth time.
● He was administered the oath by his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a ceremony held
at Kelaniya Mahaviharaya near Colombo.
● Mahinda Rajapaksa has served as country’s President from 2006 to 2015 and his party has got landslide
victory at general elections.
04. Which of the following has
recently released ‘EnviStats India
2020 report’.
A. NITI Aayog
B. Election Commission of India
C. Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research
D. National Statistical Office
Answer:D.
Explanation: National Statistical Office (NSO) released the state-wise data in the EnviStats India 2020 report.
● The report says that the number of heat wave days in 2019 increased over 80%.
● The highest number of heat wave days was recorded in Rajasthan followed by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
05. Which of the following Indian state
has become the first state in the
country to have Tsunami Ready
village?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Maharashtra
Answer: C.
Explanation: UNESCO has recognised two coastal villages of Odisha as being “Tsunami Ready”, for their overall
preparedness to face the calamity.
● The two coastal villages are Venkatraipur (Boxipalli) village of Rangeilunda block in Ganjam district
and Noliasahi village of Ersama block in Jagatsinghpur district.
● With this recognition from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO,
Odisha has become the first state in the country to have Tsunami Ready villages.
06. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has launched the financing
facility of _________ under the
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.
A. 20 thousand crore rupees
B. 50 thousand crore rupees
C. 17 thousand crore rupees
D. 1 lakh crore rupees
Answer: C.
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the financing facility of one lakh crore rupees under the Agriculture
Infrastructure Fund.
● He also released the sixth instalment of funds of 17 thousand crore rupees to 8.5 crore farmers under the
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna (PM-KISAN) scheme.
● The financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund will catalyze the creation of post-harvest
management infrastructure and community farming assets like cold storage, collection centres and processing
units.
07. Recently, National Thermal Power
Corporation, NTPC has achieved
over 100 billion units of
cumulative generation in the
current financial year. Who among
the following is the current
chairman of NTPC?
A.Gurdeep Singh
A. Nalin Shinghal
B. M V Gowtama
C. Shrikant Madhav Vaidya
Answer:A.
Explanation: National Thermal Power Corporation, NTPC, Group has achieved over 100 billion units of cumulative generation
in the current financial year.
● 2600 Mega Watt NTPC Korba in Chattisgarh has emerged as the top performing thermal power plant in the
country with 97.42 percent plant load factor, PLF, between April to July this year.
08.Manpreet Singh, Surender Kumar,
Jaskaran Singh has been tested
positive for COVID-19. They are
associated with which of the
following sports?
A.Hockey
A. Football
B. Volleyball
C. Kabaddi
Answer:A.
Explanation: Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, defenders Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh and drag
flicker Varun Kumar have tested positive for Covid 19.
● The players had returned to the national hockey camp in Bengaluru following a month-long break.
● The hockey camp is being held in the National Centre of Excellence in SAI, Bengaluru.
09. National Disaster Response Force works under the purview of ________.
A. Ministry of Defence
B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
D. Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs
Answer:B.
Explanation: Teams of rescuers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conducted the rescue operations after an Air
India Express flight crash landed in Kerala’s Kozhikode.
● The NDRF was raised in 2006, initially with eight battalions, and now has 12 spread across the country.
● Each battalion, which has a sanctioned strength of 1,150 rescuers, caters to particular states as their areas of
responsibility.
10. Recently, Nandi Yellaiah passed away. He was a/an ________.
A. Actor
B. Politician
C. Filmmaker
D. Singer
Answer:B.
Explanation: Senior Congress leader and former Vice President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Nandi Yellaiah passed away.
● He had tested positive for Coronavirus 10 days ago.
● Yellaiah was a six-time member of Lok Sabha and served as the MP of Nagarkurnool constituency till
2019.
