Top 50 Current Affairs of July 2020 to crack the competitive exams

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Q 1. When is the Charted Accountants Day or CA Day is celebrated every year?
Ans: 1 July.

Q 2. In July 2020, the US Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) as designated which of the Chinese companies as national security threats?
Ans: Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd and ZTE Corporation.

Q 3. In June 2020, with which country has India signed an agreement for the formation of a 50:50 Joint Venture Company for LPG business?
Ans: Bangladesh

Q 4. Who launched the National Anti-Doping Agency’s first mobile app?
Ans: Kiren Rijiju

Q 5. In July 2020, Shrikant Madhav Vaidya has taken charge as the new chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Whom has he succeeded?
Ans: Sanjiv Singh

Q 6. Parminder Chopra took charge as the Director (Finance) of the government-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) in July 2020. Whom did she replace?
Ans: NB Gupta

Q 7. Which group has Jayant Krishna as its new Group Chief Effective Officer, effective from August 3, 2020?
Ans: UK India Business Council

Q 8. Which bank has collaborated with Innoviti Payment Solutions to offer convenient equated monthly instalments (EMI) billing options on its debit cards swiped on Innoviti POS terminals?
Ans: Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q 9. Who has been awarded the 5,000 pounds Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 for “The Great Indian Tee and Snakes” in a virtual ceremony in London?
Ans: Kritika Pandey

Q 10. Which of the following has signed an MOU with Maharastra Industrial Development Corporation in July 2020 to help the State to proactively better its business environment?
Ans: UK India Business Council

Q 11. Which of the following warships were involved in the Indian Navy and Japenese Nay ( Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force) joint in the Indian Ocean in June 2020?
Ans: INS Rana and INS Vijay

Q 12. Hero Cycle has cancelled trade deals worth 900 crore rupees with which country?
Ans: China

Q 13. With Coastal guards of which country, has the Indian Coast Guard signed an MoU to enhance collaborative and cooperative engagements in the domains of maritime law and enforcement, maritime search and rescue and marine pollution response?
Ans: Indonesia

Q 14. Which country launched the new Ofek 16 spy satellite into orbit from launchpad airbase in July 2020?
Ans: Israel

Q 15. Uber Technologies Inc has agreed on a deal to buy which food-delivery apps in $2.65 billion all-stock agreement?
Ans: Postmates Inc

Q 16. In July 2020, Ola has entered into a strategic partnership with which payment platforms?
Ans: PhonePe

Q 17. Which organization has released $50 million in the first tranche of assistance to L & T Infrastructure Finance Ltd for funding Renewable Energy projects in the country?
Ans: AIIB

Q 18. Which country launched ‘Digital Haat’ for online sale and purchase of sacrificial animals ahead of the festival of Eid-Ul-Azha?
Ans: Bangladesh

Q 19. Who represented India at the fourth edition of the virtual Ministerial on Climate Action?
Ans: Prakash Javadekar

Q 20. The book, titled ‘Mahaveer: The Soldier who never died’ is published by which of the following publications?
Ans: Rupa Publications

Q 21. Which IIT is collaborating with NVIDIA, to establish India’s first ‘NVIDIA AI Technology Centre’ (NVAITC) to accelerate research on Artificial Intelligence and its commercial adoption?
Ans: IIT Hyderabad

Q 22. In July 2020, an e-Lok Adalat was held in which state?
Ans: Chhatisgarh

Q 23. In July 2020, Visa has announced its partnership with which bank to roll out Visa Service to the bank’s cardholders?
Ans: Federal Bank

Q 24. Ved Prakash Dudeja has been awarded the coveted ‘Infra Business Leader of the Year’ award for 2020. He is the Vice-Chairman of which of the following?
Ans: Rail Land Development Authority

Q 25. In July 2020, who was re-elected as the President of Poland?
Ans: Andrzej Duda

Q 26. In July 2020, which of the following carrier rockets of China suffered a failure during its maiden flight?
Ans: Kuaizhou-11

Q 27. Which country has banned its companies fo sourcing 5G equipment from Chinese telecom company Huawei?
Ans: UK

Q 28. In July 2020, who has resigned from the post of the interim COO of Coffee Day Enterprises (CDEL)?
Ans: Nitin Bagamane

Q 29. In July 2020, which bank has appointed election commissioner Ashok Lavasa as its Vice-President?
Ans: Asian Development Bank

Q 30. Elyes Fakhfakh handed his resignation to the country’s president in July 2020. He was the PM of which country?
Ans: Tunisia

Q 31. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of SportsAdda?
Ans: Brett Lee

Q 32. Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been chosen as the ambassador of which Film Festivals, to be held in September 2020?
Ans: Toronto International Film Festival

Q 33. What is the rank of Amit Panghal in men’s 52kg weight class, according to the latest world rankings released by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in July 2020?
Ans: 1st

Q 34. Who has bagged the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2020?
Ans: Kezang D Thongdok

Q 35. Who cruised to a victory in the Styrian Grand Prix 2020?
Ans: Lewis Hamilton

Q 36. In July 2020, PM Lee Loong’s long-governing party comfortably won general elections. Lee Hsien Loong is the P of which country?
Ans: Singapore

Q 37. Who has been appointed as the Acting Director of the prestigious National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) in July 2020?
Ans: Parag Chitnis

Q 38. N Chandrasekaran along with Jim Taiclet will receive the SUIBC Global Leadership Award 2020. N Chandrasekar is the chairman of which group?
Ans: Tata group

Q 39. The 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games is scheduled to take place in which country?
Ans: Senegal

Q 40. In July 2020, Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has signed a contract to construct autonomous electric vessel for ASKO Maritime AS of which country?
Ans: Norway

Q 41. India Business Council will host the 2020 India Ideas Summit in July 2020. Who will deliver the keynote addresses?
Ans: Narendra Modi and Mike Pompeo

Q 42. Who has been named the global lead of Accenture Applied Intelligence in July 2020?
Ans: Sanjeev Vohra

Q 43. Who has signed a Statement of Intent for partnership with UNICEF India, YuWaah India and United Nations in India?
Ans: Usha Sharma

Q 44. As per the International Cricket Council (ICC), the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be held October – November 2021 in which country?
Ans: Australia

Q 45. Steve Waugh’s book The Spirit of Cricket – India will be published soon. Steve Waugh belongs to which country?
Ans: Australia

Q 46. When is the National Broadcasting Day observed?
Ans: 23 July

Q 47. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), iron ore mining major of the country, in July 2020?
Ans: Sumit Deb

Q 48. With which country has India signed a contract which will allow the construction of fish processing plants at two of its islands?
Ans: Maldives

Q 49. Who has been appointed as by the Government as the Secretary East, in the Ministry of External Affairs in July 2020?
Ans: Riva Ganguly Das

Q 50. Sripali Weerakkody is associated with which sport?
Ans: Cricket