(August Current Affairs 2020)

Which state has decided to set up a snow leopard conservation centre? किस राज्य ने हिम तेंदुआ संरक्षण केंद्र स्थापित करने का निर्णय लिया है?

(A) Uttarakhand 

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Sikkim

(A) Uttarakhand || Uttarakhand has decided to set up a snow leopard conservation centre to promote winter tourism in the state. The centre would be set up in the Uttarkashi forest division area.

Which nation has become the first one in the Arab world to produce nuclear energy? परमाणु ऊर्जा का उत्पादन करने वाला अरब दुनिया का पहला राष्ट्र कौन-सा बन गया है?

(A) Saudi Arabia

(B) UAE

(C) Bahrain

(D) Qatar

(B) UAE || The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the first gulf nation to produce nuclear energy. Unit 1 of the Abu Dhabi-based Barakah nuclear power plant has become operational.

Which nation’s former King has exited the country amid corruption allegations? भ्रष्टाचार के आरोपों के बीच किस देश के पूर्व राजा ने देश से बाहर कर दिया है? 

(A) Spain 

(B) Denmark

(C) The Philippines 

(D) Switzerland

(A) Spain || Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has decided to leave the country amid serious corruption allegations. The once-popular king, who is now scandal-ridden, has left the nation with no indication on where he may have gone. The 82-year-old king’s sudden exit has stunned the Spaniards. 

Which nation has provisionally approved dexamethasone for COVID treatment? COVID उपचार के लिए किस राष्ट्र ने अस्थायी रूप से डेक्सामेथासोन को मंजूरी दी है?

(A) Japan

(B) South Korea

(C) Taiwan

(D) UK

(C) Taiwan

A UN-backed tribunal is expected to announce its verdict on the assassination of Rafik al-Hariri. Hariri was the former Prime Minister of which nation? संयुक्त राष्ट्र समर्थित एक ट्रिब्यूनल से रफीक अल-हरीरी की हत्या पर अपना फैसला सुनाने की उम्मीद है। हरीरी किस राष्ट्र के पूर्व प्रधान मंत्री थे?

(A) Syria

(B) Turkey

(C) Sudan

(D) Lebanon

(D) Lebanon || A UN-backed tribunal will pronounce its verdict on the asssassination of Rafik al-Hariri in 2005. Hariri served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon five times after the 1975-90 Civil War. He had led the efforts to rebuild the nation’s capital Beirut.

Which nation has warned to put TikTok out of business if it is not sold by September 15? किस देश ने 15 सितंबर तक बिकने पर टिकटोक को व्यवसाय से बाहर करने की चेतावनी दी है?

(A) UK

(B) US

(C) India

(D) Australia

(B) US || US President Donald Trump said on August 3, 2020 that TikTok will be "out of business" in the United States if it is not sold to a US firm by September 15.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restrict the use of which visa? अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प ने किस वीजा के उपयोग को प्रतिबंधित करने के लिए एक कार्यकारी आदेश पर हस्ताक्षर किए हैं?

(A) H1B 

(B) H14

(C) K3

(D) F2A

(A) H1B