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Current Affairs 1 February 2020 | One Liners

(Q.1) What is the theme of Economic Survey 2019-20?

Answer: Enable markets, promote 'pro-business' policies and strengthen 'trust' in the

economy

(Q.2) World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) was held from 29th – 31st

January 2020 in which Indian city?

Answer: Delhi

(Q.3) 34th Surajkund International Crafts Mela-2020 will be organised from 1st – 6th

February 2020 in which city?

Answer: Faridabad, Haryana

(Q.4) Which State has topped United Nations Development Programme (UNDP‟ s)

sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index 2019?

Answer: Telangana

(Q.5) E-commerce company Flipkart, recently signed an MoU with which Handloom

and Handicrafts Development entity for promotion of local handicrafts.

Answer: Gujarat State Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd

(Q.6) SAMPRITI-IX, which will be conducted from 3rd – 16th February 2020 is a joint

military exercise between:

Answer: India and Bangladesh


(Q.7) Who among the following has won the title of 'World Games Athlete of the

Year'?

Answer: Rani Rampal

(Q.8) Jameela Malik, who passed away recently, was a ______

Answer: South Indian Movies Actress

(Q.9) Which of the following entity celebrated its 125th anniversary recently?

Answer: CII

(Q.10) Which multi-national company has announced a USD 1 million grant to

promote news literacy among Indians?

Answer: Google

(Q.11) Amazon India has entered into a partnership with which zone of Indian

Railways to set up a pick-up kiosk at one of its Railway Station?

Answer: Eastern Railways


(Q.1) „World Wetlands Day‟ is celebrated on which date every year?

Answer: 2nd February

(Q.2) As per data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Indian

Government‟s fiscal deficit touched _______ per cent of the full-year target by the

end of December 2019.

Answer: 132.4 per cent


(Q.3) Who among the following has been appointed as member of the Monetary

Policy Committee (MPC) of Reserve Bank of India?

Answer: Janak Raj

(Q.4) Indian Railways has undertook the RFID project to automatically and

accurately track and trace rolling stock as they move across the country.

Abbreviation RFID stands for:

Answer: Radio-frequency identification

(Q.5) Nagoba Jatara, is a tribal festival celebrated in which state of India?

Answer: Telangana

(Q.6) Which city has been adjudged as the World‟s „Most Congested City‟ as per

TomTom Traffic Index 2019?

Answer: Bengaluru

(Q.7) Which private sector bank has launched „iBox‟, a self-service delivery facility

for its customers?

Answer: ICICI Bank

(Q.8) Vidya Bal, who passed away recently was a veteran:

Answer: Social Activist

(Q.9) Tushar Kanjilal , who passed away recently, was an eminent:

Answer: All of the above

(Q.10) Indian Railways will be offering „Content on Demand‟ for entertainment of

passengers by which year?

Answer: 2022


(Q.11) 12th edition of the annual South Asia Conference was held on 28-29 January

2020 in which Indian city?

Answer: New Delhi


(Q.1) Outbreak of _________ has been declared as Public Health Emergency of

International Concern (PHEIC) by World Health Organisation (WHO)?

Answer: novel coronavirus

(Q.2) Chief Minister of which State has announced a new initiative, 'Direct CTO', to

enable companies operating under 'green category industries' receive faster

clearances from government to commence operations?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

(Q.3) Which public sector bank has signed a pact with Care Ratings to assess credit

quality of its small and medium enterprises (SME) customers?

Answer: Bank of Baroda

(Q.4) Which Global Smartphone Brand has signed an MoU with IIT – Hyderabad to

facilitate the exchange of ideas and carry out state-of-the-art research in the

development of advanced and emerging technologies?

Answer: Oppo

(Q.5) Which Public Sector Bank has launched two tailor-made credit products -

Corporate Loan and Ind Surya Shakthi – for the benefit of the textile sector?

Answer: Indian Bank

(Q.6) India‟s first „fruit train‟ was flagged off from Tadipatri Railway Station located in

____________


Answer: Andhra Pradesh

(Q.7) Which Insurance provider has collaborated with Drone Federation of India

(DFI) for the development and launch of tailor-made insurance products for drone

operators?

Answer: Tata AIG

(Q.8) Ajmal Sultanpuri, who passed away recently, was a ___________

Answer: Urdu Poet

(Q.9) Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been designated as India‟s next Ambassador to

which neighbouring country?

Answer: Nepal

(Q.10) Which Indian Think Tank has ranked 27th among 176 global think tanks on

2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report?

Answer: Observer Research Foundation

(Q.11) Ngangom Bala Devi is associated with which sport?

Answer: Football


(Q.1) „World Cancer Day‟ is observed on which date every year?

Answer: 4th February

(Q.2) Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which

country?

Answer: Iraq


(Q.3) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) recently

approved loan of Rs.140 crore to which entity?

Answer: Punjab State Agricultural Development Bank

(Q.4) A five-day coastal security exercise codenamed ____________ was carried

out by Indian Navy along the riverine border with Bangladesh.

Answer: 'Matla Abhiyaan'

(Q.5) India has signed 5 MoUs with which country to establish Addu Tourism Zone?

Answer: Maldives

(Q.6) According to data released by Government via Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), which were the two only Public Sector Banks(PSBs) rated as “Good” in digital transactions for December 2019?

Answer: Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) and State Bank of India(SBI)

(Q.7) Who among the following has been appointed as chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?

Answer: M Ajit Kumar

(Q.8) Dalip Kaur Tiwana, who passed away recently was _________

Answer: Eminent Punjabi Writer

(Q.9) Ajay Bisaria has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to which country?

Answer: Canada


(Q.10) Which State Government has initiated a doorstep pension delivery scheme across the state, under which, various welfare pensions is being delivered at the doorstep of the pensioners?


(Q.11) Name the Indian-origin technology executive, who has been elected Chief Executive Officer of American IT giant International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)?

Answer: Arvind Krishna


(Q.1) Which State (having more than1 crore population) has been adjudged Best

Performing State under Pradhan Mantri Matru VandanaYojana (PMMVY) awards?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

(Q.2) Three-day Narmada Mahotsav 2020 was recently held at which place?

Answer: Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh

(Q.3) Which Ministry has recently launched a portal called „Santusht‟, which will

function as an Implementation Monitoring Cell (IMC)?

Answer: Ministry of Labour and Employment

(Q.4) Which country rejoined The Commonwealth of Nations on 1st February

2020?

Answer: Maldives


(Q.5) Which country has ranked first among 97 countries globally on

breastfeeding rate according to a new survey conducted by the World

Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi)?

Answer: Sri Lanka

(Q.6) According to the latest research from Counterpoint‟s Market Monitor service,

which country has surpassed USA to become second largest smartphone market

globally?

Answer: India

(Q.7) Which film won the „Best Film‟ award at 73 rd British Academy of Film and

Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards held on 2nd February 2020?

Answer: 1917

(Q.8) Who among the following has been appointed as Next High Commissioner of

India to Sri Lanka?

Answer: Gopal Baglay

(Q.9) Name the Noted Hindi poet and writer whose book has been selected for the

first Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award?

Answer: Vinod Kumar Shukla

(Q.10) Who among the following Tennis player has won Men‟s Singles Title at

Australian Open 2020?

Answer: Novak Djokovic

(Q.11) Who among the following Tennis player has won Women‟s Singles Title

at Australian Open 2020?

Answer: Sofia Kenin



(Q.1) „International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation‟ is observed

on which date?


(Q.2) 11th edition of DefExpo 2020 has been inaugurated in which city?

Answer: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

(Q.3) Who among the following veteran Bollywood Actress has been conferred with

Madhya Pradesh Government‟s prestigious Kishore Kumar Award for 2018?

Answer: Waheeda Rehman

(Q.4) Which company has been chosen to be the Most Promising Brand of the Year

Award 2019 at 7th ASSOCHAM MSMEs Excellence Awards?

Answer: Amulya Mica

(Q.5) Which Indian city is hosting East Asia Summit (EAS) Conference on

Maritime Security Cooperation from 6th – 7th February 2020?

Answer: Chennai

(Q.6) Which zone of Indian Railways has successfully carried out branding

(painting advertisements of other companies) of some of its electric locomotives?

Answer: Western Railway

(Q.7) The World Health Organization has predicted that cancer cases will increase

by ____% by 2040 in low and middle income countries.

Answer: 81%


(Q.8) Who among the following has been elected as president of Paralympic

Committee of India?

Answer: Deepa Malik

(Q.9) Name the Eminent Punjabi writer, novelist and Sahitya Akademi Awardee, who passed away recently

Answer: Jaswant Singh Kanwal

(Q.10) Mary Higgins Clark, who passed away recently, was an _______________

Answer: American Author

(Q.11) Which of the following bird has been unveiled as the official mascot for the

upcoming 36th National Games?

Answer: Flame-Throated Bulbul

7 February 2020 Current Affairs | One Liners

(Q.1) In the 6th bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20, announced on 6th

February 2020, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the Repo Rate unchanged at

_____ %

Answer: 5.15%

(Q.2) Government‟s Department of Science & Technology (DST) has launched a

unique scheme called “SATHI” to build strong Science & Technology infrastructure in

the country. Abbreviation “SATHI” stands for:

Answer: Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes

(Q.3) India has been ranked _____out of 53 countries on a Global Intellectual

Property Index released by Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) of the US

Chambers of Commerce


Answer: 40th

(Q.4) India's Biggest Rural Technical Festival titled 'Antahpragnya 2020' was recently

held in which state?

Answer: Telangana

(Q.5) Which State Government has launched the „Janasevaka‟ scheme for home

delivery of various Government Services?

Answer: Karnataka

(Q.6) As per a study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, fourteen per

cent of under-five deaths in India happen due to ________________

Answer: Pneumonia

(Q.7) Union Cabinet has approved setting up of a major seaport at ______________

in Maharashtra

Answer: Vadhavan

(Q.8) Which Asian country recently declared national emergency to tackle locust

attacks?

Answer: Pakistan

(Q.9) Researchers from which entity have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)

technology to convert brain signals of speech impaired humans into language?

Answer: IIT – Madras

(Q.10) Rakhi Halder is associated with which sport?

Answer: Weight Lifting


(Q.11) Who among the following has been invited by Indian Olympic Association

(IOA) to become the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian contingent at the Tokyo

Olympics 2020?

Answer: Sourav Ganguly

8 February 2020 Current Affairs | One Liners

(Q.1) Union Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is

implementing „SFURTI‟ Scheme for setting up of traditional industries clusters.

Abbreviation SFURTI stands for:

Answer: Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries

(Q.2) A joint venture between European Defence Company MBDA and

____________ has set up a missile integration facility at Coimbatore

Answer: Larsen & Toubro (L&T)

(Q.3) According to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour

force survey (PLFS), India‟s unemployment rate stood at ________ per cent in 2017-

18

Answer: 6.1 per cent

(Q.4) India-backed „Arun-III‟ hydropower project will be built in which neighbouring country? Answer: Nepal

(Q.5) 22nd edition of India International Seafood Show (IISS) is being held from 7th

to 9th February 2020 in which city?

Answer: Kochi

(Q.6) Kirk Douglas, who passed away, recently was a popular_______________


Answer: Hollywood Actor

(Q.7) Who among the following Cricketer has maintained 1st rank on the recently

released ICC Men‟s Test Batting Ranking?

Answer: Virat Kohli

(Q.8) Who among the following Cricketer has maintained 1st rank on the recently

released ICC Men‟s Test bowling Ranking?

Answer: Pat Cummins

(Q.9) Daniel Moi, who passed away recently, was the longest serving President of

which African country?

Answer: Kenya

(Q.10) Which insurance company has recently launched a comprehensive health

insurance plan under the name „Infinity‟?

Answer: Reliance General Insurance

(Q.11) Who among the following has been roped in by JSW Steel as the brand

ambassador for JSW ColorOn and JSW NeoSteel products?

Answer: Rishabh Pant


(Q.1) Which entity will release „Digital Payments Index‟ by July 2020 to assess the

extent of digitalisation of payments across India?

Answer: Reserve Bank of India

(Q.2) Iconic Lakshman Jhula will be replaced by India‟s first Glass-floor bridge.

Lakshman Jhula is located in which state?


Answer: Uttarakhand

(Q.3) World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene a Global Research and

Innovation Forum in _______________ to mobilize international action in response

to the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

(Q.4) Which state government has decided to use drones for mapping villages,

for the first time?


(Q.5) Union Cabinet has approved to declare which 5 Indian Institutes of Information

Technology (IIIT) as Institutions of National Importance?

Answer: IIIT at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur

(Q.6) Which country has announced the launch of a 27-nation International Religious

Freedom Alliance?

Answer: US

(Q.7) Indian Oil Corporation, has bought a minority stake in which company of Israel

for setting up a joint venture to produce metal-air batteries?

Answer: Phinergy

(Q.8) How much amount has been received in India as remittances from April 2018 to September 2019? Answer: $118.3 billion (Q.9) Sambo Lapung is associated with which sport? Answer: Weight Lifting


(Q.10) Which international financial organisation has approved 2 million US dollars in funding to support efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus? Answer: Asian Development Bank (Q.11) Reserve Bank of India will conduct Financial Literacy Week (FLW) 2020 from _______ to ________ Answer: 10th February to 14th February 2020


(Q.1) „World Pulses Day‟ is observed on which date every year?


(Q.2) Which of the following has become the second largest metro rail network in the

country after Delhi?

Answer: Hyderabad Metro

(Q.3) The first India-Africa Defence Ministers‟ Conclave was held in which city on 6th

February 2020?

Answer: Lucknow

(Q.4) As mentioned by Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,

LPG connection coverage in India has reached ________% as on 1st January 2020.

Answer: 96.9%

(Q.5) „23rd National Conference on e-Governance‟ was recently held in which city?

Answer: Mumbai


(Q.6) According to a latest study, __________ population has declined 75-90 per

cent in India

Answer: Leopard

(Q.7) Name the Indian Army Major who has developed the world's first bulletproof

helmet which withstands even an AK-47 bullet round from a distance of 10 meters?

Answer: Major Anoop Mishra

(Q.8) Which among the following platform has received permission from the National

Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to expand its pilot Unified Payment Interface

(UPI) services to 10 million users?

Answer: Whatsapp

(Q.9) Police of which city has launched 'Operation Nakail' under which the identity of

all auto-rickshaw drivers will be verified and a unique four-digit number will be

allotted to them?

Answer: Ghaziabad

(Q.10) Roger Kahn, who passed away, recently was a popular _____________

Answer: American Author

(Q.11) Which State Government has launched “Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi

Yojna” to provide social security benefits to eligible families of the State?

Answer: Haryana


(Q.1) „International Day of Women and Girls in Science‟ is observed on which date

every year?



(Q.2) Which space probe has been jointly launched by European Space Agency (ESA)

and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on 9th February 2020 to

closely study the Sun?

Answer: „Solar Orbiter‟

(Q.3) Pinelopi Goldberg is a renowned _____________

Answer: Economist

(Q.4) NASA‟s Christina Koch has set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a

woman. She returned to Earth on 6th February 2020, after spending how many days

in space?

Answer: 328 days

(Q.5) Which country‟s Government has appointed Philip Barton as its new High

Commissioner to India?

Answer: United Kingdom

(Q.6) Who among the following became the youngest girl in the world to scale Mt

Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America?

Answer: Kaamya Karthikeyan

(Q.7) Which country has recently unveiled its new short range ballistic missile named

„Raad-500‟?

Answer: Iran

(Q.8) Which country‟s under 19 Cricket team has won the ICC Under – 19 Cricket World

Cup for the first time?

Answer: Bangladesh


(Q.9) Indian Army and a private firm have developed a Gun Shot locator device. This

device has been named ________

Answer: „Parth‟

(Q.10) Who among the following has won the „Best Actor‟ award at 92nd Academy

Awards ceremony – Oscars 2020?

Answer: Joaquin Phoenix

(Q.11) Which among the following won the „Best Picture‟ award at 92nd Academy

Awards ceremony – Oscars 2020?

Answer: Parasite


(Q.1) „Darwin Day‟ is celebrated on which date every year?


(Q.2) Which Asian country will host the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) from

17th – 22nd February 2020?

Answer: India

(Q.3) According to Public Enterprises Survey 2018-19, which three companies have

been the highest loss making central public sector enterprise (CPSEs)?

Answer: BSNL, Air India and MTNL

(Q.4) Which four countries recently held a meeting in Delhi to deliberate upon a

proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of Motor

Vehicles Agreement (MVA) for the regulation of passengers, personal and cargo

vehicular traffic among the four countries?


Answer: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal

(Q.5) Which multi-national company‟s cloud computing arm will invest about $1.5

billion to set up two data centres in Hyderabad?

Answer: Amazon

(Q.6) Inspired by Nagaland, which north-east Indian state, recently organised the

„Hornbill Festival‟ for the first time?

Answer: Tripura

(Q.7) Union Ministry of Coal has launched a Web Portal to provide star rating of coal

mines. Who is the current Union Minister of Coal?

Answer: Pralhad Joshi

(Q.8) Giriraj Kishore, who passed away, recently was a well-known __________

Answer: Hindi Novelist

(Q.9) The fifth edition of joint military exercise ''Ajeya Warrior 2020'' between India

and __________ will be conducted from 13th – 26th February 2020


(Q.10) On 10th February 2020, Ministry of Civil Aviation(MoCA) operationalised the

first-ever helicopter services under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh

Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN), in which State?

Answer: Uttarakhand

(Q.11) Aditya Mehta is associated with which sport?

Answer: Snooker



(Q.1) Five-day „National Winter Games‟ will be held from 7th March 2020 in which

town?

Answer: Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir

(Q.2) BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise – 2020 was organised from 11th –

13th February 2020 in which Indian city?

Answer: Bhubaneswar

(Q.3) World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it hopes to have a vaccine

for the novel coronavirus within how many months?

Answer: 18 months

(Q.4) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has started

working on the development of tactical ballistic missile named ______________

Answer: 'Pranash'

(Q.5) Which State Government has recently approved Ground Water Protection Bill

2020 aimed at improving ground water levels?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

(Q.6) Which State Government has launched a „Reading Mission‟ to inculcate

reading habit among students of the state?

Answer: Haryana

(Q.7) 55 bullet proof jackets called __________________ have been handed over to

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

Answer: „Bhabha Kavach‟


(Q.8) 33rd African Union (AU) summit was held on 9th and 10th February 2020 in

which country?

Answer: Ethiopia

(Q.9) What is the new official name given by World Health Organisation (WHO) to

the new coronavirus?

Answer: COVID – 19

(Q.10) Lalremsiami and Vivek Sagar Prasad are associated with which sport?

Answer: Hockey

(Q.11) Government of which country has recently approved the sale of

Integrated Air Defence Weapon System to India?

Answer: USA


(Q.1) Central Government has decided to rename the National Institute of Financial

Management (NIFM), Faridabad, as:

Answer: „Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management‟

(Q.2) Union Minister of MSME Shri Nitin Gadkari, recently flagged off

______________, a unique concept for the easy upkeep and migration of Bee

Boxes having live Bee colonies

Answer: „Apiary on Wheels‟

(Q.3) Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi has been inaugurated as 28th district of which Indian

state?

Answer: Chhattisgarh

(Q.4) „World Radio Day‟ is celebrated on which date every year?



(Q.5) Which country has recently unveiled its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) based

police officer named 'ELLA'?

Answer: New Zealand

(Q.6) 20th 'Hunar Haat' will be held from 13th – 23rd February 2020 in which city?

Answer: Delhi

(Q.7) ClimFishCon 2020, a three-day international conference on the impact of

climate change on „hydrological cycle, ecosystem, fisheries and food security‟ is

being held from 12th February 2020 in which Indian city?

Answer: Kochi

(Q.8) Which city will soon get India‟s largest air quality monitoring network?

Answer: Mumbai

(Q.9) Mondo Duplantis is associated with which sport?

Answer: Pole Vault

(Q.10) Nandu R Kulkarni, who passed away, recently was a veteran:

Answer: Journalist

(Q.11) The Union Ministry of Finance has notified 'Printing of One Rupee Currency

Notes Rules, 2020'. This note will bear the signature of:

Answer: Finance Secretary



(Q.1) According to International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), climate

change would push 100 million people into poverty by which year?

Answer: 2030

(Q.2) Which State Government recently signed a "path-breaking" memoranda of

understanding with 11 premier agricultural institutions in the country to usher in

revolutionary changes in agriculture sector through technology and knowledge

transfer to farmers in the state?


(Q.3) India has decided to partially open up its Poultry and Diary Markets to imports

from which country?

Answer: USA

(Q.4) „National Water Conference‟ was held on 11th February 2020 in which city?

Answer: Bhopal

(Q.5) On 13th February 2020, President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the coveted

President‟s Colours to:

Answer: INS Shivaji

(Q.6) As per 'The Banker's Top 500 Banking Brands 2020' report, which bank has

topped the list of 'Highest increase in brand value' among global banks?

Answer: IndusInd Bank

(Q.7) Which Indian Naval Ship has been deployed off the coast of Sri Lanka to carry

out Hydrographic Surveys?

Answer: INS Jamuna


(Q.8) Which entity, has revised downwards, its global growth forecast for 2020 to

2.2%, from 2.3% previously?

Answer: Economist Intelligence Unit

(Q.9) BIMSTEC 'Conference on Combating Drug Trafficking' was held on 13th and

14th February 2020 in which city?

Answer: New Delhi, India

(Q.10) Who is the author of „The Thin Mind Map Book‟?

Answer: Dharmendra Rai

(Q.11) Manpreet Singh is associated with which sport?

Answer: Hockey


(Q.1) As per International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS‟s) annual "Military

Balance" report, Global spending on defence rose by _________ percent in 2019

Answer: 4 percent

(Q.2)Which company has launched its 'We Think Digital' programme, under which it

will provide digital literacy training to 1 lakh women across seven Indian states?

Answer: Facebook

(Q.3) Which multilateral naval exercise will be held off the coast of Vishakhapatnam in March 2020? Answer: „MILAN 2020‟

(Q.4) Which political party has won the majority in the recently concluded Delhi

Legislative Assembly elections?

Answer: Aam Aadmi Party


(Q.5) Which State Government has signed a MoU With eGov Foundation for State-

wide Implementation of Municipal Financial Accounting Platform?


(Q.6) Which of the following Railway Stations will be the first in India to have a 5-star

hotel above the railway tracks?

Answer: Gandhinagar, Gujarat

(Q.7) Dang Thai Ngoc Thinh is the Vice President of which country?

Answer: Vietnam

(Q.8) Wendell Rodricks, who passed away, recently was a renowned:

Answer: Fashion Designer

(Q.9) Which State Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with

HDFC Bank to strengthen the startup ecosystem in the state?

Answer: Odisha

(Q.10) Who is the author of the book "A Commentary and Digest on The Air, Act

1981,"?

Answer: Dr K K Khandelwal and Apoorva Kumar Singh


(Q.1) Indian Government has renamed which of the following institute after late

Sushma Swaraj?

Answer: Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra and Foreign Service Institute


(Q.2) Which of the following company has received license from Bank of Russia to

commence reinsurance business in Russia?

Answer: General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)

(Q.3) National Workshop on Disaster Risk Financing, Insurance and Risk Transfer

was held on 13th February 2020 in which city?

Answer: Mumbai

(Q.4) Which bank won the 'Most Customer-Centric Bank Using Technology' award at

the Banking Technology 2019 awards instituted by the Indian Banks' Association?

Answer: South Indian Bank

(Q.5) Who among the following has been appointed by Government as the next

Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Air India?

Answer: Rajiv Bansal

(Q.6) Atul Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the President of which institute for

the year 2020-21?

Answer: Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI)

(Q.7) Name the Feminist scholar and activist who has won the prestigious Dan

David Prize?

Answer: Gita Sen

(Q.8) Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, who passed away, recently was former head of

which entity?

Answer: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

(Q.9) Name the former Indian Cricketer who has been appointed as Director of

Cricket of the United Arab Emirates?


Answer: Robin Singh

(Q.10) Amit Phangal is associated with which sport?

Answer: Boxing


(Q.1) Which two countries have pledged to work together to address the issue of

marine plastic litter and microplastics?

Answer: India and Norway

(Q.2) Which State Government has announced to give 6 crore rupees to players of

the state that bag gold medals at the Olympic Games?

Answer: Haryana

(Q.3) Which zone of Indian Railways has become the first zone in the country to

have functional “energy neutral” railway stations?

Answer: South Central Railways (SCR) zone

(Q.4) BioAsia 2020, Asia‟s largest Biotechnology and Life Sciences Forum is being

held from 17th – 19th February 2020 in which city?

Answer: Hyderabad

(Q.5) What is the official motto for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics?

Answer: „United by Emotion‟

(Q.6) India‟s first inter-city electric bus service has been recently inaugurated

between which two cities?

Answer: Mumbai and Pune


(Q.7) Which State Government has launched `Pyaar ka Paudha` (a plant of love)

campaign to encourage the practice of planting trees in the state?

Answer: Bihar

(Q.8) Which Cricketer has retained the No.1 spot in the latest ICC T20I rankings for

batsmen?

Answer: Babar Azam, Pakistan

(Q.9) Radhakishan Damani, who has become India‟s second-richest person after

Mukesh Ambani is the founder of which retail chain?

Answer: Avenue Supermarts

(Q.10) Government of India will organise „Organic Food Festival‟ for women

entrepreneurs from 21st to 23rd February 2020 in which city?

Answer: New Delhi


(Q.1) Which entity has lowered the estimate for India‟s economic growth rate for

2020 to 5.4% from 6.6% earlier?

Answer: Moody‟s Investor Service

(Q.2) Which event is being organised by Union Ministry of Textiles to promote

Geographical Indication (GI) tag crafts and heritage of India?

Answer: „Kala Kumbh‟

(Q.3) The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety “Achieving Global Goals

2030” will take place on 19th - 20th February 2020 in:

Answer: Stockholm, Sweden


(Q.4) Reserves of lithium, have been recently discovered in Mandya district located

in _________________

Answer: Karnataka

(Q.5) Who among the following has committed $10 billion to fight Climate Change?

Answer: Jeff Bezos

(Q.6) Who among the following has become the first Indian to have 50 million

followers on Instagram?

Answer: Virat Kohli

(Q.7) Which State Government has launched 'Yodhavu' a mobile app as part of

efforts to curb the growing menace of drug abuse in the State?

Answer: Kerala

(Q.8) Tapas Paul, who passed away recently, was a famous:

Answer: Bengali Film Actor

(Q.9) India has signed $450 million loan agreement with which international financial

organisation to improve ground water management across the country under Atal

Bhujal Yojana (ABHY)?

Answer: World Bank

(Q.10) 65th Filmfare Awards ceremony was recently held in which city?

Answer: Guwahati

(Q.11) Which of the following won the „Best Film‟ award at 65th Filmfare Awards?

Answer: Gully Boy



(Q.1) „World Day of Social Justice‟ is observed on which date every year?


(Q.2) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is the President of which country?

Answer: Portugal

(Q.3) Which of the following has become first single-use plastic free airport of India?

Answer: Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi

(Q.4) Which State Government has launched 'Appreciate and Commend' scheme to

honour state‟s police force?

Answer: Punjab

(Q.5) India will switch to the world's cleanest petrol and diesel from which date by

straightaway moving to Euro-VI emission compliant fuels from Euro-IV grades now?

Answer: 1st April 2020

(Q.6) 4th National Conference on Review of Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) was held from 17th – 18th February 2020 in which city? Answer: Udaipur, Rajasthan (Q.7) How many Indian institutions have featured in top 100 Times Higher Education's (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020? Answer: 11

(Q.8) Lynn Cohen, who passed away, recently was ___________________

Answer: American Actress


(Q.9) Which country has conducted a successful flight test of the air-launched

nuclear-capable cruise missile Ra'ad-II?

Answer: Pakistan

(Q.10) Koneru Humpy is associated with which sport?

Answer: Chess

(Q.11) The central government has renamed Institute for Defence Studies and

Analyses (IDSA) as:

Answer: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses


(Q.1) „International Mother Language Day‟ is observed on which date every year?

Answer: 21st February

(Q.2) Niti Aayog is organising the ''Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Conclave

2020” from 24th – 26th February 2020 in which state?

Answer: Assam

(Q.3) Which exhibition was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in

Varanasi on 16th February 2020?

Answer: „Kashi Ek Roop Anek‟

(Q.4) Who among the following has been declared the winner of Afghanistan's

presidential election?

Answer: Ashraf Ghani


(Q.5) „Difficult Dialogues 2020‟ forum was held from 14th – 16th February 2020 in

which state?

Answer: Goa

(Q.6) Which mission will be launched by Indian Government to make the country

self-reliant in oilseed production?

Answer: „Tilhan Mission

(Q.7) Vinay Dube has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which

Airline?

Answer: GoAir

(Q.8) Mickey Wright, who passed away recently, was an __________

Answer: American Golfer

(Q.9) Which country has appointed Barry O‟Farrell as its new High Commissioner to

India?

Answer: Australia

(Q.10) 2020 Asian Wrestling Championship is being held in which city?


(Q.11) Who among the following won „World Sportsman of the Year award‟ at

Laureus World Sports Awards 2020?

Answer: Footballer Lionel Messi and Formula 1 Motorist Lewis Hamilton


(Q.1) The 1st edition of Khelo India University Games will be held from 22nd February

– 1st March 2020 in which city?


Answer: Bhubaneswar

(Q.2) India has ranked __________ on the „Worldwide Educating for the Future

Index 2019‟

Answer: 35th

(Q.3) Government of Gujarat has signed an MoU with which public sector bank to

facilitate approval of loans to entrepreneurs in the MSME sector with ease and within

a short time-frame?

Answer: State Bank of India

(Q.4) Geologists have discovered two goldmines having 3350 tonne gold ore in

Sonbhadra district of ____________


(Q.5) Who among the following has won EY Entrepreneur of the year award 2019?

Answer: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

(Q.6) Which country has announced new Points-Based Immigration System?


(Q.7) Larry Tesler, who passed away, recently was an _____________

Answer: American Computer Scientist

(Q.8) Which State Government has launched a special drive to destroy the

cultivation centres of the exotic „Thai Mangur fish‟?

Answer: Maharashtra

(Q.9) Which country will host AFC Women's Asian Cup Football tournament in

2022?


Answer: India

(Q.10) Who among the following has been signed by jeanswear brand „Flying

Machine‟ as its new Brand Ambassador?

Answer: Kartik Aryan


(Q.1) As per 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue, Hindi is

the _____ most spoken language of the world in 2019

Answer: 3rd

(Q.2) Which State Government has announced that will provide free spectacles for

all school students aged between 6-18 years?

Answer: Maharashtra

(Q.3) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) recently delivered

fourth anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette named _______________ to the

Indian Navy

Answer: INS Kavaratti

(Q.4) As announced by Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi, India will

stop importing thermal coal from which financial year?

Answer: Financial Year 2023-24

(Q.5) Which of the following is the official slogan for FIFA Under-17 Women's World

Cup 2020 which will be hosted by India?

Answer: „Kick Off The Dream‟

(Q.6) Eighth edition of „Ganga Kayak Festival‟ was held in:

Answer: Devprayag, Uttarakhand


(Q.7) Who among the following has been appointed as chairman of the Pension

Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)?

Answer: Supratim Bandyopadhyay

(Q.8) Kishori Ballal, who passed away recently, was a _____________

Answer: Veteran Kannada Actress

(Q.9) Which State Government will open Atal Kisan - Majdoor canteens in all

mandis and sugar mills across the state to provide affordable and cheap meals

to farmers and labourers at a concessional rate of 10 rupees per plate?

Answer: Haryana

(Q.10) Who among the following has been appointed as the new Brand

Ambassador of Chinese smartphone brand iQOO?

Answer: Virat Kohli


(Q.1) India‟s Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the procurement of 24

MH-60R Seahawk multi-role helicopters worth $2.6 billion for the Indian Navy from

which country?

Answer: USA

(Q.2) Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has signed an initial pact with which

company for installing public charging stations for electric vehicles?

Answer: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)

(Q.3) Which campaign has been launched by National Payments Corporation of

India (NPCI) to create awareness and increase the reach of Unified Payments

Interface (UPI)?

Answer: „UPI Chalega‟


(Q.4) India‟s first floating jetty has been recently inaugurated in which State?

Answer: Goa

(Q.5) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved appointment of Sunil Gurbaxani as

Managing Director and CEO of which bank?

Answer: Dhanlaxmi Bank

(Q.6) India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which

country for up-gradation of infrastructure in plantation schools for estate

workers of Indian origin?

Answer: Sri Lanka

(Q.7) First-ever „Bharat-Bangla Paryatan Utsav‟ was recently organised in which

city?

Answer: Agartala

(Q.8) Which entity has pegged India‟s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for

2019-20 at 4.9 per cent?

Answer: National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

(Q.9) Which State Government will observe 24th February as „State Girl Child

Protection Day‟?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

(Q.10) Who among the following has won ESPN Sportsperson of the Year (Female)

Award for 2019?

Answer: PV Sindhu

(Q.11) Who among the following has been felicitated by the World Book of Records,

London with the WBR Golden Era of Bollywood honour?


Answer: Manoj Kumar


(Q.1) Hindi version of Artificial Intelligence based chatbot named _____________

has been recently launched by Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation

Limited (IRCTC), which shall resolve queries of railway passengers over the internet

Answer: ASKDISHA

(Q.2) Which country has started testing world‟s first Central Bank Digital Currency

(CBDC)?

Answer: Sweden

(Q.3) World‟s largest temperature-controlled facility to store Agro and Pharma

product has been launched at which Airport?

Answer: Mumbai Airport

(Q.4) „International Judicial Conference 2020‟ was held from 22nd – 23rd February

2020 in which city?


(Q.5) Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairperson of US-

India Business Council‟s (USIBC‟s) Global Board of Directors?

Answer: Vijay Advani

(Q.6) Which State Government has launched 'Jagananna Vasthi Deevena' scheme

aimed at providing financial assistance of Rs 2300 crore to students pursuing various

post-Intermediate courses?



(Q.7) Which country hosted the inaugural G20 finance ministers‟ and central bank

governors‟ meeting on 22nd February 2020?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

(Q.8) Ashok Chatterjee, who passed away, recently was a ____________

Answer: Former India Footballer

(Q.9) As per a survey by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) which two cities

have topped the list of seven metro cities in daily average consumption of „added

fat‟?

Answer: Delhi and Ahmedabad

(Q.10) D. Gukesh is associated with which sport?

Answer: Chess

(Q.11) The book 'Who is Bharat Mata' is written by:

Answer: Purushottam Agrawal and Radha Krishna


(Q.1) Which web form has been notified by Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs for

improving India‟s Ease of Doing Business?

Answer: SPICe+

(Q.2) As per a report released by Central Government, which state has topped the

rating for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payouts?

Answer: Haryana


(Q.3) Which entity has sanctioned an amount of 400.64 crore rupees to UT of

Jammu & Kashmir during the current financial year for giving boost to the

infrastructure in the rural areas?

Answer: NABARD

(Q.4) Who among the following has been appointed as Chairman & Managing

Director of NHPC Ltd.?

Answer: Abhay Kumar Singh

(Q.5) Who among the following has won the Science and Engineering Research

Board (SERB) Women Excellence Award for the year 2020?

Answer: Dr Niti Kumar

(Q.6) Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected for a fourth term as President of which

country?

Answer: Togo

(Q.7) Which city will host Commonwealth Shooting and Archery Championships

2022?

Answer: Chandigarh, India

(Q.8) Katherine Johnson, who passed away recently was __________________

Answer: American Mathematician

(Q.9) Who is the author of the book 'Death – An Inside Story'?

Answer: Sadhguru

(Q.10) Who among the following has won „Best Actor‟ award at Dadasaheb Phalke

International Film Festival (DPIFF) Awards?


Answer: Hrithik Roshan


(Q.1) „World NGO Day‟ is observed on which date every year?


(Q.2) Which multinational company has entered into a partnership with State Bank of

India to train differently-abled people find jobs in the banking, financial services and

insurance (BFSI) sector?

Answer: Microsoft

(Q.3) Fifth edition of „Exercise Indradhanush‟, recently commenced between Air

Forces of which two countries?

Answer: India and United Kingdom

(Q.4) International Conference on Banana 2020 (ICB 2020) was held from 22nd –

25th February 2020 in which Indian city?

Answer: Trichy, Tamil Nadu

(Q.5) Which satellite will be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation

(ISRO) on 5th March 2020, that will perform real-time and constant watch over Indian

subcontinent?

Answer: Gisat 1

(Q.6) Which of the following has become the first state in the country to launch the

unified vehicle registration card?



(Q.7) India was the _____ most polluted country in 2019 as per report by IQAir, a

company that primarily works on air filtration

Answer: 5th most polluted

(Q.8) Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOI) is located in

which city?

Answer: Hyderabad

(Q.9) Hosni Mubarak, who passed away recently, was the former President of which

country?

Answer: Egypt

(Q.10) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed which Bank to open branches

without its prior approval?

Answer: Bandhan Bank


(Q.1) „National Science Day‟ is celebrated in India on which date every year?


(Q.2) Union Minister of Food Processing Industry recently launched Market

Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) Web Portal to monitor prices of

which crops?

Answer: Tomato, Onion and Potato

(Q.3) 1st „National Conference on Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience

(CDRR&R) – 2020‟ was held on 25th February 2020 in which city?

Answer: New Delhi


(Q.4) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman has launched EASE 3.0 for technology-

enabled banking. In the context of this news, what does abbreviation „EASE‟ stand

for?

Answer: Enhanced Access and Service Excellence

(Q.5) Who among the following has retained the top spot for the third year in the

„Hurun Global Rich List‟?

Answer: Jeff Bezos

(Q.6) Central Government will organise „RAISE 2020‟, India's first Artificial

Intelligence summit from 11th – 12th April 2020 in New Delhi. In context of this news,

what does abbreviation „RAISE” stand for?

Answer: Responsible AI for Social Empowerment

(Q.7) Who among the following has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to

France?

Answer: Jawed Ashraf

(Q.8) World‟s largest species of cave fish, measuring over 40cm in length has been

found inside a remote cave located in which North-East Indian state?

Answer: Meghalaya

(Q.9) International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies in

Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha (ICoSDiTAUS-2020) Systems of Medicine was held

from 25th – 26th February 2020 in which city?

Answer: New Delhi

(Q.10) According to the data of Union Commerce Ministry, which country has

surpassed China to emerge as India‟s top trading partner for 2018-19?

Answer: USA


(Q.11) Sixth offshore patrol vessel for Indian Coast Guard named __________ was

formally launched on 27th February 2020?

Answer: „VAJRA‟


(Q.1) Who among the following, recently launched „Higher Education Leadership

Development Programme for Administrator‟?

Answer: Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal „Nishank‟

(Q.2) Rajasthan Solar Park Development Company Ltd (RSDCL), a subsidiary of

Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation has signed an agreement with which

company to develop 925 MW capacity solar park at Nokh in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer

district?

Answer: NTPC

(Q.3) Who among the following has been appointed as new Managing Director and

Chief Executive of TransUnion Cibil?

Answer: Rajesh Kumar

(Q.4) Union Health Ministry is considering increasing the legal age for tobacco

consumption from 18 to ___ years as part of its efforts to strengthen the provisions of

the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA)

Answer: 21 years

(Q.5) Which initiative has been inaugurated by Bank of Baroda to position itself as a

preferred banking partner for the start-up community?

Answer: „Baroda Startup Banking‟


(Q.6) Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary is located in which state?

Answer: Odisha

(Q.7) Tennis Star Maria Sharapova, who recently announced her retirement from

tennis is from which country?

Answer: Russia

(Q.8) Which smartphone brand will soon be bringing NaviC, a technology (similar

to GPS) built by the Indian Space Agency ISRO in its smartphones in India?

Answer: Xiaomi

(Q.9) Which of the following company has become the first among non-life

insurers in India to deliver policy documents, renewal notices and claim intimation for

its customers by using WhatsApp?

Answer: Bharti Axa General Insurance

(Q.10) Win Myint, is the President of which Asian country?

Answer: Myanmar

(Q.11) Eight day cultural fair called „Vasantotsav‟ was inaugurated on 25 th

February 2020 in which city?

Answer: Gandhinagar, Gujarat

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