16th January 2020 Current Affairs

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Q1. Who has been appointed the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?

(a) SS Deshwal
(b) Anand Prakash Maheshwari
(c) Karambir Singh
(d) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar

Q2. Which global firm from the following has announced an incremental investment of USD 1 billion in India?

(a) Amazon
(b) Google
(c) Apple
(d) Walmart

Q3. Name the Odia filmmaker who was considered as the ‘Father of New Wave Odia Cinema’, passed away recently.

(a) Prashanta Nanda
(b) Susant Mishra
(c) Manmohan Mohapatra
(d) Hara Patnaik

Q4. Which places from the following has been awarded the Swachhata Darpan Awards 2019 for its initiatives for plastic waste management?

(a) Puri, Odisha
(b) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
(c) Hyderabad, Telangana
(d) Jaipur, Rajasthan

Q5. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) and Ministry of Jal Shakti organised the Open Defecation Free Sustainability Workshop in?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata

Q6. Who among the following has won the Global Child Prodigy Award for his skill to chant up to 50 shlokas from the Vedas and ‘Bhagavad Gita’ and practicing yoga?

(a) Prashant Dubey
(b) Ishwar Sharma
(c) Rahul Pandit
(d) Sourabh Verma

Q7. The India-Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Ministers’ Meet 2020 was held in?

(a) Dhaka
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) New Delhi

Q8. Name the Indian Army officer who will be the first woman parade adjutant for the Republic Day parade.

(a) Captain Tania Shergill
(b) Captain Anjali Sharma
(c) Captain Bhavna Kanth
(d) Captain Priya Jhingan

Q9. Name the Agricultural Scientist who was recently honoured as the first recipient of ‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence’ for his distinguished contribution to the field of agriculture.

(a) Dr Verghese Kurien
(b) Dr Salim Ali
(c) Dr M S Swaminathan
(d) Dr Birbal Sahni

Q10. Name the Indian Bollywood actor who presented the Swachhata Darpan Award 2019 to Puri Municipality Additional Executive Officer Saroj Kumar Swain.

(a) Ajay Devgn
(b) Aamir Khan
(c) Salman Khan
(d) Amitabh Bachchan

Q11. Who among the following has been named the ICC’s ‘2019 ODI Cricketer of the Year’ by the International Cricket Council?

(a) Rohit Sharma
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Hardik Pandya
(d) Jasprit Bumrah

Q12. Parshuram Kund Mela has began at the Parshuram Kund located in the lower reaches of Lohit River, in Lohit district of?

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Nagaland
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Mizoram

Q13. Union Road, Transport and Highway Minister presented the National Highway Excellence Awards 2019 to recognize the well-performing companies in the field of construction, operations, maintenance, toll collection and road safety on National Highways. Who is the present Union Road, Transport and Highway Minister of India?

(a) Nitin Gadkari
(b) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
(c) D.V. Sadananda Gowda
(d) Ravi Shankar Prasad

Q14. India celebrates Indian Army Day every year on _____ to commemorate the day of General (later Field Marshal) KM Carriappa taking over the command of Army from General Sir F R R Bucher.

(a) 13 January
(b) 14 January
(c) 15 January
(d) 16 January

Q15. Name the cricketer who has been named the winner of ICC’s ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award by the International Cricket Council.

(a) Ben Stokes
(b) Rohit Sharma
(c) Shakib Al Hasan
(d) Virat Kohli