Weekly Current Affairs from 10 to 16 February 2020

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Q1. At the DefExpo 2020, over 200 MoUs, Transfer of Technology (ToTs), Product launches were concluded at the ceremony titled “___________”

(a) Prastaav
(b) Samjhauta
(c) Bandhan
(d) Kaabil

Q2. The BBIN nations held meeting recently to deliberate on proposed MoU for the implementation of the Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA). Which among these country is not a part of BBIN nation?

(a) Bangladesh
(b) Indonesia
(c) Nepal
(d) Bhutan

Q3. Giriraj Kishore, has passed away at the age of 82. He was a renonwed ________

(a) Writer
(b) Journalist
(c) Actor
(d) Economist

Q4. Armand Duplantis has broken the world pole vault record recently. He plays for which country?

(a) New Zealand
(b) Australia
(c) Sweden
(d) Poland

Q5. Where was the 23rd edition of the National Conference on e-Governance 2020 held?

(a) Hyderabad
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kochi
(d) Surat

Q6. P Parameswaran who died recently was a veteran activist of which organisation?

(a) Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
(b) Bajrang Dal
(c) Vishva Hindu Parishad
(d) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

Q7. The 6th edition of the mega industrial exhibition ‘Engiexpo 2020’ will be held in which city of India?

(a) Chennai
(b) Pune
(c) Vadodara
(d) New Delhi

Q8. Which among the following countries has recently been hit by the tropical cyclone Damien?

(a) Australia
(b) Brazil
(c) Israel
(d) New Zealand

Q9. Robert Conrad who passed away recently was a veteran ____________

(a) Former World Bank Chief
(b) Actor
(c) Footballer
(d) Astronaut

Q10. How many MoUs have been signed between the Uttar Pradesh Government and private companies during the DefExpo 2020?

(a) 31
(b) 14
(c) 52
(d) 23

Q11. The Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has established a research and development centre named ‘SARAS’. SARAS stands for?

(a) Scientific and Applied Research Alliance and Support
(b) Science and Applied Resource Alliance and Support
(c) Science and Applied Regulatory Alliance and Support
(d) Science and Applied Research Alliance and Support

Q12. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved the funding of __________ to combat the spread of novel coronavirus (nCoV).

(a) USD 2.0 million
(b) USD 2.5 million
(c) USD 3.0 million
(d) USD 1.5 million

Q13. Name the American Author who wrote the best-selling book “The Boys of Summer” in 1972, passed away recently.

(a) Red Barber
(b) Roger Angell
(c) Roger Kahn
(d) Jackie Robinson

Q14. On which day the National Deworming Day is observed every year across the country to deworm children and adolescents to reduce the prevalence of parasitic worms in the intestine.

(a) 13 February
(b) 12 February
(c) 11 February
(d) 10 February

Q15. The International team of astronomers of which university has discovered an Ultramassive monster galaxy dubbed as XMM-2599.

(a) Stanford University, California
(b) University of California, United States
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
(d) Harvard University, Cambridge

Q16. Under the Regional Connectivity Scheme “Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)”, Ministry of Civil Aviation has operationalized the first ever helicopter services in the state of?

(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Haryana
(d) Punjab

Q17. Which of the following business school was ranked 3rd in MOOCLab’s Business School Rankings 2020 for its provision, design and delivery of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)?
(a) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
(b) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
(c) Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
(d) Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Q18. Name the team which has won the first Men’s section Khelo India Ice Hockey tournament 2020.

(a) Border Security Force
(b) Central Industrial Security Force
(c) Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre (LSRC) Red
(d) Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

Q19. The 5th edition of Dhaka Art Summit was inaugurated in Dhaka. The Dhaka Art Summit is the premier art festival of which country?

(a) Bangladesh
(b) Myanmar
(c) Indonesia
(d) Malaysia

Q20. On which day the World Pulses Day is observed globally every year to recognize the importance of pulses (chickpeas, dry beans, lentils, dry peas and lupins among others) as a global food?

(a) 10 February
(b) 09 February
(c) 08 February
(d) 07 February

Q21. What is India’s rank in the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index released by the Global Innovation Policy Center or GIPC of the US Chambers of Commerce?

(a) 38th
(b) 39th
(c) 40th
(d) 41st

Q22. “Hunar Haat” a mega mission of economic empowerment of needy master artisans and craftsmen was recently inaugurated at?
(a) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
(b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
(d) Chandigarh, Haryana

Q23. The Under-19 cricket team of which country defeated India Under-19 team in the finals to win the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2020 held at JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

(a) South Africa
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Pakistan

Q24. Hyderabad Metro Rail has become the second largest operational metro rail network in India. Which of the following is the largest operational metro rail network in India?
(a) Kolkata Metro
(b) Chennai Metro
(c) Namma Metro
(d) Delhi Metro

Q25. Which state government has announced an internship scheme for the tenth, 12th and graduate students of the state to brighten employment prospects by linking the students to various technical institutes and industries?

(a) Bihar
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal

Q26. Aditya Mehta and Vidya Pillai has won the National Snooker Championship recently. In which of the following city, National Snooker Championship was held?

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

Q27. Who has become the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt Aconcagua?

(a) Vaidik Mahamana
(b) Priya Prakash
(c) Kaamya Karthikeyan
(d) Vinod Shukla

Q28. Who has break the Pole Vault World Record set by Renaud Lavillenie of France in 2014?

(a) Piotr Lisek
(b) Sam Kendricks
(c) Daniel Stahl
(d) Armand Duplantis

Q29. National Conference on e-Governance 2020 was held in-?

(a) Bengaluru
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai

Q30. In which country, the 33rd edition of the African Union (AU) summit was held?

(a) Nairobi, Kenya
(b) Mogadishu, Somalia
(c) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(d) Ottawa, Canada

Q31. Which of the following country will replace South Africa as the chair of the Africa Union in 2021?

(a) Cameroon
(b) Central African Republic
(c) Democratic Republic of the Congo
(d) Nigeria

Q32. International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed globally on-

(a) 13 February
(b) 11 February
(c) 10 February
(d) 14 February

Q33. The 6th edition of the mega industrial exhibition ‘Engiexpo 2020’ is being organised in-?

(a) Kochin
(b) Vadodara
(c) Bhagalpur
(d) Jaipur

Q34. Name the Hindi novelist and Padma Shri awardee, who has passed away recently.

(a) Giriraj Kishore
(b) Sachchidananda Vatsyayan
(c) Bhisham Sahni
(d) Mohan Rakesh

Q35. National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad will be renamed as _______________________ National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM).

(a) Arun Jaitley
(b) Sushma Swaraj
(c) Manohar Parrikar
(d) Sheila Dikshit

Q36. In which of the following city, India’s 1st glass floor suspension bridge to be built?

(a) Patna
(b) Howrah
(c) Rishikesh
(d) Kanpur

Q37. Name the noted cricket journalist and film historian, who has passed away recently.

(a) Raju Bharatan
(b) Ayaz Memon
(c) Rajan Bala
(d) KN Prabhu

Q38. Ministry of Coal (MoC) has launched a web portal for star rating of coal mines to promote the green, safe and sustainable mining practices with the help of technology. Who is the present Union Minister of the Ministry of Coal?

(a) Nityanand Rai
(b) Piyush Goyal
(c) Suresh Angadi
(d) Pralhad Joshi

Q39. The 1st-ever Hornbill festival of Tripura was celebrated in-

(a) Aizawl
(b) Agartala
(c) Imphal
(d) Shillong

Q40. The Chief National coach for the Indian Badminton team _______________________ honour with Coaches lifetime achievement award by International Olympic Committee’s (IOC).

(a) Parupalli Kashyap
(b) Sania Mirza
(c) PV Sindhu
(d) Pullela Gopichand

Q41. ClimFishCon 2020, an international conference on the impact of climate change on ‘hydrological cycle, ecosystem, fisheries and food security’ will begin in-

(a) West Bengal
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Kerala

Q42. Who has named as 2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of Year?

(a) Lalremsiami
(b) Rani Rampal
(c) Sunita Lakra
(d) Deep Grace Ekka

Q43. The International Cricket Council has penalized three Bangladesh as well as two Indian U-19 cricketers for violating the Code of Conduct for players. Which of the following player is not them?

(a) Towhid Hridoy, Bangladesh
(b) Shamim Hossain, Bangladesh
(c) Akash Singh, India
(d) Akbar Ali, Bangladesh

Q44. The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially named the disease caused by the new coronavirus as-?

(a) Senti-2019
(b) Vivid-2019
(c) Covid-2019
(d) Virus-2019

Q45. The World Unani Day is celebrated globally on _____________ February every year.

(a) 10th February
(b) 11th February
(c) 09th February
(d) 08th February

Q46. Lalremsiami is Indian hockey player. She belongs to which state?

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

Q47. In which country, the U-19 cricket World Cup was held?

(a) West Indies
(b) South Africa
(c) New Zealand
(d) Australia

Q48. Which of the following state government has given its approval to the Ground Water Act-2020 recently?

(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Q49. Name the person, who will be take oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi on 16th February in Ramlila Maidan?

(a) Arvind Kejriwal
(b) Raghav Chadha
(c) Manish Sisodia
(d) Kapil Mishra

Q50. The Government of India has decided to consider all medical devices including implants and contraceptives as-?

(a) Treat
(b) Medical
(c) Drugs
(d) Pharmaceutical

Q51. National Productivity Day is observed on ______________ February annually.

(a) 12th February
(b) 09th February
(c) 11th February
(d) 08th February

Q52. Which of the following country will include the Asian Elephant and the Great Indian Bustard in the list of species that merit heightened conservation measures?

(a) China
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) Sudan

Q53. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) is the national regulatory body for Indian pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Where is the headquarter of CDSCO?

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

Q54. National Productivity Council is an autonomous registered society under which ministry?

(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(c) Ministry of External Affairs
(d) Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Q55. The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has organized the workshop on “Van Dhan and Entrepreneurship Development” under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in-

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

Q56. Which of the following bank has bagged the award in the ‘Most Customer-Centric Bank Using Technology’ category at the Banking Technology 2019 awards instituted by the Indian Banks’ Association?

(a) State Bank of India
(b) Federal Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) South Indian Bank

Q57. The “National Workshop on Disaster Risk Financing, Insurance and Risk Transfer” will be held in?

(a) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(b) Chnadigarh, Haryana
(c) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
(d) Jaipur, Rajasthan

Q58. The Union Ministry of Finance has notified ‘Printing of _______ Currency Notes Rules, 2020’ vide Gazzette Notification G.S.R. 95(E) dated February 7, 2020.

(a) 10 Rupees
(b) 20 Rupees
(c) One Rupee
(d) 100 Rupees

Q59. The UK-based OneWeb company has sent 34 satellites into orbit on a single Soyuz rocket, from Baikonur port of?

(a) Kazakhstan
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Tajikistan
(d) Pakistan

Q60. Mobile World Congress, which was going to be held in _________, has been cancelled over coronavirus fears.

(a) New Delhi
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Barcelona

Q61. Which day is celebrated annually by the United Nations as World Radio Day?

(a) 12th of February
(b) 13th of February
(c) 14th of February
(d) 15th of February

Q62. Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the National Workshop on e-office in?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Dehradun

Q63. Name the city where India’s largest air quality monitoring network will be set up in the next five years.

(a) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(c) Patna, Bihar
(d) Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Q64. Who among the following has authored the book titled “The Thin Mind Map Book”?

(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Chetan Bhagat
(d) Dharmendra Rai

Q65. The Banking Technology 2019 awards was instituted by the Indian Banks’ Association and was held in?

(a) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(b) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
(c) Bhubaneswar, Odisha
(d) Kolkata, West Bengal

Q66. Which of the following place hosted the BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2020 held recently?

(a) Surat, Gujarat
(b) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
(c) Agartala, Tripura
(d) Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Q67. Name the veteran journalist who was serving as the Mumbai bureau chief of “The Statesman” since 1992, passed away recently.

(a) Nandu R Kulkarni
(b) Javed Anand
(c) Gaurav Arya
(d) Shiv Aroor

Q68. President Ram Nath Kovind presented ‘President’s Colour’ to the _________ at a ceremony in Lonavala, Maharashtra.

(a) INS Chakra
(b) INS Brahmaputra
(c) INS Arighat
(d) INS Shivaji

Q69. Name the initiative recently launched by the Haryana government to encourage reading habit among the young students of the state.

(a) Padho Mission- Haryana
(b) Reading Mission- Haryana
(c) Vidya Mission- Haryana
(d) Shiksha Mission- Haryana

Q70. Name the tactical ballistic missile having 200-km strike range whose development was recently started by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

(a) Prithvi
(b) Agni
(c) Brahmos
(d) Pranash

Q71. The scientists of which of the following institution has discovered the nearest-known ‘baby giant planet’ which is named as “2MASS 1155-7919 b”?

(a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(b) Nazareth College
(c) Purdue University
(d) Rochester Institute of Technology

Q72. Name the former Indian Cricket all-rounder who was recently appointed as director of cricket of the United Arab Emirates.

(a) Robin Singh
(b) Harbhajan Singh
(c) Sandeep Patil
(d) Ajay Jadeja

Q73. The National Organic Food Festival is going to be held for women entrepreneurs in?

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

Q74. The Economist Intelligence Unit has revised downwards its global growth forecast for 2020 from 2.3% to ____ citing new risks that emerged after the outbreak of novel coronavirus in China.

(a) 1.9%
(b) 2.0%
(c) 2.1%
(d) 2.2%

Q75. Which bank has topped the list of ‘Highest increase in brand value’ among global banks in the “Banker’s Top 500 Banking Brands 2020” report?

(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) IndusInd Bank

Q76. Name the country which has banned the Electronic-Cigarettes and all forms of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) in both domestic and international flights as well as at airports.

(a) China
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) Malaysia

Q77. Which state government has launched ‘Anganphou Hunba’ (Early Paddy Crop) programme at Arapti Mayai Leikai in Imphal East?

(a) Tripura
(b) Nagaland
(c) Manipur
(d) Sikkim

Q78. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has organised the two days BIMSTEC’s Conference on Combating Drug Trafficking in?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Jaipur
(c) Agartala
(d) Kohima

Q79. The Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra is a cultural centre which reflects India’s connection with its diaspora around the world. It has been renamed by the Government of India as?

(a) L K Advani Bhavan
(b) Amit Shah Bhavan
(c) Narendra Modi Bhavan
(d) Sushma Swaraj Bhavan

Q80. Who among the following will head the 5-members panel recently constituted by the Fifteenth Finance Commission on “defence & internal security”?

(a) Rajnath Singh
(b) B S Dhanoa
(c) N K Singh
(d) V K Singh

Q81. Name the Indian hockey player who has been awarded by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) with “Player of the Year for 2019” award.

(a) Akashdeep Singh
(b) P.R. Sreejesh
(c) Birendra Lakra
(d) Manpreet Singh

Q82. Who among the following will be the new President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) for the year 2020-21?

(a) Naina Lal Kidwai
(b) T. N. Manoharan
(c) K. Rahman Khan
(d) Atul Kumar Gupta

Q83. Name the person who has been appointed as the Finance Minister of the United Kingdom.

(a) Lauren Moss
(b) Kaushaliya Vaghela
(c) Rishi Sunak
(d) Bas Balkissoon

Q84. The National Organic Food Festival will be jointly organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) and?

(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs
(c) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(d) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Q85. The Foreign Service Institute is an institution where the training of the diplomats takes place. It has been renamed by the Government of India as?

(a) Jana Krishnamurthi Institute of Foreign Service
(b) Bangaru Laxman Institute of Foreign Service
(c) Kushabhau Thakre Institute of Foreign Service
(d) Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service

Q 86. India celebrates ___________ birthday as National Women’s Day every year on February 13.
(a) Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Q 87. What is the name of Nobel Prize awardee and former chairman and Director-General of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) who has passed away recently?
(a) Kalidas Karmakar
(b) N. Venkatachala
(c) K B Siddaiah
(d) Rajindra Kumar Pachauri

Q 88. Name the Novartis CEO, who recently won Genome Valley Excellence Award announced by BioAsia 2020.
(a) S.D. Mohile
(b) Vasant Narsimhan
(c) Sukumar Shankar
(d) B.R. Reddy

Q 89. Which of the following country central bank recently gives license to General Insurance Corporation of India for reinsurance business?
(a) Japan
(b) USA
(c) Russia
(d) China

Q 90. Which of the following State/UT’s will host inaugural Khelo India winter games 2020?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Ladakh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Delhi

Q 91. Name the Veteran space scientist of ISRO, who has been appointed as chairman of New Space India Ltd (NSIL) recently.
(a) K. Radhakrishnan
(b) G Narayanan
(c) P. Radhakrishnan
(d) K Kasturirangan

Q 92. Who has been appointed as new chairman and Managing Director of national carrier Air India?
(a) Anil Kumar Sondhi
(b) Amod Sharma
(c) Rajiv Bansal
(d) Ashwani Lohani

Q 93. Who among the following appointed as Secretary of Consumer Affairs?
(a) Satyajit Tripathy
(b) Pawan Kumar Agarwal
(c) Madhulika Bhaskar
(d) Shashikant More

Q94. Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of Youth Affairs?
(a) Uttam Kumar Sharma
(b) Usha Sharma
(c) Manisha.P.G
(d) Blessy Sequeira

Q 95. Where is the headquarters of General Insurance Corporation of India?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai

Q 96. Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of Fisheries?
(a) Rajni Sekhri Sibal
(b) Rajiv Ranjan
(c) Dakshita Das
(d) Reena Bhatnagar

Q 97. Name the Indian feminist scholar, who recently won the prestigious Dan David Prize 2020 under “present” category.
(a) Savitribai Phule
(b) Gita Sen
(c) Tarabai Shinde
(d) Vina Mazumdar

Q 98. Who among the following is the present Chairman and MD of General Insurance Corporation of India?
(a) G. B. Pande
(b) Devesh Srivastava
(c) A. K. Das
(d) V. Ramasamy

Q 99. Who among the following American immunologist and oncologist won the Genome Valley Excellence Award recenlty announced by BioAsia 2020?
(a) Carl H June
(b) Wendy L. Havran
(c) Jeremy M. Boss
(d) Jenny P. Ting

Q 100. The Ghaziabad police launched ______________under which the identity of all auto-rickshaw drivers will be verified and a unique four-digit number will be allotted to them.
(a) Operation Pakkad
(b) Operation Auto-rickshaw
(c) Operation Nakail
(d) Operation Security

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