Weekly Current Affairs from 13 to 19 January 2020

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1) Who has won the Taiwan’s presidential election?

a. Greta Thunberg
b. Sai Ing Wen
c. Sophie Willem
d. Ashley Barty

2) What is the capital of Taiwan?

a. Tehran
b. Taipe
c. Muscat
d. Tripoli

3) Which state government has started Jal Jeevan Haryali Mission?

a. Haryana
b. Punjab
c. Maharashtra
d. Bihar

4) How much percentage of crime is increased in India in “Crime in India” Report?

a. 1.1%
b. 1.2%
c. 1.3%
d. 1.4%

5) In which city of India “Wings India 2020” International Aviation Exhibition will be organized ?

a. Lucknow
b. New Delhi
c. Chandigarh
d. Hyderabad

6) Who has won the 7th National Ice Hockey women’s championship trophy?

a. Leh
b. New Delhi
c. Laddakh
d. Jammu & Kashmir

7) How many state/states topped in the state energy efficiency index 2019?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

8) Which cricketer is on the top in ICC T-20 International Ranking?

a. Rohit Sharma
b. Virat Kohli
c. Babar Azam
d. Shane Watson

9) Who has become the director of National Book Trust?

a. Yuvraj Malik
b. Ronak Sadhvani
c. Kashish Chaturvedi
d. Brijesh Mittal

10) Who has released the book: “PAX SINICA – Implications for the Indian Dawn”?

a. Ministry of Finance
b. Home Ministry
c. Ministry of External Affairs
d. Ministry of Telecommunications

11) The name of Kolkata Port will be changed on whose name?

a. BR Ambedkar
b. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
c. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
d. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

12) Who has announces to change the name of Kolkata Port?

a. Mamta Banerjee
b. Amit Shah
c. Narendra Modi
d. Rajnath Singh

13) Who is nominated for World Games Athlete of the year?

a. Amanpreet Kaur
b. Manu Bhakar
c. Rani Ramphal
d. Deepa Malik

14) Which country hosted Muslim Congregation Bishwa Ijtema?

a. Oman
b. Bangladesh
c. Sri Lanka
d. Iran

15) What is the theme of 18th Dhaka International Film Festival?

a. Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society
b. Better Audience, Better People, Better Film
c. Better Society, Better People, Better Film
d. None of the above

16) India’s 1st Cyber Crime Prevention Unit ‘AASHVAST’ launched in?

a. Gujarat
b. Rajasthan
c. Manipur
d. Meghalaya

17) Union Steel Minister unveils mission PURVODAYA in?

a. Mumbai
b. New Delhi
c. Jaipur
d. Kolkata

18) The Union Minister for Women & Child Development Smriti Irani launched 3 welfare schemes for women in?

a. Puducherry
b. Meghalaya
c. Sikkim
d. Goa

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19) Under Yashaswini Scheme for women, what is the amount on which State Govt. will provide Interest Free Loan?

a. 5 Lakh
b. 6 Lakh
c. 7 Lakh
d. 10 Lakh

20) World Future Energy Summit commences in?

a. Abu Dhabi
b. Dubai
c. Tehran
d. Muscat

21) Who got the BCCI’s Polly Umrigar Award?

a. K L Rahul
b. Kumar Ashwin
c. Jaspreet Bumrah
d. Mayank Aggarwal

22) Who is the President of BCCI?

a. Rahul Dravid
b. Sourav Ganguly
c. DK Jain
d. Pawan Kumar

23) Who has won the Best International Cricketer (women) Award?

a. Shefali Verma
b. Poonam Yadav
c. Manpreet Chillar
d. Amanpreet Kaur

24) What was the theme of 23rd National Youth Festival 2020?

a. Fit India Fit Youth
b. Fit Youth Fit India
c. Fit India and Youth
d. Fit Youth and India

25) Who has become the new PM of Malta?

a. Robert Abella
b. Sai Ing Wen
c. Manuel Maren Cruz
d. None of the Above

26) Which country has hosted the 2020 ATP Cup’s first edition?

a. Brazil
b. France
c. Finland
d. Sydney

27) Which country has won the ATP Cup Tennis Tournament?

a. Canada
b. Brazil
c. Serbia
d. Peru

28) SEBI defer deadline for the separation of the post of Chairman and CEO, What is the Deadline?

a. March 2020
b. April 2020
c. May 2020
d. June 2020

29) 6th meeting of the Island Development Agency in New Delhi was headed by ?

a. Narendra Modi
b. Nirmala Sitaraman
c. Rajnath Singh
d. Amit Shah

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30) In 2019, which country has topped in Shooting sports in the world?

a. China
b. India
c. France
d. Nepal

31) Where was the 5th edition of The Pulse Conclave 2020 held?

a. Nasik
b. Jajjhar
c. New Delhi
d. Lonavala

32) In which country the first case of Corona virus was recorded?

a. Japan
b. Russia
c. South Africa
d. China

33) “Seke” Language which is on the verge of extinction, is the language of which country?

a. Bangladesh
b. China
c. Japan
d. Nepal

34) Which country successfully tested first driverless smart bullet train?

a. Russia
b. USA
c. China
d. Japan

35) NITI Aayog was set up in which year?

a. 2012
b. 2013
c. 2015
d. 2016

36) Which country is removed by USA from currency manipulator list?

a. China
b. Japan
c. Pakistan
d. Sri Lanka

37) 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

38) 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

39) 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

40) 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

41) 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

42) 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

43) The India-Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Ministers’ Meet 2020 was held in?

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

44) 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

45) 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

46) 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

47) 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

48) 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

49) 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

50) 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

51) 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

52) “The Global Risks Report 2020” was recently released by?

(a) World Bank
(b) World Economic Forum
(c) World Trade Organization
(d) Economic Intelligence Unit

53) Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launches exhibition “Indian Heritage in Digital Space” at National Museum in?

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

54) Who among the following has won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Best Cricketer of the Year in ICC annual awards 2019?

(a) Eoin Morgan
(b) Ben Stokes
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Steve Smith

55) Who among the following has won the award for Test Cricketer of the Year in ICC annual awards 2019?

(a) Virat Kohli
(b) David Warner
(c) Pat Cummins
(d) James Anderson

56) Who among the following has won the award for ODI Cricketer of the Year in ICC annual awards 2019?

(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Rohit Sharma
(c) Ben Stokes
(d) Jaspreet Bumrah

57) Who among the following has won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year in ICC annual awards 2019?

(a) Alyssa Healy
(b) Chanida Sutthiruang
(c) Ellyse Perry
(d) Harmanpreet Kaur

58) Who among the following has won the ICC Women’s ODI Player of the Year in ICC annual awards 2019?

(a) Ellyse Perry
(b) Deepti Sharma
(c) Punam Yadav
(d) Mithali Raj

59) Who among the following has won the ICC Women’s T20I Player of the Year in ICC annual awards 2019?

(a) Ellyse Perry
(b) Deepti Sharma
(c) Alyssa Healy
(d) Mithali Raj

60) Chanida Sutthiruang has won the ICC Women’s Emerging Player of the Year in ICC annual awards 2019. She represents which of the following country?

(a) Nepal
(b) Thailand
(c) England
(d) Ireland

61) Who among the following has been elected as a bureau member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period 2020-23?

(a) James Watson
(b) Alan Guth
(c) Jane Goodall
(d) Bipul Behari Saha

62) Name the Union Territory which is hosting the first-ever Food Processing Summit which aims to attract investors to the region.

(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Ladakh
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

63) Name the Russian Prime Minister who has submitted his resignation to take on a new job as deputy head of Russia’s Security Council.

(a) Boris Yeltsin
(b) Sergey Shoygu
(c) Vladimir Putin
(d) Dmitry Medvedev

64) The 7th edition of Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region will be held in?

(a) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(b) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
(d) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

65) Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate a fuel conservation campaign “_______”, which aims to spread the message of fuel conservation and greener environment across India.

(a) Samridhi
(b) Saksham
(c) Sashakt
(d) Sakshar

66) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) celebrated its 145th Foundation Day on?

(a) 15 January 2020
(b) 16 January 2020
(c) 14 January 2020
(d) 13 January 2020

67) Which major tech-company recently announced that it has planned to cut more than half of carbon emissions across its supply chain, by 2030?

(a) Google
(b) Microsoft
(c) Infosys
(d) IBM

68) Recently, the toll-free number ‘8884333331’ for Missed Call Alert facility of users, was launched for which application?

(a) FASTags
(b) BHIM
(c) UMANG
(d) NPS

69) The second Tejas Express, which was recently flagged off, connects Mumbai with which city?

(a) Pune
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Nagpur

70) The ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects report’ is released by which organisation?

(a) World Bank
(b) United Nations (UN)
(c) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(d) Asian Development Bank (ADB)

71) The first edition of “Krishi Manthan” summit is being held in which state?

(a) Assam
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat

72) Who has been recently conferred with the 29th Saraswati Samman Award?

(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Mahabaleshwar Sail
(c) Vasdev Mohi
(d) Padma Sachdev

73) The Government of India and the Government of Assam has signed a Loan Agreement with which International Financial Organisation, to modernise Assam’s Passenger Ferry Sector?

(a) Asian Development Bank
(b) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(c) World Bank
(d) New Development Bank

74) Which Indian satellite has been recently launched from French Guiana?

(a) RISAT 2B
(b) GSAT 30
(c) GSAT 7A
(d) IRNSS 1H

75) Which country is to offer e-visa facility to Indian Tourists?

(a) Canada
(b) South Africa
(c) Kenya
(d) Ireland

76) What is the name of the Biggest Airborne Exercise recently conducted by the Indian Army?

(a) Him Vijay
(b) Dhruv Sakthi
(c) Winged Raider
(d) Yudh Abhiyas

77) BCCI has announced the annual contract of players of Indian Cricket Team. Total number of players included in this contract list is

(a) 23
(b) 25
(c) 27
(d) 29

78) India and the country whose Coast Guard is conducting a ‘cooperation-cage’ exercise is

(a) Japan
(b) Maldives
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) South Korea

79) Commonwealth Parliamentary Union Conference has been organised in which city of Uttar Pradesh

(a) Kanpur
(b) Lucknow
(c) Bareilly
(d) Prayagraj

80) The country which has passed the ‘Compulsory Ethnic Unity’ Bill is

(a) Tibet
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal
(d) Myanmar

81) Indian Passport has been ranked in the recently released Hanley Passport Index at?

(a) 78
(b) 84
(c) 90
(d) 94

82) Recently, the sixth meeting of the Island Development Agency was held in which city?

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

83) Which State Government has launched Rojgaar Sangi app with the aim of helping skilled and trained candidates find jobs?

(a) Government of Madhya Pradesh
(b) Government of Jharkhand
(c) Government of Orissa
(d) Government of Chhattisgarh

84) United States recently signed first phase of Trade Agreement with which country?

(a) South Korea
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Pakistan

85) India has recently registered participation in the Hormuz Peace Initiative held in Tehran in view of the tension between the US and which country?

(a) Syria
(b) Iraq
(c) Iran
(d) North Korea

86) World Health Organisation has approved to make public the indigenous device TrueNat for diagnosis of tuberculosis in which country?

(a) Bangladesh
(b) India
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Indonesia

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