Weekly Current Affairs from 17 to 23 February 2020

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Q.1 First non-English film that won the Best Picture Award at the OSCAR 2020 Ceremony is:

a) The Irishman
b) 1917
c) Jojo Rabbit
d) Parasite

Q.2 President Ram Nath Kovind Presented the President’s Colour to which military unit?

a) INS Shivaji
b) INS Shivalik
c) INS Satlej
d) INS Vikrant

Q.3 WHO changed the official name of Coronavirus, and named it:

a) AVID-18
b) CHID-19
c) COVID-19
d) CORONAVID-19

Q.4 The new name of Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra is:

a) Sushma Swaraj Bhawan
b) Arun Jaitley Bhawan
c) Manohar Parrikar Bhawan
d) Vajpayee Bhawan

Q.5 The new One Rupee Currency Note will have the sign of:

a) Finance Minister
b) RBI Governor
c) Prime Minister
d) Finance Secretary

Q.6 IOC’s “honorable mention” Award has been given to which Indian Sportsman?

a) MS Dhoni
b) Pullela Gopichand
c) Virat Kohli
d) Ravi Shastri

Q.7 ‘Step with Refugee Campaign’ has been initiated by:

a) UNHCR
b) UNICEF
c) OPEC
d) WWF

Q.8 First Indian to win FIH’s ‘Player of the Year Award’ in Male Category is:

a) Jagmeet Singh
b) Manjit Singh
c) Manmeet Singh
d) Vivek Sagar Prasad

Q.9 Which State Govt. launched a ‘love plant campaign’ on February 14, 2020?

a) Delhi
b) Bangalore
c) Bihar
d) Punjab

Q.10 According to the Military Balance Report of IISS, the Largest Defense Spender in 2019 was:

a) India
b) USA
c) China
d) Russia

Q.11 Which Authority suggested the alignment of Fiscal and Financial Years?

a) Jalan Committee
b) A Ghosh Committee
c) Mahadevan Committee
d) Kamath Committee

Q.12 Who became the second richest person of India after Mukesh Ambani?

a) Azim Premji
b) Radhakishan Damani
c) Aakash Ambani
d) Dilip Sanghvi

Q.13 Indian Railways announced the theme based train to take pilgrims to the places associated with which Indian Lord?

a) Lord Krishna
b) Lord Shiva
c) Lord Rama
d) Lord Buddha

Q.14 Which Indian State will host the National Organic Food Festival to promote organic products?

a) Delhi
b) Bangalore
c) Bihar
d) Punjab

Q.15 The Mobile World Congress 2020, Spain has been canceled due to:

a) Coronavirus
b) Weather Conditions
c) Pollution
d) Terrorism

Q.16 Indian railway recently launched its third corporate passenger train, ‘Kashi Mahakal Express’ on which route?

a) Lucknow-Delhi
b) Kalka-Shimla
c) Bhopal-Delhi
d) Varanasi-Indore

Q.17 Which app has been developed by NIT, Trichy, Tamilnadu for Self Help Group products?

a) Madhu
b) Shagun
c) Mani
d) Thirumathikart

Q.18 HRD Ministry of India launched which portal to share schools related information?

a) Madhu
b) Shagun
c) Mani
d) Thirumathikart

Q. 19 The inauguration of 25th GulFood 2020, Dubai has been done by:

a) Nirmala Sitharaman
b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
c) S Jaishankar
d) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Q. 20 Which Lieutenant Governor administered the third oath of Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi Chief Minister?

a) Anil Baijal
b) Kiran Bedi
c) R K Mathur
d) G. C. Murmu

Q. 21 PM Modi recently launched 50 development projects in which of the following states?

a) Varanasi
b) Pune
c) Guwahati
d) Gwalior

Q. 22 63 feet statue of ‘Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay’ has been unveiled in which of the following cities?

a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Chandauli
d) Hyderabad

Q. 23 Which country hosted the latest World SnowShoe Championship?

a) Spain
b) Japan
c) Tanzia
d) South Africa

Q. 24 Bhawna Jat, who recently qualified for the Olympics 2020, is from which of the following State?

a) Rajasthan
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) West Bengal

Q. 25 PM Modi dedicated the ‘Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Centre’ to which city?

a) Morena
b) Varanasi
c) Kochi
d) Kanpur

Q. 26 Joshna Chinappa, the winner of 77th Senior National Championship, Squash is from?

a) Kerala
b) Telangana
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Q. 27 The Men’s team of which country secured the bronze medal at Badminton Asia Team Championship?

a) Nepal
b) Oman
c) India
d) Bangladesh

Q. 28 The new chairman of ISRO’s commercial entity named, New Space India Ltd?

a) M. Ajit Kumar
b) G Narayanan
c) Ripu Daman Bevli
d) Soma Roy Burman

Q. 29 All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) 2020 was held in:

a) Gandhi Nagar
b) New Delhi
c) Lucknow
d) Jaipur

Q.30 Which of the following banks launched “iBox” facility?

a) SBI
b) HDFC
c) Canara Bank
d) ICICI

Q.31 Koneru Humpy, who won the ‘Cairns Cup Title’ in the US, belongs to which country?

a) India
b) China
c) Korea
d) USA

Q.32 Who will be the chairperson of ‘High-Level Expert Group’ on Agriculture Exports?

a) Rajiv Kumar
b) Sanjiv Puri
c) N K Singh
d) Mihir Shah

Q.33 Which country will host the FIH ‘Junior Men’s World Cup 2021’?

a) Spain
b) France
c) Qatar
d) India

Q.34 Who visited Stockholm to attend the ‘3rd High Leval Global Conference’ on Road Safety for Achieving Global Goals 2030?

a) Giriraj Singh
b) PM Modi
c) Nitin Gadkari
d) Pralhad Joshi

Q. 35 Telangana has announced which theme for the Bio-Asia Summit 2020?

a) I Am and I Will
b) Today for Tomorrow
c) Unleashing Youth Power
d) Radio and Diversity

Q. 36 Which city will host the ’13th Conference of Parties on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals’?

a) Gandhinagar
b) Lucknow
c) Ahemdabad
d) Dehradun

Q. 37 World’s biggest stadium, ‘Motera’ is situated in which Indian City?

a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Shillong
d) Ahemdabad

Q. 38 Which state recently inaugurated the first phase of ‘Nedu-Nedu’ Programme?

a) Odisha
b) Kerala
c) Assam
d) Manipur

Q. 39 Chaudhari Khurshid belonged to which Indian State?

a) Punjab
b) New Delhi
c) Haryana
d) Rajasthan

Q.40 Which organisation won ‘silver’ for exceptional work in ‘Govt. Process Re-engineering for digital transformation for 2019-2020?

a) RBI
b) SEBI
c) ECI
d) IRDAI

Q.41 ‘Yodhavu’ mobile app has been launched in which Indian State?

a) Bangalore
b) Bihar
c) Punjab
d) Kerala

Q.42 ‘Appreciate and Commend’ Scheme has been initiated by:

a) New Delhi
b) Haryana
c) Punjab
d) Kerala

Q.43 India has signed an agreement ‘National Maritime Heritage Complex’ with which country?

a) Poland
b) Austria
c) Canada
d) Portugal

Q.44 Which state has replaced ‘Yash Bharti Award’ with ‘State Cultural Award’?

a) Bihar
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Jharkhand
d) Chhattisgarh

Q.45 The newly appointed financial secretary is:

a) Debasish Panda
b) Ajay Kumar
c) Ajay Bhushan Panday
d) Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Q. 46 Delhi Police recently launched ________ app for the security of people travelling in cabs.

(a) Garvit App
(b) Himmat Plus App
(c) Nirbhaya App
(d) Nidar App

Q. 47 Australia has appointed ________ as the next high commissioner to India.

(a) Harry Sandhu
(b) Mike Baird
(c) Nathan Rees
(d) Barry O’Farrell

Q. 48 Which airport has become India’s first single-use plastic-free airport according to CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development?

(a) Kozhikode International Airport, Kerala
(b) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
(c) Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai
(d) Chennai International Airport, Chennai

Q. 49 Where did the Ministry of Textiles recently organize “Kala Kumbh exhibition” for the promotion of GI Craft and Indian Heritage?

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

Q.50 Nepal has signed a Free Trade Agreement with:

(a) Afghanistan
(b) India
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Pakistan

Q. 51 Which Country will host the 70th Berlin International Film Festival?

(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Turkey
(d) Italy

Q. 52 Which Country has appeared as the 5th-largest world economy in 2019, according to the World Population Review report?

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

Q. 53 Which country will host the FIFA under 17 Women’s Football World Cup 2020?

(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) UAE
(d) Sri Lanka

Q. 54 ________ approved JSW Steel’s plan to take over the bankrupt Bhushan Kumar.

(a) National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
(b) Supreme Court of India
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Securities and Exchange Board of India

Q. 55 Soil Health Card Day is celebrated on:

(a) 19th February
(b) 17th February
(C) 22nd February
(d) 16th February

Q. 56 Which India State hosted the “Chintan Shivir” session to focus on the coal sector?

(a) Kerala
(b) Gujarat
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Haryana

Q. 57 Which Player has won the Lifetime Achievement Award in Laureus Award 2020?

(a) Vince Carter
(b) Steve Nash
(c) Dirk Nowitzki
(d) Luka Doncic

Q. 58 Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Coal and Mines stated that India will not import thermal coal by

(a) 2024-25
(b) 2023-24
(c) 2022-23
(d) 2021-22

Q. 59 which language has World’s third most spoken language?

(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) China
(d) German

Q. 60 ________ is the slogan of FIFA U-17 Women’s Football World Cup 2020.

(a) Kick Off The Inequality
(b) Kick Off The Football
(c) Kick Off The Game
(d) Kick Off The Dream

Q. 61 Which Indian state celebrated its 34th Statehood Day on February 20, 2020?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu

Q. 62 Which Indian state recently signed an MoU with SBI for easy loan approvals in the MSME sector?

(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Gujarat

Q. 63 Where did TTDC and Tea Board of India organize, “Run for India Tea”.

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

Q. 64 Which country celebrated its National Democracy Day on 19th February.

(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Nepal
(d) Japan

Q. 65 Union Cabinet approved the 2nd Phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen upto which year?

(a) 2023-2024
(b) 2022-2023
(c) 2021-2022
(d) 2024-2025

Q. 66 _______is celebrated as the World Day of Social Justice.

(a) 23 February
(b) 22 February
(c) 21 February
(d) 20 February

Q. 67 _______has been elected as the president of the ‘Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust’.

(a) Mahant Nritya Gopal Das
(b) Mahant Champat Rai
(c) Nripendra Mishra
(d) V. Shankar Aiyyar

Q. 68 The theme of World Day of Social Justice 2020 is_______

(a) If you want Peace and Development, Work for Social Justice
(b) Workers on the Move: the Quest
(c) Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice
(d) Preventing Conflict and Sustaining Peace through Decent Work

Q. 69 Which language topped the list of most spoken language of the world in 2019 according to the 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue?

(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Chinese
(d) German

Q. 70 Which Minister has launched ‘Digital DPD’ mobile app, e-version of Rozgaar Samachar, and Satyagrah Geeta.

(a) Prakash Javedkar
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Smriti Irani

Q 71. Which department hosted a meeting on Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients (API) Industry?

(a) Department of Pharmaceuticals
(b) Department of Health Research
(c) NITI Aayog
(d) Department of Expenditure

Q.  72 Indian Govt will set up CCPA under Consumer Protection Act 2019 in_______

(a) May 2020
(b) March 2020
(c) December 2020
(d) April 2020

Q. 73 Who has recently launched ‘Bezos Earth Fund’ to battle climate changes?

(a) Jack Ma
(b) Sundar Pichai
(c) Jeff Bezos
(d) Larry Page

Q. 74 Which Indian City hosted the Symposium on Emerging Opportunities for Indian Textiles and Crafts was held in?

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

Q.75 Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya has laid the foundation of a modern lighthouse in_______

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Goa

Q.76 International Mother Language Day is celebrated on:

a) 20 February
b) 21 February
c) 19 February
d) 22 February

Q. 77 Who has won EDPN’s Female Sportsperson if the year for the third time?

a) Koneru Humpy
b) Dutee Chand
c) Saina Nehwal
d) P V Sindhu

Q. 78 Who became second Indian woman to a gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship?

a) Navjot Kaur
b) Divya Kakran
c) Manahi Joshi
d) Manu Bhakar

Q. 79 In order to prevent child labor and trafficking, which state govt. has announced to establish “Nehru Bal Sanrakshan Kosh”?

a) Gujrat
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Punjab

Q. 80 Bharat-Bangla Paryatan Utsav has been organized in which Indian City?

a) Gangtok
b) Shillong
c) Guwahati
d) Agartala

Q. 81 Which country has announced to shut down Fessenheim nuclear reactor?

a) Germany
b) Canada
c) France
d) Russia

Q. 82 Who has written the book titled ‘With Four Prime Minister –My PMO Journey’?

a) Narendra Modi
b) M Venkaish Naidu
c) Roopa Purushhottam
d) Jarnail Singh

Q. 83 Which county has become the second largest Steel Producer according to World Steel Association?

a) Japan
b) India
c) China
d) Russia

Q. 84 Where is headquarter of Central Vigilance located?

a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Punjab

Q. 85 Who has become the new Chief Information Commissioner of CIC?

a) Bimal Julka
b) Sanjay Kothari
c) Ajay Sharma
d) N Charndrasejaran

Q. 86 Pragyan Ojha, who has announced retirement, was associated with which sport?

a) Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Football
d) Cricket

Q. 87 Defense minister of India recently laid the Foundation of:

a) Thal Sena Bhawan
b) Jal Sena Bhawan
c) Vayu Sena Bhawan
d) Suraksha Bhawan

Q. 88 Where did Mansukh Mandavia inaugurate India’s first floating Jetty?

a) Goa
b) Kerala
c) Gujrat
d) Mumbai

Q. 89 When did Arunachal Pradesh attained statehood?

a) 1957
b) 1987
c) 1990
d) 1961

Q.90 Which country has announced to operate its first nuclear power plant named ‘Barakh Nuclear Power Plant’?

a) India
b) UAE
c) China
d) USA

Q.91 International Mother Language Day is celebrated on:

a) 20 February
b) 21 February
c) 19 February
d) 22 February

Q.92 Who has won EDPN’s Female Sportsperson if the year for the third time?

a) Koneru Humpy
b) Dutee Chand
c) Saina Nehwal
d) P V Sindhu

Q. 93 Who became second Indian woman to a gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship?

a) Navjot Kaur
b) Divya Kakran

c) Manahi Joshi
d) Manu Bhakar

Q. 94 In order to prevent child labor and trafficking, which state govt. has announced to establish “Nehru Bal Sanrakshan Kosh”?

a) Gujrat
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Punjab

Q. 95 Bharat-Bangla Paryatan Utsav has been organized in which Indian City?

a) Gangtok
b) Shillong
c) Guwahati
d) Agartala

Q. 96 Which country has announced to shut down Fessenheim nuclear reactor?

a) Germany
b) Canada
c) France
d) Russia

Q. 97 Who has written the book titled ‘With Four Prime Minister –My PMO Journey’?

a) Narendra Modi
b) M Venkaish Naidu
c) Roopa Purushhottam
d) Jarnail Singh

Q. 98 Which county has become the second largest Steel Producer according to World Steel Association?

a) Japan
b) India
c) China
d) Russia

Q.99 Where is headquarter of Central Vigilance located?

a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Punjab

Q.100 Who has become the new Chief Information Commissioner of CIC?

a) Bimal Julka
b) Sanjay Kothari
c) Ajay Sharma
d) N Charndrasejaran

Q. 101 Pragyan Ojha, who has announced retirement, was associated with which sport?

a) Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Football
d) Cricket

Q. 102 Defense minister of India recently laid the Foundation of:

a) Thal Sena Bhawan
b) Jal Sena Bhawan
c) Vayu Sena Bhawan
d) Suraksha Bhawan

Q. 103 Where did Mansukh Mandavia inaugurate India’s first floating Jetty?

a) Goa
b) Kerala
c) Gujrat
d) Mumbai

Q. 104 When did Arunachal Pradesh attained statehood?

a) 1957
b) 1987
c) 1990
d) 1961

Q.105 Which country has announced to operate its first nuclear power plant named ‘Barakh Nuclear Power Plant’?

a) India
b) UAE
c) China
d) USA

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