300 Best Current Affair MCQs Part 2

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Obituaries:
 Former Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman Manjunath passed away.
 The Academy Award winning Hollywood Actor, producer and director Kirk Douglas
passed
 Kolkata's first cabaret dancer Arati Das, popularly known by her stage name Miss
Shefali, passed away.
 Well known film historian and noted cricket journalist Raju Bharatan passed away.
 Veteran writer and academician Giriraj Kishore passed away.
 Leading fashion designer Wendell Rodricks passed away.
 Important Days:
 World Pulses Day observed globally on 10 February.
 World Radio Day is celebrated annually on February 13.
 On 12 February, Darwin Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of
Charles

Q) An Indian firm JSR Dynamics has came up with its indigenous air to ground missile
“Khagantak”, the missile has a strike range of?

1. 200 km
2. 180 km
3. 250 km
4. 300 km

Q) Jindal South West (JSW) Steel has appointed whom as its brand ambassador?

1. K L Rahul
2. Rishabh Pant
3. Rohit Sharma
4. Ajinkya Rahane

Q) As per World Steel Association data, India has become the _________th largest steel
producer of crude steel ?

1. First
2. Third
3. Fourth
4. Second

1) China, 2) India, 3) Japan, 4) USA, 5) Russia.

Q) American astronaut Christina Koch has returned to the Earth after successfully
spending how many days in the space?

1. 328 days
2. 278 days
3. 312 days
4. 291 days

Q) Which bank has offered to extend a $3 billion loan to Andhra Pradesh for development
projects?

1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

2. International Monetary Fund
3. World Bank
 4. New Development Bank

RBI’s 6th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy 2019-20 :

 Policy Rates under Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF).
 Repo Rate 5.15%
 Reverse Repo Rate 4.90%
 Marginal standing facility (MSF) Rate 5.40%
 Bank Rate 5.40%
 Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) 4%
 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 18.25%

Q) Ministry of MSME has launched a new scheme called SFURTI. What does “F” in
SFURTI stands for?

1. Fundamental
2. Fund
3. Finance
4. Fiscal

Q) Who has been appointed as the head of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra?

1. Rangam Sharma
2. Sujjain Talwar
3. K Parasaran
4. Navin Jain

Q) The first Disha Police Station of Andhra Pradesh was inaugurated in which city?

1. Rajamahendravaram
2. Anantapur
3. Gudivada
4. Kavali

Q) World’s first bulletproof helmet has been developed by which country?

1. China
2. United States
3. India
4. Japan

Q) India’s first glass floor suspension bridge will come up in which city?

1. Shimla
2. Dehradun
3. Manali
 4. Rishikesh

Q) The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has proposed the
upgradation and modernisation of how many fishing harbours in the country at an
estimated outlay of Rs 2500 crore?

1. 30
2. 25
3. 12
4. 35

Q) Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna has been launched by which state?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Rajasthan
3. Punjab
4. Haryana

Q) Which state will set up 1,000 ''Kudumbashree'' hotels to provide subsidised meals at Rs
25?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Kerala
4. Odisha

Q) Arun-III is the largest hydropower project of which country?

1. Nepal
2. India
3. Sri Lanka
4. Bhutan

Q) Which country will start auctioning of elephant hunting licences ending ban imposed in
2014?

1. Zambia
2. Botswana
3. Namibia
4. Mozambique

Q) Ease of Living Index (EoLI) and Municipal Performance Index (MPI) 2019 have been
launched by which ministry?

1. Ministry of Rural Development

2. Ministry of Home Affairs
 3. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
4. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

Q) Which Metro Rail has become the country’s second largest operational metro project?

1. Bhopal
2. Hyderabad
3. Jaipur
4. Kolkata

Q) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is observing Financial Literacy Week (FLW) 2020 from
10-14 Feb under which theme?

1. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2. Financial Inclusion
3. Customer Protection
4. Artificial Intelligence in Banking

Q) Roger Kahn, who passed away recently, was the author of which famous book?

1. The Boys of Summer

2. The Kite Runner
3. The Book Thief
4. Things Fall Apart

Q) Which country has announced the launch of an International Religious Freedom

Alliance in which 27 countries are the partner?

1. Canada
2. United States
3. United Kingdom
4. France

Q) Who has become the first woman to ever start the Olympic Torch Relay?

1. Camila Giorgi
2. Hilary Knight
3. Anna Korakaki
4. Natasha Hastings

Q) The sixth edition of the mega industrial exhibition Engiexpo 2020 will be held in which
state?

1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Andhra Pradesh
 4. Uttar Pradesh

Q) The 23 rd edition of the National Conference on e-Governance was held in which city?

1. New Delhi
2. Raipur
3. Amravati
4. Mumbai

Q) The police of which city in Uttar Pradesh has launched the 'Operation Nakail' under
which the identity of all auto-rickshaw drivers will be verified?

1. Lucknow
2. Varanasi
3. Kanpur
4. Ghaziabad

Q) Who has received an honourable mention in the male category of the prestigious 2019
International Olympic Committee's Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award?

1. Ajay Kanwar
2. Vimal Kumar
3. Pullela Gopichand
4. Prakash Padukone

Q) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has got a clearance to manufacture light utility
helicopter (LUH), LUH will replace which helicopters?

1. Cheetah & Rudra

2. Chetak & Cheetah
3. Dhruv & Tejas
4. Kiran & Rudra

Q) Who has become the youngest cricketer to score a half-century in international cricket?

1. Kushal Malla
2. Pawan Sharraf
3. Sundeep Jora
4. Rohit Paudel

Q) Which country has won the U-19 World Cup?

1. India
2. Bangladesh
3. Pakistan
4. South Africa
Q) The Union Cabinet has granted ex-post facto dispensation to Alliance Air, a subsidiary
of Air India, to fly on international sectors between India and which country?

1. Maldives
2. Thailand
3. Russia
4. Sri Lanka

Q) When was National Deworming Day observed?

1. February 9
2. February 10
3. February 8
4. February 7

Q) Naseem Shah has become the youngest player to take a Test hat-trick, he hails from
which country?

1. Pakistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Afghanistan
4. South Africa

Q) Who has become the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt Aconcagua?

1. Kaamya Karthikeyan
2. Aparna Kumar
3. Anshu Jamsenpa
4. Archana Sardana

Q) Which Team has won the 10 th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship
2020 (A Division)?

1. Punjab
2. Railways
3. Haryana
4. SAI

Q) What is the strike range of the Pranash ballistic missile?

1. 200 km
2. 300 km
3. 400 km
4. 500 km
Q) Under Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat Campaign, Ladakh along with Jammu and Kashmir
has been paired with which state?

1. Haryana
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Kerala
4. Assam

 Punjab <--> Andhra Pradesh.

 Uttarakhand <--> Karnataka.
 Himachal Pradesh <--> Kerala.
 Delhi <--> Sikkim.
 Rajasthan <--> Assam.

Q) Which state is celebrating its first ever hornbill festival?

1. Assam
2. Tripura
3. Manipur
4. Arunachal Pradesh

Oscars 2020 winners :

 Best picture – Parasite.
 Best actress - Renée Zellweger, Judy.
 Best actor - Joaquin Phoenix, Joker.
 Best director - Bong Joon-ho, Parasite.
 Animated short film - Hair Love.
 Animated feature film - Toy Story 4.

Q) Who has won men’s singles title at Tata Open Maharashtra Tennis Tournament?

1. Jiri Vesely
2. Egor Gerasimov
3. Christopher Rungkat
4. Andre Goransson

Q) What is the name of the World’s cheapest gunshot locator developed by Indian Army ?

1. Path
2. Parth
3. Dhruv
4. Rath

Q) Which team has won the Premier Badminton League (PBL) 2020 title?
 1. North Eastern Warriors
2. Bengaluru Raptors
3. Mumbai Rockets
4. Hyderabad Hunters

Q) The fifth edition of joint military exercise ''Ajeya Warrior 2020'‘ will be held between
India and which country?

1. Russia
2. United States
3. United Kingdom
4. France

Q) The Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has set up a research and development centre
under which name for development in coal mining?

1. SARAS
2. PARAS
3. NABH
4. DHARA

Q) Tamil Nadu Government has declared which Delta as Protected Special Agriculture
Zone?

1. Krishna delta
2. Cooum delta
3. Cauvery delta
4. Mahanadi delta

Q) Hunar Haat is organised across the country by which Ministry?

1. Ministry of Minority Affairs

2. Ministry of Culture
3. Ministry of HRD
4. Ministry of Textiles

Q) Who among the following has won the National Snooker Championship in Pune?

1. Geet Sethi
2. Pankaj Advani
3. Manan Chandra
4. Aditya Mehta

 In the women snooker finals, Karnataka’s Vidya Pillai won the title.
Q) The Centre has decided to rename the National Institute of Financial Management
(NIFM), Faridabad after the name of which Late Politician?

1. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2. Sushma Swaraj
3. Arun Jaitely
4. Manohar Parrikar

Q) World Unani Day is observed to mark the Birth Anniversary of whom?

1. Vasant Lad
2. Hakim Ajmal Khan
3. Sushruta
4. Charaka

Q) Who has been named as the 2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of the Year?

1. Rani Rampal
2. Gurjit Kaur
3. Nikki Pradhan
4. Lalremsiami

Q) Bidar is a new airport of which state?

1. Karnataka
2. Kerala
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Odisha

Q) Kavalan SOS is a police app of which state?

1. Kerala
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Telangana

Q) What is the another name of the storm ‘Ciara’?

1. Fay
2. Sabine
3. Hermine
4. Mitch

Q) West Bengal government’s rice research centre has come up with a new variety of rice
called _________?
 1. Kanyashri
2. Rupashri
3. Sabujshri
4. Muktoshri

Q) International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed every year on?

1. February 10
2. February 12
3. February 11
4. February 9

Q) Which company has launched the ‘We Think Digital’ program to provide digital
literacy to women?

1. Facebook
2. Google
3. Twitter
4. Microsoft

Q) The 13 th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the conservation of

migratory species of wild animals (CMS) will be held in which city?

1. Pune
2. Chennai
3. Gandhinagar
4. Manali

Q) Which team was presented with the ICC Women's Championship trophy?

1. New Zealand
2. England
3. Australia
4. India

Q) What is the offcial name given to the disease caused by the new coronavirus by WHO?

1. Covid - 2019
2. Covo – 2020
3. Vocin- 2020
4. Covir - 2019

Q) Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi has been inaugurated as the 28 th district of which state?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Chhattisgarh
 3. Bihar
4. Jharkhand

Q) Who is the author of the book “ A Commentary and Digest on The Air, Act 1981”?

1. Abhishek Sharma
2. Manmohan Singh
3. Abhijit Mukhopadhyay
4. K K Khandelwal

Q) National Winter Games will be held at which place from March 7?

1. Manali
2. Dehradun
3. Gulmarg
4. Shimla

Q) The 33rd African Union (AU) Summit was held in which city?

1. Rabat
2. Addis Ababa
3. Port Louis
4. Abuja

Q) Which political party of Jharkhand will merge with the BJP ?

1. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

2. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
3. Jharkhand Vikas Dal
4. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Suraj Mandal)

Q) Who among the following has won the Allan Border Medal for the third time?

1. Steve Smith
2. David Warner
3. Aaron Finch
4. Wes Agar

 In the women's game The Belinda Clark Award went to Ellyse Perry.

Q) Who has been appointed as the Secretary, Department of Justice in the Ministry of Law
and Justice?

1. Barun Mitra
2. Ajay Bhushan Pandey
3. Manish Singh
 4. Ajay Bhadoo

Q) Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Pawan
Hans?

1. Sriram Kalyanaraman
2. Nalin Shinghal
3. Siddhartha Mohanty
4. Sanjeev Razdan

Q) Who has been elected as the President of All India Chess Federation?

1. Bharat Singh Chauhan

2. Ajay Patel
3. Shivam Singh
4. R Venketrama Raja

Q) Who has become the first-ever blind athlete to finish an Ironman triathlon 70.3 in
Dubai?

1. Niket Dalal
2. Mariyappan Thangavelu
3. Varun Singh Bhati
4. Ankur Dhama

Q) Which Bollywood actress has been appointed as the new brand ambassador of brand
Imara?

1. Diya Mirza
2. Shraddha Kapoor
3. Kareena Kapoor Khan
4. Alia Bhatt

Q) National Women's Day of India is celebrated to mark the Birth Anniversary of whom?

1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Rani Lakshmi Bai
3. Savitri Bai Phule
4. Kasturba Gandhi

Q) Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra has been renamed after which late Union Minister?

1. Arun Jaitely
2. Sushma Swaraj
3. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4. Manohar Parrikar
Q) Which state has launched the 'Anganphou Hunba' programme?

1. Manipur
2. Mizoram
3. Nagaland
4. Assam

Q) President Ram Nath Kovind has presented President’s Colour to which Indian Navy
ship?

1. INS Vikrant
2. INS Tarkash
3. INS Shivaji
4. INS Shakti

Q) Which Indian Origin politician has been appointed as the UK's new finance minister?

1. Bharat Agnihotri
2. Rishi Sunak
3. Nirj Deva
4. Virendra Sharma

Q) Which state has released a new variety of rubber (RRII 429) resistant to diseases, low
temperatures?

1. Tripura
2. Nagaland
3. West Bengal
4. Rajasthan