300 Best Current Affair Part 2 January 2020

Obituaries :
 Eminent caricaturist and Kerala Cartoon Academy secretary Thomas Antony passed
away.
 The former parliamentarian from Odisha Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo passed
away
 Renowned Kannada scholar and researcher M Chidananda Murthy, passed away
 Veteran Broadcaster, poet and academician Obaid Siddiqui dies
 Canadian drummer and lyricist of rock band Rush, Neil Peart passed away
 The longest serving ruler of Oman Sultan Qaboos bin Said passed away.
 Noted Dhadi singer from Punjab, Idu Sharif passed away.
 Veteran artist Akbar Padamsee passed away
 Former West Germany goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski passed away
 Former Western Army Commander Lieutenant general Prem Nath Hoon, passed
away

Q) The Reserve Bank of India has granted “in-principle” approval to which Co-
operative Bank for transition into a Small Finance Bank (SFB)?

1. Shivalik Mercantile
 2. Solapur Janata
3. Goa Urban
4. Nutan Nagarik

Q) The first edition of Khelo India University Games will be held in which city?

1. New Delhi
2. Bhubaneswar
3. Pune
4. Ranchi

Q) Which among the following will observe 2020 as the ‘year of mobility’ ?

1. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

2. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
3. Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
4. National Security Guard (NSG

Q) ISRO will set up it first Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) in which state?

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

Q) Naseem-Al-Bahr is a naval exercise between India and which country?

1. Qatar
2. Saudi Arab
3. Bangladesh
4. Oman

Q) Which state will organise the Zo Kutpui (festival) in at least 10 states across India?

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

Q) According to a report by ICMR on sugar intake of India, in which city the sugar
intake was the highest?

1. Ahmedabad
2. Chennai
3. Mumbai
4. Delhi

Q) The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched Blockchain

enabled which Platform to make payments fast and secure?
 1. Netra
2. Guard
3. Kushal
4. Vajra

Q) Zoran Milanovic has won the Presidential elections of which country?

1. Spain
2. Croatia
3. Hungary
4. Slovenia

Q) Which has become the first state in the country to shortlist migrants for citizenship?

1. Gujarat
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Haryana
4. Punjab

Q) The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has

mandated all general and health insurance companies to oer a standard health
insurance under which name?

1. Arogya Sanjeevani
2. Swasth Zindagi
3. Surakshit Parivar
4. Arogya Jeevan

Q) Who is the author of the book “The Cuckoo's Nest”?

1. A Sethumadhavan
2. Durjoy Datta
3. Abhijit Bhaduri
4. Mukul Kesavan

Q) The Uttar Pradesh government will built Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Zoological
Garden in which city?

1. Lucknow
2. Agra
3. Gorakhpur
4. Varanasi

Q) Which has become the first city in India to be honored with ‘Global Active City’
(GAC) standard?

1. Kolkata
2. Shimla
3. Noida
4. Bokaro
Q) Who among the following has unveiled the 'Earthshot prize' to tackle climate crisis?

1. Prince William
2. King Salman
3. Queen Margrethe II
4. Prince Albert II

Q) Buxa Bird Festival is being organized in which state?

1. Assam
2. Sikkim
3. West Bengal
4. Punjab

Q) Indian Navy has launched an expedition, Maha-Navy Connect 2020, in which state?

1. Karnataka
2. Gujarat
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Maharashtra

Q) Which state is going to conduct its maiden snow leopard survey?

1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Uttrakhand
3. Sikkim
4. Arunachal Pradesh

Q) Which IIT institution has developed a technology to produce hydrogen fuel from
water?

1. IIT Bombay
2. IIT Kharagpur
3. IIT Mandi
4. IIT Delhi

Golden Globe Awards 2020 :-

 Best motion picture – drama - 1917
 Best actress in a motion picture - Renée Zellweger – Judy
 Best actor in a motion picture – drama- Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
 Best Motion picture (Musical) – Once upon a time in Hollywood
 Best Director - Sam Mendes – 1917
 Tom Hanks - Cecil B. DeMille Award
 Ellen DeGeneres - Carol Burnett Award

Q) As per the new notification by Bureau of Energy Eciency (BEE), from 1 Jan 2020, all
room air conditioners to have default temperature setting of _________Degrees Celsius?
 1. 20 0C
2. 22 0C
3. 24 0C
4. 26 0C

Q) The urban co-operative banks (UCBs) may be placed under supervisory action
framework when its Net NPAs exceed ________% of its net advances?

1. 5%
2. 8%
3. 3%
4. 6%

Q) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has released the book 'Karmyodha Granth‘ which
describes the life of which political leader?

1. Sardar Patel
2. Narendra Modi
3. Arun Jaitely
4. Rajendra Prasad

Q) Sarbjeet Kaur who has been banned for four years by National Anti Doping Agency
is associated with which sports?

1. Boxing
2. Wrestling
3. Weightlifting
4. Gymnastics

Q) Which state will soon set up the Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation Center
(VSCIC)?

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

Q) Which of the following organizations has proposed to set up the Farmers’ Innovation
Fund?

1. Food and Agriculture Organization

2. World Food Programme
3. International Fund For Agricultural Development
4. Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Q) State Bank of India has lowered its GDP growth forecast for FY20 to what percent?

1. 4.7%
2. 5.1%
3. 4.3%
 4. 4.6 %

 According to the first advanced estimates of the national income released by National
Statistical Oce (NSO ), the Indian economy is estimated to grow at 5 per cent in
2019-20.

Q) The fifth Pulses Conclave 2020 will be held in which state?

1. Punjab
2. Bihar
3. Jharkhand
4. Maharashtra

Q) Which edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was observed on January 9?

1. 15th
2. 16th
3. 14th
4. 17th

 It commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India on 9

January 1915 Established in 2003 the celebratory event is organised by the Ministry
of External Affairs every year on this day.

Q) World Bank has predicted India’s GDP rate at what percent for fiscal year 2020?

1. 4.9%
2. 5.2%
3. 5%
4. 4.5%

Q) Who has won the UK based Costa Children’s Award 2019 for her debut novel ‘Asha
and the Spirit Bird’?

1. Jasbinder Bilan
2. Anita Jeram
3. Bhavna Chauhan
4. Gita Sahgal

Q) What is the rank of India in the Henley Passport Index 2020?

1. 74th
2. 84th
3. 56th
4. 90th

Q) Minati Mishra, who passed away recently, was associated with which classical dance
of India?

1. Kathak
 2. Kathakali
3. Kuchipudi
4. Odissi

Q) Recently, Supreme Court of India has asked the centre to consider deployment of
which force for providing security inside the courts?

1. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

2. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
3. Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
4. National Security Guard (NSG)

Q) Which city will host the International naval exercise ‘MILAN’ in March 2020?

1. Jaipur
2. Kochi
3. Visakhapatnam
4. Chandigarh

Q) Madhavpur Mela will be organized in which state in April 2020?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Rajasthan
3. Gujarat
4. Bihar

Q) Crime in India has increased by ________% in 2018 compared to 2017 as per the
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data?

1. 2.1%
2. 1.3%
3. 3.4%
4. 4.2%

Q) Which Indian city has topped the list of world's fastest-growing cities released by
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

1. Kozhikode
2. Kollam
3. Nashik
4. Malappuram

Q) Which state has signed a loan agreement worth Rs.711 crore with Kfw, Germany
Development bank for expanding the climate-resilient Zero-Budget Natural Farming
(ZBNF)?

1. Karnataka
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Telangana
4. Kerala
Q) Which Bank has launched myApps?

1. Axis Bank
2. HDFC Bank
3. Yes Bank
4. ICICI Bank

Q) Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as Prime Minister of which country?

1. Spain
2. Brazil
3. Mexico
4. France

Q) Which state will launch the Amma Vodi scheme?

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

Q) Which state will conduct a dedicated state-level Adalat for LGBT community?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Goa
3. Kerala
4. Maharashtra

Q) Who is the author of the book Pax Sinica: Implications for the Indian Dawn?

1. Abhijit Mukhopadhyay
2. Abhijit Singh
3. Abhishek Sharma
4. Samir Saran

Q) Who has recently been chosen for “Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award
for Excellence”?

1. G Sateesh Reddy
2. K Sivan
3. Dr M S Swaminathan
4. Akhilesh Sati

Q) Which state has recently adopted a new Logo for its Legislative Assembly which
consists of Foxtail Orchid?

1. Assam
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Karnataka
4. Uttarakhand
 Arunachal Pradesh :-
 Anti-Riot police vehicle - Vajra.
 Maximum Orchid species.
 35% of India’s Graphite.
 Hollongi airport.
 24 kW Dikshi Hydroelectric Project on Phudungto river.
 Sisseri River bridge, Rabung bridge.
 1 st Hindi newspaper – Arun Bhoomi.
 First International Buyer-Seller Conference of Agriculture.

Q) A cluster of institutions in which state's Ayurveda University was conferred the

status of “Institutes of National Importance”?

1. Haryana
2. Punjab
3. Bihar
4. Gujarat

Q) Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has approved which scheme which will allow
Forest Department to outsource the responsibility of reforesting to non-government
agencies?

1. Green Gold
2. Forest Credit
3. Green Credit
4. Trade Green

Q) The 23rd National Youth Festival (NYF) 2020will be held in which city?

1. New Delhi
2. Lucknow
3. Jaipur
4. Ranchi

Q) Which country will purchase 500 buses from India for USD 15 million?

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

Q) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated the Indian Cyber Crime
Coordination Centre (I4C) in which city recently?

1. Mumbai
2. Bengaluru
3. Hyderabad
4. New Delhi
Q) Which bank has completed the acquisition of majority stake in Apollo Munich
Health Insurance?

1. ICICI Bank
2. HDFC Bank
3. Axis Bank
4. Yes Bank

Q) VISWAS, NETRANG and AASHVAST are the projects of which state?

1. Bihar
2. Goa
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Gujarat

 Video Integration and StateWide Advance Security - VISWAS.

 ‘Netrang’ project to establish Command and Control Room in 33 districts.
 Cyber Crime Prevention Unit - AASHVAST.

Q) Yashaswini Scheme for Women entrepreneurship was recently launched in which

state?

1. Goa
2. Rajasthan
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Assam

Q) The Kolkata Port has been renamed as__________?

1. Arun Jaitley Port

2. Atal Bihari Vajpayee port
3. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port
4. Sardar Patel Port

Q) Tsai Ing-wen has recently won the Presidential elections of which country?

1. Taiwan
2. South Korea
3. Japan
4. Philippines

Q) Dharmendra Pradhan has launched which mission to develop Eastern India into
Integrated Steel Hub?

1. Saksham
2. Purvodaya
3. Jyoti
4. Ispat
Q) Who has won the men’s singles title of 2020 Malaysia Masters Badminton
Tournament?

1. Lin Dan
2. Chen Long
3. Kento Momota
4. Anders Antonsen

Q) Wings India 2020, an international exhibition and conference on civil aviation sector,
will be held in which city?

1. Bengaluru
2. Hyderabad
3. Kochi
4. Surat

Q) Which among the following has acquired digital credit startup PaySense?

1. Google
2. Paytm
3. PayU
4. PhonePe

Q) India is planning to achieve a USD 250 billion maritime economy by which year?

1. 2024
2. 2025
3. 2023
4. 2027

Q) Name the Indian origin person who has been appointed as the judge of Chicago?

1. Ruma Pal
2. Samiya Naseem
3. Fathima Siddiqui
4. Sudha Misra

Q) Which cricketer has won the Polly Umrigar award?

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Virat Kohli
3. Jasprit Bumrah
4. Shikhar Dhawan

Q) Which District has been awarded the Plastic Waste Management Award -2020 in
India during Swachhta Hi Sewa 2019?

1. Indore
2. Dibrugarh
3. Mandi
 4. Jaipur

Q) Who was conferred the prestigious ICSI Lifetime Achievement Award?

1. Ratan Tata
2. Shikha Sharma
3. Vishal Sikka
4. Indu Jain

Q) Which country will be the guest of honour at the Paris Book Fair 2020 ?

1. Russia
2. India
3. France
4. Sweden

 10 January → World Hindi Day.

 9th January - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
 12th January - National Youth Day - Birthday of Swami Vivekanand.
 15th January - National Army Day - Observed because of the recognition of Lt.
General KM Cariappa.
 24th January - National Girl Child Day - Observed all over India to support Girl
Child.
 25th January - National Tourism Day/ Voters Day.
 26th January - Republic Day.
 30th January - Martyrs Day - Death of Gandhiji.

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