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Quiz Date: 19th February 2020

Q1. The Government of India has signed how much loan agreement with the World Bank
and the loan agreement aims to support the national programme “Atal Bhujal Yojana
(ABHY)?
(a) USD 2000 million
(b) USD 450 million
(c) USD 600 million
(d) USD 1540 million
(e) USD 900 million

Q2. _________________ has revealed in its annual report for 2019-20 that it will launch 10 Earth
Observation Satellites in 2020-21.
(a) BARC
(b) BHU
(c) CSIR
(d) ISRO
(e) DRDO

Q3. The Chief of the Defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has announced the plan of
establishing the _______________ Integrated Tri-Services Command.
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth
(e) fifth

Q4. Name the javelin thrower from Haryana, who has imposed a ban of 4 years by National
Anti Doping Agency (NADA).
(a) Amit Kumar Dhankar
(b) Bajrang Punia
(c) Rahul Aware
(d) Sharath Kamal Achanta
(e) Amit Dahiya

Q5. Who has now become the 2nd richest Indian after Reliance Industries Ltd chairman
Mukesh Ambani?
(a) Lakshmi Mittal
(b) Gautam Adani
(c) Radhakishan Damani
(d) Shiv Nadar
(e) Uday Kotak
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Q6. ‘Pyaar ka Paudha’ (a plant of love) campaign has been launched by-?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Bihar
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Kerala

Q7. Who has appointed as new CEO of GoAir recently?

(a) Jasani Reddy
(b) Jehangir Wadia
(c) Vinay Dube
(d) Shobhit Sharma
(e) None of the given options is true

Q8. Asian Wrestling Championship 2020 held in-

(a) New Delhi
(b) Tokyo
(c) Beijing
(d) Bishkek
(e) Kathmandu

Q9. Asian Wrestling Championship organized by Asian Associated Wrestling Committee

(AAWC). In which year Asian Wrestling Championship men’s tournament has started?
(a) 1956
(b) 1989
(c) 1987
(d) 1973
(e) 1979

Q10. According to latest report, what is the net worth of D-Mart founder Radhakishan
Damani?
(a) $17.8 billion
(b) $54.2 billion
(c) $10.3 billion
(d) $14.6 billion
(e) $28.9 billion
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Q11. Moody’s Investors Service has cut India’s 2019-2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
growth forecast to ____________ from 6.6%.
(a) 5.7%
(b) 5.2%
(c) 5.5%
(d) 5.6%
(e) 5.4%

Q12. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched ________________ mobile app
(application) in Kochi, Kerala.
(a) Veera
(b) Yodhav
(c) Sainya
(d) Bali
(e) Sangharsh

Q13. The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has revealed the official Games motto. What is
the new motto of Tokyo Olympic 2020?
(a) United by Sports
(b) United by Emotion
(c) United by Human
(d) United by People
(e) United by Games

Q14. India’s Koneru Humpy wins Cairns Cup chess tournament held in-
(a) France
(b) UK
(c) Germany
(d) USA
(e) China
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Q15. Moody’s Investors Service has cut India’s 2020-2021 Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
growth forecast to ____________ from 6.7%.
(a) 5.7%
(b) 6.4%
(c) 5.5%
(d) 5.8%
(e) 6.2%

Q16. The Haryana government has decided to rename the Ambala City bus stand after
former Union minister late-------.
(a) Manohar Parrikar
(b) Arun Jaitley
(c) Sushma Swaraj
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(e) Sheila Dikshit

Q17. Which of the following state government had launched the ambitious scheme ‘One
District, One Product’ (ODOP) recently?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Haryana
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Gujarat

Q18. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated cultural arts and handicrafts exhibition
named __________________ organized at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
(a) Varanasi Ke Ghat Se
(b) Kashi Jaha Shivjee Waha
(c) Bhagwan Shiva Ki Kashi
(d) Kashi Ek Roop Anek
(e) None of the given options is true

Q19. The 3rd edition of the Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety will be held in-?
(a) Amsterdam, Netherlands
(b) Stockholm, Sweden
(c) Helsinki, Finland
(d) Oslo, Norway
(e) Copenhagen, Denmark

Q20. The annual All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) was
held in which city?
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(a) Pune
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
(e) New Delhi

Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Goverment of India has signed USD 450 million loan agreement with the World
Bank. The loan agreement of USD 450 million aims to support the national programme
“Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY): National Groundwater Management Improvement
Programme“. It will help the Union Government to curb the country’s depleting
groundwater levels along with strengthening of the groundwater institutions.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Indian Space Research Organisation has revealed in its annual report for 2019-20
that it will launch 10 Earth Observation Satellites in 2020-21. The 10 earth observation
(EO) satellites will include categories such as the first Geo Imaging Satellite, GISAT-1 along
with three communication satellites and two navigation satellites.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Chief of the Defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has announced the plan of
establishing the first Integrated Tri-Services Command. The Integrated Tri-Services
Command will be responsible for handing the air defence of the entire country.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has imposed a ban of 4 years on Haryana’s
javelin thrower Amit Dahiya.
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S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Avenue Supermarts, which is doing business as D-Mart, founder Radhakishan Damani
has now become the 2nd richest Indian after Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh
Ambani, with a net worth of $17.8 billion.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Pyaar ka Paudha’ (a plant of love) campaign has been launched by the Bihar
government’s Department of Environment and Forest in Patna. This campaign is to
encourage the practice of planting trees in the state.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. GoAir has appointed Vinay Dube, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Jet
Airways, as its new CEO. He will be responsible for the management of the airline and also
for meeting the goals and long-term growth objectives of the company. The budget airline
did not have a CEO since the departure of Cornelis Vrieswijk in March last year.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Asian Wrestling Championship 2020 starts in New Delhi. It will be held at the KD
Jadhav Hall of Indira Gandhi Stadium. The event will have a total of 30 weight classes, 10
each in Freestyle Men, Women, and Greco Roman.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. Asian Wrestling Championship organized by Asian Associated Wrestling Committee
(AAWC). In 1979 men’s tournament began and in 1996 women’s tournament was first
staged, after that, it is held every year.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Avenue Supermarts, which is doing business as D-Mart, founder Radhakishan Damani
has now become the 2nd richest Indian after Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh
Ambani, with a net worth of $17.8 billion.

S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. Moody’s Investors Service has cut India’s 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast to 5.4% from 6.6% and the next financial year (2020-21) growth rate estimate to
5.8% from 6.7%.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched “Yodhav” (Warrior) mobile app
(application) at Kochi, Kerala. Through this app, the public can inform police about drug
abuse and its distribution. The application was introduced by the Kochi city police and the
informer’s identity could be kept secret.
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S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has revealed the official Games motto: “United
by Emotion”. The motto emphasises the power of sport to bring together people from
diverse backgrounds of every kind and allow them to connect and celebrate in a way that
reaches beyond their differences.

S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. India’s Koneru Humpy wins Cairns Cup chess tournament held at St.Louis, US (United
States). She won the title after finishing 6 points off 9 rounds.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Moody’s Investors Service has cut India’s 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
forecast to 5.4% from 6.6% and the next financial year (2020-21) growth rate estimate to
5.8% from 6.7%.

S16. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Haryana government has decided to rename the Ambala City bus stand after
former Union minister late Sushma Swaraj. The bus stand will now be called ‘Sushma
Swaraj Bus Stand’.

S17. Ans.(a)
Sol. Uttar Pradesh government had launched the ambitious scheme ‘One District, One
Product’ (ODOP) in which one craft per district was identified.

S18. Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated cultural arts and handicrafts exhibition
named ‘Kashi Ek Roop Anek’ organized at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. ‘Kashi Ek Roop Anek’
showcased products from over 10,000 artisans from all over Uttar Pradesh.

S19. Ans.(b)
Sol. The 3rd edition of the Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety will be held in
Stockholm, Sweden on February 19-20, 2020.

S20. Ans.(e)
Sol. The annual All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) was held
in New Delhi.