Current Affairs

Current Affairs January-2020- (English)

Current Affairs January-2020- (Hindi)

1. Who is the first Chief of Defense Staff of India?

a. General Mukund Narwane

b. General Bipin Rawat

c. General Rakesh Singh

d. None of these

Answer: b. General Bipin Rawat

2. Who took the oath of office of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 30 December 2019?

a. Sharad Pawar

b. Aditya Thackeray

c. Sanjay Raut

d. Ajit Pawar

Answer: d. Ajit Pawar

3. In which city was the 80th session of the Indian History Congress held?

a. New Delhi

b. Kannur

c. Mumbai

d. Hyderabad

Answer: b. Kannur

4. In which city was the World Rapid Chess Championship 2019 organized?

a. Mumbai

b. Moscow

c. Paris

d. New york

Answer: b. Moscow

5. The 27th edition of National Children's Science Congress was organized in which city from 27 to 31 December 2019?

a. Thiruvananthapuram

b. Mumbai

c. Kinnur

d. Agra

Answer: a. Thiruvananthapuram

6. Name the Director General of SPG, whose tenure has been extended by the Cabinet Appointment Committee till 30 July 2021?

a. Arun Tiwari

b. Arun Kumar Sinha

c. Rajesh Kumar Sinha

d. Amar Prakash

Answer: b. Arun Kumar Sinha

7. In Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which day has been declared as a merger day?

a. 26 October

b. 26 November

c. 26 December

d. 26 January

Answer: a. 26 October

8. How long after the SMS service resumed in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir?

a. About five months

b. About six months

c. About three months

d. About two months
Answer: a. About five months

9. Which country has recently banned internet service in areas bordering India?

a. Bhutan

b. Sri Lanka

c. Nepal

d. Bangladesh

Answer: d. Bangladesh

10. The Union Finance Minister has announced which plan for the next five years as part of the drive to increase spending on the infrastructure sector?

a. National Infrastructure Pipeline

b. National Project Pipeline

c. National Project Plan

d. None of these

Answer: a. National Infrastructure Pipeline

11. India and Pakistan exchanged the list of their respective nuclear bases on 1 January 2020. Granted, under what agreement is this done?

a. Tashkent Agreement
b. Indus Water Agreement
c. Boundary agreement
d. Agreement against attack on nuclear bases

Answer: d. Agreement against attack on nuclear bases

12. What is the new name of Railway Protection Force (RPF) by Indian Railways?

a. Railway Protection Force
b. Railway Protection Force Service
c. Indian Security Force
d. None of these

Answer: b. Railway Protection Force Service

13. How much DDCA ombudsman has given cricketer Manjot Kalra for cheating on age Suspended from playing Ranji Trophy for the time being?

a. One year
b. Two years
c. Five years
d. Ten years

Answer: a. one year

14. Which state's transport department has decided to celebrate the first day of the month as 'No Vehicle Day' from the year 2020?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Rajasthan
d. Andra Pradesh

Answer: c. Rajasthan

15. Which Ministry has decided to launch a portal called 'Satisfied' for redressal of grievances of employment providers and employees?

a. Ministry of Health
b. Ministry of Human Resource Development
c. Ministry of Railways
d. Ministry of Labor and Employment

Answer: d. Ministry of Labor and Employment

16. Name the Chairman of the Railway Board, whose tenure has been extended for one year to 21 December 2020?

a. Vinod Kumar Yadav
b. Ashish Kumar Yadav
c. Umaid Singh
d. Rajneesh Tyagi

Answer: a. Vinod Kumar Yadav

17. In what name has Reliance Industries Limited launched an online grocery store?

a. Jio mart
b. Reliance Mart
c. Reliance Jio Mart
d. Live sales

Answer: a. Geo mart

18. Which app has been launched by the RBI to help the visually impaired people to recognize currency notes?

a. RUPIA
b. MANI
c. RBI NOTE
d. NOTE

Answer: b. MANI

19. Which institute will do the task of counting the Asiatic lions in May 2020?

a. Archaeological Survey of India
b. Indian Geoscience
c. IIT, Delhi
d. Indian Wildlife Institute

Answer: d. Indian Wildlife Institute

20. ISRO has announced to launch Chandrayaan 3 this year, which of the following will not happen?

a. Rover
b. Orbiter
c. Lander
d. Lens

Answer: b. Orbiter

21. India's first satellite of this year will be launched on 17 January 2020, name it?

a. GSAT-20

b. GSAT-30

c. GSAT-40

d. GSAT-50

Answer: b. GSAT-30

22. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated five Young Scientists' Laboratories of DRDO in which state?

a. Tamil Nadu
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Maharashtra
d. Karnataka

Answer: d. Karnataka

23. Which country was the largest source of FDI in India in the first half of FY 2019-20?

a. USA
b. England
c. France
d. Singapore

Answer: d. Singapore

24. The Union Home Ministry has extended the Armed Forces Privilege Act (AFSPA) for 6 months in which state?

a. Nagaland
b. Assam
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Kerala

Answer: a. Nagaland

25. Recently which country has announced a ban on sunscreen in the country to protect the coral reef from being polluted?

a. Rwanda
b. Palau
c. Macau
d. Australia

Answer: b. Palau

26. Guru Govind Singh's birth anniversary was celebrated on 2 January, he was the ……………… Guru of the Sikh community?

a. 8th
b. 9th
c. 10th
d. 11th

Answer: c. 10th

27. NITI Aayog released the second edition of India Index and Dashboard of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for the year 2019, which state is at the top of it?

a. Kerala
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Odisha
d. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: a. Kerala

28. Who is the first woman full-time Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)?

a. Karanjit Kaur
b. Harjeet Kaur Joshi
c. Sunita Awasthi
d. None of these

Answer: b. Harjeet Kaur Joshi

29. Speaker of which assembly O Yoshu passed away on 30 December 2019?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Tripura
c. Meghalaya
d. Nagaland

Answer: d. Nagaland

30. The US killed which military commander of Iran in Baghdad in a drone strike on 3 January 2020?

a. Qasim Sulaimani
b. Ismail Kani
c. Hasan Rouhani
d. None of these

Answer: a. Qasim Sulemani

31. Union Government merges BSNL and which company and Rs 69 thousand crores

How many members of the Group of Ministers have been formed to accelerate the revival?

a. VSNL
b. MTNL
c. IOCL
d. NTPC

Answer: b. MTNL

32. Election Commission has introduced Political Party Registration Information Management System (PPRTMS),

Under this, within how many days will the application have to be made?

a. 10 days
b. 20 days
c. 30 days
d. 40 days

Answer: c. 30 days

33. According to the results of the first (April to June 2019) and second quarter (July to September 2019) of Swachh Survekshan League 2020, which is the best among the cities with more than 10 lakh population?

a. Bhopal
b. Indore
c. Surat
d. Agra

Answer: a. Indore

34. According to the results of the first quarter (April to June 2019) of Swachh Survekshan 2020, which is the best among cities with more than one million population?

a. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
b. New Delhi Council Council Area
c. Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)
d. None of these

Answer: a. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)

35. According to the results of the second quarter (July to September 2019) of Swachh Survekshan 2020, which is the best among cities with more than one million population?

a. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
b. Chandrapur (Maharashtra)
c. Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)
d. None of these

Answer: a. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)

36. According to the results of the first quarter (April to June 2019) of Swachh Survekshan 2020, which is the best in the category of cantonment boards?

a. Delhi Cantonment (Delhi)
b. Jhansi Cantonment (Uttar Pradesh)
c. St. Thomas Mount Cantonment (Tamil Nadu)
d. None of these

Answer: a. St. Thomas Mount Cantonment (Tamil Nadu)

37. Cantonment as per the results of the second quarter (July to September 2019) of Swachh Survekshan 2020

Who is the best in the category of boards?

a. Delhi Cantonment (Delhi)
b. Jhansi Cantonment (Uttar Pradesh)
c. Jalandhar Cantonment (Punjab)
d. None of these

Answer: a. Delhi Cantonment (Delhi)

38. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has withdrawn the decision to boycott which of the 2022 games to be held in Birmingham?

a. Olympic Games
b. Commonwealth Games
c. Asian Games
d. FIFA World Cup

Answer: b. Commonwealth Games (Commonwealth Games)

39. Former World Champion Mirabai Chanu retained which position in the Olympic qualifier ranking list released by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)?

a. Eighth
b. Fourth
c. Third
d. None of these

Answer: a. Eighth

40. Where is the 107th session of the Indian Science Congress organized from 3rd to 7th January?

a. Bengaluru
b. Patna
c. Hyderabad
d. new Delhi

Answer: a. Bengaluru

41. In which district of Rajasthan, more than 100 children died recently in a hospital?

a. Quota
b. Jodhpur
c. Bikaner
d. All of the above

Answer: d. All of the above (Kota, Jodhpur, Bikaner)

42. Who is the Finance Minister of Maharashtra?

a. Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh
b. Ajit Pawar
c. Ajit Deshmukh
d. Aditya Thackeray

Answer: b. Ajit Pawar

43. In which city will the third edition of the Games India Youth Games be held from 10 to 22 February 2020?

a. New Delhi
b. Jamnagar
c. Lucknow
d. Guwahati

Answer: d. Guwahati

44. Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has signed MoU with Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihood Mission with which online marketing company?

a. Flipkart
b. Amazon
c. Myntra
d. None of these

Answer: a. Flipkart

45. Who is the first state in the country to pass a resolution in the Vidhan Sabha against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act)?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Punjab
d. Kerala

Answer: d. Kerala

46. When is the birth anniversary of social reformer Savitribai Phule celebrated?

a. 2 January
b. 3 January
c. 4 January
d. 5 January

Answer: b. 3 January

47. Under which scheme 2636 charging stations will be set up for electric vehicles across the country?

a. FAME
b. TAME
c. TAM
d. AAJIVIKA

Answer: a. FAME

48. When is World Braille Day celebrated?

a. 2 January
b. 3 January
c. 4 January
d. 5 January

Answer: c. 4 January

49. Which state government has launched 'Cyber Safe Woman' initiative?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Maharashtra

Answer: d. Maharashtra

50. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has prepared a standard health insurance policy, name it?

a. Arogya Sanjeevani Policy
b. Arogya Jeevan Policy
c. Sanjeevani Policy
d. Health health policy

Answer: a. Arogya Sanjeevani Policy

51. The World Health Organization has decided to celebrate which year as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife Year?

a. 2025
b. 2224
c. 2022
d. 2020

Answer: d. 2020

52. The 28th World Book Fair 2020 is held in New Delhi from 4-12 January, tell its theme?

a. Human and book
b. Gandhi: Writer of Writers
c. Book: Our Society
d. None of these

Answer: b. Gandhi: Writer of Writers

53. Where is the National Ice Hockey Championship 2020 organized?

a. Jammu
b. Kargil
c. Leh
d. Kashmir

Answer: c. Leh

54. In which state is Lai Haraoba festival held?

a. Tripura
b. Manipur
c. Mizoram
d. a and b

Answer: d. a and b (Tripura and Manipur)

55. Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has started which helpline service (81142-77777) keeping in mind the safety of women?

a. Damini
b. Nirbhaya
c. Savior
d. Eater

Answer: a. Damini

56. Dramatist, litterateur and social activist Ratna Ojha passed away on December 31, from which state?

a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. Assam
d. Odisha

Answer: c. Assam

57. In the latest rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), which Indian player has won the top spot in the under-21 men's singles category?

a. Harmeet Desai
b. Humans hit
c. G. Sathiyan
d. Soumya Ghosh

Answer: b. Humiliation

58. Which state decided to celebrate the year 2020 as Artificial Intelligence Year?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Telangana
d. West Bengal

Answer: c. Telangana

59. In which city was the 4th All India Police Judo Cluster Championship 2019 organized?

a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Bengaluru
d. Chennai

Answer: a. new Delhi

60. Who has been appointed the first chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC)?

a. Suresh Chandra Sharma
b. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar
c. Ashok Lavas
d. Rajendra Mathur

Answer: a. Suresh Chandra Sharma

61. When will the voting for the assembly elections in Delhi take place?

a. 20 January 2020
b. 1 February 2020
c. 5 February 2020
d. 8 February 2020

Answer: d. 8 February 2020

62. Who has been appointed the third advisor to the Deputy Governor of Jammu and Kashmir by the Ministry of Home Affairs?

a. Rakesh Sinha
b. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar
c. Ashok Lavas
d. Rajendra Mathur

Answer: b. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar

63. Who won the title of Miss Teen International 2019?

a. Anisia Gaotusi
b. Ayushi Dholakia
c. Aarushi Singh
d. None of these

Answer: b. Ayushi Dholakia

64. Which country's parliament passed a proposal to remove foreign troops (American) from their country?

a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Kuwait
d. Saudi Arab

Answer: b. Iraq

65. Which country has announced to no longer accept any terms and conditions of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015?

a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Kuwait
d. Saudi Arab

Answer: a. Iran

66. From which formats of cricket did Irfan Pathan retire?

a. One day
b. Twenty20
c. Test match
d. All formats of cricket

Answer: d. All formats of cricket

67. In which city Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Academy?

a. Mumbai
b. Nagpur
c. New Delhi
d. Dehradun

Answer: b. Nagpur

68. TN Chaturvedi passed away on 5 January 2020, which of the following was he?

a. Former Governor
b. Former CAG
c. a and b
d. None of these

Answer: c. a and b (former Governor and former CAG)

69. Who has announced the acquisition of 75 percent stake in Krishnapatnam Port?

a. Adani Ports
b. Reliance Industries
c. ONGC
d. Aramco

Answer: a. Adani Ports

70. What does the National Statistics Office (NSO) of the Central Government estimate the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2019-20?

a. 8 percent
b. 7 percent
c. 6 percent
d. 5 percent

Answer: d. 5 percent

71. Which country has declared the US military as terrorist?

a. Iraq
b. Iran
c. North Korea
d. Syria

Answer: b. Iran

72. The court has issued a death warrant against four accused in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, when all of them are to be sentenced to death?

a. 20 January
b. 21 January
c. 22 January
d. 23 January

Answer: c. 22 January

73. Which state government has launched 'Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Mission'?

a. Punjab
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Assam
d. Bihar

Answer: d. Bihar

74. Saurabh Chaudhary has won gold medal in how many meters air pistol event in men's category in 63rd National Shooting Championship?

a. 10 m
b. 20 m
c. 30 meters
d. 50 meters

Answer: a. 10 m

75. In which country's forests, due to fire, millions of wild animals died and the forests were destroyed?

a. USA
b. China
c. Australia
d. Brazil

Answer: c. Australia

76. In which state India's first manned space flight training center will be established?

a. Gujarat
b. Maharashtra
c. Jharkhand
d. Karnataka

Answer: d. Karnataka

77. Which Indian player won the title of Hastings International Chess Congress in England?

a. YK Joshi
b. P. Mangesh Chandran
c. Angad Dev Pal
d. Ramanathan Chandrapal

Answer: b. P. Mangesh Chandran

78. India has issued a Line of Credit of 75 million dollars for the construction of Solar Park to which country?

a. Iran
b. Cuba
c. South Africa
d. Russia

Answer: b. Cuba

79. Daniel de Rosi recently announced retirement, he is the footballer of which country?

a. Italy
b. France
c. Spain
d. Usa

Answer: a. Italy

80. Name the first indigenous fighter aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier?

a. Mirage 2000
b. Mig 27
c. Tejas
d. None of these

Answer: c. Tejas

81. The Supreme Court has termed the Internet as the fundamental right of the people, this right is under which Article of the Constitution?

a. Article 19
b. Article 26
c. Article 372
d. Article 280

Answer: a. Article 19

82. When did the Central Government implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)?

a. 10 January 2020
b. 26 December 2019
c. 1 January 2020
d. 22 December 2019

Answer: a. 10 January 2020

83. On which day is World Hindi Day celebrated?

a. 08 February
b. 10 January
c. 14 March
d. 20 September

Answer: b. 10 January

84. The Supreme Court stayed the decision of which tribunal, in which Cyrus Mistri was ordered to be the chairman of Tata Sons?

a. NCLT
b. NCLAT
c. High Court
d. None of these

Answer: b. NCLAT (National Company Law Appellate Tribunal)

85. In which city is the 23rd edition of the National Youth Festival organized from 12 to 16 January 2020?

a. New Delhi
b. Patna
c. Kochi
d. Lucknow

Answer: d. Lucknow

86. Which bank (in January 2020) announced RBBG (Residential Builder Finance with Buyer Guarantee) scheme?

a. RBI
b. SBI
c. PNB
d. World Bank

Answer: b. SBI

87. Which new satellite series will ISRO launch to support Gaganyaan and other projects?

a. ISRSS
b. IDRSS
c. IRSS
d. None of these

Answer: b. IDRSS (Indian Data Relay Satellite System)

88. How many years has the National Anti-Doping Agency banned India's female weightlifter Sarabjit Kaur?

a. Four years
b. Seven years
c. Five years
d. Ten years

Answer: a. 4 years

89. In which city will the International Naval Event 'Milan' be organized in March 2020?

a. Mumbai
b. Coimbatore
c. Goa
d. Visakhapatnam

Answer: d. Visakhapatnam

90. What is the name of this joint venture firm being done by five Indian public sector companies for the North East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid?

a. IGGL
b. CASS
c. NEGP
d. None of these

Answer: a. IGGL (Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited)

91. Which state government has announced the establishment of Vikram Sarabhai Bal Innovation (Innovation) Center in the state?

a. Bihar
b. Jharkhand
c. Gujarat
d. Punjab

Answer: c. Gujarat

92. The Supreme Court has recently ordered cases under the age of minor accused to be classified as serious offense rather than heinous, under how many years?

a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8

Answer: c. 7

93. Which state's Chief Minister recently launched 'Amma Vodi', the state government's ambitious scheme?

a. Bihar
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: b. Andra Pradesh

94. Which Indian-origin writer has recently been awarded the UK Children's Book Award?

a. Sharanjit Chahal
b. Minaj Verma
c. Amarjeet Kaur
d. Jasbinder Bilan

Answer: d. Jasbinder Bilan

95. According to the World Bank, what will be India's GDP growth rate in FY 2020?

a. 5 percent
b. 6 percent
c. 7 percent
d. None of these

Answer: a. 5 percent

96. In which city Khelo India Youth Games has been organized from 10 to 22 February?

a. Mumbai
b. Dispur
c. Guwahati
d. Agartala

Answer: c. Guwahati

97. Which country's Sultan Qaboos bin Said died on 11 January 2020?

a. UAE
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Turkey
d. Oman

Answer: d. Oman

98. In which country Iran has recently attacked US military bases with missiles?

a. Iraq
b. Israel
c. Afghanistan
d. Kuwait

Answer: a. Iraq

99. According to the latest NCRB report, how many farmers committed suicide in the year 2018?

a. 10,349
b. 11,349
c. 12,349
d. 13,349

Answer: a. 10,349

100. On which day is Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrated every year?

a. 09 January
b. 08 January
c. 07 January
d. 06 January

Answer: a. 09 January

101. January 9 is celebrated as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, in which year Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa?

a. 1905
b. 1915
c. 1925
d. 1935

Answer: b. 1915

102. How many countries' diplomats arrived in Srinagar on 9 January 2019 on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir?

a. 16
b. 15
c. 20
d. 25

Answer: a. 16

103. India declared one day (13 January 2020) state mourning and tricolor on the demise of which foreigner?

a. Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed Al Saeed
b. Sultan Abdul bin Al Hamid
c. Sultan Sheikh Abdullah
d. None of these

Answer: a. Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed Al Saeed

104. Who is the new Sultan of Oman?

a. Sultan Sheikh Abdullah
b. Sultan Hatham became Tariq
c. Sultan Abdul bin Al Hamid
d. None of these

Answer: b. Sultan Hatham Ban Tariq

105. After whom is the Central Government renamed Kolkata Port Trust?

a. Narendra Modi
b. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
d. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Answer: c. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

106. When is the Journalism Day of Maharashtra celebrated?

a. 6 January
b. 7 January
c. 8 January
d. 9 January

Answer: a. 6 January

107. During the Pakistan-China naval exercise "Sea Guardians", which of its aircraft carriers has been deployed by India in the North Arabian Sea?

a. INS Vikrant
b. INS Vikramaditya
c. INS Virat
d. None of these

Answer: b. INS Vikramaditya

108. The 12th edition of the naval exercise 'Nasim Al Bahr' will be held in Goa between India and which country?

a. USA
b. Russia
c. France
d. Oman

Answer: d. Oman

109. Who was elected the new President of Croatia?

a. Joran Milnovich
b. Kolinda Grabber
c. Andrzej Plancobhik
d. None of these

Answer: a. Joran Milanovich

110. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council of India (AEPC) for the year 2020-21?

a. HKL Maggu
b. A. Shaktivel
c. Anamika Awathi
d. None of these

Answer: b. A. Shaktivel

111. Famous dancer Minati Mishra died on 6 January 2020, she was from which state?

a. Chhattisgarh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Odisha

Answer: d. Odisha

112. Who has been appointed the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the public sector company 'Hudco' (Housing and Urban Development Corporation)?

a. Hardeep Singh Puri
b. M Nagaraj
c. Ashok Tiwari
d. Ajay Anand

Answer: b. M Nagaraj

113. In which city is the global conference 'Raisina Dialogue' organized from 14 to 16 January 2020?

a. Jaipur
b. Chandigarh
c. Delhi
d. Mumbai

Answer: c. Delhi

114. In December 2019, how much did retail inflation rise?

a. 7.35 percent
b. 5.54 percent
c. 4.62 percent
d. 3.99 percent

Answer: a. 7.35 percent

115. Who is the director of the recently announced Mithali Raj biopic Shabash Mithu?

a. Rahul Dholakia
b. Zoya Akhtar
c. Abbas Mastan
d. Karan Johar

Answer: a. Rahul Dholakia

116. Who is the first Police Commissioner of Lucknow?

a. Sujit Pandey
b. Alok Singh
c. Abhay Singh
d. Ashwani Kumar Paswan

Answer: a. Sujit Pandey

117. Who is the first police commissioner of Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida)?

a. Sujit Pandey
b. Alok Singh
c. Abhay Singh
d. Ashwani Kumar Paswan

Answer: b. Alok Singh

118. How long has Sebi extended the time limit for the separation of the post of Chairman and MD for companies listed on the stock market?

a. March 2020
b. April 2020
c. April 2021
d. April 2022

Answer: d. April 2022

119. Union Minister Smriti Irani recently launched a scheme called 'Yashaswini' in Goa, what is its purpose?

a. Support to women self-help groups
b. Children's Health
c. Administrative mobility
d. None of these

Answer: a. Support to women self-help groups

120. When is Armed Forces Ex-Servicemen Day celebrated?

a. 12 January
b. 13 January
c. 14 January
d. 15 January

Answer: c. 14 January

121. Who was honored with the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award by the BCCI for its outstanding performance in international cricket in the 2018-19 season?

a. Jaspreet Bumrah
b. MS Dhoni
c. Krishnamachari Srikkanth
d. Anjum Chopra

Answer: a. Jaspreet Bumrah

122. BCCI conferred with Dilip Sardesai Award for highest wicket taking in Test cricket in 2018-19?

a. Jaspreet Bumrah
b. MS Dhoni
c. Virat Kohli
d. Anjum Chopra

Answer: a. Jaspreet Bumrah

123. Who has recently been awarded the Colonel CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement Award?

a. Jaspreet Bumrah
b. MS Dhoni
c. Krishnamachari Srikkanth
d. Anjum Chopra

Answer: c. Krishnamachari Srikkanth

124. Who has recently been awarded the BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award among women by the BCCI?

a. Poonam Yadav
b. Mithali Raj
c. Rajni Prabha
d. Anjum Chopra

Answer: d. Anjum Chopra

125. India's first cyber crime prevention unit started in Gujarat, name it?

a. VISWAS
b. AASHVAST
c. NETRANG
d. None of these

Answer: b. AASHVAST (Assured)

126. Who has become the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank?

a. Viral Acharya
b. NS Vishwanathan
c. Michael Devvrat Patra
d. BP Kanungo

Answer: c. Michael Devvrat Patra

127. Who won the Presidential election of Taiwan?

a. Tsai Ing-wen
b. Han Kuo-yu
c. Wokino Nakashoki
d. None of these

Answer: a. Tsai Ing-wen

128. Which state government approved the creation of three capitals for the state?

a. Maharashtra
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Andra Pradesh

Answer: d. Andra Pradesh

129. Government of Andhra Pradesh has approved the construction of three capitals, name it?

a. Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Kurnool
b. Amravati, Hyderabad and Kurnool
c. Amravati, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad
d. Amravati, Visakhapatnam and Kurnool

Answer: d. Amravati, Visakhapatnam and Kurnool

130. The 7th Commonwealth Parliamentary Union Conference was held in which city in January 2020?

a. Paris
b. London
c. Lucknow
d. Delhi

Answer: c. Lucknow

131. After the announcement of constitutional amendment by the President of which country, all the cabinet members including the Prime Minister have resigned?

a. Britain
b. Russia
c. France
d. Azerbaijan

Answer: b. Russia

132. Which organization released the report 'World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020'?

a. United Nations
b. IMF
c. World Bank
d. RBI

Answer: a. United Nations

133. Who has been chosen for the 29th Saraswati Samman?

a. Rajendra Joshi
b. Amitabh Bachchan
c. Vasdev Mohi
d. Vajuvendra Tiwari

Answer: c. Vasdev Mohi

134. From which place was the Indian satellite GSAT 30 launched on 17 January 2020?

a. Chandipur
b. French Guiana
c. Bengaluru
d. None of these

Answer: b. French guiana

135. Which Indian entrepreneur was awarded Australia's highest honor 'Order of Australia'?

a. Narendra Damodar Das Modi
b. Arvind Advani
c. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
d. Anil Ambani

Answer: c. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

136. What is the 'Revised National TB Control' program renamed?

a. Revised National TB Program
b. National Tuberculosis End Program
c. National Disaster Mission
d. National TB Disaster Control

Answer: d. National Tuberculosis End Program

137. Which Indian female wrestler recently won a gold medal in the 53 kg weight category at the Rome Ranking Series 2020 event?

a. Vinesh Phogat
b. Veena Banerjee
c. Sunita Phogat
d. None of these

Answer: a. Vinesh Phogat

138. In which state / union territory will the Z-twist tunnel be constructed?

a. Goa
b. Mizoram
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Jammu and Kashmir

Answer: d. Jammu and Kashmir

140. Which country test-fired nuclear ballistic missile 'K-4' on 19 January 2020?

a. India
b. USA
c. China
d. Pakistan

Answer: a. India

141. Which Indian composer has been selected for Madhya Pradesh Government's National Lata Mangeshkar Award 2018?

a. Kuldeep Singh
b. Javed Akhtar
c. Salim javed
d. AR Rahman

Answer: a. Kuldeep Singh

142. How much has the International Monetary Fund reduced India's growth forecast for the financial year 2019-20?

a. 6.8%
b. 5.8%
c. 4.8%
d. 3.8%

Answer: c. 4.8%

143. According to the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, which state produced the most vegetables in 2018-19?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Haryana
d. Bihar

Answer: b. West Bengal

144. According to the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, which state produced the highest number of fruits in 2018-19?

a. Punjab
b. Maharashtra
c. Haryana
d. Andra Pradesh

Answer: d. Andra Pradesh

145. Who has been elected the President of the Indian Institute of Company Secretaries?

a. Ashish Khaitan
b. Ashish Garg
c. Rakesh Roshan
d. Vijay Kumar Jaiswal

Answer: b. Ashish garg

146. Yudhveer Singh Malik has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of which troubled firm?

a. Reliance Infocomm
b. IFSL
c. Unitech
d. None of these

Answer: c. Unitech

147. Which private sector bank has introduced 'Card Less Cash Withdrawal' facility from ATMs?

a. SBI
b. HDFC
c. ICICI
d. Bank of Baroda

Answer: c. ICICI

148. Which Indian monument has been included in the list of wonders of SCO?

a. Statue of Unity
b. Taj Mahal
c. Bibi Ka Maqbara
d. None of these

Answer: a. Statue of unity

149. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of CRPF?

a. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar
b. A.P. Maheshwari
c. SS Deswal
d. None of these

Answer: b. A.P. Maheshwari

150. When is Armed Forces Ex-Servicemen Day celebrated?

a. 11 January
b. 12 January
c. 13 January
d. 14 January

Answer: d. 14 January

151. When is Army Day celebrated in India?

a. 12 January
b. 13 January
c. 14 January
d. 15 January

Answer: d. 15 January

152. Which company has announced to invest one billion dollars for the digitization of small and medium industries in India?

a. Walmart
b. Amazon
c. Microsoft
d. Facebook

Answer: b. Amazon

153. The Central Government has constituted the 'National Startup (Innovation) Advisory Council', who will be its president?

a. Union Energy Minister
b. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
c. Railway Minister
d. Union Home Minister

Answer: b. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry (Piyush Goyal)

154. Who is the new president of Archery Association of India (AAI)?

a. Arjun Munda
b. BVP Rao
c. Vijay Kumar Malhotra
d. Pramod Chandurkar

Answer: a. Arjun Munda

155. When was the 15th Foundation Day of NDRF celebrated?

a. 15 January 2020
b. 16 January 2020
c. 18 January 2020
d. 19 January 2020

Answer: c. 18 January

156. Who created the Executive Council of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) by the Central Government?

a. A. Sunlight
b. Narayan Rane
c. Nripendra Mishra
d. Ashok Chavan

Answer: c. Nripendra Mishra

157. Where did the 50th meeting of the World Economic Forum take place?

a. Mumbai
b. Paris
c. Davos
d. New york

Answer: c. Davos (Switzerland)

158. Which Indian actress received the Crystal Award at the 50th meeting of the World Economic Forum?

a. Tabu
b. Deepika Padukone
c. Rani Mukherjee
d. Aishwarya Rai

Answer: b. Deepika Padukone

159. In the year 2020, how many people announced the Padma Award by the Central Government?

a. 141
b. 140
c. 135
d. 112

Answer: a. 141

159. How many people announced the Padma Vibhushan Award in the year 2020 by the Central Government?

a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7

Answer: d. 7

160. How many people announced the Padma Bhushan Award (year 2020) by the Central Government?

a. 7
b. 10
c. 15
d. 16

Answer: d. 16

161. Who won the Subhash Chandra Bose Disaster Management Award, 2020 (Institutional category)?

a. NDRF
b. Indian Coast Guard
c. CRPF
d. Disaster Mitigation and Management Center, Uttarakhand

Answer: d. Disaster Mitigation and Management Center, Uttarakhand

162. By which organization will the National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP) be developed?

a. DRDO
b. RBI
c. NITI Aayog
d. None of these

Answer: c. NITI Aayog

163. ISRO has prepared India's first humanoid (humanoid robot) robot to be sent on a space mission, name it?

a. Human
b. Consumer
c. Eatery
d. Spacegirl

Answer: b. Vyommitra ('friend in the sky (space friend)')

164. Which state topped the medal tally in the third edition (2020) of Khelo India Youth Games?

a. Maharashtra
b. Haryana
c. Delhi
d. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: a. Maharashtra

165. Which country has organized the ICC Under 19 World Cup?

a. South Africa
b. USA
c. Congo
d. England

Answer: a. South Africa

166. Who won the women's doubles title in the WTA International Tennis Tournament 2020?

a. Sania Mirza and Nadia Kitchenok
b. Sania Mirza and Shuai Peng
c. Shuai Zhang and Nadia Kitchenok
d. None of these

Answer: a. Sania Mirza and Nadia Kitchennow

167. What is the position of India in the 'Global Democracy Index' 2019?

a. 42
b. 45
c. 51
d. 63

Answer: c. 51

168. Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti is celebrated every year on which day?

a. 23 January
b. 22 January
c. 21 January
d. 20 January

Answer: a. 23 January

169. Recently, scientists have named a new virus found in mosquitoes of which country as Yada Yada Virus?

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

Answer: d. Australia

170. India ranks in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index?

a. 50
b. 72
c. 80
d. 65

Answer: b. 72

171. Indicate India's location in Henley Passport Index 2020?

a. 8th
b. 84th
c. 85th
d. 107th

Answer: b. 84th

172. Which Indian lawyer has been appointed senior advocate of Queen Elizabeth II?

a. Harish tweezers
b. P. Chidambaram
c. Kapil Sibal
d. Harish Salve

Answer: d. Harish Salve

173. The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry has proposed to declare which Union Territory a 6th Schedule region?

a. Delhi
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Puducherry
d. Ladakh

Answer: d. Ladakh

174. How long is 100% electrification targeted in Railways?

a. 2022
b. 2023
c. 2024
d. 2025

Answer: c. 2024

175. Which state government started the Shiva Meal Thali scheme under which there is a provision to provide food to the poor for 10 rupees?

a. Bihar
b. Punjab
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Maharashtra

Answer: d. Maharashtra

176. The cabinet of which state government has approved the abolition of the legislative council there?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Gujarat

Answer: c. Andra Pradesh

177. How many agreements were signed between India and Brazil during Republic Day?

a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 26

Answer: b. 15

178. In which fort during Republic Day 2020, 'Bharat Parv 2020' was organized from 26 to 31 January?

a. Agra Fort
b. Raigad Fort
c. Old Delhi Fort
d. Red Fort

Answer: d. Red Fort, Delhi

179. What is the ranking of India in the Global Corruption Perception Index 2019?

a. 45
b. 60
c. 78
d. 80

Answer: d. 80

180. On which day is National Voters Day celebrated?

a. 24 January
b. 25 January
c. 26 January
d. 27 January

Answer: b. 25 January

181. Recently the Ganges-Volga Dialogue was organized in New Delhi between Russia and which country?

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

Answer: a. India

182. Recently which country has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in the first Sagarmatha Dialogue Forum?

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

Answer: a. Nepal

183. Oxford Oxford has declared which word as 'Hindi Word of the Year 2019'?

a. Woman power
b. Constitution
c. Democracy
d. Climate Emergency

Answer: b. Constitution

184. Who is the new ambassador of India to America?

a. Harshvardhan Shringla
b. Afreen Khatoon
c. Taranjit Singh Sandhu
d. None of these

Answer: c. Taranjit Singh Sandhu

185. On which river is the underwater metro tunnel being constructed for the first time in India?

a. Hooghly
b. Ganga
c. Narmada
d. Cauvery

Answer: a. Hooghly

186. Calcutta University honored which Nobel Prize winner with honorary degree of D Litt in January 2020?

a. Amartya Sen
b. VS Naipaul
c. Abhijeet Banerjee
d. Kailash Satyarthi

Answer: c. Abhijeet Banerjee

187. Which state's tableau got first prize in the Republic Day 2020 parade?

a. Bihar
b. Assam
c. Odisha
d. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: b. Assam

188. After Kerala, Punjab and Rajasthan, which fourth state passed a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the Legislative Assembly?

a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. West Bengal

Answer: d. West Bengal

189. Who is the new Prime Minister of Qatar?

a. Sheikh Rahat Fatah
b. Azhar ul Islam
c. Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
d. Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz Al Thani

Answer: d. Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz Al Thani

190. Name the new CEO of Indian Banks Association?

a. Rajesh Roshan
b. Sunil Mehta
c. VG Cannon
d. None of these

Answer: b. Sunil Mehta

191. Celebrity player Coby Bryant died in a helicopter crash on 26 January 2020 in the US, he was associated with which sport?

a. Cricket
b. Football
c. Hockey
d. Basketball

Answer: d. Basketball

192. Tenders have been invited to sell 100 percent government stake in which airlines?