Weekly Current Affairs from 02 to 08 March 2020

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Q.1 The Diamond Princess Cruise ship that witnessed the largest coronavirus outbreak is situated in which of the following countries?

a) Japan
b) Australia
c) China
d) South Korea

Q.2 Companies Auditor’s Report Order (CARO) 2020, is associated with which field?

a) Clinical Conference
b) Autio-mobile conference
c) Coronavirus Outbreak
d) Regulations for companies

Q.3 Which of the following cities hosted ‘The International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha Medicines’?

a) Kanpur
b) Delhi
c) Lucknow
d) Varanasi

Q.4 How many languages of India are given the status of Classical language?

a) 12
b) 10
c) 8
d) 6

Q.5 Which of these associations collaborated with NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) to launch an artificial intelligence-based module for Indian school students?

a) CII
b) T-Hub
c) NASSCOM
d) FICCI

Q.6 Which of these organizations has released the Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2020)?

a) NCAER
b) CII
c) QCI
d) NABARD

Q.7 Which of these banks has recently crossed the milestone of two crore customers?

a) India Post Payments Bank
b) Airtel Payments Bank
c) Paytm payments Bank
d) Fino Payments Bank

Q.8 Which state has initiated a genetic study to conserve the native species of cattle?

a) Kerala
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Jharkhand
d) Maharashtra

Q.9 Defense Minister has recently inaugurated a light combat Helicopter Production hanger in which city?

a) Surat
b) Bengaluru
c) Ranchi
d) Pune

Q.10 Which of these countries has withdrawn from UNHCR?

a) Argentina
b) Sri Lanka
c) Bahamas
d) Austria

Q.11 The word ‘Delimitation’ was recently in news. It is associated with which process?

a) Fixing limits of Income-tax
b) Fixing Limits of Affordable housing
c) Fixing Limits of Chairperson’s salary
d) Fixing Limit of Territorial Constituencies

Q.12 Which of the following states hiked the MLAs’ Local Area Development Fund to Rs.3 Crore per year?

a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Odisha

Q.13 NITI Aayog has selected ______ for the first pilot project on ‘Sustainable Developmental Goals’.

a) Goa
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Chandigarh
d) Lakshadweep

Q.14 Central Statistics Office (CSO) recently released the second advance estimates. What is the projected growth rate in FY 2020?

a) 5%
b) 4.8%
c) 5.4%
d) 5.2%

Q.15 Which of these Public sector Enterprises implements the ‘Renewable Energy Management Centre’ scheme?

a) NTPC Ltd.
b) NHPC Ltd.
c) Solar Energy Corporation
d) Power Grid Corporation

Q.16 ______ is going to host the World Productivity Congress (WPC) 2020.
a) Mumbai
b) Jaipur
c) Bengaluru
d) Lucknow

Q.17 Paul Biya recently won the Presidential elections He is the incumbent President of which of these African countries?

a) Cameroon
b) Nigeria
c) Egypt
d) Benin

Q.18 Dr S Shettar, recently passed away. He was associated with which of these professions?

a) Scientist
b) Archeologist
c) Historian
d) Ornithologist

Q.19 The ‘Bundelkhand expressway’ is proposed to be built across _______.

a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Uttarakhand

Q.20 The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, recently launched 10000 FPOs across the country. What does FPO mean?

a) Farmer Produce Organization
b) Farmer Priority Organizations
c) Farmer Primary Organization
d) Farmer Productivity Organization

Q.21 Which of these days is observed as Zero Discrimination Day?

a) 10 January
b) 5 November
c) 1 February
d) 1 March

Q.22 Who has become Malaysia’s new prime minister?

a) Muhyiddin Yassin
b) Pramod Agarwal
c) Sanna Marin
d) Pravind Jugnauth

Q.23 Indian railway has launched its first every “restaurant on wheels” on which of these railway stations?

a) Mumbai Central
b) CSMT
c) Asansol
d) CMST

Q.24 Home Minister Amit Shah recently inaugurated the Campus of National Security Guard (NSG) regional hub in ______.

a) Kolkata
b) Mumbai
c) Kanpur
d) Haridwar

Q.25 Name the famous athletics coach and Dronacharya awardee who passed away recently.

a) Akbar Padamsee
b) Bapu Nadkarni
c) Vidya Bal
d) Joginder Singh Saini

Q.26 A prominent personality named Richard John Pais passed away recently. He had acquired a name in ______.

a) Literature
b) Sports
c) Politics
d) Business

Q.27 Which of the below Indian Universities won the Khelo India University Games, 2020?

a) Madras University
b) Delhi University
c) Punjab University
d) Andhra University

Q.28 When is the global Zero Discrimination Day observed every year?

a) February 28
b) March 1
c) April 4
d) March 8

Q.29 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute organized the ‘Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela – 2020’ in which of the following cities?

a) Lucknow
b) Nagpur
c) Hyderabad
d) New Delhi

Q. 30 Muhyiddin Yassin has become the new Prime Minister of _______.

a) Iran
b) Qatar
c) Malaysia
d) Saudi Arabia

Q. 31 _______ has prohibited the online food supply for companies like Zomato and Swiggy, in case, they supply the items without getting the hygiene rating from food business operators (FBOs)?

a) Kerala
b) Punjab
c) Odisha
d) Mumbai

Q. 32 The Department of Defence & Strategic Studies is going to name the proposed Chair of Excellence after which Indian Air Chief Marshal?

a) RKS Bhadauria
b) Pratap Chandra Lal
c) Norman Browne
d) Arjan Singh

Q. 33 The lab of DRDO and Indian Institute of Science, HEMRL, recently developed a _______ named ‘RaIDer-X’.

a) Explosive Detection Device
b) Gun-shot Locator
c) Bullet Proof Jacket
d) Artillery Gun

Q. 34 The famous environmental activist Afroz Shah, who made headlines for joining Norway Minister in River Clean-up is from which Indian City?

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

Q.35 Minister OM Birla recently launched _______ scheme to offer nutritional support to pregnant women and adolescent girls?

a) Suposhit Janani Yojna
b) Suposhit Beti Abhiyan
c) Pradhan Mantri Suposhit Yojna
d) Suposhit Maa Abhiyan

Q.36: 35th edition of food and hospitality fair AAHAR has started in which Indian City?

a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) Varanasi

Q. 37 _______ has been appointed as an important member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force?

a) Rajiv Bansal
b) Alok Sharma
c) Seema Verma
d) Rishi Sunak

Q.38 Milan 2020, a multilateral exercise will held in_______.
a) Kochi
b) Visakhapatnam
c) Chennai
d) Goa

Q. 39 Who has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary?

a) T V Somanathan
b) Atanu Chakraborty
c) Harshvardhan Shringla
d) Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Q. 40 _______ is observed as World Hearing Day on a global level.

a) 1 March
b) 3 March
c) 5 March
d) 7 March

Q. 41 Who has announced a help of 12 Billion to battle Coronavirus Outbreak?

a) World Bank
b) IMF
c) UNESCO
d) UNO

Q. 42 NABARD has invested an amount of ______ in the rural banking system.

a) 1.40 LAKH CRORE
b) 1.42 LAKH CRORE
c) 1.44 LAKH CRORE
d) 1.46 LAKH CRORE

Q. 43 Which female cricketer of India has secured the top spot in ICC Women’s T’20 International Ranking?

a) Mithali Raj
b) Jhulan Goswami
c) Shafali Verma
d) Veda Krishnamurthy

Q. 44 Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India have become a part of _______.

a) Punjab National Bank
b) SBI
c) ICICI
d) Indian Bank

Q.45 PRAGYAN CONCLAVE 2020, an international seminar of Indian Army took place in which of the following cities?

a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Delhi
d) Gujrat

Q.46 _______ will host the 108th Indian Science Congress in 2021/

a) Bangalore
b) Pune
c) Visakhapatnam
d) Mumbai

Q.47 Which of these tri-state sanctuary has become an Eco-sensitive zone?

a) Corbett National Park
b) Gir Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
d) National Chambal Sanctuary

Q.48 The mobile application named “Humsafar” is associated with which of these services?

a) Ride-Hailing
b) Door Delivery of Fuel
c) Booking Flight Tickets
d) Door-Delivery of Machines

Q.49 _______ government has abolished the policy to grant service extension post-retirement.

a) Punjab
b) Rajasthan
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Odisha

Q. 50 What is India’s rank among 135 countries according to a report on Trade-related Illicit Financial Flows?

a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

Q. 51 Which of these countries has announced to provide free transport services?

a) Luxembourg
b) Thailand
c) Canada
d) Brazil

Q. 52 Who has received the 128th ‘Commonwealth Points of Light’ Award?

a) Rajendra Singh
b) Afroz Shah
c) Sudharshan Patnaik
d) Jadav Payeng

Q. 53 _______ requires amendment to provide more powers to the RBI for regulating other cooperative banks.

a) The Reserve Bank of India Act
b) The Banking Regulation Act
c) The Co-operative Societies Act
d) Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act

Q.54 Which Indian state has announced to provide a financial support to its farmers for keeping stray cattle at their homes?

a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Bihar
d) Uttar Pradesh

Q. 55 Which of the following countries has assumed the presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of March 2020?

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

Q. 56 The Week of March 1 to March 7 is celebrated as_______ in India.

a) Swachch Bharat Week
b) KISAN week
c) Janaushadhi Week
d) Beti Bachao Week

Q. 57 Which state govt. has initiated a subsidized food scheme named,‘Mukhyamantri Dal Bhat Yojna’?

a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Jharkhand
c) Bihar
d) West Bengal

Q. 58 The Lokpal shall dispose of a complaint of alleged corruption against public servants within _______.

a) 30 days
b) 45 days
c) 50 days
d) 75 days

Q.59 After the banking amalgamation, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank have become a part of _______.

a) ICICI
b) SBI
c) Punjab National Bank
d) Union Bank of India

Q. 60 Badminton Asia Championship has been moved from Wuhan to which of these cities?

a) Hangzhou
b) Nagoya
c) Manila
d) Birmingham

Q.61 The current sports’ sensation ‘Shefali Verma’ is associated with which Sport?

a) Cricket
b) Chess
c) Badminton
d) Rowing

Q.62 68th All Indian Police Athletics Championship started in which Indian State?

a) Punjab
b) Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Haryana

Q.63 With which of these countries has Cabinet signed an MoU for cooperation in the field of Health?

1. Benin
2. Cote d’Ivoire
3. Niger
4. Mali

Q.64 Indian Pharma and Indian Medical Device Conference 2020 will be held in which city?

1. Rajkot
2. Ahmedabad
3. Gandhinagar
4. Kochi

Q.65 Which Union Territory of India has launched the “student health card” scheme?

a) Ladakh
b) Jammu & Kashmir
c) Karnataka
d) West Bengal

Q. 66 Who has been appointed as the new administrator of Yes Bank?

a) Prashant Kumar
b) Sanjiv Chadha
c) Atanu Kumar Das
d) Lingam Venkat Prabhakar

Q. 67 What is the new withdrawal limit of Yes Bank?

a) 30,000
b) 50,000
c) 80,000
d) 1,00,000

Q. 68 Which of these ladies has/have been selected for the Nari Shakti Award?

a) Sanjana Kapoor
b) Karthyayani Amma
c) Bhageerathi Amma
d) Both (b) and (c)

Q. 69 Foremer UN Chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, who worked as United Nations Secretary General, belonged to which of these countries?

a) South Africa
b) New Zealand
c) Peru
d) Japan

Q. 70 Who has recently launched the book “Chronicles of Change Champions”?

a) Amit Shah
b) Smriti Zubin Irani
c) Narendra Modi
d) Vishwanathan Anand

Q.71 From now on, Gairsain will become the summer capital of _______.

a) Uttarakhand
b) Jharkhand
c) Bihar
d) Odisha

Q. 72 Kobita Utsav will be organized in which of these states?

a) Mizaram
b) Manipur
c) West Bengal
d) Arunachal Pradesh

Q. 73 Which of these days is observed as International Women’s Day?

a) 6 March
b) 10 March
c) 12 March
d) 8 March

Q.74 What is India’s rank in Freedom in the world 2020 report by Freedom House?

a) 75th
b) 83rd
c) 88th
d) 97th

Q.75 Which of these states has issued an order to control the retail price of bottled drinking water?

a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala

Q.76 Which Indian armed force has organized an international seminar, PRAGYAN CONCLAVE 2020?

a) Indian Army
b) Indian Air Force
c) Indian Navy
d) Indian Coast Guard

Q.77 How many state-owned bank would we have after the amalgamation of Banks?

a) 8
b) 10
c) 12
d) 14

Q.78 Which of these colleges has secured the top rank in the recent QS World Ranking?

a) IIT Kharagpur
b) IIT Mumbai
c) IIT Madras
d) IIT Kanpur

Q.79 Which state has announced to offer credit guarantee of loans for higher education?

a) Odisha
b) Jharkhand
c) Bihar
d) Haryana

Q.80 Chapchar Kut, one of the most joyful festivals of India, that was celebrated recently is related to which Indian State?

a) Mizoram
b) Manipur
c) Assam
d) Nagaland

Q. 81 Who has won the Sportsperson of the Year Award at the 4th Times of India Sports Awards?

a) Virat Kohli
b) Dutee Chand
c) P V Sindhu
d) Shefali Verma

Q.82 What is the meaning of GDR, concerning the cabinet approval on listing Indian Companies overseas?

a) Government Deposit Receipts
b) Global Depositary Receipts
c) Global Deposit Receipts
d) Government Depositary Receipts

Q.83 Canara Bank will become the _______largest bank of India after amalgamation.

a) Second
b) Third
c) Fourth
d) Fifth

Q.84 44th Chess Olympiad will be organized in_______.

a) Mauritius
b) Kazan
c) Italy
d) Moscow

Q.85 India’s former football captain Bhaichung Bhutia has won _______ at the TOISA, 2019.

a) Sportsman of the year award
b) Icon of the century award
c) Mentor of the year award
d) Lifetime achievement award

Q.86 A festival named ‘Namaste Orchha’ was recently celebrated in_______.

a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Gujrat
d) Chennai

Q.87 Which of these cities hosted the 4th Times of India Sports Awards, 2019?

a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Gujrat
d) Kolkata

Q.88 ‘Competition Commission of India’ (CCI) organized _______ edition of National Conference on Economics of Competition Law in on March 7, 2020.

a) Third
b) Fifth
c) Seventh
d) Ninth

Q.89 _______ and Hockey India have announced the 1st Khelo India Women’s Hockey League Under-21.

a) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
b) Mumbai Hockey Association
c) Sports Authority of India
d) None of the above

Q.90 After the amalgamation, which bank will become the second-largest bank of India with a business of 17.94 lakh crore?

a) Canara Bank
b) Union Bank of India
c) Bank of India
d) Punjab National Bank

Q.91 Who has become the new Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission of India?

a) Amita Pandov
b) Sanjiv Chadha
c) Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
d) Prashant Kumar

Q.92 A famous minister ‘Mange Ram Gupta’ recently passed away at the age of 85. He was associated with which state?

a) Punjab
b) Rajasthan
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Haryana

Q.93 Which of these banks has decided to invest in the reconstructed Yes Bank?

a) Punjab National Bank
b) State Bank of India
c) ICICI
d) Canara Bank

Q.94 According to the ‘Direct Tax Vivaad Se Vishwas Bill 2020’, what will be the last date to pay due tax with a waiver?

a) May 31, 2020
b) April 31, 2020
c) March 31, 2020
d) June 31, 2020

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