Weekly Current Affairs from 27 January to 02 February 2020

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Q1. Which one of the following state recently kicked off ‘Innovation Festival’?

(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Sikkim
(c) Tripura
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Q2. A festival to celebrate the spirit of India “_______________” has begun at Red Fort Ground in New Delhi.

(a) Bharat Mahotsav 2020
(b) Bharat Parv 2020
(c) Bharat Festival 2020
(d) Bharat Tyohaar 2020

Q3. What is the name of legendary NBA player who has passed away recently?

(a) Stephen Curry
(b) Kevin Durant
(c) Kobe Bryant
(d) LeBron James

Q4. Name the sports women who recently honoured with Padma Vibhushan.

(a) Rani Rampal
(b) Oinam Bembem Devi
(c) M. C. Mary Kom
(d) P. V. Sindhu

Q5. __________ participated in the 71st Republic Day parade for the first time as a Union Territory.

(a) Puducherry
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Lakshadweep

Q6. Which of the following state recenlty emerged as the top State in vegetable production in 2018-19?

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal

Q7. __________ Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2020.

(a) Gujarat
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Himachal Pradesh

Q8. Who among the following sports women recently honoured with Padma Bhushan?

(a) Sakshi Malik
(b) Geeta Phogat
(c) P. V. Sindhu
(d) Mithali Raj

Q9. What is the name of noted artist and sculptor who has passed away recently?

(a) D. P. Roy Choudhury
(b) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar
(c) Sher Singh Kukkal
(d) Ramkinkar Baij

Q10. The chairman of “The Hindu Group” _____________ has been selected as the outstanding media person in a national award instituted by Kerala Media Academy.

(a) Sukumar Shankar
(b) Kaushal Srivastava
(c) Sumit Dutt Majumder
(d) N. Ram

Q11. Which one the following album won Grammy Awards 2020 under “Album of the Year category”?

(a) Thank u, next
(b) Cuz I Love You
(c) Father of the Bride
(d) When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Q12. In which state, 3rd Global Potato Conclave-2020 is held?

(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra

Q13. Which one the following Record won Grammy Awards 2020 under “Record of the Year category”?

(a) Old Town Road
(b) Bad Guy
(c) Hard Place
(d) Hey, Ma

Q14. Prime Minister of Slovenian _____________________ announced his resignation and called for new elections as the country’s coalition struggles with political deadlock.

(a) Alenka Bratusek
(b) Miro Cerar
(c) Borut Pahor
(d) Marjan Sarec

Q15. Who among the following artist won Grammy Awards 2020 under “Best New Artist category”?

(a) Maggie Rogers
(b) Lizzo
(c) Lil Nas X
(d) Billie Eilish

Q16. Britain has unveiled a new _________ pence coin minted to mark Brexit (British exit).

(a) 20 pence coin
(b) 30 pence coin
(c) 40 pence coin
(d) 50 pence coin

Q17. In which of the following state recently inaugurates India’s 1st Super Fab Lab?

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Kerala

Q18. Which one the following song won Grammy Awards 2020 under “Song Of The Year category”?

(a) Bad Guy
(b) Bring My Flowers Now
(c) Lover
(d) Someone You Loved

Q19. Where is India’s 1st war memorial for animals set to open?

(a) Meerut
(b) Bareilly
(c) Aligarh
(d) Jhansi

Q20. Who among the following producer won Grammy Awards 2020 under “Producer Of The Year category”?

(a) Dirk Sobotka
(b) Morten Lindberg
(c) James Ginsburg
(d) Blanton Alspaugh

Q21. Who has won the ‘Harit Ratna Award 2019’ for the dissemination of Rs 30-crore entrepreneurship project in agri-business and also for motivating students towards the agriculture sector in Tamil Nadu?

(a) D.S. Solanki
(b) K.L. Verma
(c) M.K. Zutshi
(d) N Kumar

Q22. _______ takes charge as the new Indian Ambassador to the United States.

(a) Manjeev Singh Puri
(b) Sanjay Rana
(c) Alok Kumar Sinha
(d) Taranjit Singh Sandhu

Q23. Which one of the following has developed Bhuvan Panchayat V3 web Portal to enhance network application of gram panchayats?

(a) Department of Rural Development
(b) Centre for High Technology
(c) ISRO
(d) DRDO

Q24. Which of the following state has launched a virtual police station where people can lodge complaints from their respective districts without visiting Police Station?

(a) Goa
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Maharashtra

Q25. Which of the following state tableaux wins the 1st prize at the Republic Day Parade, 2020 among the States/Union Territories?

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Odisha
(d) Himachal Pradesh

Q26. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated 18.5 kilometre-long stretch of _______ Metro Aqua line of Maha Metro Rail Network.

(a) Thane
(b) Nashik
(c) Solapur
(d) Nagpur

Q27. What is the name of Veteran South actress who has passed away recently?

(a) Jayalalitha
(b) Jayasudha
(c) Jameela Malik
(d) Savitri

Q28. Where is Indian Railways has commissioned India’s 1st governmental waste-to-energy plant?

(a) Kanpur
(b) Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Bhubaneswar

Q29. Former Indian women’s hockey team captain ____________ passed away. She was a prestigious Arjuna awardee.

(a) Gurjit Kaur
(b) Deep Grace Ekka
(c) Rajani Etimarpu
(d) Sunita Chandra

Q30. Which of the following Metro Rail Corporation is set to complete India’s 1st underwater metro project by 2022?

(a) Chennai Metro Rail Corporation
(b) Kochi Metro Rail Corporation
(c) Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
(d) Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation

Q31. Indian Navy has launched “_________” to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at Madagascar.

(a) Operation Trishul
(b) Operation Cyclone
(c) Operation Vanilla
(d) Operation Sahyog

Q32. The European Union parliament has approved United Kingdom Brexit deal. Where is the headquarters of European Union?

(a) Geneva, Switzerland
(b) Washington DC, US
(c) New York, US
(d) Brussels, Belgium

Q33. Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by ___________.

(a) University of Delhi
(b) University of Hyderabad
(c) University of Mumbai
(d) University of Calcutta

Q34. Which one of the following country has created a new Guinness World Record for organizing highest altitude Fashion Show on the earth.

(a) Nepal
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Tibet

Q35. Name the Indian cyclist who bagged a gold in the men’s Keirin individual event of the Six-Day Berlin Tournament.

(a) Deborah Herold
(b) Bikram Singh
(c) Sreedhar Savanur
(d) Esow Alben

Q36. The Supreme Court allowed the Centre to introduce the _________ to suitable habitat in India.

(a) African Zebra
(b) African Elephant
(c) African Cheetah
(d) African Lion

Q37. Which of the following country is the partner country of 34th Surajkund International Crafts Fair held in Haryana?

(a) Nepal
(b) Uzbekistan
(c) Bhutan
(d) China

Q38. The __________ has constructed a combined war memorial for the 357 Army personnel killed while fighting insurgency in the North-Eastern state.

(a) Gorkha Rifles
(b) Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
(c) Garhwal Rifles
(d) Assam Rifles

Q39. What is the theme of World Sustainable Summit 2020?

(a) Beyond 2015: People, Planet & Progress
(b) Partnerships for a Resilient Planet
(c) Towards 2030: Making the Decade Count
(d) Attaining the 2030 Agenda: Delivering on our Promise

Q40. In which state of India “World’s largest meditation centre was inaugurated?

(a) Telangana
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Q41. Who among the following has been appointed as new member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI?

(a) Urjit R. Patel
(b) Viral V. Acharya
(c) Janak Raj
(d) M D Patra

Q42. Indian women’s team captain____________________ became the 1st-ever hockey player worldwide to win the prestigious ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ award 2019.

(a) Rajini Etimarpu
(b) Sharmila Devi
(c) Rani Rampal
(d) Navneet Kaur

Q43. How much grant announced by google to promote news literacy among Indians?

(a) 5-million USD
(b) 2-million USD
(c) 6-million USD
(d) 1-million USD

Q44. Who among the following theatre artiste of India will receive the prestigious French honour of ‘Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) for her outstanding contribution to the field of theatre?

(a) Gargi Raina
(b) Arpita Singh
(c) Bharti Kher
(d) Sanjana Kapoor

Q45. Irish composer _______________ will be the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Oscars guest-segment.

(a) Osnat Shurer
(b) Marisa Roman
(c) Eimear Noone
(d) Lori Forte

Q46. 9th edition of joint military exercise between Indian and Bangladesh Army will be conducted at Umroi, Meghalaya. What is the name of exercise?

(a) Vajra Prahar
(b) Khanjar
(c) Dharma Guardian
(d) Sampriti

Q47. Who among the following is the head of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI?

(a) Raghuram G. Rajan
(b) Urjit R. Patel
(c) Shaktikant Das
(d) D. Subbarao

Q48. What is the name of Famous social worker, environmentalist, educationist & writer who has passed away recently?

(a) Babar Ali
(b) Tushar Kanjilal
(c) Baba Amte
(d) Jyotiba Phule

Q49. In India, World Leprosy Day is observed on _______ every year.

(a) January 27
(b) January 28
(c) January 29
(d) January 30

Q50. What is the theme of World Leprosy Day 2020?

(a) Ending discrimination, stigma and prejudice
(b) Leprosy isn’t what you think
(c) Zero Disabilities in girls and boys
(d) Renewing commitment for a leprosy free world

Q51. With Reference to TB haarega, Desh Jeetega” Campaign, the target to eradicate Tuberculosis will be achieved by which year?
(a) 2022
(b) 2023
(c) 2025
(d) 2030

Q52. According to Union Budget 2020 the income of Farmers is expected to get doubled in the year?
(a) 2025
(b) 2024
(c) 2022
(d) 2030

Q53. According to Economic Survey of India. GVA at Basic Prices for 2019-20 from ‘Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing’ sector is estimated to grow by—
(a) 2.8%
(b) 2.4%
(c) 2.0%
(d) 1.4%

Q54. According to Union Budget 2020. What is the inflow of FDI from 2014-2019?
(a) 280 billion USD
(b) 285 billion USD
(c) 284 billion USD
(d) 288 billion USD

Q55. What is the level of mechanization in agriculture in India?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 40%
(d) 50%

Q56. How much Budget has been allocated for agriculture and rural development?
(a) 2 lakh crore
(b) 4 lakh crore
(c) 15 lakh crore
(d) 2.83 lakh crore

Q57. Which government Scheme has vaccinated 3.39 crore children and 87.18 lakh pregnant women of 680 districts across the country?
(a) Mission Indradhanush
(b) Ayushmaan Bharat
(c) National Health Mission
(d) Janashree Bima Yojana

Q58. How many Aspirational District will be covered for AYUSHMAAN Treatment?
(a) 111
(b) 112
(c) 113
(d) 150

Q59. The Logistics industry of India Expected to touch by 2020.
(a) US$ 220 billion
(b) US$ 200 billion
(c) US$ 215 billion
(d) US$ 250 billion

Q60. World Health Organization has declared an international emergency over the novel _______ from China.
(a) Cerebrovascular
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Coronavirus
(d) Diarrheal

Q61. How much funds have been Allocated to nutrition-related programmes for FY 2020-21?
(a) 35600 crore
(b) 30000 crore
(c) 20000 crore
(d) 25000 crore

Q62. What is the name of Social activist, feminist writer and journalist who has passed away recently?
(a) T. P. Radhamani
(b) K B Siddaiah
(c) Viju Khote
(d) Vidya Bal

Q63. The AN-32 aircraft of Indian Air Force powered with 10% blend of bio-jet fuel took off and landed successfully in __________.
(a) Jolly Grant Airport
(b) Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
(c) Jammu Airport
(d) Jubbarhatti Airport

Q64. _________ Flame-Throated Bulbul, has been unveiled as the official mascot for the Goa 2020 National Games in Panaji, Goa.
(a) Hugo
(b) Bango
(c) Burnie
(d) Rubigula

Q65. What is the rank of India in World Bank Ease of Doing Business 2020?
(a) 63
(b) 69
(c) 55
(d) 22

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