Current Affairs – Jan – 2020
Current Affairs – Jan – 2020
1. The merger of which three banks will create the business volume of Rs. 18 Lakh Crore?
A. SBI, HDFC & Union Bank of India
B. Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India & Oriental Bank of Commerce
C. J&K Bank, Canara Bank & ICICI Bank
D. Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank & Union Bank of India
E. HDFC, ICICI Bank & SBI
Ans: Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India & Oriental Bank of Commerce
2. RBI launched which tool to capture the extent of digitization of payments in India?
A. Digital Payment Index
B. Online Price Index
C. Residential Property Price Index
D. Sensitive Index
E. Payment Control Index
Ans: Digital Payment Index
3. Which state is planning to have a digital vault to store documents?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. New Delhi
C. Bihar
D. Rajasthan
E. Tamil Nadu
Ans: Tamil Nadu
4. After achieving the feat of ‘Billion Transactions in a Month’, which new goal is set by India in the Digital India campaign?
A. Trillion Transaction in a Month
B. Billion Transaction in a Day
C. Billion Transactions in a Week
D. Million Transaction in an Hour
E. Million Transaction in a Minute
Ans: Billion Transaction in a Day
5. Which tool is being implemented by the RBI to accelerate the clearance of cheques?
A. Cheque Clearance System (CCS)
B. Cheque Regulatory System (CRS)
C. Cheque Truncation System (CTS)
D. Cheque Disposal System (CDS)
E. Cheque Approval System (CAS)
Ans: Cheque Truncation System (CTS)
6. How many approximate cases of online fraud have been registered in 2017-18 as per the National Crime Records Bureau?
A. 8000
B. 10,000
C. 4000
D. 10,000
E. 6900
Ans: 6900
7. How much money did the IDBI Bank raise through the Basel III Compliant Tier 2 Bonds?
A. Rs. 745 crores
B. Rs. 754 crores
C. Rs. 9000 crores
D. Rs. 4557 crores
E. Rs. 4743 crores
Ans: Rs. 4743 crores
8. What was the unemployment rate of India for the year 2017-18 according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey?
A. 8.1%
B. 6.1%
C. 11%
D. 7.4%
E. 9.2%
Ans: 6.1%
9. What is the name of the gene diversity project ?
A. Genome India Project
B. Gene India Project
C. Gene Diversity Project
D. Gene Diversity Pool Project
E. Genome Diversity Project
Ans: Genome India Project
10. Who was recently appointed as the new Chief Digital Officer of the HDFC Bank?
A. Chanda Kochar
B. Indra Nooyi
C. Nitin Chugh
D. Anjani Rathor
E. Aditya Puri
Ans: Anjani Rathor
11. Which one Bank is not one of the three Banks that will be merged to form the third largest Bank in India
a.Vijaya Bank
b. Bank of Baroda
c. Indian Bank
d. Dena Bank
Ans: Indian Bank
12. Who becomes the first person to declare as a fugitive economic offender under the new Fugitive Economic Offenders Act
a. Vijay Mallya
b. Nirav Modi
c. Lalit Modi
d. Mehul Choksi
Ans: Vijay Mallya
13. India’s first National Film Museum opens in
a. Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Chennai
d. Pune
Ans: Mumbai
14. Which city included Hindi as the third official language to be used in its courts
a. Doha
b. Abu Dhabi
c. Singapore
d. Kuala Lumpur
Ans: Abu Dhabi
15.When Indian Space Research Organisation was founded?
A.15 August 1969
B.15 August 1970
C.15 May 1970
D.15 June 1970
Ans: 15 August 1969
16.When was Election Commission of India formed?
A.25 January 1951
B.25 January 1950
C.26 January 1952
D.26 January 1953
Ans: 25 January 1950
17.How many events are there in the 2020 National Games of India?
A.28
B.30
C.29
D.32
Ans: 30
18.Union Govt aims to achieve objective of Housing for All by ________under PMAY-G
A.2021
B.2022
C.2023
D.2024
Ans: 2022
19.What is the largest city of Africa?
A.Durban
B.Lagos
C.Nairobi
D.Pretoria
Ans: Lagos
20.Make in India a type of Swadeshi movement covering _____sectors of the Indian economy,
A.26
B.25
C.27
D.28
Ans: 25
21.Telangana govt to soon begin testing of Novel CoronaVirus in ____________
A.Hyderabad
B.Secunderabad
C.Warangal
D.Karimnagar
Ans: Hyderabad
22.When Indian Coast Guard was founded?
A.19 May 1978
B.18 August 1978
C.19 June 1978
D.19 July 1978
Ans: 18 August 1978
23.Which state government planned to set up testing of Novel CoronaVirus?
A.Bihar
B.Telangana
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.TamilNadu
Ans: Telangana
24.When Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority was founded?
A.1986
B.1987
C.1988
D.1989
Ans: 1986
25.When Make in India was launched?
A.2013
B.2014
C.2015
D.2016
Ans: 2014
26.Defense Ministers of nearly __________countries confirmed their participation for the DefExpo20
A.40
B.42
C.44
D.46
Ans: 40
27.When Defence Exhibition Organisation was formed?
A.1982
B.1981
C.1983
D.1984
Ans: 1981
28.Who inaugurated Surajkund crafts fair?
A.Shri Rajesh kumar
B.Shri Suresh Kumar
C.Shri Ram Nath Kovind
D.Shri Prakash Javedakar
Ans: Shri Ram Nath Kovind
29.When Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana was launched?
A.2016
B.2015
C.2017
D.2018
Ans: 2015
30.Goa 2020 National Games unveils ______________as mascot
A.Violent Mind
B.Flotzilla
C.Heartbeast
D.Rubigula
Ans: Rubigula
31.When Indian Air Force was founded?
A.1932
B.1933
C.1934
D.1935
Ans: 1932
32.World’s First Transcatheter Mitral Valve approved in ______________ region
A.Africa
B.Asia
C.Europe
D.South America
Ans: Europe
33.Which space centre launches a low-cost satellite launch vehicles?
A.Satish Dhawan Space Centre
B.Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
C.Western RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre
D.ISTRAC-ISRO Telemetry&Tracking and Command Network
Ans: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
34.Who is appointed as chairman of CBIC ahead of Budget?
A.Vikram Sharma
B.Suresh Kumar
C.M Ajit Kumar
D.Dinesh Gupta
Ans: M Ajit Kumar
35.Who is the newly appointed chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (CCS)?
Ans : Bipin Rawat
36.Which Indian organistion has discovered 30 reels of unedited footage on Mahatma Gandhi?
Ans : The National Film Archive of India (NFAI)
37.What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Tourism Day (WTD)?
Ans : Tourism and Jobs