Current Affairs and General Knowledge – FEB -27 – 2020
Current Affairs and General Knowledge – FEB – 27 – 2020
1.As of 2020, the largest cricket stadium of the world is located in which country?
a.Australia
b.India
c.South Africa
d.New Zealand
Ans: India
2.Which country organised a training course on ‘Vessel Search Technique’ for Indian Coast Guard and Customs personnel at Chennai?
a.Japan
b.Australia
c.Oman
d.Qatar
Ans: Australia
3.Which city hosted the four-day ‘International Conference on Banana’ organised by ICAR?
a.Gandhi Nagar
b.Tiruchirappalli
c.Cochin
d.Thiruvananthapuram
Ans: Tiruchirappalli
4.Which Indian PSU is set to acquire the government’s entire stake in THDC India and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO)?
a.NTPC Limited
b.Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
c.Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
d.NHPC Limited
Ans: NTPC Limited
5.‘5G Hackathon’ was recently launched by which Union Ministry/ organisation?
a.NITI Aayog
b.Ministry of Science and Technology
c.Ministry of Communication
d.Ministry of Human Resource and Development
Ans: Ministry of Communication
6.Which is the only Indian company to feature in the Fortune’s ‘Top-20 Big Companies to Work For’ list in 2020?
a.Infosys
b.Tata Consultancy Services
c.Zoho
d.Zomato
Ans: Tata Consultancy Services
7.The two species of birds- ‘Red Throated Thrush and Plumbeous Water Redstart’ were recently found in which state/UT?
a.Arunachal Pradesh
b.Uttarakhand
c.Ladakh
d.Lakshadweep
Ans: Ladakh
8.Which city was the venue of “Microsoft Future Decoded – CEO Summit”?
a.New Delhi
b.Mumbai
c.Chennai
d.Gurugram
Ans: Mumbai
9.Abhay Kumar Singh has been appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of which Indian PSU?
a.NTPC Limited
b.Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
c.NHPC Limited
d.Power Grid corporation of India Limited
Ans: NHPC Limited
10.The First anniversary of the launch of which welfare scheme was observed on February 24?
a.Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)
b.Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
c.Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM)
d.Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan-dhan Yojana
Ans: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
11.What is the name of the software offered by the Global Association of Risk Professionals to prevent online fraud in India?
A. Fraud Risk Detection Software
B. Fraud Risk Management Software
C. Fraud Risk Prevention Software
D. Fraud Risk Reduction Software
E. Fraud Risk Elimination Software
Ans: Fraud Risk Management Software
12. What is the percentage of the year – on – year growth of the microfinance sector?
A. 15.5%
B. 23.5%
C. 26.5%
D. 30%
E. 20%
Ans: 26.5%
13. What is the cost of the 10 million tonnes of high-grade metallurgical coal deal between India and U.S.?
A. 3 Million USD
B. 7 Million USD
C. 1 Billion USD
D. 2 Billion USD
E. 10 Million USD
Ans: 2 Billion USD
14. Who is the current Chairman of Tata Sons?
A. Cyrus Mistry
B. N. Chandrasekaran
C. Pallonji Mistry
D. Ratan Tata
E. JRD Tata
Ans: N. Chandrasekaran
15. What are the new annual charges for the extra-large State Bank of India locker?
A. Rs. 9000
B. Rs. 12000
C. Rs. 2000
D. Rs. 5000
E. Rs. 500
Ans: Rs. 12000
16. The International Monetary Fund reduced the global growth forecast to what percentage?
A. 3.3%
B. 2.9%
C. 1.2%
D. .05%
E. 10%
Ans: 3.3%
17. Who gave the keynote address at the 13th Mint Annual Banking Conclave?
A. Raghuram Rajan
B. Ratan Tata
C. Mukesh Ambani
D. Shaktikanta Das
E. Sunil Bharti
Ans: Shaktikanta Das
18. Which among the following is not an issue of the banks that are dealt by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
A. Formulation of Policies
B. Deciding Interest Rates
C. Key Appointments
D. Inflation Control
E. Resolving Employee Disputes
Ans: Resolving Employee Disputes
19. Which initiative in India fights against undernourishment among women and children?
A. National Food Mission
B. National Nutrition Mission
C. National Food & Water Mission
D. National Nourishment Mission
E. National Nutritious Food Mission
Ans: National Nutrition Mission
20. When is the Central Excise Day observed?
A. 10th May
B. 24th February
C. 21st June
D. 5th May
E. 10th July
Ans: 24th February
21.Name the Indian State, which becomes 1st in the country to launch unified vehicle registration and 2nd to launch unified driving license after Uttar Pradesh.
a.Odisha
b.Madhya Pradesh
c.Punjab
d.Jharkhand
e.Goa
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
22.Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (MoS – Home Ministry) has inaugurated National Cyber Research, Innovation and capacity centre at which Indian city?
a.Pune, Maharashtra
b.Kolkata, West Bengal
c.Hyderabad, Telangana
d.Guwahati, Assam
e.Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Ans: Hyderabad, Telangana
23.Name the 1st National Democratic Alliance (NDA) state which passes resolution against National Register of Citizen (NRC)?
a.Maharashtra
b.Telangana
c.Bihar
d.Andhra Pradesh
e.Tamil Nadu
Ans: Bihar
24.The 16th joint Ministerial commission (JMC) between India and Australia held at which Indian state?
a.Bengaluru
b.Chennai
c.Mumbai
d.Hyderabad
e.New Delhi
Ans: New Delhi
25.The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) organized the 1st ‘National conference on Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience’ (CDRR&R) at which Indian state/UT?
a.Kerala
b.Uttar Pradesh
c.Odisha
d.New Delhi
e.West Bengal
Ans: New Delhi
26.Name the Indian Minister, who launched the “Higher Education Leadership Development Programme for Administrator” a joint venture between UGC (University Grants Commission) and the British Council under the United Kingdom (UK) India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).
a.Ramesh Pokhriyal
b.Amit Shah
c.Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
d.Narendra Singh Tomar
e.Harsh Vardhan
Ans: Ramesh Pokhriyal
27.During the US president Donald Trump’s visit to India (Feb 24-25, 2020), US has finalized the defence deal worth _____ for the sale of six AH-64E Apache Helicopters, and 24 MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters to India.
a.$ 750 million
b.$ 10 Billion
c.$ 1175 million
d.$ 3 Billion
e.$ 7 Billion
Ans: $ 3 Billion
28.What is the Gift presented to US President Donald Trump by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to India (Feb 24-25, 2020)?
a.Statute of Taj Mahal
b.Statue of 3 wise Monkeys
c.Statue of Gandhiji
d.Statue of Red fort
e.Statue of Donald Trump
Ans: Statue of 3 wise Monkeys
29.As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) report titled “Assessment of the progress of digitisation from cash to electronic”, The value of digital payments to GDP increased from 660% in 2014-15 to _____ in 2018-19.
a.752%
b.796%
c.862%
d.698%
e.736%
Ans: 862%
30.As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) report titled “Assessment of the progress of digitisation from cash to electronic”, The notes in circulation (NIC) increased at average rate of ____ between October 2014 and October 2016.
a.22%
b.26%
c.19%
d.14%
e.36%
Ans: 14%
31.As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) report titled “Assessment of the progress of digitisation from cash to electronic”, The CIC (Currency in Circulation) across the country increased at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of _____ over the past 5 years (2014-2015 to 2018-2019).
a.15.2%
b.9.6%
c.10.2%
d.13.2%
e.18.6%
Ans: 10.2%
32.Find the organization, which secured $118 Million through offshore India rupee linked 10-year bonds (Feb 2020).
a.Word Bank (WB)
b.New Development Bank (NDB)
c.Asian Development Bank (ADB)
d.Export–Import Bank (EXIM)
e.State Bank of India (SBI)
Ans: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
33.Name the Private sector bank , which got nod from Reserve Bank of India to open new branches without prior approval (Feb 2020).
a.Lakshmi Vilas Bank
b.Federal Bank
c.Dhanlaxmi Bank
d.City Union Bank
e.Bandhan Bank
Ans: Bandhan Bank
34.Who has been appointed as the new president of multinational finance service company, MasterCard (Feb 2020)?
a.Mark Schwartz
b.Silvio Barzi
c.Michael Miebach
d.Alfred F Kelly
e.Richard Haythornthwaite
Ans: Michael Miebach
35.Jawed Ashraf has been appointed as Next ambassador of India to which of the following Country (Feb 2020)?
a.Fiji
b.Germany
c.Russia
d.United Kingdom
e.France
Ans: France
36.The 3-day international conference on “Ensemble Methods in Modelling and Data Assimilation (EMMDA) 2020” organized by Ministry of Earth sciences’s (MoES) National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) held at which Indian City?
a.Ahmedabad, Gujarat
b.Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
c.Indore, Madhya Pradesh
d.Chennai, Tamil Nadu
e.Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Ans: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
37.Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) formed a 9-members committee to examine the possibility of allowing life insurers offer indemnity based health policies. Who is the Head of the committee?
a.G. Srinivasan
b.M N Sharma
c.Ritesh Kumar
d.S N Bhattacharya
e.A V Girija Kumar
Ans: G. Srinivasan
38.Who Headed the High level committee which submitted the report on implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord of 1985 to Assam Chief Minister (CM) Sarbananda Sonowal (Feb 2020)?
a.Justice Mukul Mudgal
b.Justice Madan Lokur
c.Justice Biplab Kumar Sarma
d.Justice Sanjiv Khanna
e.Justice Vikramajit Sen
Ans: Justice Biplab Kumar Sarma
39.According to IQAir AirVisual’s report titled “2019 World Air Quality Report-Region & City PM2.5 Ranking”, what is the India’s Rank in most polluted country list?
a.7
b.15
c.12
d.5
e.9
Ans: 5
40.According to IQAir AirVisual’s report titled “2019 World Air Quality Report-Region & City PM2.5 Ranking”, which Indian state ranked top in the list of cities with poor air quality in the world?
a.Ghaziabad
b.New Delhi
c.Pune
d.Bengaluru
e.Kolkata
Ans: Ghaziabad