Current Affairs and General Knowledge – FEB – 28- 2020
Current Affairs and General Knowledge – FEB – 28- 2020
1.Which aircraft carrier launched freighter services to assist shrimp farmers?
a.Alliance Air
b.Indigo
c.SpiceJet
d.Vistara
Ans: SpiceJet
2.Bob Iger, who recently tendered his resignation, was the Chief Executive Officer of which global firm for 15 years?
a.Walt Disney Company
b.Netflix
c.Warner Bros
d.Pixar
Ans: Walt Disney Company
3.As of 2020, what is the Foreign Direct investment (FDI) limit, allowed in insurance intermediaries?
a.0%
b.26%
c.49%
d.100%
Ans: 100%
4.What is the name of the new satellite, scheduled to be launched by the ISRO on March 5, 2020?
a.GISAT-1
b.GISAT-3
c.GISAT-7
d.GISAT-11
Ans: GISAT-1
5.Hosni Mubarak, who recently passed away, was the former President of which country?
a.Greece
b.Egypt
c.France
d.Libya
Ans: Egypt
6.As per the new agreement signed by the Container Corporation of India (Concor) and RZD Logistics JSC (Russian Railways), cargos are to be transported
a.Pakistan
b.Afghanistan
c.Iran
d.Uzbekistan
Ans: Iran
7.Suella Braverman, an Indian-origin minister recently sworn in as the Attorney General of which country?
a.United States
b.United Kingdom
c.New Zealand
d.Finland
Ans: United Kingdom
8.Which country is the first to develop an antibody test to identify the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)?
a.China
b.United States
c.Singapore
d.South Korea
Ans: Singapore
9.As per the recent ‘Hurun Global Rich List 2020’, which country has the highest number of billionaires?
a.United States
b.China
c.Russia
d.India
Ans: China
10.Higher Education Leadership Development Programme for Administrator’ is a programme launched of Union Ministry?
a.Ministry of Corporate Affairs
b.Ministry of Human Resource Development
c.Ministry of Skill Development and Enterpreneurship
d.Ministry of MSME
Ans: Ministry of Human Resource Development
11.The Reserve Bank of India has decided to extend floating rates loans for which enterprise?
A. Large Enterprises
B. Small Enterprises
C. Medium Enterprises
D. Micro Enterprises
E. None of the Above
Ans: Medium Enterprises
12. How many Rs. 2,000 notes were printed in the year 2018 – 19?
A. 3,542.991 million
B. 46.690 million
C. 111.507 million
D. 122.453 million
E. 34.345 million
Ans: 46.690 million
13. What is the name of the Tiger Reserve established in place of Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary?
A. Malai Mahadeshwara Hill Tiger Reserve
B. BRT Tiger Reserve
C. Satyamangalam Reserve
D. Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
E. Jim Corbett National Park
Ans: Malai Mahadeshwara Hill Tiger Reserve
14. How many of Nirav Modi’s assets will be auctioned through live auction?
A. 72
B. 111
C. 120
D. 184
E. 112
Ans: 112
15. Which portal has been launched by Harsimrat Kaur Badal to monitor prices of tomatoes, potatoes, and onions?
A. Market Intelligence and Early Warning System
B. Price Intelligence and Monitoring System
C. Vegetable Price Monitoring System
D. Price Risk Prevention and Monitoring System
E. Price Monitoring and Evaluation System
Ans: Market Intelligence and Early Warning System
16. Which ministry is seeking inclusion in the PM – KISAN scheme?
A. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
B. Ministry of Fisheries
C. Ministry of Food Processing Industries
D. Ministry of Textiles
E. Ministry of Shipping
Ans: Ministry of Fisheries
17. How many billionaires are there in India?
A. 138
B. 799
C. 626
D. 170
E. 290
Ans: 138
18. What are the four Es in the latest ranking of states based on MSMEs by the government?
A. Equity, Ecology, Entity, Ensemble
B. Empire, Employee, Entertainment, Ecology
C. Employee, Entertainment, Equity, Ensemble
D. Employment generation, Enterprise Creation, Exports, Ease of doing business
E. Entertainment, Enterprise Creation, Equity, Entity
Ans: Employment generation, Enterprise Creation, Exports, Ease of doing business
19. The interchange and payment service provider fees for the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) has been revised to what amount by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?
A. INR 2
B. INR 1
C. INR 5
D. INR 10
E. Zero
Ans: Zero
20. Which web portal was launched by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs which will boost Ease of Doing Business in India?
A. MINTe+
B. SUGAr+
C. SWEEt+
D. SOUr+
E. SPICe+
Ans: SPICe+
21.Name the Indian Ministry, which is going to organize the 1st Artificial intelligence summit, RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible Artificial intelligence (AI) for Social Empowerment’ between 12-14 February in New Delhi.
a.Ministry of Human Resource Development
b.Ministry of Science and Technology
c.Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
d.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
e.Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ans: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
22.The Union Cabinet has approved the bill to give Institute of National Importance (INI) status to which of the following institutions?
a.National Institutes of Food Technology at Kundli, Haryana
b.National Institutes of Food Technology at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
c.National Institutes of Food Technology at Indore, Madhya Pradesh
d.Both 1) and 2)
e.Both 2) and 3)
Ans: Both 1) and 2)
23.The Union Cabinet has approved the National Technical Textiles Mission at the cost of Rs. ______ to lead India in the manufacture of technical fabrics used in specific fields like medical, military.
a.750 Crore
b.890 Crore
c.1,160 Crore
d.1,480 Crore
e.2,140 Crore
Ans: 1,480 Crore
24.The Union Cabinet gave approval for the exemption of India Ports Global Ltd (IPGL) from the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) guidelines for the smooth execution of Chabahar project. The Chabahar is a port in which of the following country?
a.Iraq
b.Iran
c.Afghanistan
d.UAE
e.Uzbekistan
Ans: Iran
25.Which is the 1st Government entity to adopt centralised invoicing platform, TreDS to help smaller MSME vendors to access working capital easily?
a.Ordnance Factory Board
b.Prasar Bharti
c.National Housing Bank
d.Integral Coach Factory
e.All India Radio
Ans: Ordnance Factory Board
26.Find the Indian state, which tops the list of number of outgoing patients for treatment under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) based on the analysis of National Health Authority (NHA).
a.Gujarat
b.Madhya Pradesh
c.Telangana
d.West Bengal
e.Uttar Pradesh
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
27.During the 43rd session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Sri Lankan Government withdraws from UNHRC’s resolution on war crimes. The Headquarters of UNHRC located at which of the following Country?
a.Vienna, Austria
b.Shanghai, China
c.Brussels, Belgium
d.Paris, France
e.Geneva, Switzerland
Ans: Geneva, Switzerland
28.Name the company, which is the 1st non-life insurance company in India to use WhatsApp Chabot for services like delivery policy & renewal documents?
a.Apollo Munich Health Insurance
b.Bharti AXA General Insurance
c.Edelweiss General Insurance
d.DHFL General Insurance
e.Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Ans: Bharti AXA General Insurance
29.The Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar has launched ‘Baroda Startup Banking’ service to make Bank of Baroda (BoB) preferred partner for Start-up companies. Who is the present Chairman of BoB?
a.Hasmukh Adhia
b.T. N. Manoharan
c.Rajnish Kumar
d.S. Muhnot
e.Pratap Sharma
Ans: Hasmukh Adhia
30.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ordered to link all their new floating rate loans to medium enterprises with an external benchmark effective from __________.
a.March 31, 2020
b.anuary 1, 2021
c.July 1, 2020
d.April 1, 2020
e.June 30, 2020
Ans: April 1, 2020
31.The RBI has released a working paper titled “Nowcasting Indian GDP growth using a Dynamic Factor Model” which derived a new method to calculate India’s growth (GDP) using ____ indicators.
a.10
b.15
c.12
d.7
e.18
Ans: 12
32.The Government of India (GoI) decided to include non-scheduled urban & District cooperative banks under which scheme to make easy access to finance for MSME sector.
a.Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro & Small Enterprises (CGTMSE)
b.Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS)
c.Interest subvention scheme
d.only 1) and 2)
e.All the 1), 2) and 3)
Ans: All the 1), 2) and 3)
33.Name the Public Sector Bank which displayed Shishu e-Mudra app (providing instant sanction of working capital up to Rs. 50,000 to existing small business customers) at an event in New Delhi.
a.State Bank of India
b.Bank of Baroda
c.Bank of Maharashtra
d.Canara Bank
e.Indian Bank
Ans: State Bank of India
34.As per PSB Ease reform report Annual Report 2019-20 the Gross Non-Performing Assets (G-NPA) reduced from Rs. 8.96 lakh crore in March 2018 to Rs. _______lakh crore in December 2019.
a.6.25
b.9.98
c.4.65
d.7.17
e.7.87
Ans: 7.17
35.Name the Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC), which launched an SME (Small and medium-sized enterprises) lending product “UDAAN” for women entrepreneurs to provide secured loans upto Rs.40 lakhs.
a.Muthoot Finance Limited
b.Edelweiss Finance & Investments Limited
c.Capri Global Capital Limited
d.Religare Finvest Limited
e.Capital First Limited
Ans: Capri Global Capital Limited
36.The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has amended the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy to allow 100% FDI for insurance Intermediators. The DPIIT comes under which Ministry?
a.Ministry of Labour and Employment
b.Ministry of Corporate Affairs
c.Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
d.Ministry of Commerce and Industry
e.Ministry of Finance
Ans: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
37.Name the Public Sector Company, which signed MoU with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to set up air quality monitoring stations at 6 states & 3 UTs.
a.Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL)
b.Bharat Petroleum
c.National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
d.Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
e.Airports Authority of India (AAI)
Ans: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
38.The Cabinet has approved 3 MoUs (on combating timber trafficking, conservation of tigers & other wildlife, and in the fields of petroleum products and communications) between Indian and which of the Asian country?
a.China
b.Myanmar
c.Bangladesh
d.Thailand
e.Bhutan
Ans: Myanmar
39.Name the person, who has won the Sahitya Akademi’s Translation Prize for 2019 in the n the category of translation into English for the translation of Kannada novel Kusumabale to English?
a.C.T Indra
b.Rita Kothari
c.Pramod K. Nayar
d.Nila Shah
e.Susan Daniel
Ans: Susan Daniel
40.The two Days Conference on Enhancing Energy Cooperation in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) region, held at which of the following country?
a.Kathmandu, Nepal
b.Bangkok, Thailand
c.New Delhi, India
d.Dhaka, Bangladesh
e.Naypyitaw, Myanmar
Ans: Dhaka, Bangladesh