Current Affairs and GK -FEB -26 – 2020
Current Affairs and GK -FEB -26 – 2020
1.The Consumer Protection Act 2019, which is to come into force from April, 2020, makes provisions related to “class action suits”. This suit can be invoked to__?
a.Sue many producers of same product
b.Recall an entire batch of faulty products
c.Sue entire management team of the producers of faulty products
d.Claim damages for an entire group of consumers of faulty product
Ans: Recall an entire batch of faulty products
2.After initially dropping shooting and archery from Commonwealth Games, 2022, it has been recently decided that these two sports will be included and will be organized and funded in India as a part of Birmingham Commonwealth Games, 2022. What is the venue of these two sports in India?
a.New Delhi
b.Chandigarh
c.Bengaluru
d.Hyderabad
Ans: Chandigarh
3.In which city, India’s Central Vista project, that was recently in news, is coming up?
a.New Delhi
b.Mumbai
c.Hyderabad
d.Bengaluru
Ans: New Delhi
4.Which of the following African countries has been recently listed in the FATF’s grey list?
a.Gabon
b.Algeria
c.Kenya
d.Mauritius
Ans: Mauritius
5.Who heads the IRDAI committee looking into issue of indemnity based health insurance products for life insurance companies?
a.D.Rajkumar
b.Pravin Kumar Purwar
c.Pradosh Kumar Rath
d.MR Kumar
Ans: MR Kumar
6.For the first time, which of the following supranational banks has listed Masala Bonds in the Global Securities Market?
a.World Bank
b.Asian Development Bank
c.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
d.African Development Bank
Ans: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
7.What is the current number of members in the BIMSTEC grouping?
a.5
b.6
c.7
d.8
Ans: 7
8.In which year, the MoU to establish the ‘BIMSTEC grid interconnection’ was signed between the members of BIMSTEC countries?
a.2016
b.2017
c.2018
d.2019
Ans: 2018
9.The proposed Santusht app is for the beneficiaries of which scheme?
a.National Saving Certificate Scheme
b.Employees State Insurance (ESI) Scheme
c.PMKISAN
d.None of Them
Ans: Employees State Insurance (ESI) Scheme
10.Antihydroegn, which was recently in news, is composed of __?
a.Positron and Proton
b.Neutron and Proton
c.Positron and Antiproton
d.Neutrino and Neutron
Ans: Positron and Antiproton
11.Aditya Puri sold ______ of his equity shares of HDFC bank in the open market?
a.14 lakh equity shares
b.20 lakh equity shares
c.12.52 lakh equity sharesd
d.20 lakh equity shares
e.1 lakh equity shares
Ans: 12.52 lakh equity sharesd
12. The customers of which bank will not be able to get Rs. 2,000 notes from March 1?
A. State Bank of India
B. Canara Bank
C. Punjab National Bank
D. Indian Bank
E. Allahabad Bank
Ans: Indian Bank
13. What is the cost of the railway bridge built across River Makru in the Tamenglong district of Manipur?
A. Rs. 283.5 crore
B. Rs. 300.5 crore
C. Rs. 238.5 crore
D. Rs. 500.3 crore
E. Rs. 100.3 crore
Ans: Rs. 283.5 crore
14. What is the amount of funds released for the PM – KISAN scheme so far?
A. Rs. 63,567 crore
B. Rs. 80,000 crore
C. Rs. 57,494 crore
D. Rs. 45,669 crore
E. Rs. 50,850 crore
Ans: Rs. 50,850 crore
15. What is the total cost of constructing the new Army Headquarters in New Delhi?
A. Rs. 1,000 crore
B. Rs. 900 crore
C. Rs. 2,000 crore
D. Rs. 700 crore
E. Rs. 400 crore
Ans: Rs. 700 crore
16. What is the name of the new chatbot launched by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)?
A. ASKME
B. ASKDISHA
C. ASKFORTRAIN
D. ASKFORRIDE
E. ASKROUTE
Ans: ASKDISHA
17. The state of Maharashtra imposed a ban on which type of fish?
A. Trout
B. Salmon
C. Nethili
D. Thai Magur
E. Pomfret
Ans: Thai Magur
18. What is the amount of Adjusted Gross Revenue dues of the telecom companies in India?
A. Rs. 2 lakh crore
B. Rs. 5.89 lakh crore
C. Rs. 3 lakh crore
D. Rs. 9.89 lakh crore
E. Rs. 1.47 lakh crore
Ans: Rs. 1.47 lakh crore
19. The Reserve Bank of India will include ______ in the global indices?
A. Government Bonds
B. Equity Bonds
C. Private Bonds
D. Irredeemable Bonds
E. Redeemable Bonds
Ans: Government Bonds
20. The one year Loan Prime Rate in China dropped to what percentage due to Coronavirus?
A. 4.05%
B. 4.15%
C. 4.75%
D. 4.80%
E. 5.01%
Ans: 4.05%
21.Losar festival is celebrated in which Indian state?
a.Chhattisgarh
b.Himachal Pradesh
c.Punjab
d.Haryana
e.Meghalaya
Ans: Himachal Pradesh
22.The Union Home Ministry has amended the provisions on Arms Act and Arms rules to provide adequate firearms and ammunition to the shooters for their practice. The Arms Act was passed on which year?
a.2000
b.1986
c.1968
d.1959
e.1992
Ans: 1959
23.Name the 1st Indian state/UT which achieved 100% LPG coverage due to implementation of PMUY (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana) scheme?
a.New Delhi
b.Goa
c.Haryana
d.Uttarakhand
e.Himachal Pradesh
Ans: Himachal Pradesh
24.The Union Home Minister Amit Shah hold talks with Maldivian home minister Sheikh Imran Abdulla during his visit to India (Feb 2020). Who is the present president of Maldives?
a.Ashraf Ghani
b.Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
c.Bidhya Devi Bhandari
d.Abdul Hamid
e.Lotay Tshering
Ans: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
25.To which Indian State/UT NABARD has granted 400.64crore under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to boost the infrastructure (Feb 2020)?
a.Jammu & Kashmir
b.Haryana
c.Gujarat
d.Himachal Pradesh
e.Odisha
Ans: Jammu & Kashmir
26.Name the Public sector bank of India which joined hands with Microsoft to train differently abled people for the employment in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector?
a.Indian Bank
b.IDBI Bank Ltd.
c.State Bank of India
d.Corporation Bank
e.IDBI Bank Ltd.
Ans: State Bank of India
27.Mahathir bin Mohamad, who is in the news recently (Feb 2020) belongs to which country?
a.Singapore
b.South Korea
c.Malaysia
d.Thailand
e.Nepal
Ans: Malaysia
28.Abhay Kumar Singh has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The Headquarters of NHPC located at?
a.Kolkata, West Bengal
b.Faridabad, Haryana
c.Gurgaon, Haryana
d.Mumbai, Maharashtra
e.Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Ans: Faridabad, Haryana
29.Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected as the president of ‘Togo’ for the 4th time (in Feb 2020). What is the capital of Togo?
a.Lomé
b.Porto-Novo
c.Bamako
d.Monrovia
e.Conakry
Ans: Lomé
30.Name the person who was awarded with ‘Lifetime Achievement Award” by ICAR- National Research Center for Banana at International Conference on Banana (ICB) 2020?
a.Tenith Adithyaa
b.S. Uma
c.P. Suresh Kumar
d.Dr N Kumar
e.R. Selvarajan
Ans: Dr N Kumar
31.Which among the following Central Armed Police Forces have won the trophy for the best marching contingents at Republic Day Parade 2020 in New Delhi?
a.Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
b.Border Security Force (BSF)
c.Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
d.Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
e.National Security Guard (NSG)
Ans: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
32.Name the Organization, which organized the 3rd edition of Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards (CVA) 2019?
a.National Technical Honor Society
b.All India Council for Technical Education
c.National Board of Accreditation
d.Indian Society for Technical Education
e.Indian Society for Technical Education
Ans: All India Council for Technical Education
33.The International Conference on Banana (ICB) 2020 with the theme ‘Innovations in Sustainable Production and Value Chain Management in Banana’ held at?
a.Nagpur, Maharashtra
b.Cochin, Kerala
c.Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
d.Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
e.Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Ans: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
34.The Name Indian State, which ranked top in the 1st Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payouts performance rating released by central government for 2019-20?
a.Uttarakhand
b.Uttar Pradesh
c.Gujarat
d.Haryana
e.West Bengal
Ans: Haryana
35.As per the report titled “Transforming Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan” released by NITI Aayog, Which Indian state performs better in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) scheme?
a.Madhya Pradesh
b.Odisha
c.Andhra Pradesh
d.Chhattisgarh
e.Punjab
Ans: Andhra Pradesh
36.The Competition Commission of India approves the NTPC to acquire 100% of the issued & paid-up share capital of NEEPCO & 74.5% stake of THDC India under which section of Competition Act, 2002?
a.Section 29(1)
b.Section 30(1)
c.Section 31(1)
d.Section 32(1)
e.Section 33(1)
Ans: Section 33(1)
37.The Archaeology Professor, Anil Kumar Dubey and his team from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has discovered 4,000-year-old crafts villages at which city of Uttar Pradesh?
a.Lucknow
b.Varanasi
c.Meerut
d.Kanpur
e.Agra
Ans: Varanasi
38.Which Indian ministry has launched the application/portal ‘SPICe+’ to simplify and reduce the time for incorporation of companies in India?
a.Ministry of Finance
b.Ministry of Home Affairs
c.Ministry of Corporate Affairs
d.Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
e.Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Ans: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
39.Name the Indian Institute, which developed the ‘Thirumathi Kart’ mobile application for promoting products developed by self-help groups (SHG)?
a.National Institute of Technology, Mizoram
b.National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya
c.National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh
d.National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam
e.National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
Ans: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
40.Name the Indian City which is going to host 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships?
a.Mumbai
b.Chandigarh
c.Bhubaneshwar
d.Chennai
e.New Delhi
Ans: Chandigarh