General Knowledge & Current Affairs -2020

General Knowledge & Current Affairs -2020

1. What is the name of winner who recently won the International Gandhi Award for Leprosy (IGAL) in the individual category?
a) Dr. N S Dharamshaktu
b) Yohei Sasakawa
c) Damodar Ganesh Bapat
d) Satya Nadella

Ans: (a) Dr. N S Dharamshaktu

2. Who among the following recently won the IGAL in the institution category?
a) World Health Organization
b) Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation
c) National Leprosy Eradication Trust
d) Leprosy Mission Trust India

Ans: (d) Leprosy Mission Trust India

3. Which country witnessed most number of Coronavirus cases outside China?
a) US
b) Philippines
c) India
d) Japan

Ans: (d) Japan

4. Military forces of which country recently killed Al-Qaeda’s Yemen leader Qasim al-Rimi?
a) Russia
b) US
c) Germany
d) Japan

Ans: (b) US

5. According to the sixth Reserve Bank bi-monthly Monetary Policy 2019-20, how much retail inflation hiked in December 2019?
a) 6.2 percent
b) 7.4 percent
c) 8.6 percent
d) 5.9 percent

Ans: (b) 7.4 percent

6. What is the name of winner of ‘Kishore Kumar Samman’ recently conferred by Madhya Pradesh Government?
a) Waheeda Rehman
b) Hema Malini
c) Asha Parekh
d) Jaya Prada

Ans: (a) Waheeda Rehman

7. Kindly choose the correct movie name of recently died hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.
a) Spartacus
b) The Vikings
c) The American President
d) The Bad and the Beautiful

Ans: (c) The American President

8. Which year has been set as the target for installing 100 GigaWatt solar power by Government of India?
a) March 2023
b) December 2022
c) December 2021
d) October 2021

Ans: (b) December 2022

9. How much donation World Health Organisation called to fight novel coronavirus?
a) USD 675m
b) USD 785m
c) USD 950m
d) USD 730m

Ans: (a) USD 675m

10. Indian and Russian companies signed how many MoUs at DefExpo 2020?
a) 12
b) 10
c) 9
d) 11

Ans: (d) 11

11) Which country has fined Facebook for $1.6 million for improperly sharing user data?

A. United States
B. France
C. Spain
D. Brazil

Ans: (D) Brazil

12) Which state was ranked first in the Sustainable Development Goals Index 2019-20?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Telangana

Ans: (B) Kerala

13) The Olympic Association (IOA) of which country has withdrawn its threat to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham over Shooting’s exclusion?

A. India
B. Australia
C. Japan
D. Scotland

Ans: (A) India

14) Which state is celebrating the 11-day long ‘Dhanu Jatra’?

A. Karnataka
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Himachal Pradesh

Ans: (C) Odisha

15) Who has been given the “additional” charge to head Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?

A. R R Bhatnagar
B. S S Deswal
C. Rajesh Ranjan
D. V K Johri

Ans: (B) S S Deswal

16) The 3rd edition Khelo India Youth Games will be held in January 2020 in which city?

A. Imphal
B. Kohima
C. Guwahati
D. Itanagar

Ans: (C) Guwahati

17) Which of the following state governments has launched the Abinandan scheme?

A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Assam

Ans: (D) Assam

18) The Union Home Minister Amit Shah has laid the foundation stone for India’s first transit-oriented development (TOD) project in which city?

A. Mumbai
B. New Delhi
C. Raipur
D. Jaipur

Ans: (B) New Delhi

19) The Government of India has launched the “Central Equipment Identify Register” portal to trace what?

A. Lost Mobiles
B. Lost Vehicles
C. Missing Children
D. Criminals

Ans: (A) Lost Mobiles

20) The Road Transport Corporation of which state has launched a dedicated women helpline, ‘Damini‘?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Rajasthan

Ans: (B) Uttar Pradesh

21) Indian Railways has introduced a New Passenger Information System at which railway station?

A. Dudhsagar Railway station
B. Char Bagh Railway station
C. Howrah Station Railway station
D. Anakapalle Railway station

Ans: (D) Anakapalle Railway station

22) The Finance Ministry will organise the Memorial Lecture on March 20, 2020 to pay tribute to whom?

A. Sushma Swaraj
B. Arun Jaitley
C. APJ Abdul Kalam
D. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ans: (B) Arun Jaitley

23) In order to track the implementation of the Rs 69,000 crore revival plan for BSNL and MTNL, a ______ member Group of Ministers (GoM) has been constituted?

A. Eight
B. Ten
C. Seven
D. Five

Ans: (C) Seven

24) Ministry of External Aairs has included which country in the Indian Ocean Region Division?

A. Madagascar
B. Mozambique
C. Comoros
D. A&B
E. A&C
F. A,B&C

Ans: (E) A&C

25) Which country has ocially announced to drop the nickname ‘Holland’ from January 2020?

A. Norway
B. Netherlands
C. Denmark
D. Belgium

Ans: (B) Netherlands

26) Abdelaziz Djerad has been appointed the new Prime Minister of which country?

A. Turkey
B. Tunisia
C. Libya
D. Algeria

Ans: (D) Algeria

27) Who has sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

A. Ajit Pawar
B. Dilip Walse Patil
C. Dhananjay Munde
D. Ashok Chavan

Ans: (A) Ajit Pawar

28) Who has been selected for the 2019 Harivarasanam award?

A. Gangai Amaran
B. Krishnan Nair
C. Ilaiyaraja
D. Pulapaka Suseela

Ans: (C) Ilaiyaraja

29) Kushal Punjabi, who passed away recently, was related to which field?

A. Acting
B. Singing
C. Journalism
D. Athlete

Ans: (A) Acting

30) Gorella Pendra Marwahi district is the 28th district of which state?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Jharkhand
C. Bihar
D. Chhattisgarh

Ans: (D) Chhattisgarh

31. Which of the following country has introduced the feed-in tariff system that will boost investments in the renewable energy sector?

(A) India
(B) Indonesia
(C) China
(D) Pakistan
(E) Bangladesh

Ans: (B) Indonesia

32. Which company will replace Yes Bank in the 50 share pack of the Nifty 50?

(A) HPCL
(B) Indiabulls Housing Finance
(C) Britannia
(D) Dabur
(E) Canara Bank

Ans: (D) Dabur

33. The government has allotted INR ________ crores for the Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project.

(A) 4000 crores
(B) 4900 crores
(C) 5300 crores
(D) 5200 crores
(E) 5600 crores

Ans: (E) 5600 crores

34. Which Indian Company has recently entered the elite club of Rs. 3 trillion market capitalization?

(A) Amul
(B) Wipro
(C) Patanjali
(D) Canara Bank
(E) Bharti Airtel

Ans: (E) Bharti Airtel

35. The central government has approved Alliance Air to start flight operations between India and which country, by waiving 20-aircraft rule?

(A) Pakistan
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Nepal
(E) Thailand

Ans: (C) Sri Lanka

36. A new Children’s protection fund has been launched by Britain’s Prince Charles by which Asian country?

(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Bangladesh
(E) China

Ans: (A) India

37. According to the SASE report, the Himalayas have got ______ more snowfall this year than usual ?

(A) 2.6 %
(B) 30 %
(C) 25 %
(D) 20 %
(E) 5.3 %

Ans: (E) 5.3 %

38. The Aero and Defence Park will be developed in which Indian city?

(A) Mumbai
(B) Jaipur
(C) Jhansi
(D) Bangalore
(E) New Delhi

Ans: (C) Jhansi

39. What are the current lending rates prescribed by RBI to commercial banks?

(A) 5.35 percent
(B) 5.10 percent
(C) 5.23 percent
(D) 5.15 percent
(E) 5.20 percent

Ans: (D) 5.15 percent

40. Which digital payment company has rolled out an all-in-one payment device?

(A) RuPay
(B) Freecharge
(C) Paytm
(D) Google Pay
(E) Amazon Pay

Ans: (C) Paytm