Current Affairs English -15th January to 21st January -2020
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Question 1 |
Which Indian monument has found place in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s, ‘8 Wonders of SCO’ list?
Taj Mahal | |
Statue of Unity | |
Brihadeeswarar Temple | |
Ajanta Caves |
Question 2 |
Who has recently been appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar | |
AP Maheshwari | |
Vijay Kumar | |
Arvind Kumar |
Question 3 |
Which famous international money transfer company recently partnered with Ebixcash to expand its presence in Indian market?
PayPal | |
MoneyGram | |
Western Union | |
Transfer Wise |
Question 4 |
Which is the first Indian airport to get Disabled Aircraft Recovery Equipment (DARE)?
Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai | |
Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi | |
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru | |
Cochin International Airport |
Question 5 |
Which company recently announced to offer guidance to 15 tech start-up companies from 5 Indian states?
Google | |
Flipkart | |
Amazon | |
Microsoft |
Question 6 |
On which date, ‘Armed Forces Veterans Day’ celebrated across India?
January 10 | |
January 12 | |
January 13 | |
January 14 |
Question 7 |
Who has recently been appointed as the fourth Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
U K Sinha | |
Ajay Tyagi | |
Michael Patra | |
Krishnamurthy |
Question 8 |
The Vice President of India is to inaugurate the Centre of Excellence for studies of which Indian language, in Nellore?
Tamil | |
Telugu | |
Kannada | |
Malayalam |
Question 9 |
The communication satellite of ISRO, GSAT-30 is scheduled to launch aboard which vehicle?
PSLV C–44 | |
PSLV C–46 | |
PSLV C–47 | |
Ariane–5 |
Question 10 |
When is the Army Day celebrated across India, every year?
January 13 | |
January 14 | |
January 14 | |
January 16 |
Question 11 |
Which bank has recently signed an MoU with South – Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways, for doorstep collection of earnings from the railway stations?
Punjab National Bank | |
Bank of Baroda | |
State Bank of India | |
Bank of India |
Question 12 |
India recently provided nearly 1 lakh academic text books to which country, to assist its development in higher education and research?
Madagascar | |
Malawi | |
Mozambique | |
Zimbabwe |
Question 13 |
Which cricketer won the ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’ for ‘Player of the Year’, presented by the International Cricket Council (ICC)?
Virat Kohli | |
Ben Stokes | |
Kane Williamson | |
Rohit Sharma |
Question 14 |
Which company has recently announced to invest $1 billion to digitise Small and Medium Businesses in India?
Google | |
Amazon | |
Microsoft | |
IBM |
Question 15 |
Which global tele–communication company’s arm has recently launched a new privacy-focused search engine called ‘OneSearch’?
AT&T | |
Verizon | |
Vodafone | |
China Mobile |
Question 16 |
Eminent filmmaker and director Manmohan Mohapatra, who recently passed away, was from which state?
Andhra Pradesh | |
Karnataka | |
Odisha | |
West Bengal |
Question 17 |
The District administration of which state has won the Swachhata Darpan Award for adopting innovative methods in plastic waste management?
Telangana | |
Kerala | |
Odisha | |
Gujarat |
Question 18 |
The ‘Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD)’ recently launched at the road safety stakeholders’ meet, was developed by which institution?
Indian Institute of Technology – Madras | |
Indian Institute of Science | |
Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur | |
Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur |
Question 19 |
According to the recent study conducted by the Swiss bank Julius Baer, which is the most expensive city of the world for luxury goods?
Mumbai | |
Hong Kong | |
New York | |
Singapore |
Question 20 |
The ‘National Highway Excellence Awards’, which was recently presented by the Union Road, Transport and Highway Minister, was instituted in which year?
2016 | |
2017 | |
2018 | |
2019 |
Question 21 |
The country’s first–of–its–kind exhibition on ‘Indian Heritage in Digital Space’ was inaugurated in which city?
Varanasi | |
Puri | |
Delhi | |
Jaipur |
Question 22 |
The 7th Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (India Region) was organised in which city?
Delhi | |
Mumbai | |
Lucknow | |
Ahmedabad |
Question 23 |
How many Indian astronauts have been selected for India’s first human space mission?
Two | |
Three | |
Four | |
Five |
Question 24 |
Which technology company has recently launched the new version of its ‘Edge Chromium’ browser for both Mac and Windows platforms?
Google | |
Microsoft | |
Mozilla | |
Apple |
Question 25 |
The entire government of which country resigned recently after the constitutional amendments announced by its President?
China | |
France | |
Russia | |
Germany |
Question 26 |
Which major tech–company recently announced that it has planned to cut more than half of carbon emissions across its supply chain, by 2030?
Google | |
Microsoft | |
Infosys | |
IBM |
Question 27 |
Recently, the toll-free number ‘8884333331’ for Missed Call Alert facility of users, was launched for which application?
FASTags | |
BHIM | |
UMANG | |
NPS |
Question 28 |
The second Tejas Express, which was recently flagged off, connects Mumbai with which city?
Pune | |
Hyderabad | |
Ahmedabad | |
Nagpur |
Question 29 |
The ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects report’ is released by which organisation?
World Bank | |
United Nations (UN) | |
International Monetary Fund (IMF) | |
Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
Question 30 |
The first edition of “Krishi Manthan” summit is being held in which state?
Assam | |
Tamil Nadu | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Gujarat |
Question 31 |
The Government of India and the Government of Assam has signed a Loan Agreement with which International Financial Organisation, to modernise Assam’s Passenger Ferry Sector?
Asian Development Bank | |
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank | |
World Bank | |
New Development Bank |
Question 32 |
Which Indian satellite has been recently launched from French Guiana?
RISAT – 2B | |
GSAT – 30 | |
GSAT – 7A | |
IRNSS – 1H |
Question 33 |
Which country is to offer e–Visa facility to Indian Tourists?
Canada | |
South Africa | |
Kenya | |
Ireland |
Question 34 |
The 6.5 km long Z–Morh tunnel, which was seen in news recently, is to be constructed in which state / UT?
Himachal Pradesh | |
Sikkim | |
Jammu and Kashmir | |
Assam |
Question 35 |
The passengers returning from which country are to be screened for novel Corona virus (nCov), in selected Indian airports?
Japan | |
Thailand | |
China | |
Indonesia |
Question 36 |
How is the ‘Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP)’, the scheme of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, recently renamed?
National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) | |
National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP) | |
National Tuberculosis Removal Programme (NTRP) | |
National Tuberculosis Abolition Programme (NTAP) |
Question 37 |
Bapu Nadkarni, who recently passed away, belonged to which field?
Politics | |
Literature | |
Sports | |
Arts |
Question 38 |
Which famous international company is to release its original film named ‘The Banker’?
Amazon | |
Apple | |
Netflix | |
HBO |
Question 39 |
The birth rate of which country fell to the lowest, since the founding of the country seven decades ago?
India | |
China | |
United States of America | |
Brazil |
Question 40 |
Which Indian wrestler won the Gold medal at the Rome Ranking Series 2020 event, held recently?
Geeta Phogat | |
Babita Phogat | |
Vinesh Phogat | |
Sakshi Malik |
Question 41 |
Which famous International Tennis tournament is held in the month of January, every year?
US Open | |
Australian Open | |
French Open | |
Wimbledon |
Question 42 |
Which state recently organized the world’s longest awareness human – chain for more than 18000 km?
Uttar Pradesh | |
Bihar | |
Odisha | |
West Bengal |
Question 43 |
Which Indian city has been adjudged as the ‘World’s most dynamic city’, as per the JLL City Momentum Index, 2020?
Mumbai | |
Bengaluru | |
Kolkata | |
Hyderabad |
Question 44 |
Which country recently test–fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, named ‘K–4’, which can be launched from submarine?
China | |
Russia | |
India | |
Israel |
Question 45 |
Recently, 146 Irrawady dolphins were recently spotted in Chilika Lake. Where is the Chilka Lake situated?
Himachal Pradesh | |
Odisha | |
Jammu & Kashmir | |
Uttarakhand |
Question 46 |
Which state is to set up a committee to suggest measures to improve forest tourism?
Madhya Pradesh | |
Maharashtra | |
Karnataka | |
Kerala |
Question 47 |
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah is to launch POL NET 2.0 platform. What is POLNET 2.0 associated with?
Political campaign | |
Political Network Service | |
Police Network Service | |
Police complaint registration |
Question 48 |
What is the name of the exhibition of the Indian electrical industry, recently inaugurated by the Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises?
ELECASE | |
ELECRAMA | |
ELECTRON | |
ELECTRIC 2.0 |
Question 49 |
Name the female actor who won the ‘Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a motion picture’ award in the Screen Actors Guild Awards?
Renée Zellweger | |
Jennifer Aniston | |
Olivia Colman | |
Elisabeth Moss |
Question 50 |
Which state cabinet has recently approved the proposal for creating three capitals for the state?
Maharashtra | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Madhya Pradesh | |
Uttar Pradesh |
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