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Q1. As, per the 2011 census, which Union Territory had the highest Scheduled Tribe (ST) distribution in India?
A. Goa
B. Puducherry
C. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
D. Lakshadweep
Answer: D
Q2. Maharashtra has announced that it is to pay for plastic bags buyback?
A. Rs.5 per kg
B. Rs.10 per kg
C. Rs.12 per kg
D. Rs.15 per kg
Answer: D
Q3. As, per the 2011 census, which State had the highest Scheduled Tribe (ST) distribution in India?
A. Assam
B. Mizoram
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Odisha
Answer: B
Q4. NITI Aayog has selected _________ for the first pilot project among all States and UTs on Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG).
A. Goa
B. J&K
C. Delhi
D. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: B
Q5. Union Cabinet approved the amendment of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands Land Revenue and Tenancy Regulation, ________. The amendment will confer occupancy rights to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population in the union territory (UT).
A. 1958
B. 1965
C. 1972
D. 1977
Answer: B
Q6. Which State has announced that it will become single-use plastic-free by 1 May 2020?
A. Maharashtra
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Bihar
D. Telangana
Answer: A
Q7. Which is the capital of Lakshadweep?
A. Kadmat
B. Agatti
C. Kalpenni
D. Kavaratti
Answer: D
Q8. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) was created by _______.
A. Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)
B. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
C. Institute of Agriculture and Farming (IAF)
D. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
Answer: A
Q9. Who is the 4th Prime Minister of India?
A. Gulzarilal Nanda
B. Morarji Desai
C. Lal Bahadur Shastri
D. Indira Gandhi
Answer: B
Q10. Where was the first Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) was established?
A. Puducherry
B. Goa
C. Mangalore
D. Ahmedabad
Answer: A
Q11. When is the birth anniversary of former PM Morarji Desai celebrated?
A. 20 February
B. 29 February
C. 1 March
D. 5 March
Answer: B
Q12. When was the first Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) was established?
A. 1965
B. 1974
C. 1980
D. 1988
Answer: B
Q13. Government of India paid tribute to former PM Morarji Desai on his ______ birth anniversary in the year 2020.
A. 113rd
B. 124th
C. 130th
D. 127th
Answer: B
Q14. What is the estimated investment of the 32 projects that were sanctioned under the 'Unit' scheme of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)?
A. Rs.208 crore
B. Rs.406 crore
C. Rs.312 crore
D. Rs.100 crore
Answer: B
Q15. Where was the National Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Conference 2020 held?
A. New Delhi
B. Thiruvananthapuram
C. Hyderabad
D. Jaipur
Answer: A
Q16. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) will be established under the ________.
A. Consumer Protection Act, 2004
B. Consumer Protection Act, 2008
C. Consumer Protection Act, 2012
D. Consumer Protection Act, 2019
Answer: D
Q17. When did Sri Lanka pass the resolution for the UN resolution on post-war accountability and reconciliation?
A. 2004
B. 2008
C. 2011
D. 2015
Answer: D
Q18. Ministry of Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan announced that the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) will be set up by ______.
A. 2020
B. 2021
C. 2022
D. 2024
Answer: A
Q19. Which country formally announced the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that it was withdrawing from the UN resolution on post-war accountability and reconciliation?
A. India
B. Iran
C. Pakistan
D. Sri Lanka
Answer: D
Q20. Where will the next JWG on Counter-Terrorism meeting be held?
A. Australia
B. India
C. Sweden
D. France
Answer: D
Q21. Which Air Craft has recently launched freighter services to help shrimp farmers?
A. Vistara
B. Spice Jet
C. IndiGo
D. Alliance Air
Answer: B
Q22. Bob Iger recently offered his resignation from the post of CEO of which of the following international companies?
A. Netflix
B. Walt Disney Company
C. Warner Bros
D. Pixar
Answer: B
Q23. What is the exact Foreign Direct Investment limit allowed in the insurance intermediaries for 2020?
A. 0%
B. 26%
C. 49%
D. 100%
Answer: D
Q24. ISRO has announced to launch a new satellite ______ on March 5, 2020.
A. GISAT – 1
B. GISAT – 3
C. GISAT – 7
D. GISAT – 11
Answer: A
Q25. Hosni Mubarak was the former president of which of the following countries?
A. Egypt
B. Greece
C. France
D. Libya
Answer: A
Q26. According to the new agreement between the Container Corporation of India and RZD Logistics JSC, the new cargos will be transported to ______.
A. Pakistan
B. Iran
C. Afghanistan
D. Uzbekistan
Answer: B
Q27. Suella Braverman has become the Indian-origin Attorney General of which of the following countries?
A. United States
B. Finland
C. New Zealand
D. United Kingdom
Answer: D
Q28. Which of the following country recently developed an antibody test to identify COVID-19?
A. China
B. South Korea
C. Singapore
D. USA
Answer: C
Q29. Which country has the highest number of billionaires according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2020?
A. China
B. USA
C. Russia
D. United Kingdom
Answer: A
Q30. Which Union Ministry has launched the ‘Higher Education Leadership Development Programme for Administrator’?
A. Ministry of MSME
B. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
C. Ministry of Human Resource Development
D. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Answer: C
Q1. What is the exact date for Rajya Sabha’s Biennial Elections, 2020?
A. 26th March 2020
B. 9th April 2020
C. 25th April 2020
D. 29th February 2020
Answer: A
Q2. The largest cricket stadium of the world is situated in which of the following countries?
A. Australia
B. India
C. South Africa
D. New Zealand
Answer: B
Q3. Which country has recently initiated a training course on ‘Vessel Search Technique’ for Indian Coast Guard and Customs personnel at Chennai?
A. Japan
B. Australia
C. Oman
D. Qatar
Answer: B
Q4. Which of the following city is hosting the cultural fair named ‘Vasantotsa’?
A. Pune
B. Shimla
C. Ahmedabad
D. Gandhi Nagar
Answer: D
Q5. _____ hosted the ‘International Conference on Banana’ organized by ICAR?
A. Gandhi Nagar
B. Tiruchirappalli
C. Cochin
D. Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: B
Q6. Which Indian PSU is about to acquire government’s stake in ‘THDC India’ and ‘North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd’ (NEEPCO)?
A. NTPC Limited
B. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
C. NHPC Limited
D. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
Answer: A
Q7. Which Indian State recently organized a National Integration Camp?
A. Assam
B. Sikkim
C. Tripura
D. Mizoram
Answer: B
Q8. Which Indian organization/ ministry has launched the ‘5G Hackathon’?
A. NITI Aayog
B. Ministry of Science and Technology
C. Ministry of Communication
D. Ministry of Human Resources and Development
Answer: C
Q9. Who has become the new managing director of TransUnion CIBIL Limited?
A. Mohit Suri
B. Ankita Deshwal
C. Sachin Das
D. Rajesh Kumar
Answer: D
Q10. _____ has become the only Indian company, which has been featured in the Fortune’s ‘Top-20 Big Companies to Work For’ list in 2020.
A. Infosys
B. Tata Consultancy Services
C. Zoho
D. Zomato
Answer: B
Q11. Who will become the new CEO of Mastercard?
A. Micheal Miebach
B. Anil Sabharwal
C. Ruth Parot
D. Daniel Alegre
Answer: A
Q12. The Species of ‘Red Throated Thrush and Plumbeous Water Redstart’ were recently found in which of the Indian state/UT?
A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Uttarakhand
C. Ladakh
D. Lakshadweep
Answer: C
Q13. Which Indian city hosted the “Microsoft Future Decoded – CEO Summit”?
A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Chennai
D. Gurugram
Answer: B
Q14. Abhay Kumar Singh has become 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
Answer: C
Q15. Which welfare scheme completed its one year of launch on February 24?
A. PM-KMY
B. PM-KISAN
C. PM-SYM
D. Pradhan Mantri Laghu Man Dhan Yojna
Answer: B
Q16. Who instituted the Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award?
A. My Home India
B. Indian Culture Trust
C. Nature & India
D. Ministry of Tourism
Answer: A
Q17. What is the theme of the 2020 National Science Day?
A. Make in India: S&T driven innovations
B. Women in Science
C. Science for the People and the People for Science
D. Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future
Answer: B
Q18. Swami Vivekananda Smriti Karmayogi Award was conferred for the first time in ________.
A. 1996
B. 2000
C. 2010
D. 2013
Answer: D
Q19. Raman Research Institute is established in ________.
A. Jaipur
B. New Delhi
C. Bengaluru
D. Hyderabad
Answer: C
Q20. Who was awarded the 2020 Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award?
A. Ram Bahadur Rai
B. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
C. Jadav Payeng
D. B. Laltheglina
Answer: C
Q21. Who discovered the scattering of light as it passes through different materials?
A. Jayant Narlikar
B. G.N Ramachandran
C. Subrahmanyam Chandrashekhar
D. Sir C.V. Raman
Answer: D
Q22. When was the IndusInd Bank Limited established?
A. 1994
B. 1998
C. 2000
D. 2005
Answer: A
Q23. When was Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) established?
A. 1991
B. 1996
C. 2000
D. 1985
Answer: C
Q24. Who is appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Induslnd Bank Ltd.?
A. Romesh Sobti
B. S. P. Hinduja
C. Amitabh Chaudhry
D. Sumant Kathpalia
Answer: C
Q25. National Science Day (NSD) commemorate the discovery of ________.
A. Raman Effect
B. Quantum Mechanics
C. Chandrashekhar Limit
D. Ramachandran Plot
Answer: A
Q26. NITI Aayog, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in collaboration with the _______ launched an AI-based Module rolled out for students in Indian schools.
A. Data Security Council of India
B. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
C. Confederation of Indian Industry
D. National Association of Software and Services Companies
Answer: D
Q27. Who is the Ambassador of India to Myanmar?
A. Kumaresh Patel
B. Marciel Singh
C. Saurabh Kumar
D. Krishna Devi
Answer: C
Q28. Who is the Prime Minister of Malaysia?
A. Najib Razak
B. Anwar Ibrahim
C. Mahathir Mohamad
D. Lim Guan Eng
Answer: C
Q29. The Union Cabinet approved to grant the status of National Importance to National Institutes of Food Technology (NIFT) ________.
A. Kundli
B. Thanjavur
C. Kundalahalli
D. A&B
Answer: D
Q30. What is the currency of Malaysia?
A. Malaysian dollar
B. Renminbi
C. Yen
D. Ringgit
Answer: D
A. Kalraj Mishra
B. Arif Mohammad Khan
C. Uddhav Thackeray
D. Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Answer: D
Q2. Who won the Raja Ravi Varma State Award for the year 2020?
A. Prof. J.S. Khanderao
B. Vasudev Kamath
C. Ashutosh Gowariker
D. Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Answer: B
Q3. Who is appointed as the chairman of the advisory council of Mumbai University?
A. Nandan Nilekani
B. Narayana Murthy
C. S. D. Shibulal
D. Ratan Tata
Answer: D
Q4. Who won the Raja Ravi Varma State Award for the year 2019?
A. Raj Thackeray
B. Sharad Pawar
C. Prof. J.S. Khanderao
D. Jivya Soma Mashe
Answer: C
Q5. Industrialist Ratan Tata is appointed as the chairman of the advisory council of Mumbai University under the Maharashtra Public Universities Act ______.
A. 2012
B. 2010
C. 2014
D. 2016
Answer: D
Q6. Five Zonal Councils were set up under ________.
A. States Reorganization Act, 1950
B. States Reorganization Act, 1956
C. States Reorganization Act, 1961
D. States Reorganization Act, 1967
Answer: B
Q7. ________ has agreed to help the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to set up Continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS) across six States and three Union Territories (UTs) in India.
A. GAIL
B. Maharasthra SPCB
C. CIL
D. NTPC Limited
Answer: D
Q8. When was the Zonal Councils set up in India?
A. 1957
B. 1963
C. 1975
D. 1984
Answer: A
Q9. NTPC Limited has agreed to help the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to set up ________ Continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS) across six States and three Union Territories (UTs) in India.
A. 14
B. 18
C. 25
D. 32
Answer: C
Q10. How many Zonal Councils are there in India?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 8
Answer: B
Q11. Where was the International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha Systems of Medicine (ICoSDiTAUS-2020) concluded?
A. Pune
B. Jaipur
C. New Delhi
D. Ahmedabad
Answer: C
Q12. Who is the chairman of the Zonal Councils in India?
A. Home Minister
B. Minister of Family Welfare
C. Minister of Defence
D. Prime Minister
Answer: A
Q13. When did the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) internationally recognize the observation of World NGO Day?
A. 2006
B. 2010
C. 2014
D. 2018
Answer: D
Q14. The 24th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council will be held on 28 February 2020 at _________.
A. Bihar
B. Jharkhand
C. Odisha
D. West Bengal
Answer: C
Q15. When was the observation of World NGO Day founded?
A. 1991
B. 1997
C. 2002
D. 2009
Answer: D
Q16. Xiaomi is to use ISRO's _________ to its smartphones for Navigation?
A. RIseIC technology
B. ImgRad technology
C. NavIC technology
D. IRNSS technology
Answer: C
Q17. Who initiated the observation of World NGO Day?
A. Marcis Liors Skadmanis
B. Nitin Rakesh
C. Bernard Arnault
D. Emmanuel Macron
Answer: A
Q18. Who has partnered with ISRO to use the space agency's navigation technologies to its smartphones?
A. Xiaomi
B. OnePlus
C. Samsung
D. Huawei
Answer: A
Q19. When is the World NGO Day observed?
A. 20 February
B. 27 February
C. 3 March
D. 10 March
Answer: B
Q20. Which country became India's top trading partner as per the Ministry of Commerce?
A. US
B. China
C. Iran
D. Abu Dhabi
Answer: A
Q21. The Consumer Protection Act 2019, that makes provisions related to the ‘class action suits’ will come into force from _____.
A. February 2020
B. March 2020
C. April 2020
D. July 2020
Answer: C
Q22. The Commonwealth Games, 2022 and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, 2020 will be organized in which Indian State?
A. Chandigarh
B. New Delhi
C. Bengaluru
D. Hyderabad
Answer: A
Q23. India’s Central Vista Project, which was recently in news, is coming up in which city?
A. Mumbai
B. New Delhi
C. Chennai
D. Bengaluru
Answer: B
Q24. Which one of these African countries have been listed in FATF’s grey list?
A. Kenya
B. Algeria
C. Gabon
D. Mauritius
Answer: D
Q25. Who is the head of the IRDA Committee that is working on the indemnity based health insurance products for life insurance companies?
A. Pradosh Kumar Rath
B. MR Kumar
C. Raj Kumar
D. Pravin Kumar Purwar
Answer: B
Q26. Which of the following supranational banks has listed ‘Masala Bonds’ in the Global Securities Market?
A. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
B. World Bank
C. Asian Development Bank
D. African Development Bank
Answer: A
Q27. What is the exact number of members in the ‘BIMSTEC Grouping’?
A. 8
B. 7
C. 6
D. 5
Answer: B
Q28. The MoU to establish the ‘BIMSTEC Grid Interconnection’ was signed in which year?
A. 2018
B. 2015
C. 2019
D. 2017
Answer: B
Q29. The Santusht App has been proposed for the beneficiaries of which scheme?
A. Employees State Insurance Scheme (ESI)
B. PMKISAN
C. National Saving Certificates Scheme
D. None of them
Answer: A
Q30. Microsoft has joined which bank to train and offer jobs to differently-abled people?
A. North Eastern Arabian Sea
B. Coastal waters of Kerala
C. Gulf of Mannar and coastal waters of Gopalpur
D. All the above
Answer: D
Q2. GISAT is an earth observation satellite that will be placed in a geosynchronous transfer orbit at _______ altitude.
A. 8,000 km
B. 22,000 km
C. 36,000 km
D. 62,000 km
Answer: C
Q3. When was the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) established?
A. 1968
B. 1975
C. 1986
D. 1999
Answer: D
Q4. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch new-age geo- imaging satellite GISAT-1 from Sriharikota in ________.
A. March
B. April
C. February
D. June
Answer: A
Q5. Who launched Swell Surge Forecast System?
A. IMD
B. National Weather Service
C. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
D. INCOIS
Answer: D
Q6. Odisha has about ________ of bauxite resources in India.
A. 32%
B. 40%
C. 51%
D. 63%
Answer: C
Q7. Who is appointed as India's Ambassador to Nepal?
A. Vinay Mohan Kwatra
B. Ajay Bisaria
C. Sanjiv Ranjan
D. Tsewang Namgyal
Answer: A
Q8. Where is NALCO headquartered?
A. Mumbai
B. Pune
C. Bhubaneswar
D. Guwahati
Answer: C
Q9. Who is appointed as India's next Ambassador to France?
A. Jawed Ashraf
B. Taranjit Singh Sandhu
C. Manika Jain
D. Arindam Bagchi
Answer: A
Q10. Indian government holds _______ equity of NALCO.
A. 49%
B. 51%
C. 52%
D. 60%
Answer: C
Q11. Who is the President of Egypt?
A. Mostafa Madbouly
B. Mohamed Ali
C. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
D. Mohamed Salah
Answer: C
Q12. NALCO functions under ________.
A. Ministry of Finance
B. Ministry of Mines
C. Ministry of Power
D. Ministry of Science and Technology
Answer: B
Q13. Which is the capital of Egypt?
A. Cairo
B. Alexandria
C. Giza
D. Aswan
Answer: A
Q14. When was NALCO incorporated?
A. 1965
B. 1973
C. 1981
D. 1987
Answer: C
Q15. Hosni Mubarak who passed away recently was the former President of ______.
A. UAE
B. Israel
C. Egypt
D. Siberia
Answer: C
Q16. Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi laid the foundation stone of Crusher and Conveyor System at ________ to feed bauxite for the 5th stream of the Alumina Refinery of the company.
A. CIL
B. NPCIL
C. NALCO
D. Hindalco Industries
Answer: A
Q17. Who was invited to address Jatiya Sangsad, a special session of Bangladesh Parliament, on the occasion of the centenary year of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?
A. Former President Pratibha Patil
B. Former President Pranab Mukherjee
C. President Ram Nath Kovind
D. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Answer: B
Q18. Who is the first President of Bharatiya Adim Jati Seval Sangh?
A. Pujya Thakkar Bapa
B. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C. Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Answer: D
Q19. Jatiya Sangsad si the parliament of ________.
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. Pakistan
D. Myanmar
Answer: B
Q20. Who founded the Bharatiya Adim Jati Seval Sangh?
A. Pujya Thakkar Bapa
B. Shyambhai Y Thakar
C. Devkinandan Thakur
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: A
Q21. When was the first census conducted in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary?
A. 2000
B. 2010
C. 2012
D. 2015
Answer: D
Q22. When was the Bharatiya Adim Jati Seval Sangh formed?
A. 1948
B. 1956
C. 1963
D. 1970
Answer: A
Q23. Dolphin has been listed as _______ species on the International Union in the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List.
A. vulnerable
B. endangered
C. critically endangered
D. least concern
Answer: B
Q24. Who organized the All India Tribal Workers Meet?
A. Bharatiya Adim Jati Sevak Sangh
B. Bhartiya Adim Jati Sevak Sangh Vidarbha
C. Bharatiya Aam Aadmi Sangh
D. Bahujan Samaj Vidarbha
Answer: A
Q25. Dolphin, the sea mammal, was included in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act ________.
A. 1967
B. 1972
C. 1985
D. 1991
Answer: B
Q26. Who is the Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development?
A. Sanjay Dhotre
B. Bhavana Gawali
C. Ramesh Pokhriyal
D. Raosaheb Danve
Answer: A
Q27. Where is Bhitarkanika National Park located?
A. Odisha
B. Rajasthan
C. Kerala
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: A
Q28. Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA) organized an exhibition at ________.
A. IIT-Delhi
B. IIT-Madras
C. IIT-Bombay
D. IIT-Ropar
Answer: A
Q29. Where is the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary located?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Maharashtra
C. Rajasthan
D. Odisha
Answer: D
Q30. When was the Center of Excellence for Research in Clean Air (CERCA) established?
Q1. Who was re-elected as Rowing Federation of India president?
A. Rajinder Singh
B. Souvik Ghose
C. Rajpal Singh
D. Rajalaxmi Singh Deo
Answer: D
Q2. Which city to host 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships?
A. Mumbai
B. Pune
C. Chandigarh
D. NewDelhi
Answer: C
Q3. Where is the HQ of Rowing Federation of India?
A. Mumbai
B. Chennai
C. Kolkata
D. Delhi
Answer: A
Q4. Who emerged champion in the 34th Cannes Open in Cannes, France?
A. D Gukesh
B. Harutyun Bargseghyan
C. Steven Loafer
D. MK Sharma
Answer: A
Q5. Which became the first Indian team to qualify for the group stages of the AFC Champions League?
A. FC Mumbai
B. FC Bengaluru
C. FC Chennai
D. FC Goa
Answer: D
Q6. Who clinched a gold medal in the 57 kg men’s at Asian Wrestling Championships?
A. Vladivostok Steven
B. Hikmatullo Vohidov
C. Ravi Kumar Dahiya
D. Bajrang Punia
Answer: C
Q7. Which Company launched an interactive AI Powered ChatBot solution LIDEA for its customers on WhatsApp?
A. BirlaEstates
B. L&T
C. Reliance
D. Infotech Solution
Answer: A
Q8. Recently which Youth Exchange Programme was launched by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan in Jammu and Kashmir?
A. Hindustan Ghumo
B. Bharat Ko Jano
C. Bharat Mata
D. Watan Ko Jano
Answer: D
Q9. Recently in which city Gandhi Peace Centre was inaugurated?
A. Surat
B. Bhubaneswar
C. Dispur
D. NewDelhi
Answer: B
Q10. Recently Mahathir Mohamad announced his resignation.He was the former PM of which country?
A. Malaysia
B. Thailand
C. Singapore
D. Ukraine
Answer: A
Q11. Recently the government launched which application for farmers on the occasion of 1st anniversary of the launch of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)?
A. PM VAYO
B. PM FARM
C. PM MITRA
D. PM KISAN
Answer: D
Q12. In which state, Losar festival was celebrated?
A. Sikkim
B. Manipur
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Nagaland
Answer: C
Q13. Recently which Youth Exchange Programme was launched by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan in Jammu and Kashmir?
A. Hindustan Ghumo
B. Bharat Ko Jano
C. Bharat Mata
D. Watan Ko Jano
Answer: D
Q14. In which state,Herath festival was celebrated?
A. Assam
B. J&K
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Sikkim
Answer: B
Q15. What is the currency of France?
A. Krone
B. Euro
C. Dollar
D. Rupee
Answer: B
Q16. EESL functions under _______.
A. Ministry of Power
B. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
C. Central Electricity Authority of India
D. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Answer: A
Q17. The government formally approved the twenty-second Law Commission of India for a period of _______ years.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer: B
Q18. India's Smart Meter National Programme (SMNP) is operational in _______.
A. Delhi, Bihar
B. Haryana
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. All the above
Answer: D
Q19. The Chairperson of the Law Commission of India is usually _______.
A. retired judge of NGT
B. retired Supreme Court judge
C. retired chief justice of a high court
D. B&C
Answer: D
Q20. Taj Mahal is located on the banks of the river ________.
A. Yamuna
B. Ganga
C. Godavari
D. Tapti
Answer: A
Q21. Who released the progress report on Poshan Abhiyaan (Nutrition Mission)?
A. NITI Aayog
B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C. Indian Council of Medical Research
D. Medical Council of India
Answer: A
Q22. When was the Taj Mahal added to the list of World Heritage Sites?
A. 1965
B. 1973
C. 1978
D. 1983
Answer: D
Q23. NITI Aayog reported ________ payments for maternity benefit scheme credited to the wrong account.
A. 28
B. 35
C. 46
D. 58
Answer: A
Q24. When was the Taj Mahal declared a centrally protected monument of national importance?
A. 1905
B. 1920
C. 1935
D. 1940
Answer: B
Q25. Which Ministry reviewed the progress of the Public and Private institutions which were considered to be given the status of Institutions of Eminence (IoE)?
A. Ministry of External Affairs
B. Minister of Human Resource Development
C. Ministry of Home Affairs
D. Ministry of Education
Answer: B
Q26. Who won the champion of Men's singles at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Hungarian Open 2020?
A. Tomokazu Harimoto
B. Mima Ito
C. Hina Hayata
D. Jun Mizutani
Answer: B
Q27. Who won the champion of Men's singles at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Hungarian Open 2020?
A. Tomokazu Harimoto
B. Mima Ito
C. Benedikt Duda
D. Patrick Franziska
Answer: A
Q28. Where was the Hungarian Open 2020 held?
A. Budapest
B. Miskolc
C. Eger
D. Sopron
Answer: A
Q29. _______ signed MoU to renovate or develop the Ghat at Badrinath and Ghats and Crematoria at Gangotri in Uttarakhand.
A. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
B. State Program Management Group-Uttarakhand (SPMG-UK)
C. Indorama Charitable Trust (ICT)
D. All the above
Answer: D
Q30. What is the estimated cost of the project to renovate or develop the Ghat at Badrinath and Ghats and Crematoria at Gangotri in Uttarakhand?
A. Rs.26.64 crore
B. Rs.184.75 crore
C. Rs.276.84 crore
D. Rs.358.91 crore
Answer: A
A. Amit Shah
B. Rajnath Singh
C. Piyush Goyal
D. Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: D
Q2. Where is Sabarmati Ashram located?
A. Gujarat
B. Bihar
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
Answer: A
Q3. When was ISNV Tarini inducted into the Indian Navy?
A. 2006
B. 2008
C. 2010
D. 2017
Answer: D
Q4. Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) is set to launch _______, an exclusive terminal for processing and storage of agro and pharma products.
A. Export Cold Zone
B. Freeze Export Technology
C. Modernized Export Zone
D. Enhanced Cold Export Technology
Answer: A
Q5. The women researchers who are awarded the "SERB Women Excellence Award" will be supported with a research grant of ______ per annum for a period of 3 years.
A. Rs.2 lakh
B. Rs.3 lakh
C. Rs.5 lakh
D. Rs.7 lakh
Answer: C
Q6. Taliban is a ________ Islamic fundamentalist political movement and military organization in Afghanistan currently waging war within that country.
A. Sunni
B. Khawarij
C. Shiah
D. Sufi
Answer: A
Q7. Who received the SERB Women Excellence Award 2020?
A. Dr. Niti Kumar
B. Dr. Rita Banerjee
C. Dr. Anusha Devi
D. Dr. Keerthi Verma
Answer: A
Q8. When is the first anniversary of the iconic National War Memorial (NWM) observed?
A. 18 February
B. 23 February
C. 25 February
D. 10 February
Answer: C
Q9. Which country agreed to sign a peace deal with the Taliban if the truce holds?
A. Israel
B. US
C. Russia
D. India
Answer: B
Q10. Indian Naval Sailing Vessels (INSV) _______ began its sail for the Bay of Bengal Offshore Sailing Expedition on 22 February 2020.
A. Mhadei
B. Tarini
C. Brahmaputra
D. A&B
Answer: D
Q11. When was the Central Board of Excise and Custom (CBEC) established?
A. 1855
B. 1882
C. 1885
D. 1906
Answer: A
Q12. When was the National War Memorial dedicated?
A. 2015
B. 2017
C. 2019
D. 2020
Answer: C
Q13. When was Indian Naval Sailing Vessels (INSV) Mhadei inducted into the Indian Navy?
A. 2000
B. 2003
C. 2005
D. 2009
Answer: D
Q14. When was the PM-KISAN mobile application launched?
A. 2017
B. 2018
C. 2019
D. 2020
Answer: D
Q15. When was the Central Excise and Salt Act enacted?
A. 1944
B. 1956
C. 1962
D. 1968
Answer: A
Q16. Which place ranked last in the list of seven metro cities in daily average consumption of "added fat" in dishes such as dal fry, stuffed paratha, and mutton biryani?
A. Chennai
B. Mumbai
C. Hyderabad
D. Delhi
Answer: C
Q17. How much has the Central government released so far?
A. Rs.12867 crores
B. Rs.21568 crores
C. Rs.35000 crores
D. Rs.50850 crores
Answer: D
Q18. When is the Central Excise Day observed?
A. 12 February
B. 23 February
C. 24 February
D. 28 February
Answer: C
Q19. ____ carried the analysis of seven metro cities in daily average consumption of "added fat" in dishes such as dal fry, stuffed paratha, and mutton biryani.
A. National Institute of Human Biotechnology
B. CSIR - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
C. Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine
D. Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Nutrition
Answer: D
Q20. When was the PM-KISAN scheme launched?
A. 1 January
B. 24 February
C. 2 April
D. 1 June
Answer: B
Q21. What is the rank of India in the ‘Global Flourishing index’ released by WHO Commission and UNICEF?
A. 91
B. 111
C. 121
D. 131
Answer: D
Q22. Project Tej, which was in news recently, was launched by which Indian state?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Odisha
C. Telangana
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: C
Q23. As per the annual ‘Nature Ranking Index-2020”, which Indian institution is ranked in the first place in the country?
A. Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
B. Council of Scientic and Industrial Research (CSIR)
C. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR-Mumbai)
D. Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)
Answer: B
Q24. In which year, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh were granted Indian statehood?
A. 1972
B. 1977
C. 1982
D. 1987
Answer: D
Q25. What does CCPA stand for, in the context of Consumer Protection Act 2019?
A. Common Consumer Protection Agency
B. Central Consumer Protection Authority
C. Company- Consumer Protection Authority
D. Centralised Consumer Protection Affairs
Answer: B
Q26. Who was named as the Ernst and Young (EY) Entrepreneur of the Year 2019?
A. Adi Godrej
B. Uday Kotak
C. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
D. Sridhar Vembu
Answer: C
Q27. Which city was host to the ‘Symposium on Emerging Opportunities for Indian Textiles and Crafts’?
A. Varanasi
B. Lucknow
C. New Delhi
D. Hyderabad
Answer: C
Q28. Which Indian sportsperson won the ESPN's Female Sportsperson of the Year award for the third consecutive year?
A. Mary Kom
B. P V Sindhu
C. Saina Nehwal
D. Sania Mirza
Answer: B
Q29. Which portal of Indian Railways has won the Silver in National e-Governance Award for excellence in providing citizen-centric delivery?
A. Where is my Train
B. Rail Suvidha
C. Rail Madad
D. Rail Saarth
Answer: C
Q30. Which city was host to NITI Aayog’s ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Conclave 2020’?
A. New Delhi
B. Guwahati
C. Kolkata
D. Shillong
Answer: B
Q1. Where was the Exhibition and Conference on Agri-technology and Innovation held?
A. New Delhi
B. Bengaluru
C. Hyderabad
D. Mumbai
Answer: C
Q2. Where is Motera Stadium located?
A. Ahmedabad
B. Pune
C. Delhi
D. Guwahati
Answer: A
Q3. Who is the Cabinet Secretary of India?
A. Rajiv Gauba
B. Rajiv Mehrishi
C. Pramod Kumar Misra
D. Sanjay Mitra
Answer: A
Q4. What is the cost of India's tallest pier bridge?
A. Rs.200.55 crore
B. Rs.283.5 crore
C. Rs.435.8 crore
D. Rs.375 crore
Answer: B
Q5. Atal Kisan-Majdoor canteens provide affordable and cheap meals to farmers and labourers at a concessional rate of ______ per plate.
A. Rs.5
B. Rs.7
C. Rs.10
D. Rs.12
Answer: C
Q6. What is the height of India's tallest pier bridge?
A. 100 m
B. 200 m
C. 300 m
D. 400 m
Answer: A
Q7. Who is the governor of Haryana?
A. Kaptan Singh Solanki
B. Satyadev Narayan Arya
C. Baby Rani Maurya
D. Lalji Tandon
Answer: B
Q8. Where is India's tallest railway pier bridge located?
A. Assam
B. Manipur
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Bihar
Answer: B
Q9. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the ______ Edition of Exhibition and Conference on Agri-technology & Innovation at Hyderabad.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 5th
D. 7th
Answer: A
Q10. Which state government to open Atal Kisan-Majdoor canteens to provide meals?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
C. Haryana
D. Bihar
Answer: C
Q11. Where is Tamenglong located?
A. Manipur
B. Mizoram
C. Uttarakhand
D. J&K
Answer: A
Q12. Krishna Bose who passed away recently was a _______.
A. dancer
B. writer
C. mathematician
D. politician
Answer: D
Q13. India's tallest railway pier bridge is built across river _______.
A. Jiri
B. Barak
C. Makru
D. Surma
Answer: C
Q14. When was Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) launched?
A. 2000
B. 2005
C. 2008
D. 2016
Answer: D
Q15. Who constructed India's tallest railway pier bridge?
A. Northeast Frontier Railway Construction
B. Assam Frontier Railway Construction
C. Nagaland Frontier Railway Construction
D. West Bengal Frontier Railway Construction
Answer: A
Q16. Which edition of Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad is being organised in New Delhi?
A. 8th
B. 9th
C. 10th
D. 11th
Answer: C
Q17. The third edition of the Chitra Bharati Film Festival is to begin in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Ahmedabad
C. Hyderabad
D. Chennai
Answer: B
Q18. Which of the following released "Delivering Road Safety in India" report?
A. RBI
B. World Bank
C. IMF
D. UNDP
Answer: B
Q19. How many medals did India win at the Brazil Para Badminton International Championships?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 11
D. 13
Answer: C
Q20. As per UN report, what is India's rank in Child Flourishing Index?
A. 79
B. 95
C. 119
D. 131
Answer: D
Q21. Which country will be the Guest of Honour at the International Tourism Fair of Madagascar?
A. Sri Lanka
B. India
C. Nepal
D. Myanmar
Answer: B
Q22. Who was conferred with the PSU Leadership Award?
A. Gaurav Dagaonkar
B. Ashish Nanda
C. SK Barua
D. Rama Bijapurkar
Answer: C
Q23. Which of the following has not been classified as "endangered migratory species" by the UN's Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species?
A. Great Indian Bustard
B. Asian Elephant
C. Striped Hyena
D. Bengal Florican
Answer: C
Q24. Who will be the next Chairman of NABARD?
A. G.R. Chintala
B. Usha Sangwan
C. Shyam Srinivasan
D. Rana Kapoor
Answer: A
Q25. Who inaugurated the National Organic Food Festival?
A. Nirmala Sitharaman
B. Nitin Gadkari
C. Amit Shah
D. Smriti Irani
Answer: D
26. Who won the gold in women's 59kg freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championship?
A. Pinki
B. Nirmala Devi
C. Sarita Mor
D. Divya Kakran
Answer: C
27. Who became the first cricketer to play 100 matches in all three formats of the game - Test, ODI & T20?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Ross Taylor
C. Ajinkya Rahane
D. Kane Williamson
Answer: B
28. Leo Varadkar, who recently resigned was the Prime Minister of which country?
A. Scotland
B. Iceland
C. Ireland
D. Netherlands
Answer: C
29. Which country has created two $1 million prizes for solutions to feed billions of people?
A. USA
B. France
C. Sweden
D. India
Answer: C
30. Who received the Ideal Legislative Assembly Speaker/Ideal Legislative Council Chairman Award?
A. Gian Chand Gupta
B. Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
C. Ranbir Singh Gangwa
D. P. Ramakrishna
Answer: D
Q1. What is the cost of the acquisition of 24 MH-60R multi-role helicopters from the US?
A. $1.8 bn
B. $2.6 bn
C. $4.5 bn
D. $7 bn
Answer: B
Q2. Where is the headquarters of Dhanlaxmi Bank located?
A. Thrissur, Kerala
B. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
C. Mumbai, Maharashtra
D. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Answer: A
Q3. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) of India approved the procurement of ______ from the US.
A. Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
B. 24 MH-60R multi-role helicopters
C. NHIndustries NH90
D. AgustaWestland AW101
Answer: B
Q4. Who is the Chairman of Dhanlaxmi Bank?
A. Antony John
B. Rajesh Vittal Kumar
C. Sajeev Krishnan
D. Selvaraj Kannan
Answer: C
Q5. When did Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approve the procurement of 24 MH-60R multi-role helicopters from the US?
A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2019
Answer: C
Q6. When was Dhanlaxmi Bank established?
A. 1927
B. 1932
C. 1943
D. 1956
Answer: A
Q7. Who is the Minister of Information & Broadcasting?
A. Piyush Goyal
B. Nitin Gadkari
C. Prakash Javadekar
D. Ram Vilas Paswan
Answer: C
Q8. Who was appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank?
A. Surinder Singh
B. Yadav Kumar
C. Lakshmi Mehta
D. Sunil Gurbaxani
Answer: D
Q9. ________ has launched the "5G Hackathon" on 21 February to promote applications relevant to India in the 5G realm.
A. Department of Telecommunications
B. Department of Science and Communication
C. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
D. Department of Commerce
Answer: A
Q10. Who launched the National Level Awareness Programme (NLAP) 2020?
A. Ministry of I&B
B. Ministry of Law and Justice
C. Ministry of MSME
D. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions
Answer: C
Q11. Who is the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?
A. Bhupesh Baghel
B. Raman Singh
C. Ajit Jogi
D. T.S. Singh Deo
Answer: A
Q12. Where is Anand Vihar Terminal Station located?
A. Kolkata
B. Delhi
C. Rajasthan
D. Gujarat
Answer: B
Q13. Who is the governor of Chhattisgarh?
A. Anusuiya Uikey
B. Biswabhusan Harichandan
C. Phagu Chauhan
D. Ramesh Bais
Answer: A
Q14. India Networking Reception was hosted at 2020 _________.
A. Berlinale
B. Intertine
C. Germonale
D. 5G Hackathon
Answer: A
Q15. Where is Bhilai Steel Plant located?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: A
Q16. Who hosted the India Networking Reception at Berlinale 2020?
A .Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (Mo I&B)
B. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
C. IBM
D. A & B
Answer: D
Q17. When did National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban cultivation centres of Thai Mangur fish?
A. 2000
B. 2005
C. 2008
D. 2010
Answer: A
Q18. The 2020 Berlinale marked the ________ edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
A. 23rd
B. 46th
C. 57th
D. 70th
Answer: D
Q19. Which state banned the cultivation centres of Thai Mangur fish?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Odisha
C. Kerala
D. Maharashtra
Answer: D
Q20. The 5G Hackathon will be held in _______ phases beginning from 21 February.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer: B
Q21. The “Pandemic Bonds” are issued by which multilateral development bank?
A. World Bank
B. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
C. European Investment Bank
D. Asian Development Bank
Answer: A
Q22. The Shanidar Cave, a hotspot for Neanderthal remains, is located in which country?
A. Syria
B. Iraq
C. Tajikistan
D. Egypt
Answer: B
Q23. Which country is the supplier of the majority of mined Cobalt, which is used in cathodes for lithium-ion batteries used in cell phones and Electric vehicles?
A. China
B. Kazakhstan
C. Sudan
D. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Answer: D
Q24. What is the current (2020) number of telecom companies in India?
A. 10
B. 8
C. 6
D. 4
Answer: D
Q25. Which country is world’s biggest palm oil importer?
A. India
B. China
C. Russia
D. Saudi Arabia
Answer: A
Q26. Currently, which Economic Census is underway in India?
A. 5th
B. 6th
C. 7th
D. 8th
Answer: C
Q27. As per the National Population Register (NPR), a person is “usual resident” who has resided in a local area for past how many months / years?
A. 6 months
B. 1 year
C. 18 months
D. 2 years
Answer: A
Q28. Who heads the 12-member “Technology Group” to advise ministries, departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs) on technology implementation?
A. Dr. R Chidamabaram
B. Rishikesh Narayanan
C. Dr. K Vijay Raghavan
D. Bhaskar Saha
Answer: C
Q29. Which country has the highest rate of hepatitis C in the world and is expected to eradicate the disease in 2020?
A. Saudi Arabia
B. China
C. India
D. Egypt
Answer: D
Q30. The cabinet of which state in India has cleared a bill to enact the “Time-Bound Clearance Act” which shall ensure the time-bound clearance of industrial licenses for investment projects?
A. Rajasthan
B. Haryana
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Gujarat
Answer: C
Q1. The third edition of the Chitra Bharati Film Festival (CBFF) began at ________.
A. Gujarat
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. West Bengal
Answer: D
Q2. The first-ever Khelo India University Games is to be held in ________.
A. Bihar
B. Gujarat
C. Assam
D. Odisha
Answer: D
Q3. _______ protein of corona virus attaches itself and infects human cells.
A. lipo
B. coronin
C. spike
D. fibronectin
Answer: C
Q4. India ranked _________ in Worldwide Educating for the Future Index (WEFFI) 2018 list.
A. 18th
B. 32nd
C. 40th
D. 53rd
Answer: C
Q5. Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Women's Committee has announced that India will host the _______ AFC Women's Asian Cup.
A. 2020
B. 2021
C. 2022
D. 2023
Answer: C
Q6. Who released the Worldwide Educating for the Future Index (WEFFI) list?
A. Economist Intelligence Unit
B. Oxford Analytica
C. Eurasia Group
D. World Economic Forum
Answer: A
Q7. Who won gold at the SL3 Men's singles at Brazil Para Badminton International Championships?
A. Sukant Kadam
B. Manoj Sarkar
C. Pramod Bhagat
D. Nagar Krishna
Answer: C
Q8. India ranks _________ in Worldwide Educating for the Future Index (WEFFI) 2019 list.
A. 23rd
B. 35th
C. 46th
D. 72nd
Answer: B
Q9. Who commissioned the reports of the Sustainability Index and Flourishing Index that was assessed by over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world?
A. World Health Organization (WHO)
B. UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
C. The Lancet
D. All the above
Answer: D
Q10. Which is the capital of the United Kingdom?
A. London
B. Manchester
C. Bristol
D. Liverpool
Answer: A
Q11. International Mother Language Day is observed every year on ________.
A. 17 February
B. 18 February
C. 19 February
D. 21 February
Answer: D
Q12. India to switch to the world's cleanest petrol, diesel from April 1. BS-VI has a sulphur content of ________ppm.
A. 10
B. 20
C. 50
D. 100
Answer: A
Q13. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets on the Herath festival. The Herath festival is mainly observed by ________.
A. Munda people
B. Kashmiri Pandits
C. Gond Tribe
D. Sinhalese people
Answer: B
Q14. Which of the following institutes has topped the Nature Ranking Index-2020?
A. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR-Mumbai)
B. Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)
C. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
D. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Answer: D
Q15. Which of the following state government has launched Project Te in partnership with MedTechConnect to help entrepreneurs test their innovative ideas in the field of medical technologies?
A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Telangana
D. Karnataka
Answer: C
Q16. The Central Pollution Board (CPCB) has identified 60 pollution river stretches based on BOD in different northeastern states. BOD stands for _________.
A. Biohazardous Oxygen Demand
B. Biochemical Oxygen Demand
C. Biological Oxygen Demand
D. Biofuel Oxygen Demand
Answer: B
Q17. Which of the following state governmnet has alocated 100 cr to develop 'Nehru Baal Sanrakshan Kosh' to prevent child labour and trafficking?
A. Rajasthan
B. Assam
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
Answer: A
Q18. Which of the following state government has recently organized a 'Run for India Tea' event?
A. Assam
B. Goa
C. Tripura
D. Kerala
Answer: C
Q19. Who among the following has won the won the ESPN's Female Sportsperson of the Year award
A. Mithali Raj
B. Harmanpreet Kaur
C. P V Sindhu
D. Sakshi Malik
Answer: C
Q20. Who among the following has become the second Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships after Navjot Kaur?
A. Babita Kumari
B. Divya Kakran
C. Sakshi Malik
D. Geeta Phogat
Answer: B
Q21. What is the corpus of the dedicated fund raised from the fines charged from the defaulting pesticides companies and contributions from the Central and state governments under the Pesticides Management Bill, 2020?
A. Rs. 20,000 Crore
B. Rs. 40,000 Crore
C. Rs. 50,000 Crore
D. Rs. 100,000 Crore
Answer: B
Q22. Which all three items are not under GST as of February 2020?
A. Fuel, Construction, Alcohol
B. Fuel, Movie Tickets, Alcohol
C. Fuel, Tobacco, Alcohol
D. Fuel, Dairy Products, Tobacco
Answer: A
Q23. Under the GST regime, E-Way bill is mandatory of the value of inter-state movement of goods is more than __?
A. Rs. 50,000
B. Rs. 100,000
C. Rs. 200,000
D. Rs. 250,000
Answer: A
Q24. What is the highest income tax rate slab in India after Budget 2020-21?
A. 25%
B. 30%
C. 35%
D. 40%
Answer: B
Q25. A paramilitary Sufi group called Ahlu Sunna Waljama, which is recently in news, is fighting with radical islamist group in Civil War of which country?
A. Sudan
B. Somalia
C. Syria
D. South Sudan
Answer: B
Q26. The term “Operation Car Wash” that was making news recently, is related to which country?
A. Argentina
B. Brazil
C. South Africa
D. Russia
Answer: B
Q27. Recently, Ashraf Ghani was re-elected in the Afghanistan Presidential elections. What is the name of political party of Ashraf Ghani?
A. National Coalition of Afghanistan
B. National Congress Party of Afghanistan
C. Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
D. None
Answer: D
Q28. The term “Key Starting Material (KSM)”, recently in news, is related to which industry?
A. Textile Industry
B. Pharmaceutical Industry
C. Cement Industry
D. Paper Industry
Answer: B
Q29. The Far East Development Fund, which recently submitted an expression of interest (EoI) for the beleaguered Jet Airways, is based in which country?
A. France
B. England
C. Russia
D. Germany
Answer: C
Q30. Which Supranational union has recently proposed a “framework for trustworthy artificial intelligence”?
A. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
B. European Union
C. Arab League
D. Gulf Cooperation Council
Answer: B
Q1. When was the twenty-first Law Commission of India ended?
A. 31 August 2018
B. 31 December 2018
C. 30 June 2019
D. 31 July 2019
Answer: A
Q2. Who is the Chief Minister of Manipur?
A. Okram Ibobi Singh
B. Najma Heptulla
C. N. Biren Singh
D. Conrad Sangma
Answer: C
Q3. Who won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year?
A. Oksana Masters
B. Chloe Kim
C. Simone Bile
D. Egan Bernal
Answer: C
Q4. With which country did India sign MoU for the commencement of a bus service from April 2020 to promote tourism and visits between people of the two cities?
A. Bangladesh
B. Myanmar
C. Pakistan
D. Nepal
Answer: B
Q5. Who won the Laureus World Sportsman of the year award?
A. Lewis Hamilton
B. Lionel Messi
C. Oksana Masters
D. A & B
Answer: D
Q6. ________ became Assam's first zero-waste town.
A. Guwahati
B. Jorhat
C. Titabor
D. Silchar
Answer: C
Q7. The Law Commission of India was constituted by the Government of India in _______.
A. 1955
B. 1965
C. 1968
D. 1973
Answer: A
Q8. When was NITI Aayog formed?
A. 2012
B. 2014
C. 2015
D. 2017
Answer: C
Q9. When was Central Information Commission established?
A. 1994
B. 1999
C. 2001
D. 2005
Answer: D
Q10. Who is the CEO of NITI Aayog?
A. Rajiv Kumar
B. Amit Shah
C. Amitabh Kant
D. Sindhushree Khullar
Answer: C
Q11. Union Cabinet approved the ________ Law Commission of India for a period of three years.
A. 21st
B. 22nd
C. 23rd
D. 25th
Answer: B
Q12. The Law Commission of India is reconstituted every _______ years.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer: B
Q13. Where will the exhibition "Historical Gastronomica-The Indus Dining Experience" be hosted?
A. Harappa
B. New Delhi
C. Taxila
D. Chanhudaro
Answer: B
Q14. The Central Vigilance Commission was established in _______.
A. 1964
B. 1972
C. 1986
D. 1990
Answer: A
Q15. Bronze Dancing Girl was excavated from ________.
A. Kalibangan
B. Dholovira
C. Lothal
D. Mohenjodaro
Answer: D
Q16. Who is appointed as the Information Commissioner?
A. Anita Pandove
B. Pradeep Kumar Sinha
C. Rajiv Mehrishi
D. Sanjay Mitra
Answer: A
Q17. Who is hosting the Historical Gastronomica-The Indus Dining Experience exhibition?
A. National Museum
B. One Station Million Stories (OSMS)
C. Chef Saby
D. All the above
Answer: D
Q18. Who is appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner?
A. Pramod Kumar Misra
B. Sanjay Mitra
C. Ajit Seth
D. Suresh Patel
Answer: D
Q19. Which of the following Bill will constitute the National Board to protect women's reproductive rights?
A. Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill 2020
B. Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulatory Bill 2020
C. Assisted Reproductive Technology Order Bill 2019
D. Assisted Reproductive Technology Management Bill 2019
Answer: A
Q20. Who is appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)?
A. Pradeep Kumar Sinha
B. Rajiv Mehrishi
C. Pramod Kumar Misra
D. Bimal Julka
Answer: D
Q21. When was the World Day of Social Justice observed for the first time?
A. 2004
B. 2005
C. 2009
D. 2013
Answer: C
Q22. Who is appointed as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)?
A. Sanjay Kothari
B. Bimal Julka
C. Rajiv Gauba
D. Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Answer: A
Q23. What is the theme of the 2020 World Day of Social Justice?
A. If you want Peace and Development, Work for Social Justice
B. Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice
C. Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice
D. Life and Dignity of the Human Person
Answer: B
Q24. Who is to organize Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Conclave 2020: Partnerships, Cooperation and Development of North Eastern States?
A. RBI
B. 15th Finance Commission
C. NITI Aayog
D. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Answer: C
Q25. When is the World Day of Social Justice observed?
A. 11 February
B. 15 February
C. 20 February
D. 27 February
Answer: C
Q26. When was National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) set up?
A. 2000
B. 2004
C. 2006
D. 2008
Answer: B
Q27. When was a bilateral MoU was signed by SEBI with securities regulators of 27 member states of EU and European Economic Area, including FC), United Kingdom?
A. 2000
B. 2006
C. 2009
D. 2014
Answer: D
Q28. Which is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh?
A. Itanagar
B. Shillong
C. Dispur
D. Kohima
Answer: A
Q29. Union Cabinet led by PM Narendra Modi approved Elevation of Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG), Gujarat as _______.
A. Bhaskaracharya Interational Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG(I))
B. Jaitley-Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (JBISAG(N))
C. Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG(N))
D. Sushma-Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (SBISAG(N))
Answer: C
Q30. Who is the Minister for Tribal Affairs?
A. Shibu Soren
B. Arjun Munda
C. Birsa Munda
D. Raghubar Das
Answer: B
Q1. Which state does not border with Uttar Pradesh?
A. Bihar
B. Rajasthan
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Odisha
Answer: D
Q2. Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is located in __________.
A. New Delhi
B. Hyderabad
C. Bengaluru
D. Jaipur
Answer: A
Q3. Who is the governor of Uttar Pradesh?
A. Ram Naik
B. Anandiben Patel
C. Vijay Rupani
D. Lalji Tandon
Answer: B
Q4. Who certified Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) as the first single-use plastic-free airport?
A. CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
B. Airports Authority of India
C. Indian Green Building Council
D. National Green Tribunal
Answer: A
Q5. The Performance Regulation Act _______ of UP will now get financial compensation for the delay in solving their complaints by the power department.
A. 2000
B. 2008
C. 2012
D. 2019
Answer: D
Q6. Which airport became the first airport to be free of single-use plastic usage in India?
A. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
B. Indira Gandhi International Airport
C. Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru
D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Answer: B
Q7. Which state passed the Performance Regulation Act for the power department?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Mizoram
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer: A
Q8. Who is the Union Minister of Coal and Mines?
A. Suresh Angadi
B. Jagadish Shettar
C. Pralhad Joshi
D. Mahendra Nath Pandey
Answer: C
Q9. Afghanistan borders with ______.
A. Pakistan
B. Iran
C. Turkmenistan
D. All the above
Answer: D
Q10. India has decided to stop the import of thermal coal from ________.
A. FY 2020-21
B. FY 2021-22
C. FY 2022-23
D. FY 2023-24
Answer: D
Q11. Which is the capital of Afghanistan?
A. Baghdad
B. Tehran
C. Kabul
D. Islamabad
Answer: C
Q12. When was the Soil Health Card Scheme launched?
A. 2 October 2014
B. 19 February 2015
C. 27 June 2016
D. 2 August 2016
Answer: B
Q13. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani won for the _______ term.
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
Answer: B
Q14. Which year was observed as the International Year of Soils?
A. 2010
B. 2012
C. 2013
D. 2015
Answer: D
Q15. Who has been elected as the President of Afghanistan?
A. Ashraf Ghani
B. Abdul Rashid Dostum
C. Abdullah Abdullah
D. Hamid Karzai
Answer: A
Q16. When is the Soil Health Card Day observed?
A. 15 February
B. 17 February
C. 19 February
D. 21 February
Answer: C
Q17. When was the last time India won the Greco-Roman gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championships?
A. 1985
B. 1989
C. 1993
D. 1997
Answer: C
Q18. Who is the Prime Minister of Norway?
A. Sylvi Listhaug
B. Jonas Gahr Store
C. Trine Skei Grande
D. Erna Solberg
Answer: D
Q19. ________ won India's first Greco-Roman gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championships in 27 years on 18 February.
A. Amir Singh
B. Pappu Yadav
C. Sunil Kumar
D. Arjun Halakurki
Answer: B
Q20. With which country did India open the India-Norway Task Force on Blue Economy for Sustainable Development?
A. Norway
B. Thailand
C. Greece
D. US
Answer: A
Q21. When did Pakistan conduct a training launch of surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi?
A. 2018
B. 2017
C. 2020
D. 2019
Answer: C
Q22. Which state allocated funds for the Jewar airport?
A. Rajasthan
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Uttarakhand
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: B
Q23. What is the range of the Ra'ad-II cruise missile?
A. 400 km
B. 600 km
C. 900 km
D. 1200 km
Answer: B
Q24. What is the slogan of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020?
A. Kick Off The Dream
B. To Inspire, To Excel
C. Play with an open heart
D. All in one rhythm
Answer: A
Q25. Which country tested Ra'ad-II cruise missile?
A. Afghanistan
B. Pakistan
C. India
D. Russia
Answer: B
Q26. When was Pakistan placed on the grey list by the Paris-based watchdog FATF?
A. 2014
B. 2015
C. 2017
D. 2018
Answer: D
Q27. Which country is to host final of FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup?
A. India
B. Italy
C. Germany
D. Russia
Answer: A
Q28. International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed Pakistan in the ______ list.
A. white
B. grey
C. black
D. red
Answer: B
Q29. The Uttar Pradesh state government has allocated _______ for the Noida international airport that is being set up at Jewar.
A. Rs.1,000 crore
B. Rs.1,500 crore
C. Rs.2,500 crore
D. Rs.2,000 crore
Answer: D
Q30. State of India's Birds 2020 reported that ________ of the bird species are on a decline in the last five years.
Q1. The 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue reported that Hindi is the _______ most spoken language of the world in 2019.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 5th
D. 7th
Answer: B
Q2. Australia appointed former New South Wales Premier ________ as the next high commissioner to India.
A. Harinder Sidhu
B. Nathan Rees
C. Kristina Keneally
D. Barry O'Farrell
Answer: D
Q3. Which language ranked first in the 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue?
A. English
B. Mandarin
C. Hindi
D. Bangla
Answer: A
Q4. When was the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) established?
A. 1965
B. 1970
C. 1975
D. 1980
Answer: A
Q5. Where was the first National Conference on Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana held?
A. Lucknow
B. Ahmedabad
C. Hyderabad
D. Kolkata
Answer: A
Q6. The Government has announced that it is to rename the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) as _________.
A. Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
B. APJ Abdul Kalam Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
C. Arun Jaitley Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
D. Sushma Swaraj Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Answer: A
Q7. Udaipur is located in _________.
A. Assam
B. Rajasthan
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: B
Q8. What is the official motto of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
A. Discover Tomorrow
B. Um Mundo Novo
C. Citius, Altius, Fortius
D. Hot. Cool. Yours.
Answer: C
Q9. Who is the chairman of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses' society?
A. Chairman NITI Aayog
B. President
C. Prime Minister
D. Defence Minister
Answer: D
Q10. Where was the National Conference on Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana held?
A. Raipur
B. Jaipur
C. Udaipur
D. Jabalpur
Answer: C
Q11. What is the motto of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics set by the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee?
A. United by Emotion
B. A New World
C. Inspire a Generation
D. Passion. Connected.
Answer: A
Q12. Who inaugurated the National Conference on Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana?
A. Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (FW) Narendra Singh Tomar
B. Minister of State of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (FW) Parsottambhai Rupala
C. Minister of State of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (FW) Kailash Choudhary
D. Secretary of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (FW)Sanjay Agarwal
Answer: D
Q13.Where is the Barakah plant located?
A. United Arab Emirates
B. Oman
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Qatar
Answer: A
Q14. Which is the first country to make the entire Haj 2020 process digital?
A. Pakistan
B. Thailand
C. Afghanistan
D. India
Answer: D
Q15. Tata has invested ________ through his investment arm RNT Associates in the North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB).
A. Rs.20 crore
B. Rs.40 crore
C. Rs.50 crore
D. Rs.30 crore
Answer: B
Q16. E-MASIHA app is an app for _______ 2020 process.
A. Tokyo Olympics
B. Haj
C. Kasi
D. Sikh pilgrim
Answer: B
Q17. Assam's finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and TATA Trust chairman Ratan Tata launched the first ________ branches of NESFB.
A. 12
B. 18
C. 28
D. 30
Answer: C
Q18. The government of India has provided _______ digital/online Haj process in India with an objective of Ease of Doing Haj for the Indian Muslims.
A. 50%
B. 70%
C. 90%
D. 100%
Answer: D
Q19. Which of the following is the first small bank of North India?
A. Mizoram Small Finance Bank
B. Shillong Small Finance Bank
C. North East Small Finance Bank
D. Arunachal Pradesh East Small Finance Bank
Answer: C
Q20. With which country did India make a deal for the production of Kamov helicopters and Kalashnikov rifles?
A. US
B. Russia
C. N.Korea
D. China
Answer: B
Q21. ‘Yodhavu’ (Warrior), a mobile application for curbing drug menace, is an initiative of which state?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Telangana
Answer: B
Q22. The late External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was born in which city, where she was elected as MLA twice?
A. Ambala Cantt, Haryana
B. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
C. Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat
D. Ludhiana, Punjab
Answer: A
Q23. What is the current accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
A. April-March
B. July-June
C. January-December
D. May-April
Answer: C
Q24. What is the objective of the ‘CREDAI Awaas’ mobile application, recently launched by CREDAI?
A. Redressal of Consumer Grievance
B. Ease of purchase of Residential properties
C. Geo-tagging of Residential properties
D. Approval for Residential properties
Answer: B
Q25. Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal are associated with which sports?
A. Badminton
B. Squash
C. Tennis
D. Table-Tennis
Answer: B
Q26. Which city was host to the India-Bangladesh SAMPRITI-IX joint military exercise?
A. Umroi
B. Kolkata
C. Vishakhapatnam
D. Kochi
Answer: A
Q27. As of 2020, which is the only Bollywood movie to win 13 Filmfare Awards?
A. Uri: The Surgical Strike
B. Article 15
C. Saand Ki Aankh
D. Gully Boy
Answer: D
Q28. What is the theme of Telangana’s biotechnology and life sciences forum ‘BioAsia 2020’?
A. Life Science for All
B. Today For Tomorrow
C. Instrumental Life Sciences
D. Better Bio-tech
Answer: B
Q29. ‘Appreciate and Commend’ is a scheme of which state, which aims to honour outstanding Police officers?
A. Odisha
B. Rajasthan
C. Punjab
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: B
Q30. Which city plays host to ‘GulFood 2020’, the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition?
A. Assam
B. Tripura
C. Shillong
D. Meghalaya
Answer: D
Q2. The joint military exercise SAMPRITI-IBangladeshX is concluded between India and _______.
A. Myanmar
B. China
C. Bangladesh
D. Russia
Answer: C
Q3. Which is the capital of Norway?
A. Helsinki
B. Oslo
C. Stockholm
D. Copenhagen
Answer: B
Q4. The ________ edition of the military exercise SAMPRITI-IX was aimed to strengthen the military ties between India and Bangladesh.
A. 4th
B. 6th
C. 9th
D. 12th
Answer: C
Q5. Which among the following athlete has recently set a new world record in a 5 km road race?
A. Joshua Cheptegei
B. Valencia Ibercaja
C. Jimmy Gressier
D. Marshal Rodrigo
Answer: A
Q6. Where was the Exercise SAMPRITI-IX held?
A. Umroi, Meghalaya
B. Tura, Meghalaya
C. Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
D. Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Answer: A
Q7. Who created history by setting a 5km road world record in Monaco?
A. Jacob Kiplimo
B. Rhonex Kipruto
C. Stephen Kiprotich
D. Joshua Cheptegei
Answer: D
Q8. When was the No. 47 Squadron of Indian Air Force (IAF) established?
A. 1959
B. 1965
C. 1969
D. 1974
Answer: A
Q9. Who is the Union Minister of Home Affairs?
A. Rajnath Singh
B. Piyush Goyal
C. Amit Shah
D. Suresh Prabhu
Answer: C
Q10. Where is the No. 47 Squadron of Indian Air Force (IAF) located?
A. Adampur, Punjab
B. Nakodar, Punjab
C. Adilabad, Telangana
D. Amritsar, Punjab
Answer: A
Q11. Delhi Police functions under _________.
A. Ministry of Home Affairs
B. Ministry of Defence
C. Delhi government
D. Uttar Pradesh government
Answer: A
Q12. Who is the Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)?
A. K. G. Balakrishnan
B. Jagdish Singh Khehar
C. S. H. Kapadia
D. L. Narasimha Reddy
Answer: A
Q13. Delhi Police celebrated _________ Raising Day on 16 February 2020.
A. 73rd
B. 50th
C. 80th
D. 66th
Answer: A
Q14. When was the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)?
A. 1980
B. 1985
C. 1990
D. 1995
Answer: B
Q15. Where was the GulFood 2020 event held?
A. India
B. Dubai
C. Armenia
D. Oman
Answer: B
Q16. Where was the All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) held?
A. New Delhi
B. Bhopal
C. Jaipur
D. Ahmedabad
Answer: A
Q17. The ________ Edition of the GulFood 2020 aimed at accelerating the pace of export of food products from India to the western market.
A. 13th
B. 18th
C. 25th
D. 30th
Answer: C
Q18. Which is the capital of Dadra & Nagar Haveli?
A. Dardar
B. Silvassa
C. Diu
D. Daman
Answer: B
Q19. Who inaugurated the India Pavilion at 25th Edition of the GulFood 2020 in Dubai on 16 February?
A. Amarinder Singh
B. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
C. Thawar Chand Gehlot
D. Narendra Singh Tomar
Answer: B
Q20. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was a ________.
A. teacher
B. poet
C. politician
D. religious leader
Answer: C
Q21. With which country did India agree to partner with to mitigate marine plastic litter and microplastics on sidelines of the 13th Conference of Parties of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)?
A. Thailand
B. Greenland
C. Germany
D. Norway
Answer: D
Q22. Where was the statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya unveiled?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: A
Q23. Which state government has recently announced to give Rs. 6 crore prize money to Olympics Gold Medal winners?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Haryana
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Bihar
Answer: B
Q24. What is the name of a train connecting Varanasi to Ujjain inaugurated by PM Modi recently?
A. Kashi-Mahakal Express
B. Varanasi-Ujjain Express
C. Adhyatam Express
D. Kashi Vishwanath Express
Answer: A
Q25. What is the name of CREDAI's new app to help connect home buyers and developers?
A. CREDAI Makaan app
B. CREDAI Niwas app
C. CREDAI Awaas app
D. CREDAI Yojana app
Answer: C
Q26. Which film has recently won the best film award in Filmfare Awards 2020?
A. Article-15
B. Uri
C. Student of the Year 2
D. Gully Boy
Answer: D
Q27. Which Indian state has recently started India’s first intercity electric bus service?
A. Maharashtra
B. Karnataka
C. Gujarat
D. Rajasthan
Answer: A
Q28. Which of the following countries will host the 13th COP (Conference of Parties) on conservation of migratory species of wildlife?
A. Nepal
B. Sri Lanka
C. Pakistan
D. India
Answer: D
Q29. Which state is hosting ‘Bio Asia 2020 Today Tomorrow’ conference?
A. Goa
B. Punjab
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Telangana
Answer: D
Q30. According to the RBI notification, who will sign the new one Rupee currency note?
A. RBI Governor
B. Finance Minister
C. Finance Secretary
D. President of India
Answer: C
Q1. Which state radio-tags first-ever Indian Pangolin?
A. TamilNadu
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Kerala
D. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: B
Q2. When the Khelo India Youth Games first event held?
A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2019
Answer: C
Q3. When General Insurance Corporation of India was founded?
A. 21 November 1973
B. 22 November 1972
C. 21 November 1973
D. 21 December 1973
Answer: B
Q4. Which state government announced DA hike for employees?
A. Kerala
B. Odisha
C. TamilNadu
D. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: B
Q5. Who will take oath as Delhi Chief Minister?
A. Vijay Kumar Dev
B. Arvind Kejriwal
C. Manish Sisodia
D. Rakhi Birla
Answer: B
Q6. Who inaugurated Cha-Chai art work at National Museum?
A. Suresh Sharma
B. Prahlad Singh Patel
C. Vikram Gupta
D. Dinesh Kumar
Answer: B
Q7. How many medical colleges sanctioned for Jammu and Kashmir recently?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 6
D. 5
Answer: B
Q8. Which IIT institute to celebrate Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat?
A. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
B. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
C. Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai
D. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Answer: A
Q9. How many crores did union Government cleared investments in stuck residential properties?
A. 550 crores
B. 540 crores
C. 545 crores
D. 560 crores
Answer: B
Q10. With which of the following country India has signed a cooperation agreement in the field of Maritime Transport and ports?
A. Portugal
B. Sri Lanka
C. Myanmar
D. Indonesia
Answer: A
Q11. Which of the following state has hiked dearness allowance up to 5%?
A. Maharashtra
B. Jharkhand
C. Odisha
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: C
Q12. In which of the following state/UT, the memorial for Central Reserve Police Force is located?
A. New Delhi
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Ladakh
Answer: B
Q13. The railway electrification project in Katwa-Azimganj and Monogram-Nalhati project has been dedicated. WHere is this corridor located?
A. Telangana
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. West Bengal
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: C
Q14. Which of the following Indian Navy’s ship has arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka under a mutual agreement to carry out the Joint Hydrographic Survey off the South West Coast of Sri Lanka?
A. INS Jamuna
B. INS Nirupak
C. INS Darshak
D. INS Kaveri
Answer: A
Q15. Which of the following launched a system to track client securities?
A. SEBI
B. RBI
C. Ministry of Finance
D. B and C
Answer: A
Q16. Who flagged off "Apiary on Wheels-A concept for Bee Keeping"?
A. Amit Shah
B. Rajnath Singh
C. Nitin Gadkari
D. Piyush Goyal
Answer: C
Q17. When the first AIIMS was established?
A. 1957
B. 1956
C. 1958
D. 1959
Answer: B
Q18. Who has been elected new president of All India Chess Federation?
A. Bharat Singh Chauhan
B. Harish Grama
C. Ajay Patel
D. P R Venketrama Raja
Answer: C
Q19. Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi is to be renamed after which politician?
A. Arun Jaitley
B. Digvijay Singh
C. Sushma Swaraj
D. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Answer: C
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Q20. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who is on a 4-day visit to India is the President of which country?
A. Spain
B. Portugal
C. Mexico
D. Chile
Answer: B
Q21. When World Pangolin Day was founded?
A. 15th May
B. 15th February
C. 15th June
D. 18th August
Answer: B
Q22. IIT Bombay was the ________Indian Institutes of Technology to be established in 1958
A. Second
B. sixth
C. Fifth
D. third
Answer: A
Q23. Maharashtra __________largest state of India, spans multiple cultures and has a long history of Marathi saints.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 5th
D. 4th
Answer: B
Q24. Who inaugurated India's first inter-city electric bus service?
A. Shri Vivek Kumar
B. Shri Nitin Gadkari
C. Shri Ramesh kumar
D. Shri Rajesh Sharma
Answer: B
Q25. When Real Estate Regulation and Development Act was established?
A. 2014
B. 2013
C. 2015
D. 2016
Answer: B
Q26. The union government disbursed ______per cent of the total arrears for the revised salary
A. 45
B. 40
C. 46
D. 52
Answer: B
Q27. When Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat was founded?
A. 2016
B. 2015
C. 2017
D. 2019
Answer: B
Q28. Where was the Khelo India Youth Games headquarters located?
A. Chennai
B. New Delhi
C. Mumbai
D. Hyderabad
Answer: B
Q29. Who was CEO of Air India?
A. Ashwani Lohani
B. Pradeep Singh Kharola
C. Havilland Puss Moths
D. Miles Merlin
Answer: B
Q30. Where the General Insurance Corporation of India was?
A. Mumbai
B. Hyderabad
C. Chennai
D. New Delhi
Answer: A
Q1. The fifth edition of joint military exercise Ajeya Warrior 2020 began at _______.
A. Avebury
B. Salisbury Plains
C. Durrington Walls
D. Woodhenge
Answer: B
Q2. A Group on Defence and Internal Security was formed under the chairmanship of ________ to seek views on the report of the panel for 2020-21 and on the outlook for nominal Gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2020-21 to 2025-26.
A. N.K. Singh
B. A. N. Jha
C. Ajay Kumar
D. Somanathan Mittal
Answer: A
Q3. Ajeya Warrior 2020 is a joint military exercise between India and _______.
A. Russia
B. Germany
C. China
D. UK
Answer: C
Q4. Who formed a Group on Defence and Internal Security?
A. NITI Aayog
B. Fifteenth Finance Commission
C. RBI
D. SEBI
Answer: B
Q5. RK Pachauri who passed away recently was the former _______.
A. TERI
B. FICCI
C. Confederation of Indian Industry
D. NASSCOM
Answer: A
Q6. The railway electrification project in Katwa-Azimganj and Monigram-Nalhati project has been dedicated. WHere is this corridor located?
A. Telangana
B. Gujarat
C. West Bengal
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: C
Q7. Which Indian Navy's ship arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka under a mutual agreement to carry out the Joint Hydrographic Survey off the South West Coast of Sri Lanka?
A. INS Darshak
B. INS Jamuna
C. INS Sutlej
D. INS Nirupak
Answer: B
Q8. The Fifteenth Finance Commission has formed a _______ member Group on Defence and Internal Security under the Chairmanship of N K Sinha.
A. 2
B. 5
C. 8
D. 12
Answer: B
Q9. Minister of State for Shipping (Independent Charge) Mansukh Mandaviya announced that the government is to increase cargo volume from 30,00,000 MT to _______ on Ganga to develop inland waterways.
A. 40,00,000 MT
B. 50,00,000 MT
C. 60,00,000 MT
D. 70,00,000 MT
Answer: D
Q10. What is the estimated cost of the Phase- I of the East-West corridor up to Howrah Maidan of Kolkata Metro?
A. Rs.1580 crore
B. Rs.2785 crore
C. Rs.3479 crore
D. Rs.2431 crore
Answer: D
Q11. When was the Insurance Institute of India (III) established?
A. 1955
B. 1960
C. 1965
D. 1970
Answer: A
Q12. Who is the Minister of Railways and Commerce?
A. Piyush Goyal
B. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
C. Nitin Gadkari
D. Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: A
Q13. Who organized the National Workshop on Disaster Risk Financing, Insurance, and Risk Transfer?
A. National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
B. Insurance Institute of India (III)
C. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
D. A & B
Answer: D
Q14. When is Valentine's day celebrated?
A. 12 February
B. 14 February
C. 16 February
D. 20 February
Answer: B
Q15. Where was the National Workshop on Disaster Risk Financing, Insurance, and Risk Transfer?
A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Kochi
D. Chennai
Answer: B
Q16. Where is International Hockey Federation's (FIH) headquarters located?
A. Sweden
B. Switzerland
C. Brazil
D. Australia
Answer: B
Q17. Where will the National Organic Festival be held?
A. Bhubaneswar
B. Hyderabad
C. New Delhi
D. Jaipur
Answer: C
Q18. When was the International Hockey Federation (FIH) established?
A. 1924
B. 1932
C. 1936
D. 1945
Answer: A
Q19. Who is to organize the National Organic Festival with a special focus on women entrepreneurs?
A. Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)
B. Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD)
C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
D. A & B
Answer: D
Q20. Who won the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Men's Player of the Year award?
A. Manpreet Singh
B. Harmanpreet Singh
C. Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran
D. Rupinder Pal Singh
Answer: A
Q21. Where was the National Conference on Policy Framework for Skilling of Women and Children held?
A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Jaipur
D. Hyderabad
Answer: A
Q22. Who organized a workshop will focus on fostering steel usage in the Railways and Defence sectors?
A. Ministry of Steel
B. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
C. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
D. A & B
Answer: D
Q23. Ministries of Women & Child Development (WCD) partnered with ______ to enable and empower the women and youth of India with skilling in every segment where India is competent to make a mark.
A. Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
B. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
C. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
D. Confederation of Indian Industry
Answer: A
Q24. When did the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) Agreement came up with lists of countries classified as per their level of development?
A. 1980
B. 1985
C. 1991
D. 1998
Answer: D
Q25. ________ removed India from developing country list.
A. United Kingdom Trade Representative (UKTR)
B. China Trade Representative (CTR)
C. United States Trade Representative (USTR)
D. Switzerland Trade Representative (STR)
Answer: C
Q26. When was Central Reserve Police Force established?
A. 1930
B. 1939
C. 1945
D. 1948
Answer: B
Q27. What is the currency of Portugal?
A. Dollar
B. Pounds
C. Rupees
D. Euro
Answer: D
Q28. What is the motto of CRPF?
A. Protection and Security
B. Shramena Sarvam Sadhyam
C. Seva and Nishtha
D. Shaurya – Dridhata – Karm Nishtha
Answer: C
Q29. What is the capital of Portugal?
A. Porto
B. Lisbon
C. Braga
D. Evora
Answer: B
Q30. Where is the memorial to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel inaugurated?
A. J & K
B. Ladakh
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Punjab
Answer: A
A. Indra Gandhi
B. Kamala Nehru
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Capt Laxmi Sehgal
Answer: C
Q2. When was the first National Women's Day observed?
A. 2002
B. 2008
C. 2010
D. 2014
Answer: D
Q3. Which state approved annual funds for juvenile homes for the children in the state?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Bihar
Answer: B
Q4. As per the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, _______, the setting up of the Juvenile Justice Fund for children in institutional care is mandatory.
A. 2014
B. 2015
C. 2016
D. 2017
Answer: B
Q5. National Women's Day marks the birth anniversary of ________.
A. Kasturba Gandhi
B. Indra Gandhi
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Rani Lakshmi Bai
Answer: C
Q6. How much did the Maharashtra state cabinet approve for the Juvenile Justice Fund for the welfare and rehabilitation of children in juvenile homes across the state on 12 February 2020?
A. Rs.2 crore
B. Rs.4 crore
C. Rs.5 crore
D. Rs.6 crore
Answer: A
Q7. When is the National Women's Day observed?
A. 10 February
B. 11 February
C. 13 February
D. 14 February
Answer: C
Q8. Which country unveiled the Artificial Intelligence (AI) cop called Ella to the country's police force?
A. Spain
B. Australia
C. New Zealand
D. Netherlands
Answer: C
Q9. National Winter Games will be hosted in the world-famous ski destination Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir under _______.
A. Special Area Games Campaign
B. Khelo India programme
C. Extension Centres of STCs/SAGs scheme
D. National Sports Talent Contest programme
Answer: B
Q10. What is the theme of the governing council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)?
A. Investing in sustainable food systems to end hunger by 2030
B. Attainment of food security for all through sustainable food systems
C. No such thing as a free lunch. Invest in healthy soils: SDG 2030
D. No theme
Answer: A
Q11. Where will the National Winter Games be held?
A. Gulmarg
B. Manali
C. Leh
D. Srinagar
Answer: A
Q12. When was the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) established?
A. 1956
B. 1963
C. 1974
D. 1980
Answer: C
Q13. When was the United Nations Radio established?
A. 1934
B. 1946
C. 1953
D. 1960
Answer: B
Q14. The ________ session of the governing council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced that with the current progress the UN's Sustainable Development Goals 2030 can not be achieved.
A. 22nd
B. 31st
C. 43rd
D. 56th
Answer: C
Q15. Where is Puri located?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Odisha
D. Gujarat
Answer: C
Q16. Where was the governing council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) held?
A. Davos
B. Vienna
C. Stockholm
D. Rome
Answer: D
Q17. When was BIMSTEC established?
A. 1989
B. 1990
C. 1997
D. 2002
Answer: C
Q18. How much capital infusion did the Cabinet allow for three Public Sector General Insurance Companies (PSGICs), namely OICL, UIICL, and NICL?
A. Rs.1200 Crore
B. Rs.2500 Crore
C. Rs.2800 Crore
D. Rs.4300 Crore
Answer: B
Q19. Which country holds the Chairmanship of BIMSTEC?
A. Myanmar
B. Nepal
C. Sri Lanka
D. Thailand
Answer: C
Q20. Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the in-principle approval for capital infusion for three Public Sector General Insurance Companies namely ________.
A. NIA, OICL, NICL
B. NICL, OICL, UIICL
C. UIICL, NIA, NICL
D. OICL, NIA, UIICL
Answer: B
Q21. How many member states are there in BIMSTEC?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
Answer: C
Q22. Who developed the curriculum for School Health Ambassador Initiative under Ayushman Bharat?
A. National Council for Teacher Education
B. National Institute of Open Schooling
C. National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration
D. National Council of Educational Research and Training
Answer: D
Q23. Which of the following is not a BIMSTEC member?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Bhutan
C. Nepal
D. Indonesia
Answer: D
Q24. Who organized the India Action Plan 2020 Summit?
A. Times Now
B. NDTV
C. Aaj Tak
D. CNN
Answer: A
Q25. The _______ BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise on flood rescue exercise highlighted the historicity and diversity of cultural heritage sites in the BIMSTEC region.
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 5th
Answer: B
Q26. Where was the India Action Plan 2020 Summit held?
A. Mumbai
B. Hyderabad
C. Delhi
D. Goa
Answer: C
Q27. Where was the BIMSTEC disaster management exercise-2020 organized?
A. Puri
B. Pune
C. Guwahati
D. Gwalior
Answer: A
Q28. Who was famously called Nightingale of India?
A. Sucheta Kripalani
B. Swarup Rani Nehru
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Answer: C
Q29. What is the theme of 2020 World Radio Day?
A. Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace
B. Radio and Diversity
C. Radio and Sports
D. Radio is You
Answer: B
Q30. Who is the author of Muhammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity?
A. Annie Besant
B. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C. Sucheta Kripalani
D. Sarojini Naidu
Answer: D
A. Rodrigo Duterte
B. Manny Pacquiao
C. Keith Thurman
D. Gennady Golovkin
Answer: A
Q2. World Health Organization (WHO) has named new coronavirus as _______ officially.
A. nCov 2019
B. Covid-19
C. nCov 2020
D. Corvi 2019
Answer: B
Q3. Who wrote the book titled "A Commentary and Digest on The Air, Act 1981"?
A. Ramachandra Guha
B. Shashi Tharoor
C. Manmohan Singh
D. K K Khandelwal
Answer: D
Q4. Which Country scrapped a 20-year-old security pact with the United States?
A. Philippines
B. Russia
C. Iran
D. Madagascar
Answer: A
Q5. National Productivity Council of India (NPC) functions under ________.
A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
B. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
C. Ministry of AYUSH
D. Ministry of Human Resource Development
Answer: B
Q6. When was the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the US and the Philippines signed?
A. 1987
B. 1985
C. 1994
D. 1998
Answer: D
Q7. When was the National Productivity Council of India (NPC) established?
A. 1942
B. 1951
C. 1958
D. 1962
Answer: C
Q8. Who released the State of the World's Children Report 2019?
A. UNDP
B. UNICEF
C. WHO
D. Save the Children
Answer: B
Q9. When is the National Productivity Day observed?
A. 8 February
B. 10 February
C. 11 February
D. 12 February
Answer: D
Q10. Who took charge of the Gujarat, Daman and Diu Naval Area as the Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area (FOGNA)?
A. Rear Admiral Sanjay Roye
B. Rear Admiral Puruvir Das
C. Rear Admiral Suraj Berry
D. Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsyayan
Answer: B
Q11. Where is the headquarters of Union Bank of India located?
A. Mumbai
B. Pune
C. Kolkata
D. Chennai
Answer: A
Q12. How many Van Dhan Kendras has the GoI sanctioned so far?
A. 587
B. 795
C. 983
D. 1101
Answer: D
Q13. When was the Union Bank of India established?
A. 1919
B. 1923
C. 1932
D. 1940
Answer: A
Q14. TRIFED functions under the _________.
A. Ministry of Human Resource Development
B. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
C. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
D. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution
Answer: C
Q15. The government of India has announced _______ medical devices sold in the country would be treated as "drugs" with effect from 1 April 2020.
A. 23
B. 42
C. 50
D. all
Answer: D
Q16. Who is the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs?
A. Arjun Munda
B. Raghubar Das
C. Madhu Koda
D. Hemant Soren
Answer: A
Q17. Who is the Chairman of Bank of Baroda?
A. Sanjiv Chadha
B. Hasmukh Adhia
C. Rajkiran Rai
D. Ajay Narayan Jha
Answer: B
Q18. Who organized the workshop on Van Dhan and Entrepreneurship Development?
A. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India
B. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
C. Directorate General of Foreign Trade
D. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Answer: A
Q19. Centre has announced that all devices will be regulated under the _________.
A. Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1935
B. Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940
C. Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1944
D. Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1948
Answer: B
Q20. Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) functions under _________.
A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
B. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
C. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
D. Ministry of Science and Technology
Answer: A
Q21. When was the Bank of Baroda established?
A. 1908
B. 1919
C. 1924
D. 1935
Answer: A
Q22. Health Ministry has made some amendments to the ________ called Medical Devices (Amendment) Rules, 2020.
A. Medical Devices Rules, 1957
B. Medical Devices Rules, 1985
C. Medical Devices Rules, 2002
D. Medical Devices Rules, 2017
Answer: D
Q23. UBI has reduced its 3-month MCLR rate to ________ from 7.85%.
A. 7.60%
B. 7.65%
C. 7.75%
D. 7.80%
Answer: D
Q24. Which is the capital of the Philippines?
A. Davos
B. Makati
C. Manila
D. Cebu City
Answer: C
Q25. Where was the National Horticulture Fair 2020 held?
A. Bengaluru
B. Pune
C. Ahmedabad
D. Mumbai
Answer: A
Q26. Union Cabinet approved the Signing and Ratification of the Protocol amending the Agreement between India and _______ for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
A. Indonesia
B. Sri Lanka
C. Thailand
D. Bangladesh
Answer: B
Q27. World Unnani Day marks the birth anniversary of _______.
A. Mohammad Ali Jauhar
B. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
C. Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman
D. Hakim Ajmal Khan
Answer: D
Q28. Union Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and ________ in the field of Fisheries.
A. Thailand
B. Iceland
C. Bangladesh
D. China
Answer: B
Q29. When is the World Unnani Day observed?
A. 11 February
B. 13 February
C. 15 February
D. 18 February
Answer: A
Q1. The _________ Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) will be held during 17-22 February 2020 in India.
A. 10th
B. 11th
C. 12th
D. 13th
Answer: D
Q2. When was the Sangeet Natak Akademi established?
A. 1952
B. 1958
C. 1964
D. 1968
Answer: A
Q3. How many species have been identified for the preparation of the Conservation and Recovery Action Plan in India?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 14
D. 20
Answer: A
Q4. The first-ever Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival has been scheduled to be held in _________.
A. Mumbai
B. Kolkata
C. Chennai
D. Hyderabad
Answer: A
Q5. India has been a signatory to the Convention on CMS since _______.
A. 1983
B. 1987
C. 1990
D. 1995
Answer: A
Q6. When did the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declare the International Day of Women and Girls in Science?
A. 2011
B. 2008
C. 2015
D. 2002
Answer: C
Q7. Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is an environmental treaty under _______.
A. UNDP
B. UNEP
C. WHO
D. IUCN
Answer: B
Q8. What is the theme of 2020 International Day of Women and Girls in Science?
A. Gender Equality and Parity in Science for Peace and Development
B. Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth
C. Women in STEM
D. Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow
Answer: B
Q9. What is the theme of the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)?
A. Desertification in Relation to Water and Aridity & Land Degradation Neutrality
B. Prevention, minimization, and recovery of wastes
C. Global Action on Aquatic Wild Meat to Benefit Wildlife and People
D. Migratory species connect the planet and we welcome them home
Answer: D
Q10. When is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science observed?
A. 7 February
B. 8 February
C. 11 February
D. 14 February
Answer: C
Q11. The Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) will be held at _______.
A. Gujarat
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: A
Q12. When was the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) established?
A. 1984
B. 1989
C. 1993
D. 1996
Answer: C
Q13. Which country is hosting the Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)?
A. Africa
B. India
C. Siberia
D. Thailand
Answer: B
Q14. The government has decided to rename the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad as __________.
A. Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM)
B. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Financial Management (BANIFM)
C. Sushma Swaraj National Institute of Financial Management (SSNIFM)
D. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam National Institute of Financial Management (APJNIFM)
Answer: A
Q15. When was the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) established?
A. 1978
B. 1980
C. 1986
D. 1989
Answer: C
Q16. Andhra Pradesh government is to set up __________ Rythu Bharosa Kendras across the state by June.
A. 8,367
B. 9,000
C. 11,158
D. 13,500
Answer: C
Q17. _________ directed the NCRB to compile data on missing children and women with an aim to identify the areas prone to trafficking.
A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
B. Ministry of Law and Justice
C. Bombay High Court
D. Supreme Court
Answer: D
Q18. Which State govt signed MoUs with 11 Agri institutions to provide technical assistance to farmers?
A. Karnataka
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: B
Q19. The NCRB study on women and child trafficking was based on the annual Crime in India Report compiled by the agency for the year/s ________.
A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. All the above
Answer: D
Q20. Which of the following has approved the two light metro rail projects recently to ease the public transport in the state?
A. J&K
B. Puducherry
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. West Bengal
Answer: A
Q21. Which state has recently launched an initiative to establish hotels to provide meals at a subsidised price called ‘Kudumbashree’ hotels?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Telangana
C. Kerala
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer: C
Q22. Which Metro rail service in India has become the second-largest operational metro rail network in the country?
A. Delhi Metro
B. Kochi Metro
C. Hyderabad Metro
D. Chennai Metro
Answer: C
Q23. What is the profession of Anoop Mishra, who has been in news recently?
A. Politician
B. Army Major
C. Sportsperson
D. Musician
Answer: B
Q24. Which state recently launched “Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana”, which provides annual assistance of Rs 6000 to the needy families?
A. Odisha
B. Haryana
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Punjab
Answer: B
Q25. Arun-III, is the hydropower project of which country, to be built with assistance from India?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Bangladesh
C. Nepal
D. Bhutan
Answer: C
Q26. The Pollution Control Board of which state recently received the national award for e-Governance 2019-20?
A. Odisha
B. Kerala
C. Telangana
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: D
Q27. Which country has reportedly auctioned licenses to hunt elephants, to tackle human-animal conflict?
A. Zimbabwe
B. Namibia
C. Botswana
D. Mozambique
Answer: C
Q28. The book- ‘A Child of Destiny’, which was recently released by the Indian Vice President, is an autobiography of which Indian educationist?
A. K. Ramakrishna Rao
B. Girishwar Misra
C. Amit Abraham
D. Devendra Singh
Answer: A
Q29. Which city’s police recently launched an initiative called ‘Operation Nakai’ to verify the identity of auto-drivers?
A. Mumbai
B. Ghaziabad
C. Hyderabad
D. Lucknow
Answer: B
Q30. Municipal Performance Index (MPI), is an index recently launched by which organisation/ Ministry?
A. NITI Aayog
B. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
C. Ministry of Home Affairs
D. National Development Council
Answer: B
Q1. Who set the world record in men's pole vault in 2014?
A. Renaud Lavillenie
B. Armand Duplantis
C. Sam Kendricks
D. Christophe Lemaitre
Answer: A
Q2. When did the UNGA proclaim the observation of World Pulses Day?
A. 2015
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2019
Answer: D
Q3. Who set the world record at men's pole vault the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting?
A. Renaud Lavillenie
B. Mondo Duplantis
C. Sam Kendricks
D. Piotr Lisek
Answer: B
Q4. Which year was observed as the International Year of Pulses (IYP)?
A. 2014
B. 2015
C. 2016
D. 2017
Answer: C
Q5. Which movie won the Best picture awards in Oscars 2020?
A. Parasite
B. 1917
C. Joker
D. Ford v Ferrari
Answer: A
Q6. When is the World Pulses Day observed?
A. 5 February
B. 8 February
C. 10 February
D. 13 February
Answer: C
Q7. Who won the Best Actor award in Oscars 2020?
A. Bong Joon-ho
B. Joaquin Phoenix
C. Brad Pitt
D. Jojo Rabbit
Answer: B
Q8. Where is Mt. Aconcagua located?
A. Argentina
B. North America
C. Brazil
D. Italy
Answer: A
Q9. The ________ Academy (Oscars) Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on 9 February 2020.
A. 45th
B. 63rd
C. 76th
D. 92nd
Answer: D
Q10. Who became the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt. Aconcagua?
A. Kaamya Karthikeyan
B. Malavath Purna
C. Bachendri Pal
D. Arunima Sinha
Answer: A
Q11. What is the theme of the National Conference on e-Governance?
A. India 2020: e-governance & Digital India
B. Citizen-First - Digital India
C. India 2020: Digital Transformation
D. Governance and Anti-corruption
Answer: C
Q12. Which of the following will the Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) cause in Children?
A. malnutrition
B. anemia
C. impaired mental, physical and cognitive development
D. All the above
Answer: D
Q13. Where was the National Conference on e-Governance was held?
A. Kolkata
B. Hyderabad
C. Mumbai
D. New Delhi
Answer: C
Q14. When was the National Deworming Day observed for the first time?
A. 2015
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2008
Answer: A
Q15. When was the UDAN scheme launched?
A. 2015
B. 2016
C. 2017
D. 2019
Answer: C
Q16. Which Ministry initiated the National Deworming Day?
A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
B. Ministry of Science and Research
C. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
D. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Answer: A
Q17. Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) operationalized the first-ever helicopter services from Sahastradhara helipad to Gauchar and Chinyalisaur. Where is Sahastradhara helipad located?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. J&K
C. Assam
D. Uttarakhand
Answer: D
Q18. When is the National Deworming Day observed?
A. 6 February
B. 8 February
C. 10 February
D. 12 February
Answer: C
Q19. The Andhra Pradesh state government plans to set up a total of _______ such police stations across the state to exclusively deal with crimes against women and children.
A. 18
B. 22
C. 25
D. 30
Answer: A
Q20. Guru Ravidas Jayanti was from ________.
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Odisha
D. West Bengal
Answer: A
Q21. Which country recently failed to launch satellite Zafar into orbit?
A. Iraq
B. Iran
C. Afghanistan
D. UAE
Answer: B
Q22. India is home to ________ species of hornbills.
A. 4
B. 6
C. 9
D. 14
Answer: C
Q23. Addis Ababa is the capital of ________.
A. Mali
B. Ethiopia
C. Malawi
D. Eritrea
Answer: B
Q24. How many living species are there in the Hornbill family?
A. 20
B. 35
C. 42
D. 55
Answer: D
Q25. Where was the African Union (AU) summit held?
A. Nairobi
B. Lagos
C. Accra
D. Addis Ababa
Answer: D
Q26. Which State celebrates Hornbill Festival as Festival of Festivals?
A. Nagaland
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Manipur
D. Tripura
Answer: A
Q27. The UP state government announced that ________ of girls will be compulsorily recruited in the police department in the state so that they can contribute towards the state's security.
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 33%
Answer: B
Q28. _______ sent a new probe toward the Sun to map its poles.
A. NASA
B. JIXA
C. ISRO
D. Roscosmos
Answer: A
Q29. Which State is to introduce an Internship scheme for students?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Gujarat
Answer: C
Q30. Department of Heavy Industry has sanctioned 2,636 Electric Vehicles (EVs) charging stations under FAME India scheme phase ________.
Q1. Over _______ partnerships involving the signing of Transfer of Technology and Product and Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) were held at the DefExpo 2020.
A. 100
B. 142
C. 200
D. 240
Answer: C
Q2. Who is the Social Justice and Empowerment Minister of Rajasthan?
A. Vishvendra Singh
B. Harish Chaudhary
C. Manvendra Singh
D. Bhanwarlal Meghwal
Answer: D
Q3. During the DefExpo2020, the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) certificate for ________ was issued to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
A. Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)
B. Heavy Combat Helicopter (HCH)
C. Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)
D. Heavy Utility Helicopter (HUH)
Answer: C
Q4. Where was the DefExpo2018 held?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Odisha
Answer: A
Q5. Who is the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
A. Mahinda Rajapaksa
B. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
C. Maithripala Sirisena
D. Ranil Wickremesinghe
Answer: A
Q6. Where was the DefExpo2020 held?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Uttarkhand
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer: A
Q7. Which of following Britain's ambassador to the United States resigned his position in 2019 over his controversial comments on US President Donald Trump in leaked diplomatic cables?
A. Simon McDonald
B. Isabel Oakeshott
C. Mark Sedwill
D. Kim Darroch
Answer: D
Q8. When was the Defence Exhibition Organisation of GoI established?
A. 1964
B. 1969
C. 1975
D. 1981
Answer: D
Q9. Who is appointed as Britain's ambassador to the United States?
A. Charles Roxburgh
B. Matthew Rycroft
C. Alex Chisholm
D. Dame Karen Pierce
Answer: D
Q10. Who is the Defence Minister in India?
A. Rajnath Singh
B. Amit Shah
C. Nitin Gadkari
D. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Answer: A
Q11. Which govt is to create a separate identity cards for the transgender community in the state?
A. Maharashtra
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: C
Q12. Which State/UT is to announce a horticulture policy with an aim to tackle upcoming marketing challenges and increase the production manifold?
A. J&K
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Ladakh
D. Utter Pradesh
Answer: A
Q13. Which of the following animal is found to be the origin of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China?
A. Bat
B. Pangolin
C. Monotreme
D. Sloth
Answer: B
Q14. Who organized the DefExpo 2020?
A. ISRO
B. Ministry of Defence
C. CRPF
D. Ministry of Home Affairs
Answer: B
Q15. _________ is to create a digital payments index (DPI) by July 2020.
A. SEBI
B. NSE
C. RBI
D. NABARD
Answer: C
Q16. The cybersecurity project codenamed Dejfa, that was recently making news, belongs to which country?
A. Pakistan
B. Iran
C. Malaysia
D. China
Answer: B
Q17. How many major ports of India are named after individuals?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
Answer: C
Q18. The term “SPICe”, sometimes seen in the news, is related to which of the following fields?
A. Science & Technology
B. Environment Protection
C. Business & Economy
D. Defence and Arms Production
Answer: C
Q19. The term “Batterygate”, recently in news, is related to which of the following tech giants?
A. Google
B. Samsung
C. Apple
D. Microsoft
Answer: C
Q20. Recently, Esperanza Base on the Antarctic Peninsula reached a temperature of 18.3 °C, thus becoming the hottest on record for continental Antarctica. Esperanza Base is a research station of which country on Antarctica?
A. France
B. Portugal
C. Argentina
D. England
Answer: C
Q21. Seer Goverdhanpur in Uttar Pradesh is the birthplace of which Bhakti saint?
A. Kabir
B. Dadu
C. Ravidas
D. Ramanand
Answer: C
Q22. In the wake of the coronavirus fears, recently the Baltic Dry Index sank to all-time low plunging into negative territory. What is tracked by Baltic Dry Index?
A. Crude Oil Prices
B. Freight Rates
C. Tourist Arrivals
D. International Flights
Answer: B
Q23. On February 8, 2020, Thaipoosam festival was celebrated by the Tamil community around the world. This festival marks the birthday of which deity?
A. Thirumal
B. Murugan
C. Nataraja
D. Pavadairayan
Answer: B
Q24. Which Indian crop faces danger due to a fungus called Alternaria brassicae as per recent news?
A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Mustard
D. Sugarcane
Answer: C
Q25. Which Hollywood actor is playing Dr. Kalam in his upcoming biopic?
A. Nuveen Andrews
B. Michael C. Hall
C. Muhammad Ali
D. Terry O’Quinn
Answer: C
Q26. The BBIN nations held a meeting recently to deliberate on proposed MoU for the implementation of the Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA). Which among these country is not a part of BBIN nation?
A. Bangladesh
B. Indonesia
C. Nepal
D. Bhutan
Answer: B
Q27. Giriraj Kishore, has passed away at the age of 82. He was a renonwed ________
A. Writer
B. Journalist
C. Actor
D. Economist
Answer: A
Q28. Armand Duplantis has broken the world pole vault record recently. He plays for which country?
A. New Zealand
B. Australia
C. Sweden
D. Poland
Answer: C
Q29. Where was the 23rd edition of the National Conference on e-Governance 2020 held?
A. Hyderabad
B. Mumbai
C. Kochi
D. Surat
Answer: B
Q30. P Parameswaran who died recently was a veteran activist of which organization?
A. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
B. Bajrang Dal
C. Vishva Hindu Parishad
D. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Answer: D
Q1. When did Tata group had announced that it is to sell its consumer mobile business to Bharti Airtel?
A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2019
Answer: B
Q2. Directorate General Quality Assurance functions under _________.
A. Ministry of Home Affairs
B. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
C. Ministry of Defence
D. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Answer: C
Q3. RBI announced that it is to introduce a framework for establishing a Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) for the digital payment system by _________.
A. March 2020
B. April 2020
C. June 2020
D. December 2020
Answer: B
Q4. Which of the following countries formed the India-Central Asia Business council?
A. India, Mongolia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
B. India, Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
C. India, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
D. India, Syria, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
Answer: C
Q5. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) approved the merger of the consumer mobile operations of the Tata group with _________.
A. Bharti Airtel
B. Vodafone Idea
C. BSNL
D. Reliance
Answer: A
Q6. When was the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) established?
A. 1968
B. 1972
C. 1975
D. 1981
Answer: B
Q7. Who developed a helmet that can stop an AK-47 bullet round from a distance of 10 meters?
A. P.K. Srivastava
B. Kanwal Kumar
C. Arvind Dutta
D. Anoop Mishra
Answer: D
Q8. Where is the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) headquarters located?
A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Kochi
D. Mumbai
Answer: C
Q9. Where is the College of Military Engineering (CME) located?
A. Pune
B. Dehra Dun
C. New Delhi
D. Jaipur
Answer: A
Q10. What is the estimated cost of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) to upgrade fishing harbours in India?
A. Rs.2500 crore
B. Rs.3000 crore
C. Rs.2000 crore
D. Rs.3500 crore
Answer: A
Q11. _______ conducted a seminar to spread awareness about the various Schemes of the Ministry of Defence to facilitate the domestic defence industry in DefExpo 2020.
A. Airports Authority of India
B. Directorate General Quality Assurance
C. Defence Research and Development Organisation
D. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Answer: B
Q12. The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) along with the Central government is to take up the upgradation and modernization of _______ fishing harbours in the country.
A. 25
B. 38
C. 43
D. 55
Answer: A
Q13. Who was the first woman to travel in space on a solo mission?
A. Valentina Tereshkova
B. Sally Ride
C. Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
D. Yelena Kondakova
Answer: A
Q14. Who is the President of Sri Lanka?
A. Mahinda Rajapaksa
B. Sajith Premadasa
C. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
D. Maithripala Sirisena
Answer: C
Q15. Which female NASA astronaut set the record for a single spaceflight by a woman of 289 days in 2016-17?
A. Jessica Meir
B. Christina Koch
C. Peggy Whitson
D. Anne McClain
Answer: C
Q16. Who is appointed as the High Commissioner to India by the British government?
A. Dominic Asquith
B. Philip Barton
C. John Major
D. David Cameron
Answer: B
Q17. NASA astronaut ________ returned to Earth on 6 February after spending 328 days on the International Space Station (ISS).
A. Peggy Whitson
B. Christina Koch
C. Anne McClain
D. Jessica Meir
Answer: B
Q18. What is the current Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of RBI?
A. 4%
B. 4.2%
C. 4.5%
D. 4.85%
Answer: A
Q19. Where is the Bodo tribals present?
A. Odisha
B. Assam
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. J & K
Answer: B
Q20. What is the Reverse Repo Rate set by RBI after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)?
A. 4.65%
B. 4.72%
C. 4.84%
D. 4.90%
Answer: D
Q21. The first India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave was recently held in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Cape town
D. Nairobi
Answer: B
Q22. Which famous writer was recently selected for the Mystic Kalinga Literary Award (Indian and Global Languages)?
A. Manoj Das
B. Pratibha Ray
C. Surendra Mohanty
D. Ramakanta Rath
Answer: A
Q23. What is the projected growth rate of India, during the next financial year 2020-21, as per the recent Monetary policy of RBI?
A. 5%
B. 5.5%
C. 6%
D. 6.5%
Answer: C
Q24. The fifth India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was recently organised in which city?
A. Moscow
B. New Delhi
C. Lucknow
D. St. Petersburg
Answer: C
Q25. Which organisation is set to release Digital Payments Index (DPI), which will assess the digitalisation of payments in the country?
A. NITI Aayog
B. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
C. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
D. National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)
Answer: C
Q26. Which city plays host to the 22nd India International Seafood Show, after a gap of 12 years?
A. Vishakhapatnam
B. Goa
C. Kochi
D. Chennai
Answer: C
Q27. Which state/UT has recently renamed its Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Flood Control Department as the ‘Jal Shakti Department’?
A. New Delhi
B. Puducherry
C. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Chandigarh
Answer: C
Q28. The indigenous air to ground missile ‘Khagantak’, which was unveiled during the ongoing DefExpo 2020, is built by which firm/organisation?
A. Defence Research and Development Organisation
B. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
C. JSR Dynamics
D. Bharat Electronics Limited
Answer: C
Q29. What is the theme for this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed on February 6?
A. End Female Genital Mutilation
B. Unleashing Youth Power
C. A Piece of Me
D. Intensify global efforts
Answer: B
Q30. Who has been named as the head of the trust for construction of the Ram Temple, which was recently constituted by the Centre?
A. K. K. Venugopal
B. K Parasaran
C. G E Vahanvati
D. Maninder Acharya
Answer: B
Q1. Who unveiled children's protection fund for India?
A. George VI
B. Prince Charles
C. Edward VII
D. Albert
Answer: B
Q2. _________ signed a Technology Development Contract with Rosoboronexport Russia for the development of spectrum of high energy materials required for missiles, rockets, and guns.
A. HAL
B. HEMRL
C. NCCS
D. BEL
Answer: B
Q3. Which Minister is responsible for the Ministry of Corporate Affairs?
A. Narendra Singh Tomar
B. Shripad Naik
C. Nirmala Sitharaman
D. Piyush Goyal
Answer: C
Q4. The UK has earlier offered the design of its ________ class carrier to the Indian Navy for the third aircraft carrier.
A. first
B. fourth
C. Queen Elizabeth
D. Queen Victoria
Answer: C
Q5. Which Ministry is to launch Spice+ form to increase the ease of doing business?
A. Ministry of Finance
B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Securities and Exchange Board of India
D. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Answer: D
Q6. When did India and the UK agree to extend cooperation to develop advanced defence products such as gas turbine engine and air defence missile systems?
A. 2014
B. 2015
C. 2017
D. 2019
Answer: C
Q7. Where is Bidar airport located?
A. Karnataka
B. Telangana
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
Answer: A
Q8. With which country did India sign an agreement to partner on developing jet engine technology?
A. US
B. UK
C. Russia
D. Japan
Answer: B
Q9. Nepal's census has been scheduled for _________.
A. March 2021
B. June 2021
C. January 2022
D. June 2022
Answer: B
Q10. India and several African countries have agreed to deepen cooperation to combat the growing threat of terrorism at _______ India- Africa Defence Ministers' conclave in Lucknow.
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 5th
D. 10th
Answer: A
Q11. Which of the following country to count a "third gender" category, LGBT people, in its next population census for the first time?
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. Bangladesh
Answer: C
Q12. Taxpayers in India are divided into ________ as per the age.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer: B
Q13. Incentive component of Atal Bhujal Yojana with an outlay of _________.
A. Rs.1500 crore
B. Rs.2500 crore
C. Rs.3200 crore
D. Rs.4600 crore
Answer: D
Q14. As per the new personal income tax regime, _________ tax is levied on an annual income between Rs.2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
A. 4%
B. 5%
C. 7%
D. 8%
Answer: B
Q15. Institutional Strengthening & Capacity Building component of Atal Bhujal Yojana with an outlay of _________.
A. Rs.1400 crore
B. Rs.2500 crore
C. Rs.3200 crore
D. Rs.4000 crore
Answer: A
Q16. _________ signed an MOU with Israel-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems to promote and market the Digital Head-Up Displays (HUD) units.
A. DRDO
B. HAL
C. BEL
D. Ministry of Defence
Answer: B
Q17. The financial assistance for the Atal Bhujal Yojana is provided by the __________ with a sharing pattern of 50:50 with the Indian Government.
A. RBI
B. ADB
C. World Bank
D. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Answer: C
Q18. When was the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on the Joint manufacturing of spares in India that was signed at Vladivostok, Russia?
A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2019
Answer: D
Q19. How much did the GoI allocate for the Atal Bhujal Yojana?
A. Rs.4800 crore
B. Rs.6000 crore
C. Rs.8300 crore
D. Rs.9000 crore
Answer: B
Q20. How many MoUs were exchanged between the Russian Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and the Indian companies during the fifth round of India-Russia Military Industrial Conference (IRMIC)?
A. 5
B. 8
C. 14
D. 22
Answer: C
Q21. The announcement was made by the UK Minister for Defence Procurement James Heappey on __________February.
A. 8th February
B. 7th February
C. 6th February
D. 10th February
Answer: C
Q22. Signing of MoUs to achieve Prime Minister’s $5 billion defence exports target in the next ______years.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 3
Answer: B
Q23. Which country founded Missile Technology Control Regime?
A. Pakistan
B. Japan
C. Iran
D. India
Answer: B
Q24. India- Africa Defence Ministers' conclave was attended by ______Defence Ministers
A. 14
B. 15
C. 13
D. 12
Answer: D
Q25. Atal Bhujal Yojana was launched to commerate the 95th Birth Anniversary of _____________
A. Syama Prasad Mookerjee
B. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C. Lal Krishna Advani
D. Conrad Sangma
Answer: B
Q26. When the Spice+ will be launched by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs?
A. 2 February 2020
B. 12 February 2020
C. 15 February 2020
D. 5 February 2020
Answer: C
Q27. Where was Elbit Systems located?
A. Ashdod
B. Haifa
C. Dimona
D. Hadera
Answer: B
Q28. How many partnerships are involved in the Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on the third day of DefExpo 2020?
A. 210
B. 200
C. 220
D. 230
Answer: B
Q29. How many billions defence export target to be achieved by 2024?
A. four
B. five
C. seven
D. six
Answer: B
Q30. When Bodo agreement was signed on _______________
A. February 20
B. January 27
C. March 20
D. April 16th
Answer: B
Q1. Who received the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy under the Individual category?
A. Dr. Renuka Ramakrishnan
B. Dr. Priyamvada Chugh
C. Dr. Ram Malkani
D. Dr. N.S. Dharmashaktu
Answer: D
Q2. Where was the 35th edition of the Senior Women's National Weightlifting Championships held?
A. Jaipur
B. Lucknow
C. Kolkata
D. Guwahati
Answer: C
Q3. Who received the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy under the Trust category?
A. Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Trust
B. Leprosy Mission Trust
C. HLL Leprosy Trust
D. Damien Foundation India Trust
Answer: B
Q4. Who won gold at Senior Women's National Weightlifting Championships under the 64kg category?
A. Harjinder Kaur
B. Rakhi Halder
C. Mirabai Chanu
D. Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Answer: B
Q5. Snow and Avalanche Studies Establishment (SASE) is a laboratory of ________.
A. IMD
B. DRDO
C. IIT-M
D. CSIR
Answer: B
Q6. What is the theme of the India International Seafood Show (IISS) 2020?
A. Entry to Asia
B. Connect. Collaborate. Commit.
C. Fisheries and Seafood Production for Sustainable Development
D. Blue Revolution- Beyond Production to Value Addition
Answer: D
Q7. What was the setting up of the academy began?
A. 2007
B. 2009
C. 2011
D. 2015
Answer: C
Q8. Who is organizing the India International Seafood Show (IISS) 2020?
A. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
B. Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)
C. Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI)
D. B & C
Answer: D
Q9. Who is the Chief Minister of Karnataka?
A. B S Yediyurappa
B. H D Kumaraswamy
C. Siddaramaiah
D. Y S Jaganmohan Reddy
Answer: A
Q10. When was the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA) established?
A. 1963
B. 1978
C. 1985
D. 1967
Answer: B
Q11. Ministry of Commerce and Industry is conducting the _________ edition of India International Seafood Show (IISS) from 7-9 February 2020.
A. 11th
B. 15th
C. 22nd
D. 26th
Answer: C
Q12. Who is the Chief Minister of Meghalaya?
A. Conrad K Sangma
B. Donkupar Roy
C. D. D. Lapang
D. Sarbananda Sonowal
Answer: A
Q13. Where will the India International Seafood Show (IISS) 2020 be held?
A. Visakhapatnam
B. Mumbai
C. Kochi
D. Chennai
Answer: C
Q14. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal to amend the Banking Regulation Act. The amendment will bring the cooperative banks under the regulatory mechanism of _______.
A. SEBI
B. RBI
C. SBI
D. NBFC
Answer: B
Q15. The _______ edition of DefExpo 2020 is being held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
A. 8th
B. 11th
C. 13th
D. 15th
Answer: B
Q16. Which State cabinet has approved the proposal for allotment of 5-acre land to Sunni Central Waqf Board for the construction of a mosque?
A. Maharashtra
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Uttarakhand
Answer: B
Q17. What is the theme of the DefExpo 2020?
A. India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub
B. Indian Youth for Development, Skill, and Harmony
C. Channelizing Defence for Nation Building
D. Defence Power for Digital India
Answer: A
Q18. When did the Supreme Court order the UP state government to allocate 5-acre land to UP Sunni Central Waqf Board for the construction of a mosque in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid case?
A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2019
Answer: D
Q19. Who inaugurated the DefExpo 2020?
A. President Ram Nath Kovind
B. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
C. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
D. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Answer: C
Q20. The government is to introduce a new programme which will allow the _______ to take care of senior citizens, who are living alone, in their homes.
A. their Children
B. NGOs
C. Ministry of Family Welfare
D. Refugee Centres
Answer: B
Q21. SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant produces ___________ of Hot Stip of Steel
A. 4 MTPA
B. 3 MTPA
C. 1 MTPA
D. 2 MTPA
Answer: B
Q22. Which company will be manufacturing LED TVs for Samsung India Electronics?
A. NTL Electronics
B. Cubix Control Systems
C. Dixon Technologies
D. GSP Electronics
Answer: C
Q23. Which country’s delegation of educational institutions recently visited India and signed agreements in the fields of higher education and research?
A. Canada
B. Norway
C. Germany
D. Japan
Answer: B
Q24. Which Indian actor was recently presented with the ‘Kishore Kumar Samman’ Award for 2018, by the Madhya Pradesh government?
A. Waheeda Rehman
B. Asha Parekh
C. Vyjayanthimala
D. Hema Malini
Answer: A
Q25. Pranab Kumar Gogoi, who recently passed away, was a famous personality in which field?
A. Sports
B. Literature
C. Arts
D. Politics
Answer: D
Q26. Which Indian city is set to play host to the 15th East Asia Summit conference, 2020?
A. New Delhi
B. Hyderabad
C. Chennai
D. Ahmedabad
Answer: C
Q27. The flagship biennial Defence exhibition of India ‘DefExpo’ is organized in which Indian city?
A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Bengaluru
D. Hyderabad
Answer: B
Q28. Which Asian country recently introduced a “sustainable development fee” for regional tourists including Indian visitors?
A. Thailand
B. Bhutan
C. Cambodia
D. Sri Lanka
Answer: B
Q29. What is the GDP growth rate of India in the 2020-21 fiscal, as estimated by the Moody’s Investors Service?
A. 6.5%
B. 6.0%
C. 5.5%
D. 5.0%
Answer: C
Q30. Former world champion Mirabai Chanu, who recently set a new national record in the National Weightlifting Championships, belongs to which state?
A. Haryana
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Manipur
D. Rajasthan
Answer: C
Q1. What is the name of the trust that will be set up for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya?
A. Shri Ram Mandir Seva Trust
B. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra
C. Shri Ram Sewa Samiti
D. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Kalyan Kshetra
Answer: B
Q2. Which international magazine has named RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das as the ‘Central Banker of the Year-2020’?
A. Time
B. The Economist
C. The Banker
D. The Fortune
Answer: C
Q3. Which among the following South-Asian countries recently developed a new classic swine fever vaccine?
A. Sri Lanka
B. India
C. Bangladesh
D. Afghanistan
Answer: B
Q4. Which state has launched the Janasevaka scheme?
A. Telangana
B. Maharashtra
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Karnataka
Answer: D
Q5. Who has become the first Indian no.4 cricketer to hit a century outside India in four years?
A. Mayank Aggarwal
B. Shardul Thakur
C. Rishab Pant
D. Shreyas Iyer
Answer: D
Q6. Which country recently introduced ‘Sustainable Development Tax’ for regional tourism?
A. Bhutan
B. Myanmar
C. Nepal
D. Tibet
Answer: A
Q7. Daniel Arap Moi passed away on February 4, 2020. He was the longest-serving president of which nation?
A. Zambia
B. Egypt
C. Kenya
D. The Gambia
Answer: C
Q8. According to the World Health Organisation, the cases of which disease can rise to 81 percent by 2040?
A. Tuberculosis
B. Cancer
C. H1N1
D. HIV
Answer: B
Q9. To Support and to enable Financial Control on ___________ Banks RBI passed the New Ammendments
A. Cooperative Banks
B. State Banks
C. National Banks
D. Financial bank
Answer: A
Q10. Crude is Measured by
A. Barrels Per Day
B. Gallon Per Minute
C. Barrels Per Stream Day
D. Barrels Per Hour
Answer: A
Q11. IOC Signed Annual Deal to Buy Crude from
A. Rosneft
B. Bashneft
C. Transneft
D. Bharat Petroleum
Answer: A
Q12. DefExpo 2020 is the ______ Edition of India
A. 10th
B. 11th
C. 12th
D. 13th
Answer: B
Q13. India's First Integrated Steel Plant Established at __________
A. Bhilai
B. Durgapur
C. Bokaro
D. Rourkela
Answer: D
Q14. Immigrants From India Move to Low or No Tax Nations to ____________
A. Avoid Tax pay in India
B. Avoid Tolls
C. Pay Less Tax in India
D. Pay more Tax in India
Answer: A
Q15. Udayanotsav is a Festival Conducted Each Year at ______
A. Raj Bhawan
B. Sathyamoorthy Bhawan
C. Rashtrapati Bhawan
D. Shastri Bhawan
Answer: C
Q16. G7 Summit to be Held on
A. 10th June 2020
B. 12th June 2020
C. 11th July 2020
D. 10th July 2020
Answer: A
Q17. New Schemes to Promote Jammu and Kashmir State were Approved Under
A. Swadesh Darshan
B. Prashad
C. Both A and B
D. None
Answer: C
Q18. DefExpo 2020 commenced by ___________
A. Narendra Modi
B. Nirmala Sitharaman
C. Rajnath Singh
D. Yogi Adityanath
Answer: C
Q19. Karnataka State Offers Home Delivery for _________ Services
A. 54
B. 53
C. 51
D. 52
Answer: B
Q20. Dooms Day Glacier otherwise Known as ____________
A. Thwaites Glacier
B. Pine Island Glacier
C. Antartic Ice Sheet
D. Toten Glacier
Answer: A
Q21. Operation Vanilla is being carried out by India to help which country?
A. Maldives
B. Mauritius
C. Indonesia
D. Madagascar
Answer: D
Q22. How much rise is expected in imposed duty in the sales of cigarettes?
A. 5%
B. 6%
C. 7%
D. 8%
Answer: C
Q23. Which of the following won the Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film?
A. Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
B. Your Turn
C. Three Summers
D. My Hindu Friend
Answer: A
Q24. Which state got the first prize in the category of best performance since inception of thePMMVY scheme?
A. Haryana
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. West Bengal
Answer: B
Q25. Santusht Portal was launched by which ministry?
A. Ministry of Defence
B. Ministry of Finance
C. Ministry of Women and Child Development
D. Ministry of Labour and Employment
Answer: D
Q26. 81st National Table Tennis Championships was organized in which city?
A. Hyderabad
B. Mohali
C. New Delhi
D. Bhubaneshwar
Answer: A
Q27. Who won the men's doubles title at the Australian Open?
A. Raven Klaasen & Michael Venus
B. Rajeev Ram & Joe Salisbury
C. Max Purcell &Luke Saville
D. Amol Karhadkar & Marcelo Melo
Answer: B
Q28. 3rd Defence Attaches Conference was organized in which place?
A. Gurugram
B. New Delhi
C. Pune
D. Ranchi
Answer: B
Q29. Who is to become the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian contingent at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
A. Sourav Ganguly
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. Sunil Gavaskar
D. Virat Kohli
Answer: A
Q30. The Supreme Court of India directed the states to establish "Gram Nyayalayas" within four weeks' time span. In which year the Gram Nyayalayas act was passed?
Q1. When Indian Space Research Organisation was founded?
A. 15 August 1969
B. 15 August 1970
C. 15 May 1970
D. 15 June 1970
Answer: A
Q2. When was Election Commission of India formed?
A. 25 January 1951
B. 25 January 1950
C. 26 January 1952
D. 26 January 1953
Answer: B
Q3. How many events are there in the 2020 National Games of India?
A. 28
B. 30
C. 29
D. 32
Answer: B
Q4. Union Govt aims to achieve objective of Housing for All by ________under PMAY-G
A. 2021
B. 2022
C. 2023
D. 2024
Answer: B
Q5. What is the largest city of Africa?
A. Durban
B. Lagos
C. Nairobi
D. Pretoria
Answer: B
Q6. Make in India a type of Swadeshi movement covering _____sectors of the Indian economy
A. 26
B. 25
C. 27
D .28
Answer: B
Q7. Telangana govt to soon begin testing of Novel CoronaVirus in ____________
A. Hyderabad
B. Secunderabad
C. Warangal
D. Karimnagar
Answer: A
Q8. When Indian Coast Guard was founded?
A. 19 May 1978
B. 18 August 1978
C. 19 June 1978
D. 19 July 1978
Answer: B
Q9. Which state government planned to set up testing of Novel CoronaVirus?
A. Bihar
B. Telangana
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. TamilNadu
Answer: B
Q10. Who is appointed as chairman of CBIC ahead of Budget?
A. Vikram Sharma
B. Suresh Kumar
C. M Ajit Kumar
D. Dinesh Gupta
Answer: C
Q11. The agreement on the prohibition of attack against nuclear installations and facilities was signed in 1988 between which two countries?
A. US and USSR
B. USSR and China
C. India and Pakistan
D. India and USSR
Answer: C
Q12. From which Indian organization, the four personnel have been selected for training in Russia for the Gaganyaan Mission, that is going to be launched in 2022?
A. ISRO
B. IAF
C. MARCOS
D. Indian Navy
Answer: B
Q13. Who will launch the “Earthshot Prize” to motivate new solution to tackle climate crisis?
A. Duke of Cambridge
B. Queen Elizabeth II
C. Duke of Sussex
D. Prince of Wales
Answer: A
Q14. Who will be the head of the recently created Sainya Karta Vibhag?
A. Prime Minister
B. Defence Minister
C. Finance Minister
D. Chief of Defence
Answer: D
Q15. Which nation has recently banned the ‘reef toxic’ sunscreen?
A. Australia
B. New Zealand
C. Palau
D. Nauru
Answer: C
Q16. The US was recently praised by the UAE for its role in the Global Coalition against Daesh. What is the other name for Daesh?
A. Al Qaeda
B. Hezbollah
C. ISIS
D. Houthis
Answer: C
Q17. Which is the world’s first major city to celebrate the start of the 2020 New Year and new decade?
A. Sydney
B. Auckland
C. Christchurch
D. Welllington
Answer: B
Q18. What aspect of agriculture is focused upon by Krishi Karman Award?
A. Supply
B. Sales
C. Production
D. Water Management
Answer: C
Q19. What is the aim of the recently formed Akhil Bharatiya Gujarati Samaj Sankalan Samiti?
A. Include NRIs in the State’s development process
B. Include non-resident Gujaratis in the state’s development process
C. Include persons of Indian origin in state’s development process
D. Include Indians
Answer: B
Q20. What is Landouria tonywhitteni that was named after Tony Whitten?
A. Snail
B. Grasshopper
C. Snake
D. Beetle
Answer: A
Q21. When Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority was founded?
A. 1986
B. 1987
C. 1988
D. 1989
Answer: A
Q22. When Make in India was launched?
A. 2013
B. 2014
C. 2015
D. 2016
Answer: B
Q23. Defense Ministers of nearly __________countries confirmed their participation for the DefExpo20
A. 40
B. 42
C. 44
D. 46
Answer: A
Q24. When Defence Exhibition Organisation was formed?
A. 1982
B. 1981
C. 1983
D. 1984
Answer: B
Q25. Who inaugurated Surajkund crafts fair?
A. Shri Rajesh kumar
B. Shri Suresh Kumar
C. Shri Ram Nath Kovind
D. Shri Prakash Javedakar
Answer: C
Q26. When Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana was launched?
A. 2016
B. 2015
C. 2017
D. 2018
Answer: B
Q27. Goa 2020 National Games unveils ______________as mascot
A. Violent Mind
B. Flotzilla
C. Heartbeast
D. Rubigula
Answer: D
Q28. When Indian Air Force was founded?
A. 1932
B. 1933
C. 1934
D. 1935
Answer: A
Q29. World's First Transcatheter Mitral Valve approved in ______________ region
A. Africa
B. Asia
C. Europe
D. South America
Answer: C
Q30. Which space centre launches a low-cost satellite launch vehicles?
A. Satish Dhawan Space Centre
B. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
C. Western RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre
D. ISTRAC-ISRO Telemetry&Tracking and Command Network
Answer: B
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