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National Assembly of People's Power • •Name of Country : Brazil • •Capital : Brasília 2 Question No: 1 The first Indian company to use HeiQ Viroblock technology in clothes? A. Welspun India B. Raymond C. Arvind Textiles D. Vardhman Textiles Ans. C 3 Question No: 2 In which article is the right to constitutional remedies is given – A. Article 15 B. Article 32 C. Article 31 A D. Article 51 Ans. B 4 Question No:3 What is the full form of CRISIL? A. Credit Rating Initial Services of India Limited B. Credit Reverse Information Services of India Limited C. Company Rating Information Services of India Limited D. Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited Ans. D 5 Question No: 4 Recently India has pledged to Nepal to construct a Rs 2.33 crore sanitation facility at the – A. Siddhababa Temple B. Manakamana Temple C. Shri Muktinath Temple D. Pashupatinath Temple Ans. D 6 Question No: 5 In which conference UNFCCC was established? A. RIO Conference 1990 B. RIO Conference 1998 C. RIO Conference 1996 D. RIO Conference 1992 Ans. D 7 Question No: 6 Dean Jones, who died recently was cricketer of which Country ? डीन जⴂस, जजनकी हाल ही मᴂ म配ृ यु हुई थी, वह ककस देश के किकेटर थे? A. England B. South Africa C. Australia D. West Indies 8 Question No: 7 Who wrote book Balidarshanam ? बालीदर्शनम किताब किसने कलखी? A. Shankar Kurup B. Ashapurna devi C. Akkitham D. Amitab Ghosha 9 Question No: 8 “Pusa Decomposer” which can be used in easy stubble decomposition, is developed by …. "पूसा कििंपोजर" कजसिा उपयोग पराली अपघटन मᴂ किया जा सिता है, किसिे द्वारा कििकसत किया गया है .... A. DRDO B. IARI C. CSIR D. None 10 Question No: 9 Which country does not belong to G-4 group? जी-4 समूह िा सदस्य िौन सा देर् नहीं है? A. India B. South Africa C. Japan D. Germany 11 Question No: 10 Coffee Club (Uniting for consensus) is lead by which country? िॉफी क्लब (आम सहमकत िे कलए एिजुट) िा नेतृत्व किस देर् द्वारा किया जा रहा है? A. Italy B. South Africa C. Pakistan D. None 12 Question No: 11 Dassault Aviation belongs to which country? दसॉल्ट एकिएर्न किस देर् से संबंकित है? A. Israel B. USA C. Russia D. France 13 Question No: 12 Name the first woman Rafale pilot? पहली मकहला राफेल पायलट िा नाम? A. Avani Chaturvedi B. Mohana Singh C. Bhawana Kanth D. Shivangi Singh 14 Question No: 13 The Official Languages Act, 1963, belongs to which language/s? राजभाषा अकिकनयम, 1963 किस भाषा/ओं से संबंकित है? A. Hindi B. English C. Tamil D. A & B 15 Question No: 14 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, came in which year? नारिोकटि िरग्स एंि साइिोटरॉकपि पदार्श (एनिीपीएस) अकिकनयम, किस िषश मᴂ आया र्ा? A. 1985 B. 1988 C. 1982 D. 2000 16 Question No: 15 Who is the Secretary General of International Maritime Organisation (IMO)? अंतराशष्ट्र ीय समुद्री संगठन (आईएमओ) िा महासकिि िौन है? A. Gianni Infantino B. Guy Ryder C. Kitack Lim D. Thomas Bach Answer - Kitack Lim 17 Question No: 16 JIMEX-2020 is held between India & ……? JIMEX-2020 भारत और किस देर् िे मध्य आ र्ा ? A. USA B. Britain C. Russia D. Japan 18 Question No: 17 Who won Rome Masters-2020 men singles trophy ? A. Novak Djokovic B. Diego Schwartzman C. Dominic Thiem D. Rafael Nadal 19 Question No: 18 Fair and Remunerative Price is related to which crop/s ? A. Sugarcane B. Wheat C. Gram D. A & B 20 Question No: 19 In which year Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) was founded? A. 1988 B. 1982 C. 1925 D. 1965 21 Question No: 20 Who headed National Commission on Farmers ? A. Ashok Dalwai B. Soumya Swaminathan C. Joseph Kurian D. None 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 •Name of country: Nepal • Capital: Kathmandu •Currency:Nepalese rupee •President:Bidhya Devi Bhandari •Prime minister:KP Sharma Oli •Name of Legislature:Federal Parliament of Nepal •Name of country :North Korea •Capital: Pyongyang • Currency:North Korean won Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea : Kim Jong-un • Name of Legislature:Supreme People's Assembly •Name of country:Oman • Capital: Muscat •Currency:Omani rial •Sultan: Haitham bin Tariq • Name of Legislature:Council of Oman •Name of country: Pakistan • Capital: Islamabad •Currency:Pakistani rupee •President:Arif Alvi •Prime minister:Imran Khan •Name of Legislature:Parliament of Pakistan •Name of country : State of Palestine •Capital: Jerusalem •Currency:Egyptian pound •President:Mahmoud Abbas •Prime minister:Mohammad Shtayyeh •Name of Legislature:Palestinian National Council • •Name of country :Philippines •Capital:Manila •Currency:Philippine peso •President:Rodrigo Duterte •Name of Legislature:Congress of the Philippines •Name of country: Qatar • Capital: Doha • Currency:Qatari riyal • Emir of Qatar:Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani • Prime minister:Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani • • Name of Legislature:Consultative Assembly of Qatar Emir of Qatar Prime minister: •Name of country:Russia • Capital:Moscow •Currency:Russian ruble •President : Vladimir Putin • •:Prime minister : Mikhail Mishustin •:Name of Legislature:Federal Assembly (Russia) •Name of country:Saudi Arabia • Capital:Riyadh •Currency : Saudi riyal •King : Salman of Saudi Arabia •Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia •:Mohammed bin Salman • •Name of Legislature: None •Name of country:Singapore • Capital: Singapore •Currency:Singapore dollar •President:Halimah Yacob • •Prime minister:Lee Hsien Loong • Name of Legislature:Parliament of Singapore •Name of country :South Korea •Capital : Seoul •Currency:South Korean won •President:Moon Jae-in •Prime minister : Chung Sye-kyun •:Name of Legislature:National Assembly (South Korea) President Prime minister •Name of country : Sri Lanka •Capital : Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte • Currency:Sri Lankan rupee • • President:Gotabaya Rajapaksa • Prime minister:Mahinda Rajapaksa • Name of Legislature:Parliament of Sri Lanka •Name of country:Syria • Capital: Damascus •Currency:Syrian pound •President:Bashar al-Assad •Prime minister:Hussein Arnous •Name of Legislature:People's Council of Syria •Name of country:Taiwan • Capital:Taipei •Currency:New Taiwan dollar •President:Tsai Inwe •Name of Legislature:Legislative Yuan •Name of country: Tajikistan • •Capital: Dushanbe • Currency: Tajikistani somoni • :President:Emomali Rahmon • Prime minister:Kokhir Rasulzoda • • Name of Legislature:Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan) •Name of country:Thailand • Capital:Bangkok •Currency:Thai baht •Prime minister:Prayut Chan-o-cha •Name of Legislature:National Assembly of Thailand •Name of country : Turkey •Capital : Ankara •Currency:Turkish lira •President:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan •Name of Legislature:Grand National Assembly of Turkey • •Name of country :Turkmenistan •Capital: Ashgabat Currency:Turkmenistan manat President:Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Name of Legislature:Assembly of Turkmenistan •Name of country : United Arab Emirates •Capital : Abu Dhabi •Currency:United Arab Emirates dirham •President:Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan •Prime minister:Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum •Name of Legislature:Federal National Council •Name of country : Uzbekistan •Capital : Tashkent •Currency:, Uzbekistani soʻm •President:Shavkat Mirziyoyev •Prime minister:Abdulla Aripov •Name of Legislature:Supreme Assembly (Uzbekistan) •Name of country :Vietnam •Capital :Hanoi •Currency:Vietnamese đồng •Prime minister: Nguyễn Xuân Phúc •Name of Legislature:National Assembly (Vietnam) •Name of country : Yemen •Capital : Sanaa • Currency:Yemeni rial • President:Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi • Prime minister:Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed • Name of Legislature:Supreme Political Council •Name of country : United States •sovereign state in North America •Capital : Washington, D.C •Currency:United States dollar •President:Donald Trump •Name of Legislature:United States Congress •Name of country :Mexico •Capital :Mexico City •Currency:Mexican peso •President:Andrés Manuel López Obrador •Name of Legislature:Congress of the Union •Name of country:Canada • Capital: Ottawa •Currency:Canadian dollar •Prime minister:Justin Trudeau • Name of Legislature:Parliament of Canada • •Name of country: Cuba • •Capital : Havana •Currency:Cuban peso •President:Miguel Díaz-Canel •Prime minister:Manuel Marrero Cruz • •Name of Legislature:National Assembly of People's Power • •Name of country : Brazil • •Capital : Brasília •Currency:Brazilian real •President:Jair Bolsonaro •Name of Legislature:National Congress of Brazil •Name of country:Colombia • Capital:Bogotá •Currency:Colombian peso •President:Iván Duque Márquez •Name of Legislature:Congress of Colombia •Name of country : Argentina •Capital : Buenos Aires •Currency:Argentine peso •President:Alberto Fernández •Name of Legislature:National Congress of Argentina •Name of country : Venezuela •Capital : Caracas •Currency:Venezuelan bolívar •President:Nicolás Maduro •Name of Legislature:National Assembly (Venezuela) •Name of country :Chile •Capital : Santiago •Currency:Chilean peso •President:Sebastián Piñera •Name of Legislature:National Congress of Chile •Name of country : Paraguay • Capital : Asunción •Currency:Paraguayan guaraní •President:Mario Abdo Benítez •Name of Legislature:Congress of Paraguay •Name of country : Uruguay •Capital: Montevideo •Currency:Uruguayan peso •President:Luis Lacalle Pou • •Name of Legislature:General Assembly of Uruguay •Name of country :Guyana •Capital :Georgetown, Guyana •Currency:Guyanese dollar •President:Irfaan Ali •Name of Legislature:National Assembly (Guyana).
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