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17 January to 18 January 2020) DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ : ( 17 JANUARY TO 18 JANUARY 2020) No. of Questions: 15 Correct: Full Mark: 15 Wrong: Time: 15 min Mark Secured: 1. When will Pariksha Pe Charcha-2020 a) India event be held? b) China a) January 20th c) Tibet b) January 22nd d) Bangladesh c) January 23rd e) None of these d) January 30th 7. The Union Health Ministry has issued a e) None of these travel advisory to passengers travelling 2. Which Indian advocate was recently to which nation over the spread of appointed as the Queen’s Counsel? Coronavirus? a) Fali S Nariman a) Taiwan b) KK Venugopal b) South Korea c) Soli Sorabjee c) China d) Harish Salve d) Japan e) None of these e) None of these 3. Oleksiy Honcharuk has resigned as the 8. Which firm’s brand “APNA UREA – Prime Minister of which nation? Sona Ugle” was launched by Shri a) Ukraine Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda b) Poland Gowda recently ? c) Sweden a) Oman India Fertilizer Company d) Switzerland (OMIFCO) e) None of these b) Hindustan India Fertilizer Company 4. Which Tribal refugee community will (HIFCO) now be given permission to settle in c) Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Tripura following the signing of a Limited (HURL) historic agreement ? d) IOT India Fertilizer Services Ltd. a) Jayantia (IIFSL) b) Bru-Reang e) National Fertilizer Services Ltd. c) Rengma-Bodo (NFSL) d) Deori-Garo 9. Indian Postal Department, has released e) None of these the commemorative stamp of Chuni 5. What is the ranking of Indian Passport Goswami.He is associated with which in Henley Passport Index 2020? sport ? a) 40 a) Football b) 52 b) Cricket c) 66 c) Hockey d) 84 d) Chess e) None of these e) Badminton 6. Which country recently passed a law 10. Name the villages of Uttar Pradesh, to make ‘ethnic unity’ mandatory? that is set to become India’s first 1 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ ‘Model Sports villages’ as a part of 15. Who were honoured with the Madhya ‘Adarsh Khel Gram’ program of Pradesh (MP) state government award, Institute of Management Technology “2017 & 2018 National Lata (IMT) Ghaziabad, UP along with Non Mangeshkar Award” recently ? Governmental Organization,‘ Sports: A a) Suman Kalyanpur & Kuldeep Singh Way of Life’ . b) Nitin Bose & Naushad Ali a) Kisarua and Chandau c) Pankaj Mullick & Kanan Devi b) Hansigunj and Jirauliya d) Kanan Devi & Kuldeep Singh c) Ughaiti and Maujampur e) Kuldeep Singh & Naushad Ali d) Bahadurpur and Kheri Viran e) Ughaiti and Chandau ANSWER KEY: 11. Government allocates, Rs.2379 crore 1 a 9 a for construction of Z-Morh tunnel, it is 2 d 10 d build in which UT/State ? 3 a 11 b a) Ladakh 4 b 12 c b) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) 5 d 13 a c) Uttar Pradesh 6 c 14 d d) Assam 7 c 15 a e) West Bengal 8 c 12. Where was the 5th edition of the Science Film Festival of India, SCI- FFI 2020 held ? a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu b) Kolkata, West Bengal c) Panaji, Goa d) New Delhi, Delhi e) Gandhinagar, Gujarat 13. Who won the Kerala State Sports Council’s V Raja (Lt.Col. P. R. Godavarma Raja) award for athletics (Male) recently ? a) Mohammad Anas b) Arokia Rajiv c) Dharun Ayyasamy d) Jinson Johnson e) Manjit Singh 14. Which State/UT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog to promote the development of infrastructures ? a) Assam b) Uttar Pradesh c) Jammu and Kashmir d) Ladakh e) Gujarat 2 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .
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