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January-2020-Monthly-Quiz-E-Book Stay Connected With SPNotifier EBooks for Bank Exams, SSC & Railways 2020 General Awareness EBooks Computer Awareness EBooks Monthly Current Affairs Capsules S No Question Answer 1 Nirmala Sitharaman unveils _ lakh crore national 102 infrastructure plan 2 No extra charge on digital payments via RuPay and 1st Jan UPI from _ 2020 3 Who commences world’s largest ever vaccination India programme to control FMD? 4 When Indian Railways was founded? 1853 5 Where was 2022 Commonwealth Games scheduled? Birmingham 6 When Unified Payments Interface was introduced? 2016 7 When Huawei was founded? 1987 8 What is the estimated cost of National Infra Pipeline 102 trillion plan? 9 Who serves as Indian Olympic Association Dr. Nariner Dhruv Batra President? 10 Where Railway Protection Force headquarters was New Delhi located? 11 When RuPay card was introduced by Indian 2014 Government? 12 Which country commences world’s largest ever India vaccination programme to control FMD? 13 Who unveils 102 lakh crore national infrastructure Nirmala Sitharaman plans? 14 Which company planned to conduct super-fast Huawei speed 5G network trials in India? 15 When Railway Protection Force was founded? 27 July 1872 16 The government had recently launched central Department of Telecom Equipment Identify Register portal. It operates under which of department? 17 Dhanu Jatra is currently celebrated in which state? Odessa 18 Fausta, a female black rhino, believed to be the Near threatened world’s oldest rhino, had recently died in Tanzanian conservation area. What is the IUCN status of the black rhinos? 19 Which state is going to observe “No Vehicle Day” on Rajasthan the first day of every month in 2020? 20 Where was the event held to commemorate the Andaman and Nicobar 76th Anniversary of the First Flag Hoisting by Netaji Islands Subhas Chandra Bose? 21 Which state is going to conduct its maiden snow Uttrakhand leopard survey? 22 Which ministry is set to launch “Santusht” portal for Ministry of Labor and rapid grievance redressal for the employers and the Employment employees? 23 Who is going to head the recently constituted task Economic Affairs Secretary force for developing the National Infrastructure Pipeline? 24 The Dornier aircraft, which was recently inducted Light Utility aircraft into the Otters Squadron, belongs to which category? 25 Captain Vikram Batra, after whom Delhi is to rename Kargil War its Mukarba Chowk, was martyred in which war? 26 Who is appointed as Air Officer-in-Charge Vibhas Pande Maintenance? 27 China launches new Alzheimer’s drug treatment to 5,700 cost $ _ per year 28 Which country officially shares list of nuclear Pakistan installations with India? 29 Who created a new Guinness World Records for Sai Deepak most side lunges? 30 Which country launched new Alzheimer’s drug China treatment to cost $5,700 per year? 31 Who dedicated five DRDO Young Scientists Shri Narendra Modi Laboratories? 32 When Election Commission of India was formed? 25 January 1950 33 When Telecom Regulatory Authority of India of India 1997 was founded? 34 Who inaugurated National Fire Service College in Shri Amit Shah Nagpur? 35 Who is appointed as Railway Board Chairman for VK Yadav one more year? 36 What is the name of the India’s first human-crewed Gaganyaan mission to outer space? 37 Who will honor the states with Krishi Karman Shri Narendra Modi Awards for good agriculture production? 38 What is the name of the app which is launched by MANI (Mobile Aided Note RBI for visually challenged to identify the Identifier) denomination of currency notes? 39 The agreement on the prohibition of attack against India and Pakistan nuclear installations and facilities was signed in 1988 between which two countries? 40 From which Indian organization, the four personnel IAF have been selected for training in Russia for the Gaganyaan Mission, that is going to be launched in 2022? 41 Who will launch the “Earth shot Prize” to motivate Duke of Cambridge new solution to tackle climate crisis? 42 Who will be the head of the recently created Sainya Chief of Defence Staff Karta Vibhag? 43 Which nation has recently banned the ‘reef toxic’ Palau sunscreen? 44 The US was recently praised by the UAE for its role ISIS in the Global Coalition against Daesh. What is the other name for Daesh? 45 Which is the world’s first major city to celebrate the Auckland start of the 2020 New Year and new decade? 46 What aspect of agriculture is focused upon by Krishi Production Karman Award? 47 What is the aim of the recently formed Akhil Include non-resident Gujarat Bharatiya Gujarati Samaj Sankalan Samiti? is in the state’s development process 48 What is Landouria tonywhitteni that was named Snail after Tony Whitten? 49 Who won award for first civil contract for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Tughlakabad Aero city corridor? (DMRC) 50 Who took charge as Air Officer-in-Charge MSG Menon Administration? 51 Which state govt launches online platform to Odessa digitalize Odessa Gazette? 52 Where was the headquarters of Indian Space Bengaluru Research Organization located? 53 Amit Shah to dedicate new campus of National Fire Nagpur Service College in ________ 54 China launches _ powerful naval destroyers in year 2 of harvest for military 55 Fifth IHAI National Ice Hockey Championship 2020 Leh begins in _ 56 When All India Institutes of Medical Sciences 1956 established? 57 _ first fully automated car park tower unveiled in Delhi Green Park 58 Who inaugurated 28th New Delhi World Book Fair? Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 59 Which state govt launched Cyber Safe Women Maharashtra initiative? 60 Which year is designated as Year of Nurse and 2020 Midwife? 61 Who is appointed as new chancellor of Queen’s Hillary Clinton University Belfast in Ireland? 62 How many crore did PM Narendra Modi disburses to 12,000 six crore farmers? 63 How many contracts of Ministry of Petroleum and 7 Natural Gas awarded under Open Acreage Licensing Programme? 64 Who is the President of Nepal? Bidhya Devi Bhandari 65 Prakash Parv is celebrated as birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh which Sikh Guru? 66 Which country was the largest source of foreign Singapore direct investment (FDI) in India during the 1st half of the financial year 2019-2020? 67 ISRO is to set up its second launch port in Tamilnadu Small Satellite Launch for SSLV. What does SSLV stand for? Vehicle 68 What is the estimated cost of the new Chandrayaan Rs. 600 Crore -3 project, as per the announcement of ISRO? What is the estimated cost of the new Chandrayaan -3 project, as per the announcement of ISRO? What is the estimated cost of the new Chandrayaan -3 project, as per the announcement of ISRO? 69 Which satellite would be launched on January 17, GSAT-30 2020 as the 1st satellite of the year 2020? 70 Who was recently reappointed as the Chairman of Vinod Kumar Yadav Railway Board? 71 What is the name of the award to be given to the Krishi Karman states for good agricultural production, by the Prime Minister? 72 Which city is host to the 107th edition of the Indian Bengaluru Science Congress (ISC)? 73 Who received the famous ‘Sangita Kalanithi’ award S. Sowmya of the Music Academy, recently? 74 After Indore at first rank, which cities ranked second Bhopal and Surat and third (in first quarter) in Swachh Survekshan League, 2020, released recently? 75 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the _ 107th Indian Science Congress 76 When World Trade Organization was founded? 1995 77 Who inaugurated the 107th Indian Science Shri Narendra Modi Congress? 78 Who disburses 12,000 crore rupees to six crore Shri Narendra Modi farmers? 79 Mirabai ranked _ in latest Olympic qualification 8th rankings 80 Which country created a record for highest number India of babies born on New Year Day? 81 Which ministry created new emerging and strategic Ministry of External Affairs technologies NEST? 82 Who inaugurated 4th All India Police Judo Cluster Shri Nityanand Rai Championship 2019? 83 US sends _ more army troops to Middle East 3,000 84 Which country names Esmail Qaani new Quds chief Iran of IRGC? 85 Union Government sanctions 2,636 EV charging 62 stations in _ cities 86 World Braille Day observed on _ January 4th 87 Who inaugurated the world second tallest statue of Shri Vijay Rupani Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel? 88 How many hospitals de-empanelled and 4.5 crore 175 fines imposed under Ayushman Bharat Scheme? 89 India strongly condemned vandalism at Nankana Pakistan Sahib Gurudwara in _ 90 Which state govt launches Cyber Safe Women Maharashtra initiative? 91 Adani to buy _ stake in Krishnapatnam Port 75% 92 How many billions did UPI hits transactions in 1.3 billion transactions December Month? 93 The Prime Minister of India recently inaugurated Defence Research and Young Scientists Labs of which organization? Development Organization, DRDO 94 Which state has recently declared 2020 as the year Telangana of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and has signed MoUs with tech firms for AI research? 95 According to the recent data from the Ministry of 95 Forest Environment and Climate Change (MoEFCC), what is the total number of tiger deaths occurred in India during 2019? 96 David Stern who passed away recently was the National Basketball Commissioner of which famous Sports league? Association, NBA 97 Sunita Lakra, who announced her retirement Hockey recently, is a famous Indian player of which Sports? 98 Which state has recently announced a scheme to Andhra Pradesh deliver sand to customer’s doorstep from January 2, 2020? 99 Umaro Cissoko Embalo was recently elected as the Guinea-Bissau President of which country? 100 Who was recently presented with the ‘Lokmanya Sanjay Gupta Tilak National Journalism Award‘? 101 What is the new integrated helpline number of the 139 Indian Railways, launched recently? 102 What is the annual nancial assistance given to Rs.
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