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JNANAGANGOTHRI JANAUARY- 2020 MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ‘S JNANAGANGOTHRI JANAUARY- 2020 MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ‘s WWW.IASJNANA.COM 1 JNANAGANGOTHRI JANAUARY- 2020 MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ‘s 1.Which state has been declared ‗disturbed area‘ Minister for Communications, Law & for six more months? Justice and Electronics & IT Ravi Shankar (A) Meghalaya (B) Nagaland Prasad launches web portal Central Equipment (C) Assam (D) Manipur Identity Register (CEIR) to block stolen, lost Answer: (B) Nagaland mobile phones in Delhi. The entire state of Nagaland has been declared a disturbed area for a period of six more months 4.‗Dhanu Jatra‘ annual drama begins in which under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, state? AFSPA, Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (A) Harayana (B) Odisha (AFSPA): 1958 is an act of the Parliament of (C) Jharkhand (D) Assam India that grants special powers to the Indian Answer: (B) Odisha Armed Forces the power to maintain public 11 day long ‗Dhanu Jatra‘ begins at Bargarh in order in ―disturbed areas‖. According to The Odisha. Dhanu Jatra is the annual drama Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1976 once based open air theatrical performance declared ‗disturbed‘, the area has to maintain celebrated in and around Bargarh city is status quo for a minimum of 3 months. considered to be the world‘s 5.Which is cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan League 2020? (A) Indore (B) Rajkot (C) Mumbai (D) Surat Answer: (A) Indore The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) released results of Swachh Survekshan League 2020; Indore grabbed the title of India‘s cleanest city for the fourth 2.Which Indian defense force has banned from consecutive year. using social media and smartphones at naval bases? 6.Which is the first state to pass Anti-CAA (A) Indian Navy (B) Indian Air Force resolution? (C) Indian Army (D) none of the above (A) Nagaland (B) Kerala Answer: (A) Indian Navy (C) Assam (D) West Bengal The Indian Navy has banned navy personnel Answer: (B) Kerala from using social media and smartphones at The Kerala Assembly passed a resolution naval bases dockyards and onboard warships. demanding scrapping of the controversial The stringent step has been taken by the force Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) after seven. Navy personnel were caught leaking becoming the first state in the country to do so. sensitive information to enemy intelligence agencies on social media. 7.107th Indian Science Congress to be held in which city? 3.After Mumbai, Where did Government launch (A) Delhi (B) Mumbai web portal to block stolen, lost mobile (C) Chennai (D) Bengaluru phones? Answer: D) Bengaluru (A) Bhopal (B) Delhi 107th Indian Science Congress is hosted by The (C) Bengaluru (D) Chennai University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru Answer: (B) Delhi will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Theme: science and technology rural development‘. WWW.IASJNANA.COM 2 JNANAGANGOTHRI JANAUARY- 2020 MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ‘s Devi Prasad Tripathi general secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) widely renowned for his erudition and oratory Dr.Tripathi 70 was the party Rajya Sabha member from 2012 to 2016. 3. Which ministry to launch #39;Santusht' portal? (A) Ministry of Agriculture (B) Ministry of Civil Aviation 8.ISRO to set up second launch port in which (C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry state? (D) Ministry of labor (A) Kerala (B) Maharashtra Answer: (D) Ministry of labor (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu Labour Ministry to launch 'Santusht' Answer: (D) Tamil Nadu portal It helps for speedy redressal of worker as ISRO to set up second launch port in well as employer grievances and ensuring Thoothukodi district in Tamilnadu for effective implementation of labor laws at the exclusively to launch small satellite launch grassroot level vehicles. 12.Which state government decided to deliver 9. In which year India may overtake Germany to sand at doorstep? become fourth-largest economy, as per (A) Kerala (B) Maharashtra Centre for Economics and Business Research (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu (CEBR)? Answer: (C) Andhra Pradesh (A) 2024 (B) 2025 About: The Andhra Pradesh Government is (C) 2026 (D) 2027 planning to introduce door delivery of sand in Answer: (C) 2026 the New Year and as a pilot project it will first According to UK-based Centre for Economics be taken up in Krishna district and then and Business Research (CEBR) India may extended to other districts. overtake Germany to become fourth-largest Chief Minister: Y.S Jaganmohan Reddy. economy by 2026 and the third largest by 2034. 13.World Health Organization (WHO) 10.Which is first country to ban sunscreen designated the year 2020 as? products? (A) International Year of Indigenous Languages (B) (A) Philippines (B) Indonesia International Year of Pulses (C) Palau (D) Kazakhistan (C) International Year of Soils Answer: (C) Palau (D) Year of the Nurse and the Midwife Palau becomes first country to ban sunscreen Answer: (D) Year of the Nurse and the Midwife products, to protect its vulnerable coral reefs. World Health Organization (WHO) designated The government has signed a law that restricts the year 2020 as the ‗Year of the Nurse and the the sale and use of sunscreen and skincare Midwife‘ in honor of the 200th birth anniversary products that contain a list of ten different of Florence Nightingale. chemicals. 14.When is World Braille Day observed? 11.Devi Prasad Tripathi passes away, was (A) 3rd January (B) 4th January eminent personality in which field? (C) 5th January (D) 6th January (A) Actor (B) Politician Answer: (B) 4th January (C) Scientist (D) Professor About: The world Braille Day is being celebrated Answer: (B) Politician on Jan 4. The day is marked remembering the WWW.IASJNANA.COM 3 JNANAGANGOTHRI JANAUARY- 2020 MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ‘s birth anniversary of Louis Braille 18.When is Savitribai Phule‘s birth anniversary French educator and inventor of a system of celebrated? reading and writing for use by the blind or (A) January 1 (B) January 2 visually impaired. Louis Braille was born on 4th (C) January 3 (D) January 4 January 1809 in the town of Coupvray in Answer: (C) January 3 northern France. January 3 marks the birthday of the ‗mother of Indian feminism‘ Savitribai Phule who is 15.Indian Railways has launched which helpline regarded as the first female teacher of India for passengers? a social reformer an educationist and a poetess. (A) 99 (B) 125 (C) 139 (D) 150 Phule along with her husband Jyotirao Phule Answer: (C) 139 dedicated her life to the cause of women‘s rights Indian Railways has integrated its helpline and education. numbers into a single number 139 for quick grievance redressal and enquiries by passengers 19.Study campaign launched in which state to during their train journeys. turn into an educational hub at national and international level? 16.Where will 28th edition of World Book Fair (A)Karnataka (B) Maharashtra to be held? (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Gujarat (A) New Delhi (B) Maharashtra Answer: (D) Gujarat (C) Uttarakhand (D) West Bengal Education department of Gujarat government Answer: (A) New Delhi has launched ‗Study in Gujarat‘ campaign in Union Minister for Human Resources order to make Gujarat State an educational hub Development Ramesh Pokhriyal to inaugurate at national and international level. 28th edition of World Book Fair Organized by National Book Trust in Pragati Maidan in New 20.Which state Govt launched ‗Cyber Safe Delhi. Women‘ initiative? Theme: Gandhi: The Writers' Writer (A)Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Gujarat Answer: (B) Maharashtra Maharashtra Govt launches ‗Cyber Safe Women‘ initiative; it will help in educating women about how the web is used by anti-social elements and child predators to commit various types of crimes. Chief Minister: Uddhav Thackeray 21.Karnataka Nataka Academy announced 17.KVIC opens first silk processing plant in lifetime achievement award to which actress? which state? (A) Jayamala (B) G.V. Sharada (C) (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra Umashree (D) Madhavi (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu Answer: (B) G.V. Sharada Answer: (A) Gujarat Karnataka Nataka Academy announced Khadi and Village Industries Commission Lifetime achievement award to senior actor (KVIC) have opened its first Silk processing G.V. Sharada. It also announced annual theatre plant in Surendranagar Gujarat to boost awards to 25 artists. production of signature Patola Saree while creating livelihoods for women. 22.Hameed Khan passes away, was noted in using which musical instrument? WWW.IASJNANA.COM 4 JNANAGANGOTHRI JANAUARY- 2020 MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ‘s (A) Violin (B) sitar 26.Global meet on marine ecosystem to be held (C) Guitar (D) Flute in which state? Answer: (B) sitar (A)Karnataka (B) Maharashtra Hameed Khan a noted sitar exponent and (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Kerala descendant of renowned sitarist Ustad Rahimat Answer: (D) Kerala Khan passed away in Dharwad. He was 69. The third international symposium on marine Hameed Khan taught sitar at Karnatak ecosystems – challenges and opportunities University‘s College of Music and also at the (MECOS-3) to be held in Central Marine family run music school ‗Bharateeya Sangeeta Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala from Vidyalaya‘. He established ‗Kalakeri Sangeet January 7 to 10, organized by the Marine Vidyalaya‘ at Kalakeri village near Dharwad Biological Association of India which provides music lessons to the deprived. 27.What is India‘s rank in Travel & 23.‗Lai Haraoba‘ festival begins in which state? Tourism Competitiveness Index? (A) Tripura (B) Maharashtra (A) 34 th (B) 36 th (C) Uttarakhand (D) West Bengal (C) 38 th (D) 40 th Answer: (A) Tripura Answer: (A) 34th ‗Lai Haraoba‘ festival begins in Tripura According to the report of World Economic a ritualistic festival observed by Manipuri meitei Forum (WEF) in Travel & Tourism communities since ancient times began in Competitiveness Index, India‘s rank is 34th Agartala.
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