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Current Affairs Quiz– 12Th February 2020 Current Affairs Quiz– 12th February 2020 EXAMSDAILY 1. Who has named as 2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of Year? a) Lalremsiami b) Deep Grace Ekka c) Vandana Katariya d) Rani Rampal 2. The 33rd edition of African Union (AU) heads of state summit 2020 held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2020. Which of the following is the theme of the Summit? a) “Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation” b) “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in Youth” c) “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development” d) “Human Rights with a particular focus on the Rights of Women” 3. The 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) of Wild Animals will be hosted by which country? a) India b) Malaysia c) France d) Brazil 4. Who was named as the “Test batting performance of the year” award 13th edition of the Annual ESPNcricinfo Awards 2019? a) Rohit Sharma, India b) Ross Taylor, New Zealand c) Steve Smith, Australia d) Kusal Perera, Sri Lanka 5. Government of India has decided to rename the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad, Haryana. The NIFM will be named after which Indian Former Finance minister? a) Manmohan Singh b) Jaswant Singh c) Arun Jaitley d) Yashwant Sinha 6. The Fifth Edition of Joint Military Exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior 2020’ will be conducted from 13th to 26th February 2020 between India and which country? a) France b) Italy c) Germany d) United Kingdom 7. The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially named the disease caused by the new coronavirus as-? a) Virus-2019 b) Antic-2019 c) Vivid-2019 d) Covid-2019 8. Lalremsiami is Indian hockey player. She belongs to which state? a) Sikkim b) Mizoram c) Meghalaya d) Nagaland 9. ClimFishCon 2020, an international conference on the impact of climate change on ‘hydrological cycle, ecosystem, fisheries and food security’ will begin in- a) Uttar Pradesh b) Maharashtra c) Kerala d) Madhya Pradesh 10. Which Indian city going to get the largest air quality monitoring network in India (February 2020)? a) Hyderabad b) Bengaluru c) Mumbai d) Kolkata 11. Which of the following state government has given its approval to the Ground Water Act- 2020 recently? a) Telangana b) Uttar Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Andhra Pradesh 12. Name the person, who will be take oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi on 16th February in Ramlila Maidan? a) Kapil Mishra b) Manish Sisodia c) Manoj Tiwari d) Arvind Kejriwal 13. National Productivity Day is observed on which of the following days a) 11th February b) 12th February c) 13th February d) 14th February 14. February 12 to February 18, 2020 celebrated as which of the following week? a) Children’s mental health week b) World Immunisation week c) Road Safety Week d) National Productivity week 15. In which city, the National Water Conference was held recently? a) Jaipur b) Lucknow c) Bhopal d) Kolkata 16. ESPNcricinfo (sports news website) announced the 13th edition of the Annual ESPNcricinfo Awards 2019. Who was named as the ‘captain of the year”? a) Virat Kohli, India b) Kane Williamson, New Zealand c) Aaron Finch, Australia d) Eoin Morgan, England 17. Who among the following is Governor of Kerala? a) Arif Mohammad Khan b) Prof. Jagdish Mukhi c) Pangu Chaugan d) Vajubhai Vala 18. The first ‘Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival’ will be held in-? a) Pune b) Mumbai c) Nashik d) Nagpur 19. Who has Authored the book “The Thin Mind Map”? a) Ralph Watson b) Dharmendra Rai c) Kruti Shah d) RKS Mangesh Dash 20. Who has been conferred with International Olympic Committee’s Coaches Lifetime achievement awards 2019? a) Herry Iman Pierngadi b) Park Joo Bong c) Rexy Mainaky d) Pullela Gopichand .
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