Current GK fEBRUARY 2020 Assignment 01 After +2 Current GK Feb Test 01 DIRECTIONS for questions 1-25: Mark the best option: 1. Ministry of External Affairs appointed Ajay Bisaria as India’s next High Commissioner to? A) Canada B) United Kingdom C) Tanzania D) Australia 2. The Government of India has appointed M. Ajit Kumar as chairman of (January 2020)? A) National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) B) Competition Commission of India (CCI) C) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) D) University Grants Commission (UGC) 1 3. The 34th edition of Surajkund International Crafts mela was Inaugrated by President Ram Nath Govind in February 2020 (Feb 1-16, 2020). The Surajkund International Crafts mela the largest crafts fair in the world was conducted in which Indian State? A) Chhattisgarh B) New Delhi C) Haryana D) Himachal Pradesh 4. Which Indian State banned online lottery scheme in January 2020 to check illegal sale of online lottery? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Telangana C) Punjab D) Maharashtra 5. Who has been elected as President of Paralympic committee of India (February 2020)? A) Deepa Malik B) Mariyappan Thangavelu C) Devendra Jhajharia D) Gursharan Singh 2 6. The President of India has awarded the President colors award to which Indian Naval Station (Feb 2020)? A) INS Parundu B) INS Shivaji C) INS Dega D) INS Trata 7. Which State’s transport corporation has recently won Transport Ministry’s Road Safety award 2018- 19 for its low accident rate? A) Nagaland B) Delhi C) Goa D) Puducherry 8. The Government has constituted a task force with the Group of Ministers (GoM) to monitor the novel coronavirus outbreak (February 2020). Who is the Head/Chairman of the task force? A) Nitin Jairam Gadkari B) Raj Nath Singh C) Amit Shah D) Harsh Vardhan 3 9. According to recent report by Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), __ of Children Death Under age 5 is due to Pneumonia in India? A) 9% B) 12% C) 14% D) 18% 10. ‘Intivadhakey Pension’ (Pension to your Doorstep) scheme covered 94% of 60Lakh pensioners in record time recently (launched on February 1, 2020). The Scheme is the initiative of? A) Telangana B) Karnataka C) Andhra Pradesh D) Odisha 11. In Budget 2020, Rs 2.3 crores has been sanctioned for the scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) scheme. Which Ministry is implementing SFURTI? A) Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises B) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises C) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment D) Ministry of Finance 4 12. As per Greenbone sustainable Resilience Data released by German cybersecurity firm Greenbone (Feb 2020), among Indian states which state has most hit by global medical data leak with 3,08,451 data leaks? A) Maharashtra B) Karnataka C) West Bengal D) Telangana 13. According to a study conducted by National Productivity Council (NPC), the use of chemical fertilizers has reduced by ____% due to soil health card scheme, whereas the productivity increased by 5-6%? A) 7-8% B) 8-10% C) 9-11% D) 6-7% 14. As per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (M0SPI) the rate of labour force participation is 36.9 % and the unemployment rate in India in 2017-18 was ____%? A) 4.1 B) 4.6 C) 5.3 D) 6.1 5 15. The 15.6km long railway line between Agartala to Akhaura will be completed by September 2021. It is the Railway line between India and _____? A) Bhutan B) China C) Pakistan D) Bangladesh 16. In which Indian state for the 1st time drones are used for village mapping (Feb 2020)? A) Haryana B) Punjab C) Uttarakhand D) Madhya Pradesh 17. Which state has allocated 5 acres’ land to Sunni Waqf Board to construct mosque as per Supreme Court’s order?a A) Madhya Pradesh B) Haryana C) Punjab D) Uttar Pradesh 18. Which Indian city receives the UNESCO world heritage city certificate during the visit of General Audrey Azoulay Directorate General of UNESCO’s visit to India (Feb 2020)? A) Chennai B) Hyderabad C) Jaipur D) Ahmedabad 6 19. Who heads the Indian National Commission for Co- operation with UNESCO, met the DG UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay in New Delhi (Feb 2020)? A) Narendra Modi B) Rajnath Singh C) Nitin Jairam Gadkari D) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank 20. Which country has announced the launch of 27 nation Religious Freedom Alliance (Feb 2020) for protecting and preserving the religious freedom across the world? A) India B) China C) Austria D) U.S 21. Which nation has appointed Philip Barton as new High commissioner to India (Feb 2020)? A) Britain B) Sweden C) Norway D) Brazil 7 22. Which Organization has launched India-central Asia Business council in New Delhi along with 5 central Asian countries? A) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) B) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) C) PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry D) National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) 23. The 22nd edition of India International seafood show (IISS) 2020 with the theme “Blue Revolution- Beyond Production to Value Addition” commenced at? A) Mumbai, Maharashtra B) kochi, Kerala C) Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh D) Mangalore, Karnataka 8 24. As per National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) report on ‘Missing women and Children in India’ between 2016-18 Madhya Pradesh tops in number of missing children list. Whereas, which state tops in most number of missing women in India? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Tamil Nadu C) Uttar Pradesh D) Maharashtra 25. Which Metro has become country’s 2nd largest operational metro recently (Feb 2020) with operational distance of 69.3 Km? A) Delhi metro rail corporation B) Namma metro C) Hyderabad metro rail D) Chennai metro rail 9 Answer Keys Q. No. Key Q. No. Key 1. A 16. D 2. C 17. D 3. C 18. C 4. C 19. D 5. A 20. D 6. B 21. A 7. B 22. B 8. D 23. B 9. C 24. D 10. C 25. C 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. D 10 .