Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Miroslav Lajcak will be the new President of United Nations General Assembly. He hails from which country?
[A] Slovakia
[B] Fiji
[C] Uruguay
[D] Senegal

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2. ISRO has recently established the Gadanki Ionospheric Radar Interferometer system in which state?
[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Maharashtra

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3. Recently, Narendra Modi Government installed plaque with the name and quote of which of the following personalities at cellular jail?
[A] Veer Savarkar
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Subhas Chandra Bose
[D] Bhikaiji Rustom Cama

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4. Recently, the government launched the National Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM) to deal with which two pollutants present in water?
[A] DDT and Chlorine
[B] Arsenic and Fluoride
[C] Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and Detergents
[D] Insecticides and herbicides

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5. Recently, Indian scientists have developed a supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton test loop facility that would help generate clean energy from future power plants including solar thermal. This technology has been developed indigenously by the scientists of _?
[A] Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
[B] Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
[C] Indian National Science Academy
[D] Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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6. The term “White Stork”, which was recently in news, is:
[A] a computer virus
[B] an automated cargo spacecraft
[C] a cryptocurrency
[D] type of a radiological dispersal device (RDD)

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7. Which two new sectors have been included under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2017?
[A] Higher Education and Hospitality
[B] Hospitality and Healthcare
[C] Healthcare and Labour Laws
[D] Labour Laws & Vocational education and training

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8. The Pam Rajput committee, sometimes seen in news, is associated with:
[A] empowerment of women
[B] digital payment
[C] border protection
[D] promoting entrepreneurship among youths

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9. Mata Prasad Committee, sometimes seen in news, is associated to:
[A] Border Protection
[B] Power Sector Reforms
[C] Banking Reforms
[D] Digital Payments

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10. Artemisinin drug, which was recently making news, is used in the treatment of which disease?
[A] Malaria
[B] Dengue
[C] Chikungunya
[D] Japanese encephalitis

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