Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Which of the following has been adjudged as the cleanest railway station in category A1, as per recently released report by the Ministry of Railways?
[A] Vishakhapatnam
[B] Jammu Tawi
[C] Secunderabad
[D] Anand ViharTerminal

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2. Part VI of our constitution is applicable to all the states except __________?
[A] Arunachal Pradesh
[B] Jammu & Kashmir
[C] Sikkim
[D] Applicable to all states of India

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3. The pie chart drawn belown shows the expenses of a family on various items and its savings during the year 2001. Study the graph and answer the question.


Maximum expenditure of the family was on :

[A] Education of child
[B] Housing
[C] food
[D] other items

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4. Kelo irrigation project is a water dispute between:
[A] Chhattisgarh and Odisha
[B] Odisha and Telangana
[C] Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
[D] Kerala and Tamil Nadu

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5. The Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav for the year 2018 was held at which of the following places?
[A] Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
[B] Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
[D] Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh

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6. 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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7. Recently, scientists with the help of ESO’s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument have discovered a planet that is just 11 light-years away from earth, and is a temperate planet that orbits a “quiet star”. The planet has been named as _?
[A] Ross 128b
[B] HD 131399Ab
[C] LHS 1140b
[D] NGTS-1b

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8. Identify the personality with the help of given information:

  1. He is known for starting a monthly magazine “Rashtra Dharma”, a weekly “Panchajanya”, and a daily “Swadesh”
  2. He conceived the political philosophy called “Integral Humanism”.
  3. Government celebrated his 100th birth anniversary on 25th September 2017.

Select the correct answer from options given below:

[A] Keshav Baliram Hedgewar
[B] Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar
[C] Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
[D] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

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9. As per India State of Forest Report 2017, which of the following is the correct order of states for their carbon stock?
[A] Madhya Pradesh> Arunachal Pradesh> Maharashtra> Kerala
[B] Arunachal Pradesh> Madhya Pradesh> Chhattisgarh> Maharashtra
[C] Maharashtra> Madhya Pradesh> Arunachal Pradesh> Tamil Nadu
[D] Mizoram> Chhattisgarh> Madhya Pradesh> Arunachal Pradesh

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10. The Economic Survey 2017-18 has identified four possible headwinds that are impeding India’s transformation from developing to developed economy. Which of following is not the one among them?
[A] Hyper globalization which reduces India’s exporting opportunities
[B] Difficulties of transferring resources from low productivity to higher productivity sectors
[C] Upgrading human capital as per the demands of a technology-intensive workplace
[D] Towering stress on banks due to large loans to the corporate sector turning into stressed and non-performing assets (NPAs)

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