Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Parvathama RajKumar, who passed away recently, was the noted personality of which field?
[A] Film Industry
[B] Politics
[C] Journalism
[D] Law

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2. Which among the following country is India’s top trading partner?
[A] UAE
[B] USA
[C] Japan
[D] China

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3. 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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4. The terms “Walopi” and “Chemvist” which were recently in news, are associated with Indian:
[A] Shipping Industry
[B] Railways
[C] Pharmaceutical Industry
[D] Space Programme

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5. Recently, India has been ranked 177 among 180 countries in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), 2018. The index has been developed by Yale University and Columbia University in collaboration with the:
[A] World Economic Forum
[B] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
[C] United Nations Environment Programme
[D] World Wide Fund for Nature

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6. 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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7. Recently, the central government proposed setting up of Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP) in which state of India?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Bihar
[C] Karnataka
[D] Tamil Nadu

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8. The Galilee Basin project, which was recently making news, is located in which country?
[A] Ireland
[B] Australia
[C] Brazil
[D] South Africa

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9. Recently, the term "Nairobi Package" was frequently making news. With which of the following is this "Nairobi Package" related to__?
[A] United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
[B] World Trade Organisation
[C] United Nations Environment Programme
[D] African Union

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10. What is the theme of 2018 World Rabies Day (WRD)?
[A] Rabies: 100% Vaccine preventable
[B] Rabies: Educate, Vaccinate, Eliminate
[C] Rabies: Share the message. Save a life!
[D] Rabies: Zero by 30

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