Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Which of the following was the first planet in the solar system to be visited by a Spacecraft?
[A] Mercury
[B] Venus
[C] Mars
[D] Jupiter

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2. In which year the International Labour Organization adopted the Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention?
[A] 1995
[B] 1997
[C] 1999
[D] 2000

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3. Which of the following schemes have been subsumed in the recently approved Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)?
[A] Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
[B] Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS)
[C] National Life Insurance Scheme
[D] 1 & 2

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4. Identify the fauna with the help of given information:

  1. The fauna is endemic to Rann of Kutch
  2. The fauna is locally known as khur
  3. The only other two sub species of this fauna is found in arid plateau of Tibet
  4. It has been recently listed as near threatened species by IUCN

Select the correct answer from options given below:

[A] Indian Wild Ass
[B] Great Indian Bustard
[C] Four-horned antelope
[D] Slender-billed vulture

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5. The term “Alliance 8.7” that was recently making news, is associated to which of the following?  
[A] Development of Artificial Intelligence and Block Chain Technologies
[B] Implement effective measures to end forced labour
[C] Draft resolution on the status of Jerusalem
[D] An intergovernmental counter-terrorist alliance of countries in the Muslim World

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6. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s longest road tunnel called Chenani-Nashri Tunnel. The tunnel is located in which state of India?
[A] Jammu & Kashmir
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Sikkim

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7. The term “Pulse Panchayat”, which was recently in news, is most closely related to which of the following?
[A] Pulse Production
[B] Polio Vaccination
[C] Rural Sanitation
[D] Rural Employments

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8. Which of the following is the India’s best institute, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2019?
[A] IISc Bengaluru
[B] IIT Madras
[C] IIT Roorkee
[D] IIT Indore

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9. Where did the torch relay began for the 2018 Asian Games?
[A] Jakarta
[B] New Delhi
[C] Lahore
[D] Hangzhou

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10. Who won the Gold Medal in the 2017 London World Championships in Athletics in the Women’s Pole Vault?
[A] Sandi Morris
[B] Yarisley Silva
[C] Ekaterini Stefanidi
[D] Robeilys Peinado

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