Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Currently, which of the following states in India generates maximum Hazardous Waste?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Haryana

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2. India’s first automatic coastal warning for disasters will come up in which state?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Odisha
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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3. The Raneh waterfall is located on which river in Madhya Pradesh?
[A] Kali Sindh
[B] Narmada
[C] Ken
[D] Tapti

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4. Which acclaimed Bengali author has passed away, whose story ‘Abhimanyu’ was made into a Hindi movie ‘Ek doctor ki maut’?
[A] Vijayendra Ghatge
[B] Ramapada Chowdhury
[C] Sushant Sanyal
[D] Subhash Mukhopadhyay

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5. Which two Indians are among the winners of the “Green Oscars” award for the Year 2017?
[A] Purnima Devi Barman and Sanjay Gubbi
[B] Prafulla Samantara and Bhagat Puran Singh
[C] Maneka Gandhi and Dr. Harsh Vardhan
[D] Sugathakumari and Pradip Krishen

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6. The recently launched “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)” will be implemented by the:
[A] Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
[B] Ministry of Food Processing Industries
[C] Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
[D] National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

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7. The Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav for the year 2017 will be held at which of the following places?
[A] Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
[B] Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
[D] Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh

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8. Recently, researchers from Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) in collaboration with IISER in Tirupati and Botanical Survey of India found drastic decline of particular grassland in the Western Ghats. Which of the following grasslands is being talked about?
[A] Bugyals Grassland
[B] Khajjar Grassland
[C] Banni Grassland
[D] Shola Grassland

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9. The term “South Asia Economic Union”, sometimes seen in news, is related to:
[A] ASEAN
[B] APEC
[C] SAARC
[D] SCO

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10. Which of the following is the correct order of electricity generation under the ambitious target to develop 175GW renewable energy by 2022?
[A] Solar>Wind>Biomass>Small Hydro
[B] Solar>Small Hydro>Biomass>Wind
[C] Solar>Biomass>Wind>Small Hydro
[D] Solar>Biomass>Small Hydro>Wind

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