Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Which among the following countries is currently (June, 2022) the biggest supplier of crude oil to India?
[A] Iran
[B] Saudi Arabia
[C] Russia
[D] Iraq

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2. In which of the following date “World Water Day” is observed?
[A] March 20th
[B] March 21st
[C] March 22nd
[D] March 23rd

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3. ABC is an equilateral triangle and CD is the internal bisector of ∠C. If DC is produced to E such that AC = CE, then ∠CAE is equal to :
[A] 15°
[B] 45°
[C] 30°
[D] 60°

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4. Which among the following clouds occur at the highest altitude?
[A] Altostratus
[B] Cirrostratus
[C] Stratocumulus
[D] Noctilucent

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5. Kachuga dhonkoga, which was making news for being on the verge of extinction due to its consumption for subsistence, is a _?
[A] Turtle
[B] Frog
[C] Primate
[D] Antelope

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6. If the frequency of a sound wave is reduced to half of its original value, then the speed of sound wave will:
 
[A] reduce to half of its original value
[B] double to that of its original value
[C] increase fourfold of its original value
[D] remain same

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7. Identify the environmental treaty with the help of given information:

  1. It is the only environmental treaty which enjoys universal ratification of 197 UN member countries.
  2. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the implementing agency of the this treaty
  3. In September, 2017 the treaty celebrated its 30thAnniversary

Select the correct answer from options given below:

[A] Rotterdam Convention
[B] Stockholm Convention
[C] Kyoto Protocol
[D] Montreal Protocol

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8. Which of the following is not a mission to conduct detail study of planet Mercury?
[A] MAVEN
[B] Mariner
[C] BepiColombo
[D] Mariner 10

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9. Operation Olive Branch, sometimes seen in news, is associated to which of the following countries?
[A] Turkey
[B] Ukraine
[C] Britain
[D] Netherlands

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10. As per India State of Forest Report 2017, which of the following is the correct order of forest types in India in terms of their area?
[A] Tropical Dry Deciduous> Subtropical Dry Evergreen> Tropical Moist Deciduous> Tropical Semi-Evergreen
[B] Tropical Moist Deciduous> Tropical Dry Deciduous> Subtropical Dry Evergreen> Subtropical Pine
[C] Tropical Dry Deciduous> Tropical Moist Deciduous> Tropical Semi-Evergreen> Himalayan Moist Temperate
[D] Tropical Moist Deciduous> Tropical Dry-Evergreen> Tropical Dry Deciduous> Tropical Wet-Evergreen

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