Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. What is India’s rank in production of Sugarcane?
[A] First
[B] Second
[C] Third
[D] Fourth

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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. Consider the following statements:
Assertion: Government of India has recently created a GOM to consider amendment to Article 311 of the Constitution
Reason: The provisions of Article 311 have come in the way of bringing corrupt civil servants to book and create obstacles for expeditious punitive action.
Choose the correct option:
[A] Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation to A
[B] Both A and R are correct, but R is incorrect explanation to A
[C] A is correct , R is incorrect
[D] A is incorrect , R is correct

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4. The Finance Ministry recently asked the CPSEs for issuance of “bonus shares” to prevent “fiscal crunch”. Which of the following best defines “bonus shares”?
[A] Bonus shares are additional shares given to the existing shareholders of a company without any additional cost.
[B] Bonus shares are additional shares issued at prices above the par value of shares to existing shareholders.
[C] Bonus shares are shares issued at discount on par value of shares to add new shareholders in a company.
[D] Bonus shares are issued at discount on par value of shares with promise to redeem at fixed dividend rate.

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5. The GOLF (Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies) experiment aims to study the internal structure of the _?
[A] Earth
[B] Moon
[C] Sun
[D] Mars

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6. 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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7. Recently, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the change in definitions of MSMEs based on their annual turnover and investments made in plants. As per new definitions, a medium enterprise is defined as a unit with annual turnover ranging between _?
[A] 5 crore to 10 crore
[B] 10 crore to 50 crore
[C] 50 crore to 75 crore
[D] 75 crore to 250 crore

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8. Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is an ambitious project of which state government to provide water to its farmers by December 2017?
[A] Telangana
[B] Karnataka
[C] Goa
[D] Kerala

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9. Recently, our scientists discovered that mucus secreted by the frog species Hydrophylax bahuvistara could be used as an anti-microbial drug to destroy bacteria and viruses responsible for the flu. The frog species “Hydrophylax bahuvistara” is found in which part of India?
[A] Eastern Himalayas
[B] Western Ghats
[C] Western Himalayas
[D] Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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10. Recently, Scientists from India have discovered seven new frog species belonging to the genus Nyctibatrachus, commonly known as Night Frogs. These new species have been discovered in which of the following parts of India?
[A] Eastern Himalayas
[B] Western Ghats
[C] Eastern Ghats
[D] Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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