Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Recently, the government of India has relaxed the norms for withdrawal of General Provident Fund (GPF). As per the new norms, the employees can withdraw the funds for select purposes after completing how many years in service?
[A] 5 years
[B] 8 years
[C] 10 years
[D] 12 years

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2. Who has been appointed new Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer for UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)?
[A] Stephanie T. Williams
[B] Jose Eladio Alcain
[C] Per Gustaf Lodin
[D] Antony K Luce

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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. Kachchatheevu, an uninhabited island, is a disputed territory between which two countries?
[A] India and Sri Lanka
[B] Sri Lanka and Maldives
[C] Maldives and Pakistan
[D] India and Maldives

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5. The Hokersar wetland, which was once known as the ‘Queen of Wetlands’ was recently in news for being on the brink of extinction due to encroachment activities. Hokersar wetland is situated in which of the following states of India?
[A] Jammu & Kashmir
[B] Sikkim
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] Manipur

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6. The term CIPAM, which was recently in news, is associated to:
[A] Demonetization
[B] Intellectual Property Rights
[C] Cross Border Management
[D] Goods and Services Tax (GST)

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7. Recently, Indian scientists have developed a supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton test loop facility that would help generate clean energy from future power plants including solar thermal. This technology has been developed indigenously by the scientists of _?
[A] Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
[B] Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
[C] Indian National Science Academy
[D] Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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8. India’s first "Cardless and PIN less" Aadhaar based ATM was launched at which of the following places?
[A] Mumbai
[B] New Delhi
[C] Hyderabad
[D] Bengaluru

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9. Pusa-1509 & Pusa-1121 which were recently in news for high agricultural yields are varieties of _?
[A] Mustard
[B] Paddy
[C] Pigeon pea
[D] Cotton

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10. Recently, FDA has approved Genvoya, a single-tablet drug as complete treatment for which disease?
[A] Tuberculosis
[B] Dengue
[C] Ebola
[D] HIV / AIDS

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