Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. What is India’s rank in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 released by Transparency International?
[A] 79
[B] 89
[C] 99
[D] 100

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

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3. Government has increased reservation for admission to Post-Graduate medical courses for persons with disabilities to__?
[A] 3%
[B] 4%
[C] 5%
[D] 7%

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4. Identify a tribe in India from the given information:
1. This tribe is mostly found in Maharashtra and parts of Madhya Pradesh
2. This tribe is one of the denotified tribes of India
3. The members of this tribe are nomadic hunters with excellent skill in catching birds
4. Recently, this community was making news for being part of an initiative to save critically endangered lesser floricans
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] Ramoshi
[B] Doms
[C] Charodi
[D] Phase Pardhi

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5. The Goldman Environmental Prize for the year 2017 has been awarded to:
[A] Prafulla Samantara
[B] Bhagat Puran Singh
[C] Chandi Prasad Bhatt
[D] Maneka Gandhi

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6. Which of the following organisations recently made successful test of Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration Program or RLV-TD?
[A] Defense research development Organisation (DRDO)
[B] Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
[C] Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
[D] Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)

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7. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently launched the “Blue Flag” programme to:
[A] conduct tiger census in Tiger range countries (TRCs)
[B] certify clean beaches in India
[C] reduce the level of groundwater pollution in the country
[D] plant trees along national highways

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8. The term “BGR-34”, which was frequently in news, is:
[A] ethanol blended fuel
[B] Indian standard Gold Bar
[C] anti-diabetic Ayurvedic drug
[D] artillery gun developed by DRDO for the Indian Army

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9. Recently, the Central Government proposed setting up of Four Border Haats in Mizoram to facilitate border trade with which country?
[A] Myanmar
[B] Bangladesh
[C] Bhutan
[D] China

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10. The 17th NAM Summit was held in which country?
[A] India
[B] South Africa
[C] Cuba
[D] Venezuela

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