Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. We often read about third world in newspapers. Which among the following best describes third world ?
[A] The Oil Rich Countries located in Middle east
[B] The underdeveloped countries and developing countries
[C] The Africa and Asia as a whole and parts of South America
[D] The Africa and Asia as a whole and parts of North America

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2. The in-radius of an equilateral traingle is of length 3 cm. Then the length of each of its medians is :
[A] 4 cm
[B] 9 cm
[C] 9.5 cm
[D] 12 cm

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3. 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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4. The Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav for the year 2018 was held at which of the following places?
[A] Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
[B] Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
[D] Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh

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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. Recently, NASA has selected two missions- Dragonfly and Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) to study which of the following?
[A] Phobos and Deimos- moons of Mars
[B] Titan-the largest moon of Saturn and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
[C] Ganymede and Europa- moons of Jupiter
[D] Newly discovered exoplanets Trappist-1 and Ross 128 b

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7. The scheme called “Transforming India by 2022”, aspires to:
[A] produce renewable energy capacity of 175 GW by 2022
[B] rapidly transform backward districts of the country
[C] electrify 60% of the vehicles produced in the country
[D] double the current income of the farmers

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8. The Indian government has declared 2010-2020 as the decade of:
[A] Biodiversity
[B] Peace and Non-violence for the Children
[C] Innovation
[D] Sustainable Energy for All

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9. 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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10. The recently launched ARIES Telescope, Asia's biggest telescope, is located in which state of India?
[A] Jammu & Kashmir
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Sikkim

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