Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary is located in:
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Guajarath
[D] Tripura

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2. Which of the following schemes have been subsumed in the recently approved Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)?
[A] Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
[B] Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS)
[C] National Life Insurance Scheme
[D] 1 & 2

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3. G is the centroid in the equilateral △ ABC. If AB = 10 cm then length of AG is :
[A] \frac{20\sqrt{3}}{3}cm
[B] 10\sqrt{3}cm
[C] \frac{10\sqrt{3}}{3}cm
[D] 5\sqrt{3}cm

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4. Which national park is  home to pygmy hog which is endemic to this region of India?
[A] Orang National Park
[B] Kudermukh national park
[C] Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
[D] Namdapha National Park

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5. Who is appointed as the Returning Officer/Assistant Returning Officer for the election to the Office of President of India?
[A] Speaker Lok Sabha
[B] Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
[C] Secretary General, Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha
[D] Parliamentary Secretary

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6. The term “Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS)”, sometimes seen in news, is related to:
[A] Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
[B] World Trade Organization (WTO)
[C] Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
[D] Wassenaar Arrangement

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7. The term Joint Lenders’ Forum (JLF), sometimes seen in news, aims to:
[A] discuss for disinvestment in selected public sector enterprises
[B] speed up recovery of non-performing assets
[C] design environmental dimensions for sustainable development
[D] address issues related to GST

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8. Identify the personality with the help of given information:

  1. He is known for starting a monthly magazine “Rashtra Dharma”, a weekly “Panchajanya”, and a daily “Swadesh”
  2. He conceived the political philosophy called “Integral Humanism”.
  3. Government celebrated his 100th birth anniversary on 25th September 2017.

Select the correct answer from options given below:

[A] Keshav Baliram Hedgewar
[B] Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar
[C] Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
[D] Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

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9. To boost tourism and travel in the country, how many Special Tourism Zones have been proposed in the Budget-2017?
[A] Three
[B] Four
[C] Five
[D] Six

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10. What is VPM1002, which was recently making news?
[A] Name of the meteorite which hit the college campus in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu
[B] A new vaccine for tuberculosis
[C] A newly invented explosive device used by Russia in war against ISIS in Syria
[D] First genetically-engineered version of mustard crop in India

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