Current Affairs - 2019-20

1. Who has been appointed the new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Indian Railways?
[A] B N Mohapatra
[B] S K Bhagat
[C] Anand Mathur
[D] Akhil Agrawal

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2. Which Indian personality has been appointed public policy fellow to Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars?
[A] Gopalaswami Parthasarathy
[B] Rakesh Sood
[C] Srinivas Kumar Sinha
[D] Nirupama Rao

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3. Parvathama RajKumar, who passed away recently, was the noted personality of which field?
[A] Film Industry
[B] Politics
[C] Journalism
[D] Law

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4. In which part of the world one can not see Judicial corporal punishment ?
[A] Central Asia
[B] Africa
[C] North America
[D] Middle East

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5. The pie chart drawn belown shows the expenses of a family on various items and its savings during the year 2001. Study the graph and answer the question.


If the total income for the year was 100000 Rs. the difference of the expensses (in rupees) between housing and transport was:

[A] 7000 Rs
[B] 10000 Rs
[C] 15000 Rs
[D] 12000 Rs

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6. Sahel region, which was recently making news, is an ecoclimatic and biogeographic region in which ofthe following continents?
[A] Australia
[B] Africa
[C] Asia
[D] South America

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7. India’s largest solar power park is under construction in which state?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Tamil Nadu

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8. The term “General Review of Quotas (GRQ)”, which was recently in news, is associated to which organization?
[A] International Monetary Fund
[B] South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
[C] Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
[D] Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

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9. Recently, the Supreme Court requested all the states and union territories to move forward towards blanket ban on the use of “pet coke”. Pet coke is most widely used in which of the following industry?
[A] Cement
[B] Power
[C] Steel
[D] Construction

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10. The “United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231” that was in news recently, is associated with which of the following?
[A] Terminates the restrictions imposed on Iran’s nuclear programme
[B] Defines “youth” as persons aged 18 through 29
[C] Advocates the rights of refugees and migrants
[D] Incorporation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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