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[WpProQuiz 7552]1) The Good Governance Day is observed annually on which date ?
A) December 30
B) December 29
C) December 28
D) December 25
E) December 27
2) Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has inaugurated the 65th National School Games of SGFI in ___________ .
A) Chennai
B) Bhopal
C) Ranchi
D) Pune
E) New Delhi
3) DharmendraPradhan has unveiled India’s First CNG Bus that can run aroud ______ kilometers in a single fill.
A) 2000
B) 1300
C) 1000
D) 1200
E) 1500
4) The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to agreement on Security Cooperation between India and which country?
A) Oman
B) Myanmar
C) Singapore
D) Thailand
E) Saudi Arabia
5) As per the recently released test rankings, what is the position of India in Test cricket?
A) 5
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4
6) Cabinet has given approval to the agreement between India and Sweden related to which category?
A) Recognition of medical degrees & certificates
B) Disaster management agreement
C) Base erosion & profit shifting agreement
D) Recognition of maritime education & training
E) Advanced pricing agreement
7) I&B minister PrakashJavadekar has announced the launch of Digital Radio in which year?
A) 2020
B) 2024
C) 2022
D) 2025
E) 2023
8) PM Modi would unveil the statue of which popular leader in Lucknow? What will be the height of the statue?
A) Mahatma Gandhi ; 25 feet
B) AtalBihariVajapayee ; 50 feet
C) SardarVallabhaiPatel : 50 feet
D) AtalBihariVajapayee ; 25 feet
E) Mahatma Gandhi : 50 feet
9) PM Modi has recently launched the AtalBhujalYojana. What is the project outlay of the scheme?
A) 3000 crore
B) 4500 crore
C) 4000 crore
D) 5000 crore
E) 6000 crore
10) Leaders from which countries have recently reiterated their commitment to ending North Korea’s nuclear program?
A) Japan, Russia, China
B) China, Japan, South Korea
C) China, Russia, South Korea
D) Japan, Russia, South Korea
E) South Korea, Russia, China
11) The RBI has capped the lending on P2P platforms. What is the upper limit of the aggregate exposure of a lender to all borrowers?
A) 45 lacs
B) 60 lacs
C) 50 lacs
D) 40 lacs
E) 75 lacs
12) Which company will open its first farm collection centre in Pune ?
A) Flipkart
B) Amazon
C) Microsoft
D) IBM
E) Walmart
13) The Gross NPAs of banks have declined from 11.2 percent to ________ percent in H1 of FY20 as per RBI.
A) 10.5
B) 9.5
C) 10.2
D) 8.5
E) 9.1
14) Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has inked pact for mutual and technical cooperation with organization?
A) SEBI
B) RBI
C) PFRDA
D) NHB
E) NABARD
15) BhartiInfratel has extended the deadline for the merger with which company ?
A) Tata Towers
B) Indus Towers
C) Reliance Towers
D) Axel Towers
E) Infra Towers
16) NABARD has inked an agreement under Aquaculture Development Fund (FIDF) with which state ?
A) Gujarat
B) Kerala
C) Maharashtra
D) Karnataka
E) Tamil Nadu
17) Rohtang tunnel named after former Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee, connects which two places?
A) Lahaul Valley and Dharmashala
B) Kullu and Spiti
C) Kullu and Lahaul Valley
D) Lahaul Valley and Spiti
E) Dharamshala and Kullu
18) ESAF Small Finance Bank has appointed PR Ravi Mohan as its new chairman. He has been replaced _______ .
A) RakeshBhagat
B) Mohan Aggarwal
C) Lokesh Mehta
D) N Ravi
E) R Prabha
19) Who will take over as the new President of Assocham?
A) Ashok Mehta
B) NiranjanHiranandani
C) Ramesh Mirchandani
D) BalkrishanGoenka
E) RishadPremji
20) Who among the following will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand ?
A) ShibhuSoren
B) HemantSoren
C) Raghubar Das
D) DraupadiMurmu
E) BabulalMarandi
21) Who has been felicitated by Army Chief BipinRawat for developing a bulletproof jacket?
A) Rajiv Singh
B) Anup Malik
C) Deepak Thakar
D) Rajiv Singh
E) Anoop Mishra
22) Which organisation has awarded the Kamareddy district of Telangana for effective Swachh Bharat implementation ?
A) WHO
B) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
C) Amnesty International
D) UNICEF
E) UNESCO
23) Cabinet has approved anMoU between India and ______ for cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy
A) Germany
B) Switzerland
C) Thailand
D) Oman
E) Saudi Arabia
24) India has successfully test-fired Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile system. It has been developed by which agency ?
A) GRSE
B) DRDO
C) ISRO
D) HAL
E) BEL
25) Which state has topped in the maximum coverage area under micro-irrigation ?
A) Karnataka
B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra
D) Tamil Nadu
E) Punjab
26) Scientists from which organisation have developed a new ink formulation for security printing?
A) CSIR-CLRI
B) CSIR-CCMB
C) CSIR-NPL
D) CSIR-NEERI
E) CSIR- AMPRI
27) As per the ICC Test rankings, who has become the top ranked batman for 2019 ?
A) Babar Azam
B) ViratKohli
C) Steve Smith
D) Kane Williamson
E) Rohit Sharma
28) Who has inaugurated the 65th National School Games of SGFI in New Delhi ?
A) Amit Shah
B) PiyushGoyal
C) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
D) PrakashJavedkar
E) NarendraModi
29) HemantSoren is set to be sworn in as the new CM of Jharkhand. Who is the present Governor of Jharkhand?
A) BandaruDattatreya
B) Arif Khan
C) Baby Rani Maurya
D) DraupadiMurm
E) PhaguChauhan
30) Manu Bhaker and AnishBhanwala have clinched five gold medals at National Shooting Championships. The event was held in ________ .
A) Guwahati
B) Pune
C) Surat
D) Chennai
E) Bhopal
Answers :
1) Answer: D
Good Governance Day in India is observed on 25 December to commemorate the birth anniversary of AtalBihari Vajpayee. He died at the age of 93 on 16 August, 2018. The Good Governance Day was established in 2014 to pay tribute to the former PM AtalBihari Vajpayee to raise awareness about the accountability in governance among the people of India.
2) Answer: E
Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated Lawn Tennis Event (Under 19, Boys & Girls) of 65th National School Games organised by School Games Federation of India (SGFI) at R.K. Khanna Stadium in New Delhi .
A total number of 232 qualified Tennis Players have gathered in Delhi selected from 23 states for the National Level competition here. These players will compete in different categories for the next four days till the 28th of December.
3) Answer: C
Delhi has witnessed a revolution in shift towards cleaner gas based fuels
In a major step towards making India a gas-based economy and making CNG as the eco-friendly option for long distance transport in the country, ShriDharmendraPradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, unveiled India’s first long distance CNG bus fitted with composite CNG cylinders, which can travel around 1000 kms in a single fill. The project has been executed by Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) and has been achieved through pioneering design of Type IV Composite Cylinders in buses, replacing traditional very heavy Type-I Carbon Steel cylinders.
4) Answer: E
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister ShriNarendraModi has given ex-post facto approval on an Agreement on Security Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that was signed on 29th October, 2019 during the visit of Hon’ble Prime Minister to Saudi Arabia.
The Agreement aims to improve the effectiveness of both countries in the prevention and suppression of crimes including crime relating to terrorism and its financing and organized crime and to establish a framework for enhancing cooperation between the officials of intelligence and law-enforcement agencies of the two countries, in line with national and international obligations.
5) Answer: B
In the ICC World Test Championship, India stands on top with 360 points. Australia with 216 points occupies 2nd spot. Pakistan is in third spot with 80 points.
6) Answer: D
The Agreement will pave the way for recognition of maritime education and training, certificates of competency, endorsements, training and documentary evidence and medical fitness certificates for seafarers issued by the Government of both the countries, in accordance with the provision of regulation 1/10 of the STCW Convention, and cooperation between the two countries in the training certification and management of seafarers.
The Agreement will be beneficial to both the countries as Sweden is a ship owning nation while India is a net seafarer supplying nation.
7) Answer: B
Information and Broadcasting Minister PrakashJavadekar has stated that the NDA government is bringing Digital Radio in 2024. Addressing the annual Akashvani awards function in New Delhi ,MrJavadekar stated that the audio of digital radio will be more clear and its reach will be higher.
8) Answer: D
Prime Minister NarendraModi will unveil a statue of former Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee in Lucknow .MrModi will unveil the 25-feet bronze statue at LokBhawan, the secretariat of Uttar Pradesh government. Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of AtalBihari Medical University.
Apart from the unveiling of statue by MrModi, many other functions have also been organised to mark the birth anniversary of Vajpayee. These include blood donation camps, fruit distribution and cleanliness drive all over the state. Sushasan Day will also be observed on this occasion in many districts. In Lucknow, a KaviSammelan has also been organised.
9) Answer: E
Prime Minister NarendraModi has launched AtalBhujalYojana in New Delhi . The Central Government scheme will promote Panchayat led ground water management and behavioural changes with primary focus on demand side management. Union Cabinet approved the 6,000 crore rupees scheme at a meeting. Information and Broadcasting Minister PrakashJavadekar stated that, the scheme will be implemented over a period of 5 years in identified areas in Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
That ground water contributes to nearly 65 percent of total irrigated area of the country and nearly 85 percent of the rural drinking water supply.
10) Answer: B
Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea reiterated their commitment to ending North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs at a trilateral summit that comes against the backdrop of increasing demands by Pyongyang for sanctions relief.
Free trade and economic cooperation were also at the forefront of the meetings between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu
11) Answer: C
To protect consumers interest, the Reserve Bank stated that on a peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platform the permissible exposure of a lender to all borrowers should not exceed Rs 50 lakh at any given point of time. “On a review, it has been decided that the aggregate exposure of a lender to all borrowers at any point of time, across all P2P platforms, shall be subject to a cap of Rs 50,00,000 provided that such investments of the lenders on P2P platforms are consistent with their net-worth.
12) Answer: B
Amazon Retail India Pvt Ltd, the retail arm of e-commerce giant Amazon, will soon open its first farm collection center in Pune, sources privy to the development said. Under its farm-to-fork initiative, Amazon will directly purchase vegetables from farmers, who would be paid within 24 hours.
This is pursuant to Amazon’s focus on using technology to enable farmers to directly offer the products to customers and unlock greater value.
13) Answer: E
The banking sector has shown good signs with improvement in the gross non performing assets (GNPA), however, a fall in interest income adversely affected urban co-operative banks’ profitability among rural co-operatives.
The banking sector showed improvement with the GNPA ratio of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) declining from 11.2 per cent in March 2018 to 9.1 per cent in March 2019 and a return to profitability in H1 of 2019- 20.
14) Answer: A
Market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kazakhstan-based Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) for mutual cooperation and technical assistance.
The MoU was signed by SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi and the acting chief executive officer (CEO) of AFSA MukhtarBubeyev.
The objective of the pact is to strengthen cross border cooperation in the area of securities regulation. Besides facilitating mutual assistance, this cooperation will further contribute towards efficient performance of supervisory functions, as well as enable effective enforcement of laws and regulations governing the securities markets.
15) Answer: B
BhartiInfratel stated it has extended the deadline for a merger with mobile tower company Indus Towers by two more months to February 24, as it has not received the necessary government approvals so far.
16) Answer: E
The first tripartite Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Department of Fisheries under the Government of India, NARBARD, and the Government of Tamil Nadu for the implementation of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Fund (FIDF).
A dedicated fund has been created, viz the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF), with a total of Rs. 7,522.48 crore to address the infrastructure requirement for fisheries sector.
17) Answer: C
On the eve of the birth anniversary(25TH Dec)Â of former Prime Minister late AtalBihari Vajpayee, the Central government announced to name the Rohtang tunnel, a road link between Kullu and landlocked Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh, after Vajpayee.
The Union Cabinet approved two schemes in his honour: one to improve groundwater management in villages and the other to rename the tunnel being built under the Rohtang Pass after him.
The tunnel, being constructed from Manali to Leh, would be renamed as the ‘Atal Tunnel’.
18) Answer: E
P R Ravi Mohan has been appointed as the new chairman of Kerala-based ESAF Small Finance Bank.
He replaced R Prabha, who completed his tenure as the chairman.
Mohan worked as chief general manager with the Department of Banking Operations and Development of the Reserve Bank of India, where he was involved in the regulation of the commercial banking system.
19) Answer: B
NiranjanHiranandani, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the respected and well-diversified Hiranandani Group has taken over as the new President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), the country’s apex organisation of industry and trade.
20) Answer: B
HemantSoren is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who is the current 11th Chief Minister designate of Jharkhand. He had also served as the 5th Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
He is elected as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand second time. He is also the president of the Jharkhand MuktiMorcha, a political party in Jharkhand.
21) Answer: E
In 2014, Maj. Anoop Mishra was hit by a bullet while serving in Kashmir valley. Luckily, the bullet hit his armour plate but he went through deep trauma following which he decided to work on developing an armour that can withstand hits from all kinds of ammunition.
He was felicitated by Army chief Gen. BipinRawat with the Army Design Bureau (ADB) excellence award for indigenously developing Sarvatra bulletproof jacket that can provide protection against various ammunition including that of sniper rifles.
22) Answer: D
Kamareddy district in Telangana secured the United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (Unicef)-2019 Award for effective implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission in water sanitation and hygiene sectors. The district stood in the forefront in the country in construction of individual sanitary lavatories, swachhdarpan wall paintings, swachhsurvekshan, swachhsundarshouchalay and other activities.
23) Answer: E
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister ShriNarendraModi was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Government of India and the Ministry of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy.
Cabinet approves Signing of MoU between India and Brazil on Bioenergy Cooperation
24) Answer: B
India successfully test-fired its Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system, likely to be inducted into the armed forces by 2021, from a base off Odisha coast.
The missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was flight-tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.
The QRSAM was flight-tested with full configuration in deployment mode intercepting the target mid-air.
25) Answer: D
Tamil Nadu has emerged as the topper in coverage of area under micro-irrigation (MI).
Of about 3.64 lakh hectares brought under MI, Tamil Nadu accounts for around 1.39 lakh hectares, accounting for 38% of the total coverage in the country, according to the website of the PradhanMantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (https://pmksy.gov.in), a scheme aimed at improving on-farm water use efficiency through a number of measures such as MI.
26) Answer: C
Researchers from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) have developed an ink that may help in combating the problem of counterfeiting of currency notes, fake printing of passports and pharmaceuticals. The ink is based on a single excitable dual emissive luminescent pigment. This new security feature of the ink is suitable for printing of valuable products for protection against duplicity.
27) Answer: B
ViratKohli will end the year as the top ranked batsman in the latest ICC Test rankings issued . With 928 points, Kohli is 17 points ahead of Australia’s Steve Smith who occupies the second spot. New Zealand skipper Kane Willamson ends the year at number three with 864 points. CheteshwarPujara retained his fourth place but Rahane slipped to seventh. He was replaced by Pakistan’s Babar Azam. India’s MayankAgarwal occupies the 12th position while limited overs Vice Captain Rohit Sharma occupies the 15th spot.
28) Answer: C
Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated Lawn Tennis Event (Under 19, Boys & Girls) of 65th National School Games organised by School Games Federation of India (SGFI) at R.K. Khanna Stadium in New Delhi .
29) Answer: D
HemantSoren is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who is the current 11th Chief Minister designate of Jharkhand. Governor: DraupadiMurmu
30) Answer: E
Commonwealth Games champions Manu Bhaker and AnishBhanwala clinched gold medals at the 63rd National Shooting Championships in Bhopal . The 17-year-old Bhaker, representing Haryana, clinched four gold medals (individual and team events in senior and junior) in the women’s 10 meter air pistol. She shot 243 to emerge triumphant in the eight-woman final. She then shot 588 to top qualifications and equal the record set by Annu Raj Singh in the South Asian Games.
