Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs
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1. Chidananda Murthy, who passed away recently was a veteran scholar in which language?
[A] Telugu
[B] Kannada
[C] Tamil
[D] Malayalam
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Correct Answer: B [Kannada]
Notes:
Veteran Kannada Scholar and writer Chidananda Murthy, also nick named as Chi Mu passed away recently. He has authored several literary works in Kannada and also earned his Doctorate for his research on a Kannada poet.
He played a very crucial role in securing Classical language status to Kannada and in the campaign to protect ancient monuments in Hampi. As per Murthy’s demand, the Hyderabad Karnataka region was recently renamed as Kalyana Karnataka.
2. The meetings of the Island Development Agency (IDA) are chaired by which Union Minister?
[A] Minister of External Affairs
[B] Minister of Home Affairs
[C] Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
[D] Minister of Rural Development
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Correct Answer: B [Minister of Home Affairs]
Notes:
The Indian Government constituted the Island Development Agency (IDA) in 2017 for the overall development of islands. The meetings of IDA are chaired by the Union Home Minister.
Recently, the Union home minister Amit Shah chaired the sixth meeting of the Island Development Agency (IDA). In the meeting, IDA reviewed the progress made towards the programme “Holistic development of islands”. During the meeting, the CEO of NITI Aayog made a detailed presentation about the projects planned for the welfare of the islanders. The previous meeting of the IDA was chaired by the then Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
3. Which Indian diplomat was recently appointed as India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka?
[A] Ajay Bisaria
[B] Gopal Baglay
[C] Vinay Mohan Kwatra
[D] Taranjit Singh Sandhu
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Correct Answer: B [Gopal Baglay]
Notes:
Veteran Indian diplomat Gopal Baglay was recently appointed as the India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Gopal Baglay, who is currently serving at the Prime Minister’s Office, is expected to assume charge in a short time.
He has succeeded Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who has recently been appointed as the Indian Ambassador to the United States. Gopal Baglay is a 1992-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service and has held several important positions during his career. He has served as the Deputy High Commissioner of India to Pakistan and Spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry.
4. Hakim Ajmal Khan, was an eminent physician in which field of Medicine?
[A] Homoeopathy
[B] Sowa Rigpa
[C] Ayurveda
[D] Unani
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Correct Answer: D [Unani]
Notes:
The birth anniversary of great Unani physician and social reformer Hakim Ajmal Khan is celebrated as the World Unani Day every year on 11th February.
He was a founder of scientific research in Unani System of Medicine and one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. Originated in Greece, the field of medicine was introduced in India by the Arabs and Persians. The day is celebrated to create awareness about health care through the Unani system.
5. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the newly formed space PSU, New Space India Ltd (NSIL)?
[A] Satheesh Reddy
[B] K Sivan
[C] G Narayanan
[D] Kasturi Rangan
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Correct Answer: C [G Narayanan]
Notes:
Renowned space scientist G Narayanan has been named the Chairman of New Space India Ltd (NSIL), Indian Space Research Organisation’s newly formed commercial entity.
Prior to this assignment, G Narayanan was serving as the Deputy director at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), an ISRO unit in Thiruvananthapuram. New Space India Ltd was set up as a Public Sector Undertaking under ISRO, last year to commercially explore the space market. NSIL is set to manufacture launch vehicles with main focus on Small satellite launch vehicle (SSLV).
6. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who made his first visit to India, is the President of which European country?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] Portugal
[D] Italy
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Correct Answer: C [Portugal]
Notes:
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Portugal recently arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit. He has been the President of the European country since 2016. He made his first visit to India along with some important delegates of the country.
During his visit, India and Portugal signed as many as 14 agreements for mutual cooperation in several fields including Defence, Transport, Intellectual property rights and Yoga.
7. Chalasani Venkat Nageswar was recently appointed as the Deputy managing director and Chief financial officer (CFO) of which Indian bank?
[A] Punjab National Bank
[B] State Bank of India
[C] ICICI Bank
[D] HDFC Bank
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Correct Answer: B [State Bank of India]
Notes:
State Bank of India recently announced that Chalasani Venkat Nageswar has been given additional charge of Deputy managing director and Chief financial officer (CFO) of the bank.He is presently serving as the Deputy Managing Director (International Banking Group) has been given additional charges.
SBI also recently sad that it will invest ₹2,450 crore now, out of the ₹10,000 crore to pick up 49% in the Yes bank, which was placed in moratorium recently by RBI.
8. Nupur Kulshrestha has become the first woman Deputy Inspector General of which Indian armed force/CAPF?
[A] Border Security Force
[B] Central Reserve Police Force
[C] Central Industrial Security Force
[D] Indian Coast Guard
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Correct Answer: D [Indian Coast Guard]
Notes:
Nupur Kulshrestha becomes the first woman to be promoted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Indian Coast Guard.
She had joined the Coast Guard service in 1999 and became the first woman to be promoted to the DIG cadre. In 2018, the then DIG B K Loshali has been dismissed from his services following inquiries on his comments that contradicted the government’s announcement on a Pakistan boat explosion case.
9. Who is the only Indian to feature in the iSportconnect list of 10 most influential women in sports for 2020?
[A] Nita Ambani
[B] Mary Kom
[C] Preity Zinta
[D] P T Usha
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Correct Answer: A [Nita Ambani]
Notes:
Nita Ambani, the owner of Mumbai Indians cricket team franchise, has been named in the iSportconnect’s list of 10 most influential women in sports for 2020.
iSportconnect is a Sports business network, which released the list. The other women who feature in the list were Tennis superstars Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, ace gymnast Simone Biles and famous footballer Megan Rapinoe among others.
10. Beni Prasad Verma, who recently passed away, was a founding member of which political party?
[A] Samajwadi Party
[B] Bahujan Samaj Party
[C] Rashtriya Janata Dal
[D] Rashtriya Lok Dal
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Correct Answer: A [Samajwadi Party]
Notes:
One of the Founding members of the Samajwadi Party, Beni Prasad Verma passed away recently at the age of 80.
He had served as the Union Telecom Minister from 1996 to 1998 in the cabinet of then Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. He has also been the Union Steel Minister. He was closely associated with the party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.
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