Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

11. Leading car-maker Ford recently inaugurated its technology and innovation centre at which Indian city?

[A] Hyderabad
[B] Gurugram
[C] Chennai
[D] Mumbai

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12. High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), which recently tied up with the Russian organisation Rosoboronexport to import new technologies, is a lab of which Indian organisation?

[A] Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO)
[B] Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
[C] Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)
[D] Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

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13. Which state recently launched “Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana”, which provides an annual assistance of Rs 6000 to the needy families?

[A] Odisha
[B] Haryana
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Punjab

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14. American Factory, which won the Oscar for the best feature-length documentary, was produced by which famous American personality?

[A] Donald Trump
[B] Barrack Obama
[C] Hillary Clinton
[D] Tiger Woods

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15. Which Union Ministry has recently launched the web portal for ‘Star rating of Coal mines’?

[A] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
[B] Ministry of Coal
[C] Ministry of Mines
[D] Ministry of Earth Sciences

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16. Jiri Vesely, who clinched the Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, belongs to which country?

[A] Czech Republic
[B] Serbia
[C] France
[D] Switzerland

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17. The national online platform for public procurement, Government e-Marketplace (GeM), was launched in which year?

[A] 2015
[B] 2016
[C] 2017
[D] 2018

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18. Electronic Dealer Financing Scheme (e-DFS) is a flagship product of which Indian public sector bank?

[A] State Bank of India
[B] Bank of Baroda
[C] Punjab National Bank
[D] Union Bank of India

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19. Which Indian hockey player was named as the 2019 Women’s Rising Star of the Year, by the International Hockey Federation (FIH)?

[A] Rani Rampal
[B] Lalremsiami
[C] Navneet Kaur
[D] Vandana Katariya

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20. What does ‘GSP’ stand for, in the context of India- US trade?
[A] Globalised System of Preferences
[B] Generalized System of Preferences
[C] Globalised System of Partners
[D] Generalized System of Partners

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