Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

11. Which organisation is set to release Digital Payments Index (DPI), which will assess the digitalisation of payments in the country?

[A] NITI Aayog
[B] National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
[C] Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
[D] National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)

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12. Which state recently signed agreement with the Survey of India, to use drones in land surveys for mapping the villages of the state?

[A] Odisha
[B] Telangana
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Rajasthan

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13. Recently, Esperanza Base on the Antarctic Peninsula reached a temperature of 18.3 °C , thus becoming the hottest on record for continental Antarctica. Esperanza Base is a research station of which country on Antarctica?
[A] France
[B] Portugal
[C] Argentina
[D] England

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14. Which country has recently unveiled Raad-500 missile?
[A] Pakistan
[B] Iran
[C] Iraq
[D] Saudi Arabia

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15. Who is the author of “Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s Islam”?
[A] Natwar Singh
[B] M J Akbar
[C] Inder Malhotra
[D] Fatima Zakaria

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16. Municipal Performance Index (MPI), is an index recently launched by which organisation/ Ministry?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
[C] Ministry of Home Affairs
[D] National Development Council

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17. When is the World Pulses Day observed, across the world?

[A] February 8
[B] February 9
[C] February 10
[D] February 11

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18. The 2nd BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise, 2020 has been conducted in which city?

[A] Thimphu
[B] Bhubaneswar
[C] Colombo
[D] Kathmandu

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19. Which state government recently approved Ground water Act, 2020, to improve groundwater level?
[A] Bihar
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Rajasthan

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20. Which Indian city was host to the National Water Conference, 2020?

[A] Mumbai
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Bhopal
[D] Varanasi

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