Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

11. As per the recent WHO report, what is the investment required for the next decade, to save 7 million lives globally from cancer?
[A] 15 billion
[B] 25 billion
[C] 50 billion
[D] 75 billion

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12. 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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13. Teenage cricketer Naseem Shah recently became the youngest person to get a hat trick in test cricket. He belongs to which country?
[A] India
[B] Pakistan
[C] Bangladesh
[D] West Indies

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14. The recently adopted Lucknow Declaration is related to which field?
[A] Environment Protection
[B] Defence Cooperation
[C] E-Governance
[D] Imports and Exports

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15. Aditya Mehta, who was seen in news recently, is associated with sports?

[A] Snooker
[B] Weight-lifting
[C] Archery
[D] Boxing

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16. Ajeya Warrior‘ is the joint military exercise conducted between India and which country?

[A] Japan
[B] United Kingdom
[C] Israel
[D] France

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17. Which city plays host to the first cultural festival called ‘Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival‘?

[A] Jerusalem
[B] Mumbai
[C] New Delhi
[D] Tel Aviv-Yafo

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18. Which automobile firm is set to acquire the automotive business of Ford India?

[A] Mahindra & Mahindra
[B] Tata Motors
[C] Hyundai
[D] Kia Motors

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19. 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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20. Nandu R Kulkarni, who recently passed away, was a famous personality in which field?
[A] Politics
[B] Business
[C] Journalism
[D] Arts

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