Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

11. Navneet Kaur, who was seen in news recently, is associated with which sports?

[A] Football
[B] Hockey
[C] Wrestling
[D] Boxing

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12. Who was recently awarded the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy, by the Indian President?

[A] Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari
[B] Dr N.S. Dharmashaktu
[C] Dr. Manohar Agnani
[D] Dr Nipun Vinayak

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13. The first glass-floor suspension bridge of India is to be built in which state?

[A] Uttarakhand
[B] Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Sikkim
[D] Assam

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14. 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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15. Which Indian crop faces danger due to a fungus called Alternaria brassicae as per recent news?
[A] Rice
[B] Wheat
[C] Mustard
[D] Sugarcane

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16. Which city was host to the National Conference on e-Governance 2020?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Bengaluru
[C] Mumbai
[D] Hyderabad

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17. 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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18. Which film recently won the Oscar for best picture, which is also the first non- English film to win the award?

[A] Les Misérables
[B] Irishman
[C] Parasite
[D] Border

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19. Recently, the Supreme Court of India upheld the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act. When was the original act of 1989 amended?

[A] 2016
[B] 2017
[C] 2018
[D] 2019

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20. The National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) is set to be renamed after which former Union Minister?

[A] Jaswant Singh
[B] Yashwant Sinha
[C] Arun Jaitley
[D] Sushma Swaraj

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