Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

11. Which Indian fin-tech company has recently launched a point-of-sale (POS) device for smaller merchants?
[A] PhonePe
[B] Paytm
[C] Mobikwik
[D] BharatPe

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12. What is the estimated GDP growth rate of India in 2020-21, as per the recent forecast from Fitch Ratings?

[A] 5.2%
[B] 5.4%
[C] 5.6%
[D] 5.8%

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13. Which Indian woman tennis player won both the women’s singles and doubles title in the ITF Thailand Championship?

[A] Sania Mirza
[B] Ankita Raina
[C] Nirupama Sanjeev
[D] Sunitha Rao

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14. The flagship biennial Defence exhibition of India ‘DefExpo’ is organised in which Indian city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Lucknow
[C] Bengaluru
[D] Hyderabad

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15. National Horticultural Fair, the country’s biggest horticultural fair, is set to be conducted in which city?
[A] Kanpur
[B] Bengaluru
[C] Shillong
[D] Guwahati

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16. Which Indian city was recently certified formally as a World Heritage site by UNESCO?

[A] Varanasi
[B] Ahmedabad
[C] Jaipur
[D] Nagpur

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17. Which city plays host to the 22nd India International Seafood Show, after a gap of 12 years?

[A] Vishakhapatnam
[B] Goa
[C] Kochi
[D] Chennai

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18. The term “SPICe”, sometimes seen in news, is related to which of the following fields?
[A] Science & Technology
[B] Environment Protection
[C] Business & Economy
[D] Defence and Arms Production

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19. 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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20. 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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