Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

11. What is the profession of Christina Koch, who recently created a world record?

[A] Sportsperson
[B] Astronaut
[C] Writer
[D] Musician

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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. The term “Batterygate”, recently in news, is related to which of the following tech giants?
[A] Google
[B] Samsung
[C] Apple
[D] Microsoft

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14. 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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15. 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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16. The Belum Caves festival was recently organized in which state?
[A] Maharashtra
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Karnataka
[D] Tamil Nadu

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17. Which country has reportedly auctioned licenses to hunt elephants, to tackle human-animal conflict?

[A] Zimbabwe
[B] Namibia
[C] Botswana
[D] Mozambique

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18. 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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19. The storm ‘Ciara’ recently hit several countries of which continent?

[A] Asia
[B] Europe
[C] Australia
[D] North America

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20. 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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