Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

1. Which state is going to conduct its maiden snow leopard survey?
[A] Uttrakhand
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Haryana
[D] Punjab

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2. The Turkey government had recently signed military and maritime agreement with GNA. GNA is _________.
[A] Libya’s interim government
[B] Guinea’s interim government
[C] Nigeria’s interim government
[D] Liberia’s interim government

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3. Which country recently announced to increase the minimum wage of the workers by more than four times the rate of its inflation?
[A] United Kingdom (UK)
[B] Malaysia
[C] Ireland
[D] Germany

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4. The term SPARMVs, sometimes seen in news, is most closely related to which organization?
[A] ISRO
[B] DRDO
[C] Indian Railways
[D] Indian Army

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5. According to the recent data from the Ministry of Forest Environment and Climate Change (MoEFCC), what is the total number of tiger deaths occurred in India during 2019?
[A] 95
[B] 100
[C] 105
[D] 110

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6. Ratna Ojha, who recently passed away was a theatre artist and activist of which state?
[A] Odisha
[B] Meghalaya
[C] Assam
[D] West Bengal

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7. Which state recently launched ‘e-Gazette’ portal, a digital platform for gazette publications?
[A] Odisha
[B] Kerala
[C] West Bengal
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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8. Who was recently reappointed as the Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF)?
[A] V K Johri
[B] Abhinav Kumar
[C] Rajeev Rai
[D] Arun Kumar Sharma

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9. Which state will have the country’s first rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Bihar
[C] Chhattisgarh
[D] Odisha

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10. The UJALA scheme of the Central Government recently completed five years since its launch. What is the scheme associated with?
[A] LPG cylinder
[B] LED bulbs
[C] Bio Gas
[D] Clean water

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