Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

1. Which city was named the cleanest in the recently released Swachh Survekshan League 2020 results?
[A] Kolkata
[B] Chennai
[C] Indore
[D] Rajkot

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2. Which is the world’s first major city to celebrate the start of the 2020 New Year and new decade?
[A] Sydney
[B] Auckland
[C] Christchurch
[D] Welllington

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3. On January 2, 2020, Prakash Parv was celebrated as birth anniversary of which Sikh Guru?
[A] Guru Harkrishan Sahib
[B] Guru Har Rai
[C] Guru Gobind Singh
[D] Guru Teg Bahadur

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4. Which country was the largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in India during the first half of the financial year 2019-2020?
[A] UAE
[B] Switzerland
[C] Singapore
[D] USA

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5. Which satellite would be launched on January 17, 2020 as the first satellite of the year 2020?
[A] GSAT-30
[B] GSAT 29
[C] GSAT 17
[D] GSAT 11

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6. 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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7. The Prime Minister of India recently inaugurated five Young Scientists Labs of which organisation?
[A] Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO
[B] Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO
[C] Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, BARC
[D] Department of Atomic Energy, DAE

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8. What is the new integrated helpline number of the Indian Railways, launched recently?
[A] 138
[B] 139
[C] 1071
[D] 1072

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9. The Transport Department of which state recently launched a helpline for women called ‘Damini’?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Rajasthan

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10. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Academy is to be established in which city?
[A] Mussoorie
[B] Dehradun
[C] Nagpur
[D] Hyderabad

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