Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

1. The Justice Hema Commission, which recently highlighted issues faced by women in film industry, was commissioned by which state government?
[A] Telangana
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Karnataka
[D] Kerala

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2. What is Landouria tonywhitteni that was named after Tony Whitten?
[A] Snail
[B] Grasshopper
[C] Snake
[D] Beetle

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3. Who was recently reappointed as the Chairman of Railway Board?
[A] Vinod Kumar Yadav
[B] Rajesh Agrawal
[C] Purnendu Sekhar Mishra
[D] Vishwesh Chaube

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4. What is the name of the award to be given to the states for good agricultural production, by the Prime Minister?
[A] Krishi Samman
[B] Krishi Samridhi
[C] Krishi Karman
[D] Krishi Keerthi

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5. Which city is host to the 107th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC)?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Lucknow
[C] Kolkatta
[D] Bengaluru

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6. The World Health Assembly of WHO has designated 2020 as which year?
[A] The International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
[B] The International Year of Doctors
[C] The International Year of Health Professionals
[D] The International Year of Population control

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7. Which Indian city hosts the All India Police Judo Cluster Championship 2019?
[A] Guwahati
[B] Cuttack
[C] New Delhi
[D] Goa

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8. Which two Indian cities are placed in the list of HexGn “Global Top 10 Cities for Start-up Funding” for 2020?
[A] Delhi NCR and Mumbai
[B] Mumbai and Bengaluru
[C] Delhi NCR and Bengaluru
[D] Gurugram and Mumbai

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9. In which city, the Human Space Flight Centre is proposed to be set up by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
[A] Bengaluru
[B] Vishakhapatnam
[C] Sriharikota
[D] Challakere

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10. The Police Department of which state conducts self-defence training program, named ‘Sukanya’ to school girls?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Punjab
[C] West Bengal
[D] Odisha

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