Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

11. Which city is to host the third International Symposium on Marine ecosystems (MECOS-3)?
[A] Mumbai
[B] New Delhi
[C] Goa
[D] Cochin

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12. Which is the first Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB), that is approved to convert into a Small Finance Bank?
[A] Bharat Cooperative Bank
[B] Shivalik Mercantile Cooperative Bank
[C] Punjab And Maharashtra Cooperative Bank
[D] Bombay Mercantile Cooperative Bank

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13. Pune is set to host the fifth edition of the Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference. What is a Drosophila?
[A] An Insect
[B] A Fish
[C] A plant
[D] Bacteria

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14. Which country recently hosted an art exhibition to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
[A] Nepal
[B] Bangladesh
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Myanmar

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15. The ‘Buxa Bird Festival’, the famous bird festival is held in which state?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Odisha
[C] West Bengal
[D] Sikkim

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16. With which European country, India has signed mobility pact that would allow skilled workers, students and academics from the two countries to live and work in each others’ countries?
[A] England
[B] France
[C] Germany
[D] Italy

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17. KFW, a German development Bank will assist which Indian state to develop its Zero budget Natural Farming?
[A] Telengana
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Kerala
[D] Karnataka

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18. Which bank has recently launched a customised application set for banking products named ‘myApps’?
[A] State Bank of India
[B] ICICI bank
[C] HDFC bank
[D] Axis Bank

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19. What is the name of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, which is being built at Cochin?
[A] Virat
[B] Veera
[C] Vikrant
[D] Vikram

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20. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently released a book titled ‘Karmayoddha Granth’ on the life of which Indian political leader?
[A] Atal Bihari Vajpayee
[B] Narendra Modi
[C] L K Advani
[D] Arun Jaitley

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