Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

11. Which city of Gujarat hosts the annual ‘International Kite Festival’?
[A] Surat
[B] Vadodara
[C] Ahmedabad
[D] Rajkot

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12. What is India’s projected growth rate as per first advance estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2019-20?
[A] 5%
[B] 5.5%
[C] 6%
[D] 6.5%

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13. Which city is host to the annual World Economic Forum?
[A] Geneva
[B] Davos
[C] New York
[D] Paris

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14. DRDO’s Naval variant of Light Combat Aircraft made its first successful landing on which aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy?
[A] INS Vikramaditya
[B] INS Vikrant
[C] INS Viraat
[D] INS Vishal

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15. The Prime Minister of India recently renamed which port trust to ‘Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port’?
[A] Mumbai Port Trust
[B] Kolkata Port Trust
[C] Kandla Port Trust
[D] Chennai Port Trust

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16. Union Minister Smriti Irani recently launched a welfare scheme named ‘Yashaswini’ from Goa. What does the scheme aim at?
[A] Vaccination to Children
[B] Assistance to women Self Help Groups
[C] Cleaning of Beaches
[D] Assistance to schools

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17. Which state was recently awarded as the ‘Best performing state in reducing road accidents’ in the Road Safety Stakeholders’ Meet?
[A] Kerala
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Gujarat
[D] Rajasthan

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18. India recently provided nearly 1 lakh academic text books to which country, to assist its development in higher education and research?
[A] Madagascar
[B] Malawi
[C] Mozambique
[D] Zimbabwe

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19. The retail inflation rose to a five-year-high of 7.35% in December 2019. Which organisation releases the retail inflation figures?

[A] National Statistical Office (NSO)
[B] The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] Department of Consumer Affairs

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20. Alejandro Giammattei was sworn in as the President of which Latin American country?
[A] Guatemala
[B] Mexico
[C] El Salvador
[D] Costa Rica

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