Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020
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21. Which Indian city is set to host the International Aviation exhibition ‘WINGS INDIA 2020’?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Mumbai
[C] Hyderabad
[D] Bengaluru
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Correct Answer: C [Hyderabad]
Notes:
An International Conference cum Exhibition on Civil Aviation sector named ‘WINGS INDIA 2020’ is scheduled to be organised from March 12 to March 15, 2020. The event is to be held at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad.
Recently the Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri participated in the curtain raiser event for the WINGS INDIA Conference in New Delhi. The Ministry of Civil aviation is to organise the event in association with the industry body FICCI. This is one of the largest events on Civil Aviation in Asia.
22. 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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Correct Answer: B [Andhra Pradesh]
Notes:
The Andhra Pradesh Government will receive Rs.711 Crores as loan for expansion of the Zero budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) project from the German Development Bank, KFW. A Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed in this regard at Amaravati.
The climate resilient ZBNF project of the state entails a cost Rs. 1015 Crores, of which Rs. 304 Crores would be contributed by the state Government and remaining 711 Crores is raised by way of loan from the German bank.
23. The ‘State Energy Efficiency Index 2019’ was recently released by which organisation?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] Bureau of Energy Efficiency
[C] Ministry of Power
[D] International Energy Agency
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Correct Answer: B [Bureau of Energy Efficiency ]
Notes:
The ‘State Energy Efficiency Index 2019’ was developed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in association with the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy. The index was prepared based on efforts and achievements of states towards implementation of energy efficiency.
Haryana, Karnataka and Kerala have topped this year’s index and are placed in the ‘Achievers’ category. On the basis of Total Primary Energy Supply (TPES) required to meet the state’s actual energy demand, Karnataka, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry topped their groups.
24. The Reserve Bank of India recently amended its Know Your Customer (KYC) norms to allow which type of authentication?
[A] Post-based authentication
[B] e-mail based authentication
[C] Video-based authentication
[D] Mobile-based authentication
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Correct Answer: C [Video-based authentication]
Notes:
The Reserve Bank of India recently allowed video-based authentication as an alternative method to the e-KYC (Know-your-customer) norms. The video-based KYC authentication was proposed by the Expert Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, headed by the former SEBI Chairman UK Sinha.
The Reserve Bank accepted the recommendations and amended its KYC norms to include Video based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP). The bank also announced that the video verification will be Aadhar-based and the user can display his documents via a video chat.
25. In which city, the Union Home Minister launched India’s first Cyber Crime Prevention Unit called ‘Cyber AASHVAST’?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Jaipur
[C] Gandhinagar
[D] Ahmedabad
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Correct Answer: C [Gandhinagar]
Notes:
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently launched a cyber-crime prevention initiative of the Gujarat Police, called ‘Cyber AASHVAST’ in Gandhinagar. The project was created as a help line for the victims affected by cyber-crimes.
During the launch event, the Minister also launched an e-governance initiative called ‘VISHWAS’ which is an acronym for Video Integration and State Wide Advanced Security. It helps in improving Law and Order and helps in Crime detection and investigation through video analytics.
26. What is the deadline to separate roles of chairman and MD in top 500 companies, as per the recent directions of SEBI?
[A] April 1st,2020
[B] April 1st,2021
[C] April 1st,2022
[D] April 1st,2023
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Correct Answer: C [April 1st,2022]
Notes:
As per the recent notification of the Securities Market Regulator SEBI, the deadline to separate roles of chairman and MD in top 500 listed companies by market capitalisation is deferred by two more years to April 2022. Earlier, the top 500 companies were mandated to perform the separation by April 2020.
The proposal of splitting the roles of Chairman and MD was first made by the SEBI’s Committee on Corporate Governance headed by Uday Kotak.
27. Who is the first woman parade adjutant for the Republic Day parade in India?
[A] Avani Chaturvedi
[B] Bhawana Kanth
[C] Mohana Singh
[D] Tania Shergill
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Correct Answer: D [Tania Shergill]
Notes:
Captain Tania Shergill will be the first woman to become the Republic Day parade’s parade adjutant, which means the officer responsible for the parade. She is an officer of the Indian Army’s Corps of Signals.
Captain Tania was commissioned into the Corps of Signals in 2017. The Corps of Signals is an arm of the Indian Army, which handles the communications of the military force. Last year, the Indian Army has selected 100 women to join the Corps of Military Police as soldiers.
28. Which bank has recently signed an MoU with South-Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways, for doorstep collection of earnings from the railway stations?
[A] Punjab National Bank
[B] Bank of Baroda
[C] State Bank of India
[D] Bank of India
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Correct Answer: C [State Bank of India]
Notes:
The State Bank of India and the South-Central Railway recently signed an agreement for doorstep collection of earnings from all the 585 railway stations of the zone.
At present, the earnings of the smaller stations are sent through cash chest available with the Train Guards, the process being very tedious. The agreement will ensure collection of traffic earnings by the bank and it will be remitted to the Government account without any delay.
29. India recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for further defence cooperation with which country?
[A] Brazil
[B] Finland
[C] Israel
[D] France
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Correct Answer: B [Finland]
Notes:
On the side lines of the multilateral conference Raisina Dialogue 2020, which is being held in New Delhi, India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for further defence cooperation with Finland.
The MoU on co-operation in the field of Production, Research and Development of Defence related Equipment was signed between the countries. Since the DefExpo of the year 2018, the draft MoU has been in discussion between the governments, which is now signed by the Defence Secretary of India, Dr Ajay Kumar with his Finnish counterpart.
30. The Indian Prime Minister recently participated in the 50th anniversary of the ‘Thuglak’ magazine of which language?
[A] Telugu
[B] Kannada
[C] Tamil
[D] Malayalam
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Correct Answer: C [Tamil]
Notes:
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi recently participated in the 50th Anniversary function of Tamil Magazine Thuglak, through Video Conferencing. The event was held at Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu.
The magazine was founded by the famous journalist Cho Ramaswamy, who passed away in 2016. The Tamil weekly magazine was famous for its intelligent arguments and political satire. Swaminathan Gurumurthy is the present editor of the magazine after the demise of its founder and editor.
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