JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 01

JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 01

1. Which city topped in the 5th edition of Swachh Survekshan League 2020 (Quarter 1 and Quarter 2) having more than 10 lakh population ?
1) Nashik, Maharashtra
2) Surat, Gujarat
3) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
4) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Answer:-4) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
2.  Name the only state, that didn’t participate in the 5th edition of Swachh Survekshan League 2020 .
1) Maharashtra
2) West Bengal
3) Assam
4) Gujarat
Answer:-2) West Bengal
3. What is the total outlay of the National Infrastructure Pipeline for 2019-2025 (NIP 2019-25) project that was released by Union Minister of Finance Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman recently ?
1) Rs 105 lakh crores
2) Rs 110 lakh crores
3) Rs 102 lakh crores
4) Rs 100 lakh crores
Answer:-3) Rs 102 lakh crores
4. Who heads the task force, that prepared the Rs. 102 lakh crore “National Infrastructure Pipeline for the year 2019-20 to 2024-25” ?
1) Narendra Modi
2) Girish Murmu
3) Atanu Chakraborty
4) Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer:-3) Atanu Chakraborty
5.  Which sector received the maximum investment (i.e. 1,963,943 crores) from the National Infrastructure Pipeline for the year 2019-20 to 2024-25 ?
1) Road sector
2) Energy sector
3) Agriculture sector
4) Railway sector
Answer:-1) Road sector
6. How much fund was allocated to Railway Sector under National Infrastructure Pipeline for the year 2019-2020 to 2024-25 ?
1) Rs. 15.69 lakh crores
2) Rs. 11.69 lakh crores
3) Rs. 12.69 lakh crores
4) Rs. 13.69 lakh crores
Answer:-4) Rs. 13.69 lakh crores
7.  Who chairs the 7-member Group of Ministers (GoM) that reviews the crop insurance scheme ,“Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)” ?
1) Nirmala Sitharaman
2) Rajnath Singh
3) Amit Shah
4) Prakash Javadekar
Answer:-2) Rajnath Singh
8. Which metro station was renamed as ‘Supreme Court metro station’ recently by the committee headed by Manish Sisodia ?
1) Rajiv Chowk metro station
2) Raja Nahar Singh metro station
3) Pragati Maidan metro station
4) Punjabi Bagh West metro station
Answer:-3) Pragati Maidan metro station
9.  Which city is set to host the 14th Global healthcare summit in the year 2021 ?
1) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh(AP)
2) New Delhi, Delhi
3) Mumbai, Maharashtra
4) Kolkata, West Bengal
Answer:-1) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh(AP)