JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 02

JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 02

1.  Name the 5th department that was created under Ministry of Defence (MoD) after a change in Government of India (Allocation of Business), Rules 1961.
1) Department of Defence
2) Department of Military affairs (DMA)
3) Department of Defence Production
4) Department of Defence Research and Development
5) None of these
  Answer:-2) Department of Military affairs (DMA)
2.  Who will head the newly created Department of Military affairs (DMA) ?
1) Ram Nath Kovind
2) Rajnath Singh
3) Narendra Modi
4) Bipin Rawat
5) None of these
  Answer:-4) Bipin Rawat
3.  Which became the first state in India to pass a resolution scrapping the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) ?
1) West Bengal
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these
  Answer:-3) Kerala
4. Name the app launched by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shri Shaktikanta Das that would help visually impaired people to identify denomination of currency notes .
1) “VANIA” (Visually Aided Note Identifier Application)
2) “MVANI” (Mobile app for Visually Aided Note Identifier)
3) “VANI” (Visually Aided Note Identifier)
4) “MANI” (Mobile Aided Note Identifier)
5) None of these
  Answer:-4) “MANI” (Mobile Aided Note Identifier)
5.  What is the interest rate of “Sukanya Samriddhi Account” for the fourth quarter of the financial year (FY) 2019-20 starting from January 1, 2020- March 31, 2020 ?
1) 8.1%           2) 8.4%            3) 7.5%      4) 7.2%
  Answer:-2) 8.4%
6. CAD was in news recently, what does ‘D’ stands for __________ ?
1) D- Deposit
2) D- Deflation
3) D- Deficit
4) D- Default
5) None of these
  Answer:-3) D -Deficit
7.  What is the Current Account Deficit (CAD) of India for July-September 2019 according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s report “Developments in India’s Balance of Payments during the Second Quarter (July-September) of 2019-20” ?
1) 0.9 %         2) 1.9 %              3) 2.2 %           4) 2.5 %
  Answer:-1) 0.9 %
8.  Who was awarded with the Global Bihar Excellence Award 2019 & Global Peace Excellence Humanitarian Award 2019 ?
1) Nagnath Naikwadi
2) Veerendra Raj Mehta
3) Rajanikant Arole
4) Piyuus Jaiswal
5) None of these
  Answer:-4) Piyuus Jaiswal
9.  Name the first & youngest Indian tribal women in the World, who scaled six mountain peaks in six continents .
1) Santosh Yadav
2) Malavath Poorna
3) Bachendri Pal
4) Dicky Dolma
5) None of these
  Answer:-2) Malavath Poorna
10. Name the Chairman of the Railway Board, whose tenure was extended by one more year .
1) Rajesh Agrawal
2) Vishwesh Chaube
3) Vinod Kumar Yadav
4) Purnendu Sekhar Mishra
5) None of these
  Answer:-3) Vinod Kumar Yadav