JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 08

JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 08

1. To which country, Export-Import (Exim) Bank has given a $75 million (over Rs 500 crore) line of credit (LoC, a soft loan / loan with low interest rate) for financing 75 MW (megawatt) Photovoltaic Solar Parks ?
1) Guatemala
2) Cuba
3) Canada
4) Mexico
5) None of these
  Answer:-2) Cuba
2. Name the firm, that has partnered with PNB MetLife India Insurance Company to provide life insurance to its customers.
1) TransUnion CIBIL
2) Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
3) Indian Banks’ Association
4) RevFin Services Private Limited
5) None of these
  Answer:-4) RevFin Services Private Limited
3. Which Payment Bank has signed an MoU with CSC e-Governance services India ltd for selling FASTags ?
1) India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
2) Airtel Payments Bank (APB)
3) Paytm Payments Bank ltd (PPBL)
4) Aditya Birla Payments Bank (ABPB)
5) None of these
  Answer:-3) Paytm Payments Bank ltd (PPBL)
4. What is the Foreign Exchange (Forex) reserves of India on 27 December,2019 as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s “ Bulletin Weekly Statistical Supplement – Extract” ?
1) $ 457.468 billion
2) $ 557.468 billion
3) $ 257.468 billion
4) $ 357.468 billion
5) None of these
  Answer:-1) $ 457.468 billion
5. Who won the ‘100 Global Child Prodigy Award 2020′ in the “singing” category for singing 120 languages ?
1) Aditi Singh Sharma
2) Sucheta Satish
3) Jonita Gandhi
4) Shilpa Rao
5) None of these
  Answer:-2) Sucheta Satish
6. Which country’s Prime Minister (PM), Zoran Zaev has submitted his resignation on January 3, 2020 ?
1) Serbia
2) Albania
3) Kosovo
4) North Macedonia
5) None of these
  Answer:-4) North Macedonia
7. Where did Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set up its fourth Regional Academic Centre for Space (RAC-S) recently ?
1) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
2) New Delhi, Delhi
3) Surathkal, Karnataka
4) Hyderabad, Telangana
5) None of these
  Answer:-3) Surathkal, Karnataka
8. Which type of fish was declared extinct by China recently ?
1) Paddlefish
2) Polyodon
3) Chondrostei
4) Bowfin
5) None of these
  Answer:-1) Paddlefish
9. Manav Thakar becomes the world’s No.1 player recently, he is associated with which sport ?
1) Archery
2) Table Tennis
3) Tennis
4) Badminton
5) None of these
  Answer:-2) Table Tennis
10. Name the former commissioner of the NBA (National Basketball Association), who passed away recently .
1) Jerome Williams
2) Grant Hill
3) Dwight Davis
4) David Joel Stern
5) None of these
  Answer:-4) David Joel Stern