JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 11

JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 11

1.  P R Seshadri, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of which bank has resigned on January 4,2020 ?
1) Karur Vysya Bank (KVB)
2) ICICI Bank
3) State Bank of India (SBI)
4) HDFC Bank
5) None of these
Answer:-1) Karur Vysya Bank (KVB)
2.  Under which project, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be establish Optical telescope for tracking space objects in association with Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) ?
1) ‘Project RATRA’ (RApid space object TRacking and Analysis)
2) ‘Project NETRA’ (NEtwork for space object TRacking and Analysis)
3) ‘Project NETRA’ (NEw space object TRacking and Analysis)
4) ‘Project FATRA’ (FAst space object TRacking and Analysis)
5) None of these
Answer:-2) ‘Project NETRA’ (NEtwork for space object TRacking and Analysis)
3.  With which country, India will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the procurement of over 7.5 lakh AK-203 assault rifles ?
1) United States           2) France
3) China                       4) Russia
Answer:-4) Russia
4.  Where is the Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), a joint venture of India & Russia located ?
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka
2) Mumbai, Maharashtra
3) Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
4) Pune, Maharashtra
5) None of these
Answer:-3) Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
5.  Name the species, that can see without eyes by exhibiting extraocular vision .
1) Red Brittle Star (Ophiocoma wendtii)
2) Granulated Sea Star (Choriaster)
3) Brisingid Sea Stars (Forcipulatida)
4) Deep-Sea-Dwelling Starfish (Brisingida)
Answer:-1) Red Brittle Star (Ophiocoma wendtii)
6.  Irfan Pathan announces his retirement recently, he is associated with which sport ?
1) Tennis
2) Cricket
3) Football
4) Badminton
Answer:-2) Cricket
7.  Which country will host the Commonwealth Games Shooting and Archery events under the aegis of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Friendship Program in March 2022 ?
1) Thailand
2) Russia
3) Germany
4) India
Answer:-4) India
8.  Rohit Sharma Cricket stadium foundation stone was laid in which of the following city recently ?
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka
2) Guwahati, Assam
3) Hyderabad, Telangana
4) Kolkata, West Bengal
Answer:-3) Hyderabad, Telangana
9.  Where was the 63rd National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) for the year 2019 held ?
1) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (MP)
2) Guwahati, Assam
3) Hyderabad, Telangana
4) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Answer:-1) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (MP)
10.  Who won the women’s national 10m Air Rifle in the 63rd National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) 2019 ?
1) Maheshwari Chauhan
2) Zeena Khitta
3) Anjali Bhagwat
4) Manu Bhaker
Answer:-2) Zeena Khitta