JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 15

JANUARY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 15

1.  Who won the 95th edition of the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress at Hastings in England ?
1) Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
2) M. R. Lalith Babu
3) Pentala Harikrishna
4) Krishnan Sasikiran
5) None of these
Answer:-1) Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
2.  Prem Nath Hoon passed away recently, he was a _________ .
1) Producer             

2) Director
3) Politician                         

4) Military Personnel
5) None of these
Answer:-4) Military Personnel
3.  Footballer Hans Tilkowski, passed away recently, he belonged to which country ?
1) United States
2) Germany
3) Russia
4) France
5) None of these
Answer:-2) Germany
4. Padma Bhushan Awardee, Akbar Padamsee passed away recently, he was a legendary _______ .
1) Actor & Singer              

2) Actor & Director
3) Painter & Artist         

4) Producer & Director
5) None of these
Answer:-3) Painter & Artist
5.  Which organization will observe 2020 as the ‘Year of Mobility’ ?
1) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
2) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
3) Border Security Force (BSF)
4) Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)
5) None of these
Answer:-1) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
6.  Which state has launched the “MyGov portal” & became the 11th state to do so ?
1) West Bengal (WB)
2) Uttarakhand
3) Uttar Pradesh (UP)
4) Himachal Pradesh (HP)
5) None of these
Answer:-4) Himachal Pradesh (HP)
7. Who inaugurated the 107th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) in Bengaluru, Karnataka ?
1) Ram Nath Kovind
2) Venkaiah Naidu
3) Narendra Modi
4) Harsh Vardhan
Answer:-3) Narendra Modi
8.  What was the theme of the 107th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) for the year 2020 ?
1) Theme – “Science and Technology: Rural Development”
2) Theme – “Science for shaping the future of India”
3) Theme – “Reaching the Unreached through Science and Technology”
4) Theme – “Future India: Science and Technology”
Answer:-1) Theme – “Science and Technology: Rural Development”
9.  Which Indian city hosts the 1st Farmer’s Science Congress recently ?
1) Mumbai, Maharashtra
2) Kolkata, West Bengal
3) New Delhi, Delhi
4) Bengaluru, Karnataka
Answer:-4) Bengaluru, Karnataka
10.  Name the Indian city, that host the 5th edition of Asia Pacific drosophila research conference (APDRC) for the first time in India .
1) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2) Pune, Maharashtra
3) New Delhi, Delhi
4) Kolkata, West Bengal
Answer:-2) Pune, Maharashtra