JANUARY CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 24

JANUARY CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 24

1.  Who topped in the ICC (International Cricket Council) Men’s test batting ranking 2020 released on January 8, 2020 ?
1) Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja
2) Virat Kohli
3) Marnus Labuschagne
4) Jason Omar Holder
Answer:-2) Virat Kohli
2.  Name the first Indian equestrian , who qualified for the Tokyo Olympics games after 2 decades (since Imtiaz Anees(2000)) .
1) Sonia Lather
2) Simran Singh Shergill
3) Fouaad Mirza
4) Gaurav Gill
Answer:-3) Fouaad Mirza
3.  Gajapati dynasty head former MP Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo passed away recently, he belonged to which state ?
1) Odisha                     2) West Bengal
3) Andhra Pradesh             4) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:-1) Odisha
4.  World Hindi Day (WHD) is observed annually on _______________ .
1) January 9             2) January 10
3) January 8              4) January 7
Answer:-2) January 10
5. Under which rule, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched paperless licensing process through Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) for road tankers for transportation of petroleum ?
1) Petroleum Rules, 2005
2) Petroleum Rules, 2004
3) Petroleum Rules, 2003
4) Petroleum Rules, 2002
Answer:-4) Petroleum Rules, 2002
6.  Where is the state-of-the-art, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) located ?
1) New Delhi, Delhi
2) Mumbai, Maharashtra
3) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
4) Kolkata, West Bengal
Answer:-1) New Delhi, Delhi
7.  Which state has launched the “Wage Subsidy Scheme”, that will provide Wage subsidy for new ventures getting registered on April 1, 2020 for the first 5 years ?
1) Andhra Pradesh         2) Gujarat
3) Uttar Pradesh            4) Kerala
Answer:-4) Kerala
8.  Which country has complained to World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) against India for increasing customs duties of its 28 goods in July 2019 ?
1) China          2) United States      3) Pakistan
4) Sri Lanka                 
Answer:-2) United States
9.  Which Committee assisted Reserve Bank of India to set up the 5-year plan of formulation of National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI) for the period 2019-2024 ?
1) Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee (FIAC)
2) Financial Advisory Committee (FAC)
3) Committee on Financial Advisory (CFA)
4) Committee on Operation of the Cash Credit System
Answer:-1) Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee (FIAC)
10.  As per National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI) 2019-2024, Banking outlet services has to cover __________km of every village/500 households to boost financial inclusion ?
1) 10 Km              2) 7 Km           3) 5 Km
4) 8 Km             
Answer:-3) 5 Km