2020 Olympic and Paralympics emblems
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1 The govt has
made it mandatory for mobile
manufacturers to add in-built global
positioning system (GPS) in all phones from
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1) Dec 2016
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2) Jan 2017
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3) Apr 2017
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4) Dec 2017
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5) Jan 2018
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Answer:- 5) Jan
2018
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2 ________ became
the first African footballer to win
the Professional Footballers Association’s (PFA) Player of the Year award
recently.
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1) Dimitri Payet
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2) Riyad Mahrez
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3) Sofiane
Feghouli
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4) Yacine Brahimi
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5) N'Golo Kante
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Answer:- 2) Riyad
Mahrez
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3 Who among the
following was re-elected as the Prime
Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile recently?
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1) Lobsang Sangay
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2) Penpa Tsering
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3) Lobsang Tenzin
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4) Dalai Lama
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5) Dolkun Isa
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Answer:- 1)
Lobsang Sangay
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4 The Railway
Ministry has decided to create a _________ fund named Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh to strengthen safety
measures.
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1) Rs 10,000-cr
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2) Rs 25,000-cr
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3) Rs 50,000-cr
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4) Rs 90,000-cr
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5) Rs 1 lakh-cr
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Answer:- 5) Rs 1
lakh-cr
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5 The govt on 25
Apr banned the import of some electronic items, specific
mobile phones, milk and milk products and some steel products from
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1) China
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2) Taiwan
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3) Nepal
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4) South Korea
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5) Thailand
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Answer:- 1) China
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6 The committee set up by the govt to look
into the functioning of the Censor
Board submitted its report recently. It was headed by
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1) Naseeruddin
Shah
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2) Shyam Benegal
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3) Girish Karnad
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4) Shabana Azmi
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5) Govind
Nihalani
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Answer:- 2) Shyam
Benegal
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7 Nandu Natekar became the first
non-cricketer to be inducted into Legends Club, founded by late Raj Singh
Dungarpur. Nandu is associated with
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1) hockey
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2) tennis
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3) badminton
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4) squash
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5) shooting
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Answer:- 3)
badminton
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8 Which of the following
countries recently launched Kunpeng-1B,
a sounding rocket designed to conduct research, take measurements and
scientific experiments?
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1) South Korea
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2) Japan
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3) China
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4) Philippines
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5) Turkey
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Answer:- 3) China
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9 Operation Sulaimani, an initiative to
eradicate poverty by feeding the needy, was launched in which of the
following cities recently?
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1) Bengaluru
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2) Chennai
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3) Mumbai
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4) Kozhikode
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5) Ahmedabad
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Answer:- 4)
Kozhikode
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10 President
Mukherjee embarked on two-nation tour to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand
recently. The capital city of Papua
New Guinea is
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1) Ouagadougou
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2) Bandar Seri
Begawan
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3) La Paz
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4) Port Moresby
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5) Porto-Novo
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Answer:- 4) Port
Moresby
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11 VT Thomas, who passed away recently,
was a well known
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1) singer
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2) dancer
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3) cartoonist
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4) painter
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5) guitarist
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Answer:- 3)
cartoonist
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12 The Parliamentary Standing Committee,
which suggested fine or jail for
celebs in misleading ads recently, is headed by
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1) JC Divakar
Reddy
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2) Abhishek
Banerjee
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3) Jairam Ramesh
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4) Nandan
Nilekani
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5) Kaushlendra
Kumar
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Answer:- 1) JC
Divakar Reddy
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13 Which of the
following countries unveiled 2020
Olympic and Paralympics emblems recently?
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1) China
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2) England
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3) Japan
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4) South Korea
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5) Brazil
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Answer:- 3) Japan
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14 The DBS Bank launched mobile-only
bank in India recently. The bank is based in
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1) Switzerland
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2) France
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3) Spain
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4) Singapore
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5) Germany
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Answer:- 4)
Singapore
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15 Deepika Kumari, who equaled the world
record at World Cup recently, is an Indian
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1) boxer
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2) shooter
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3) sprinter
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4) archer
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5) weightlifter
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Answer:- 4)
archer
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16 The Union
Cabinet, recently, gave its nod to solar
power plant of 200 MW at Jetsar in
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1) Madhya Pradesh
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2) Gujarat
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3) Maharashtra
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4) Uttar Pradesh
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5) Rajasthan
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Answer:- 5)
Rajasthan
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17 The currency
note of which of the following countries was named best banknote of the year for 2015 recently by the International Bank Note Society?
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1) Canada
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2) Scotland
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3) Trinidad &
Tobago
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4) Kazakhstan
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5) New Zealand
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Answer:- 5) New
Zealand
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18 Riek Machar was sworn in as the vice president of which of the
following countries recently?
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1) South Sudan
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2) Central
African Republic
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3) Chad
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4) Nigeria
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5) Kenya
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Answer:- 1) South
Sudan
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19 Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh recently
declared that the National Food
Security Act has been implemented in the State of
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1) Arunachal
Pradesh
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2) Manipur
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3) Mizoram
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4) Tripura
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5) Nagaland
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Answer:- 2)
Manipur
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20 The ISRO’s
PSLV rocket successfully launched the
IRNSS-1G, the seventh satellite in the IRNSS series, recently. The IRNSS
is India’s own
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1) defence
information system
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2) spy satellite
system
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3) earth
observation system
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4) weather
forecast system
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5) navigation
system
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Answer:- 5)
navigation system
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