Which of the following has been included in the 8 wonders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?

• (a) Bhimbetka caves
• (b) Golden Temple
• (c) Statue of Unity
• (d) Amber Fort

To which country India gifted a ‘Made in India’ patrol vessel named ‘KAAMIYAAB’?

• (a) Sri Lanka
• (b) Maldives
• (c) South Africa
• (d) Bangladesh

Which Indian Air Force aircraft was decommissioned on December 27, 2019?

• (a) MiG-27
• (b) MiG-29
• (c) Sukhoi-30
• (d) MiG-21

Which Tribal refugee community will now be given permission to settle in Tripura following the signing of a historic agreement on January 16, 2020?

• (a) Jaintia
• (b) Bru-Reang
• (c) Rengma-Bodo
• (d) Deori-Garo

What is the ranking of Indian Passport in Henley Passport Index 2020?

• (a) 40
• (b) 52
• (c) 66
• (d) 84

Where is the headquarters of Global Tiger Forum (GTF)?

• (a) Kathmandu
• (b) New Delhi
• (c) Dhaka
• (d) Beijing

What is ‘BOID QIT’, which was in the news recently?

• (a) Biodiversity conservation techniques
• (b) Digital monitoring of the borders
• (c) DNA editing tool
• (d) F-16 Missile equipment

What is the status of House Sparrow in India as per the State of India’s Birds 2020 Report?

• (a) Stable
• (b) Uncertain
• (c) Strong Decline
• (d) Data not available

India signed an agreement with which country to establish Addu Tourism?

• (a) Maldives
• (b) Bhutan
• (c) Afghanistan
• (d) Nepal

What was India’s rank among 156 countries in the Global Happiness Index 2019?

• (a) 140th
• (b) 124th
• (c) 132nd
• (d) 137th

Which State Government has launched ‘One family, one job’ scheme?

• (a) Uttarakhand
• (b) Sikkim
• (c) Meghalaya
• (d) Madhya Pradesh

Which cities are called ‘Non-attainment cities’ in India?

• (a) The cities where solid waste management system has not been implemented
• (b) The cities that are not following water quality standards
• (c) The cities which are not complying noise pollution norms
• (d) Consistently showing poorer air quality than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

Which country topped the list of Global Diplomacy Index 2019 released by Sydney based Lowy institute?

• (a) USA
• (b) Russia
• (c) France
• (d) China

Which country has criminalized offences related to match-fixing?

• (a) Pakistan
• (b) South Africa
• (c) Bangladesh
• (d) Sri Lanka

‘Bada Dashain’ is the festival celebrated in which country?

• (a) India
• (b) Nepal
• (c) Myanmar
• (d) Sri Lanka

What is the campaign theme of the ‘Internaional Women’s Day 2020’?

• (a) Planet 50-50 by 2030
• (b) Equality for Women
• (c) Think Equal, Act Equal
• (d) Each for Equal

The term ‘Operation Car Wash’ that was making news recently, is related to which country?

• (a) Brazil
• (b) South Africa
• (c) Russia
• (d) Argentina

Which country will host the UN Climate Summit ‘COP26’?

• (a) USA
• (b) UK
• (c) France
• (d) India

In a latest report (2019) World Bank appreciated India’s efforts and policies to:

• (a) Reduce poverty by half since 1991
• (b) Provde clean and wholesome water to all
• (c) Immunize all the children in the age group 0-5 years
• (d) Achieve gender parity in primary education

The Noble Prize 2019 for Economics has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for:

• (a) To discover the most effective ways to tackle poverty in the developing world
• (b) To discover consumption pattern among rural mass
• (c) To discover decision making under asymmetric information
• (d) To discover role of non-economic factors in trade distortions

Why is there a great concern about the ‘microbeads’ that are released into environment?

• (a) They are considered harmful to marine ecosystems
• (b) They are considered to cause skin cancer in children
• (c) They are small enough to be absorbed by crop plants in irrigated fields
• (d) They are often found to be used as food adulterants

Among the following, which one is the largest exporter of rice in the world in the last five years?

• (a) China
• (b) India
• (c) Myanmar
• (d) Vietnam

Which country’s capital name is renamed as ‘Nursultan’?

• (a) Kazakhstan
• (b) Uzbekistan
• (c) Azerbaijan
• (d) Kyrgyzstan

Which of the followings are called ‘Brettonwoods Twins’?

• (a) IMF & International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• (b) IMF & World Trade Organization
• (c) IBRD & World Trade Organization
• (d) None of these

Which state got a separate high court on 1st January 2019, which is the 25th high court of India?

• (a) Telengana
• (b) Mizoram
• (c) Sikkim
• (d) Andhra Pradesh