Current Affairs Quiz – 13 February 2020

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1. The BMC has decided to develop 90 air quality monitoring network in Mumbai, which will make the city with India’s largest air monitoring locations. Which Indian city presently has the largest network of air quality monitors?
   A) New Delhi
   B) Kolkata
   C) Hyderabad
   D) Ahmedabad
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to develop a network of 90 air quality monitoring stations in Mumbai. This will make the city, that has the largest network of air monitoring in India. Currently, Mumbai has 30 air quality monitoring stations. It will overtake Delhi, which presently has the largest networking of air quality monitors with 38 monitoring stations.
2. World Radio Day is observed every year on_______
   A) 14 Feb
   B) 12 Feb
   C) 13 Feb
   D) 11 Feb
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: World Radio Day is celebrated on 13 February each year. The theme of World Radio Day 2020 is ‘Radio and Diversity’.
3. The National Workshop on Disaster Risk Financing, Insurance and Risk Transfer was held in Mumbai recently by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM). Where is NIDM located?
   A) Kochi
   B) Pune
   C) Hyderabad
   D) New Delhi
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The National Workshop on Disaster Risk Financing, Insurance and Risk Transfer was held in Mumbai on February 13, 2020. The workshop was organized by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), in partnership with Insurance Institute of India.
4. Government has notified the ‘Printing of One Rupee Currency Notes Rules, 2020’. What will be the dimension of the new note?
   A) 9.7 x 6.0 cms
   B) 9.7 x 6.3 cms
   C) 9.7 x 6.5 cms
   D) 9.7 x 6.8 cms
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The Union Ministry of Finance has notified ‘Printing of One Rupee Currency Notes Rules, 2020’ on February 7, 2020. Dimension – 9.7 x 6.3 cms. Colour: The overall colour will be predominantly pink green on obverse and reverse in combination with others. 
5. The Pranash is a 200-km strike range ballistic missile being developed by DRDO. It is which type of missile?
   A) Surface-to-Surface
   B) Air-to-Air
   C) Air-to-Surface
   D) Surface-to-Air
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing a 200-km strike range tactical ballistic missile named ‘Pranash’. It will be used by the Army and the Air Force for destroying enemy targets at short ranges. It is Surface-to-surface ballistic missile and single-stage solid-propellant missile.
6. The BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2020 was held in which city?
   A) Kochi, Kerala
   B) Puri, Odisha
   C) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
   D) Hyderabad, Telangana
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2020, was held from February 11 to 13 at the Ramachandi Beach, Puri, Odisha. This is the second edition of such exercise. The first edition was held in 2017.
7. Who among these has been appointed as the new chairman and managing director of Air India?
   A) Satyendra Kumar Mishra
   B) Praveen Garg
   C) Rohit Nandan
   D) Rajiv Bansal
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Air India. Rajiv Bansal has replaced Ashwani Lohani, who has completed his one-year tenure as the head of the airline.
8. INS Shivaji has been honored with the 2020 President’s Colour, the highest honour bestowed upon any military unit by GoI. Where is INS Shivaji based?
   A) West Bengal
   B) Maharashtra
   C) Telangana
   D) Karnataka
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: President Ram Nath Kovind presented the President’s Colour to INS Shivaji on 13 February. The President’s Colour is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon any military unit. INS Shivaji is an Indian Naval station located in Lonavala, Maharashtra and houses the Naval College of Engineering which trains officers of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
9. Standard and Poor has maintained the stable outlook for India in its latest report and affirmed the sovereign rating of the country to________
   A) BB+
   B) BBB+
   C) BBB-
   D) BB-
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Standard and Poor has affirmed India’s sovereign rating of ‘BBB-‘and maintained a “stable”outlook.
10. Nandu R Kulkarni passed away recently. He was one of the well known __________
    A) Journalist
    B) Author
    C) Filmmaker
    D) Sitar Player
    
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    Option A
    Explanation: Veteran journalist Nandu R Kulkarni, has passed away following a heart attack. He was 69. Kulkarni was the Mumbai Bureau Chief of the Kolkata-based newspaper “The Statesman”. 
11. The new Re One note to be designed by the GoI, will bear the signature of whom?
    A) Vipul Bansal
    B) Atanu Chakraborty
    C) Girish Murmu
    D) Subhash Chandra Garg
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: Bilingual signature of Shri Atanu Chakraborty, Secretary, Ministry of Finance.
12. What is the official name given to the disease caused by the new coronavirus?
    A) Virons-2019
    B) Corons-2019
    C) Vivid-2019
    D) Covid-2019
    
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    Option D
    Explanation: The official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-2019: World Health Organization (WHO)
    

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