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Current Affairs Quiz – 16 January 2020

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  1. Which city is hosting the 7th edition of the Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region?
    A) Lucknow
    B) Patna
    C) Guwahati
    D) Indore
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    Option A
    Explanation: 
    The 7th Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region was inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in the Vidhan Bhawan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 16 January 2020. During the two-day event, Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon will address the inaugural session, while Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel will address the valedictory session on 17 January 2020.
  2. The RBI has advised all PPI issuers to provide which among the following facilities to cardholders for any kind of domestic or international transactions
    A) switch on / off card
    B) set / modify transaction limits
    C) set number of transaction
    D) Both A & B
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    The issuers shall provide to all cardholders the facility to switch on / off and set / modify transaction limits (within the overall card limit, if any, set by the issuer) for all types of transactions – domestic and international, at PoS / ATMs / online transactions / contactless transactions, etc.;
  3. The National Population Register (NPR) exercise will be conducted between April and September 2020 in all states and UTs except in the state of__________
    A) Goa
    B) Assam
    C) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
    D) Jammu & Kashmir
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    Option B
    Explanation: 
    The Government has informed that no documents will be asked and no biometric will be taken for National Population Register (NPR) exercise to be carried out between April and September 2020. The NPR is a register of usual residents of the country. The NPR exercise will be carried out in all states and UTs, except Assam, along with the house listing phase of the census 2021 exercise. The Union Cabinet has approved Rs. 3,941.35 crore for the NPR exercise.
  4. Dmitry Medvedev has recently resigned as the Prime Minister of which country?
    A) Russia
    B) Indonesia
    C) Vietnam
    D) Maldives
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    Option A
    Explanation: 
    On 15 January 2020, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as well as the entire Russian government submitted resignation to President Vladimir Putin, after President announced a range of constitutional changes. Following the resignation, President Putin has proposed the head of Russia’s tax service Mikhail Mishustin for the post of prime minister.
  5. The 5th Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI) 2020 has been organised in which state?
    A) Gujarat
    B) Uttar Pradesh
    C) Goa
    D) Maharashtra
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    The fifth edition of Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI) 2020 kick-off in Panaji, Goa on 15 January 2020. The four-day-long festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister, Dr. Paramod Sawant and will end on 18 January.
  6. Who is the Governor of Uttar Pradesh?
    A) Lalji Tandon
    B) Anandiben Patel
    C) Ramesh Bais
    D) Satya Pal Malik
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    Option B
    Explanation: Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel 
  7. Name the one-month long annual fuel conservation campaign launched by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas?
    A) Nivaaran
    B) Sanrakshan
    C) Suraksha
    D) Saksham
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    The one-month long mega fuel conservation campaign named Saksham-2020 was inaugurated in New Delhi on 16 January 2020. Saksham (Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav) is an annual flagship event of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India
  8. Name the Indian scientist who has recently been elected as the Bureau Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period 2020-23?
    A) Bipul Behari Saha
    B) Sudha Bhattacharya
    C) Jayant Narlikar
    D) Roddam Narasimha
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    Option A
    Explanation: 
    Hyderabad based noted scientist Bipul Behari Saha, has been elected as a Bureau Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period 2020-23. This is only the second time in over 100 years history of IUPAC that an Indian scientist has been selected for this prestigious position, after Bharat Ratna Prof. CNR Rao in 1979, who was the former Director of the Indian Institute of Science.
  9. India’s first multi-venue Mega Science exhibition named “Vigyan Samagam” is 11 month long event started in May 2019. The last leg of the exhibition will take place in which city?
    A) Bengaluru
    B) Kolkata
    C) New Delhi
    D) Mumbai
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    The fourth and final leg of the first-of-its-kind, multi-venue Mega Science exhibition named “Vigyan Samagam” will be held at the National Science Centre (NSC) in New Delhi from 21 January to 20 March, 2020 The 11-month duration Vigyan Samagam is being hosted at four cities, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Delhi, from May 2019 to March 2020, with around two months at each venue.
  10. Where is the headquarter of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) based?
    A) Copenhagen, Denmark
    B) North Carolina, United States
    C) Gland, Switzerland
    D) Amsterdam, Netherlands
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    Option B
    Explanation: 
    Founded in 1919, IUPAC is the largest global organization of Chemistry professionals, responsible for naming all new elements and compounds, declare atomic weights and physical constants, update Periodic table and carry out research projects.Headquarter IUPAC- North Carolina, United States.

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