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- The second privately operated Tejas Express recently launched will run between which stations?
A) Kolkata-Ahmedabad
B) Mumbai-Kolkata
C) New Delhi-Mumbai
D) Ahmedabad-Mumbai
- Krishi Manthan – the largest Food, Agri-business and Rural Development Summit of Asia was held in which Indian state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Madhya Pradesh
- Which Indian institute has partnered with video-sharing application TikTok to produce short video modules for education?
A) Indian Institute of Management- Indore
B) Indian Institute of Management- Bangalore
C) Indian Institute of Management- Kolkata
D) Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow
- Union Minister Shri Rajnath Singh dedicated the 51st K9 VAJRA-T Gun to the nation from Gujarat on 16 January 2020. The Gun has been manufactured by which company under Make in India initiative?
A) Reliance Industries Limited
B) Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
C) Tata Group
D) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- Aunachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country to sign an MoU with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to help prepare IUCN’s Red List Assessment for which of the following species?
A) Tulip
B) Cherry Blossom
C) Lily
D) Orchids
- The Ministry of Jal Shakti has formed a 11-member drafting committee on National Water Policy with Dr Mihir Shah as the head. The committee will work to revise which NWP?
A) National Water Policy 1987
B) National Water Policy 2012
C) National Water Policy 2002
D) National Water Policy 1995
- How much amount of loan has been sanctioned by World Bank towards the implementation of the Assam Inland Water Transport Project (AIWTP)?
A) USD 100 million
B) USD 92 million
C) USD 88 million
D) USD 55 million
- Who has been appointed as the Director of the National Book Trust (NBT)?
A) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
B) Brij Kishore Sharma
C) Govind Prasad Sharma
D) Yuvraj Malik
- Who has been selected for the 29th Saraswati Samman?
A) Vasdev Mohi
B) K Siva Reddy
C) Padma Sachdev
D) Govind Mishra
- Name the Indian advocate who has recently been appointed as Queen’s Counsel (QC) for the courts of England and Wales?
A) Rajeev Dhavan
B) Harish Salve
C) Gopal Subramanium
D) Mukul Rohatgi