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India and Brazil have set the target of attaining USD 15 billion in bilateral trade by which year?
A) 2021
B) 2020
C) 2022
D) 2023

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Option C
Explanation: India and Brazil has set a target to achieve USD 15 billion in bilateral trade by 2022
The 3rd Global Potato Conclave 2020 will be organised in which city?
A) Guwahati
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Gandhinagar

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Option D
Explanation: The Third edition of the Global Potato Conclave will be held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 28 to 31 January 2020. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the conference through remote video conferencing, which aims to highlight achievements and opportunities in the area of potato research, trade and industry, and value chain .
Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive (CEO) of the Indian Banks Association (IBA)?
A) Sunil Mehta
B) Madhav Nair
C) Shyam Srinivasan
D) Dinabandhu Mohapatra

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Option A
Explanation: Former MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank, Sunil Mehta, has taken charge as the chief executive of the Indian Bank’s Association (IBA) from 27 January 2020.
The 41-year-old professional player, Kobe Bean Bryant of America passed away recently in helicopter crash. He was a legendary player of__________
A) Tennis
B) Basketball
C) Football
D) Golf

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Option B
Explanation: Veteran American professional basketball player Kobe Bean Bryant, has passed away in a helicopter crash on 26 January 2020. He was 41. The National Basketball Association (NBA) legend died when a helicopter he was riding in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog, killing all nine people on board including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.
India’s first Super Fab Lab has been unveiled in which city?
A) Chennai
B) Bengaluru
C) Kochi
D) Hyderabad

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Option C
Explanation: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated India’s first Super Fab Lab at the Integrated Startup Complex of the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) in Kochi on 25 January 2020, that will give India’s hardware industry a huge leap. The Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) Super Fab Lab has been has been built in collaboration with the US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It is the world’s first such facility to function outside the United States. The facility has state-of-the-art machines worth more than Rs 7 crore built in an area of 10,000 square feet.
Marjan Sarec has announced his resignation as the Prime Minister of which country?
A) Slovenia
B) Croatia
C) Serbia
D) Czech Republic

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Option A
Explanation: Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Sarec Announces Resignation; Capital: Ljubljana; Currency: Euro
Uttar Pradesh is the second state to ink an MoU with the Government eMarketplace (GeM) to set up GeM Organizational Transformation Team (GOTT) Project Management Unit (PMU) in the state. Which is the first country to sign the MoU?
A) Assam
B) Gujarat
C) Rajasthan
D) Punjab

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Option D
Explanation: The Uttar Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government eMarketplace (GeM), under the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,to set up a GeM Organizational Transformation Team (GOTT) Project Management Unit (PMU) in the state. Uttar Pradesh government is the second state after Punjab to establish a GOTT-PMU for inclusive, efficient and transparent procurement system.
Amarnath Shetty, the former Janta Dal leader passed away. He had served as a the Minister in the cabinet of which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Bihar
C) Karnataka
D) Odisha

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Option C
Explanation: Former Karnataka Minister and senior Janata Dal(S) leader Amarnath Shetty has passed away due to age-related ailments. Shetty was 80. Shetty, who began his political career in 1965, was minister for Tourism and Muzarai in the Janata Dal government.
India’s first ever Government-owned waste-to-energy plant has been inaugurated in which city?
A) Mumbai
B) Bhubaneswar
C) Kolkata
D) Ranchi

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Option B
Explanation: The first waste-to-energy plant of the Indian Railways, has been commissioned at Carriage Repair Workshop, Mancheswar, in Bhubaneswar by the East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone. The plant is the first Government of India initiative in waste to energy plant and fourth such plant in the country.It has been built at a cost of Rs 1.79 crore and has the capacity to dispose 500 kg waste, including plastic and e-waste.
Who among the following has been appointed as the Life President of the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF)?
A) Anil Kumar Khanna
B) Ajay Pathak
C) Surendran Subramaniam
D) Syed Dilawar Abbas

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Option A
Explanation: Anil Kumar Khanna has unanimously been nominated as the Life President of Asian Tennis Federation (ATF)
Sher Singh Kukkal who has passed away was a renowned __________
A) Painter
B) Sculptor
C) Photographer
D) All of the above

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Option D
Explanation: Noted artist and sculptor Sher Singh Kukkal passed away after a brief illness. He was 86.
When is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day observed worldwide?
A) 24 January
B) 26 January
C) 27 January
D) 25 January

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Option C
Explanation: International Holocaust Remembrance Day is held on 27 January. Theme 2020: “75 years after Auschwitz – Holocaust Education and Remembrance for Global Justice”
Player Joao Souza has been issued a life time ban from Tennis due to match-fixing and corruption charges. He is from which country?
A) Brazil
B) United States
C) Spain
D) England

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Option A
Explanation: Brazilian Tennis Player Joao Souza had been issued a lifetime ban after being convicted of multiple match-fixing and other corruption offences: Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU)
What is the currency of Slovenia?
A) Pound
B) Euro
C) Dollar
D) Peso

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Option B
Explanation: Capital: Ljubljana; Currency: Euro
The headquarter of Indian Banks Association (IBA) is based in which city?
A) Kolkata
B) Hyderabad
C) Lucknow
D) Mumbai

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Option D
Explanation: Mumbai

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