Important Weekly Current Affairs Quiz from 8-14 January 2020

1) Who inaugurated the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Knowledge Hub in New Delhi?

Ans:- Piyush Goyel

2) ISRO recently proposed to set up Human Space Flight Centre in which city?

Ans:- Challakere in Chitradurga district of Karnataka.

3) Global Intellectual Property Convention is to be held at which city?

Ans:- New Delhi

4) AI powered National Stock Exchange Knowledge Hub has been inaugurated in which city?

Ans:- New Delhi

5) 11th biennial edition of DefExpo India- 2020 is to be held at which city?

Ans:- Lucknow

6) Which railway stations has got navigation facilities for visually impaired?

Ans:- Chandigarh Railway Station

7) TN Chaturvedi, who recently passed away at 90 was the former governor of which state?

Ans:- Karnataka

8) Who won the men's 10 metres air pistol gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship?

Ans:- Saurabh Chaudhary

9) Which state's government is to organize Zo Kutpui festival?

Ans:- Mizoram

10) Which city's police has started 3rd edition of 'Sukanya' project for girls' self-defense training?

Ans:- Kolkata

11) Which has launched expedition in Maharashtra to promote the heritage of India?

Ans:- Indian Navy

12) Who has been elected as Jharkhand Assembly Speaker?

Ans:- Rabindra Nath Mahato

13) Who has retained top spot in latest test match rankings for batsmen?

Ans:- Virat Kohli

14) Who is to be the next High Commissioner of India to Dominica?

Ans:- Arun Kumar Sahu

15) Who has been appointed as the judge to the criminal court of New York?

Ans:- Archana Rao

16) Who has been appointed as the judge to the civil court of New York?

Ans:- Deepa Ambedkar

17) Who recently released a book titled Karmayoddha Granth on the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

Ans:- Amit Shah

18) Prem Nath Hoon, who recently passed away at 90 was a/an noted person of which profession?

Ans:- Army Officer (Former Western Army Commander Lieutenant General )

19) Which state is to set up Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation Center?

Ans:- Gujarat

20) 2nd National GST Conference was held in which city?

Ans:- New Delhi

21) The 31st International Kite Festival was recently launched in which city?

Ans:- Ahmedabad

22) The first edition of Khelo India University Gamesis to be held in which state?

Ans:- Odisha

23) Who presented the Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman?

Ans:- Prakash Javadekar

24) Who is the only Indian umpire named for the ICC U-19 World Cup?

Ans:- Anil Chaudhary

25) Madhavpur Mela is celebrated in which state?

Ans:- Gujarat

26) PravasiBharatiya Divas is celebrated on which date?

Ans:- 9th January

27) Which country will be the guest of honour at the Paris Book Fair 2020?

Ans:- India

28) ASCEND 2020 Global Investors Meet is being organized at which city?

Ans:- Kochi

29) Which Railway station has been installed with the facial recognition technology?

Ans:- Bengaluru

30) Who has been appointed as CMD of HUDCO?

Ans:- M. Nagarajan

31) Which began its work to improve efficiency based on the GOCO model?

Ans:- Indian Army

32) Who won the 7th National Ice Hockey Championship Women trophy?

Ans:- Ladakh

33 India with which country has signed an agreement for outer space cooperation?

Ans:- Mongolia

34) Who is IBM's new MD for India and South Asia?

Ans:- Sandip Patel

35) The world's highest railway bridge will connect rest of the India with which city?

Ans:- Kashmir

36) Which state's youth commission is to conduct Adalat for the LGBT community?

Ans:- Kerala

37) Which state's government signed MoU with KFW to implement Zero Budget Natural Farming?

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

38) Which state has unveiled a wage subsidy scheme for ventures?

Ans:- Kerala

39) Which is to host naval event MILAN?

Ans:- Visakhapatnam

40) Who won the 2020 Maharashtra Kesari title?

Ans:- Harshvardhan Sadgir

41) Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020 programme will be organized in which city?

Ans:- New Delhi

42) Who became the first Indian equestrian to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after 2 decades?

Ans:- Fouaad Mirza

43) Who received the first 'Muppavarapu National Award for Social Service'?

Ans:- Gutta Muniratnam

44) Wings India 2020 is to be held in which city?

Ans:- Hyderabad

45) Who has been elected as Chairman of Krishak Bharati Cooperative Ltd?

Ans:- Chandra Pal Singh

46) Who is the author of "Pax Sinica: Implications for the Indian Dawn"?

Ans:- Samir Saran

47) Pulses Conclave 2020 to be held in which state?

Ans:- Maharashtra

48) Dilip B. Bhosale, who recently resigned at 63 is a noted person of which field?

Ans:- Lawmaker

49) 'Operation Sankalp' is associated with which force?

Ans:- Indian Navy

50) Which state's legislative assembly adopted a new logo consisting the national emblem and foxtail orchid?

Ans:- Arunachal Pradesh

51) National Youth Festival 2020 is to be held in which city?

Ans;- Lucknow

52) Which state has recently launched 'Amma Vodi' scheme?

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

53) Who received the first 'Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence'?

Ans:- M S Swaminathan

54) Which state is to provide free laptops to first-year-degree students in government colleges from January 12?

Ans:- Karnataka

55) Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo, who recently died at 76, was a famous person of which profession?

Ans:- Politician

56) Which state is to set up a zoo named after Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan?

Ans:- Uttar Pradesh

57) Who is the highest ranked Indian batsman in the latest ICC T20 Internationals players rankings?

Ans:- KL Rahul

58) Which ministry has launched "Mission Purvodaya"?

Ans:- Ministry of Steel

59) Which airports has received international recognition for reducing carbon emission?

Ans:- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata

60) Which state has organized programs to promote Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat campaign?

Ans:- Uttar Pradesh

61) "Sea Guardians" is a naval drill between China and which country?

Ans:- Pakistan

62) Which institutes designed room temperature Sodium Sulphur battery?

Ans:- IIT Madras

63) What is the theme of Wings India 2020?

Ans:- Flying for All

64) Yashaswini Scheme for Women entrepreneurship has been launched in which state?

Ans:- Goa

65) Who inaugurated the new building of Karnataka Judicial Academy in Bengaluru?

Ans:- Sharad Arvind Bobde

66) Who recently received the Polly Umrigar award?

Ans- Jasprit Bumrah

67) Raisina Dialogue is to be organized in which city?

Ans- New Delhi

68) Chidananda Murthy, who recently passed away was a famous person of which profession?

Ans:- Epigraphist

69) How many aircrafts are to be acquired by the government for Indian Air Force?

Ans:- 200

70) Who recently inaugurated Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre?

Ans:- Amit Shah

71) Which edition of Kolkata Literary Festival is to begin from January 17?

Ans:- 11th