Important Weekly Current Affairs Quiz from 8-14 February 2020

1) Who inaugurated the 11th edition of DefExpo in Lucknow?

Ans:- Narendra Modi

2) India International Seafood Show is being held in which city?

Ans:- Kochi

3) NIDM organized a Conference on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction at which city?

Ans:- New Delhi

4) How many schemes for J&K and Ladakh Ministry of Tourism have recently been approved under Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD Schemes?

Ans:- 7

6) Who has been awarded National Banker of the Year 2020 - Asia-Pacific?

Ans:- Shaktikanta Das

7) Who awarded the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy?

Ans:- Ram Nath Kovind

8) Which state has allotted 5-acre land for the construction of a mosque?

Ans:- Uttar Pradesh

9) Cabinet has approved the setting up of Vadhavan Port in which state?

Ans:- Maharashtra

10) Which district has received National Award for implementing Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana?

Ans:- South Salmara Mankachar

11) Who won gold medal at Senior Women's National Weightlifting Championships?

Ans:- Rakhi Halder

13) Scientists have discovered warm water in Antarctica below which glacier?

Ans:- Doomsday Glacier

14) Annual Udyanotsav was recently inaugurated by which minister?

Ans:- Ram Nath Kovind

15) Which  has recently signed a Technology Development Contract with Rosoboronexport Russia?

Ans:- DRDO

16) Emami Group sells cement business to ___________ for Rs 5,500 crore?

Ans:- Nirma

17) Who recently won Mystic Kalinga Literary Award?

Ans:- Manoj Das

18) Who introduced 'The Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020' in the Lok Sabha?

Ans:- Nirmala Sitharaman

19) Which ministry is set to launch the new form "Spice+"?

Ans:- Ministry of Corporate Affairs

20) India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was held in which city?

Ans:- Lucknow

21) Raju Bharatan, who recently died at 86 was a famous person of which profession?

Ans:- Journalist

22) India's trade in China decreased from USD 89.71 billion in 2017-18 to __________ in 2018-19?

Ans:- USD 87.07 billion

23) Which administration has renamed its Public Health Engineering & Irrigation and Flood Control Department as 'Jal Shakti Department'?

Ans:- Jammu and Kashmir

24) Who recently got the lifetime achievement award of Mantralaya & Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh?

Ans:- Dinkar Keshav Raika

25) Who is to continue as India's Davis Cup captain?

Ans:- Rohit Rajpal

26) Which state has recently launched 'Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna'?

Ans:- Haryana

27) Who recently received the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy in Indian nomination-individual category?

Ans;- N S Dharmashaktu

28) India is to achieve the USD five billion defence export target by which year?

Ans:- 2024

29) First India-Africa Defence Ministers' Conclave was recently held at which city?

Ans:- Lucknow

30) Fashion show "Naturally North-East: The Naga Narrative" was held in which state?

Ans:- Haryana

31) Glass floor bridge is to be constructed in which city?

Ans:- Rishikesh

32) Who is to periodically publish a composite 'Digital Payments Index' from July 2020?

Ans:- RBI

33) Who developed world's first bulletproof helmet against AK-47 bullets under project Abhedya?

Ans:- Anoop Mishra

34) Which state is to set up 1,000 'Kudumbashree' hotels?

Ans:- Kerala

35) India is looking forward to develop a new tactical ballistic missile with a range of how much?

Ans:- 200 kms

drivers?

Ans:- Ghaziabad

36) Andhra Pradesh's first Disha police station was recently inaugurated in which city?

Ans:- Rajamahendravaram

37) According to theIndia Justice Report-2019, which state has been ranked first on the capacity of justice delivery systemamong the 18 large and mid-sized states?

Ans:- Maharashtra

38) Who recently got honourable mention in 2019 International Olympic Committee's Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award?

Ans:- Pullela Gopichand

39) Consumer mobile operations of the Tata group is to merge with which of the sim company?

Ans:- Bharti Airtel

40) A. Surya Prakash, who recently demitted office, was the chairman of which organisation?

Ans:- Prasar Bharati

41) Who won the first-ever Khelo India Ice Hockey Championship?

Ans;- Ladakh Scouts

42) What is the age of Kalitara Mandal, the oldest voter of Delhi?

Ans:- 110

43) Which state is to set up "Bharosacentre" to "monitor the impact of social media on youth"?

Ans:- Maharashtra

44) Who recently became the youngest bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket?

Ans:- Naseem Shah

45) Guru Ravidas Jayanti is celebrated on which date?

Ans:- 9th February

46) 23rd National Conference on e-Governance was recently organized in which city?

Ans:- Mumbai

47) Which state's pollution control board's real time pollution monitoring system wins National e-Governance Award 2019-20?

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

48) A new cricket stadium of international standards has been inaugurated at _________ in Tamil Nadu?

Ans:- Salem

49) Who became the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt. Aconcagua?

Ans:- Kaamya Karthikeyan

50) Who is the author of the book 'A Child of Destiny: An Autobiography'?

Ans:- Ramakrishna Rao

51) Ministry of Civil Aviationflagged off first Heli Services under UDAN in which state?

Ans:- Uttarakhand

52) Giriraj Kishore, who recently died at 82 was a writer of which language?

Ans:- Hindi

53) According to theIndia Justice Report-2019, which state has been ranked first on the capacity of justice delivery system among states with a population of less than one crore?

Ans:- Goa

54) Who won the National Snooker Championship?

Ans:- Aditya Mehta

55) Which state has recently announced Cauvery delta region as a Protected Special Agriculture Zone?

Ans:- Tamil Nadu

56) Which state is to introduce an internship scheme for students of class 10th and 12th and those pursuing graduation?

Ans:- Uttar Pradesh

57) 19th Hunar Haat has been inaugurated at which place?

Ans:- Indore

58) Which team retained recently concluded Premier Badminton League championship?

Ans:- Bengaluru Raptors

59) Hornbill Festival was recently celebrated in which state?

Ans:- Tripura

60) Government is to rename National Institute of Financial Management after whom?

Ans:- Arun Jaitley

61) "Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi" is a new district of which state?

Ans:- Chhattisgarh

62) 13th COP of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals to be held at which place?

Ans:- Gandhinagar

63) Which state recently launched "Reading Mission"?

Ans:- Haryana