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Question No: 1

Barcelona club is located in which country?

A. Portugal

B. Brazil

C. Spain

D. Moracco

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Question No: 2

Johnson south reef is located at which island?

A. Scarborough Islands

B. Spratly Islands

C. Paracel Islands

D. Senkaku(Diaoyu)Islands

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Question No: 3

Which of the following country does not share border with

Mediterranean Sea?

A. Spain

B. Israel

C. Turkey

D. Romania

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Question No: 4

Hellenic Republic is the official name of which country?

A. Turkey

B. Bulgaria

C. Israel

D. Greece

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Question No: 5

What is 2020-QG?

A. Software

B. Virus

C. Comet

D. Asteroid

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Question No: 6

National clean air programme was started in which year?

A. 2018

B. 2019

C. 2020

D. 2010

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Question No: 7

Which continent was declared wild polio free by World

Health organization in August 2020?

A. Australia

B. South America

C. Asia

D. Africa

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Question No: 8

What is the projected growth rate of India for 2020-21 as per

Reserve Bank of India’s annual report 2019-20?

A. -2.7%

B.-4.5%

C. -3.5%

D. -5.2%

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Question No: 9

Find the bank which has introduced ‘Liberty Savings

Account’ for the Indian youth.

A. HDFC Bank

B. ICICI Bank

C. IDBI Bank

D. Axis Bank

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Question No: 10

Which public sector company has won Swacchta Hi Seva

(Cleanliness is Service) 2019 award?

A. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

B. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

C. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

D. NLC India Limited

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Pulikkali:

Pulikkali, or tiger dance, is a colourful part of

Onam celebrations in Thrissur.

It is also known as Kaduvakali.

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• It is a harvest festival of the state of

Kerala.

• According to legends, the festival Onam is

celebrated to commemorate King

Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit

Kerala at the time of Onam.

• Onam celebrations include Vallam Kali

(boat races), Pulikali (tiger dances) etc.

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CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX 2019

• The latest edition of Corruption perception

Index (CPI) 2019 was released.

• It is released by Transparency International

annually since 1995.

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• It ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels

of public sector corruption.

• It uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is

highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

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Key Highlights

• Denmark and New Zealand are at the top spot,

followed by Finland, Singapore, Sweden and

Switzerland in the top ten.

Somalia is ranked last, preceded by South

Sudan and Syria.

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India slipped to the 80th rank, while its score

remained steady at 41.

Pakistan is ranked at the 120th place.

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Transparency International

• It is an international non-governmental

organization based in Berlin, Germany, since

1993.

• It also publishes Global Corruption Barometer,

and Global Corruption Report.

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About Interpol

International Criminal Police Organization is an

inter-governmental organization, having 194

member countries.

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It facilitates worldwide police cooperation and

crime control. Headquartered in Lyon, France, it

was founded in 1923 as the International

Criminal Police Commission (ICPC).

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The CBI is the nodal authority that executes and

handles the issuance of all Interpol Notices in

India. There are liaison officers in every state

police force as well.

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GLOBAL TALENT COMPETITIVENESS INDEX

• Recently, Global Talent Competitive Index

(GTCI) for 2020 compiled by INSEAD in

collaboration with Addeco and Google was

released.

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About GTCI

• Launched for the first time in 2013, GTCI is an

annual benchmarking report that measures the

ability of countries to compete for talent. It

ranks nations on the ability to grow, attract and

retain talent.

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India has climbed eight places to 72nd rank in

the 2020. In the BRICS grouping, China was

ranked 42nd, Russia (48th), South Africa

(70th) and Brazil at 80th position.

Switzerland topped the index followed by

United States and Singapore.

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WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS (WESP) REPORT

Recently, United Nations Department of

Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA), United

Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the five United

Nations regional commissions jointly released

WESP report.

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About the Report

• It is an annual UN flagship publication on the

state of the world economy, viewed through

the lens of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development.

• Global growth slowed to a 10‐year low of

2.3% in 2019.

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Key points related to India

In India, the rate of economic expansion fell

sharply from 6.8 per cent in 2018 to 5.7 per cent in 2019 owing to slackening investment,

subdued consumer sentiment, and weak

manufacturing and services growth.

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Question No: 1

What is the name of the first squadron consisting of Rafale

in India.?

A. 16 Golden Arrows

B. Tiger Sharks

C. 17 Golden Arrows

D. Flying Daggers

Ans. C

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Question No: 2

Recently, which degree has been discontinued under the

new education policy?

A. M.Phil.

B. PHD

C. B.ed.

D. BTC

Ans. A

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Question No: 3

What is the new name of HRD ministry?

A. Higher education ministry

B. Development ministry

C. Education ministry

D. Finance Ministry

Ans. C

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Question No: 4

New education policy is prepared on the recommendations

of which committee?

A. Vaghul Committee

B. Kasturi Rangan committee

C. Liberhan Commission

D. Justice A.K Mathur Commission

Ans. B

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Question No: 5

The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties is

scheduled in –

A. Geneva

B. Spain

C. Italy

D. UK

Ans. D

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Question No: 6

Which conference of parties came up with the idea of ISA?

A. COP 25

B. COP 22

C. COP 21

D. COP 26

Ans. C

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Question No: 7

What is the full form of NISE?

A.Native Institute of Solar Energy

B.National Institute of Solar Emerging power

C.National Institute of Sound Energy

D. National Institute of Solar Energy

Ans. D

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Question No: 8

FICCI was founded by –

A. Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar

B. Jagdeep Dhankhar

C. Ratan Tata

D. Ghanshyam das birla.

Ans.D

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Question No: 9

Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary is located in –

A. Tibbet

B. India

C. Nepal

D. Bhutan

Ans. D

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Question No: 10

Greece is bordered by which of the following countries?

1. Albania

2. Turkey

3. Romania

A. 1, 2 only

B. 2, 3 only

C. 2 only

D. 3 only

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