1.What is the installed rooftop solar plants aggregate capacity in India (as on the March 13, 2020)?
1) 1207 MW
2) 1922 MW
3) 1423 MW
4) 1783 MW
5) 2152 MW
Ans: 1922 MW
2.How much amount is spent for legal expenses by Armed forces from April 2019 – February 2020 (in Indian rupees)?
1) 17.70 Crores
2) 13.34 Crores
3) 35.88 Crores
4) 42.86 Crores
5) 26.12 Crores
Ans: 26.12 Crores
3.The Central government has included Konark Sun temple & Statue of Unity in iconic tourism sites list. Where does Konark Sun temple & Statue of Unity located at?
1) Bihar, Gujarat
2) Haryana, Telangana
3) Odisha, Gujarat
4) Punjab, Haryana
5) Odisha, Bihar
Ans: Odisha, Gujarat
4.By which year the Banihal to Katra Railway link to be completed (as per Railway minister)?
1) 2023
2) 2021
3) 2022
4) 2024
5) 2025
Ans: 2022
5.Name the Indian state which passed the ‘‘Recovery of Damage to Public Properties Ordinance 2020‘to recover the losses due to damage during violent protests.
1) Telangana
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Karnataka
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
6.Under which scheme the government has sanctioned loan of Rs 20,466.94 crores (upto March 10, 2020) for the empowerment of women?
1) Make in India
2) Accessible India
3) Stand Up India
4) Start Up India
5) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
Ans: Stand Up India
7.Name the 1st country in the world which shuts the Financial market due to COVID-19 outbreak.
1) Philippines
2) Finland
3) Switzerland
4) Austria
5) Belgium
Ans: Philippines
8.As per RBI’s new guidelines for Payment Aggregators (PAs), what is the minimum net worth required for entities to be set up as PAs (earlier it was 100 crore)?
1) 50 Crore
2) 25 Crore
3) 30 Crore
4) 10 Crore
5) 15 Crore
Ans: 15 Crore
9.The RBI has opened a six-month dollar-swap window infusion of Rs. __ through LTRO (March 2020).
1) 1,00,000 Crore
2) 75,000 Crore
3) 1,50,000 Crore
4) 50,000 Crore
5) 25,000 Crore
Ans: 1,00,000 Crore
10.The Global Credit rating agency S&P has lowered India’s growth rate for the year 2020 from 5.7% to __% due to coronavirus outbreak.
1) 5.3
2) 5.1
3) 5.6
4) 5.5
5) 5.2
Ans: 5.2
11.Which Indian Institute signed MoU with L&T technology services for research in cybersecurity programs (March 2020)?
1) IIT Madras
2) IIT Delhi
3) IIT Calcutta
4) IIT Kanpur
5) IIT Bombay
Ans: IIT Kanpur
12.Name the person who has been re-appointed as MD&CEO of Bajaj auto Limited for next 5yrs with effect from April 1, 2020.
1) Shekar Bajaj
2) Kamalnayan Bajaj
3) Rajivnayan Rahulkumar Bajaj
4) Ramkrishna Bajaj
5) Jamnalal Bajaj
Ans: Rajivnayan Rahulkumar Bajaj
13.Adnan al-Zurfi has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which of the following country?
1) Kuwait
2) Iraq
3) Qatar
4) Iran
5) Syria
Ans: Iraq
14.The President of India nominated former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha (RS). Under which article of Indian constitution, the President nominates RS members?
1) Article 79
2) Article 81
3) Article 80
4) Article 78
5) Article 83
Ans: Article 80
15.The World Cities summit is going to be held at which among the following cities in the month of July (5-9), 2020.
1) London
2) Geneva
3) New Delhi
4) Brussels
5) Singapore
Ans: Singapore
16.Find the Public Sector Bank of India which has acquired 6.825% of stake in Zero Mass private limited (1st Business Correspondent of the country).
1) Dena Bank
2) Allahabad Bank
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Corporate Bank
5) State Bank of India
Ans: State Bank of India
17.The scientist of which university developed starch-based ‘hemostat’ material to stop rapid blood loss during accidents?
1) National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI)
2) Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST)
3) National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
4) National Institute of Immunology (NII)
5) National Centre for Cell Sciences (NCCS)
Ans: Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST)
18.Name the person who Authored the book ‘My Encounters in Parliament’.
1) Hamid Ansari
2) D Raja
3) Bhalchandra Mungekar
4) Sitaram Yechury
5) Sharad Pawar
Ans: Bhalchandra Mungekar
19.Who has written the book “Invincible – A Tribute to Manohar Parrikar”?
1) Tarun Vijay
2) Anil Baluni
3) Mahendra Singh Mahra
4) Jairam Ramesh
5) Shashi Tharoor
Ans: Tarun Vijay
20.The Global Recycling day is celebrated annually on March 18. What is the Theme for Global Recycling day 2020?
1) Theme: ‘Reduce the Plastic do recycle’
2) Theme: ‘Recycling Heroes’
3) Theme: ‘Recycle & Reproduce’
4) Theme: ‘Recycling into the Future’
5) Theme: ‘3R of Recycling’
Ans: Theme: ‘Recycling Heroes’