MOCK TEST: CURRENT AFFAIRS, JANUARY 2020

Consider the following statements –

1. Acid attacks are registered under Section 326A of the Indian Penal Code.
2. Supreme Court banned over the counter sale of acid in 2013.
3. Delhi had the highest incidents of acid attacks in 2018.

Which of the above statements is/are TRUE?

Who among the following is the current Governor of RBI ?

Which of the following countries is NOT a part of East Asian Observatory ?

Salalah Port is located in

Consider the following statements about Disaster Management Awards, by Union Home Ministry in India –

1. Awarded every year on 23rd January.
2. The award for the year 2020 has been awarded to Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre, Uttarakhand.

Which of the above statements is/are CORRECT ?

Consider the following statements regarding Democracy Index, 2019 –

1. India ranked 51^st out of 165 countries.
2. The average global score fell in 2019 as compared to that in 2018.
3. Thailand registered the biggest improvement while China registered largest decline.
4. The report is published by United Nations.

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT ?

Treaty of Sugauli, established boundary line between India and

Which of the following statements about Electoral Bonds in India, introduced in 2018, is INCORRECT ?

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT ?

Match the Prime Ministers with the countries they represent :

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)  is headquartered in

Consider the following statements –

1. Worldwide sales of smartphones declined in 2019.
2. India witnessed increase in sales of smartphones in 2019.

Which of the above is/are TRUE ?

Which countries recently declared national emergency to tackle locust ?

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Bangladesh
4. Somalia

Consider the following statements –

1. Jasmin Moghbeli is the first Iranian-American astronaut.
2. Anousheh Ansari is the first Iranian to have flown up in space.

Which of the following is/are INCORRECT ?

Which of the following statements about CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) is INCORRECT ?

Which among the following is India’s first indigenous light transport aircraft ?

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about Oxfam International ?

1. It was established in 1942.
2. It is based out of Nairobi, in Kenya.
3. It operates in more than 100 countries.
4. Oxfam India was established in 2008.

Which of these is/are CORRECT ?

Consider the following statements about Coronavirus –

1. It is zoonotic.
2. It belongs to the family of Nidovirus.
3. It affects the respiratory system.

Which of the above is/are CORRECT?

Consider the following statements about Bonn Convention (1983) –

1. It is also known as CMS (Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals).
2. It has more than 80 member states.

Match the following office bearers with their respective health organisations –

As per United Nations, International Labour Organisation (ILO), the current rate of global unemployment is about

Which of the following diseases are related to coronavirus?

1. SARS
2. MERS
3. COVID-19

Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT ?

1. Sound travels faster in air than in water.
2. Sound waves exert more pressure in water than in air.

Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT ?

1. India is the leading consumer of palm oil in the world.
2. Malaysia is the largest producer of palm oil in the world.

Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data is based out of

Which of the following statements regarding India’s submarine missile capabilities is NOT correct ?

Consider the following statements –

1. Madagascar is the world’s largest island country.
2. Madagascar is a developing nation.
3. President Ram Nath Kovind is the first Indian President to visit Madagascar.
4. Operation Vanila is the name of the operation of the Indian Navy to help cyclone hit Madagascar.

Which of the above statements is/are CORRECT ?

Consider the following statements –

1. Hydroponics refers to growing plants in water with added nutrients, but no soil.
2. Aquaponics refers to growing plants in water along with fishes, where the waste produced by fishes serves as nutrient for the plants.
3. Aeroponics refers to growing plants in a way that their roots stand hanging in air and the nutrients are supplied in the form of fine mist.

Which of these is/are TRUE ?

Consider the following statements about Annual Status of Education Report, India –

1. It is an annual report published by NITI AAYOG.
2. It survey both public as well as private schools.
3. It is conducted across all the districts of India.

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT ?

From which country is India planning to introduce cheetahs in Indian forests to revive the Indian cheetah population ?

Which country holds the largest share in the global vertical farming market ?

Match the following persons with the Union Government offices they hold or held –

National Youth Day is the birth anniversary of

Which of the following statements about ISRO’s GSAT-30 is/are CORRECT ?

1. It is a communication satellite for DTH and television services.
2. It was launched onboard PSLV launch vehicle.

Consider the following statements related to Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) –

1. It is a free trade agreement between India and USA.
2. It is in force since 2007.

Which of the above is/are CORRECT ?

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE ?

1. The current share of Natural Gas in India’s total energy production is about 6 percent.

2. North-East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid aims to raise the share of natural gas in country’s total energy production to 15 percent by 2030.

Which of the following statements regarding Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is INCORRECT ?

National Tourism Conference 2020 was recently held in which of the following states ?

Consider the following statements with respect to fundamental rights in India –

1. Right to Internet is a Fundamental Right.
2. Freedom to conduct business on internet is a fundamental right.

Which of the following is/are correct?

India’s first Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) has been set up in which state ?

Which of the following statements regarding RAMSAR CONVENTION ON WETLANDS  is/are CORRECT ?

1. The Convention was signed in 1971.
2. Conference of Parties (COP) is its decision making organ, which meets annually.
3. The most recent COP was held in 2018 in Dubai, in United Arab Emirates.

Which of the following statement about BREXIT is not true ?

Consider the following statements about Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites –

1. They are based on RADAR.
2. They use microwaves for signal transmission.
3. They are all weather satellites.
4. They can detect the movement of objects on Earth.

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT ?

Which of the following is the fastest bird in the world ?

Consider the following statements about MILAN –

1. It is a multilateral naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy.
2. It is an annual event.
3. It will held in Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2020.
4. Among India’s immediate neighbours, only Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have been its participants.

Which of the above statements is/are TRUE ?

Consider the following statements about Earth Observation satellites –

1. RISAT-2 was India’s first Earth Observation Satellite.
2. RISAT-1 was launched in 2012.
3. Currently, India has four RISAT satellites.

Which of the above statements is/are TRUE ?

Consider the following statements about Monotremes –

1. They are a group of only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
2. They are predatory in nature.
3. They live in fresh water, and not the ocean.

Which of the above is/are TRUE ?

Consider the following statement regarding Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report, 2019 –

1. It is published by World Health Organisation.
2. India has the world’s highest mortality rate of children under the age of 5 years.
3. India has the world’s highest mortality rate for children in age group 5-14 years.
4. In India, the mortality of girls exceeds that of boys.

Which of the above statements is CORRECT?

Which of the following statements about International Geological Congress (IGC) is/are CORRECT ?

1. It is headquartered in Beijing, in China.
2. It is an annual event.
3. India is hosting the event in 2020.

Consider the following statements about Irrawaddy Dolphins –

1. It is euryhaline.
2. It is listed as Critically Endangered species in IUCN.
3. It is listed in Appendix I of CITES
4. It is listed on both Appendix I and Appendix II of the CMS.

Which of the above statements is/are TRUE ?