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 Indian economy contracted by how much percent in the second quarter of FY 2020-21?

a)13.2
b)10.5
c)9.2
d)7.5

1.Which short film has been selected as India’s official entry at the 93rd Academy Awards?
a)Trapped
b)Shameless
c)Sound Proof
d)Natkhat

2.Indian economy contracted by how much percent in the second quarter of FY 2020-21?
a)13.2
b)10.5
c)9.2
d)7.5

3.Which state has got its first eco-bridge for small animals?
a)Assam
b)Tripura
c)Uttarakhand
d)Himachal Pradesh

4.Which state plans to bring laws for transparency in marriage?
a)Meghalaya
b)Kerala
c)West Bengal
d)Assam

5.Which state has launched a one-time power bill settlement scheme 2020?
a)Goa
b)Uttar Pradesh
c)Maharashtra
d)Madhya Pradesh

6.When is World AIDS Day observed?
a)December 1st 
b)December 2nd
c)November 30th 
d)November 29th 

7.Which word has been named Word of the Year 2020 by Cambridge Dictionary?
a)COVID-19
b)Pandemic
c)Lockdown
d)Quarantine

8.Which nation emerged as the second-biggest source of FDI for India during April-September 2020?
a)Japan
b)Australia
c)US
d)UK


Which of the following books has won 2020's Booker Prize?

1) Douglas Stuart's 'Shuggie Bain'
2) Avni Doshi's 'Burnt Sugar'
3) Tsitsi Dangarembga's 'This Mournable Body'
4) Diane Cook's 'The New Wilderness'

Statue of Peace has been installed in -
1) Lotus temple, New Delhi
2) Arvindo Ashram, Puducherry
3) Vijay Vallabh Sadhana Kendra, Jetpura, district Pali (Rajasthan)
4) Rajghat, Delhi
As per Edel Give Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020 which of the following industrialists is the most generous philanthropist in India for 2020.
1) Azim Premji
2) Shiv Nadar
3) Mukesh Ambani
4) Kumar Mangalam Birla
BECA (Basic Exchange Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation) was signed on October 27, 2020 between -
1) India and the US
2) India and Australia
3) The US and Japan
4) China and Pakistan
 Which of the following sectors of the economy registered highest growth rate in the second quarter of 2020-21?
1) Manufacturing
2) Agriculture and Allied Services
3) Electricity Gas, Water Supply and Other Utility Services.
4) General Administration.
Which of the following brand names has been given to Indian Cotton in October 2020?
1) Shwet Kapas
2) Sheetal Kapas
3) Kastoori Cotton
4) Mragnayanee Cotton
 Private sector commercial bank Lakshmi Vilas Bank amalgamated with -
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC bank
3) DBS Bank India Ltd.
4) Punjab National Bank
 As per a recent survey-report released by Transparency International, a global civil society, which Asian country has highest bribery rate?
1) India
2) Cambodia
3) Indonesia
4) Pakistan
Mission Purvodaya is aimed -
1) At accelerated development of eastern India through establishment of integrated steel hub
2) At accelerated development of eastern India through establishment of integrated petroleum hub
3) At accelerated development of eastern India through establishment of integrated Organic farming hub
4) At accelerated development of food processing industry in eastern India
The Ministry of Shipping is being expanded and renamed as -
1) The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
2) The Ministry of Water Transport
3) The Ministry of Shipping and Waterways
4) The Ministry of Ports and Waterways
210 MW Luhri Stage-I Hydro Electric Project is located on river -
1) Sutlej
2) Beas
3) Jhelam
4) Kosi
Which of the following is India's first private company to have ownership right of a coal mine?
1) Reliance Industries Ltd.
2) Stratatech Mineral Resources, a subsidiary of Adani Group
3) Jindal Powers Ltd.
4) Hindalco Industries
Name the media company that purchased the legendary studio of 21st Century Fox -
1) Viacom
2) Time Warner
3) Sony
4) Disney
 As on January 2020, Shri Bhupesh Baghel is the Chief Minister of which of the following states?
1) Haryana
2) Odisha
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Jharkhand
 ........ has become the first 'Har Ghar Jal' State in India
1) Sikkim
2) Tripura
3) Goa
4) Kerala
 CAROTAR 2020 came into force on September 21, 2020. These aim to -
1) Protect domestic industry from misuse of free trade agreement
2) Endangered species of certain indigenous plants
3) Provide safeguard mechanism for micro enterprises
4) Protect heritage sites outside the list of UNESCO heritage sites
 Which of the following countries are party to Abraham Accord ?
1) Israel, The UAE and Bahrain
2) Israel, Egypt and Jordan
3) Israel, Saudi Arab and UAE
4) Saudi Arab, Lebanon, and Jordan
Which of the following countries is not a member of Quad?
1) USA
2) Australia
3) UK
4) India
 'BEAMS' is a programme of -
1) Department of Science and Technology
2) ISRO
3) Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
4) Department of Atomic Energy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 15, 2020 released a commemorative coin of ...... denomination to mark the 75th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organisation [FAO], an organ of the United Nations.
1) Rs. 50
2) Rs. 75
3) Rs. 100
4) Rs. 200
The STARS is a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme under -
1) Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education
2) Indian Space Research Organisation
3) Department of Science and Technology
4) Department of Atomic Energy

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