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Saturday, 21 March 2020

Current Affairs Capsule March 2020




1. Which country is India's top trade partner, as per February, 2020?
Ans: United States of America

2. Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy had inaugurated National Cyber Research, Innovation and capacity centre to combat cyber threats. It is located in:
Ans: Hyderabad

3. Name the first 'Indian to receive Saudi Arabia's Premium residency card?
Ans: M. A. Yousaf Ali

4. During the US President Donald Trump's visit to India, US has finalized the defence deal for the sale of:
Ans:  AH- 64E Apache Helicopters and MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters

5. Name the Private sector bank in India, which got nod from Reserve Bank of India to open new branches without prior approval.
Ans: Bandhan Bank

6. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) formed a 9 members committee to examine the possibility of allowing life insurers offer indemnity based health policies. Who is the Head of the committee?
Ans: G. Srinivasan

7. A high powered committee has formally submitted its report on implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord of 1985 to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Name the head of this committee.
Ans: Justice Biplab Kumar Sarma



8. Name the Mobile application, which is going to launch by Union Labour Ministry for the ESI beneficiaries.
Ans: Santusht

9. Name the Former President of Egypt, who passed away recently.
Ans: Hosni Mubarak

10.The population of endangered dolphins has come down by half (from 126 to 62) in Bhitarkanika National Park as per the Dolphin census report released on February, 2020. Bhitarkanika National Park was in:
Ans: Odisha

11. Name the first Artificial intelligence summit of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology which is going to held at New Delhi.
Ans: RAISE 2020

12. Which state tops in the list of number of outgoing patients for treatment under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) based on the analysis of National Health Authority (NHA)?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh

13.Which country has formally notified the United Nations (UN) that it is withdrawing from a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution that called for accountability to human rights abuses committed during a decades long conflict?
Ans: Srilanka

14. Which is the first nonlife insurance company in India to use WhatsApp Chabot for services like delivery policy & renewal documents?
Ans: Bharti AXA General Insurance

15. Right to Protein, a national level public health initiative, has launched India's first Protein Day with the theme 'Protein Mein Kya Hai' to raise awareness about the health benefits of protein. It was observed on:
Ans: February 27

16. Van Vihar National Park will get a tiger and a tigress from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Both are located in:
Ans: Madhya Pradesh

17. Which is the apex body responsible for implementing India's public health insurance scheme called 'Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana'?
Ans: National Health Authority (NHA)

18. International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha Systems of Medicine (ICoSDiTAUS2020) was held in:
Ans: New Delhi

19. According to the first edition of Land Records and Services index released by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), which state, emerged as the best performing state in terms of digitising land records?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh

20. Which is the First ever animal that can survive without oxygen, discovered by Scientists from Tel Aviv University (TAU)?
Ans: Henneguya salminicola


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