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Q.1. Recently Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar has become the new Chief Justice of the High Court of which state?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Manipur
(C) Haryana
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) Manipur
Q.2. Recently, what has the IPL team Kings XI Punjab changed its name to?
(A) Punjab Power
(B) Punjab XI
(C) Punjab Kings
(D) None of these
Ans: (C) Punjab Kings
Q.3. Who has launched Jute Seed Distribution Scheme?
(A) Harsh Vardhan Singh
(B) Smriti Irani
(C) Rajnath Singh
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) Smriti Irani
Q.4. When has the 74th Foundation Day of Delhi Police been celebrated?
(A) 15 February
(B) 14 February
(C) 16 February
(D) None of these
Ans: (C) 16 February
Q.5. Which former wicketkeeper-batsman of the Indian cricket team has retired from all formats of Cricket?
(A) Rishabh Pant
(B) Naman Ojha
(C) KL Rahul
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) Naman Ojha
Q.6. Which state government has signed an agreement with Flipkart to promote wooden toys, local artwork, handicrafts?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Haryana
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) Maharashtra
Q.7. Who has become the new Director General of the Special Assembly of ISA?
(A) Sarthak Joshi
(B) Prateek Mittal
(C) Ajay Mathur
(D) None of these
Ans: (C) Ajay Mathur
Q.8. Recently the Ministry of National Aviation and DGCA has given permission to which sports authority to fly drones for live streaming?
(A) All India Association
(B) Board of Control for Cricket in India
(C) All India Football Federation
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) Board of Control for Cricket in India
Q.9. Recently, how many crore rupees have been allocated by the Central Government for the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission for three years?
(A) 300
(B) 500
(C) 400
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) 500
Q.10. Which country has celebrated the first Falgun festival?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) Bangladesh
Q.11. Who has formed a sub-group to prepare a national action plan for migrant workers?
(A) FICCI
(B) Labor Ministry
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) None of these
Ans: (C) NITI Aayog
Q.12. Which country’s runner ‘Beatrice Chepkoech’ has set a world record by completing 5 km of roadways in 14 minutes 43 seconds?
(A) Ghana
(B) Kenya
(C) Belarus
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) Kenya
Q.13. Which country’s team has become the first team to win 100 international matches in T20 cricket?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Pakistan
(D) None of these
Ans: (C) Pakistan
Q.14. Who has launched ‘e-Chhawani Portal’?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Rajnath Singh
(C) Piyush Goyal
(D) None of these
Ans: (B) Rajnath Singh
Q.15. Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan Shringla will go on a two-day visit to which country?
(A) Italy
(B) Japan
(C) Russia
(D) None of these