Who is appointed as new chief of Indian Army
Current affairs questions and answers for competitive exams-2020-January
1. Who is appointed as new chief of Indian Army
= Manoj Mukund Naravane
2. 107th Indian Science Congress was held at
= University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
3. Third edition of khelo India youth games was held in
= Guwahati, Assam
4. Winners of 3rd edition of khelo India youth games
= Maharashtra
5. Which city is set to host the 14th Global Healthcare Summit in 2021
= Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
6. 5th department that was created under ministry of defence
= Department of military affairs
6. Name the mobile app launched by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das that would help visually impaired people to identify denomination of currency notes
=MANI (Mobile Aided Note Identifier)
7. The first and youngest Indian tribal woman in the world who scaled six mountain peaks in six continents
= Malavath Poorna
8. Where did Vijay Rupani unveiled the 50 feet tall world's second tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
= Ahmedabad, Gujarat
9. Which state has celebrated Lai Haraoba festival
= Tripura
10. Which state government has launched India's first online platform called "e-Gaette" portal
= Odisha
11. First country in the world that banned reef toxic Sun cream to save coral reef and sea life
= Palau
12. Who was appointed as the first Chairman of National medical Commission
= Suresh Chandra Sharma
13. In which Indian city ISRO will establish its second launch port to launch small satellite vehicles
= Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
14. WHO has designated 2020 as
= International year of nurse and midwife
15. Where was India's first turtle rehabilitation Centre inaugurated
= Bhagalpur forest division, Bihar
16. Name the first Indian state that shortlisted migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan for eligibility under the new Citizenship Amendment Act 2019
= Uttar Pradesh
17. Name the most powerful military commander of Iran who was killed by the American air strike at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq
= Qassem Soleimani
18. Name the insurance product introduced by IRDAI that must be offered by all general and health insurance companies from 1st April 2020
= Aarogya Sanjeevani
19. Name the two countries participated in the naval exercise named "Naseem Al Bahr" that held in Goa
= India and Oman
20. Which state has celebrated 4th edition of Buxa bird festival 2020
= West Bangal
21. Where did India has set up the new world class facility centre for training astronauts
= Challakere, Karnataka
22. Which Russian agency will train the Indian astronauts with the support of "Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training centre" for Gaganyan mission 2022
= Glavcosmos
23. Which state organised the first edition of "Zo Kutpui" festival 2020 across 10 states in India
= Mizoram
24. Which city hosted the first edition of khelo India University games
= Bhubaneswar, Odisha
25. Which organisation will observe 2020 as the "Year of mobility"
= Central Industrial Security Force(CISF)
26. Who is the first Indian origin Prime Minister of Ireland
= Leo Varadkar
27. What was the theme of the 107th Indian Science Congress for the year 2020
= Science and Technology: Rural Development
28. Which Indian city hosted the first Farmers Science Congress 2020
= Bangalore, Karnataka
29. Who won the presidential election of Croatia in 2020
= Zoran Milanovic
30. Name the satellite that is set to be launched by ISRO for communication with India's first manned mission Gaganyaan
= Indian Data Relay Satellite System(IDRSS)
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