1. Recently, eight West
African countries have named common currency?
a. ROAR
b. ECO
c. COIN
d. NAT
Answer: b. ECO
Eight countries in West Africa have decided to change the name of their common
currency to ‘Eco’. These countries also decided to separate the current
currency ‘CFA Franc’ from the colonial ruler France. Benin, Burkina Faso,
Guinea-Basau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo in West Africa are
currently using this currency. All of these countries except Guinea-Basau
were colonies of France. The announcement was made during French President
Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Ivory Coast.
2.Which of the following
women lifters won bronze medal in Qatar International Cup along with two new
national records?
a. Karnam Malleshwari
b. Heena Khan
c. Jigisha Patel
d. Rakhi Halder
Answer: d. Rakhi
Haldar
Indian women’s weightlifter Rakhi Haldar (64 kg)
recently won two new national records along with winning a bronze medal in the
Qatar International Cup. He is a Commonwealth gold medalist, who has set a
national record by performing best in snatch and overall weight. He made
this record by lifting a total of 218 kg with 95 kg in snatch and 123 kg in
clean and jerk.
3. Who has won the
recently concluded presidential elections in Afghanistan?
a. Abdullah Abdullah
b. Mohammad Salem
c. Ashraf Ghani
d. Maqsood Alam
Answer: c. Ashraf
Ghani
The result of the recent presidential election
in Afghanistan has been released. Ashraf Ghani regained the post of
President by defeating rival candidate Abdullah Abdullah. Ghani got a
total of 9,23,868 votes which is 50.64 percent of the total voting. The
chief executive of the government after Ghani is Abdullah Abdullah, who has
received 39.52 per cent of the votes.
4. Which of the following
research papers published by which institution states that one in every seven
Indians suffers from mental illness?
a. Philadelphia Science Report
b. Lancet paper
c. ISCR
d. Newton center
Answer: b. Lancet
paper
recently, according to a report published in the
paper called Lancet Psychiatry suffering from an individual mental ill- health
of every seven in India. This means that 19.73 crore or 14.3 percent of
the country’s population suffers from mental disorder. The report said
that by the year 2017, 4.57 crore people in India were victims of
depression. During this period, mental illness was found more in women
than men.
5. Who among the following
has recently been appointed as Foreign Secretary?
a. Harshvardhan Shringla
b. Anupam Trivedi
c. Vivek Bansal
d. Pawan Chaturvedi
Answer: a. Harshvardhan
Shringla
Harshavardhan Shringla has been appointed as the
next Foreign Secretary of India by the Central Government. He will take
over from January 29, 2020. Harshvardhan will replace Vijay
Gokhale. He is currently serving as India’s ambassador to the
US. Harshvardhan Shringla is a 1984 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
officer.
