1. Recently which Indian
badminton player has won the first BBC India ‘Sports Woman of the Year’ award?
a. PV Indus
b. Rituparna Das
c. Lalita Dahiya
d. Jwala Gutta
ANSWER: a. PV Sindhu
Indian badminton player PV Sindhu has been voted
BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2019 through voting. PV Sindhu won
the badminton world championship in Switzerland last year. She became the
first Indian woman player to do so. PV Sindhu has five medals in the
World Championship. She is also the first player to win a silver medal in
badminton in the Olympics. She has been in the top 10 players continuously
for the last four years.
2. Which state government
has demanded ‘pilot development projects’ from the central government to
prevent migration of population from the areas bordering the international
border to urban centers?
a. Bihar
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Jharkhand
d. Punjab
ANSWER: b. Arunachal
Pradesh
Government of Arunachal Pradesh has recommended
the selection of 10 census cities as pilot projects for the development of
infrastructure along the India-China border. The state of Arunachal
Pradesh in India shares a border of 1,080 km with China, 440 km with Myanmar
and 160 km with Bhutan. The state government has also proposed a special
package of Rs 4.60 crore to the Union Home Ministry for the development of
infrastructure in the border areas.
3. In which of the
following cities ‘Women Entrepreneurs Empowerment Conference-2020’ was
organized by the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises?
a. Jaipur
b. Hyderabad
c. New Delhi
d. Lucknow
ANSWER: c. New
Delhi
The theme of this conference is ‘Creating an
Empowering Friendly Business Ecosystem for Empowering Women
Entrepreneurs’. The three-day conference has been organized in
collaboration with various industry associations like MSME Ministry,
Fikit-Flow, CII and India SME Forum. More than 6000 women have been
trained for manufacturing and packaging incense sticks by the MSME
Ministry. During the last 5 years, a total of 3.13 lakh women were benefited
under various schemes run by the MSME Ministry.
4. Ashraf Ghani was
recently sworn in as the President of which country?
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Bhutan
d. Afghanistan
ANSWER: d. Afghanistan
President Ashraf Ghani recently took the oath of
office for a second term. The counting of votes for the presidential
election held in September 2019 was completed in February. In this count,
the Election Commission had also announced the victory of Ashraf
Ghani. Ashraf Ghani has got 50.64 percent votes in the election. While
his rival Abdullah Abdullah received 39.52 percent of the votes.
5. Recently which Indian
woman player became the only Indian to make a place in the ICC Women’s T20
World Cup XI?
a. Poonam Yadav
b. Memorize
c. Harmanpreet Kaur
d. Jhulan Goswami
ANSWER: a. Poonam
Yadav
Poonam played a total of 10 wickets in the ICC
Women’s T20 World Cup, playing five matches, in which 4 wickets for 19 runs was
her best performance. Apart from Poonam Yadav, young Indian star Shefali
Verma has got a place in this team as the 12th player. The top 5 players
of the Australian team that won the World Cup after defeating India in the
final are in the ICC team. Australia defeated India by 85 runs in the
final and won this title for the 5th time.