Current Affairs 10th January 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. On January 2, 2020, Prakash Parv was celebrated as birth anniversary of which Sikh Guru?
A. Guru Harkrishan Sahib
B. Guru Har Rai
C. Guru Gobind Singh
D. Guru Teg Bahadur
Answer [C] Guru Gobind Singh
2. Which country was the largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in India during the first half of the financial year 2019-2020?
A. UAE
B. Switzerland
C. Singapore
D. USA
Answer [C] Singapore
3. ISRO is to set up its second launch port in Tamil Nadu for SSLV. What does SSLV. stand for?
A. Space Satellite Launch Vehicle
B. Speed Satellite Launch Vehicle
C. Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
D. Solar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Answer [C] Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
4. What is the estimated cost of the new Chandrayan -3 project, as per the announcement ISRO?
A. Rs. 600 Crore
B. Rs. 500 Crore
C. Rs. 400 Crore
D. Rs. 300 Crore
Answer [A] Rs. 600 Crore
5. Which satellite would be launched on January 17, 2020 as the first satellite of the year 2020?
A. GSAT-30
B. GSAT-29
C. GSAT-17
D. GSAT-11
Answer [A] GSAT-30
6. Who was recently reappointed as the Chairman of Railway Board?
A. Vinod Kumar Yadav
B. Rajesh Agrawal
C. Purnendu Sekhar Mishra
D. Vishwesh Chaube
Answer [A] Vinod Kumar Yadav
7. What is the name of the award to be given to the states for good agriculture production by the Prime Minister?
A. Krishi Samman
B. Krishi Samridhi
C. Krishi Karman
D. Krishi Keerthi
Answer [C] Krishi Karman
8. Which city is host to the 107th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC)?
A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Kolkata
D. Bengaluru
Answer [D] Bengaluru
9. Who received the famous ‘Sangita Kalanithi’ award of the music Academy, recently?
A. S. Sowmya
B. Sudha Ragunathan
C. Bombay Jeyashree
D. Aruna Sairam
Answer [A] S. Sowmya
10. After Indore at first rank, which cities ranked second and third (in first quarter) in Swacch Survekshan League, 2020, released recently?
A. Ahmedabad and Jaipur
B. Gurugram and Bengaluru
C. Pune and Bhubaneswar
D. Bhopal and Surat
Answer [D] Bhopal and Surat