Current Affairs 24th January 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. When is the Army Day Celebrated across India, every year?
A. January 13
B. January 14
C. January 15
D. January 16
Answer [C] January 15
2. Which bank has recently signed on MoU with South Central-Railway zone of the Indian Railways, for doorstep collection of earnings from the railway stations?
A. Punjab National Bank
B. Bank of Baroda
C. State Bank of India
D. Bank of India
Answer [C] State Bank of India
3. India recently provided nearly 1 lakh academic test books to which country, to assist its development higher education and research?
A. Madagascar
B. Malawi
C. Mozambique
D. Zimbabwe
Answer [A] Madagascar
4. Which cricketer won the ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’ for ‘player of the Year’, presented by the International Cricket Council (ICC)?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Ben Stokes
C. Kane Williamson
D. Rohit Sharma
Answer [B] Ben Stokes
5. Which company has recently announced to invest $ 1 billion to digitize Small and Medium Business in India?
A. Google
B. Amazon
C. Microsoft
D. IBM
Answer [B] Amazon
6. Which organization released the Annual States of Education Report (ASER) in India?
A. Ministry of Human Resource Development
B. NITI Aayog
C. NGO ‘Pratham’
D. UNICEF
Answer [C] NGO ‘Pratham’
7. Which global tele-communication company’s arm has recently launched a new privacy-focused search engine called ‘OneSearch’?
A. AT & T
B. Verizon
C. Vodafone
D. China Mobile
Answer [B] Verizon
8. Eminent Filmmaker and director Manmohan Mohapatra, who recently passed away, was from which state?
A. West Bengal
B. Odisha
C. Karnataka
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer [B] Odisha
9. The District Administration of which state has won the Swachhata Darpan Award for adopting innovative methods in plastic waste management?
A. Telangana
B. Kerala
C. Odisha
D. Gujarat
Answer [C] Odisha
10. The ‘Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD)’ recently launched at the road safety stakeholders’ meet, was developed by which institution?
A. Indian Institution of Technology –Madras
B. Indian Institute of Science
C. Indian Institution of Technology – Kanpur
D. Indian Institution of Technology – Kharagpur
Answer [A] Indian Institution of Technology –Madras