Current Affairs 26th February 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. ‘Apiary on Wheels’ is an initiative of which statutory body of India?
A. National Commission for Women
B. National Commission for Minorities
C. National Green Tribunal
D. Khadi and Village Industries Commission
Answer [D] Khadi and Village Industries Commission
2. ‘Pyaar ka Paudha’ (a plant of love), is a campaign of which state, for promoting planting of tress?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Sikkim
D. Bihar
Answer [D] Bihar
3. Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as chairman and managing director of which Indian Airline?
A. IndiGo
B. Air India
C. Spice Jet
D. Vistara
Answer [B] Air India
4. INS Jamuna of Indian Navy is set to conducted hydrographic surveys in which neighbouring country of India?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Bangladesh
C. Myanmar
D. Nepal
Answer [A] Sri Lanka
5. Who was recently appointed as the new Finance Secretary of India?
A. Rajiv Kumar
B. Ajay Narayan Jha
C. Debasish Panda
D. Krishnamurthy Subramaniam
Answer [C] Debasish Panda
6. Which Indian player was recently named ‘Player of the Year for 2019’, by the International Hockey Federation (FIH)?
A. Manpreet Singh
B. Mandeep Singh
C. Sreejesh
D. Harmanpreet Singh
Answer [A] Manpreet Singh
7. Rishi Sunak recently became the first Indian-origin Finance Minister of which country?
A. United States
B. United Kingdom
C. New Zealand
D. Japan
Answer [B] United Kingdom
8. Rajinder K Phachauri, who recently passed away, was the founder of which Indian research Institute?
A. The Energy Resources Institute (TERI)
B. Centre for Science and Environment
C. Agharkar Research Institute
D. National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Answer [A] The Energy Resources Institute (TERI)
9. As of 2020, which Indian Telecom operator is the second most valuable mobile operation in Asia?
A. Jio
B. Bharti Airtel
C. Vodafone Idea
D. BSNL
Answer [B] Bharti Airtel
10. Lethpora, where a memorial to the CRPF personnel killed in Pulwama attack was inaugurated, is situated in which state/UT?
A. New Delhi
B. Jammu & Kashmir
C. Punjab
D. Uttarakhand
Answer [B] Jammu & Kashmir