Current Affairs 4th March 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. The first India-Africa Defence Minister’s Conclave was recently held in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Cape Town
D. Nairobi
Answer [B] Lucknow
2. Which famous Writer was recently selected for the Mystic Kalinga Literary Award (Indian and Global Languages)?
A. Manoj Das
B. Pratibha Ray
C. Surendra Mohanty
D. Ramakanth Rath
Answer [A] Manoj Das
3. What is the projected growth rate of India, during next financial year 2020-21, as per the recent Monetary Policy of RBI?
A. 5%
B. 5.5%
C. 6%
D. 6.5%
Answer [C] 6%
4. The fifth India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was recently organized in which city?
A. Moscow
B. New Delhi
C. Lucknow
D. St. Petersburg
Answer [C] Lucknow
5. Which organization is set to release Digital Payments Index (DPI), which will assess the digitalization of payments in the country?
A. NITI Aayog
B. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCL)
C. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
D. National Association of Software and service companies (NASSCOM)
Answer [C] Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
6. Which city plays host to the 22nd India International Seafood Show, after a gap of 12 years?
A. Vishakhapatnam
B. Goa
C. Kochi
D. Chennai
Answer [C] Kochi
7. Which state/UT has recently renamed its Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Flood Control Department as the ‘Jal Shakti Department?
A. New Delhi
B. Puducherry
C. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Chandigarh
Answer [C] Jammu and Kashmir
8. The indigenous air to ground missile ‘Khagantak’, which was unveiled during the ongoing DefExpo 2020, is built by which firm/organization?
A. Defence Research and Development Organization
B. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
C. JSR Dynamics
D. Bharat Electronics Limited
Answer [C] JSR Dynamics
9. What is the theme for this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed on February 6?
A. End Female Genital Mutilation
B. Unleashing Youth Power
C. A Piece of Me
D. Intensify global efforts
Answer [B] Unleashing Youth Power
10. Who has been named as the head of the trust for construction of the Ram Temple, which was recently constituted by the Centre?
A. K.K. Venugopal
B. K. Parasaran
C. G E Vahanvati
D. Maninder Acharya
Answer [B] K. Parasaran