Current Affairs 8th January 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. The government had recently launched central Equipment Identify Register Portal. It operates under which of department?
A. Department of Science and Technology
B. Department of Telecom
C. Department of Biotechnology
D. Department of Public Enterprise
Answer [B] Department of Telecom
2. Dhanu Jatra is currently celebrated in which state?
A. Odisha
B. Telangana
C. Jharkhand
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer [A] Odisha
3. Fausta, a female block rhino, believed to be the world’s oldest rhino, has recently died in Tanzanian conversation area. What is the IUCN status of the black rhinos?
A. Least concern
B. Endangered
C. Critically Endangered
D. Near threatened
Answer [C] Critically Endangered
4. Which state is going to observe “No Vehicle Day”on the first day of every month in 2020?
A. Kerala
B. Gujarat
C. Punjab
D. Rajasthan
Answer [D] Rajasthan
5. Where was the event held to commemorate the 76th Anniversary of the First Flag Hoisting by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?
A. Kashmir
B. Jammu
C. Ladakh
D. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer [D] Andaman and Nicobar Islands
6. Which state is going to conduct its maiden snow leopard survey?
A. Uttrakhand
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Haryana
D. Punjab
Answer [A] Uttrakhand
7. Which ministry is set to launch “Santusht” portal for rapid grievance redressal for the employers and the employees?
A. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
B. Ministry of Finance
C. Ministry of Labor and Employment
D. Ministry of Human Resource Development
Answer [C] Ministry of Labor and Employment
8. Who is going to head the recently constituted task force for developing the National Infrastructure Pipeline?
A. Cabinet Secretary
B. Economic affairs Secretary
C. Revenue Secretary
D. Finance Secretary
Answer [B] Economic affairs Secretary
9. The dornier aircraft, that was recently inducted into the Otters Squadron, belongs to which category?
A. Reconnaissance aircraft
B. Light utility aircraft
C. Surveillance aircraft
D. Strategic airlifter 
Answer [B] Light utility aircraft
10. Captain Vikram Batra, after whom Delhi is to rename It’s Mukarba Chowk, was martyred in which war?
A. Sino-Indian war of 1962
B. Indo-Pakistan war of 1947
C. Kargil war
D. Bangladesh Liberation War
Answer [C] Kargil war