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Best current affairs – questions from HP, National, and International Current Affairs.
Best current affairs for HP exams
Q 1- Kadangi Saree obtained the GI Tag recently, this saree is related to which state of India?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) TamilNadu
c) Manipur
d) Rajasthan
Q 2– National Sports Day is celebrated on which day ?
a) 30 August
b) 15 August
c) 17 August
d) 29 August
Q 3– Which of the following player was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2019 ?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Ravindra Jadeja
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Bajrang Punia
Q 4– Recently Ghaznavi Missile was in news, it is related to which country ?
a) Pakistan
b) Afghanistan
c) Bangladesh
d) Iran
Q 5– World Tribal Day is celebrated on
a) 3 August
b) 7 August
c) 9 August
d) 16 August
Q 6– Which journalist of India was honored with Raman Magsaysay award 2019 ?
a) Shravan Kumar
b) Ravish Kumar
c) Gauri datta
d) None of the Above
Q 7– Who is author of the Book- “Shiksha: My Experiments as an Education Minister”?
a) Narender Modi
b) Mamta Banerji
c) Kapil Sinha
d) Manish Sisodhia
Q 8– Mukhyamantri Krishi Ashirwaad Yojna was launched by which state ?
a) Tamilnadu
b) Bihar
c) Jharkhand
d) Himachal Pradesh
Q 9– India’s first Private Space Museum was opened in which city?
a) Bengaluru
b) Chennai
c) Hyderbaad
d) Delhi
Q 10– 45th G-7 summit was held in
a) Mosco in Russia
b) Ottawa in Canada
c) Biarritz in France
d) Rome in Italy
Top current affairs for HP exams
Q 11–Garra Simbalbaraensis was recently found in Himachal Pradesh is breed of
a) Monkey
b) Deer
c) Sparrow
d) fresh water fish
Q 12– Under the poshan Abhiyan, Himachal was conferred with how many awards ?
a) 2
b) 5
c) 4
d) 3
These awards include convergence and community mobilization, ICDS-CAS and overall excellence in Poshan Abhiyan.
Q 13– Dr. Ramesh Kumar Sen was conferred Himachal Gaurav Award By HP Government. He belongs to which district of HP?
a) Hamirpur
b) Bilaspur
c) Mandi
d) Shimla
Q 14– The Agricultural University of HP secured which rank among agricultural universities of the country?
a) 10th
b) 11th
c) 17th
d) 21st
Q 15– Which show was conferred with “Outstanding Drama Series” at Emmy Awards 2019?
a) Spartacus
b) Game of Thrones
c) Fleabag
d) Arrows
Q 16 who was conferred with “best Women’s Player Award at FIFA Footwall Awards 2019?
a) Megan Rapinoe
b) Rose leslie
c) Sara Kantok
d) None of the Above
Q 17– Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the longest electrified railway tunnel in which state?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Rajasthan
This tunnel is 6.7 km in length between Cherlopalli and Rapuru.
Q 18– In 2019, Oleksiy Honcharuk was elected as Prime Minister of which country?
a) Mexico
b) Switzerland
c) Thailand
d) Ukraine
Q 19– In India, first bank to deploy ‘Robotic Arms’ at its currency chests to count millions of notes across the country?
a) Karnataka Bank
b) SBI
c) ICICI
d) HDFC
ICICI- Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India deployed 14 Robotic Arms in 12 cities
Q 20– Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) appointed whom as its Chairman for the term 2019-21?
a) Anil Dubey
b) Sunil Arora
c) Bahram Vakil
d) Kuldip Singh
Q 21– SLINEX 2019- a weeklong joint maritime naval exercise was conducted between India and which country?
a) Bangladesh
b) Myanmar
c) Sri Lanka
d) Indonesia
Q 22– Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary often called ‘Mini Kaziranga’ is located in which state ?
a) Manipur
b) West Bengal
c) Tripura
d) Assam
Q 23– Ghumra Dance is associated with state of India ?
a) Odisha
b) Chattisgarh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Jharkhand
Q 24– Who is the CEO of ICC (International Cricket Council ) ?
a) Samie Rupyard
b) Andrew Garfield
c) Manu Sawhney
d) Rahul Johri
Q 25– India-Israel joint venture ” Astra Rafael Communication System” was inaugurated in which city ?
a) Delhi
b) Chennai
c) Hyderabad
d) Bengaluru
Q 26 which IIT have created a chip named ‘Dhruva’ for smartphones and other navigation devices for navigation within the country ?
a) IIT Delhi
b) IIT Madras
c) IIT Ropar
d) IIT Bombay
Q 27 ‘Ektu Khelo, Ektu Padho'(Play little, Study little) initiative was launched which state ?
a) West Bengal
b) Odisha
c) Tripura
d) Nagaland
Q28 Which Ministry has launched YUKTI 2.0 platform ?
a) Ministry of Human Resource Development
b) Ministry of Health and Family Affairs
c) Ministry of Home Affairs
d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Q 29 As per the estimation of IMF what will be the GDP of India in 2020 ?
a) 3%
b) -3%
c) -4.5%
d) -4.0%
Q 30 “Aatma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan” was inaugurated by whom ?
a) Yogi Aditya Nath
b) Nitin Gadkari
c) Amit Shah
d) Narender Modi
It is largest employment generating program in the country to provide employment to about 1.25 crore people in UP. PM Modi inaugurated it through video conferencing.
Q 31 World first Yoga University outside India(Vivekananda Yoga University) was located in which city?
a) Paris
b) Rome
c) Berlin
d) Los Angeles
Q 32 Which state of India Develops India’s first Lichen Park?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Assam
d) Tripura
Q 33 Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Ireland in June 2020?
a) Micheal Martin
b) Simon Coveney
c) Leo Varadkar
d) None of the Above
Q 34 which robot was launched by Central railways to boost the screening and surveillance of passengers?
a) Captain Arjun
b) Captain Dhruv
c) Captain Laxman
d) Captain Rajeev
Q 35 In June 2020, as per RBI data for the first time FOREX reserve of India crossed $_______?
a) $ 100 Billion
b) $ 200 Billion
c) $ 450 Billion
d) $ 500 Billion