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Today’s GK & Current Affairs Quiz for February 11, 2020, With Q&A

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Current Affairs Quiz for February 11, 2020: This section covers the GK and Daily Current Affairs Quiz with MCQs on National Affairs, International Affairs, Economy, Banking Affairs, Polity, Geography, Environment, Sports, etc. for competitive examinations viz. UPSC, SSC, Bank PO, Bank Clerk, IBPS, Railways, Government Jobs, UPPSC, MPSC, and other state exams. This current affairs quiz will help you in the General Awareness section conducted in various Banking, SSC, Insurance, Railways, and other govt job entrance exams. The current affairs quiz will also help you outshine in the crowd with all the information you gain from this article.

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Current Affairs Quiz for February 11, 2020

1. According to the Public Enterprise Survey 2018-19, which company contributed the most to the total profits earned by the CPSEs?

A. ONGC
B. Bharat Petroleum
C. Bharti Airtel
D. Air India
E. Indian Oil Corporation

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (A)

The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises conducts the Public Sector Enterprises Survey on the performance of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) every year. According to the survey, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) contributed 15.3% to the total profit earned by all profitable CPSEs. Other companies include Indian Oil Corporation (9.38%) and NTPC (6.73%). Total income of all CPSEs during 2018-19 stood at Rs 24,40,748 crore compared to Rs 20,32,001 crore in 2017-18, showing a growth of 20.12 per cent. [/ms_expand]

2. How much public procurement has taken place through Government e-Marketplace (GeM) till date?

A. Rs. 10,000 crores
B. Rs. 1 lakh crores
C. Rs. 1000 crores
D. Rs. 40,000 crores
E. Rs. 4000 crores

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (D)

The online platform for public procurement GeM was launched in August 2016 by the Ministry of Commerce for opening an open and transparent public procurement system. 3.24 Lakh vendors have signed up for this portal. At the Global Procurement Summit 2020 Expenditure Secretary T.V. Somanathan stated that public procurement worth Rs. 40,000 crores have taken place through the portal. [/ms_expand]

3. What are the three themes underlying in the Budget 2020?

A. Make in India, Financial Stability & Peace
B. Economic Development, Health Care & Education
C. Aspirational India, Economic Development for All & A Caring Society
D. Banking Stability, Economic Development & Security
E. Growing Industries, Employment & Ecological Balance

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (C)

Finance Minister Shrimati Nirmala Sithraman presented the Budget 2020 on 1 February 2020. The Budget focuses on three prominent themes “Aspirational India, Economic Development for All and A Caring Society”. [/ms_expand]

4. How many companies were shortlisted by SEBI for the ‘Data Analytics Project’?

A. 12
B. 10
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (E)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) selected eight companies including Infosys, Wipro and IBM India, to implement a “data analytics project” which aims to track possible market manipulations such as insider trading and front running. This is done in order to handle the challenges presented by technological advancements in the market. The project would consist of developing new models, implementing analytics projects, establishing linkages between various entities in the market, automated extraction of details from documents filed with SEBI and prediction of market manipulations such as insider trading and front running. [/ms_expand]

5. How much interest rates does SBI pay to its customers on retail fixed deposits?

A. 4.5% – 6.6%
B. 5.6% – 6.7%
C. 4% – 6%
D. 2.4% – 4.6%
E. 5.6% – 5.7%

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (A)

SBI pays interest rates between 4.5% – 6.6% to customers on retail fixed deposits. It currently offers eight maturity options for fixed deposits up to Rs 2 crore and also the maturity options range from seven days to 10 years. [/ms_expand]

6. To what amount has the Department of Financial Services has raised the savings deposit insurance cover?

A. Rs. 1 lakh
B. Rs. 3 lakh
C. Rs. 5 lakh
D. Rs. 10 lakh
E. Rs. 4 lakh

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (C)

With the centre’s approval the Department of Financial Services (DFS) raised the insurance cover on saving deposits from present Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh per depositor. This is done in order to boost the confidence of people in the banking system which was shaken following the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC Bank) scam last year which affected lakhs of customers. [/ms_expand]

7. Who is the new Managing Director of the research wing of Yamaha Motors India?

A. Kogoro Mauri
B. Hideki Fujiwara
C. Genichi Kawakami
D. Yoshihiro Hidaka
E. Hiroshi Nakagawa

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (B)

Yamaha Motor India has recently announced the appointment of Hideki Fujiwara as the new Managing Director of the research wing. This was done in order to strengthen Yamaha Motor’s research wing in India. Hideki Fujiwara took over the responsibility of the Managing Director of YMRI from Feb 1st, 2020. [/ms_expand]

8. In September 2019, the govt. of Tamil Nadu gave permission for which project to operate in the Cauvery Delta?
A. Clean Water Project
B. Hydroelectricity Plant Project
C. Oil & Gas Project
D. Agricultural Project
E. Sustaining Mineral Resources Project

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (C)

Cauvery Delta was made available for conducting oil and gas projects last September and raised massive protests during the water crises in the state. This led the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Shri K. Palaniswami to declare Cauvery Delta as a Protected Agricultural Zone on 10th February 2020. [/ms_expand]

9. Varanasi has been paired with which city in the 20-20 project of Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs?

A. Jodhpur
B. Amritsar
C. Bhopal
D. Lucknow
E. Muzaffarpur

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (B)

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs decided to pair up 20 best performing Smart Cities with 20 least performing Smart Cities to work together as ‘Sister Cities’ to help increase the GDP and uplift the economy of the nation. This programme is called the 20-20 Formula and seems like an exercise that was used by school teachers to help poor-performing students to excel in class. Under the project, Varanasi has been paired with Amritsar to improve its performance under the smart cities mission. Similarly, Surat and Visakhapatnam will help Sharanpur and Diu to improve their performance respectively. [/ms_expand]

10. When is World Pulses Day Observed?

A. 10th Feb
B. 11th Feb
C. 9th Feb
D. 8th Feb
E. 7th Feb

[ms_expand class=”” id=”” more_icon=”fa-eye” more_text=”Click Here to View Answer” less_icon=”” less_text=””] Solution: (A)

10th February 2020 was celebrated as the World Pulse Day to acknowledge and celebrate the importance of Pulse and how vital they are in the growth and development of the human body. The UN General Assembly passed the resolution to celebrate 10th February as World Pulse Day to continue the goal of International Year of Pulses in 2016 which spread the knowledge about the nutritional values of pulses. [/ms_expand]

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