Current Affairs Quiz for January 29, 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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1.Which country is the world’s second-largest weapons manufacturer, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute?

(A) Russia
(B) France
(C) United States
(D) United Kingdom
(E) China

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Solution: (E)

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a new report on January 27, 2020. According to the report China is the world’s second-largest arms producer. The US bagged the first position in the list and Russia stands third. [/ms_expand]

2. The Government of India will release a report card on 100 selected smart cities by which month of 2020?

(A) December
(B) September
(C) March
(D) June
(E) February

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Solution: (D)

The government of India in June 2020 will publish a report card for the 100 selected smart cities. This will be done to assess the progress of the Smart Cities Mission in the last five years. There will be three parameters on which the selected 100 cities will be ranked. Those parameters are – ease of living, municipal performance index and climate. The weightage of 30%, 20%, 20%, will be given to each category respectively. Additional, 20% points for citizens participation. Health, housing, education, mobility, safety, development, and economic opportunities will also be included in the ease of living index. [/ms_expand]

3. Which bank has launched a unique self-service delivery facility ‘I-Box’?

(A) Bank of Baroda
(B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) HDFC Bank
(E) IDBI Bank

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Solution: (C)

ICICI Bank on 29th January announced the launch of “I-Box”. It is a unique self-service delivery facility which will enable the bank’s customers to collect their debit card, credit card, cheque from a branch close to their home or office, in a hassle-manner. The facility will be available 24*7. [/ms_expand]

4. Which country has released the world’s smallest coin featuring Albert Einstein?

(A) Russia
(B) Switzerland
(C) United States
(D) United Kingdom
(E) China

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Solution: (B)

World’s smallest gold coin has been minted by Switzerland. The coin has a picture of the great Scientist Albert Einstein with his tongue out. The diameter of the coin is 2.96-millimetre and it weighs 0.063 grams. The value of the coin is 1/4 Swiss francs or approximately Rs 18.50. [/ms_expand]

5. When is International Customs Day observed?

(A) 29th January
(B) 25th January
(C) 28th January
(D) 27th January
(E) 26th January

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Solution: (E)

Every year on 26 January International Customs Day is observed. The day was first observed by the World Customs Organization to commemorate the inaugural session of the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) which was held in Brussels, Belgium in 1953. The theme of 2020 International Customs Day was “Customs fostering Sustainability for People, Prosperity and the Planet”. [/ms_expand]

6. NASA plans to shut down its _ Space Telescope on 30th January 2020.

(A) Hubble
(B) Gamma Ray
(C) Fermi
(D) SAS 2
(E) Spitzer

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Solution: (E)

NASA plans to shut down its Spitzer Space Telescope on 30th January 2020. This telescope for the past 16 years has provided key observations of the universe. Spitzer space telescope helped scientists by providing crucial infrared data by observing light in the infrared portion of the spectrum, which is light at longer wavelengths than what our eyes see. In the wavelengths closest to visible light, dust becomes transparent, letting scientists peek into star-forming regions of galaxies or study cooler stars. [/ms_expand]

7. How many Indian wetlands have got Ramsar Convention tag recently?

(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 7
(D) 6
(E) 12

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Solution: (A)

10 more wetland sites from India have been declared as sites of international importance by Ramsar. With this declaration, India has now 37 numbers of Ramsar sites and the surface area covered by these sites is now 1,067,939 hectares. Nandur Madhameshwar situated in Maharashtra, Beas Conservation Reserve, Keshopur-Miani, Nangal situated in Punjab and Parvati Agra, Nawabganj, Saman, Samaspur, Sandi and SarsaiNawar situated in Uttar Pradesh are the new wetlands included in the Ramsar sites list. [/ms_expand]

8. Which bank’s app will help to identify rogue apps that could trigger fraud transactions?

(A) ICICI Bank
(B) PayTm Payment Bank
(C) HDFC Bank
(D) IDBI Bank
(E) Bank of Baroda

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Solution: (B)

Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) recently announced that it has added new features in its app that can analyse “rogue” apps on user devices that may trigger fraudulent transactions and advises users to uninstall such apps. [/ms_expand]

9. When is the International Day of Education observed?

(A) 24th January
(B) 25th January
(C) 28th January
(D) 27th January
(E) 26th January

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Solution: (A)

24 January is observed as International day of Education all over the world. The United Nations General Assembly announced this day to celebrate the role of education for peace and development. The theme for the year is: “Learning for People, the Planet, Prosperity and Peace”. [/ms_expand]

10. IBM India has opened its second automation innovation centre in which city?

(A) Pune
(B) Mumbai
(C) Bangalore
(D) Bhubaneswar
(E) Ahmedabad

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Solution: (A)

IBM at its Pune facility has opened its second automation innovation centre. The centre is themed around intelligent automation of work and it showcases IBM’s flagship automation platform and digital worker suite of solutions. The first centre was opened in 2017 at Bangalore.

Konarak, a medium town in the Puri district in the state of Odisha hosted the National Tourism Conference on 23rd and 24th January 2020. The conference was held in an auditorium at the Marine Drive-Eco Retreat. It was jointly organized by the State Government of Odisha and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. [/ms_expand]

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