World Competitiveness Index | TNPSC - Railway Exams Model Question Paper

1. Which among the awards has been cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-19?

Ramon Magsaysay awards

2. According to the World Bank, the global economy will shrink by how much in 2020?

5.2 percent

3. Which planet’s moon is drifting away faster than expected?

Saturn

4. Indian runner Gomathi Marimuthu has been banned from the sport for how many years for doping?

4 Years

5. Which bank has decided to completely digitise its lending operations?

Bank of Baroda

6. India has been ranked at which position on the annual World Competitiveness Index?

43rd

7. Which nation was ranked first on the World Competitiveness Index?

Singapore

8. When will the 93rd Oscars be held?

April 2021

9. Which nation joined the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence on June 15, 2020 as a founding member?

India

10. Who launched India’s first gas tradition platform- Indian Gas Exchange?

Dharmendra Pradhan

11. India was ranked at which position among the world’s top FDI recipients in 2019, as per the UN?

9th