Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

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1. Which district got the first rank in the “ District Good Governance Index”?

a.None of these

b.Mysore

c.Banglore

d.Jammu

2. Which bank has committed USD 150 million to invest in the development of data centres that mostly serve emerging Asia ?

a.None of these

b.Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)

c.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

d.Federal Bank

3. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.27th January

b.23th January

c.21st January

d.25th January

4. In which institute Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched blockchain-based digital degrees?

a.IIT Bombay

b.IIT Roorkee

c.IIT Kanpur

d.IIT Delhi

5. On which date the Global Family Day observed every year?

a.3rd January

b.1st January

c.2nd January

d.5th January

6. What is the full form of OSNBFC?

a.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Backup Flight Controller

b.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Board for Financial Supervision

c.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Broadcast File System

d.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies

7. Which movie from India won the best film award in the Asian Film Competition section at the 20th Dhaka International Film Festival?

a.Jai Bhim

b.Oomai Sennaai

c.Koozhangal

d.Theerpugal Virkapadum

8. In which state PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University?

a.Odisa

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Rajasthan

d.Assam

9. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Wetlands Day

b.Lohri Festival

c.National Science Day

d.World Cancer Day

10. How many childrens are Awarded by Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2022?

a.29

b.25

c.10

d.20

11. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.Jharkhand

b.None of these

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Tripura

12. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.International Customs Day

b.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

c.Global Word Search Day

d.None of these

13. Name of the Cricketer who received the Knighthood from Prince William?

a.Wriddhiman Saha

b.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

c.Ajinkya Rahane

d.Shikhar Dhawan

14. Which Indian has been roped in as the Ambassador of ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG)?

a.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

b.Sunil Mittal

c.Sachin Bansal

d.Falguni Nayar

15. Which of the following ministry has announced the initiation of the Open Data Week from 17 January to 21 January?

a.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

b.Ministry of Home Affairs

c.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

d.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

16. The two new IPL 2022 teams have been given time till when to complete the retention process?

a.January 21st

b.January 31st

c.February 1st

d.January 22 nd

17. Which state became India’s first state to launch AVGC Center of Excellence?

a.Karnataka

b.TamilNadu

c.Kerala

d.Andhra Pradesh

18. Which Union Minister has recently launched the India Semiconductor Mission?

a.Rajnath Singh

b.Nirmala Sitharaman

c.Ashwini Vaishnav

d.Amit Shah

19. Who launched the AI-driven Start-Up for Water Purification by IIT alumni?

a.Dr Jitendra Singh

b.Manoj Sinha

c.Jeetendra

d.Ranjith Singh

20. In which city the Union Ayush Minister has laid the foundation stone of Heartfulness International Yoga Academy?

a.Chennai

b.Mumbai

c.Delhi

d.Hyderabad

21. Who becomes the first black woman to appear on US coin ?

a.Poet Maya Angelou

b.None of these

c.Lincoln penny

d.Susan B Anthony

22. Which state has reached first place to the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rurban Mission?

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.Telungana

d.Tamil Nadu

23. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.Justin Trudeau

b.Shinzo Abe

c.Xi Jinping

d.None of these

24. What is the total number of members in the committee constituted to examine “The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021?

a.26

b.21

c.31

d.10

25. In which country World’s longest Metro line has opened in January 2022?

a.Argentina

b.China

c.Algeria

d.Japan

26. Which team won the 9th Women National Ice Hockey Championship 2022?

a.Tamilnadu team

b.Ladakh team

c.Karnataka team

d.Kerala team

27. Which of the following state celebrates Losoong Namsoong Festival?

a.Assam

b.Sikkim

c.Meghalaya

d.Tripura

28. The Central Government has approved to host the Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23 in which state ?

a.Chattisgarh

b.West Bengal

c.Punjab

d.Madhya Pradesh

29. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.14th January

b.16th January

c.20th January

d.12th January

30. Which organization conducted the 16th India Digital Summit 2022?

a.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Market(DPIM)

b.Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

c.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

d.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

31. Who has set up an online Raksha Pension Shikayat Nivaran Portal to resolve pension-related grievances of ex-servicemen (ESM)?

a.Nirmala Sitharaman

b.Arun Jaitley

c.Manohar Parrikar

d.Rajnath Singh

32. In which state Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya on February 5, 2022, ?

a.TamilNadu

b.Hyderabad

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

33. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.28th January

b.26th January

c.29th January

d.25th January

34. Magh Mela-2022’ is an annual religious fair held in which state?

a.West Bengal

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Gujarat

d.Bihar

35. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.World Braille Day

b.World Day of War Orphans

c.Global Family Day

d.None of these

36. Who is appointed as the brand ambassador of Good Dot company?

a.Sanjay Dutt

b.Neeraj Chopra

c.Virat Kohli

d.Ravindra Jadeja

37. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.10th January

b.11th January

c.20th January

d.15th January

38. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.14th January

b.10th January

c.11th January

d.9th January

39. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Phone Pe

b.Google Pay

c.Bharat BillPay

d.Amazon Pay

40. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council, AEPC ?

a.Narendra Kumar Goenka

b.Shri Premal Udani

c.Shri Anil Bhuchasia

d.Shri Vijay Agarwal

41. On which date the Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas observed ?

a.28th January

b.30th January

c.22nd January

d.25th January

42. Which state has launched the ‘Apna Kangra’ app ?

a.TamilNadu

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

43. To which university Jio Platforms (JPL) has signed an agreement to accelerate research and standardization in 6G technology ?

a.University of Oxford, United Kingdom

b.None of these

c.University of Oulu, Finland

d.Stanford University, United States

44. Name of the Omicron Testing Kit developed by CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) ?

a.COVID-19

b.Om

c.Ebola Virus

d.Hantavirus

45. Who has launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022 ?

a.Dr. Jitendra Singh

b.Subhas Sarkar

c.Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

d.Rao Inderjit Singh

46. Which state is set to be India’s first sanitary-napkin free village?

a.Kerala- Thekkady

b.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

c.Kerala- Alappuzha

d.Kerala- Cochin

47. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of UCO Bank?

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Dinesh Kumar Khara

c.Shri Ajay Vyas

d.Dukan Pichadi

48. Which two countries navy has conducted the PASSEX Exercise in Arabian Sea?

a.Indian Navy and Australia Navy

b.Indian Navy and China Navy

c.Indian Navy and Japan Navy

d.Indian Navy and Russian Navy

49. Which two states have signed an MoU at Panchkula, for the construction of Adi Badri Dam ?

a.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

b.Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

c.Tamilnadu and Kerala

d.None of these

50. On which date the International Day of Education observed ?

a.24th January

b.25th January

c.29th January

d.30th January

51. Who has won the Ramnath Goenka Award in Photo Journalism?

a.Amrita Pritam

b.Zishaan A Latif

c.Sarat Chandra

d.Vikram Seth

52. Who has won the Best National Costume award at Mrs World 2022 pageant ?

a.Navdeep Kaur

b.Gobinda Mandal

c.Archana Rao

d.Sujith Sudhakaran

53. Which date has declared as ‘National Start-up Day’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

a.11th January

b.16th January

c.19th January

d.18th January

54. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.World Wetlands Day

c.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

d.Indian Coast Guard Day

55. Which company has a partnership with Paytm to expand digital lending to MSMEs?

a.Bank of Maharashtra

b.Bank of India

c.Fullerton India

d.Bank of Baroda

56. Who is appointed as new chairperson to PMLA Adjudicating Authority ?

a.Manoj Jain

b.Vinodanand Jha

c.Vinod anand prasad

d.Nalin Singhal

57. Who has become India’s first UN Development Programme (UNDP) Youth Climate Champion ?

a.Udit Singhal

b.None of these

c.Jack Welch

d.Prajakta Koli

58. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.22nd January

b.25th January

c.20th January

d.24th January

59. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a. None of these

b.Pongal

c.Darwin Day

d.Valentine's Day

60. When is the Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai observed ?

a.28th January

b.18th January

c.26th January

d.27th January

61. Who won the International Association of Working Women Award ?

a.Kajol

b.Sushmita Sen

c.Aishwarya Rai

d.None of these

62. Which country will host the 46-nation mega naval battle 'Exercise Milan 2022'?

a.America

b.India

c.China

d.Iran

63. Which bank has launched ‘Platina Fixed Deposit’, offering interest of 15 basis points higher than the regular term deposit rates?

a.Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

b.Capital Small Finance Bank Limited

c.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

d.Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited

64. Who was crowned as the winner of Mrs World 2022 ?

a.Khalia HALL

b.Eva DOBREVA

c.Valentina CAMEJO

d.Shaylyn Ford

65. Name of the maritime exercise conducted by NATO in the Mediterranean Sea from January 24, 2022?

a.Neptune Strike 22

b.Varuna Naval Exercise

c.Indra Navy

d.None of these

66. Who was sworn as the Prime Minister of Barbados?

a.John "Tom"

b.Errol Walton Barrow

c.Bernard St. John

d.Mia Mottley

67. Whose statue has unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at India Gate on Parakram Divas?

a.Netaji Subhas Chandra

b.Jawaharlal Nehru

c.Mahatma Gandhi

d.Dadabhai Naoroji

68. In which state PM Modi has inaugurated Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Power Project?

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Maharashtra

d.Himachal Pradesh

69. The world’s largest national flag, made of Khadi fabric was put to display at

a.Longewala

b.Jaipur

c.Jaisalmer

d.Ajmer

70. In which city India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up?

a.Raipur

b.Hyderabad

c.Lucknow

d.Nepal

71. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.None of these

c.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

d.World Hindi Day

72. Who has launched a 100 day reading Campaign “Padhe Bharat”?

a.Dharmendra Pradhan

b.Piyush Goyal

c.Narendra Tomar

d.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

73. Whose birthday is celebrated as ‘Parakram Diwas in india?

a.Jawaharlal Nehru

b.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

c.Vallabhbhai Patel

d.Mahatma Gandhi

74. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.19th January

b.17th January

c.15th January

d.20th January

75. Name of the bank will acquire up to 9.95 per cent stake in IFSC Ltd?

a.Punjab National Bank

b.State Bank of India

c.Bank of Baroda

d.Canara Bank

76. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.National Science Fiction Day

c.Global Word Search Day

d.National Voters Day

77. Who has become the first Indian-origin woman to trek solo to the South Pole?

a.Srishti Bandla

b.Sunita Williams

c.Harpreet Chandi

d.Sneha Sharma

78. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.Prakash Padukone

b.PV Sindhu

c.Srikanth Kidambi

d.Saina Nehwal

79. Where was the World Champion Loh Kean Yew 2022 held?

a.Singapore

b.Germany

c.Malaysia

d.Switzer land

80. On which date the African National Congress Foundation Day observed ?

a.9th January

b.12th January

c.8th January

d.15th January

81. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Braille Day

b.Valentine's Day

c.World Day of War Orphans

d.World Leprosy Eradication Day

82. Who among the following is the winner of Genesis Prize 2022?

a.Steven Spielberg

b.Albert Bourla

c.Rabbi Lord

d.Natan Sharansky

83. Who has recently been given the World CEO Winner of the Year 2021 Award?

a.Vinay Prakash

b.Kanak Sharma

c.Vinod Bhandari

d.Kishore Kumar Yedam

84. In which sector 46th GST Council meeting called to discuss about GST rate?

a.Textile

b.Health

c.Oil

d.Transport

85. Which bank has declared the launch of 'Green Fixed Deposits'?

a.HDFC Bank

b.Axis Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.IndusInd Bank

86. Which state chief minister has launched Kaushal Rozgar Nigam?

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Haryana

c.Lakshadweep

d.Karnataka

87. Who has been appointed as the ‘officer on special duty’ in Punjab National Bank?

a.A.S. Rajeev

b.Mallikarjuna Rao

c.Shanti Lal Jain

d.Atul Kumar Goel

88. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.26th January

b.21st January

c.22nd January

d.None of these

89. 11 th January is celebrated as ________

a.Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

b.Indian Coast Guard Day

c.World Wetlands Day

d.International Safer Internet Day

90. When is the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day observed ?

a.11th January

b.22nd January

c.18th January

d.25th January

91. What is the name of the rocket first domestically produced space launch vehicle of South Korea’s country?

a.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

b.RISAT-2(B)R1

c.Chandrayaan2

d.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

92. Which Authority informed 126 tigers have died in India in the year 2021?

a.National Tiger Conservation Authority

b.NITI Aayog

c.Ministry of Tribals

d.UNESCO

93. Which Mutual Fund is renamed as White Oak Capital Mutual Fund?

a. Bluechip Fund

b.Regular Saver Fund

c.Strategic Bond Fund

d.Mutual Fund

94. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.14th January

b.17th January

c.22nd January

d.20th January

95. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Lakshya Sen

b.Anders Antonsen

c.Chou Tien Chen

d.Kento Momota

96. Who has been selected for Assam’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’?

a.Azim Premji

b.Mukesh Ambani

c.Gautam Adani

d.Ratan Tata

97. Which state government slashed Rs 25 per litre on petrol and diesel prices for two-wheelers owned by the poor?

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Kerala

c.Jharkhand

d.Odisha

98. Who is appointed as the CEO of Adani Power?

a.Vneet S. Jain

b.Shersingh B Khyalia

c.None of these

d.Karan Adani

99. Which nation’s all-rounder Chris Morris has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?

a.Australia

b.England

c.New Zealand

d.South Africa

100. Name of the state govt set to table bill to "free Hindu temples"?

a.Bihar

b.Karnataka

c.Kerala

d.Uttar Pradesh

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