Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

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

a.Amrita Pritam

b.Zishaan A Latif

c.Vikram Seth

d.Sarat Chandra

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

a.Karnataka

b.Kerala

c.TamilNadu

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Varuna Naval Exercise

b.Neptune Strike 22

c.None of these

d.Indra Navy

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

a.Manohar Parrikar

b.Nirmala Sitharaman

c.Rajnath Singh

d.Arun Jaitley

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

a.Jaipur

b.Longewala

c.Jaisalmer

d.Ajmer

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

a.Rabbi Lord

b.Albert Bourla

c.Natan Sharansky

d.Steven Spielberg

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

a.NITI Aayog

b.Ministry of Tribals

c.National Tiger Conservation Authority

d.UNESCO

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

a.Australia

b.South Africa

c.England

d.New Zealand

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

a.Meghalaya

b.Tripura

c.Sikkim

d.Assam

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

a.Indian Navy and Russian Navy

b.Indian Navy and Japan Navy

c.Indian Navy and Australia Navy

d.Indian Navy and China Navy

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

a.Vinod anand prasad

b.Manoj Jain

c.Vinodanand Jha

d.Nalin Singhal

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

a.Prajakta Koli

b.Udit Singhal

c.Jack Welch

d.None of these

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

a.25th January

b.30th January

c.24th January

d.29th January

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

a.12th January

b.8th January

c.15th January

d.9th January

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

a.Mia Mottley

b.Errol Walton Barrow

c.Bernard St. John

d.John "Tom"

16. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Anders Antonsen

b.Lakshya Sen

c.Chou Tien Chen

d.Kento Momota

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

a.Health

b.Oil

c.Textile

d.Transport

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

a.22nd January

b.25th January

c.11th January

d.18th January

19. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.21st January

b.None of these

c.22nd January

d.26th January

20. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.28th January

b.29th January

c.25th January

d.26th January

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

a.Mysore

b.None of these

c.Jammu

d.Banglore

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

a.Kerala- Thekkady

b.Kerala- Alappuzha

c.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

d.Kerala- Cochin

23. 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

24. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Global Word Search Day

b.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

c.None of these

d.International Customs Day

25. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.None of these

b.Justin Trudeau

c.Xi Jinping

d.Shinzo Abe

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

a.Shri Premal Udani

b.Shri Vijay Agarwal

c.Shri Anil Bhuchasia

d.Narendra Kumar Goenka

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

a.Punjab

b.Chattisgarh

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.West Bengal

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Bihar

d.West Bengal

29. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Wetlands Day

b.None of these

c.Indian Coast Guard Day

d.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

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

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

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

c.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

d.Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

31. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.17th January

b.19th January

c.20th January

d.15th January

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

a.10

b.31

c.26

d.21

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

a.University of Oulu, Finland

b.Stanford University, United States

c.University of Oxford, United Kingdom

d.None of these

34. 11 th January is celebrated as ________

a.Indian Coast Guard Day

b.World Wetlands Day

c.International Safer Internet Day

d.Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

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

a.Dukan Pichadi

b.Dinesh Kumar Khara

c.Atul Kumar Goel

d.Shri Ajay Vyas

36. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Phone Pe

b.Amazon Pay

c.Google Pay

d.Bharat BillPay

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

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.Bihar

d.Uttar Pradesh

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

a.IndusInd Bank

b.Axis Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.HDFC Bank

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

a.Regular Saver Fund

b.Mutual Fund

c.Strategic Bond Fund

d. Bluechip Fund

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

a.Dharmendra Pradhan

b.Narendra Tomar

c.Piyush Goyal

d.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

41. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Day of War Orphans

b.World Leprosy Eradication Day

c.World Braille Day

d.Valentine's Day

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

a.Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

c.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

d.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

43. 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.Federal Bank

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

d.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

44. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.25th January

c.24th January

d.22nd January

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

a.Neeraj Chopra

b.Ravindra Jadeja

c.Virat Kohli

d.Sanjay Dutt

46. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.22nd January

b.20th January

c.14th January

d.17th January

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

a.Ladakh team

b.Karnataka team

c.Tamilnadu team

d.Kerala team

48. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.None of these

b.Global Family Day

c.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

d.World Hindi Day

49. What is the full form of OSNBFC?

a.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies

b.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Broadcast File System

c.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Board for Financial Supervision

d.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Backup Flight Controller

50. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Darwin Day

b.Valentine's Day

c. None of these

d.Pongal

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

a.18th January

b.26th January

c.27th January

d.28th January

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

a.Jeetendra

b.Ranjith Singh

c.Manoj Sinha

d.Dr Jitendra Singh

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

a.Gautam Adani

b.Ratan Tata

c.Mukesh Ambani

d.Azim Premji

54. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.14th January

b.10th January

c.11th January

d.9th January

55. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.27th January

b.23th January

c.25th January

d.21st January

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

a.16th January

b.18th January

c.11th January

d.19th January

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

a.Lakshadweep

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Haryana

d.Karnataka

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

a.Nirmala Sitharaman

b.Ashwini Vaishnav

c.Amit Shah

d.Rajnath Singh

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

a.Punjab National Bank

b.Canara Bank

c.State Bank of India

d.Bank of Baroda

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

a.Germany

b.Switzer land

c.Malaysia

d.Singapore

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

a.IIT Kanpur

b.IIT Roorkee

c.IIT Delhi

d.IIT Bombay

62. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.12th January

b.16th January

c.20th January

d.14th January

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

a.29

b.10

c.20

d.25

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

a.Sujith Sudhakaran

b.Archana Rao

c.Gobinda Mandal

d.Navdeep Kaur

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

a.Mumbai

b.Delhi

c.Hyderabad

d.Chennai

66. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.11th January

c.15th January

d.10th January

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

a.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

b.Falguni Nayar

c.Sunil Mittal

d.Sachin Bansal

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

a.Bank of India

b.Fullerton India

c.Bank of Maharashtra

d.Bank of Baroda

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

a.3rd January

b.2nd January

c.1st January

d.5th January

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

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Shanti Lal Jain

c.A.S. Rajeev

d.Mallikarjuna Rao

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

a.Ajinkya Rahane

b.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

c.Wriddhiman Saha

d.Shikhar Dhawan

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

a.Poet Maya Angelou

b.Susan B Anthony

c.Lincoln penny

d.None of these

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

a.Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited

b.Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

c.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

d.Capital Small Finance Bank Limited

74. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.Jharkhand

b.None of these

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Tripura

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Rajasthan

c.Odisa

d.Assam

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

a.Ebola Virus

b.Hantavirus

c.COVID-19

d.Om

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

a.TamilNadu

b.Karnataka

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.Kerala

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

a.Shaylyn Ford

b.Eva DOBREVA

c.Valentina CAMEJO

d.Khalia HALL

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

a.Hyderabad

b.Raipur

c.Nepal

d.Lucknow

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

a.Harpreet Chandi

b.Srishti Bandla

c.Sunita Williams

d.Sneha Sharma

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

a.January 31st

b.January 21st

c.February 1st

d.January 22 nd

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

a.Tamilnadu and Kerala

b.Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

c.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

d.None of these

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

a.Chandrayaan2

b.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

c.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

d.RISAT-2(B)R1

84. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.PV Sindhu

b.Prakash Padukone

c.Saina Nehwal

d.Srikanth Kidambi

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

a.Kerala

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Telungana

d.Karnataka

86. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.National Science Fiction Day

c.Global Word Search Day

d.National Voters Day

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

a.25th January

b.22nd January

c.28th January

d.30th January

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

a.Subhas Sarkar

b.Dr. Jitendra Singh

c.Rao Inderjit Singh

d.Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

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

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Maharashtra

c.Gujarat

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

b.Mahatma Gandhi

c.Vallabhbhai Patel

d.Jawaharlal Nehru

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

a.Kerala

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Jharkhand

d.Odisha

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

a.Mahatma Gandhi

b.Netaji Subhas Chandra

c.Jawaharlal Nehru

d.Dadabhai Naoroji

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

a.Aishwarya Rai

b.Sushmita Sen

c.Kajol

d.None of these

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

a.Kishore Kumar Yedam

b.Vinod Bhandari

c.Vinay Prakash

d.Kanak Sharma

95. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.National Science Day

b.Lohri Festival

c.World Wetlands Day

d.World Cancer Day

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

a.Vneet S. Jain

b.None of these

c.Karan Adani

d.Shersingh B Khyalia

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

a.Algeria

b.Argentina

c.China

d.Japan

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

a.Andhra Pradesh

b.Kerala

c.Karnataka

d.TamilNadu

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

a.India

b.China

c.America

d.Iran

100. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.None of these

c.World Day of War Orphans

d.World Braille Day

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