Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

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

a.2nd January

b.5th January

c.3rd January

d.1st January

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

a.TamilNadu

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

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

a.Assam

b.Sikkim

c.Meghalaya

d.Tripura

4. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.World Braille Day

b.Global Family Day

c.None of these

d.World Day of War Orphans

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

a.Tamilnadu team

b.Karnataka team

c.Ladakh team

d.Kerala team

6. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.23th January

b.25th January

c.21st January

d.27th January

7. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.Srikanth Kidambi

b.PV Sindhu

c.Prakash Padukone

d.Saina Nehwal

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

a.Susan B Anthony

b.Poet Maya Angelou

c.None of these

d.Lincoln penny

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

a.29th January

b.24th January

c.30th January

d.25th January

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

a.Bank of Baroda

b.Bank of India

c.Bank of Maharashtra

d.Fullerton India

11. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.26th January

b.None of these

c.21st January

d.22nd January

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

a.Jack Welch

b.None of these

c.Prajakta Koli

d.Udit Singhal

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

a.Shri Premal Udani

b.Shri Vijay Agarwal

c.Narendra Kumar Goenka

d.Shri Anil Bhuchasia

14. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.14th January

b.12th January

c.20th January

d.16th January

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

a.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

b.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

c.Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Maharashtra

d.Gujarat

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

a.Netaji Subhas Chandra

b.Mahatma Gandhi

c.Dadabhai Naoroji

d.Jawaharlal Nehru

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

a.National Tiger Conservation Authority

b.UNESCO

c.NITI Aayog

d.Ministry of Tribals

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

a.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

b.None of these

c.Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

d.Tamilnadu and Kerala

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Chattisgarh

c.West Bengal

d.Punjab

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

a.Piyush Goyal

b.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

c.Narendra Tomar

d.Dharmendra Pradhan

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

a.Bihar

b.Kerala

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Karnataka

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

a.Sanjay Dutt

b.Virat Kohli

c.Ravindra Jadeja

d.Neeraj Chopra

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

a.20

b.10

c.25

d.29

25. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.11th January

b.15th January

c.10th January

d.20th January

26. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.14th January

b.10th January

c.9th January

d.11th January

27. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

c.World Wetlands Day

d.Indian Coast Guard Day

28. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.15th January

c.17th January

d.19th January

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

a.Lucknow

b.Hyderabad

c.Raipur

d.Nepal

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

a.Strategic Bond Fund

b.Regular Saver Fund

c. Bluechip Fund

d.Mutual Fund

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

a.Khalia HALL

b.Valentina CAMEJO

c.Shaylyn Ford

d.Eva DOBREVA

32. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.None of these

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Tripura

d.Jharkhand

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

a.Gobinda Mandal

b.Sujith Sudhakaran

c.Navdeep Kaur

d.Archana Rao

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

a.8th January

b.15th January

c.12th January

d.9th January

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

a.Oomai Sennaai

b.Jai Bhim

c.Koozhangal

d.Theerpugal Virkapadum

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

a.22nd January

b.25th January

c.30th January

d.28th January

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

a.Amit Shah

b.Nirmala Sitharaman

c.Rajnath Singh

d.Ashwini Vaishnav

38. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Darwin Day

b.Pongal

c.Valentine's Day

d. None of these

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

a.Aishwarya Rai

b.Sushmita Sen

c.Kajol

d.None of these

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

a.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

b.Capital Small Finance Bank Limited

c.Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

d.Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited

41. 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

42. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.17th January

b.14th January

c.22nd January

d.20th January

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

a.18th January

b.22nd January

c.11th January

d.25th January

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

a.Ebola Virus

b.Hantavirus

c.Om

d.COVID-19

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

a.Axis Bank

b.ICICI Bank

c.HDFC Bank

d.IndusInd Bank

46. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.22nd January

b.20th January

c.24th January

d.25th January

47. 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

48. 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

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

a.Andhra Pradesh

b.Kerala

c.Karnataka

d.TamilNadu

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

a.Shanti Lal Jain

b.A.S. Rajeev

c.Mallikarjuna Rao

d.Atul Kumar Goel

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

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Telungana

d.Kerala

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

a.Hyderabad

b.Chennai

c.Delhi

d.Mumbai

53. 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

54. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.None of these

b.Global Family Day

c.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

d.World Hindi Day

55. 11 th January is celebrated as ________

a.Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

b.World Wetlands Day

c.International Safer Internet Day

d.Indian Coast Guard Day

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

a.Azim Premji

b.Ratan Tata

c.Gautam Adani

d.Mukesh Ambani

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

a.West Bengal

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Gujarat

d.Bihar

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

a.Algeria

b.China

c.Japan

d.Argentina

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

a.IIT Delhi

b.IIT Roorkee

c.IIT Bombay

d.IIT Kanpur

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

a.Natan Sharansky

b.Steven Spielberg

c.Albert Bourla

d.Rabbi Lord

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Rajasthan

c.Odisa

d.Assam

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

a.Vinod anand prasad

b.Manoj Jain

c.Vinodanand Jha

d.Nalin Singhal

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

a.Vallabhbhai Patel

b.Mahatma Gandhi

c.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

d.Jawaharlal Nehru

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

a.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

b.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

c.Chandrayaan2

d.RISAT-2(B)R1

65. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Kento Momota

b.Lakshya Sen

c.Chou Tien Chen

d.Anders Antonsen

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

a.Sarat Chandra

b.Zishaan A Latif

c.Vikram Seth

d.Amrita Pritam

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

a.Wriddhiman Saha

b.Shikhar Dhawan

c.Ajinkya Rahane

d.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

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

a.28th January

b.26th January

c.27th January

d.18th January

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

a.Manoj Sinha

b.Ranjith Singh

c.Jeetendra

d.Dr Jitendra Singh

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

a.Banglore

b.Jammu

c.Mysore

d.None of these

71. 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.Odisha

d.Jharkhand

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

a.Vneet S. Jain

b.None of these

c.Karan Adani

d.Shersingh B Khyalia

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

a.Sneha Sharma

b.Sunita Williams

c.Srishti Bandla

d.Harpreet Chandi

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

a.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

b.Kerala- Alappuzha

c.Kerala- Cochin

d.Kerala- Thekkady

75. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.26th January

b.29th January

c.28th January

d.25th January

76. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Google Pay

b.Bharat BillPay

c.Amazon Pay

d.Phone Pe

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

a.Hyderabad

b.TamilNadu

c.Kerala

d.Karnataka

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

a.Ajmer

b.Jaisalmer

c.Jaipur

d.Longewala

79. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.Justin Trudeau

b.Shinzo Abe

c.None of these

d.Xi Jinping

80. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.International Customs Day

b.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

c.None of these

d.Global Word Search Day

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

a.Mia Mottley

b.Bernard St. John

c.John "Tom"

d.Errol Walton Barrow

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

a.Rao Inderjit Singh

b.Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

c.Subhas Sarkar

d.Dr. Jitendra Singh

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

a.February 1st

b.January 22 nd

c.January 21st

d.January 31st

84. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.National Voters Day

b.Global Word Search Day

c.National Science Fiction Day

d.None of these

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

a.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

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

c.Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

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

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

a.Federal Bank

b.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

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

d.None of these

87. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Cancer Day

b.Lohri Festival

c.World Wetlands Day

d.National Science Day

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

a.Vinod Bhandari

b.Kanak Sharma

c.Vinay Prakash

d.Kishore Kumar Yedam

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

a.Indra Navy

b.Neptune Strike 22

c.Varuna Naval Exercise

d.None of these

90. 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

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

a.Indian Navy and China Navy

b.Indian Navy and Japan Navy

c.Indian Navy and Russian Navy

d.Indian Navy and Australia Navy

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

a.Textile

b.Transport

c.Oil

d.Health

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

a.None of these

b.University of Oxford, United Kingdom

c.University of Oulu, Finland

d.Stanford University, United States

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

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Dinesh Kumar Khara

c.Dukan Pichadi

d.Shri Ajay Vyas

95. 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

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Haryana

c.Lakshadweep

d.Karnataka

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

a.China

b.Iran

c.America

d.India

98. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Leprosy Eradication Day

b.World Day of War Orphans

c.World Braille Day

d.Valentine's Day

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

a.Sachin Bansal

b.Sunil Mittal

c.Falguni Nayar

d.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

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

a.Malaysia

b.Germany

c.Singapore

d.Switzer land

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