Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

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

a.None of these

b.Kajol

c.Sushmita Sen

d.Aishwarya Rai

2. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.14th January

c.16th January

d.12th January

3. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Global Word Search Day

b.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

c.None of these

d.International Customs Day

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

a.Sunil Mittal

b.Falguni Nayar

c.Sachin Bansal

d.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

5. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.None of these

c.World Hindi Day

d.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

6. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.10th January

b.9th January

c.14th January

d.11th January

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

a.Rajasthan

b.Assam

c.Odisa

d.Uttar Pradesh

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

a.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

b.Jawaharlal Nehru

c.Mahatma Gandhi

d.Vallabhbhai Patel

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

a.China

b.Japan

c.Algeria

d.Argentina

10. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.17th January

b.22nd January

c.14th January

d.20th January

11. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Bharat BillPay

b.Amazon Pay

c.Phone Pe

d.Google Pay

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

a.Sikkim

b.Tripura

c.Assam

d.Meghalaya

13. What is the full form of OSNBFC?

a.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Broadcast File System

b.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies

c.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Board for Financial Supervision

d.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Backup Flight Controller

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

a.9th January

b.15th January

c.12th January

d.8th January

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

a.Kerala

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Bihar

d.Karnataka

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

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Kerala

d.Telungana

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

a.Shanti Lal Jain

b.A.S. Rajeev

c.Atul Kumar Goel

d.Mallikarjuna Rao

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

a.Ravindra Jadeja

b.Virat Kohli

c.Neeraj Chopra

d.Sanjay Dutt

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

a.10

b.26

c.31

d.21

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

a.Shaylyn Ford

b.Khalia HALL

c.Eva DOBREVA

d.Valentina CAMEJO

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

a.16th January

b.19th January

c.18th January

d.11th January

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

a.29th January

b.24th January

c.30th January

d.25th January

23. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.21st January

b.23th January

c.27th January

d.25th January

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

a.IndusInd Bank

b.HDFC Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.ICICI Bank

25. 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 Housing and Urban Affairs

c.Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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

a.None of these

b.Udit Singhal

c.Prajakta Koli

d.Jack Welch

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

a.January 21st

b.January 31st

c.January 22 nd

d.February 1st

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

a.Dukan Pichadi

b.Atul Kumar Goel

c.Shri Ajay Vyas

d.Dinesh Kumar Khara

29. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Darwin Day

b. None of these

c.Valentine's Day

d.Pongal

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

a.Textile

b.Health

c.Transport

d.Oil

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

a.Mia Mottley

b.Errol Walton Barrow

c.Bernard St. John

d.John "Tom"

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

a.Jaisalmer

b.Longewala

c.Ajmer

d.Jaipur

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

a.Ajinkya Rahane

b.Shikhar Dhawan

c.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

d.Wriddhiman Saha

34. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

b.World Wetlands Day

c.Indian Coast Guard Day

d.None of these

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

a.RISAT-2(B)R1

b.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

c.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

d.Chandrayaan2

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

a.Karnataka

b.Kerala

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.TamilNadu

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

a.Neptune Strike 22

b.None of these

c.Varuna Naval Exercise

d.Indra Navy

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

a.Zishaan A Latif

b.Amrita Pritam

c.Sarat Chandra

d.Vikram Seth

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

a.Mysore

b.Jammu

c.Banglore

d.None of these

40. 11 th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Wetlands Day

b.Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

c.Indian Coast Guard Day

d.International Safer Internet Day

41. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.10th January

c.15th January

d.11th January

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

a.Kerala team

b.Ladakh team

c.Tamilnadu team

d.Karnataka team

43. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.22nd January

b.24th January

c.20th January

d.25th January

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

a.Harpreet Chandi

b.Sneha Sharma

c.Sunita Williams

d.Srishti Bandla

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

a.28th January

b.22nd January

c.30th January

d.25th January

46. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Wetlands Day

b.National Science Day

c.World Cancer Day

d.Lohri Festival

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

a.Kerala- Cochin

b.Kerala- Thekkady

c.Kerala- Alappuzha

d.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

48. 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.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

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

d.Federal Bank

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Karnataka

c.Haryana

d.Lakshadweep

50. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Chou Tien Chen

b.Kento Momota

c.Anders Antonsen

d.Lakshya Sen

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

a.Bank of Maharashtra

b.Bank of Baroda

c.Bank of India

d.Fullerton India

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

a.Odisha

b.Kerala

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Jharkhand

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Gujarat

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

a.Dadabhai Naoroji

b.Jawaharlal Nehru

c.Mahatma Gandhi

d.Netaji Subhas Chandra

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

a.Singapore

b.Germany

c.Switzer land

d.Malaysia

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

a.Mutual Fund

b. Bluechip Fund

c.Regular Saver Fund

d.Strategic Bond Fund

57. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Day of War Orphans

b.World Leprosy Eradication Day

c.Valentine's Day

d.World Braille Day

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

a.Subhas Sarkar

b.Rao Inderjit Singh

c.Dr. Jitendra Singh

d.Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

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

a.Om

b.Hantavirus

c.COVID-19

d.Ebola Virus

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

a.Iran

b.China

c.America

d.India

61. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.Prakash Padukone

b.Saina Nehwal

c.Srikanth Kidambi

d.PV Sindhu

62. 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.Capital Small Finance Bank Limited

c.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

d.Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

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

a.Ministry of Tribals

b.National Tiger Conservation Authority

c.NITI Aayog

d.UNESCO

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

a.Mumbai

b.Delhi

c.Chennai

d.Hyderabad

65. 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

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

a.Lucknow

b.Nepal

c.Raipur

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

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

c.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

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

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

a.IIT Kanpur

b.IIT Delhi

c.IIT Bombay

d.IIT Roorkee

69. 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

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

a.Rajnath Singh

b.Amit Shah

c.Nirmala Sitharaman

d.Ashwini Vaishnav

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

a.Steven Spielberg

b.Albert Bourla

c.Natan Sharansky

d.Rabbi Lord

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

a.None of these

b.Poet Maya Angelou

c.Lincoln penny

d.Susan B Anthony

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

a.Indian Navy and China Navy

b.Indian Navy and Russian Navy

c.Indian Navy and Australia Navy

d.Indian Navy and Japan Navy

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

a.27th January

b.26th January

c.28th January

d.18th January

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

a.Mukesh Ambani

b.Gautam Adani

c.Ratan Tata

d.Azim Premji

76. 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 Vijay Agarwal

d.Shri Anil Bhuchasia

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

a.West Bengal

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Bihar

d.Gujarat

78. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.15th January

b.17th January

c.19th January

d.20th January

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

a.Chattisgarh

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.West Bengal

d.Punjab

80. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.World Day of War Orphans

c.None of these

d.World Braille Day

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

a.5th January

b.1st January

c.3rd January

d.2nd January

82. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.None of these

b.Justin Trudeau

c.Shinzo Abe

d.Xi Jinping

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

a.Theerpugal Virkapadum

b.Oomai Sennaai

c.Koozhangal

d.Jai Bhim

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

a.Vinodanand Jha

b.Nalin Singhal

c.Vinod anand prasad

d.Manoj Jain

85. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.National Voters Day

b.Global Word Search Day

c.National Science Fiction Day

d.None of these

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

a.Nirmala Sitharaman

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Manohar Parrikar

d.Arun Jaitley

87. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.None of these

b.26th January

c.22nd January

d.21st January

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

a.Tamilnadu and Kerala

b.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

c.None of these

d.Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

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

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.TamilNadu

d.Himachal Pradesh

90. 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

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

a.South Africa

b.Australia

c.New Zealand

d.England

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

a.Kerala

b.TamilNadu

c.Hyderabad

d.Karnataka

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

a.20

b.10

c.25

d.29

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

a.Shersingh B Khyalia

b.Karan Adani

c.Vneet S. Jain

d.None of these

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

a.Piyush Goyal

b.Dharmendra Pradhan

c.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

d.Narendra Tomar

96. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.Tripura

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.None of these

d.Jharkhand

97. 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

98. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.28th January

b.29th January

c.25th January

d.26th January

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

a.11th January

b.18th January

c.22nd January

d.25th January

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

a.Canara Bank

b.Punjab National Bank

c.State Bank of India

d.Bank of Baroda

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