Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

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1. 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.Theerpugal Virkapadum

c.Koozhangal

d.Oomai Sennaai

2. What is the full form of OSNBFC?

a.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Board for Financial Supervision

b.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Backup Flight Controller

c.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Broadcast File System

d.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies

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

a.Dr Jitendra Singh

b.Ranjith Singh

c.Jeetendra

d.Manoj Sinha

4. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

b.World Hindi Day

c.None of these

d.Global Family Day

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

a.John "Tom"

b.Bernard St. John

c.Errol Walton Barrow

d.Mia Mottley

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

a.5th January

b.2nd January

c.3rd January

d.1st January

7. 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.Capital Small Finance Bank Limited

d.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

8. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.21st January

b.22nd January

c.None of these

d.26th January

9. 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.Arun Jaitley

d.Manohar Parrikar

10. 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

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

a.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

b.Kerala- Thekkady

c.Kerala- Alappuzha

d.Kerala- Cochin

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

a.Tamilnadu and Kerala

b.None of these

c.Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

d.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

13. 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 Trade (DPIIT)

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

d.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

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

a.Hyderabad

b.Kerala

c.TamilNadu

d.Karnataka

15. 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

16. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.Shinzo Abe

b.None of these

c.Justin Trudeau

d.Xi Jinping

17. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.22nd January

b.17th January

c.20th January

d.14th January

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

a.Wriddhiman Saha

b.Ajinkya Rahane

c.Shikhar Dhawan

d.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

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

a.Gautam Adani

b.Mukesh Ambani

c.Azim Premji

d.Ratan Tata

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

a.Ravindra Jadeja

b.Virat Kohli

c.Sanjay Dutt

d.Neeraj Chopra

21. 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

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

a.Jawaharlal Nehru

b.Dadabhai Naoroji

c.Mahatma Gandhi

d.Netaji Subhas Chandra

23. 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

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

a.Nalin Singhal

b.Vinod anand prasad

c.Manoj Jain

d.Vinodanand Jha

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

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Kerala

c.Karnataka

d.TamilNadu

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Karnataka

c.Lakshadweep

d.Haryana

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

a.Tripura

b.Sikkim

c.Assam

d.Meghalaya

28. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.25th January

b.29th January

c.28th January

d.26th January

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Bihar

d.West Bengal

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

a.20

b.10

c.29

d.25

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

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Maharashtra

c.Gujarat

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.February 1st

b.January 31st

c.January 21st

d.January 22 nd

33. 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 Oulu, Finland

c.Stanford University, United States

d.University of Oxford, United Kingdom

34. 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

35. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Chou Tien Chen

b.Anders Antonsen

c.Lakshya Sen

d.Kento Momota

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

a.15th January

b.9th January

c.12th January

d.8th January

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

a.State Bank of India

b.Canara Bank

c.Punjab National Bank

d.Bank of Baroda

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

a.Rajnath Singh

b.Nirmala Sitharaman

c.Ashwini Vaishnav

d.Amit Shah

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

a.Bank of Baroda

b.Fullerton India

c.Bank of Maharashtra

d.Bank of India

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

a.Vinod Bhandari

b.Kanak Sharma

c.Kishore Kumar Yedam

d.Vinay Prakash

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

a.Kerala team

b.Karnataka team

c.Ladakh team

d.Tamilnadu team

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

a.None of these

b.Karan Adani

c.Shersingh B Khyalia

d.Vneet S. Jain

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

a.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

b.Narendra Tomar

c.Piyush Goyal

d.Dharmendra Pradhan

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

a.UNESCO

b.Ministry of Tribals

c.National Tiger Conservation Authority

d.NITI Aayog

45. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.15th January

c.17th January

d.19th January

46. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.9th January

b.10th January

c.14th January

d.11th January

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

a.Sunita Williams

b.Srishti Bandla

c.Harpreet Chandi

d.Sneha Sharma

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

a.Chennai

b.Delhi

c.Mumbai

d.Hyderabad

49. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Cancer Day

b.Lohri Festival

c.National Science Day

d.World Wetlands Day

50. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.World Wetlands Day

c.Indian Coast Guard Day

d.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

51. 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

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

a.Steven Spielberg

b.Albert Bourla

c.Rabbi Lord

d.Natan Sharansky

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Bihar

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

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

a.Poet Maya Angelou

b.Lincoln penny

c.None of these

d.Susan B Anthony

55. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.27th January

b.25th January

c.21st January

d.23th January

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

a.Germany

b.Malaysia

c.Switzer land

d.Singapore

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

a.IndusInd Bank

b.ICICI Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.HDFC Bank

58. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.World Braille Day

b.World Day of War Orphans

c.None of these

d.Global Family Day

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

a.29th January

b.24th January

c.30th January

d.25th January

60. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Google Pay

b.Amazon Pay

c.Bharat BillPay

d.Phone Pe

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

a.Kajol

b.Sushmita Sen

c.Aishwarya Rai

d.None of these

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

a.31

b.10

c.21

d.26

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

a.26th January

b.28th January

c.18th January

d.27th January

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

a.Karnataka

b.Kerala

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.TamilNadu

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

a.Chandrayaan2

b.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

c.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

d.RISAT-2(B)R1

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

a.China

b.Argentina

c.Japan

d.Algeria

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

a.Ebola Virus

b.COVID-19

c.Om

d.Hantavirus

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

a.Odisa

b.Assam

c.Rajasthan

d.Uttar Pradesh

69. 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

70. 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

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

a.Lucknow

b.Raipur

c.Nepal

d.Hyderabad

72. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.15th January

b.11th January

c.10th January

d.20th January

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

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Shri Ajay Vyas

c.Dinesh Kumar Khara

d.Dukan Pichadi

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

a.Karnataka

b.Telungana

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Kerala

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

a.Zishaan A Latif

b.Amrita Pritam

c.Vikram Seth

d.Sarat Chandra

76. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.16th January

c.12th January

d.14th January

77. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

b.International Customs Day

c.Global Word Search Day

d.None of these

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

a.11th January

b.22nd January

c.18th January

d.25th January

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

a.England

b.Australia

c.New Zealand

d.South Africa

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

a.Jawaharlal Nehru

b.Mahatma Gandhi

c.Vallabhbhai Patel

d.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

81. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Day of War Orphans

b.World Leprosy Eradication Day

c.Valentine's Day

d.World Braille Day

82. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.Jharkhand

b.None of these

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Tripura

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

a.Mutual Fund

b.Regular Saver Fund

c. Bluechip Fund

d.Strategic Bond Fund

84. 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

85. 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

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

a.19th January

b.16th January

c.11th January

d.18th January

87. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.24th January

b.22nd January

c.25th January

d.20th January

88. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.Global Word Search Day

c.National Science Fiction Day

d.National Voters Day

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

a.Falguni Nayar

b.Sachin Bansal

c.Sunil Mittal

d.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

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

a.Khalia HALL

b.Valentina CAMEJO

c.Shaylyn Ford

d.Eva DOBREVA

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

a.IIT Roorkee

b.IIT Kanpur

c.IIT Bombay

d.IIT Delhi

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

a.America

b.India

c.Iran

d.China

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

a.Health

b.Oil

c.Transport

d.Textile

94. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a. None of these

b.Darwin Day

c.Valentine's Day

d.Pongal

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

a.Mysore

b.Jammu

c.Banglore

d.None of these

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

a.28th January

b.25th January

c.30th January

d.22nd January

97. 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 Electronics and Information Technology

d.Ministry of Home Affairs

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

a.Ajmer

b.Jaipur

c.Longewala

d.Jaisalmer

99. 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

100. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.Srikanth Kidambi

b.Saina Nehwal

c.Prakash Padukone

d.PV Sindhu

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