Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test for events in January 2022. Check out Latest Questions from Current Events held in January 2022 – Take this test to check your General Knowledge on current affairs topics from this year. These MCQ Question Answers are helpful for various entrance exams in India

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

a.Lucknow

b.Nepal

c.Hyderabad

d.Raipur

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

a.Arun Jaitley

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Manohar Parrikar

d.Nirmala Sitharaman

3. 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

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

a.Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

b.None of these

c.Tamilnadu and Kerala

d.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Odisa

c.Rajasthan

d.Assam

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

a.COVID-19

b.Om

c.Ebola Virus

d.Hantavirus

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

a.Switzer land

b.Singapore

c.Germany

d.Malaysia

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

a.Vneet S. Jain

b.Shersingh B Khyalia

c.None of these

d.Karan Adani

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

a.Sushmita Sen

b.None of these

c.Aishwarya Rai

d.Kajol

10. 11 th January is celebrated as ________

a.Indian Coast Guard Day

b.International Safer Internet Day

c.World Wetlands Day

d.Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

11. 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.Falguni Nayar

d.Sachin Bansal

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

a.Shikhar Dhawan

b.Ajinkya Rahane

c.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

d.Wriddhiman Saha

13. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.None of these

b.Shinzo Abe

c.Justin Trudeau

d.Xi Jinping

14. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.National Voters Day

c.National Science Fiction Day

d.Global Word Search Day

15. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.28th January

b.26th January

c.25th January

d.29th January

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

a.Gautam Adani

b.Azim Premji

c.Ratan Tata

d.Mukesh Ambani

17. 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.Koozhangal

c.Oomai Sennaai

d.Jai Bhim

18. 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.Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

d.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

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

a.Khalia HALL

b.Shaylyn Ford

c.Eva DOBREVA

d.Valentina CAMEJO

20. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.Prakash Padukone

b.Srikanth Kidambi

c.Saina Nehwal

d.PV Sindhu

21. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.16th January

b.20th January

c.12th January

d.14th January

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

a.Bernard St. John

b.Errol Walton Barrow

c.John "Tom"

d.Mia Mottley

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

a.February 1st

b.January 21st

c.January 31st

d.January 22 nd

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

a.Karnataka

b.Kerala

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Bihar

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

a.Federal Bank

b.None of these

c.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

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

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

a.29th January

b.25th January

c.30th January

d.24th January

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

a.IIT Kanpur

b.IIT Roorkee

c.IIT Bombay

d.IIT Delhi

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

a.Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

b.Dr. Jitendra Singh

c.Subhas Sarkar

d.Rao Inderjit Singh

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

a.Indra Navy

b.Varuna Naval Exercise

c.None of these

d.Neptune Strike 22

30. 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

31. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.22nd January

b.26th January

c.21st January

d.None of these

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

a.18th January

b.25th January

c.11th January

d.22nd January

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

a.TamilNadu

b.Andhra Pradesh

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

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

a.Japan

b.Algeria

c.Argentina

d.China

35. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Kento Momota

b.Lakshya Sen

c.Anders Antonsen

d.Chou Tien Chen

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

a.Manoj Sinha

b.Jeetendra

c.Dr Jitendra Singh

d.Ranjith Singh

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

a.8th January

b.15th January

c.12th January

d.9th January

38. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.22nd January

b.24th January

c.25th January

d.20th January

39. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.11th January

b.10th January

c.15th January

d.20th January

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Maharashtra

c.Gujarat

d.Himachal Pradesh

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

a.Jaipur

b.Ajmer

c.Longewala

d.Jaisalmer

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

a.2nd January

b.3rd January

c.5th January

d.1st January

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

a.25th January

b.30th January

c.28th January

d.22nd January

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

a.Rajnath Singh

b.Ashwini Vaishnav

c.Nirmala Sitharaman

d.Amit Shah

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

a.20

b.10

c.25

d.29

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

a.21

b.10

c.31

d.26

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.West Bengal

d.Bihar

48. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Cancer Day

b.Lohri Festival

c.World Wetlands Day

d.National Science Day

49. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.None of these

b.World Day of War Orphans

c.World Braille Day

d.Global Family Day

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

a.Meghalaya

b.Tripura

c.Assam

d.Sikkim

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

a.Rabbi Lord

b.Natan Sharansky

c.Albert Bourla

d.Steven Spielberg

52. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a. None of these

b.Pongal

c.Valentine's Day

d.Darwin Day

53. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.11th January

b.14th January

c.9th January

d.10th January

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

a.Sanjay Dutt

b.Ravindra Jadeja

c.Virat Kohli

d.Neeraj Chopra

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

a.Bank of India

b.Bank of Maharashtra

c.Bank of Baroda

d.Fullerton India

56. 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

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

a.Textile

b.Transport

c.Oil

d.Health

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

a.Mysore

b.Jammu

c.None of these

d.Banglore

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

a.State Bank of India

b.Punjab National Bank

c.Bank of Baroda

d.Canara Bank

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

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.TamilNadu

d.Himachal Pradesh

61. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.20th January

b.14th January

c.22nd January

d.17th January

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

a.Vinodanand Jha

b.Vinod anand prasad

c.Manoj Jain

d.Nalin Singhal

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

a.Narendra Tomar

b.Dharmendra Pradhan

c.Piyush Goyal

d.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

64. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.Indian Coast Guard Day

c.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

d.World Wetlands Day

65. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Google Pay

b.Bharat BillPay

c.Amazon Pay

d.Phone Pe

66. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.None of these

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Jharkhand

d.Tripura

67. 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-Banking Financial Companies

d.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Broadcast File System

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

a.Indian Navy and Japan Navy

b.Indian Navy and Australia Navy

c.Indian Navy and Russian Navy

d.Indian Navy and China Navy

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

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Mallikarjuna Rao

c.A.S. Rajeev

d.Shanti Lal Jain

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

a.Udit Singhal

b.None of these

c.Prajakta Koli

d.Jack Welch

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

a.Regular Saver Fund

b. Bluechip Fund

c.Mutual Fund

d.Strategic Bond Fund

72. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Leprosy Eradication Day

b.World Day of War Orphans

c.Valentine's Day

d.World Braille Day

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

a.New Zealand

b.England

c.Australia

d.South Africa

74. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.None of these

c.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

d.World Hindi Day

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

a.Shri Ajay Vyas

b.Dukan Pichadi

c.Dinesh Kumar Khara

d.Atul Kumar Goel

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

a.Vallabhbhai Patel

b.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

c.Jawaharlal Nehru

d.Mahatma Gandhi

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

a.18th January

b.19th January

c.11th January

d.16th January

78. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.19th January

c.15th January

d.17th January

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

a.Sujith Sudhakaran

b.Gobinda Mandal

c.Navdeep Kaur

d.Archana Rao

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

a.Harpreet Chandi

b.Sunita Williams

c.Srishti Bandla

d.Sneha Sharma

81. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.International Customs Day

b.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

c.None of these

d.Global Word Search Day

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

a.Kerala

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Karnataka

d.Telungana

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

a.Karnataka

b.Haryana

c.Lakshadweep

d.Uttar Pradesh

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

a.Jharkhand

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Kerala

d.Odisha

85. 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 Housing and Urban Affairs

c.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

d.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

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

a.Kerala- Alappuzha

b.Kerala- Thekkady

c.Kerala- Cochin

d.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

87. 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

88. 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)

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

a.Ladakh team

b.Tamilnadu team

c.Karnataka team

d.Kerala team

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

a.Vinod Bhandari

b.Vinay Prakash

c.Kanak Sharma

d.Kishore Kumar Yedam

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

a.ICICI Bank

b.Axis Bank

c.HDFC Bank

d.IndusInd Bank

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

a.National Tiger Conservation Authority

b.NITI Aayog

c.UNESCO

d.Ministry of Tribals

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

a.Shri Vijay Agarwal

b.Shri Premal Udani

c.Narendra Kumar Goenka

d.Shri Anil Bhuchasia

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

a.Lincoln penny

b.Poet Maya Angelou

c.Susan B Anthony

d.None of these

95. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.23th January

b.21st January

c.27th January

d.25th January

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

a.27th January

b.26th January

c.18th January

d.28th January

97. 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.Stanford University, United States

d.University of Oulu, Finland

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

a.China

b.Iran

c.America

d.India

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

a.Amrita Pritam

b.Sarat Chandra

c.Zishaan A Latif

d.Vikram Seth

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

a.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

b.Chandrayaan2

c.RISAT-2(B)R1

d.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

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