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. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.Shinzo Abe

b.Xi Jinping

c.None of these

d.Justin Trudeau

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

a.January 31st

b.February 1st

c.January 21st

d.January 22 nd

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

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

b.Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

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

d.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

4. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.16th January

b.12th January

c.14th January

d.20th January

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

a.10

b.29

c.20

d.25

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Rajasthan

c.Odisa

d.Assam

7. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.World Braille Day

c.World Day of War Orphans

d.None of these

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

a.Ravindra Jadeja

b.Sanjay Dutt

c.Virat Kohli

d.Neeraj Chopra

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

a.Jharkhand

b.Kerala

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Odisha

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

a.Kerala- Thekkady

b.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

c.Kerala- Cochin

d.Kerala- Alappuzha

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

a.Nirmala Sitharaman

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Ashwini Vaishnav

d.Amit Shah

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

a.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

b.Ministry of Home Affairs

c.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

d.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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

a.19th January

b.18th January

c.11th January

d.16th January

14. 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

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

a.Sikkim

b.Assam

c.Tripura

d.Meghalaya

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

a.Sarat Chandra

b.Zishaan A Latif

c.Amrita Pritam

d.Vikram Seth

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

a.Shikhar Dhawan

b.Ajinkya Rahane

c.Wriddhiman Saha

d.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

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

a.America

b.India

c.Iran

d.China

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

a.2nd January

b.1st January

c.3rd January

d.5th January

20. 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.Chandrayaan2

d.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

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

a.Bihar

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

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

a.Mutual Fund

b.Strategic Bond Fund

c. Bluechip Fund

d.Regular Saver Fund

23. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.27th January

b.23th January

c.21st January

d.25th January

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

a.Gobinda Mandal

b.Navdeep Kaur

c.Archana Rao

d.Sujith Sudhakaran

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

a.Ranjith Singh

b.Manoj Sinha

c.Jeetendra

d.Dr Jitendra Singh

26. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.22nd January

b.20th January

c.25th January

d.24th January

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

a.26th January

b.18th January

c.28th January

d.27th January

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

a.China

b.Japan

c.Algeria

d.Argentina

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

a.Vinodanand Jha

b.Vinod anand prasad

c.Nalin Singhal

d.Manoj Jain

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

a.Khalia HALL

b.Eva DOBREVA

c.Shaylyn Ford

d.Valentina CAMEJO

31. 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.Jai Bhim

c.Koozhangal

d.Oomai Sennaai

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

a.Shri Vijay Agarwal

b.Narendra Kumar Goenka

c.Shri Premal Udani

d.Shri Anil Bhuchasia

33. 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.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

d.Tamilnadu and Kerala

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

a.Bank of Maharashtra

b.Bank of India

c.Fullerton India

d.Bank of Baroda

35. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.15th January

b.17th January

c.20th January

d.19th January

36. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.None of these

b.21st January

c.22nd January

d.26th January

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

a.Vallabhbhai Patel

b.Mahatma Gandhi

c.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

d.Jawaharlal Nehru

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

a.Dukan Pichadi

b.Shri Ajay Vyas

c.Atul Kumar Goel

d.Dinesh Kumar Khara

39. 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

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

a.Kerala

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Karnataka

d.Telungana

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

a.Raipur

b.Nepal

c.Lucknow

d.Hyderabad

42. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.11th January

b.10th January

c.20th January

d.15th January

43. 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

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

a.Sachin Bansal

b.Sunil Mittal

c.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

d.Falguni Nayar

45. 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.Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

d.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

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

a.Vinod Bhandari

b.Vinay Prakash

c.Kishore Kumar Yedam

d.Kanak Sharma

47. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

b.None of these

c.Indian Coast Guard Day

d.World Wetlands Day

48. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Braille Day

b.Valentine's Day

c.World Leprosy Eradication Day

d.World Day of War Orphans

49. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.20th January

b.17th January

c.14th January

d.22nd January

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

a.Prajakta Koli

b.Jack Welch

c.None of these

d.Udit Singhal

51. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Global Word Search Day

b.None of these

c.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

d.International Customs Day

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

a.IIT Delhi

b.IIT Roorkee

c.IIT Bombay

d.IIT Kanpur

53. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.PV Sindhu

b.Prakash Padukone

c.Saina Nehwal

d.Srikanth Kidambi

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

a.Hantavirus

b.Om

c.COVID-19

d.Ebola Virus

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

a.Rajnath Singh

b.Nirmala Sitharaman

c.Arun Jaitley

d.Manohar Parrikar

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

a.Bihar

b.West Bengal

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Gujarat

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

a.22nd January

b.30th January

c.25th January

d.28th January

58. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.9th January

b.10th January

c.11th January

d.14th January

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

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.A.S. Rajeev

c.Shanti Lal Jain

d.Mallikarjuna Rao

60. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

c.World Hindi Day

d.None of these

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

a.Delhi

b.Hyderabad

c.Mumbai

d.Chennai

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

a.8th January

b.12th January

c.15th January

d.9th January

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

a.Dharmendra Pradhan

b.Piyush Goyal

c.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

d.Narendra Tomar

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.Maharashtra

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

a.None of these

b.Mysore

c.Banglore

d.Jammu

66. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.Jharkhand

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.None of these

d.Tripura

67. 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

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

a.Punjab

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.West Bengal

d.Chattisgarh

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

a.Ladakh team

b.Kerala team

c.Karnataka team

d.Tamilnadu team

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

a.Rabbi Lord

b.Albert Bourla

c.Natan Sharansky

d.Steven Spielberg

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

a.None of these

b.Shersingh B Khyalia

c.Karan Adani

d.Vneet S. Jain

72. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.National Science Fiction Day

b.National Voters Day

c.None of these

d.Global Word Search Day

73. 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

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

a.Transport

b.Textile

c.Health

d.Oil

75. 11 th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Wetlands Day

b.Indian Coast Guard Day

c.International Safer Internet Day

d.Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

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

a.Jawaharlal Nehru

b.Mahatma Gandhi

c.Netaji Subhas Chandra

d.Dadabhai Naoroji

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

a.26

b.31

c.10

d.21

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

a.Indian Navy and Russian Navy

b.Indian Navy and Australia Navy

c.Indian Navy and Japan Navy

d.Indian Navy and China Navy

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

a.TamilNadu

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

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

a.HDFC Bank

b.ICICI Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.IndusInd Bank

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

a.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

b.Federal Bank

c.None of these

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

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

a.Switzer land

b.Singapore

c.Malaysia

d.Germany

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

a.Poet Maya Angelou

b.Susan B Anthony

c.None of these

d.Lincoln penny

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

a.18th January

b.25th January

c.11th January

d.22nd January

85. 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

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

a.Jaisalmer

b.Longewala

c.Ajmer

d.Jaipur

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

a.Karnataka

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Haryana

d.Lakshadweep

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

a.Azim Premji

b.Ratan Tata

c.Mukesh Ambani

d.Gautam Adani

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

a.30th January

b.25th January

c.24th January

d.29th January

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

a.TamilNadu

b.Karnataka

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.Kerala

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

a.Stanford University, United States

b.University of Oxford, United Kingdom

c.University of Oulu, Finland

d.None of these

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

a.Sunita Williams

b.Harpreet Chandi

c.Srishti Bandla

d.Sneha Sharma

93. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Lakshya Sen

b.Kento Momota

c.Anders Antonsen

d.Chou Tien Chen

94. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Google Pay

b.Phone Pe

c.Amazon Pay

d.Bharat BillPay

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

a.Neptune Strike 22

b.Varuna Naval Exercise

c.Indra Navy

d.None of these

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

a.None of these

b.Aishwarya Rai

c.Sushmita Sen

d.Kajol

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

a.John "Tom"

b.Errol Walton Barrow

c.Mia Mottley

d.Bernard St. John

98. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Cancer Day

b.National Science Day

c.Lohri Festival

d.World Wetlands Day

99. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.28th January

b.29th January

c.26th January

d.25th January

100. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Darwin Day

b.Pongal

c.Valentine's Day

d. None of these

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