Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

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1. What is the full form of OSNBFC?

a.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Backup Flight Controller

b.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies

c.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Broadcast File System

d.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Board for Financial Supervision

2. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.National Voters Day

c.Global Word Search Day

d.National Science Fiction Day

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

a.Sachin Bansal

b.Falguni Nayar

c.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

d.Sunil Mittal

4. 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

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

a.Punjab

b.West Bengal

c.Chattisgarh

d.Madhya Pradesh

6. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.17th January

b.15th January

c.19th January

d.20th January

7. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.28th January

b.25th January

c.26th January

d.29th January

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

a.Meghalaya

b.Tripura

c.Assam

d.Sikkim

9. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.16th January

b.12th January

c.14th January

d.20th January

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

a.1st January

b.2nd January

c.5th January

d.3rd January

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

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.TamilNadu

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

a.Shersingh B Khyalia

b.None of these

c.Vneet S. Jain

d.Karan Adani

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

a.25th January

b.28th January

c.22nd January

d.30th January

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

a.28th January

b.26th January

c.18th January

d.27th January

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

a.Kishore Kumar Yedam

b.Vinod Bhandari

c.Vinay Prakash

d.Kanak Sharma

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

a.Narendra Tomar

b.Dharmendra Pradhan

c.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

d.Piyush Goyal

17. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Valentine's Day

b. None of these

c.Darwin Day

d.Pongal

18. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.21st January

b.None of these

c.26th January

d.22nd January

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

a.Mahatma Gandhi

b.Dadabhai Naoroji

c.Netaji Subhas Chandra

d.Jawaharlal Nehru

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

a.Nirmala Sitharaman

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Ashwini Vaishnav

d.Amit Shah

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

a.England

b.New Zealand

c.Australia

d.South Africa

22. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.World Braille Day

b.World Day of War Orphans

c.None of these

d.Global Family Day

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

a.India

b.China

c.America

d.Iran

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

a.University of Oulu, Finland

b.Stanford University, United States

c.University of Oxford, United Kingdom

d.None of these

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

a.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

b.Ajinkya Rahane

c.Wriddhiman Saha

d.Shikhar Dhawan

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

a.Bank of Baroda

b.State Bank of India

c.Punjab National Bank

d.Canara Bank

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

a. Bluechip Fund

b.Mutual Fund

c.Strategic Bond Fund

d.Regular Saver Fund

28. 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.10

d.31

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

a.Indra Navy

b.None of these

c.Varuna Naval Exercise

d.Neptune Strike 22

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

a.Virat Kohli

b.Ravindra Jadeja

c.Sanjay Dutt

d.Neeraj Chopra

31. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.Xi Jinping

b.Shinzo Abe

c.None of these

d.Justin Trudeau

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

a.Om

b.COVID-19

c.Hantavirus

d.Ebola Virus

33. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Wetlands Day

b.National Science Day

c.World Cancer Day

d.Lohri Festival

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

a.20

b.10

c.25

d.29

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

a.Amrita Pritam

b.Sarat Chandra

c.Zishaan A Latif

d.Vikram Seth

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

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Shanti Lal Jain

c.A.S. Rajeev

d.Mallikarjuna Rao

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

a.18th January

b.11th January

c.16th January

d.19th January

38. 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 Commerce and Industry

c.Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

39. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.Prakash Padukone

b.Srikanth Kidambi

c.PV Sindhu

d.Saina Nehwal

40. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Global Word Search Day

b.None of these

c.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

d.International Customs Day

41. 11 th January is celebrated as ________

a.World Wetlands Day

b.International Safer Internet Day

c.Indian Coast Guard Day

d.Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

42. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.14th January

b.11th January

c.9th January

d.10th January

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

a.Dukan Pichadi

b.Dinesh Kumar Khara

c.Atul Kumar Goel

d.Shri Ajay Vyas

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

a.Oil

b.Textile

c.Transport

d.Health

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

a.Switzer land

b.Singapore

c.Germany

d.Malaysia

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

a.Chandrayaan2

b.RISAT-2(B)R1

c.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

d.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

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

a.Odisa

b.Rajasthan

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Assam

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

a.January 22 nd

b.January 21st

c.February 1st

d.January 31st

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

a.Jammu

b.Banglore

c.Mysore

d.None of these

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

a.Vinodanand Jha

b.Vinod anand prasad

c.Nalin Singhal

d.Manoj Jain

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

a.Lakshadweep

b.Karnataka

c.Haryana

d.Uttar Pradesh

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

a.IIT Kanpur

b.IIT Bombay

c.IIT Delhi

d.IIT Roorkee

53. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.17th January

b.20th January

c.22nd January

d.14th January

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

a.Kerala

b.Hyderabad

c.TamilNadu

d.Karnataka

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

a.Kerala- Alappuzha

b.Kerala- Thekkady

c.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

d.Kerala- Cochin

56. 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.Nirmala Sitharaman

d.Manohar Parrikar

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

a.29th January

b.25th January

c.24th January

d.30th January

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

a.Vallabhbhai Patel

b.Jawaharlal Nehru

c.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

d.Mahatma Gandhi

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

a.Albert Bourla

b.Natan Sharansky

c.Steven Spielberg

d.Rabbi Lord

60. 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

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

a.Azim Premji

b.Gautam Adani

c.Ratan Tata

d.Mukesh Ambani

62. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Braille Day

b.World Leprosy Eradication Day

c.Valentine's Day

d.World Day of War Orphans

63. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Wetlands Day

b.None of these

c.Indian Coast Guard Day

d.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

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

a.Khalia HALL

b.Eva DOBREVA

c.Shaylyn Ford

d.Valentina CAMEJO

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

a.Telungana

b.Karnataka

c.Kerala

d.Tamil Nadu

66. 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

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

a.Jeetendra

b.Manoj Sinha

c.Ranjith Singh

d.Dr Jitendra Singh

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

a.Odisha

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Kerala

d.Jharkhand

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

a.Nepal

b.Lucknow

c.Raipur

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Jaisalmer

b.Jaipur

c.Longewala

d.Ajmer

71. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.None of these

b.Tripura

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Jharkhand

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

a.25th January

b.11th January

c.18th January

d.22nd January

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

a.Udit Singhal

b.Prajakta Koli

c.Jack Welch

d.None of these

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

a.Karnataka

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Bihar

d.Kerala

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

a.TamilNadu

b.Karnataka

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.Kerala

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

a.Errol Walton Barrow

b.Bernard St. John

c.Mia Mottley

d.John "Tom"

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

a.12th January

b.8th January

c.15th January

d.9th January

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

a.UNESCO

b.National Tiger Conservation Authority

c.Ministry of Tribals

d.NITI Aayog

79. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Lakshya Sen

b.Chou Tien Chen

c.Kento Momota

d.Anders Antonsen

80. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Google Pay

b.Amazon Pay

c.Phone Pe

d.Bharat BillPay

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

a.Gujarat

b.Bihar

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.West Bengal

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

a.Karnataka team

b.Kerala team

c.Ladakh team

d.Tamilnadu team

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

a.China

b.Japan

c.Argentina

d.Algeria

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

a.ICICI Bank

b.IndusInd Bank

c.HDFC Bank

d.Axis Bank

85. 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.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

c.Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

d.Capital Small Finance Bank Limited

86. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.25th January

b.23th January

c.21st January

d.27th January

87. 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.Oomai Sennaai

c.Theerpugal Virkapadum

d.Koozhangal

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

a.Sushmita Sen

b.None of these

c.Aishwarya Rai

d.Kajol

89. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.24th January

b.20th January

c.25th January

d.22nd January

90. 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

91. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.World Hindi Day

c.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

d.None of these

92. 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

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Gujarat

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.Dr. Jitendra Singh

b.Subhas Sarkar

c.Rao Inderjit Singh

d.Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

95. 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)

96. 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

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

a.Poet Maya Angelou

b.None of these

c.Susan B Anthony

d.Lincoln penny

98. 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.None of these

c.Federal Bank

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

99. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.15th January

b.10th January

c.11th January

d.20th January

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

a.Chennai

b.Hyderabad

c.Delhi

d.Mumbai

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