Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

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1. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

b.International Customs Day

c.None of these

d.Global Word Search Day

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

a.Longewala

b.Ajmer

c.Jaisalmer

d.Jaipur

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

a.Chennai

b.Hyderabad

c.Mumbai

d.Delhi

4. 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

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

a.Srishti Bandla

b.Sunita Williams

c.Harpreet Chandi

d.Sneha Sharma

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

a.New Zealand

b.South Africa

c.Australia

d.England

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

a.Ladakh team

b.Tamilnadu team

c.Kerala team

d.Karnataka team

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

a.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

b.Tamilnadu and Kerala

c.Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

d.None of these

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

a.Lucknow

b.Raipur

c.Nepal

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Karnataka

b.Kerala

c.TamilNadu

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Banglore

b.None of these

c.Jammu

d.Mysore

12. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.11th January

b.10th January

c.20th January

d.15th January

13. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.None of these

c.World Hindi Day

d.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

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

a.January 21st

b.January 31st

c.February 1st

d.January 22 nd

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

a.Haryana

b.Lakshadweep

c.Karnataka

d.Uttar Pradesh

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

a.Bernard St. John

b.Errol Walton Barrow

c.John "Tom"

d.Mia Mottley

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

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

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

c.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

d.Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

18. 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.University of Oulu, Finland

c.None of these

d.Stanford University, United States

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

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Kerala

c.TamilNadu

d.Karnataka

20. 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

21. Which bank has launched ‘Platina Fixed Deposit’, offering interest of 15 basis points higher than the regular term deposit rates?

a.Capital Small Finance Bank Limited

b.Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited

c.Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

d.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

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

a.Oomai Sennaai

b.Theerpugal Virkapadum

c.Koozhangal

d.Jai Bhim

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

a.25

b.20

c.29

d.10

24. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Amazon Pay

b.Phone Pe

c.Google Pay

d.Bharat BillPay

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

a.9th January

b.8th January

c.15th January

d.12th January

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

a.1st January

b.3rd January

c.2nd January

d.5th January

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

a.Manohar Parrikar

b.Arun Jaitley

c.Nirmala Sitharaman

d.Rajnath Singh

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

a.21

b.26

c.31

d.10

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

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

b.None of these

c.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

d.Federal Bank

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

a.China

b.India

c.Iran

d.America

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

a.25th January

b.30th January

c.28th January

d.22nd January

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

a.Algeria

b.Japan

c.China

d.Argentina

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

a.Indian Navy and Russian Navy

b.Indian Navy and China Navy

c.Indian Navy and Japan Navy

d.Indian Navy and Australia Navy

34. What is the full form of OSNBFC?

a.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Board for Financial Supervision

b.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies

c.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Backup Flight Controller

d.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Broadcast File System

35. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.25th January

b.21st January

c.23th January

d.27th January

36. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.World Day of War Orphans

b.World Braille Day

c.None of these

d.Global Family Day

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

a.Sunil Mittal

b.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

c.Falguni Nayar

d.Sachin Bansal

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

a.27th January

b.28th January

c.18th January

d.26th January

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

a.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

b.RISAT-2(B)R1

c.Chandrayaan2

d.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

40. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Kento Momota

b.Chou Tien Chen

c.Anders Antonsen

d.Lakshya Sen

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

a.Shri Vijay Agarwal

b.Shri Premal Udani

c.Shri Anil Bhuchasia

d.Narendra Kumar Goenka

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

a.Vinay Prakash

b.Kanak Sharma

c.Kishore Kumar Yedam

d.Vinod Bhandari

43. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.Lohri Festival

b.National Science Day

c.World Cancer Day

d.World Wetlands Day

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

a.Vikram Seth

b.Zishaan A Latif

c.Amrita Pritam

d.Sarat Chandra

45. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Tripura

c.None of these

d.Jharkhand

46. 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

47. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.25th January

c.22nd January

d.24th January

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

a.24th January

b.30th January

c.25th January

d.29th January

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

a.Dadabhai Naoroji

b.Mahatma Gandhi

c.Jawaharlal Nehru

d.Netaji Subhas Chandra

50. 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

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

a.Dr. Jitendra Singh

b.Rao Inderjit Singh

c.Subhas Sarkar

d.Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

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

a.Bank of Baroda

b.Canara Bank

c.Punjab National Bank

d.State Bank of India

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

a.Vinod anand prasad

b.Nalin Singhal

c.Manoj Jain

d.Vinodanand Jha

54. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.Shinzo Abe

b.Justin Trudeau

c.Xi Jinping

d.None of these

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

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Shanti Lal Jain

c.Mallikarjuna Rao

d.A.S. Rajeev

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

a.Oil

b.Textile

c.Health

d.Transport

57. 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.Jharkhand

d.Kerala

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

a.Virat Kohli

b.Ravindra Jadeja

c.Sanjay Dutt

d.Neeraj Chopra

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

a.Bihar

b.Gujarat

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.West Bengal

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

a.Mahatma Gandhi

b.Vallabhbhai Patel

c.Jawaharlal Nehru

d.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Bihar

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

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

a.Shaylyn Ford

b.Khalia HALL

c.Valentina CAMEJO

d.Eva DOBREVA

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Kerala

c.Karnataka

d.Telungana

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

a.Albert Bourla

b.Steven Spielberg

c.Natan Sharansky

d.Rabbi Lord

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

a.Kerala- Cochin

b.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

c.Kerala- Alappuzha

d.Kerala- Thekkady

66. 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

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

a.West Bengal

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Chattisgarh

d.Punjab

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

a.National Tiger Conservation Authority

b.Ministry of Tribals

c.UNESCO

d.NITI Aayog

69. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.21st January

b.None of these

c.22nd January

d.26th January

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Odisa

c.Assam

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Nirmala Sitharaman

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Amit Shah

d.Ashwini Vaishnav

72. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

b.Indian Coast Guard Day

c.None of these

d.World Wetlands Day

73. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.14th January

b.17th January

c.22nd January

d.20th January

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

a.Tripura

b.Sikkim

c.Meghalaya

d.Assam

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

a.ICICI Bank

b.IndusInd Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.HDFC Bank

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

a.Archana Rao

b.Gobinda Mandal

c.Navdeep Kaur

d.Sujith Sudhakaran

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

a. Bluechip Fund

b.Strategic Bond Fund

c.Regular Saver Fund

d.Mutual Fund

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

a.Susan B Anthony

b.None of these

c.Poet Maya Angelou

d.Lincoln penny

79. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.Prakash Padukone

b.Srikanth Kidambi

c.Saina Nehwal

d.PV Sindhu

80. 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

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

a.IIT Delhi

b.IIT Kanpur

c.IIT Bombay

d.IIT Roorkee

82. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.Global Word Search Day

b.None of these

c.National Science Fiction Day

d.National Voters Day

83. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.14th January

c.12th January

d.16th January

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

a.Bank of India

b.Bank of Maharashtra

c.Fullerton India

d.Bank of Baroda

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

a.Gautam Adani

b.Ratan Tata

c.Mukesh Ambani

d.Azim Premji

86. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.19th January

b.20th January

c.17th January

d.15th January

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

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Dukan Pichadi

c.Shri Ajay Vyas

d.Dinesh Kumar Khara

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

a.Kerala

b.Andhra Pradesh

c.TamilNadu

d.Karnataka

89. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.26th January

b.28th January

c.25th January

d.29th January

90. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Leprosy Eradication Day

b.World Day of War Orphans

c.World Braille Day

d.Valentine's Day

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

a.Singapore

b.Germany

c.Switzer land

d.Malaysia

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

a.22nd January

b.11th January

c.25th January

d.18th January

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

a.Piyush Goyal

b.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

c.Dharmendra Pradhan

d.Narendra Tomar

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

a.Kajol

b.None of these

c.Aishwarya Rai

d.Sushmita Sen

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

a.None of these

b.Udit Singhal

c.Jack Welch

d.Prajakta Koli

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

a.None of these

b.Shersingh B Khyalia

c.Karan Adani

d.Vneet S. Jain

97. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.11th January

b.9th January

c.10th January

d.14th January

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Maharashtra

d.Gujarat

99. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a. None of these

b.Darwin Day

c.Valentine's Day

d.Pongal

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

a.Ebola Virus

b.Hantavirus

c.COVID-19

d.Om

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