Current Affairs, 02 January 2021

 Current Affairs, 02 January 2021

1. When is Global Family Day celebrated?

(a) 1st December

(b) January 1st

(c) January 2nd

(d) 3rd February

Answer: (b) January 1st

 

2. The Government of India will implement a CIMS system from February 01. What does ‘C” in CIMS stands for?

(a) Contact

(b) Cash

(c) Credit

(d) Coal

Answer: (d) Coal

 

3. Where was the first pollination park of India built?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b) Uttarakhand

 

4. What is the length of the New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) situated in Utter Pradesh?

(a) 451 km                       

(b) 551 km

(c) 351 km

(d) 251 km     

Answer: (c) 351 km

 

5. Who has won the 2020 Eminent Engineer Award?

(a) Binod Kumar Yadav

(b) Binod Sharma

(c) Surjit Pandey

(d) Hemant Pandey

Answer: (a) Binod Kumar Yadav

 

6. The building of which college has been recognized with the 2020 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation?

(a) Amar Singh College

(b) Lady Shri Ram College

(c) Miranda House

(d) Hansraj College

Answer: (a) Amar Singh College

 

7. Satish Byas, a recent Tansen Award winner, is associated with which musical instrument?

(a) Sarod

(b) Santur

(c) Setar

(d) Flute

Answer: (b) Santur

 

8. Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Yes Bank?

(a) Aditya Kumar

(b) Niranjan Bandakar

(c)  Anurag Aladhakha

(d) None of these

Answer: (b) Niranjan Bandakar

 

9. F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jet, seen in the news recently, is developed by which company?

(a) Lockheed Martin

(b) Boing

(c) Northrop Grumman

(d) Dassault

Answer: (b) Boing

 

10. Which company has partnered with ICICI Bank to facilitate digital registration of FASTAG?

(a) PhonePay

(b) Google Pay

(c) Paytm

(d) BHIM

Answer: (b) Google Pay

 

11. Who is being appointed as the new DGP of Maharashtra?

(a) Hemant Nagrale

(b) Subodh Kumar Jaisal

(c) VS Yadav

(d) Ashok Bhushan

Answer: (a) Hemant Nagrale

 

12. Electric car manufacturer Tesla recently signed a 5 year agreement with which country?

(a) India

(b) China

(c) Japan

(d) Bangladesh

Answer: (b) China

 

13. Who approved the export of Akash Missile System made in India?

(a) Ramnath Kobind

(b) Narendra Modi

(c) Rajnath Singh

(d) Nirmala Sitharaman

Answer: (b) Narendra Modi

 

14. US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has announced to invest how much amount in India for infrastructure projects?

(a) $ 62 million

(b) $ 54 million

(c) $ 71 million

(d) $ 80 million

Answer: (b) $ 54 million

 

15. The Defense Secretary has lunched the DGNCC Digital Forum in New Delhi. Who is the current Defense Secretary?

(a) Ajay Kumar

(b) Rajeev Kumar

(c) Rahul Bisaria

(d) Taranjit Sandhu

Answer: (a) Ajay Kumar

 

16. Which bank has topped the list of 100 BFSI ( Banking Financial Service and insurance) firms in the country?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) ICICI BAnk

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) Axis Bank

Answer: (c) HDFC Bank

 

17. Which state has decided to frame an integrated Drug Prevention Policy?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Assam

(d) Himachal Padesh

Answer: (d) Himachal Padesh

 

18. Madal Lal Sharma, who passed away recently, was associated with which political party?

(a) Bhartiya Janta Party

(b) Congress

(c) Bahujon Samaj Party

(d) Swamaj Party

Answer: (b) Congress

 

19. The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs has approved how much amount for Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for students belonging to Scheduled Castes?

(a) Rs. 59,048 Cr

(b) Rs. 23,023 Cr

(c) Rs.60,000 Cr

(d) Rs. 30,112 Cr

Answer: (a) Rs. 59,048 Cr

 

20. Prime Minister Modi inaugurated India’s first Driverless Train Operations at which metro?

(a) Bengaluru Metro

(b) Chennai Metro

(c) Kolkata Metro

(d) Delhi Metro

Answer: (d) Delhi Metro

 

21. Who has been named after the captain of the ICC ODI Team of the Decade?

(a) David Warner

(b) Virat Kohli

(c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(d) Alistair Cook

Answer: (c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

 

22. Who has become the first female President of Softball Federation of India?

(a) Sabita Parkhe

(b) Sonali Sao

(c) Roshani Nishad

(d) Neetal Narang

Answer: (d) Neetal Narang

 

23. The Amazonia 1 Satellite which is in the news recently belongs to which country?

(a) Argentina

(b) Brazil

(c) Chille

(d) Venezuella

Answer: (b) Brazil

 

24. The Prime Minister released a postage stamp during the centenary celebrations of which university?

(a)  Aligarh Muslim University

(b) University of Calcutta

(c) Osmania University

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru University

Answer: (a) Aligarh Muslim University

 

25. Long March 8 Y-1, which was seen in the news recently, is a rocket of which country?

(a) Japan

(b) Russia

(c) Israel

(d) China

Answer: (d) China

 

26. The 100^th Kisan Rail which was flagged off by PM Narendra Modi will run between which two states?

(a) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

(b) Bihar and Jharkhand

(c) Maharastra and West Bengal

(d) Rajasthan and Utar Pradesh

Answer: (a) Amar Singh College

 

27. Who recently launched the Global Expatriate Rista Portal and Mobile App?

(a) Central Government

(b) Government of Delhi

(c) Government of Karnataka

(d) Government of Maharashtra

Answer: (a) Central Government

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