Current Affairs, 04 January 2021

Current Affairs, 04 January 2021

1. Late Shantanu Mohapatra, associated with which field?

(a) Journalism

(b) Music artist

(c) Music Composer

(d) Film director

Answer: (c) Music Composer

 

2. Which country changed the words in the national anthem to honor the indigenous people (Aadibasi)?

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Australia

(c) New Zealand

(d) South Africa

Answer: (b) Australia

 

3. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)?

(a) Krishna Gopinath

(b) Soma Mandal

(c) Rashmi Banerjee

(d) Manideepa Majumdar

Answer: (b) Soma Mandal

 

4. The city of Jauhar got the nickname 'Mini Mahabaleshwar' for cultivating strawberries.

(a) Kerala

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Manipur

(d) Meghalaya

Answer: (b) Maharashtra

 

5. For how many years is India starting its term as a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)?

(a) 1 year                                                                                                                  

(b)  2 years

(c)  3 years

(d) 4 years

Answer: (b) 2 years

 

6. Which state government recently launched ‘Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana’?

(a) Bihar

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Punjab

(d) Haryana

Answer: (b) Jharkhand

 

7. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner of India?

(a) Ashok Labasa

(b) Umesh Sinha

(c) Sunil Aurora

(d)Kaushik Saha

Answer: (b) Umesh Sinha

 

8. The late John Fulton Reid, was a cricketer from which country?

(a) Australia

(b) New Zealand

(c) England

(d) Sri Lanka

Answer: (b) New Zealand

 

9. What is the place of Mukesh Ambani in ‘Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2021’?

(a) 4^th

(b) 12^th

(c) 5^th

(d) 2^nd

Answer: (b) 12^th

 

10. Which state launched a mobile app called 'DigiNest' to give people access to government documents?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Punjab

(c) West Bengal

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (b) Punjab

 

11. Alfredo Covelli wrote a book for children entitled ‘Vahana Masterclass’, he is the author of which country?

(a) Germany

(b) Italy

(c) Japan

(d) Uruguay

Answer: (b) Italy

 

12. Which state will erect a special memorial to honor the COVID warriors?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Orissa

(c) Unequal

(d) Karnataka

Answer: (b) Orissa

 

13. Which day of the year is International Braille Day celebrated?

(a) 2nd February

(b) 4th January

(c) 15th June

(d) 3rd March

Answer: (b) 4th January

 

14. Reshma Mariam has recently been appointed as the youngest Panchayat President of which state?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Maharashtra

Answer: (b) Kerala

 

15. Who recently topped the list of richest people in Asia?

(a) Mukesh Ambani

(b)  Jack's mother

(c) Zhong Shansha

(d)Elon Musk

Answer: (c) Zhong Shansha

16. Raghabendra Singh Chauhan has recently been appointed as the Chief Justice of which state's High Court?

(a) Tripura

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Jharkhand

Answer: (c) Uttarakhand

 

17. Who wrote the book titled ‘Sabarimala Vijnaanakosham’?

(a) Arif Mohammad

(b) K.S. Vijayanath

(c) V. Bishwanath

(d) Ajay Thakur

Answer: (b) K.S. Vijayanath

 

18. Which country has banned the promotion of unhealthy food?

(a) America

(b) Britain

(c) Japan

(d) Russia

Answer: (b) Britain

 

19. In which state was the river cruise named 'Mukuta of Brahmaputra' inaugurated?

(a) Orissa

(b) Assam

(c) West Bengal

(d) Tripura

Answer: (b) Assam

 

20. Which company will launch the satellite named 'Amazonia-1' made entirely by the Brazilian Space Agency?

(a) NASA

(b) ISRO

(c) SpaceX

(d)  ESA

Answer: (b) ISRO