Current Affairs, 05 January 2021

 Current Affairs, 05 January 2021

1. Ahmednagar police found 1088 missing children through which operation?

(a) Operation Child

(b) Operation Muskan

(c) Operation Jyoti

(d) Operation Hunt

Answer: (b) Operation Muskan

 

2. India’s first pollinator park has been opened in which district of Uttarakhand?

(a) Chamoli

(b) Nainital

(c) Almora

(d) Uttarkashi

Answer: (b) Nainital

 

3. Who has become India’s 67^th chess Grandmaster?

(a) Leon Mendonca

(b) Dibyendu Barua

(c) Pravin Thipsay

(d) Abhijit Kunte

Answer: (a) Leon Mendonca

 

4. DRDO along with Indian Navy has conducted the maiden trial of which indigenously built air-droppable container?

(a) ARYAN -KG

(b) SAHAYAK -NG

(c) AGNI -KT

(d) PRITHVI –CH

Answer: (b) SAHAYAK -NG

 

5. The new vista dome tourist coach of Indian Railways has been manufactured by which factory?

(a) Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala

(b) Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore

(c)Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli

(d) Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai

Answer: (d) Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai

 

6. Where will the 51st International Film Festival be held?

(a) Visakhapatnam

(b) Goa

(c) Chennai

(d) Mumbai

Answer: (b) Goa

 

7. Multi-model Logistic Park will be constructed in which city of Assam?

(a) Tezpur

(b) Jorhat

(c) Silchar

(d) Tinsukia

Answer: (c) Silchar

8. Which state government recently announced to send 1000 trained nurses to work in Britain?

(a) Kerala

(b) Karnataka

(c) West Bengal

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b) Karnataka

 

9. Who has become the first recipient of Mullagh Medal after being named player of the Match in Boxing Day Test?

(a) Cheteshwar Pujara

(b) Ajinkya Rahane

(c) Mayank Agarwal

(d) Rohit Sharma

Answer: (b) Ajinkya Rahane

 

10. Which among the following organization is developing ‘green propulsion’ technology?

(a) BARC

(b) DRDO

(c) ISRO

(d) Indian Railways

Answer: (c) ISRO

 

11. External Affairs Minister has launched which portal to connect with nearly 3.12 crore strong Indian diaspora across the world?

(a) Global Pravasi Ristha

(b) Pravasi Bhartiya

(c) Vaishwik Bhartiya Vistar

(d) Pravasi Rishtey

Answer: (a) Global Pravasi Ristha

 

12. The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approved construction of industrial corridor nodes in which two states?

(a) Maharastra and Rajasthan

(b) Odisha and Jharkhand

(c) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

(d) West Bengal and Jharkhand

Answer: (c) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

 

13. The Union Cabinet has approved a MoU between India and which country on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space?

(a) Nepal

(b) Mayanmar

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Bhutan

Answer: (d) Bhutan

 

14. Which bank has recently launched ‘Digital Payments Index’?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) Reserve Bank of India

(c) HDFC Bank

(d)  None of these

Answer: (b) Reserve Bank of India

 

15. Which state government set up ‘Tamil Academy’ to promote Tamil culture in the state?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Delhi

(c) West Bengal

(d) Kerala

Answer: (b) Delhi

 

16. Which state government recently allowed all shops to be open 24X7?

(a) Delhi

(b) Karnataka

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Maharashtra

Answer: (b) Karnataka

 

17. Which Union Minister released the journal ‘National Police K9’?

(a) Rajnath Singh

(b) Amit Shah

(c) Nirmala Sitharaman

(d) Narendra Modi

Answer: (b) Amit Shah

 

18. In which state was the first ‘Ginger Processing Plant’ of North-East India built?

(a) Unequal

(b) Meghalaya

(c) Manipur

(d) Tripura

Answer: (b) Meghalaya

 

19. In which Chinese city did Tesla recently build the world's largest supercharger station?

(a) Beijing

(b) Shanghai

(c) Uhan

(d) Chengdu

Answer: (b) Shanghai

 

20. When will the Indian made ‘FAU-G’ game be released?

(a) January 26th

(b) January 23rd

(c) 15th August

(d) 5th September

Answer: (a) January 26th

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