Current Affairs, 07 January 2021

 Current Affairs, 07 January 2021

1. Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), which operates under the Ministry of Culture, is headquartered in which city?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Bengaluru

(c) Pune

(d) Kolkata

Answer: (d) Kolkata

 

2. Five-hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) which is the largest radio telescope in the world is located in which country?

(a) Russia

(b) China

(c) United States

(d) Japan

Answer: (b) China

 

3. What is Tau Bootes, which was seen in news recently?

(a) Dwarf Planet

(b) Galaxy

(c) Asteroid

(d) Star System

Answer: (d) Star System

 

4. Which Indian company has been named the World's Most Valuable Two-wheeler Company?

(a) TATA Auto

(b) Bajaj Auto

(c) Hero

(d) Honda

Answer: (b) Bajaj Auto

 

5. ‘Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act’ was passed by the Congress of which country?

(a) Britain

(b) United States of America

(c) Russia

(d) Pakistan

Answer: (b) United States of America

 

6. Who inaugurated the ‘National Metrology Conclave 2021’?

(a) Prakash Javedkar

(b) Dr. Harsh Vardhan

(c) Narendra Modi

(d) Ramnath Kobind

Answer: (c) Narendra Modi

 

7. Pablo Cesar is the chairman of the 51st International Film Festival of India. He is the film-maker of which country?

(a) Germany

(b) Argentina

(c) Philippines

(d) Japan

Answer: (b) Argentina

 

8. The late Michael Kindo, was associated with which sport?

(a) Badminton

(b) Hockey

(c) Cricket

(d) Football

Answer: (b) Hockey

 

9. Which bank recently launched WhatsApp banking service?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) Axis Bank

(c) Bank of Baroda

(d) HDFC Bank

Answer: (c) Bank of Baroda

 

10. Which country recently abolished the death penalty as a punishment?

(a) Kyrgyzstan

(b)  Kazakhstan

(c) Pakistan

(d) Turkish

Answer: (b) Kazakhstan

 

11. Which Lieutenant General has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff?

(a) Vishwarup Das

(b) Shantanu Dayal

(c) Akhil Panda

(d) Kaushik Sharma

Answer: (b) Shantanu Dayal

 

12. Which company is lending $ 105 million to improve the shipping system in West Bengal?

(a) International Monetary Fund

(b) World Bank

(c) Asian Development Bank

(d)  None of these

Answer: (b) World Bank

 

13. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of All India Gem and Jewelery Domestic Council (GJC)?

(a) Ashish Bhatia

(b) Ashish Pethe

(c) Bhairab Sadhu

(d)  Vinay Dubey

Answer: (b) Ashish Pethe

 

14. Who was appointed as British High Commissioner to India?

(a) Sir Philip Barton

(b) Alexander Ellis

(c) Lan Elan Isk

(d) Borrow Land

Answer: (b) Alexander Ellis

 

15. Binit Kothari has been appointed as a judge of which High Court?

(a) Jharkhand

(b) Gujarat

(c) Orissa

(d) Uttarakhand

Answer: (b) Gujarat

 

16. When is ‘Journalist Day’ celebrated in Maharashtra?

(a) January 7th

(b) January 6th

(c) January 10th

(d) January 8th

Answer: (b) 6th January

 

17. 'Choker Alo' project has recently been launched by which state government?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Tripura

(c) Orissa

(d) Assam

Answer: (a) West Bengal

 

18. Who declared Netaji's birthday as 'Deshnayak Divas' in the state?

(a) Jagdeep Dhankar

(b) Mamata Banerjee

(c) Narendra Modi

(d) Ramnath Kobind

Answer: (b) Mamata Banerjee

 

19. Who was the first person to get 25 crore followers on Instagram?

(a) Lionel Messi

(b) Cristiano Ronaldo

(c) Narendra Modi

(d) Joe Biden

Answer: (b) Cristiano Ronaldo