Current Affairs, 08 January 2021

 Current Affairs, 08 January 2021

 

1. Who was the first transgender doctor in Kerala?

(a) Dr. Preeti Rajendran

(b) Dr. V.S. Priya

(c) Dr. Mohini Kumari

(d) Dr. Suhasini Yadav

Answer: (b) Dr. V.S. Priya

 

2. Which Defense Company has delivered to the Indian Navy the last of the 8 landing craft utility (LCU) ships?

(a) Bharat Electronics Limited

(b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(c) Bharat Dynamics Limited

(d)Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers

Answer: (d) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers

 

3. Which state recently declared ‘Blood Flu’ as a state disaster?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c) Karnataka

(d) Telangana

Answer: (b) Kerala

 

4. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has inaugurated a natural gas pipeline which will connect Kerala’s Kochi to which city of Karnataka?

(a) Mangaluru

(b) Hubli

(c) Belgaum

(d) Bengaluru

Answer: (a) Mangaluru

 

5. Which country has passed the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act?

(a) Britan

(b) Pakistan

(c) United States

(d) Canada

Answer: (c) United States

 

6. Who was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the common court of the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh?

(a) Raghvendra Chauhan

(b) Jitendra Maheswari

(c) Pankaj Mithal

(d)Arup Goswami

Answer:  (c) Pankaj Mithal

 

7. In which city of Orissa was the first ‘Fire Park’ of India built?

(a) Puri

(b) Bhubaneswar

(c) Cuttack

(d) Balasore

Answer: (b) Bhubaneswar

 

8. Indian Army has inked a pact with which company to get 12 fast portal boats for Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh?

(a) Coachin Shipyard Limited

(b) Hindustan Shipyard Limited

(c) Goa Shipyard Limited

(d)Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers

Answer:  (c) Goa Shipyard Limited

 

9. Vilas Patil Undalkar, who passed away recently, was a seven-time MLA from which place?

(a) Karad

(b) Malad

(c) Varsova

(d) Chembur

Answer:  (a) Karad

 

10. Who has been elected as the President of the All India Chess Federation (AICF)?

(a) Bharat Singh Chauhan

(b) Sanjoy Kapoor

(c) Naresh Sharma

(d) Kishore Bandekar

Answer: (b) Sanjoy Kapoor

 

11. The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has launched which initiative to address the needs of the local communities near its fuel stations?

(a) Kartavya

(b) Nisha

(c) Prayaas

(d) Saathi

Answer:  (c) Prayaas

 

12. Who is being appointed as the head of Google Cloud in Asia-Pacific region?

(a) Kiran Sharma

(b)  Karan Bajba

(c) Kailash Bairagi

(d) Biharilal Mahato

Answer: (b) Karan Bajba

 

13. Who was nominated as the next Attorney General of the United States?

(a) Alex Ellis

(b) Merrick Garland

(c) John Grees

(d) El Kellie Pill

Answer: (b) Merrick Garland

 

14. Claire Polosak is the first women's match official in a men's Test match. She is a resident of which country?

(a) Japan

(b) England

(c) Australia

(d) New Zealand

Answer: (c) Australia

 

15. Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament started in which city?

(a) le

(b) Kargil

(c) Srinagar

(d) Guwahati

Answer: (b) Kargil

 

16. Who has been selected as the Deputy General Secretary of All India Football Federation (AIFF)?

(a) Praful Patel

(b) Abhishek Yadav

(c) Kaushik Yadav

(d) Subrata Dutta

Answer: (b) Abhishek Yadav

 

17. Arup Kumar Goswami has recently been appointed as the Chief Justice of which state's High Court?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Gujarat

(c) Punjab

(d) Orissa

Answer: (a) Andhra Pradesh

 

18. Which state government has announced to give 2.5 lakh rupees to an ordinary person if he marries a disabled person?

(a) Orissa

(b) West Bengal

(c) Tripura

(d) Assam

Answer: (a) Orissa

 

19. To promote the language and culture of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which state/Union Territory has set up a Tamil Academy?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Puducherry

(c) Delhi

(d) Goa

Answer: (c) Delhi

 

20. The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has capped the amount of Trans Fatty Acids (TFA) in oils and fats to what percent for 2021?

(a) 5%

(b) 4%

(c) 3%

(d) 2%

Answer: (c) 3%

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