Current Affairs, 09 January 2021

  Current Affairs, 09 January 2021

1. Which organization launched ‘Paison Ko Roko Mat’ campaign?

(a) LIC

(b) IDFC Mutual Fund

(c) HDFC Mutual Fund

(d) Paytm Payment Bank

Answer: (b) IDFC Mutual Fund

 

2. Which state has launched ‘Kisan Kalyan Mission; to double farmer’s income?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Jharkhand

Answer: (c) Uttar Pradesh

 

3. Which state has launched the ‘Launched Pad Scheme’ to make youth self-reliant?

(a) Bihar

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (d) Madhya Pradesh

 

4. Who is the next Ambassador of India to Somalia?

(a) Arun Yadav

(b) Birendra Kumar Pal

(c) Mrs. Gargi

(d) Kushal Bhat

Answer: (b) Birendra Kumar Pal

 

5. Mathikettan Shola National Park is located in which state?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (b) Kerala

 

6. Colin Bell, who passed away recently, was associated with which sport?

(a) Badminton

(b) Basketball

(c) Football

(d) Cricket

Answer: (b) Basketball

 

7. Which state of Jammu and Kashmir launched a mobile app called 'Satark Nagrik'?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Ladakh

(c) Jammu and Kashmir

(d) Bihar

Answer: (c) Jammu and Kashmir

 

8. China has completed the track-laying work for a railway line linking the cities of Lhasa and Nyingchi in Tibet, close to which Indian state?

(a) Manipur

(b) Assam

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Tripura

Answer: (c) Arunachal Pradesh

 

9. Which state has been awarded for the first place for excellence in implementation of PMAY (U) Mission?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Kerala

Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh

 

10. Asian Waterbird Census was being conducted by which of the following state?

(a) Odisha

(b) Uttar Pradesh

 (c) Rajasthan

(d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh

 

11. Deepor Beel is the only Ramsar site in which state?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Nagaland

(c) Assam

(d) Tripura

Answer: (c) Assam

 

12. Who has become the first head of the newly created Human Rights Cell of Indian Army?

(a) Major General Gautam Chauhan

(b) Majore General Anurag Khatri

(c) Mejore General Vinod Tiwari

(d) Major General Kailash Hirani.

Answer: (a) Major General Gautam Chauhan

 

13. In which state is the world's largest floating 600 MW solar project going to start?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Goa

(d) Uttarakhand

Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh

 

14. The world’s largest floating 600MW (600 megawatt) solar energy project?

(a) Gandhi Sagar Dam

(b) Omkareshwar Dam

(c) Bansagar Dam

(d) Bhadbhara Da

Answer: (b) Omkareshwar Dam

 

15. On which day of the year is the 'Expatriate Indian Day' celebrated?

(a) January 6th

(b) January 9th

(c) 12th January

(d) January 23rd

Answer: (b) 9th January

 

16. Which person of Indian descent has been appointed as the first Chief Information Officer of US Army?

(a) Nital Narang

(b) Raj Iyer

(c) George Coon

(d) Niraj Sharma

Answer: (b) Raj Iyer

 

17. Which state launched 'Krishi Sanjivani Van' for water and soil testing?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Punjab

(c) Karnataka

(d) Haryana

Answer: (c) Karnataka

 

18. Who wrote the book titled ‘Right under Our Nose’?

(a) Shaktikanta Das

(b) Ramaswamy Giridharan

(c) Michael Pot

(d) D. Subbaro

Answer: (b) R. Giridharan

 

19. Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court?

(a) Hima Kohli

(b) Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari

(c) Arup Kumar Mishra

(d) Sudhanshu Dhulia

Answer: (b) Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari

 

20. The late Satya Pal was associated with which field?

(a) Cooking

(b) Writing

(c) Fashion designer

(d) News Reporter

Answer: (c) Fashion designer

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