Current Affairs, 11 January 2021

 Current Affairs, 11 January 2021

1. What is the position of India in the world in making PPE kits and suits?

(a) First

(b) Second

(c)  Third

(d) Fifth

Answer: (b) Second

 

2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a College of Supervisor (CoS). The CoS will be headed by whom?

(a) Arjit Basu

(b) Paresh Sukhankar

(c) N S Viswanathan

(d)   Tathagatha Bandyopadhyay

Answer: (c) N S Viswanathan

 

3. Which bank has collaborated with IIT Kanpur for setting up of a Fintech Innovation Centre (FIC)

(a) Bank of Baroda

(b) State Bank of India

(c) Oriental Bank of Commerce

(d)  Punjab National Bank

Answer: (d) Punjab National Bank

 

4. ‘Know Your Constitution’ campaign is being launched by whom in schools, colleges and universities?

(a) State Government

(b) Central Government

(c) Both

(d) None of these

Answer: (b) Central Government

 

5. The world’s oldest-living first class cricketer who passed away recently. What was his name?

(a) Alan Burgess

(b) Raghunath Chandorkar

(c) Iain Gallaway

(d)  George Deane

Answer: (a) Alan Burgess

 

6. Who became the first female match official in a men’ Test match? She was the fourth umpire in the third Test between India and Australia?

(a) GS Lakshmi

(b) Lauren Agenbag

(c) Kim Cotton

(d)  Clair Polosak

Answer: (d) Clair Polosak

 

7. Who has become the head of the Google Cloud for Asia Pacific region?

(a) Rick Harshman

(b) Karan Bajwa

(c) Sanjay Jha

(d)  Ashok Vemuri

Answer: (b) Karan Bajwa

 

8. Which state launched a mobile app called ‘mPension’?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Manipur

(c) Orissa

(d) Kerala

Answer: (b) Manipur

 

9. Hyderabad International Airport Limited and which airport together will build a ‘vaccine air freight corridor product’ called HYDXB-VAXCOR’?

(a) Singapore Airport

(b) Dubai Airport

(c) Tokyo Airport

(d)  London Airport

Answer: (b) Dubai Airport

 

10. Virander Kumar Paul has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to which country?

(a) Ghana

(b) Nigeria

(c) Somalia

(d)  Canada

Answer: (c) Somalia

 

11. Which state has announced to provide free sanitary pads for high school and college girls?

(a) Haryana

(b) Bihar

(c) Punjab

(d)  Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (c) Punjab

 

12. Which Company has partnered with SIDBI to provide a finance scheme to MSMEs in rooftop solar segment?

(a) Adani Group

(b) JSW Energy

(c) NTPC

(d)  Tata Power

Answer: (d) Tata Power

 

13. What is the strike range of the Fatah -1 weapon system which was recently test fired by Pakistan?

(a) 120 km

(b) 140 km

(c) 160 km

(d)  180km

Answer: (b) 140 km

 

14. The Serum Institute of India has received the Government of India’s order for how many doses of the Covishield vaccine?

(a) 10 million

(b) 11 million

(c) 12 million

(d)  13 million

Answer: (b) 11 million

 

15. Who will become the chief guest at India’s Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2021?

(a) Chandri Prasad Santokhi

(b) Michael Aoun

(c) Andry Rajoelina

(d)  George Vella

Answer: (a) Chandri Prasad Santokhi

 

16. Who was re-elected as the President of Central African Republic?

(a) Michael D. Higgins

(b) Alexander Lukashenko

(c) Faustin Archange Touadera

(d) Jioji Konrote

Answer: (c) Faustin Archange Touadera

 

17. Which country has requested India for 2 million doses of Covishield vaccine on a priority basis?

(a) Argentina

(b) Brazil

(c) America

(d) Cuba

Answer: (b) Brazil

 

18. Indian economy is likely to contract by how much percent in the current fiscal year?

(a) 7.5%

(b) 7.7%

(c) 7.8%

(d) 7.2%

Answer: (b) 7.7%

 

19. Which Organization has decided to adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs across the country to promote space education and space technology-related innovations?

(a) ISRO

(b) NASA

(c) ROSCOSMOS

(d) CNES

Answer: (a) ISRO

 

20. Indian Railway Ministry has drastically increased the maximum speed to 130 km per hour for how much length in Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal route?

(a) 1080 km

(b) 1180 km

(c) 1280 km

(d) 1380 km

Answer: (c) 1280 km