Current Affairs, 14 January 2021

  Current Affairs, 14 January 2021

1. Which former Chief Election Commissioner wrote a book titled ‘The Population Myth’?

(a) Nasim Zaidi

(b) S. Y. Quraishi

(c)  Achal Kumar Jyoti

(d) Om Prakash Rawat

Answer: (b) S. Y. Quraishi

Notes:  The current Chief Election Commissioner is Sunil Aurora

 

2. Which state government recently announced to provide 2 GB of data per day to school children?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (d) Tamil Nadu

 

3. Siruvani Hills has recently been identified as a super-hotspot for butterflies. Siruvani Hills are located in which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Telangana

(c) Karnataka

(d) Kerala

Answer: (a) Tamil Nadu

 

4. The Policy Commission has entered into an agreement with which organization to increase the ‘Women Entrepreneurship Platform’?

(a) Jiomart

(b) Amazon

(c) Myntra

(d) Flipkart

Answer: (d) Flipkart

 

5. Recently established Foreign Asset Investigation Units (FAIUs)?

(a) Reserve Bank of India

(b) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

(c) Income Tax Department

(d) National Investigation Agency

Answer: (c) Income Tax Department

 

6. When did the Prime Minister's Crop Insurance Scheme start?

(a) 2015

(b) 2016

(c) 2017

(d) 2018

Answer: (b) 2016

 

7. Which state government has recently started ‘KARUNA ABHIYAN - 2021’?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Gujarat

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (b) Gujarat

 

8. For the first time in the history of India, the central budget of which year will be paperless?

(a) 2022

(b) 2021

(c) 2023

(d) 2024

Answer: (b) 2021

 

9. What is the position of India in Henley Passport Index 2021?

(a) 56

(b) 65

(c) 55

(d) 46

Answer: (b) 65

Notes:  Japan is in the first place and Singapore is in the second place

 

10. Which country tops the recently published ‘Henley Passport Index’?

(a) Singapore

(b) Germany

(c) Japan

(d) South Korea

Answer: (c) Japan

 

11. What is the position of Japan in the recently published ‘Henley Passport Index’?

(a) 01

(b) 90

(c) 95

(d) 85

Answer: (a) 01

 

12. Which country hosted the 3.4th One Planet Summit?

(a) France

(b) Russia

(c) Japan

(d) America

Answer: (a) France

Notes:  This time the theme- ‘Let’s act together for nature!’

*The capital of France - Paris

*Currency name - Euro

*President - Emmanuel Macron

*Prime Minister - Jean Castex

 

13. With which field was the late Veda Mehta associated?

(a) Sports

(b) Novelist

(c) Journalism

(d) Music

Answer: (b) Novelist

Notes:  He was an American writer of Indian descent who wrote about Indian culture and traditions in front of Americans.

 

14. In which valley of Leh in Ladakh was the first Ice Climbing Festival held?

(a) Kashmir Valley

(b) Nubra Valley

(c) Chenab Valley

(d) Silicon Valley

Answer: (b) Nubra Valley

Notes:  Capital of Ladakh- Kargil, Lt.

*Lieutenant Governor- Radhakrishna Mathur

 

15. In which country did Bharat Biotech sign an agreement to supply covaxin vaccine made in India?

(a) Norway

(b) Brazil

(c) Australia

(d) Ukraine

Answer: (b) Brazil

*Capital - Brasilia

*Currency name - Real

*President- Jair Bolsonaro

*Headquarters of Bharat Biotech- Hyderabad

*Establishment year - 1997

*Executive Director- Dr V Krishna Mohan

 

16. Manish Sisdia launches ‘TESOL Core Certificate Program’ for English teachers in government schools; he is the Deputy Chief Minister of which state?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Delhi

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Punjab

Answer: (b) Delhi

*Chief Minister - Arvind Kejriwal

*Governor- Anil Baijal

 

17. Which military force conducted a coastal defense exercise called ‘Sea Vigil-21’?

(a) Indian Coast Guard

(b) Indian Navy

(c) Indian Army

(d) Indian Air Force

Answer: (b) Indian Navy

*Headquarters- New Delhi

*Year of Establishment - January 26, 1950

*Navy Chief - Admiral Karambir Singh

 

18. Recently Sadyr Japarov, won the presidential election of which country?

(a) Afghanistan

(b) Kyrgyzstan

(c) Iran

(d) Malaysia

Answer: (b) Kyrgyzstan

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