Current Affairs, 15 January 2021

Current Affairs, 15 January 2021 

 1. Who made the world’s first universal bulletproof jacket called ‘Shakti’?

(a) Rakesh Asthana

(b) (b) Anup Mishra

(c) Arup Dasgupta

(d) Shakti Mohan

Answer: (b) Anup Mishra

*He is an Indian Army Major

 

2. Who was appointed as the Ambassador of India to Portugal?

(a) Manish Pandey

(b) Manish Chauhan

(c) Sudhir Pal

(d) Sumit Kher

Answer: (b) Manish Chauhan

*The capital of Portugal - Lisbon

* Currency name - Euro

*President-Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

 

3. When is Indian Army Day celebrated?

(a) 14th February

(b) January 15th

(c) January 17th

(d) January 18th

Answer: (b) 15th January

* Chief of Army Staff of India - Manoj Mukund Naravan

 

4. Which company will collaborate with NITI Aayog to launch Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)?

(a) Amazon

(b) Flipkart

(c) Google

(d) Facebook

Answer: (b) Flipkart

* Headquarters- Bangalore

* Establishment year - 2006

* Current CEO- Kalyan Krishna Murthy

* Headquarters of NITI Aayog - New Delhi

* Year of establishment - January 1, 2015

* Chairperson- Narendra Modi

* Current CEO- Amitabh Kant

 

5. How many times did AIIMS Bhubaneswar get ‘Kayakalp Award’?

(a) 2 times

(b) 3 times

(c) 4 times

(d) 5 times

Answer: (b) 3 times

 

6. Who was impeached for the second time as the first president of the United States?

(a) Joe Biden

(b) Donald Trump

(c) Barack Obama

(d) None of these

Answer: (b) Donald Trump

Trump is the first person in the history of US presidents to be impeached twice

 

7. Recently deceased D. Prakash Rao, who was he?

(a) Music artist

(b) Social worker

(c) Sand artist

(d) Journalist

Answer: (b) Social worker

* He is a resident of Orissa

* In 2019, he received the Padma Shri award

* He was 63 years old at the time of his death

 

8. Which state has announced to provide free electricity service in agriculture?

(a) Punjab

(b) Haryana

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (c) Andhra Pradesh

* Chief Minister- Jaganmohan Reddy

* Governor- Vishwabhushan Harichandan

 

9. Which state has announced ‘Entertainment Tax’ exemption till next March?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala                              

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (b) Kerala

*Capital - Thiruvananthapuram         

*CM- Pinarayi Vijayan

*Governor- Arif Mohammad Khan

 

10. What is the position of India in the list of ‘Break out Economies’?

(a) Fifth

(b) Fourth

(c) First

(d) Second

Answer: (b) Fourth