Current Affairs, 22 January 2021

 Current Affairs, 22 January 2021

1. What was the name of Howrah-Kalka Mail after being changed the earlier name?

(a) Subhash Express

(b) Netaji Ekpress

(c) Deshnayak Express

(d) Might Express

Answer: (b) Netaji Express

2. In what year was the first National Road Safety Month celebrated?

(a)  2015

(b)  2017

(c)  2019

(d)  2021

Answer: (d) 2021

3. Under which Ministry does the Central Soil and Materials Research Station (CSMRS) work?

(a)  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

(b)  Ministry of Water-Energy

(c)  Ministry of Home Affairs

(d)  Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate

Answer: (b) Ministry of Water-Energy

4. Which Union Minister got additional responsibility in the Ministry of AYUSH?

(a) Piyush Goel

(b) Kiren Rijiju

(c) Dharmendra Pradhan

(d) Dr. Harshavardhana

Answer: (b) Kiren Rijiju

* He is the Union Sports Minister

5. Which state government announced ‘Horticulture Development Mission’ to double the income of farmers?

(a) Haryana

(b) Gujarat

(c) Punjab

(d) West Bengal

Answer: (b) Gujarat

*Capital - Gandhinagar

*Chief Minister- Vijay Rupani

*Governor- Acharya Debabrata

6. Recently, the late Dr. Vishwanathan Shanta was a specialist in which disease?

(a) Polio

(b) Cancer

(c) Leprosy

(d) Tetanus

Answer: (b) Cancer

* She was the chairperson of Adyar Cancer Center

* He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1986, the Padma Bhushan in 2006 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.

* He was 93 years old at the time of his death

7. Which state signed MoU with Telangana to assist women entrepreneurs?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Karnataka

(c) Gujarat

(d) Maharashtra

Answer: (c) Gujarat

* The capital of Telangana is Hyderabad

*CM- K. Chandrasekhar Rao

8. Which bank has recently launched a mobile app called ‘InstaFx’?

(a)  SBI

(b)  HDFC

(c)  ICICI

(d)  IDBI

Answer: (c) ICICI

9. Which country won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by defeating Australia after a long 32 years?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) India

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Pakistan

Answer: (b) India

10. Which state tops the ‘India Innovation Index 2020’?

(a)  Maharashtra

(b)  Rajasthan

(c)  Karnataka

(d)  Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (c) Karnataka

*According to the report of the Policy Commission published on January 20, 2021, Karnataka tops the ‘India Innovation Index 2020’.

11. Which state increased the number of working days from 100 to 150 under MGNREGA?

(a) Bihar

(b) West Bengal

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (c) Uttarakhand

*Capital- Dehradun, Gairsain

*Chief Minister - Tribendrasingh Rawat

*Governor- Baby Rani Maurya

*Full form of MGNREGA - Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

12. Which country recently withdrew from the Open Skies Treaty?

(a) Japan

(b) Russia

(c) Israel

(d) India

Answer: (b) Russia

*Capital - Moscow

*The name of the currency - the ruble

*President-Vladimir Putin

13. Who has recently been appointed as the Chairman of ‘Somnath Temple Trust’?

(a)  Amit Shah

(b)  Om Birla

(c)  Ram Nath Kobind

(d)  Narendra Modi

Answer: (d)  Narendra Modi