MCQ on Important Daily Current Affairs of 23rd January 2022
In this article, we will discuss MCQ on important current affairs of 23rd January 2022 and their answers with explanations.
QUESTIONS
1. UNCTAD report, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India fell by _________ in 2021.
(a) 23 percent
(b) 24 percent
(c) 25 percent
(d) 26 percent
2. Who has been conferred with the International Association of Working Women Award?
(a) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
(b) Lara Dutta
(c) Sushmita Sen
(d) Madhuri Dixit
3. Who was the founding father of Brahma Kumaris?
(a) Girish Kriplani
(b) Pitashree Prajapita Brahma
(c) Radhe Pokardas Rajwani
(d) Om Radhe Mama
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya in a sitting position in Hyderabad. The statue will be called as the _______.
(a) Statue of Equality
(b) Statue of Unity
(c) Statue of Quality
(d) Statue of Peace
5. Name the author of the book titled ‘The Legend of Birsa Munda’.
(a) Roshni Tiwari & Saurabh Joshi
(b) Sanjana Singh & Dinkar Tripathi
(c) Tuhin A Sinha & Ankita Verma
(d) Gopal Sharma & Vivek Kumar
6. Which of the following states/UTs has declared Jerri hamlet as its first ‘Milk Village’?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Ladakh
(c) Haryana
(d) Punjab
7. The new species of rain frog that was found in the Panama forest has been named after _____.
(a) Sunita Narain
(b) Donald Trump
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Greta Thunberg
8. Recently, which of the following nation has decided to move its capital to Nusantara?
(a) Srilanka
(b) Thailand
(c) Myanmar
(d) Indonesia
9. The National War Memorial was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25, ______.
(a) 2016
(b) 2017
(c) 2018
(d) 2019
10. India is celebrating 125th Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on January 23. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary is also marked as __________
(a) Veer Bal Diwas
(b) Susashan Diwas
(c) Parakram Diwas
(d) Veerta Diwas
11. In which city, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a 216 foot statue of Ramanujacharya, described as the “Statue of Equality”?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Nashik
12. Subhas Bhowmick passed away at 72.Which profession did he belong to?
(a) Boxing
(b) Football
(c) Musician
(d) Athletics
13. Which of the following defence organization will display two tableaux during the forthcoming Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2022?
(a) Indian Air Force
(b) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
(d) Indian Navy
14. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) conducts final blast concluding all excavation on Sela Tunnel Project. Where is Sela Tunnel?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
ANSWERS
1. D
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India fell by 26 percent in 2021, compared to 2020, as per the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Trends Monitor published.
2. C
Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen has been conferred with the International Association of Working Women Award at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF) 2021.
3. B
Brahma Kumaris is organising the event on the occasion of the 53rd Ascension Anniversary of Pitashree Prajapita Brahma, Founding Father of Brahma Kumaris.
4. A
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya in a sitting position in Hyderabad on February 5, 2022, to celebrate the 1,000th birth anniversary of the saint. The statue will be called as the ‘Statue of Equality’.
5. C
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari released a book titled ‘The Legend of Birsa Munda’, authored by Tuhin A Sinha and co-authored by Ankita Verma.
6. A
In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the administration has declared Jerri settlement in Reasi district as the first ‘Milk Village’ of the J&K and sanctioned 57 more dairy farms under the Integrated Dairy Development Scheme (IDDS) for the hamlet.
7. D
A new species of rainfrog, discovered in the Panama jungle, has been named after Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. The species has been named as Pristimantis gretathunbergae, or popularly known as the Greta Thunberg Rainfrog.
8. D
Indonesia will move its capital to mineral-rich East Kalimantan, an Indonesian province on the island of Borneo. The name of the new capital will be Nusantara — which means “archipelago” in Javanese.
9. D
The National War Memorial was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25, 2019. The eternal torch of this memorial burns at the heart of the Smarak Stambh, the main pillar of the memorial, inside the Amar Chakra.
10. C
India is celebrating 125th Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on January 23. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary is also marked as “Parakram Diwas” (Courage Day).
11. C
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a 216 foot statue of Ramanujacharya, described as the “Statue of Equality” in Hyderabad on February 5.
12. B
Former India footballer Subhas Bhowmick passed away at 72.
13. B
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will display two tableaux during the forthcoming Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2022. The tableaux are ‘Suite of Indigenously Developed Sensors, Weapons and Electronic Warfare Systems for LCA Tejas’ and ‘Air Independent Propulsion System (AIP)’ developed for the submarines of Indian Navy.
14. D
The final blast for the 980-metre long Sela Tunnel (Tunnel 1) was conducted by Director General Border Roads (DGBR) Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry. The Sela Tunnel Project is located in the West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh.
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