MCQ on Important Daily Current Affairs of 24th January 2022
In this article, we will discuss MCQ on important current affairs of 24th January 2022 and their answers with explanations.
QUESTIONS
1. India’s First International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC) has been inaugurated in which of the state?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Gandhinagar
(d) Bengaluru
2. Which bank has been named under ‘Most Innovative Best Practice’ at the coveted Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital Transformation Award 2021 or CII DX Award 2021?
(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) IndusInd Bank
3. Who among the following has won ‘Best Female Debut’ honour at 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards?
(a) Lovlina Borgohain
(b) Mirabai Chanu
(c) Bhavinaben Patel
(d) Avani Lekhara
4. Name the indigenously-developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) whose flight testing has been successfully conducted by DRDO recently.
(a) AARAMBH
(b) ABHYAS
(c) AMBAR
(d) ADVITIYA
5. Which institution has signed an MoU with Indian Air Force (IAF) to support requirements towards indigenous solutions in various weapon systems?
(a) IIT-Delhi
(b) IIT-Madras
(c) IIT-Kanpur
(d) IIT- Mumbai
6. Alka Upadhyaya has been appointed chairperson of which institution?
(a) IFFCO
(b) ONGC
(c) SAIL
(d) NHAI
7. The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu launched ‘Public Service Ethics- A Quest for Naitik Bharat’ authored by ________.
(a) Rani Kumar Sharma
(b) Prabhat Kumar
(c) Shubham Tiwari
(d) Shikhar Aggrawal
8. Which state has secured 1st place among the 34 states and Union Territories that implement the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)?
(a) Telangana
(b) Karnataka
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Himachal Pradesh
9. Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10 December annually across the world. What is the theme of this year?
(a) Youth Standing Up for Human Rights
(b) Recover Better- Stand Up for Human Rights
(c) EQUALITY – Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights
(d) Let’s stand up for equality, justice and human dignity
10. Which bank has won the first position in overall digital transactions amongst large banks for FY20-21 at the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)’s Digital Payments Utsav?
(a) Punjab National Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Canara Bank
(d) Bank of Baroda
11. Which of the following government has recently launched a one-stop website to promote electric vehicles?
(a) Government of Maharashtra
(b) Government of Kerala
(c) Gujarat government
(d) Delhi Government
12. Jhanvi Dangeti, a young girl from which state of India has recently become the first Indian to complete the prestigious NASA program?
(a) Kerala
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Andhra Pradesh
13. Which of these intergovernmental organizations has recently released the 2022 edition of the bi-annual “Electricity Market Report”?
(a) Tribal Organization
(b) UNESCO
(c) International Energy Agency
(d) NITI Aayog
14. CEO of which of the following company Albert Boerla has been awarded the prestigious Genesis Award 2022 for the COVID-19 Vaccine?
(a) johnsonand johnson
(b) Serum Institute
(c) Pfizer Inc
(d) India Framist
15. Recently which university press has declared “Anxiety” as the Children’s Word of the Year 2021 based on recent research?
(a) London University Press
(b) University of California Press
(c) Oxford University Press
(d) Philippines University Press
16. The board of directors of IFFCO has unanimously elected Dilip Sanghani as the chairman of which cooperative?
(a) 15th
(b) 16th
(c) 17th
(d) 20th
17. Guinness World Record holder The world’s oldest living person has passed away recently?
(a) 102 years
(b) 112 years
(c) 122 years
(d) 132 years
18. Former India footballer Subhash Bhowmik has passed away recently?
(a) 52 years
(b) 62 years
(c) 72 years
(d) 82 years
ANSWERS
1. B
India’s First International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC) has been inaugurated in Hyderabad.
2. C
HDFC Bank has been named under ‘Most Innovative Best Practice’ at the coveted Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital Transformation Award 2021 or CII DX Award 2021.
3. D
Avani Lekhara has won ‘Best Female Debut’ honour at 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards.
4. B
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted a flight test of Indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘Abhyas’ from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha coast.
5. A
IIT-Delhi signed an MoU with Indian Air Force (IAF) to support requirements towards indigenous solutions in various weapon systems.
6. D
The Centre has appointed Alka Upadhyaya as chairperson of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
7. B
The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu launched ‘Public Service Ethics- A Quest for Naitik Bharat’ authored by Prabhat Kumar.
8. A
Telangana has secured 1st place among the 34 states and Union Territories that implement the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM).
9. C
The theme for Human Rights Day 2021 is “EQUALITY – Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights”.
10. D
Bank of Baroda has announced it has won the #1 position in overall digital transactions amongst large banks for FY20-21.
11. D
Delhi government has recently launched one-stop website “ev.delhi.gov.in” to promote electric vehicles. Which is open to manufacturers, buyers, charging station searchers. This website provides information on expanding the charging infrastructure and potential EV consumers.
12. D
Jhanvi Dangeti, a young girl from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, recently completed NASA’s International Air and Space Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Alabama, USA. She has become the first Indian to do this work. She has been the campus ambassador for several organizations including STAR, an Indian private aerospace company.
13. C
The International Energy Agency has recently released the 2022 edition of the bi-annual “Electricity Market Report”. Accordingly, countries are turning to fossil fuels in a big way to meet the increase in electricity demand.
14. C
President and Chief Executive of Pfizer Inc, Albert Boerla has recently been awarded the prestigious Genesis Award 2022 for the COVID-19 Vaccine. The award comes with a cash prize of $1 million. The prize is now widely known as the “Jewish Nobel Prize”.
15. C
Oxford University Press has recently declared “Anxiety” as Children’s Word of the Year 2021 based on recent research. Whereas in 2020, Coronavirus was the Children’s Word of the Year by OUP.
16. C
The Board of Directors of the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative recently unanimously elected Dilip Sanghani as the 17th Chairman of the cooperative. He will succeed Balwinder Singh Nakai, who passed away recently.
17. B
Guinness World Record holder Saturnino de la Fuente García, the world’s oldest living person, has passed away recently at the age of 112 years and 341 days. . He claimed the record as the oldest person (male) in September 2021
18. C
Former India footballer Subhash Bhowmik has passed away recently at the age of 72. He was suffering from kidney disease including diabetes. Former Indian midfielder Subhash Bhowmick was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in 1970.
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