MCQ on Important Daily Current Affairs of 26th January 2022
In this article, we will discuss MCQ on important current affairs of 26th January 2022 and their answers with explanations.
QUESTIONS
1. The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) 2022 has been conferred upon how many students?
(a) 50
(b) 32
(c) 29
(d) 25
2. Paytm has partnered with which company to provide lending products to merchant partners and consumers?
(a) Tata Capital
(b) Fullerton India
(c) Lendingkart Technologies
(d) Reliance Jio
3. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Adjudicating Authority?
(a) Preeti Singh
(b) Sunil Gaur
(c) Amit Sahni
(d) Vinodanand Jha
4. The Food-ordering startup Swiggy has gained the status of decacorn, as it has exceeded the valuation of ______.
(a) $ 20 billion
(b) $ 10 billion
(c) $ 30 billion
(d) $ 40 billion
5. Which team has won the 9th National Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in 2022 held in Himachal Pradesh?
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(c) Delhi
(d) Ladakh
6. Ramachandran Nagaswamy, who has passed away recently was one of the renowned __________ of Tamil Nadu.
(a) Filmmaker
(b) Author
(c) Archaeologist
(d) Mountaineer
7. Which Small Finance Bank has launched ‘Platina Fixed Deposit’, offering interest of 15 basis points (bps)?
(a) Jana Small Finance Bank
(b) Suryoday Small Finance Bank
(c) Equitas Small Finance Bank
(d) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
8. _________and ____________ have entered into an agreement to build a dam at Adi Badri in Yamunanagar district.
(a) Uttar Pradesh and Haryana
(b) Punjab and Haryana
(c) Himachal Pradesh and Haryana
(d) Uttarakhand and Haryana
9. Which of the following has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit, ‘Om’, for the testing of Omicron variant of coronavirus?
(a) DRDO
(b) CSIR – CDRI
(c) IIT Madras
(d) AIIMS
10. India’s ________ gets the best film award at 20th Dhaka International Film Festival.
(a) Pushpa
(b) Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham
(c) Jai Bhim
(d) Koozhangal
11. Name the player who has been conferred with the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2021.
(a) Shaheen Afridi
(b) Mohammad Rizwan
(c) Joe Root
(d) Babar Azam
12. Who has been awarded ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2021?
(a) Zeeshan Maqsood
(b) Janneman Malan
(c) Joe Root
(d) Mohammad Rizwan
13. AIIB invests USD ________ in data center development to serve emerging Asia.
(a) 150 million
(b) 140 million
(c) 130 million
(d) 120 million
14. Name the coal secretary who has recently launched “Koyala Darpan” portal for sharing key performance indicators related to coal sector?
(a) Dr. Anil Kumar Jain
(b) Dr. Anil Kumar Baijal
(c) Dr. Anil Saxena
(d) Dr. Rajeev Kumar Jain
15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently honored how many children with the Prime Minister’s National Children’s Award?
(a) 12 children
(b) 29 children
(c) 35 children
(d) 42 children
16. Vinod Sharma, Vice-Chairman of which state Disaster Management Authority of Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management has been awarded the “Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022”?
(a) Kerala
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Sikkim
17. According to which of the following company, its new “Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer” will be the fastest AI supercomputer in the world by the middle of 2022?
(a) Google
(b) Microsoft
(c) IBM
(d) meta
18. Former India footballer Subhash Bhowmik has passed away recently?
(a) 52 years
(b) 62 years
(c) 72 years
(d) 82 years
19. Which of the following commission has recently released a report titled “Banking on Electric Vehicles in India”?
(a) Planning Commission
(b) NITI Aayog
(c) Education Commission
(d) Sports Commission
20. Indian YouTube user and blogger Prajakta Koli has recently become which United Nations Development Program Youth Climate Champion of India?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
ANSWERS
1. C
The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) for the year 2022 has been conferred to 29 children.
2. B
One97 Communications (which owns Paytm) and Fullerton India, have partnered to provide lending products to merchant partners and consumers.
3. D
Vinodanand Jha has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Adjudicating Authority, for a period of 5 years.
4. B
Swiggy (Food-ordering and instant grocery delivery platform) has signed a $700 million funding round led by asset manager Invesco. With this, the total valuation of Swiggy has reached to $10.7 billion i.e. it is now a decacorn.
5. D
The women’s team from Ladakh has lifted the 9th National Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in Himachal Pradesh.
6. C
Noted Indian historian, archaeologist and epigraphist from Tamil Nadu, Ramachandran Nagaswamy, has passed away. He was 91.
7. D
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) launched ‘Platina Fixed Deposit’, offering interest of 15 basis points (bps) higher than the regular term deposit rates provided by Ujjivan SFB.
8. C
Governments of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana signed an MoU at Panchkula, for the construction of Adi Badri Dam that would come up on 77 acres in Himachal Pradesh near Adi Badri area of Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana.
9. B
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit, ‘Om’, for the testing of Omicron variant of coronavirus.
10. D
P S Vinothraj directed film Koozhangal from India won the best film award in the Asian Film Competition section at the 20th Dhaka International Film Festival.
11. A
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year goes to Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan).
12. D
Mohammad Rizwan has been awarded ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2021.
13. A
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank has committed USD 150 million to invest in the development of data centres that mostly serve emerging Asia.
14. A
Coal Secretary Dr. Anil Kumar Jain recently called “Koyala Darpan” to share key performance indicators related to coal sector. Portal has been launched. This Koyla Darpan portal is following KPIs as an initial phase.
15. B
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently honored 29 children, including 14 girls, with the Prime Minister’s National Children’s Award recently. The award has been given in 6 areas, innovation, sports, educational achievements, social service, arts and culture and bravery. Each winner has been given a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh along with a medal.
16. D
Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management and Sikkim Disaster Management Authority was recently awarded “Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022” for his outstanding work. has been awarded. He has received this award along with the award winners for 2019, 2020 and 2021.
17. D
According to Meta Company, its new “Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer” will be the fastest AI supercomputer in the world by the middle of 2022. Currently, AI can do things like translate text between languages and help identify potentially harmful content.
18. C
Former India footballer Subhash Bhowmick has recently passed away at the age of 72 due to prolonged illness. He was part of the Indian football team that won the bronze medal in the 1970 Asian Games. He also scored a hat-trick against the Philippines in the Merdeka Cup in 1971.
19. B
NITI Aayog recently developed in collaboration with US based non-profit organizations Rocky Mountain Institute and RMI India “Banking on Electric Vehicles in India”. A report titled ” has been released.
20. A
Indian YouTube user and blogger Prajakta Koli recently became India’s first United Nations Development Program Youth Climate Champion. She has made invaluable contributions to mental health, women’s rights and girl child education through global social campaigns.
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