Current Affair January 2022 Quiz

Most Important Current Affairs Questions for All Competitive Exam

1.The largest single transfer of white rhinos, which was recently undertaken, transferred 30 rhinos from ………….. to ……………….

[A] South Africa to Rwanda
[B] USA to Rwanda
[C] Kenya to USA
[D] Russia to Rwanda

2.The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been extended in which state for another six months?

[A] Assam
[B] Nagaland
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Sikkim

3.Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Open Data Week’?

[A] Ministry of Electronics and IT
[B] Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
[C] Ministry of Science and Technology
[D] Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

4.Which two countries are claiming ‘Senkaku Island’ Group located in the East China Sea?

[A] Japan and China
[B] China and Philippines
[C] China and South Korea
[D] Japan and Singapore

5.What is the aim of the ‘SAAR; program recently launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs?

[A] Solid Waste Management
[B] Documentation of Projects
[C] Geo-spatial Mapping
[D] Climate Change Awareness

6.‘Financial Stability Report (FSR)’ is the flagship report released by which institution?

[A] NITI Aayog
[B] Reserve Bank of India
[C] World Bank
[D] Asian Development Bank

7.Which Union Ministry is implementing ‘Gram Ujala programme’?

[A] Ministry of Power
[B] Ministry of Rural Development
[C] Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
[D] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

8.Which Indian company has commissioned India’s largest solar power project at Rajasthan?

[A] Adani Power
[B] Azure Power
[C] Tata Power
[D] ReNew Power

9.Which Ministry is associated with the “Online Storage Management (OSM)”?

[A] Ministry of Agriculture and Family Welfare
[B] Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
[C] Ministry of Electronics and IT
[D] Ministry of Textiles

10.Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi(IGRUA), which was making news recently, is located at which state?

[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Bihar
[D] West Bengal

11.As of 2022, how many banks are classified as Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) in India?

[A] 2
[B] 3
[C] 4
[D] 5

12.Which country’s researchers have discovered a vast Roman trading settlement named ‘Black-grounds’?

[A] USA
[B] UK
[C] Germany
[D] Russia

13.‘Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)’ is located in which country?

[A] USA
[B] Chile
[C] Australia
[D] Russia

14.Environment Ministry released Guidelines on ‘Extended producer responsibility (EPR)’ for which product?

[A] Bio-medical Waste
[B] Waste Tyres
[C] Plastic Waste
[D] E- Waste

15.How many women M.Ps are present in the Parliamentary panel, which was set up to examine the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill?

[A] 1
[B] 2
[C] 3
[D] 5

16.Which state signed agreement with ‘National Dairy Development Board’ to create a Rs 2,000-crore Dairy joint venture?

[A] Punjab
[B] Assam
[C] Gujarat
[D] Arunachal Pradesh

17.India’s first multi-dimensional ‘adventure sports expedition’ was carried out in which country?

[A] USA
[B] France
[C] Switzerland
[D] Australia

18.Which institution organised ‘Kala Kumbh’ artist workshops for painting the tales of India’s freedom movement?

[A] National Gallery of Modern Art
[B] Salar Jung Museum
[C] Central Institute of Himalayan Cultural Studies
[D] Asiatic Society

19.China has recently released a list of “standardised names” for 15 places in which Indian state?

[A] Sikkim
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Aruchanal Pradesh
[D] Assam

20.As per NSO First Advance Estimates, what is the GDP Growth forecasted for FY 2021-22?

[A] 8.5 %
[B] 9.2 %
[C] 10%
[D] 11.5%

21.Mullaperiyar dam is located along the border of which two states?

[A]TamilNadu-Kerala
[B]TamilNadu-AndhraPradesh
[C]AndhraPradeshTelangana
[D] Tamil Nadu- Karnataka

22.Who is the first Indian to win an Indian Open men’s singles title on debut?

[A]Srikanth
[B]LakshyaSen
[C]PKashyap
[D] Sai Praneeth

23.IES, which was recommended by TSR Subramanian Committee, stands for ………

[A)IndiaNEnvironmenTService
[B]IndianEducationService
[C]IndianEcologicalService
[D] Indian Energy Service

24.‘Mana ooru, mana badi’ programme is implemented in which state?

[A]Odisha
[B]Telangana
[C]Karnataka
[D] West Bengal

25.Which Central Asian country’s government resigned recently after massive protests due to fuel price increase?

[AKazakhstan
[B]Kyrgyzstan
[C]Uzbekistan
[D] Turkmenistan

26.Which Tennis star was deported from Australia, after his unvaccinated status?

[A] Rafael Nadal
[B] Novak Djokovic
[C] Roger Federer
[D] Daniil Medvedev

26.What is the name of the new Department created by the Reserve Bank in 2022?

[A] Department of Digital Currency
[B] Department of Fin-Tech
[C] Department of Data Science
[D] Department of Artificial Intelligence

27.Which institution launches the ‘World Employment and Social Outlook’?

[A]WorldBank
[B]IMF
[C]ILO
[D] UNICEF

28.Pench Tiger Reserve is located in which state?

[A]Maharashtra
[B]MadhyaPradesh
[C]Karnataka
[D] Kerala

29.Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Open Data Week’?

[A] Ministry of Electronics and IT
[B] Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
[C] Ministry of Science and Technology
[D] Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

30.Which state declared four ‘Vantangiya’ villages as ‘Revenue villages’?

[A] Gujarat
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Punjab
[D] Assam

31.Which institution released the ‘Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022’ Report?

[A] World Bank
[B] World Economic Forum
[C] World Trade Organisation
[D] International Telecom Union

32.Roberta Metsola is the youngest President of which multilateral institution?

[A] European Parliament
[B] UNESCO
[C] UNICEF
[D] World Bank

33.Saudi Arabia has restored ties with which country after 30 years of dispute over stolen Gems?

[A] China
[B] Thailand
[C] North Korea
[D] Israel

34.‘Protoblepharus Apatani’ is a new species of lizard discovered in which state?

[A] Sikkim
[B] Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Karnataka
[D] Goa

35.Which Union Ministry released revised ‘Rural Area Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (RADPFI) Guidelines’?

[A] Ministry of Rural Development
[B] Ministry of Panchayati Raj
[C] Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
[D] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

36.Professor M K Prasad, who passed away recently, was associated with which profession?

[A] Scientist
[B] Environmentalist
[C] Businessperson
[D] Writer

37.‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon’, which was added in the Republic Day celebrations, was written by?

[A] Kavi Pradeep
[B] Gulzar
[C] Makhanlal Chaturvedi
[D] Maithilisharan Gupt

38.Which term is used to refer conditions that are either hot and dry or hot and humid enough to decrease labour productivity?

[A] Humid Heat
[B] Dissipated Heat
[C] Latent Heat
[D] Dispersed Hear

39.‘Begonia gigantica’, the world’s largest specimen of a Begonia species, is found in which country/region?

[A] Tibet
[B] Siberia
[C] Australia
[D] UK

40.Which is the northern most state of India, as of 2022?

[A] Jammu & Kashmir
[B] Punjab
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Haryana

41.What is the name of the Tropical Storm which made landfall on three southern African countries?

[A] Rina
[B] Ana
[C] Boss
[D] Sue

42.Which award was presented using blockchain-driven technology, during the occasion of Republic Day?

[A] Param Vishisht Seva Medal
[B] Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar
[C] National Bravery Award
[D] Shaurya Chakra

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43.As per a recent research by Oxford University Press, which has been chosen as Children’s word of the year for 2021?

[A] Depression
[B] Virus
[C] Anxiety
[D] School

44.Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who refused the Padma Bhushan award, was the Chief Minister of which state?

[A] Odisha
[B] West Bengal
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Bihar

45.Where is India’s first BHEL-built ‘coal to methanol’ (CTM) pilot plant located?

[A] Mumbai
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Chennai
[D] Noida

46.Who is India’s first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot?

[A] Shivangi Singh
[B] Bhawana Kanth
[C] Mohana Singh
[D] Avani Chaturvedi

47.Who is the author of the book titled “The $10 Trillion Dream”?

[A] Raghuram Rajan
[B] Subhash Chandra Garg
[C] Urjit Patel
[D] Arvind Subramanian

48.India has initiated an anti-dumping probe against imports of which product from China, Taiwan, Vietnam?

[A] Vinyl Tiles
[B] Plastic Toys
[C] Jute Products
[D] Leather Footwear

49.‘(ALH) 84001’ meteorite which was making news, landed on the Earth from which planet?

[A] Jupiter
[B] Mars
[C] Venus
[D] Saturn