| Monthly Current Affairs | 200 MCQ | January 2022 |
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● Betty Whites – Emmy Winner Actress
● Sindhutai Sapkal – Social Worker
● S H Sarma – Veteran Vice Admiral Indian Navy
● E O Wilson – Father of Biodiversity
● Ray Illingworth – Former captain English test team
● Karolos Popoulias – Former President Greece
● Mahendra Prasad – 7-term Member of Parliament
1.Green Fixed Deposits has been launched by which of the following banks?
- ‘ SBI Bank’
- ‘ ICICI Bank’
- ‘ Kotak Mahindra Bank’
- ‘ IndusInd Bank’
Solution:
D. IndusInd Bank
2.Who among the following has been appointed as MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank ?
- ‘ Atul Mishra’
- ‘ Vikram Batra’
- ‘Atul Kumar Goel’
- ‘ Anil Kumar’
Solution:
. C. Atul Kumar Goel
MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank- Shri Atul Kumar Goel. Born on December 26, 1964, Atul Kumar Goel assumed the charge as MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank w.e.f. 01.02. 2022. Prior to this, he was holding the position of Managing Director & CEO of UCO Bank.
3.Which of the following state has launched the ‘Meendum Manjappai’ Scheme to promote the usage of cloth bags and discourage plastic bags?
- ‘ Odisha’
- ‘ Karnataka’
- ‘ Tamil Nadu’
- ‘ Himachal Pradesh’
Solution:
. C. Tamil Nadu
S.NO | State | Capital | CM | Governor |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | YS Jagan Mohan Reddy | Biswa Bhusan Harichandan |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Pema Khandu | B. D. Mishra |
3 | Assam | Dispur | Himanta Biswa Sarma | Jagdish Mukhi |
4 | Bihar | Patna | Nitish Kumar | Phagu Chauhan |
5 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Bhupesh Baghel | Sushri Anusuiya Uikey |
6 | Goa | Panaji | Pramod Sawant | P.S. Sreedharan Pillai |
7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Bhupendra Patel | Acharya Dev Vrat |
8 | Haryana | Chandigarh | Manohar Lal | Bandaru Dattatraya |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Jairam Thakur | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
10 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Hemant Soren | Ramesh Bais |
11 | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Basavaraj Bommai | Thaawarchand Gehlot |
12 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Pinarayi Vijayan | Arif Mohammed Khan |
13 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel |
14 | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Uddhav Thackeray | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
15 | Manipur | Imphal | N. Biren Singh | La. Ganesan |
16 | Meghalaya | Shillong | Conrad Kongkal Sangma | Satya Pal Malik |
17 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Pu Zoramthanga | Kambhampati Haribabu |
18 | Nagaland | Kohima | Neiphiu Rio | Jagdish Mukhi |
19 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Naveen Patnaik | Ganeshi Lal |
20 | Punjab | Chandigarh | Charanjit Singh Channi | Banwarilal Purohit |
21 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Ashok Gehlot | Kalraj Mishra |
22 | Sikkim | Gangtok | PS Golay | Ganga Prasad |
23 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | M. K. Stalin | R. N. Ravi |
24 | Telangana | Hyderabad | K Chandrasekhar Rao | Tamilisai Soundararajan |
25 | Tripura | Agartala | Biplab Kumar Deb | Satyadeo Narain Arya |
26 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Yogi Aditya Nath | Anandiben Patel |
27 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Pushkar Singh Dhami | Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh |
28 | West Bengal | Kolkata | Mamata Banerjee | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
Complete list of 8 Union Territories:
S.NO | Union Territories | Capital | CM | Lt. Governor |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andaman and Nicobar Island | Port Blair | NA | D K Joshi |
2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | NA | Banwarilal Purohit |
3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman | NA | Praful Patel |
4 | Delhi | Delhi | Arvind Kejriwal | Anil Baijal |
5 | Ladakh | NA | NA | Radha Krishna Mathur |
6 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | NA | Praful Patel |
7 | Jammu and Kashmir | NA | NA | Manoj Sinha |
8 | Puducherry | Pondicherry | N. Rangaswamy | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan |
4.In Assam Police which of the following Indian Police Services officer has become the first-ever woman to get promoted to the rank of Inspector General in Assam Police?
- ‘ Seema Deka’
- ‘ Leena Doley’
- ‘Joyshree Khersa’
- ‘ Violet Baruah’
Solution:
.D. Violet Baruah
Indian Police Services (IPS) officer Violet Baruah on Monday became the first-ever woman to get promoted to the rank of Inspector General in Assam Police
5.Which of the following has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)?
- ‘ Harjinder Singh’
- ‘ Vikram Misri ‘
- ‘Pradeep Kumar’
- ‘ Pankaj Saran ‘
Solution:
. B. Vikram Misri
6.Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which of the following countries?
- ‘ Mexico’
- ‘ Columbia’
- ‘Poland’
- ‘ Geneva’
Solution:
. A. Mexico
7.Plant-based meat company GoodDot has roped in which of the following as its brand ambassador?
- ‘ Jasprit Bumrah’
- ‘ Virat Kohli ‘
- ‘Mahendra Singh Dhoni’
- ‘ Neeraj Chopra’
Solution:
. D. Neeraj Chopra
8.Which of the following countries has become the fourth new member of the New Development Bank (NDB) that was
established by the BRICS countries six years ago?
- ‘ United Arab Emirates ‘
- ‘ Bangladesh ‘
- ‘Egypt ‘
- ‘ Uruguay ‘
Solution:
. C. Egypt
9.In which of the following states a road named after PM Modi ‘Narendra Modi Marg’ was inaugurated?
- ‘ Haryana’
- ‘ Bihar’
- ‘Tripura’
- ‘ Sikkim’
Solution:
. D. Sikkim
10.Who won Sahitya Akedami Awards 2021 for English language category??
- ‘ Daya Prakash Sinha’
- ‘ D.S. Nagabhushana’
- ‘Namita Gokhale’
- ‘ Khalid Hussain’
Solution:
C. Namita Gokhale
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11.Which player became the first Indian to qualify for 2 Winter Olympics events??
- ‘Jagdish Singh’
- ‘ Shiva Keshavan’
- ‘Arif Khan’
- ‘ Nadeem Iqbal’
Solution:
C. Arif Khan
12.Which cricket team became first Asian team to win a Test match at Centurion (South Africa)???
- ‘Bangladesh’
- ‘ India’
- ‘Pakistan’
- ‘ Afghanistan’
Solution:
.B. India
13.Which of the following institutes has topped the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievement 2021??
- ‘IIT Madras’
- ‘ IIT Bombay’
- ‘IIT Delhi ‘
- ‘ IISc ‘
Solution:
. A. IIT Madras
14.Which of the following countries launched Simorgh Space Launch Vehicle (SLV)?
- ‘Iran’
- ‘ Israel’
- ‘China’
- ‘ Russia’
Solution:
. A. Iran
15.“The Turnover Wizard – Saviour of Thousands” is autobiography of whom?
- ‘M Venkaiah Naidu’
- ‘ Arup Roy Choudhury’
- ‘Shubhangi Swarup’
- ‘ Namita Gokhale ‘
Solution:
. B. Arup Roy Choudhury
16.Which state has topped the composite ranking in the Good Governance Index (GGI) 2021??
- ‘Gujarat’
- ‘ Uttar Pradesh’
- ‘Bihar’
- ‘ Rajasthan’
Solution:
. A. Gujarat
17.Recently which of the following has been declared as an essential commodity by the central government??
- ‘Lithium Battery ‘
- ‘ Soya Meal ‘
- ‘Psyllium Husk’
- ‘ Chocolate’
Solution:
. B. Soya Meal
18.Which is the first state to launch digital life certificate system for pensioners in India???
- ‘Odisha’
- ‘ Karnataka’
- ‘Gujarat’
- ‘ Rajasthan’
Solution:
. A. Odisha
19. Digital books ‘Innovations for You’ & ‘The Ingenious Tinkerers’ are released by which organisation? ??
- ‘UNEP’
- ‘ NITI Aayog’
- ‘World Bank’
- ‘ Gallup World Poll’
Solution:
. B. NITI Aayog
20.Who is the new chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board?
- ‘Vinay Kumar Yadav ‘
- ‘ Suneet Sharma’
- ‘V K Tripathi ‘
- ‘ Rajeev Ahuja ‘
Solution:
. C. V K Tripathi
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