Current Affairs, 10 January 2021

 Current Affairs, 10 January 2021

1. Which bank will provide salary account service for Army personnel?

(a) State Bank

(b) Bonding Bank

(c) Punjab Bank

(d) Axis Bank

Answer: (b) Bonding Bank

 

2. Who has been appointed as the new British High Commissioner to India?

(a) Alex Ellis

(b) Sir Philip Barton

(c) Christian Turner

(d)Dame Karen Pierce

Answer: (a) Alex Ellis

 

3. Which Ministry has launched the Freight Business development Portal?

(a) Ministry of Commerce

(b) Ministry of Coal

(c) Ministry of Agriculture

(d) Ministry of Railways

Answer: (d) Ministry of Railways

 

4. Who has been appointed as an advisor of Strides Group?

(a) Amitabh Kant

(b) Aditya Puri

(c) Sandeep Bokshi

(d) Sachin Bansal

Answer: (b) Aditya Puri

 

5. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated a migrant worker cell in which of the following cities?

(a) Surat

(b) New Delhi

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Pune

Answer: (a) Surat

 

6. Tennis player Dagmara Baskova, who has been banned for 12 years, hails from which country?

(a) Argentina

(b) Slovakia

(c) Spain

(d) Britain

Answer: (b) Slovakia

 

7. Who has been appointed as the Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)?

(a) Hemant Nagrale

(b) Subodh Jaisal

(c) Vijay Kumar

(d) Sudhir Yadav

Answer: (b) Subodh Jaisal

 

8. According to UK based firm Top 10 VPN, which country suffered the biggest economic impact in the world in 2020 due to Internet shutdown?

(a) Belarus

(b) Yemen

(c) India

(d) China

Answer: (c) India

 

9. Which of the following universities has launched the Karmayogi Scheme?

(a) Aligarh Muslim University

(b) Jamia Malia Islamia

(c) Delhi University

(d) Lucknow University

Answer: (d) Lucknow University

 

10. Maharishi Ayurveda has appointed whom as its brand ambassador for its product Maharishi Amrit Kalash?

(a) Akshay Kumar

(b) Milind Soman

(c) Varun Dhawan

(d) Salman Khan

Answer: (b) Milind Soman

 

11. Which has become the India’s first urban co-operative bank (UCB) to operate as a Small Finance Bank (SFB)?

(a) Shivalik Mercantile Co-operative Bank

(b) Ahmedabad Mercantile Co-Op Bank

(c) Goa Urban Co-Operative Bank

(d) Akola Urban Co-operative Bank

Answer: (a) Shivalik Mercantile Co-operative Bank

 

12. The Kerala Government has agreed to bear what % of the cost of the Sabarimala Rail Project along with the Central Government?

(a) 45%

(b) 50%

(c) 60%

(d) 70%

Answer: (b) 50%

 

13. The Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament began at which place?

(a) Jammu

(b) Leh

(c) Srinagar

(d) Kargil

Answer: (d) Kargil

14. On which day of the year is ‘World Hindi Day’ celebrated?

(a) January 1st

(b) January 10th

(c) 11th January

(d) January 21st

Answer: (b) 10th January

 

15. ‘Fatah-1’- Name which rocket system was successfully tested?

(a) Afghanistan

(b) Pakistan

(c)  India

(d) Sri Lanka

Answer: (b) Pakistan

 

16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Rewari-Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor to nation. What is the total length of this section?

(a) 208 km.

(b) 306 km.

(c) 400 km.

(d) 560 km.

Answer: (b) 306 km.

 

17. Recently deceased Chitra Ghosh became the niece of which famous person?

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

(c) Amartya Sen.

(d) Bidhanchandra Roy

Answer: (a) Subhash Chandra Bose

 

18. Who is the richest person in the world after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos?

(a) Bill Gates

(b) Elon Musk

(c) Mukesh Ambani

(d) Mark Zuckerberg

Answer: (b) Elon Musk

 

19. Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court?

(a) Arup Kumar

(b) Sudhanshu Dhulia

(c) J.K. Maheshwari

(d) Kailash Pal

Answer: (b) Sudhanshu Dhulia

 

20. Faustin-Archange Touadera recently won re-election as President of which country?

(a) Ghana

(b) Central African Republic

(c) Kuwait

(d) Bahrain

Answer: (b) Central African Republic

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