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Current Affairs MCQs of 22nd & 23rd January 2022

Q.1 Centre has notified a new campaign titled Meri Policy Mere Hath. This campaign has been launched under which scheme?

a. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

b. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

c. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

d. Atal Pension Yojana (APY)

Q.2 Which Indian telecom company has joined the global SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium?

a. Airtel

b. BSNL

c. Vodafone-Idea

d. Reliance Jio

Q.3 India’s first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory has been inaugurated in which city?

a. Surat

b. Nashik

c. Ujjain

d. Kolkata

Q.4 The Indian Air Force (IAF) is participating in exercise Eastern Bridge-VI in 2022 with which country at Air Force Station Jodhpur?

a. Oman

b. France

c. Sri Lanka

d. Bangladesh

Q.5 Who has been honoured with the Outstanding Contribution To Film Industry award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022?

a. Mumtaz

b. Waheeda Rehman

c. Asha Parekh

d. Hema Malini

Q.6 Which Indian PSU has bagged the honour of ‘India’s Most Trusted Public Sector Company’ award at the Energy Meet 2022 & Excellence Awards of ASSOCHAM?

a. Coal India Limited 

b. NTPC Limited

c. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation 

d. Indian Oil Corporation

Q.7 Who is the author of the book ‘A History of Sriniketan: Rabindranath Tagore’s Pioneering Work in Rural Construction’?

a. Tulsi Chakraborty

b. Subrata Mitra

c.  Subir Banerjee

d. Uma Das Gupta

Q.8 Which country bagged the maximum number of medals at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games?

a. China

b. Germany

c. Norway

d. South Korea

Q.9 Noted freedom fighter and Gandhian social worker, Shakuntala Choudhary has passed away. She hailed from which state?

a. Gujarat

b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Tamil Nadu

d. Assam

Q.10 With the conclusion of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, which country has been handed over the Presidency to host the 2026 Winter Olympics?

a. Italy

b. UAE

c. Russia

d. Germany

Q.11 Government has launched Purple Revolution in Jammu & Kashmir. It is associated with the cultivation of which crop?

a. Rose

b. Cedarwood

c. Lavender

d. Almond

Q.12 India has inked Roadmap on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance agreement with which of these countries?

a. Japan

b. United States

c. Israel

d. France

Q.13 What is the name of the new week-long commemoration before the ‘National Science Day’?

a. Atmanirbhar Vigyan

b. Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate

c. Celebration of Science in Past

d. ‘Science in Culture’ Celebrations

Q.14 Which region is affected by Storm Clusters including three Storms- Eunice, Franklin and Dudley?

a. North America

b. Europe

c. Australia

d. Africa

Q.15 C-Dome is a naval air defense system, successfully tested by which country recently?

a. Iraq

b. Israel

c. Singapore

d. Australia

Q.16 Who has been appointed as the Chair of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission (AC)?

a. Emma Terho

b. Anne Helin

c. Heidi Pelttari

d. Nina Tikkinen

Q.17 Which country has recently announced the close of its Tier 1 investor visa, also known as the golden visa?

a. United Arab Emirates

b. United Kingdom

c. France

d. Germany

Q.18 Who is the author of the book titled “The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley”?

a. Jonathan Franzen

b. Jimmy Soni 

c. Michael Chabon

d. Stephen King

Q.19 Where is the headquarters of the ‘United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’ located?

a. Washington 

d. Geneva

c. Paris

d. Spain

Q.20 Who has been conferred with Hilal-e-Pakistan – the 2nd highest civilian award of Pakistan, in 2022?

a. Xi Jinping

b. Elon Musk

c. Bill Gates

d. Malala Yousafzai

Answers – 

Q.1 b) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare will launch ‘Meri Policy Mere Hath’ which is a doorstep distribution drive to deliver crop insurance policies to farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

Q.2 a) Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Ltd has announced that it has joined the SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium, in a bid to scale up its high speed global network capacity and serve India’s fast growing digital economy. SEA-ME-WE-6 stands for South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6.

Q.3 b) Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated India’s first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory in Nashik, Maharashtra.

Q.4 a) The Indian Air Force (IAF) and Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) have organised bilateral air exercise named Eastern Bridge-VI from February 21 to 25, 2022 at Air Force Station Jodhpur in Rajasthan.Eastern Bridge-VI is the sixth edition of the exercise.

Q.5 c) 

Q.6 a) State-run Maharatna Coal PSU, Coal India Limited (CIL), has been awarded the ‘India’s Most Trusted Public Sector Company’ award at the Energy Meet 2022 & Excellence Awards of ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry). The award was received by Coal India Chairman Mr. Pramod Agarwal during a ceremony held in Kolkata.

Q.7 d) 

Q.8 c) The closing ceremony of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games was held on February 20, 2022, at National Stadium (known as the Bird’s Nest) in Beijing. .Norway topped medal table for the second successive Winter Olympics, winning a total of 37 medals, including 16 golds. This is a new record for the most amount of gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics. 

 Q.9 d) 

Q.10 a) The Presidency of the Games was formally handed-over to Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, in Italy, to host the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Q.11 c) Lavender has been designated as Doda brand product, to promote lavender under ‘One District, One Product’ initiative of the Modi Government. Doda district in J&K is the birthplace of India’s Purple Revolution, or the cultivation of Lavender.

Q.12 d) 

Q.13 b) A week-long commemoration event titled Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate was launched by Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh and Union Minister of Culture G Kishan Reddy.This was launched as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. The event is being held simultaneously at 75 locations across the country till February 28, National Science Day. It will display the country’s legacy in science and technology.

Q.14 b) Storm Eunice sparked the first-ever red weather warning for London. It was one of the most powerful tempests in Europe since the Great Storm hit Britain and northern France in 1987.

Over 15 people were killed by falling trees, flying debris and high winds in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland. Storm Franklin and Storm Dudley followed in two days. These back-to-back-to-back storms are known as clusters, which happen in a short period of time.

Q.15 b) Israel successfully tested a new naval air defense system “C-Dome,” to be used on the Israeli Navy’s Sa’ar 6-class corvettes.

Q.16 b) 

Q.17 b) The United Kingdom has closed the UK’s Tier 1 investor visa, also known as the golden visa to all new applicants from all nationalities with immediate effect over security concerns.

Q.18 b) 

Q.19 b) 

Q.20 c) Philanthropist and founder of Microsoft Corporation – Bill Gates has been conferred with Hilal-e-Pakistan, which is the 2nd highest civilian award of Pakistan. He is receiving this award as the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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