Current Affairs MCQs :18th January 2021
Q.1 Who has been awarded the Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award?
a) Shaila Canny
b) Rohini Godbole
c) Amit Kesarwani
d) Ravi Gaikwad
Q.2 Makaravilakku is an annual festival of which State?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
Q.3 Which state government has decided to develop the Pipli as a tourism HUB?
a) Karnataka
b) Haryana
c) Tripura
d) Himachal Pradesh
Q.4 India’s first ‘Fire Park’ has been inaugurated in which state?
a) Odisha
b) Goa
c) Karnataka
d) Uttar Pradesh
Q.5 Who has been named as Testing Advisor of COVID-19 Response Team by Joe Biden?
a) Vidur Sharma
b) Hemant Kumar
c) Rohini Godbole
d) Shubhra Sharma
Q.6 Which bank has recently launched a wellness themed credit card?
a) PNB
b) SBI
c) Yes Bank
c) ICICI
Q.7 Ashok Dalwai Committee is related to which of the following?
a) Doubling farmers income
b) Black Money
c) CAA
d) None of the above
Q.8 Which city has topped in Tom-tom traffic report 2021?
a) Mumbai
b) Bogota
c) Moscow
d) Manila
Q.9 Who has developed India’s first indigenous machine pistol ‘ASMI’?
a) Indian Army & DRDO
b) IIT -Delhi
c) BSF
d) Indian Army
Q.10 Who will be the chief guest of India’s Day Parade 2021?
a) Sheikh Hasina
b) Chandrikapersad Santokhi
c) Boris Johnson
d) There will be no chief guest
Answers:-
Q.1 d)
Q.2 d)
Q.3 b) Giving a boost to tourism in the state, the Haryana government has decided to develop Pipli in Kurukshetra as a world class tourist hub
Q.4 a) India’s first “Fire Park” has been inaugurated in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar. The Fire Park aims to spread awareness on fire safety measures.
Q.5 a) Joe Biden has named Indian American health policy expert Vidur Sharma as Testing Advisor in his COVID-19 Response Team.
Q.6 c)
Q.7 a)
Q.8 c)
Q.9 a) The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Army have jointly developed the country’s first indigenous 9 mm machine pistol named ‘ASMI
Q.10 d) The ministry of external affairs has confirmed that there will be no foreign head of state or government as the chief guest for the Republic Day event on January 26.