Current Affairs MCQs :26th January 2021
Q.1 What is the rank of India in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021?
a) 10
b) 7
c) 2
d) 9
Q.2 Recently Which state has launched ‘PANKH Abhiyan’ for girls empowerment?
a) Punjab
b) Uttarakhand
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh
Q.3 What is SAAW which was recently in the news?
a) weapon made by China
b) Airfield weapon manufactured by DRDO
c) weapon made by Pakistan
d) Space engine manufactured by ISRO
Q.4 Which country has approved the Oxford- AstraZeneca vaccine?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Bhutan
c) Nepal
d) Singapore
Q.5 Srishti Goswami has become the CM of which state for one day?
a) Karnataka
b) Bihar
c) Uttarakhand
d) Andhra Pradesh
Q.6 The Indian military Exercise ‘Kavach’ is being conducted in which place?
a) Bay of Bengal
b) Andaman Sea
c) Arabian Sea
d) Red Sea
Q.7 Which state has recently launched the ‘one plant nourished daughter’s name’ scheme?
a) Haryana
b) Kerala
c) Rajasthan
d) Himachal Pradesh
Q.8 National Voters Day celebrated every year on which date?
a) 25 Jan
b) 26 Jan
c) 23 Jan
d) 27 Jan
Q.9 Who has started the ‘Fair Share for Children’ campaign to abolish child labor?
a) Deepak Mishra
b) Harivansh Narayan Singh
c) Kailash Satyarthi
d) None of these
Q.10 Elon Musk’s SpaceX created a world record on January 24, 2021 by launching how many satellites on one rocket?
a) 123
b) 143
c) 133
d) 150
Answers :-
Q.1) b)
Q.2 c) Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched a new scheme ‘PANKH Abhiyan’ on 24 January, to mark the occasion of National Girl Child Day. The scheme has been launched under the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme for the empowerment and growth of the girl child
Q.3 b)The Defence Research and Development Organization, DRDO conducted a successful trial of the indigenously developed Smart Anti Airfield Weapon, SAAW off the Odisha coast from the Hawk-i jet of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
Q.4 a) Sri Lanka has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.
Q.5 c) 19 – years old Srishti Goswami takes charge as the chief minister of Uttarakhand for one day.
Q.6 b) The Indian military has carried out a large-scale conjoint training exercise, codenamed Kavach or shield in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal to fine-tune joint war-fighting capabilities.
Q.7 c)
Q.8 a)
Q.9 c) Nobel Peace Prize-awarded child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi has launched a campaign called ‘Fair Share for Children’ in an international year to end child labor in association with global leaders and international celebrities. The United Nations has set a goal of eliminating child labor from the world by 2025 under the Sustainable Development Goal.
Q.10 b) Elon Musk’s SpaceX has created a new record by launching 143 satellites aboard one rocket on January 24, 2021. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.