Monthly current affairs MCQs of January 2022
Q.1 Which of these countries has been added as a new member of the BRICS New Development Bank in December 2021?
a. Nepal
b. Italy
c. Iran
d. Egypt
Q.2 Who has been sworn in as the Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)?
a. Virender Singh Pathania
b. Krishnaswamy Natarajan
c. Ranjan Gupta
d. Harish Bisht
Q.3 Which Indian Railway Station has been named as the ‘Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station’?
a. Habibganj Railway Station
b. Bina Junction Railway Station
c. Kanpur Central Railway Station
d. Jhansi Railway Station
Q.4 DRDO has selected which company for handing over the technology of border surveillance systems?
a. Astra Microwave Products
b. Sika Interplant systems
c. Paras Defence & Space Technologies
d. MTAR Technologies
Q.5 Which state has topped the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rurban Mission?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Telangana
c. Haryana
d. Karnataka
Q.6 PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in which city?
a. Meerut
b. Kanpur
c. Ranchi
d. Bhopal
Q.7 Who has been named ‘Journalist of the Year’ in Redink Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2021?
a. Saurabh Shukla
b. Faye D’ Souza
c. Danish Siddiqui
d. Prem Shankar Jha
Q.8 PM Modi has inaugurated Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Power Project, in which state?
a. Maharashtra
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Gujarat
d. Himachal Pradesh
Q.9 Name the 100 day reading campaign launched by the Ministry of Education on January 01, 2022?
a. Padhe Bharat
b. Bharat Adhyayan
c. Seekhe Bharat
d. Bharat Pathan
Q.10 Which institution has topped the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021?
a. IIT Bombay
b. IIT Madras
c. IIT Kanpur
d. IIT Delhi
Q.11 Name the winner of the Sahitya Academy Awards 2021 in English language
a. Sanjiv Verenkar
b. Anuradha Sarma
c. Namita Gokhale
d. Niranjan Hansda
Q.12 Which is India’s first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) protein sub-unit vaccine for COVID-19?
a. CORBEVAXTM
b. NOVAVAX
c. DIVIVAX
d. SEROVAXTM
Q.13 Which country has started the world’s longest metro line?
a. Australia
b. Japan
c. America
d. China
Q.14 Which state government has partnered with NPCI and SBI to implement “E-RUPI”?
a. Gujarat government
b. Government of Punjab
c. Government of Karnataka
d. Government of Kerala
Q.15 The Indian Army has established the Quantum Lab at the MCTE, in Mhow in which city?
a. Lucknow
b. Indore
c. Ranchi
d. Varanasi
Q.16 Which state govt set to table bill to “free Hindu temples”?
a. Maharashtra
b. Karnataka
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Kerala
Q.17 Konark Sun Temple’s Jagmohan to be opened after 118 years. It is in which state?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Odisha
d. Gujarat
Q.18 Which tech-giant has acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Siemplify?
a. Paytm
b. Amazon
c. Google
d. Meta
Q.19 Ayush Minster Sarbananda Sonowal has recently laid the foundation stone for the Heartfulness International Yoga academy at which place?
a. Hyderabad
b. Dehradun
c. Agra
d. Indore
Q.20 Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated the New Integrated Terminal Building of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport. In which state is this airport located?
a. Tripura
b. Sikkim
C. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Manipur
Q.21 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of PGI Satellite Centre in which city?
a. Meerut
b. Ferozepur
c. Bhopal
d. Imphal
Q.22 Which is India’s first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) protein sub-unit vaccine for COVID-19?
a. NOVAVAX
b. CORBEVAXTM
c. SEROVAXTM
d. DIVIVAX
Q.23 Name the winner of the RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ 2020?
a. Rana Ayyub
b. Rohit Sardana
c. Danish Siddiqui
d. Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Q.24 Who has become the first Indian-origin woman to trek solo to the South Pole?
a. Srishti Bandla
b. Sneha Sharma
c. Sunita Williams
d. Harpreet Chandi
Q.25 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board?
a. Vinay Kumar Tripathi
b. Naresh Salecha
c. Sanjeev Mittal
d. Ravinder Gupta
Q.26 Fimbristylis sunilii, seen in the news, is a new plant species discovered from which place?
a. Eastern Ghats regions in Odisha
b. North Eastern Himalayan regions in Sikkim
c. Western Ghats regions in Thiruvananthapuram
d. None of the above
Q.27 Ayush Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal lays the foundation stone for Heartfulness International Yoga academy at which place?
a. Hyderabad
b. Mumbai
c. Jaipur
d. Nasik
Q.28 Which state has got the first place in the list of open defecation free villages?
a. Telangana
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Kerala
d. Assam
Q.29 Which state’s High Court has become the country’s first paperless court?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Telangana
Q.30 Who has been appointed as new Director-General for the National Mission for Clean Ganga?
a. Vini Mahajan
b. Vinay Tripathi
c. G Sateesh Reddy
d. G Ashok Kumar
Q.31 Which country will host the 46-nation mega naval battle ‘Exercise Milan 2022’?
a. America
b. Iran
c. India
d. China
Q.32 World Day of War Orphans is being observed on which date?
a. January 06
b. January 05
c. January 04
d. January 07
Q.33 Which two tourist areas have been declared as strategic areas in Jammu and Kashmir?
a. Gulmarg, Sonamarg
b. Pahalgam, Patnitop
c. Jammu, Katra
d. Amarnath, Anantnag
Q.34 Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi(IGRUA), which was making news recently, is located at which state?
a. West Bengal
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Uttarakhand
Q.35 ‘Seema Bhawani’ is the name of which team of the Border Security Force (BSF)?
a. Creek Crocodile
b. All-women Creek Crocodile
c. Camel Contingent
d. All-women Biker Team
Q.36 India’s first unique ‘Rock’ museum has been inaugurated in which city?
a. Hyderabad
b. Lucknow
c. Bengaluru
d. Pune
Q.37 What is the theme of the 24th National Conference on e-Governance?
a. Pandemic World
b. Digital Governance
c. ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic World’
d. Digital World
Q.38 PM Modi has inaugurated a new campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in which city?
a. Hyderabad
b. Kolkata
c. Patna
d. Lucknow
Q.39 The UN World Food Programme in India has partnered with which organisation to enhance the effectiveness of the PM-POSHAN scheme?
a. Goonj
b. Reliance Foundation
c. The Akshaya Patra Foundation
d. Pratham
Q.40 ‘Khuntkatti’ law, which was seen in the news, is practised in which Indian state/UT?
a. Jharkhand
b. Punjab
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Chhattisgarh
Q.41 The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is celebrated every year on which day?
a. January 10
b. January 9
c. January 8
d. January 7
Q.42 Which state government has announced an increase in the retirement age of state government employees from 60 years to 62 years?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Uttar Pradesh
Q.43 Name the founder of Shillong Chamber Choir and renowned Indian concert pianist, who passed away?
a. Mahendra Prasad
b. R L Jalappa
c. KS Sethumadhavan
d. Neil Nongkynrih
Q.44 Which countries President has signed a law prohibiting Child Marriage?
a. UK
b. Philippines
c. UAE
d. USA
Q.45 Justice Ayesha Malik has become the first woman Supreme Court judge of which country?
a. Afghanistan
b. Pakistan
c. Bangladesh
d. Sri Lanka
Q.46 Where has Khadi Village Industries Commission recently launched India’s first mobile honey processing van?
a. Lucknow
b. Bhopal
c. Ghaziabad
d. Jaipur
Q.47 Which state government has launched “Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP) 2.0”?
a. Punjab
b. Bihar
c. Odisha
d. Gujarat
Q.48 The Indian Railways has renamed Kevadiya railway station by which name?
a. Biswas Nagar railway station
b. Ekta Nagar railway station
c. Patel Nagar railway station
d. Gandhi Nagar railway station
Q.49 Who is the author of Ratan Tata’s authorized biography titled ‘Ratan N. Tata: The Authorized Biography’?
a. Thomas Matthew
b. Pramod Wilson
c. Yogendra Narain
d. Ashwini Vaishnaw
Q.50 Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology at which place?
a. Kolkata
b. Chandigarh
c. Mumbai
d. Delhi
Q.51 The National Youth Day is being observed in India on which date?
a. January 10
b. January 11
c. January 12
d. January 13
Q.52 Who among these has been awarded the 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022?
a. Janhvi Kapoor
b. Sara Ali Khan
c. Harshaali Malhotra
d. Nora Fatehi
Q.53 India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van was launched in which state?
a. Karnataka
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Gujarat
d. Kerala
Q.54 Which state or union territory has launched the ‘Shramik Mitra’ scheme for construction workers?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Delhi
Q.55 What is the rank of India in the Henley Passport Index, released for Q1 of 2022?
a. 90
b. 72
c. 89
d. 83
Q.56 Which state government has launched a road safety initiative ‘Rakshak’?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Maharashtra
c. Odisha
d. Karnataka
Q.57 Which state has topped in terms of increase in forest cover as per ‘India State of Forest Report’ 2021?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Haryana
d. Maharashtra
Q.58 India’s first heli-hub has recently been inaugurated in which place, having all aviation facilities?
a. Chennai
b. Agra
c. Nagpur
d. Gurugram
Q.59 ‘Ibonia’, which was seen in the news, is a similar version of Ramayana found in which country?
a. Mauritius
b. Nepal
c. Sri Lanka
d. Madagascar
Q.60 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the ISRO, to replace K. Sivan?
a. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
b. S. Somanath
c. G. Madhavan Nair
d. Udupi Ramachandra Rao
Q.61 Which is the first city of India to have a water metro project?
a. Amritsar
b. Ahmedabad
c. Mumbai
d. Kochi
Q.62 Where did the Monumental National Flag, the world’s largest national flag made of Khadi fabric, put to a grand public display?
a. Leh
b. Hindon
c. Jaisalmer
d. Mumbai
Q.63 Which bank has been named as the best private bank in India in the recent Global Private Banking Awards 2021?
a. HDFC bank
b. Kotak Mahindra Bank
c. ICICI Bank
d. state Bank of India
Q.64 Darvaza gas crater, also known as the ‘Gateway to Hell’, is located in which country?
a. Russia
b. USA
c. Indonesia
d. Turkmenistan
Q.65 The first-ever World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship in 2023 will be held in which of the following states?
a. Jammu & Kashmir
b. Gujarat
c. Kerala
d. Haryana
Q.66 PARAKH, which was seen in the news, is a portal associated with which field?
a. Customs Clearance
b. Student Learning Assessment
c. Investment Advice
d. Defence Acquisition
Q.67 What is the objective of ‘Clairvoyant’, the AI-based patented system launched?
a. Mine Cryptocurrency
b. Tackle Air Pollution
c. Water Purification
d. Disinfection
Q.68 Gulabo, which passed away at the Van Vihar National Park and Zoo, Bhopal. What is it?
a. One-horned Rhino
b. Giant Tortoise
c. Bengal Tiger
d. Sloth Bear
Q.69 The Indian navy has participated in the PASSEX exercise with which country?
a. France
b. Japan
c. Russia
d. China
Q.70 Padma Shri awardee Shanti Devi died at 88, was a social activist from which of the following states?
a. Odisha
b. Assam
c. Kerala
d. Tamil Nadu
Q.71 ‘Rojgar Mission’ is the recent initiative of which state?
a. Chhattisgarh
b. Punjab
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Assam
Q.72 The famous Indian tigress popularly known as ‘Collarwali’ passed away at which Tiger Reserve?
a. Kanha Tiger Reserve
b. Corbett Tiger Reserve
c. Pench Tiger Reserve
d. Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
Q.73 Who has been appointed as the new chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India Ltd?
a. V.A.Patwardhan
b. R S Sandhu
c. Amrita Sharan
d. Vikram Dev Dutt
Q.74 Which nation is relocating its capital to Nusantara?
a. Indonesia
b. Malaysia
c. Brunei
d. Vietnam
Q.75 Which institution released the ‘Climate of India during 2021’ Report?
a. India Meteorological Department
b. NABARD
c. NITI Aayog
d. Environment Ministry
Q.76 The ‘Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav se Swarnim Bharat Ki Ore’ programme is a year-long initiative dedicated to the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by which organisation?
a. ISKCON
b. Isha Foundation
c. Brahma Kumaris
d. Patanjali Yogpeeth
Q.77 Haryana state government has partnered with which state to revive the Saraswati river?
a. Rajasthan
b. Punjab
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Uttarakhand
Q.78 Who is the current BRICS Sherpa of India?
a. Dilip Sinha
b. Piyush Goyal
c. Devyani Khobragade
d. Sanjay Bhattacharyya
Q.79 Which nation’s warship ‘Bayern’ arrived in Mumbai on January 21st in a rare port call?
a. USA
b. France
c. Germany
d. Russia
Q.80 Which Indian state has joined hands with the World Food Programme (WFP) to improve the food security of farmers?
a. Odisha
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Telangana
d. Assam
Q.81 ISRO tested which engine to be used for India’s first human-carry rocket under the Gaganyaan human space mission?
a. Kirti engine
b. Gaurav engine
c. Vikas engine
d. Ekta engine
Q.82 India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up in which city?
a. Hyderabad
b. Chennai
c. Lucknow
d. Pune
Q.83 Which city is the host of the 2024 Summer Paralympics?
a. Rome
b. Paris
c. Athens
d. Beijing
Q.84 Who is the author of the book ‘Legend of Birsa Munda’?
a. Tuhin A. Sinha
b. Ashwin Sanghi
c. Ravi Subramanian
d. Shiv Khera
Q.85 Which country has organized the ‘Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation’?
a. Malaysia
b. India
c. UK
d. Sri Lanka
Q.86 Who has been named ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2021?
a. Shaheen Afridi
b. Babar Azam
c. Kane Williamson
d. Virat Kohli
Q.87 Which Union Ministry launched the “Koyla Darpan” portal?
a. Ministry of Rural Development
b. Ministry of Steel
c. Ministry of Coal
d. Ministry of Power
Q.88 Which team has won the 9th National Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in 2022 held in Himachal Pradesh?
a. Delhi
b. Ladakh
c. Chandigarh
d. Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Q.89 Who has launched the “Yogyata” mobile phone application?
a. Supreme Court of India
b. National Green Tribunal
c. Common Services Centers
d. Election Commission of India
Q.90 What is the theme for the National Voters’ Day in 2022?
a. No Voter to be Left Behind
b. Electoral Literacy for Stronger Democracy
c. Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed.
d. Making Elections Inclusive, Accessible and Participative
Q.91 International Customs Day is marked annually on which day?
a. January 25
b. January 24
c. January 26
d. January 27
Q.92 Halodule uninervis, a species of seagrass, is found to have strong activity against which disease?
a. Covid 19
b. Hypertension
c. Cancer
d. Diabetes
Q.93 Who has been conferred with the Assam’s highest civilian honour ‘Assam Baibhav’ for the year 2021?
a. Ratan Tata
b. Narendra Modi
c. Cyrus Mistry
d. Azim Premji
Q.94 Armen Sarkissian has resigned from the post of President of which country?
a. Georgia
b. Belarus
c. Armenia
d. Ukraine
Q.95 What is the rank of India in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2021?
a. 81
b. 85
c. 88
d. 86
Q.96 The joint maritime exercise Paschim Lehar (XPL-2022) was conducted by which naval command?
a. Eastern Naval Command
b. Southern Naval Command
c. Western Naval Command
d. All the above three naval commands
Q.97 Former Indian player Charanjit Singh, who has passed away, won an Olympic gold in which game in 1964?
a. Football
b. Tennis
c. Hockey
d. Athletics
Q.98 Who is the author of the book titled-A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 years of Independence?
a. Ruskin Bond
b. Sudha Murty
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Chetan Bhagat
Q.99 Which state launches the ‘Brain Health Initiative’ 1st of its kind in India to Train Doctors in Mental Healthcare?
a. Gujarat
b. Punjab
c. Odisha
d. Karnataka
Q.100 The world’s largest canal lock has recently been unveiled in which country?
a. Germany
b. Netherlands
c. Switzerland
d. New Zealand
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