Current Affairs Quiz – January 12 & 13 2022

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Current Affairs Quiz – January 12 & 13 2022

1. National Youth Day is observed on _______.
a) January 11
b) January 12
c) January 13
d) January 14

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Answer b) January 12. In India, the National Youth Day is celebrated on 12 January annually to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The theme for National Youth Day 2022 is The Theme of 2022 is “It’s all in the mind.”

2. Chandrashekhar Patil, who passed away recently, was a/an ___________.
a) Scientist
b) Writer
c) Cricketer
d) Politician

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Answer b) Writer. He is popularly known as “Champa”.

3. India’s first heli-hub will be set up in ___________.
a) Varanasi
b) Kodaikanal
c) Gurugram
d) Ahmedabad

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Answer c) Gurugram. The heli-hub will be the first of its kind in India to have all facilities at one place for helicopters.

4. Which city became India’s first city to have a Water Metro Project?
a) Kochi
b) Chennai
c) Bengaluru
d) Kozhikode

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Answer a) Kochi.

5. “Mission Amanat” is associated with _________.
a) Indian Railways
b) India Post
c) State Bank of India
d) Indian Airlines

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Answer a) Indian Railways. Indian Railways launches Mission Amanat to help passengers track their lost belongings.

6. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas has been named as the next chief economist of the _____________.
a) World Bank
b) International Monetary Fund
c) Reserve Bank of Japan
d) Republic Bank of China

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Answer b) International Monetary Fund. He will succeed Gita Gopinath, the first woman to serve as the Fund’s chief economist.

7. Cricketer Chris Morris represents which country?
a) New Zealand
b) South Africa
c) England
d) Australia

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Answer b) South Africa.

8. Who has been awarded with 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022?
a) Kabir Khan
b) Meher Vij
c) Harshaali Malhotra
d) Naisha Khanna

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Answer c) Harshaali Malhotra.

9. According to the Henley Passport Index, Indian Passport ranks ________.
a) 80th
b) 83rd
c) 86th
d) 92nd

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Answer b) 83rd. Indian passport now ranks at 83rd, climbing seven places from 90th rank last year.

10. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of ISRO?
a) Sreedhara Panicker Somanath
b) Ritu Karidhal
c) Muthayya Vanitha
d) Vasanth Reddy

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Answer a) Sreedhara Panicker Somanath.

11. “Indomitable: A Working Woman’s Notes on Life, Work and Leadership” is the autobiography of _____________.
a) Chanda Kochhar
b) Arundhati Bhattacharya
c) Roopchand Advani
d) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

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Answer b) Arundhati Bhattacharya.

12. Who has been named as the brand ambassador of RenewBuy, an online insurance platform?
a) Rajkummar Rao
b) Ayushmann Kuhurrana
c) Kartik Aaryan
d) Pankaj Tripathi

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Answer a) Rajkummar Rao.

13. Alikhan Smailov has been appointed as new Prime Minister of ___________.
a) Kazakhstan
b) Uzbekistan
c) Kyrgyzstan
d) Turkmenistan

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Answer a) Kazakhstan.

14. Kumbalangi village in ________ is all set to become India’s first sanitary-napkin-free panchayat.
a) Madurai
b) Cochin
c) Ernakulam
d) Salem

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Answer b) Cochin.