Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test

Current Affairs January 2022 MCQs Test for events in January 2022. Check out Latest Questions from Current Events held in January 2022 – Take this test to check your General Knowledge on current affairs topics from this year. These MCQ Question Answers are helpful for various entrance exams in India

1. When is the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day observed ?

a.18th January

b.11th January

c.25th January

d.22nd January

2. When is the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti observed ?

a.9th January

b.14th January

c.10th January

d.11th January

3. Where was the World Champion Loh Kean Yew 2022 held?

a.Switzer land

b.Germany

c.Singapore

d.Malaysia

4. Who has won the Ramnath Goenka Award in Photo Journalism?

a.Zishaan A Latif

b.Sarat Chandra

c.Amrita Pritam

d.Vikram Seth

5. The world’s largest national flag, made of Khadi fabric was put to display at

a.Jaisalmer

b.Longewala

c.Ajmer

d.Jaipur

6. Which Mutual Fund is renamed as White Oak Capital Mutual Fund?

a. Bluechip Fund

b.Mutual Fund

c.Strategic Bond Fund

d.Regular Saver Fund

7. Magh Mela-2022’ is an annual religious fair held in which state?

a.West Bengal

b.Bihar

c.Gujarat

d.Uttar Pradesh

8. Who becomes the first black woman to appear on US coin ?

a.Susan B Anthony

b.Poet Maya Angelou

c.Lincoln penny

d.None of these

9. Who has launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022 ?

a.Subhas Sarkar

b.Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

c.Dr. Jitendra Singh

d.Rao Inderjit Singh

10. Which two countries navy has conducted the PASSEX Exercise in Arabian Sea?

a.Indian Navy and Japan Navy

b.Indian Navy and Russian Navy

c.Indian Navy and China Navy

d.Indian Navy and Australia Navy

11. 23 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Wetlands Day

b.None of these

c.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

d.Indian Coast Guard Day

12. In which city the Union Ayush Minister has laid the foundation stone of Heartfulness International Yoga Academy?

a.Chennai

b.Hyderabad

c.Delhi

d.Mumbai

13. In which state PM Modi has inaugurated Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Power Project?

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Maharashtra

d.Himachal Pradesh

14. Which Union Minister has recently launched the India Semiconductor Mission?

a.Ashwini Vaishnav

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Amit Shah

d.Nirmala Sitharaman

15. When is the Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai observed ?

a.27th January

b.28th January

c.26th January

d.18th January

16. 9th January is celebrated as ________

a.Global Family Day

b.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

c.None of these

d.World Hindi Day

17. Who has been appointed as the ‘officer on special duty’ in Punjab National Bank?

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Shanti Lal Jain

c.Mallikarjuna Rao

d.A.S. Rajeev

18. Which bank has committed USD 150 million to invest in the development of data centres that mostly serve emerging Asia ?

a.Federal Bank

b.Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)

c.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

d.None of these

19. In which sector 46th GST Council meeting called to discuss about GST rate?

a.Transport

b.Textile

c.Oil

d.Health

20. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council, AEPC ?

a.Shri Vijay Agarwal

b.Shri Premal Udani

c.Shri Anil Bhuchasia

d.Narendra Kumar Goenka

21. Who was crowned as the winner of Mrs World 2022 ?

a.Valentina CAMEJO

b.Eva DOBREVA

c.Shaylyn Ford

d.Khalia HALL

22. On which date the National Youth Day observed ?

a.12th January

b.14th January

c.20th January

d.16th January

23. In which city India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up?

a.Lucknow

b.Raipur

c.Nepal

d.Hyderabad

24. Which team won the 9th Women National Ice Hockey Championship 2022?

a.Karnataka team

b.Tamilnadu team

c.Ladakh team

d.Kerala team

25. Which of the following ministry has announced the initiation of the Open Data Week from 17 January to 21 January?

a.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

b.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

c.Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

26. Who has become India’s first UN Development Programme (UNDP) Youth Climate Champion ?

a.Jack Welch

b.None of these

c.Udit Singhal

d.Prajakta Koli

27. The Central Government has approved to host the Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23 in which state ?

a.Chattisgarh

b.West Bengal

c.Punjab

d.Madhya Pradesh

28. In which state Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya on February 5, 2022, ?

a.TamilNadu

b.Kerala

c.Hyderabad

d.Karnataka

29. Which state has reached first place to the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rurban Mission?

a.Telungana

b.Karnataka

c.Kerala

d.Tamil Nadu

30. On which date the Global Family Day observed every year?

a.2nd January

b.5th January

c.1st January

d.3rd January

31. Who has recently been given the World CEO Winner of the Year 2021 Award?

a.Vinod Bhandari

b.Vinay Prakash

c.Kishore Kumar Yedam

d.Kanak Sharma

32. Which Indian has been roped in as the Ambassador of ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG)?

a.Vijay Shekhar Sharma

b.Sunil Mittal

c.Sachin Bansal

d.Falguni Nayar

33. Whose statue has unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at India Gate on Parakram Divas?

a.Netaji Subhas Chandra

b.Jawaharlal Nehru

c.Dadabhai Naoroji

d.Mahatma Gandhi

34. Who was awarded the Netaji Award 2022 ?

a.Shinzo Abe

b.Justin Trudeau

c.None of these

d.Xi Jinping

35. What is the full form of OSNBFC?

a.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies

b.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Board for Financial Supervision

c.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Backup Flight Controller

d.Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Broadcast File System

36. Which bank has launched ‘Platina Fixed Deposit’, offering interest of 15 basis points higher than the regular term deposit rates?

a.Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited

b.Capital Small Finance Bank Limited

c.Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

d.Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

37. What is the total number of members in the committee constituted to examine “The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021?

a.31

b.10

c.26

d.21

38. Which of the following state celebrates Losoong Namsoong Festival?

a.Meghalaya

b.Assam

c.Sikkim

d.Tripura

39. Which state government slashed Rs 25 per litre on petrol and diesel prices for two-wheelers owned by the poor?

a.Kerala

b.Jharkhand

c.Odisha

d.Tamil Nadu

40. Who has set up an online Raksha Pension Shikayat Nivaran Portal to resolve pension-related grievances of ex-servicemen (ESM)?

a.Rajnath Singh

b.Arun Jaitley

c.Nirmala Sitharaman

d.Manohar Parrikar

41. Which state became India’s first state to launch AVGC Center of Excellence?

a.TamilNadu

b.Karnataka

c.Kerala

d.Andhra Pradesh

42. Which state is set to be India’s first sanitary-napkin free village?

a.Kerala- Cochin

b.Kerala- Alappuzha

c.Kerala - Kumbalanghi

d.Kerala- Thekkady

43. When is the Meghalaya Foundation Day observed ?

a.21st January

b.25th January

c.27th January

d.23th January

44. In which state PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University?

a.Rajasthan

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Assam

d.Odisa

45. Who won the Syed Modi badminton 2022?

a.Saina Nehwal

b.PV Sindhu

c.Prakash Padukone

d.Srikanth Kidambi

46. Name of the bank will acquire up to 9.95 per cent stake in IFSC Ltd?

a.Bank of Baroda

b.State Bank of India

c.Canara Bank

d.Punjab National Bank

47. On which date the Indian Army Day observed ?

a.19th January

b.17th January

c.20th January

d.15th January

48. The two new IPL 2022 teams have been given time till when to complete the retention process?

a.January 21st

b.February 1st

c.January 22 nd

d.January 31st

49. Which two states have signed an MoU at Panchkula, for the construction of Adi Badri Dam ?

a.Karnataka and Andra pradesh

b.Tamilnadu and Kerala

c.None of these

d.Himachal Pradesh and Haryana

50. Whose birthday is celebrated as ‘Parakram Diwas in india?

a.Mahatma Gandhi

b.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

c.Jawaharlal Nehru

d.Vallabhbhai Patel

51. Which country will host the 46-nation mega naval battle 'Exercise Milan 2022'?

a.China

b.India

c.Iran

d.America

52. On which date the African National Congress Foundation Day observed ?

a.12th January

b.15th January

c.8th January

d.9th January

53. When is the Makar Sankranti observed ?

a.17th January

b.20th January

c.22nd January

d.14th January

54. Which company has a partnership with Paytm to expand digital lending to MSMEs?

a.Fullerton India

b.Bank of Maharashtra

c.Bank of Baroda

d.Bank of India

55. Which bank has declared the launch of 'Green Fixed Deposits'?

a.IndusInd Bank

b.HDFC Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.Axis Bank

56. Name of the maritime exercise conducted by NATO in the Mediterranean Sea from January 24, 2022?

a.Neptune Strike 22

b.Indra Navy

c.None of these

d.Varuna Naval Exercise

57. 14 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a. None of these

b.Pongal

c.Darwin Day

d.Valentine's Day

58. Which nation’s all-rounder Chris Morris has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?

a.England

b.South Africa

c.New Zealand

d.Australia

59. Which date has declared as ‘National Start-up Day’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

a.16th January

b.18th January

c.19th January

d.11th January

60. Who has launched a 100 day reading Campaign “Padhe Bharat”?

a.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

b.Piyush Goyal

c.Dharmendra Pradhan

d.Narendra Tomar

61. Who is appointed as the brand ambassador of Good Dot company?

a.Ravindra Jadeja

b.Virat Kohli

c.Neeraj Chopra

d.Sanjay Dutt

62. On which date the International Day of Education observed ?

a.30th January

b.25th January

c.24th January

d.29th January

63. Who is appointed as the CEO of Adani Power?

a.Karan Adani

b.None of these

c.Shersingh B Khyalia

d.Vneet S. Jain

64. 13th January is celebrated as ________

a.Lohri Festival

b.National Science Day

c.World Cancer Day

d.World Wetlands Day

65. Name of the Omicron Testing Kit developed by CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) ?

a.COVID-19

b.Om

c.Hantavirus

d.Ebola Virus

66. Which movie from India won the best film award in the Asian Film Competition section at the 20th Dhaka International Film Festival?

a.Oomai Sennaai

b.Koozhangal

c.Theerpugal Virkapadum

d.Jai Bhim

67. 26 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.International Customs Day

b.Red Squirrel Appreciation Day

c.None of these

d.Global Word Search Day

68. When is the National Girl Child Day observed ?

a.24th January

b.20th January

c.22nd January

d.25th January

69. Who has become the first Indian-origin woman to trek solo to the South Pole?

a.Srishti Bandla

b.Harpreet Chandi

c.Sneha Sharma

d.Sunita Williams

70. Who was sworn as the Prime Minister of Barbados?

a.John "Tom"

b.Errol Walton Barrow

c.Mia Mottley

d.Bernard St. John

71. 6 January is celebrated as ________

a.World Braille Day

b.None of these

c.World Day of War Orphans

d.Global Family Day

72. On which date the Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas observed ?

a.25th January

b.30th January

c.22nd January

d.28th January

73. When is the National Tourism Day observed ?

a.28th January

b.25th January

c.26th January

d.29th January

74. Who won the International Association of Working Women Award ?

a.Kajol

b.None of these

c.Sushmita Sen

d.Aishwarya Rai

75. Who has been selected for Assam’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’?

a.Azim Premji

b.Mukesh Ambani

c.Gautam Adani

d.Ratan Tata

76. Which state celebrated the 44th Kokborok Day ?

a.Jharkhand

b.Tripura

c.None of these

d.Uttar Pradesh

77. On which date the Republic Day observed ?

a.26th January

b.22nd January

c.None of these

d.21st January

78. Which organization conducted the 16th India Digital Summit 2022?

a.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Market(DPIM)

b.India Leg of Singapore Fintech Fest (SFF)

c.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

d.Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

79. Who is appointed as new chairperson to PMLA Adjudicating Authority ?

a.Vinod anand prasad

b.Nalin Singhal

c.Vinodanand Jha

d.Manoj Jain

80. 11 th January is celebrated as ________

a.Indian Coast Guard Day

b.Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

c.International Safer Internet Day

d.World Wetlands Day

81. In which institute Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched blockchain-based digital degrees?

a.IIT Bombay

b.IIT Kanpur

c.IIT Roorkee

d.IIT Delhi

82. Who won the World Champion Loh Kean Yew ?

a.Lakshya Sen

b.Anders Antonsen

c.Chou Tien Chen

d.Kento Momota

83. Who has won the Best National Costume award at Mrs World 2022 pageant ?

a.Gobinda Mandal

b.Sujith Sudhakaran

c.Navdeep Kaur

d.Archana Rao

84. What is the name of the rocket first domestically produced space launch vehicle of South Korea’s country?

a.Shuttle–Mir (with Russia)

b.KSLV-II Nuri rocket

c.RISAT-2(B)R1

d.Chandrayaan2

85. Who among the following is the winner of Genesis Prize 2022?

a.Natan Sharansky

b.Steven Spielberg

c.Albert Bourla

d.Rabbi Lord

86. 25 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.None of these

b.National Science Fiction Day

c.National Voters Day

d.Global Word Search Day

87. Name of the Cricketer who received the Knighthood from Prince William?

a.Wriddhiman Saha

b.Ajinkya Rahane

c.Shikhar Dhawan

d.West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd

88. Which state chief minister has launched Kaushal Rozgar Nigam?

a.Lakshadweep

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Haryana

d.Karnataka

89. Which state has launched the ‘Apna Kangra’ app ?

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.TamilNadu

c.Karnataka

d.Kerala

90. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of UCO Bank?

a.Atul Kumar Goel

b.Shri Ajay Vyas

c.Dukan Pichadi

d.Dinesh Kumar Khara

91. To which university Jio Platforms (JPL) has signed an agreement to accelerate research and standardization in 6G technology ?

a.University of Oxford, United Kingdom

b.Stanford University, United States

c.University of Oulu, Finland

d.None of these

92. 30 January is celebrated as ________ ?

a.World Leprosy Eradication Day

b.World Braille Day

c.World Day of War Orphans

d.Valentine's Day

93. How many childrens are Awarded by Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2022?

a.10

b.29

c.25

d.20

94. Which Authority informed 126 tigers have died in India in the year 2021?

a.National Tiger Conservation Authority

b.NITI Aayog

c.Ministry of Tribals

d.UNESCO

95. Name of the state govt set to table bill to "free Hindu temples"?

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Kerala

c.Bihar

d.Karnataka

96. In which country World’s longest Metro line has opened in January 2022?

a.China

b.Algeria

c.Argentina

d.Japan

97. Which platform launched the Unified Presentment Management System?

a.Bharat BillPay

b.Amazon Pay

c.Google Pay

d.Phone Pe

98. Which district got the first rank in the “ District Good Governance Index”?

a.Mysore

b.None of these

c.Jammu

d.Banglore

99. On which date the World Hindi Day observed ?

a.20th January

b.11th January

c.10th January

d.15th January

100. Who launched the AI-driven Start-Up for Water Purification by IIT alumni?

a.Jeetendra

b.Ranjith Singh

c.Dr Jitendra Singh

d.Manoj Sinha

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