DAILY GK QUIZ: 1 JAN 2021
[Q] Where was
India’s highest Meterological Center, recently inaugurated by Minister of Earth
Science Harsh Vardhan ?
(a) Shillong, Meghalaya
(b) Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Ooty, Tamil Nadu
(d) Leh, Ladakh
(e) Darjeeling, West Bengal
[ANS] d
[Q] Where was
India’s 1st Pollinator Park inaugurated in December 2020?
(a) Ramnagar,
Uttarakhand
(b) Kolhapur, Maharashtra
(c) Haldwani, Uttarakhand
(d) Bhiwandi, Maharashtra
(e) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
[ANS] c
[Q] Connecting
which cities, India’s 1st bullet train project was designed and with a
completion target of 2023?
(a) Mumbai –
Pune
(b) Kolkata – Bhubaneshwar
(c) Chennai – Lucknow
(d) Mumbai – Ahmedabad
(e) Delhi – Lucknow
[ANS] d
[Q] Who recently
became the youngest Mayor of India, on December, 2020?
(a) Arya
Rajendran
(b) Chandrani Murmu
(c) Pritam Munde
(d) Dushyant Chautala
(e) Aditya Thackeray
[ANS] a
[Q] Which bank
topped in India as per the Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI)
Movers and Shakers 2020 Report released by Wizikey?
(a) Indian
Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) Punjab National Bank
[ANS] d
[Q] As per the
recent amendments to the GST Rules, businesses with monthly turnover of over
_____ are liable to pay at least 1% GST liability in cash, w.e.f January 1,
2021.
(a) Rs. 1
Crore
(b) Rs. 10 Crore
(c) Rs. 10 lakhs
(d) Rs. 25 lakhs
(e) Rs. 50 lakhs
[ANS] e
[Q] Which was
Myanmar Navy’s 1st & only Submarine that was handed over by India under its
SAGAR initiative as of December 2020?
(a) INS
Kalvari
(b) INS Shishumar
(c) INS Arighat
(d) INS Arihant
(e) INS Sindhuvir
[ANS] e
[Q] How many
teams will be playing in Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2022?
(a) 12
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 9
(e) 13
[ANS] b
[Q] Which is
India’s 1st of its kind Digital platform for Ocean Data Management that was
virtually launched by Minister of Earth Science Harsh Vardhan on December,
2020?
(a) Blue
India
(b) Ocean eReferral
(c) Ocean eHealth
(d) Ocean Data Manager
(e) Digital Ocean
[ANS] e
[Q] Dr Harsh Vardhan has
been elected as the board member of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunisation (GAVI). Where is the headquarter of GAVI located?
(a) Geneva, Switzerland
(b) London, UK
(c) New York, US
(d) Rome, Italy
(e) Beijing, China
[ANS] a
[Q] The union
cabinet has approved the proposal of exporting the indigenously-developed Akash
Missile System. The missile comes under which category?
(a) Surface to Surface Missile
(b) Air to Surface Missile
(c) Surface to Air Missile
(d) Air to Air Missile
(e) Antitank
[ANS] c
[Q] The new
luxurious Vistadome tourist coaches of the Indian Railways was successfully
test-run recently. The coaches have been manufactured at which facility?
(a) Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
(b) Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
(c) Diesel Locomotive Works
(d) Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore
(e) Integral Coach Factory, Chennai
[ANS] e
[Q] Who among the
following has been conferred with the prestigious “Eminent Engineer Award for
the Year 2020’?
(a) Pushpak Bhattacharyya
(b) Mahendra Nath Pandey
(c) Prabhakar Singh
(d) Vinod Kumar Yadav
(e) Ashok Jhunjhunwala
[ANS] d
[Q] Who among the
following has been conferred with prestigious Tansen Samman 2020?
(a) Vidyadhar Vyas
(b) Satish Vyas
(c) Manju Mehta
(d) Dalchan Sharma
(e) Ulhaas Kashalkar
[ANS] b
[Q] What is the
theme of Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice 2020?
(a) Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery
(b) Celebrating Compassion In Times of Covid
(c) Compassion Beyond Borders
(d) Combating Contemporary Forms of Covid
(e) Compassion Forms of Slavery
[ANS] b
