DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 03 JAN 2022

DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 03 JAN 2022

[Q] Which IIT has emerged as the best institute under the “CFTIs, Central University, & Institute of National Importance” category in the ARIIA 2021?

(a) IIT Delhi

(b) IIT Madras

(c) IIT Bombay

(d) IIT Roorkee

(e) IIT Guwahati

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which country has been added as the fourth new member of BRICS New Development Bank?

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Uruguay

(c) UAE

(d) Egypt

(e) Turkey

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The Indian Army has established the Quantum Lab at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), in Military Headquarters of War (Mhow) in which city?

(a) Indore

(b) Varanasi

(c) Ranchi

(d) Lucknow

(e) Surat

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which country launched its first in the series Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker ‘Sibir’ to boost India’s Arctic Plans via Northern Sea Route?

(a) China

(b) UK

(c) USA

(d) Russia

(e) South Korea

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who will be chairing the Counterterrorism Committee in January 2022?

(a) India

(b) China

(c) USA

(d) Japan

(e) Russia

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which of the following bagged the national breed conservation award for 2021.

(a) Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science

(b) Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University

(c) IVRI Bareilly – Indian Veterinary Research Institute

(d) UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya

(e) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as India’s next permanent representative to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva?

(a) Vimal Sharma

(b) Vinod Gupta

(c) Anupam Ray

(d) Soniya Arora

(e) Vikram Rana

[ANS] c

 

[Q] India’s First Manned Ocean Mission was officially inaugurated by DrJitendra Singh. What is the name given to the mission?

(a) Neernidhi

(b) Sagaryan

(c) Samudrayan

(d) Sindhuyan

(e) Shakti

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which country has recently launched a commemorative coin celebrating the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi?

(a) Australia

(b) Japan

(c) South Africa

(d) United Kingdom

(e) Saudi Arabia

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Prime Minister NarendraModi has handed over the indigenously built light combat helicopters (LCH), developed by __________.

(a) DRDO

(b) HAL

(c) BHEL

(d) ISRO

(e) NTPC

[ANS] b

 

[Q] On which date National Cancer Awareness Day is observed every year?

(a) November 3

(b) November 4

(c) November 5

(d) November 6

(e) November 7

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Who has become the richest self-made woman in India?

(a) Falguni Nayar

(b) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

(c) Roshni Nadar

(d) Ekta Kapoor

(e) Zia Mody

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the Director-General (DG) of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)?

(a) Satya Narayan Pradhan

(b) Kuldiep Singh

(c) Gurbirpal Singh

(d) Pradeep Chandran Nair

(e) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the Indian cricketer who has won the Arjuna Award in the recently announced National Sports Awards 2021.

(a) Rohit Sharma

(b) ViratKohli

(c) ShikharDhawan

(d) JaspritBumrah

(e) AjinkyaRahane

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who among the following has topped the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021?

(a) Ratan Tata

(b) Azim Premji

(c) Jamsetji Tata

(d) Lakshmi Mittal

(e) Mukesh Ambani

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which bank has launched a video life certificate service for pensioners?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) State Bank of India

(c) ICICI Bank

(d) Punjab National Bank

(e) DBS Bank

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology has been inaugurated in which university?

(a) Madras University

(b) Chandigarh University

(c) Allahabad University

(d) Delhi University

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Abdalla Hamdok resigned as Prime Minister of which nation in January  2022?

(a) Egypt

(b) Tanzania

(c) Sudan

(d) Yemen

[ANS] c

 

[Q] All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has announced retirement from international cricket. He played for which nation's cricket team?

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Pakistan

(c) England

(d) Afghanistan

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who has become the 34th Indian to lead India in Test matches?

(a) K L Rahul

(b) Hanuma Vihari

(c) Rishabh Pant

(d) Cheteshwar Pujara

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which nation won the U-19 Asia Cup in December, 2021?

(a) India

(b) Sri Lanka

(c) South Africa

(d) Australia

[ANS] a