Exercise :: January 3, 2022 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
- January 3, 2022 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
1. | Vaishno Devi Stampede 12 people were killed. It is in which state/UT? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: In a tragic incident on New Year occasion, 12 people were killed and 15 injured in a stampede at Vaishno Devi shrine in the Katra area of Jammu and Kashmir.
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2. | Which state govt set to table bill to "free Hindu temples"? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka in the past few months, has been witnessing an intense debate over a campaign to 'free Hindu temples'.
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3. | What is the theme of Global Family Day? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The theme of Global Family Day is One Day in Peace.
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4. | Name the Director-General of ITBP, who has been given the additional charge of Sashastra Seema Bal, another Border Security Force? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Director General of ITBP Sanjay Arora has been given additional charge of other Border Security Force Sashastra Seema Bal. Because Pramukh Kumar Rajesh Chandra is about to retire.
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5. | Which bank has become the second-largest merchant-acquisition bank in PoS machines with over two lakh card-swiping machines installed? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Axis Bank has become the second-largest merchant-acquisition bank in POS machines with over two lakh card-swipe machines installed.
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6. | Which country carries out New Space Launch Amid Nuclear Talks? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Iran insists its space programme is for civilian and defence purposes only and does not breach the nuclear deal or any other international agreement.
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7. | India send Covid 19 vaccines to which country through Iran? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The first shipment consisting of 5 lakh doses will reach Afghanistan's capital Kabul.
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8. | Who has inaugurated the Bina (MP)-Panki (UP) multiproduct pipeline project? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 356 km long Bina Refinery (MP) POL terminal in the Rs 1524 crore Panki (Kanpur, UP) multiproduct pipeline project.
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9. | Konark Sun Temple's Jagmohan to be opened after 118 years. It is in which state? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: BHUBANESWAR, Odisha Konark Sun Temple's Jagmohan to be opened after 118 years.
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10. | Which country has launched its first Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker in the series? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Russia has launched Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker, its first in the series.
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11. | A controversy over Cristiano Ronaldo's statue is in which place? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: A new statue of football player Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked controversy in Goa, with residents objecting to a Portuguese footballer being honoured instead of a player from India.
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12. | Vasudevan PN has been re-appointed as MD and CEO of which bank? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Vasudevan Pathani Narasimhan has been re-appointed as MD & CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank.
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13. | Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation of 23 projects worth 17,500 crore rupees in which city? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation of 23 projects worth 17,500 crore rupees at Haldwani in Uttarakhand.
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14. | Which state has cut petrol price by 25 Rs for 2-wheelers? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: In a bid to provide relief to poor and middle-class families of the state, the Jharkhand government decided to give relief of Rs 25 per litre on petrol to two-wheelers from January 26, 2022.
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