Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2021

1. Which country generated over half of its power from wind, due to the Storm Bella?
[A] United States
[B] United Kingdom
[C] Italy
[D] Germany

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2. Who has been nominated to the board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) from India?
[A] Rajiv Kumar
[B] Narendra Modi
[C] Harsh Vardhan
[D] Amitabh Kant

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3. ‘Malayali Tribes’, seen in the news recently, are the tribal people belonging to which state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Karnataka

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4. Which private sector bank sold its stake to Ageas Insurance, which led to the new brand named Ageas Federal Life Insurance?
[A] ICICI Bank
[B] Yes Bank
[C] IDBI Bank
[D] Axis Bank

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5. Soma Mondal is the new Chairperson of which Public sector enterprise?
[A] SAIL
[B] ONGC
[C] PFC
[D] BEL

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6. Which Defence force has proposed to acquire 12 high-performance patrol boats?
[A] Indian Navy
[B] Indian Coast Guard
[C] Indian Air Force
[D] Indian Army

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7. Which organisation has issued a Statement on Climate of India during 2020?
[A] India Meteorological Department
[B] Ministry of Earth Sciences
[C] Indian Institute of Tropical Studies
[D] DRDO

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8. What is the accuracy of ‘National Atomic Timescale’, which was recently launched?
[A] 2.8 nanoseconds
[B] 20.8 nanoseconds
[C] 2.8 milliseconds
[D] 20.8 milliseconds

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9. Due to sudden surge in price of local rice, which country has started to import rice from India, after a decade?
[A] USA
[B] Canada
[C] Japan
[D] Vietnam

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10. In which international body, India has recently commenced its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member?
[A] WHO
[B] WTO
[C] UNSC
[D] UN ECOSOC

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