Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2021

41. Which species found predominantly in North America is recently found to be at the verge of extinction?
[A] Bald Eagle
[B] Polar Bear
[C] Western monarch butterfly
[D] American Alligator

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42. What is the name of the military exercise that would involve assets of Indian Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard?
[A] Exercise Himvijay
[B] Exercise Kavach
[C] Exercise Kapil
[D] Exercise Darshan

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43. Which personality announced to give away USD 100 million for the best carbon capture technology?
[A] Bill Gates
[B] Elon Musk
[C] Mark Zuckerberg
[D] Jack Ma

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44. Which Indian mathematician has been named the winner of the 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize?
[A] Nikhil Srivastava
[B] C. S. Seshadri
[C] Manindra Agrawal
[D] Sujatha Ramdorai

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45. Which is the venue of the ‘Exercise Desert Knight 21’?
[A] Andaman and Nicobar Islands
[B] Goa
[C] Jodhpur
[D] Kolkata

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46. Which organization has adopted a resolution titled “Promoting a culture of peace and tolerance to safeguard religious sites”?
[A] WHO
[B] WTO
[C] United Nations
[D] WIPO

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47. Mohammed Ishtaye, who was seen in the news recently, is the Prime Minister of which country?
[A] Palestine
[B] Israel
[C] Peru
[D] Argentina

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48. As per the recent publication of ZSI, which region of India is home to as many as 428 species?
[A] Western Ghats
[B] Sunderbans
[C] Deccan Plateau
[D] Himalayan Region

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49. Which country recently signed an order to allow Transgender persons to serve in Military roles?
[A] Singapore
[B] United States
[C] New Zealand
[D] India

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50. Which Indian public sector bank has raised Rs 1,000 crore by issuing Basel III-compliant bonds?
[A] State Bank of India
[B] Union Bank of India
[C] Punjab National Bank
[D] HDFC Bank

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