Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2021

41. Which organization has released the book on “Faecal sludge and septage management in urban areas”?
[A] WHO
[B] NITI Aayog
[C] IMF
[D] United Nations

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42. Which county has rejoined the “Paris climate agreement” recently?
[A] USA
[B] Japan
[C] China
[D] Russia

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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. The Land Allotment Policy 2021-30, which was making news recently, was released by which state/UT?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Kerala
[C] Jammu& Kashmir
[D] Gujarat

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45. The government of which state has decided to establish India’s biggest multi-model logistics park?
[A] Maharashtra
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] West Bengal
[D] Gujarat

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46. Which Indian Economist has been chosen to be a part of UN high-level advisory board on socio-economic challenges in post-COVID-19 world?
[A] Arundhati Roy
[B] Amartya Sen
[C] Jayati Ghosh
[D] Raghuram Rajan

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47. Which organisation recently conducted the biggest ever opinion poll on climate change?
[A] UNDP
[B] UNEP
[C] WTO
[D] WMO

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48. What is the name of India’s initiative to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to friendly countries?
[A] Covid Maitri
[B] Vaccine Maitri
[C] Helping Hands
[D] Friends in Need

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49. What is Melatonin?
[A] Covid-19 drug candidate
[B] Plant based chemical
[C] Hormone secreted in humans
[D] By-product of fractional distillation

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50. Which county has requested for debt restructuring at the IMF, under the new common framework?
[A] India
[B] Chad
[C] China
[D] USA

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