Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2021

41. 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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42. 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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43. Which country passed a resolution that allows its Coast Guards to fire on foreign vessels, to prevent threats?
[A] North Korea
[B] China
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Thailand

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44. 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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45. As per the International Monetary Fund, which is the only key country that would record a double-digit growth in FY22?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] United States
[D] Germany

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46. Janet Yellen has been appointed as the first woman Treasury secretary of which country?
[A] New Zealand
[B] Australia
[C] United States
[D] United Kingdom

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47. Which Indian city recently unveiled a first-of-its kind Young Readers’ Boat Library?
[A] Mumbai
[B] Kolkata
[C] Ahmedabad
[D] Cochin

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48. Who is the Chairperson of the panel set up to review the proposed ban on 27 widely used pesticides?
[A] TP Rajendran
[B] K Vijay Kumar
[C] C Sylendra Babu
[D] K Sivan

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49. Which country has launched “New Variant Assessment Platform”?
[A] USA
[B] UK
[C] China
[D] Brazil

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50. When is International Holocaust Remembrance Day observed?
[A] January 10
[B] January 20
[C] January 25
[D] January 27

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