Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2021

41. Which is the venue of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) Defence Ministers Conclave, to be hosted by India in 2021?
[A] Goa
[B] Bengaluru
[C] Lucknow
[D] Vishakhapatnam

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42. The train named ‘Vasuki’, that is seen in news recently, is associated with railway zone?
[A] Southern Railway
[B] Konkan Railway
[C] South East Central Railway
[D] Northern Railway

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43. Which Ministry has launched a National Migration Support Portal named “ShramShakti”?
[A] Union Labour Ministry
[B] Union Home Ministry
[C] Union Ministry of women and child welfare
[D] Union Tribal Affairs Ministry

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44. By which year, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) is set to complete National Geochemical Mapping (NGCM) programme?
[A] 2022
[B] 2024
[C] 2025
[D] 2030

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45. Which Indian state/UT has launched the new M-Sand Policy-2020?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Maharashtra

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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 Indian IT giant has surpassed Accenture to become the world’s most valued IT services company?
[A] HCL
[B] TCS
[C] Infosys
[D] Wipro

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48. 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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49. Dhannipur project, which was making news recently, is to come up in which Indian state/UT?
[A] Assam
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Gujarat
[D] Bihar

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50. The “World Gold Demand Trends report” is released by which organisation?
[A] International Monetary Fund
[B] World Gold Council
[C] Indian Bullion Association
[D] Reserve Bank of India

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