Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2021

41. Carolina Marin, who won the singles women title at the Thailand Open badminton tournament, is from which country?
[A] Switzerland
[B] Japan
[C] Spain
[D] Thailand

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42. 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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43. What is AMPHEX – 21, that was seen in the news recently?
[A] Communication satellite
[B] COVID Vaccine candidate
[C] Tri service joint exercise of India
[D] NASA’s moon rover

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44. The rocket of which space organisation has made a record for carrying the highest number of satellites in a single mission?
[A] NASA
[B] ISRO
[C] JAXA
[D] Space X

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45. Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is awarded by which ministry?
[A] Ministry of Defence
[B] Ministry of Home Affairs
[C] Ministry of External Affairs
[D] Ministry of women and child development

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46. 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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47. Giuseppe Conte, who recently resigned, was the Prime Minister of which country?
[A] France
[B] Brazil
[C] Italy
[D] Peru

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48. “Partnering for Racial Justice in Business”, which was making news recently, is an initiative of which organisation?
[A] IMF
[B] World Bank
[C] WEF
[D] UN

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49. Which country announced a pledge of USD 150,000 for UN peace building operations?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] Japan
[D] Germany

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50. Which organisation released a report titled ‘Ageing water infrastructure: An emerging global risk’?
[A] UN
[B] IMF
[C] AIIB
[D] BRICS Bank

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