Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

1. Which Asian Country recently unveiled its National Security Policy (NSP)?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Pakistan
[C] Afghanistan
[D] Bangladesh

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2. IRDAI has announced how many Insurers as Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2021-22?
[A] One
[B] Three
[C] Four
[D] Five

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3. Which Asian Economy is set to ratify its membership of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in 2022?
[A] Bangladesh
[B] Indonesia
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Thailand

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4. Which is India’s first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) protein sub-unit vaccine for COVID-19?
[A] CORBEVAXTM
[B] NOVAVAX
[C] DIVIVAX
[D] SEROVAXTM

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5. Sabine Weiss, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?
[A] Politics
[B] Business
[C] Photography
[D] Sports

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6. ‘SMILE’ scheme is to be implemented by which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Education
[B] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[C] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
[D] Ministry of Rural Development

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7. What is the name of the annual meteor shower, which is active during January?
[A] Quadrantids
[B] Geminids
[C] Leonids
[D] Ursids

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8. The Social reformer Savitribai Phule, founded India’s first girls’ schools in which state?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Goa
[D] Madhya Pradesh

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9. Where is the ‘Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTOAB)’ based at?
[A] New York
[B] Geneva
[C] Paris
[D] Nairobi

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10. ‘Khuntkatti’ law, which was seen in the news recently, is practised in which Indian state/UT?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Jharkhand
[C] Punjab
[D] Chhattisgarh

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