Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

41. Which country has organised the ‘Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation’?
[A] India
[B] Malaysia
[C] UK
[D] Sri Lanka

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42. Which department manages the ‘Contingency Fund of India’ on behalf of the President?
[A] Department of Economic Affairs
[B] Department of Expenditure
[C] Department of Financial Services
[D] Department of Revenue

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43. What is the expansion of ‘VRR Auction’, conducted by the Reserve Bank of India?
[A] Variable Rate Repo auction
[B] Virtual Reality Repo auction
[C] Viable Rate Repo auction
[D] Vernacular Region Repo auction

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44. India has paid USD 29.9 million in budget assessments of which institution?
[A] World Bank
[B] United Nations
[C] ADB
[D] BRICS Bank

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45. Which institution developed the indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit “Om”, to detect Omicron variant?
[A] CSIR- CDRI
[B] AIIMS
[C] JIPMER
[D] IIT Kanpur

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46. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Swachhata Start-Up Challenge’?
[A] Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
[B] Ministry of Rural Development
[C] Ministry of Agriculture
[D] Ministry of Home Affairs

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47. When is the ‘International Holocaust Remembrance Day’ observed?
[A] January 25
[B] January 27
[C] January 28
[D] January 30

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48. ‘NeoCov’, which was seen in the news, was first identified in which species?
[A] Monkeys
[B] Bats
[C] Owls
[D] Rodent

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49. What is the common name given to objects that turn on and off in the Universe?
[A] Transients
[B] Star Burst
[C] Meteors
[D] Half Star

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50. What is the name of the Tropical Storm which made landfall on three southern African countries?
[A] Rina
[B] Ana
[C] Boss
[D] Sue

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