DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 03 JAN 2022
[Q]
Which IIT has emerged as the best institute under the “CFTIs, Central
University, & Institute of National Importance” category in the ARIIA 2021?
(a) IIT Delhi
(b) IIT Madras
(c) IIT Bombay
(d) IIT Roorkee
(e) IIT Guwahati
[ANS] b
[Q]
Which country has been added as the fourth new member of BRICS New Development
Bank?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Uruguay
(c) UAE
(d) Egypt
(e) Turkey
[ANS] d
[Q]
The Indian Army has established the Quantum Lab at the Military College of
Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), in Military Headquarters of War (Mhow) in
which city?
(a) Indore
(b) Varanasi
(c) Ranchi
(d) Lucknow
(e) Surat
[ANS] a
[Q]
Which country launched its first in the series Project 22220 versatile
nuclear-powered icebreaker ‘Sibir’ to boost India’s Arctic Plans via Northern
Sea Route?
(a) China
(b) UK
(c) USA
(d) Russia
(e) South Korea
[ANS] d
[Q]
Who will be chairing the Counterterrorism Committee in January 2022?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) Japan
(e) Russia
[ANS] a
[Q]
Which of the following bagged the national breed conservation award for 2021.
(a) Lakhimpur College of Veterinary
Science
(b) Kerala Veterinary and Animal
Science University
(c) IVRI Bareilly – Indian
Veterinary Research Institute
(d) UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya
(e) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
University of Agriculture and Technology
[ANS] b
[Q]
Who has been appointed as India’s next permanent representative to the UN
Conference on Disarmament in Geneva?
(a) Vimal Sharma
(b) Vinod Gupta
(c) Anupam Ray
(d) Soniya Arora
(e) Vikram Rana
[ANS] c
[Q]
India’s First Manned Ocean Mission was officially inaugurated by DrJitendra
Singh. What is the name given to the mission?
(a) Neernidhi
(b) Sagaryan
(c) Samudrayan
(d) Sindhuyan
(e) Shakti
[ANS] c
[Q]
Which country has recently launched a commemorative coin celebrating the life
and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Australia
(b) Japan
(c) South Africa
(d) United Kingdom
(e) Saudi Arabia
[ANS] d
[Q]
Prime Minister NarendraModi has handed over the indigenously built light combat
helicopters (LCH), developed by __________.
(a) DRDO
(b) HAL
(c) BHEL
(d) ISRO
(e) NTPC
[ANS] b
[Q]
On which date National Cancer Awareness Day is observed every year?
(a) November 3
(b) November 4
(c) November 5
(d) November 6
(e) November 7
[ANS] e
[Q]
Who has become the richest self-made woman in India?
(a) Falguni Nayar
(b) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
(c) Roshni Nadar
(d) Ekta Kapoor
(e) Zia Mody
[ANS] a
[Q]
Who has been appointed as the Director-General (DG) of Narcotics Control Bureau
(NCB)?
(a) Satya Narayan Pradhan
(b) Kuldiep Singh
(c) Gurbirpal Singh
(d) Pradeep Chandran Nair
(e) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
[ANS] a
[Q]
Name the Indian cricketer who has won the Arjuna Award in the recently announced
National Sports Awards 2021.
(a) Rohit Sharma
(b) ViratKohli
(c) ShikharDhawan
(d) JaspritBumrah
(e) AjinkyaRahane
[ANS] c
[Q]
Who among the following has topped the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List
2021?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Azim Premji
(c) Jamsetji Tata
(d) Lakshmi Mittal
(e) Mukesh Ambani
[ANS] b
[Q]
Which bank has launched a video life certificate service for pensioners?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Punjab National Bank
(e) DBS Bank
[ANS] b
[Q]
Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology has been
inaugurated in which university?
(a) Madras University
(b) Chandigarh University
(c) Allahabad University
(d) Delhi University
[ANS] b
[Q]
Abdalla Hamdok resigned as Prime Minister of which nation in January 2022?
(a) Egypt
(b) Tanzania
(c) Sudan
(d) Yemen
[ANS] c
[Q]
All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has announced retirement from international
cricket. He played for which nation's cricket team?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Pakistan
(c) England
(d) Afghanistan
[ANS] b
[Q]
Who has become the 34th Indian to lead India in Test matches?
(a) K L Rahul
(b) Hanuma Vihari
(c) Rishabh Pant
(d) Cheteshwar Pujara
[ANS] a
[Q]
Which nation won the U-19 Asia Cup in December, 2021?
(a) India
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) South Africa
(d) Australia
[ANS] a
