Current Affairs 16th January

 Current Affairs 16th January



1) Who has been awarded with the Golden Peacock Award 2022?

A. Jindal Steel & Power 

B. Tata Steel 

C. JSW Steel 

D. Vedanta 




2) Which state bagged 1st place at the 23rd National Sqay Championship?

A. Andhra Pradesh 

B. Odisha 

C. Jammu & Kashmir 

D. Telangana 




3) A ‘Soul of Steel’ challenge was launched in

A. Gujarat

B. Punjab 

C. Haryana 

D. Uttarakhand




4) Which state's Falak Mumtaz won a Gold medal at the National Sqay Championship?

A. Andhra Pradesh 

B. Odisha 

C. Jammu & Kashmir 

D. Telangana




5) Who has created a World Record by typing copies of 81 books backwards?

A. Albert Tangora 

B. Michele Santaglia 

C. Hank Torres 

D. Stella Pajunas  




6) G20’s first Infrastructure Working Group meeting has been organised in

A. Pune 

B. Kolkata 

C. Mumbai 

D. Chennai




7) Who has flag off Vande Bharat train between Secunderabad-Vizag?

A. K. Chandrashekar Rao 

B. Ashwini Vaishnaw 

C. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy 

D. Narendra Modi 




8) Who has announced the launch of “Aarogya Maitri” project?

A. Amit Shah 

B. Droupadi Murmu 

C. Narendra Modi 

D. Jagdeep Dhankhar





9) RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of how much amount on Delhi-based Bahadur Chand Investments?

A. ₹25 lakh 

B. ₹30 lakh 

C. ₹40 lakh 

D. ₹45 lakh 




10) Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earth elements was found in 

A. Sweden 

B. Germany 

C. France 

D. Netherlands




11) Which Union Minister has launched the "MAARG portal" for startup mentorship?

A. Narayan Tatu Rane 

B. Piyush Goyal 

C. Mansukh Mandavia 

D. Pralhad Joshi







12) A new book "Irrfan Khan: A Life in Movies" was authored by

A. Baradwaj Rangan 

B. Meena Karnik 

C. Shubhra Gupta 

D. Bikas Mishra 




13) Which Union Minister has launched the “Geospatial Hackathon” to promote Innovation and Start-Ups in India?

A. Giriraj Singh 

B. Raj Kumar Singh 

C. Hardeep Singh Puri 

D. Dr Jitendra Singh




14) Chaudhary Santokh Singh died during “Bharat Jodo Yatra”. He was Cabinet Minister of -

A. Haryana 

B. Karnataka 

C. Punjab 

D. Odisha 




15) Which country has inaugurated the European Union's first mainland orbital launch complex?

A. Germany 

B. Sweden 

C. Belgium 

D. Netherlands 




16) Who has inaugurated the Regional Office of Employees provident Fund Organization (EPFO) at Alwar, Rajasthan?

A. Dharmendra Pradhan 

B. Amit Shah 

C. Bhupendra Yadav 

D. Mansukh Mandaviya




17) How many overseas Indians has been honored with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award?

A. 27 

B. 33

C. 19 

D. 41 




18) Alibaba Group has sold what percentage of its stake in Paytm?

A. 5.7% 

B. 4.6% 

C. 3.1% 

D. 6.7% 




19) Which bank has launched e-Bank Guarantee (eBG) facility in association with National eGovernance Services Limited (NeSL)?

A. PNB 

B. HDFC Bank 

C. Bank of India 

D. SBI 






20) Which country has recently announced the end of the outbreak of 'Ebola' disease?

A. Tanzania 

B. Uganda 

C. Somalia 

D. Burundi






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