Daily Current affair of 17 January 2022 MCQ Quiz with Answer and explain

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17 January 2022 Current Affair MCQ Questions with Answers

Q1. Recently Birju Maharaj passed away on 17th January 2022.To which profession did he belong?

(i) Athlete
(ii) Kathak Dancer
(iii) Music Composer
(iv) Politician

(ii) Kathak Dancer

Q2. What is the Crew capacity of the Gaganyaan programme?

(i) Two
(ii) Three
(iii) Four
(iv) Five

(ii) Three

Q3. Name the newly appointed President of the UN Human Rights Council for 2021?

(i) Catarina Vaz Pinto
(ii) Filippo Grandi
(iii) Sadruddin Aga Khan
(iv) Nazhat Shameem Khan

(iv) Nazhat Shameem Khan

Q4. Which state government has announced to implement the new tourism policy?

(i) Gujrat
(ii) Rajasthan
(iii) Punjab
(iv) Haryana

(i) Gujrat

Q5. which city did NATO-Russia Council (NRC) talks occur on 13 January 2022?

(i) Berlin
(ii) Brussels
(iii) Amsterdam
(iv) Ghent

(ii) Brussels

Q6. Who of the following won India Open 2022 Men’s Doubles Title?

(i) Loh Kean Yew & Ng Tze Yong
(ii) Brian Yang & Ng Tze Yong
(iii) Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan
(iv) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty

(iv) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty

Q7. Which Indian company has joined hands with ‘Africa50’ investment platform to develop ‘Kenya Transmission Project’?

(i) ONGC
(ii) Power Grid Corporation
(iii) Power Finance Corporation
(iv) Rural Electrification Corporation

(ii) Power Grid Corporation

Q8. Which Ministry has organised the month long mass awareness campaign titled ‘SAKSHAM’?

(i) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(ii) Ministry of Steel
(iii) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
(iv) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

(iii) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Q9. Which bank has recently launched a wellness themed credit card?

(i) HDFC Bank
(ii) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(iii) ICICI Bank.
(iv) Yes bank

(iv) Yes bank

Q10. Who has been selected as the Batonbearer for India’s 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay?

(i) Kamalpreet Kaur
(ii) Vinisha Umashankar
(iii) Deepika Kumari
(iv) C. A. Bhavani Devi

(ii) Vinisha Umashankar

Q11. Who of the following won India Open 2022 Men’s Singles Title?

(i) Chirag Shetty
(ii) Lakshya Sen
(iii) Loh Kean Yew
(iv) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

(ii) Lakshya Sen

Q12. Which zone received maximum share of complaints under Ombudsman schemes, as per recent RBI Report?

(i) South Zone
(ii) East Zone
(iii) North Zone
(iv) West Zone

(iii) North Zone

Q13. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently launched ‘Startup India Seed Fund’. What is the total size of the fund?

(i) Rs 2,500 crore
(ii) Rs 500 crore
(iii) Rs 1,000 crore
(iv) Rs 1,500 crore

(iii) Rs 1,000 crore

Q14. Which Union Minister has inaugurated the ‘Start: Startup India International Summit’?

(i) Piyush Goyal
(ii) Nirmala sitaraman
(iii) Narendra singh Tomar
(iv) Gririraj Singh

(i) Piyush Goyal

Q15. which company joined hands with GPay to offer instant digital credit to SMEs?

(i) Firstapex Software Tech Private Limited
(ii) Techasoft Pvt. Ltd
(iii) JK Tech Bangalore
(iv) Indifi Technologies

(iv) Indifi Technologies

Q16. Who of the following won India Open 2022 Women’s Singles Title?

(i) Busanan Ongbamrungphan
(ii) Saina Nehwal
(iii) PV Sindhu
(iv) Supanida Katethong

(i) Busanan Ongbamrungphan

Q17. Who is the head of the Working group set up to strengthen television rating point (TRP) services?

(i) Shashi Shekhar Vempati
(ii) Anurag Singh Thakur
(iii) L Murugan
(iv) Sukant Vatsa

(i) Shashi Shekhar Vempati

Q18. Recently the Google Doodle honoured the Dr James Naismith. He was associated with the invention of which game?

(i) Football
(ii) Basketball
(iii) Volleyball
(iv) Baseball

(ii) Basketball

Q19. Which bank has recently launched a wellness themed credit card?