Current Affairs 18th January 2021 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Where is the headquarters of the ‘National AIDS Control Organization (NACO)’ located?
A. Mumbai
B. Delhi
C. Hyderabad
D. Kolkata
Answer [B] Delhi
2. Which arm of the Indian Army is to recruit women as Pilots for the first time from next year?
A. Corps of Signals
B. Armoured Corps
C. Army Aviation Corps
D. Corps of Engineers
Answer [C] Army Aviation Corps
3. The Leader of which country has been given a title of “General secretary” of the ruling Workers’ Party?
A. China
B. North Korea
C. Thailand
D. Vietnam
Answer [B] North Korea
4. Which Union Ministry is to set up a National Faceless Penalty Centre?
A. Ministry of Finance
B. Ministry of Defence
C. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
D. Ministry of MSME
Answer [A] Ministry of Finance
5. Ministry of Minority Affairs has decided to geo-tag all Waqf properties in which Indian state/UT?
A. Delhi
B. Goa
C. Sikkim
D. Puducherry
Answer [D] Puducherry
6. Who has earned the name of ‘Bat Woman’ for her passionate research into bats and viruses?
A. Hoa Haidong
B. Wang Yanyi
C. Shi Zhengli
D. Carlo Urbani
Answer [C] Shi Zhengli
7. The Centre has opened up how many government jobs for persons with benchmark disabilities?
A. 3,566
B. 3,876
C. 4,092
D. 4,480
Answer [A] 3,566
8. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to raise at least how many rupees (in crores) this calendar year by monetizing its assets?
A. 4,000
B. 6,000
C. 8,000
D. 10,000
Answer [D] 10,000
9. Karnataka has set up how many centres across the State to administer Covishield and Covaxin vaccines?
A. 179
B. 218
C. 243
D. 260
Answer [C] 243
10.Which state has added more than 3,67,000 families to Ayushman Bharat Yojana in December 2020?
A. Bihar
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer [D] Uttar Pradesh
11. The NASSCOM has partnered with which state’s AI mission, to launch an Innovation Factory?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Telangana
C. Kerala
D. Karnataka
Answer [B] Telangana
12. Which country’s Mars Digger probe named the ‘Mole’ was declared dead recently?
A. China
B. UAE
C. USA
D. Israel
Answer [C] USA
13. Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was making news recently, passes through which Sea?
A. Caspian Sea
B. Baltic Sea
C. Red Sea
D. East China Sea
Answer [B] Baltic Sea
14. Which Listed Large Company won the ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance?
A. PFC
B. ITC
C. NTPC
D. ONGC
Answer [B] ITC
15. Ice-Stupa, Swasthya Portal and Prayas Dashboard, which were making news recently, are the initiatives of which Union Ministry?
A. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
B. Ministry of Education
C. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
D. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Answer [C] Ministry of Tribal Affairs
16. The traditional festival of Shakrain was celebrated in several parts of which city in January 2021?
A. Kolkata
B. Kathmandu
C. Phnom Penh
D. Dhaka
Answer [D] Dhaka
17. Which of the following has signed an MoU with the Petroleum Conservation Research Association to distribute energy-efficient PNG-based cookstoves?
A. NTPC Limited
B. DRDO
C. Energy Efficiency Services Limited
D. Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Answer [C] Energy Efficiency Services Limited
18. Which country won the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council in January 2021?
A. Samoa
B. Tonga
C. Uzbekistan
D. Fiji
Answer [D] Fiji
19. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) in January 2021?
A. Sandeep Aggarwal
B. Sanjay Sethi
C. Bhavish Aggarwal
D. Udit Singhal
Answer [A] Sandeep Aggarwal
20. Joe Biden has named whom as Testing Advisor in his COVID-19 Response Team?
A. Vinod Khosla
B. Bobby Jindal
C. Ajit Pai
D. Vidur Sharma
Answer [D] Vidur Sharma