Current Affairs 29th January 2022 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which of the following persons has hosted the first India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format on 27 January 2022?
A. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh             
B. PM Narendra Modi
C. Dr. S Jaishankar                                           
D. Piyush Goyal
Answer [B] PM Narendra Modi
2. Which of the following company has opened one of the country’s largest (Electric Vehicle) EV Charging hubs in Delhi?
A. Hyundai Motor India Limited               
B. INTEX Technologies
C. Tata Motors                                              
D. Reliance BP Mobility Ltd
Answer [D] Reliance BP Mobility Ltd
3. Which of the following Indian Institute of technology (IIT) has developed drones which performed a drone show at the Republic Day event in Kamrup, Assam in January 2022?
A. IIT Mumbai                     
B. IIT New Delhi
C. IIT Kharagpur                 
D. IIT Guwahati
Answer [D] IIT Guwahati
4. What is the name of the space telescope that has reached its final destination, a million miles away from earth in January 2022?
A. James Webb Space Telescope                 
B. Hubble Space Telescope         
C. Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer             
D. COROT
Answer [A] James Webb Space Telescope    
5. To commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on ……….. every year.
A. 27 January                
B. 08 January  
C. 24 January             
D. 15 January  
Answer [A] 27 January  
6. Padma Shri awardee, Milena Salvini of France passed away in January 2022. She was a famous ……….
A. Yoga Teacher             
B. Music Composer
C. Actress                        
D. Kathakali Dancer
Answer [D] Kathakali Dancer
7. Aimed at syngery in warfare, which of the following joint military exercise of the Indian army, Air Force and Navy, held in January 2022?
A. Paschim Lehar                   
B. Yuddh Ke Nayak
C. Ajeya Warrior                    
D. Hand in Hand
Answer [A] Paschim Lehar         
8. Who is the author of the book “A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 years of Independence”, released in January 2022?
A. Shubira Prasad                    
B. Anukrti Upadhyay
C. Rahul Rawail                        
D. Ruskin Bond
Answer [D] Ruskin Bond
9. Which of the following states is going to establish a military school named after Sangoli Rayanna at a cost of Rs 180 crore in January 2022?
A. Karnataka               
B. Maharashtra
C. Kerala                       
D. Odisha
Answer [A] Karnataka   
10. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee rejected the Padma Bhushan award in Jan 2022. He is the former Chief Minister of which state?
A. West Bengal               
B. Odisha
C. Assam              
D. Jharkhand
Answer [A] West Bengal