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- India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up in which city?
A) Chennai
B) Hyderabad
C) Lucknow
D) Pune
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Option C
Explanation: India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It has all the advanced equipment and facilities.
- ISRO recently tested an engine that will be used to power India’s first human-carry rocket under Gaganyaan human space mission. What is the name of this engine?
A) Gaurav engine
B) Vikas engine
C) Ekta engine
D) Kirti engine
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Option B
Explanation: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully test-fired the Vikas engine that would power India’s first human-carry rocket (Gaganyaan human space mission).
- The report titled ‘Banking on Electric Vehicles in India’ has been released by which organisation in collaboration with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), and RMI India?
A) FICCI
B) State Bank of India
C) NPCI
D) NITI Aayog
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Option D
Explanation: NITI Aayog has released a report titled ‘Banking on Electric Vehicles in India’ on January 22, 2022, which outlines the need and importance of inclusion of Electric Vehicles in RBIs priority-sector lending guidelines. The report has been developed by NITI Aayog in collaboration with US-based non-profit organisation Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), and RMI India.
- Legendary Indian sportsperson Subhas Bhowmick has passed away recently at the age of 72. He was associated with which sports?
A) Football
B) Cricket
C) Hockey
D) Golf
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Option A
Explanation: Former India footballer Subhas Bhowmick died at the age of 72 years due to prolonged illness. He was born in West Bengal
- Indonesia has decided to change its capital from Jakarta to a new capital city. What is the name of the new capital city?
A) Mancanegara
B) Negara Agung
C) Nusantara
D) Maphilindo
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Option C
Explanation: The Indonesian parliament has approved a bill to change the capital of Indonesia from Jakarta to Nusantara.
- Who among the following has recently become India’s first UN Development Programme (UNDP) Youth Climate Champion?
A) Sejal Kumar
B) Prajakta Koli
C) Ashish Chanchlani
D) Ranveer Allahbadia
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Option B
Explanation: Prajakta Koli has become India’s first UN Development Programme (UNDP) Youth Climate Champion. She is a content creator on various online platforms like youtube, Instagram, etc.
- Researchers have recently name which species of animal after Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg?
A) Indian cobra
B) Monarch butterfly
C) Whale shark
D) Rainfrog
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Option D
Explanation: A team of researchers have named a new species of rainfrog, discovered in the tropical rainforests of Panama, after Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. The tiny rainfrog species has been named as Pristimantis gretathunbergae, or simply known as the Greta Thunberg Rainfrog.
- Name the Prime Minister of Barbados who has been sworn in for a second straight term in office in January 2022?
A) Mia Mottley
B) Jacinda Ardern
C) Zeinab Badawi
D) Erna Solberg
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Option A
Explanation: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley was sworn in for a second term in office on 20 January, 2022, following a landslide victory by her party in the 2022 election.
- Jahnavi Dangeti has become the only Indian to complete the International Air and Space Program (IASP) at NASA Launch Operations’ Kennedy Space Centre. Jahnavi is from which state?
A) West Bengal
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
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Option C
Explanation: Jahnavi Dangeti, a 19-year-old engineering student from Andhra Pradesh has created history by becoming first and only Indian to undergo and complete the International Air and Space Program (IASP) at NASA Launch Operations’ Kennedy Space Centre in Alabama, the U.S.
- Who is the author of the book ‘Legend of Birsa Munda’?
A) Ravi Subramanian
B) Tuhin A. Sinha
C) Ashwin Sanghi
D) Shiv Khera
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Option B
Explanation: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari launched a book on the life of tribal hero Birsa Munda titled ‘Legend of Birsa Munda’. The book is written by BJP leader and author Tuhin A. Sinha and co-authored by Ankita Verma.
- The ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri is located in which state?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu
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Option D
Explanation:The ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), located at Mahendragiri of Tamil Nadu, is an Indian Space Research Organisation centre involved in testing, assembling, and integrating propulsion systems and stages that are developed at ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centres.
- Which city is the host for the 2024 Summer Paralympics?
A) Paris
B) Rome
C) Athens
D) Beijing
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Option A
Explanation: The set up will improve India’s medal prospects at the 2024 Paralympics to be held in Paris, France at Stade de France stadium.
