JANUARY CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 31

JANUARY CURRENT AFFAIRS SET 31

1.  Which panchayat from Madhya Pradesh was declared as the first plastic-free area & won award for plastic waste management ?
1) Badkagaon Panchayat, Gwalior
2) Jobat Panchayat, Alirajpur
3) Sendhawa Panchayat, Barwani
4) Sindoda Panchayat, Indore
Answer:-4) Sindoda Panchayat, Indore
2.  Who won the “Sportstar of the Year Award” in the 2nd edition of Sportstar Aces Awards 2020 ?
1) Smriti Mandhana
2) Pusarla Venkata (PV) Sindhu
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Steve Smith
Answer:-2) Pusarla Venkata (PV) Sindhu
3.  Name the Indian sports player, who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2nd edition of Sportstar Aces Awards 2020 .
1) Annu Rani              2) Pankaj Advani
3) Kapil Dev Ram Lal Nikhanj
4) Leander Paes
Answer:-3) Kapil Dev Ram Lal Nikhanj
4.  Who chaired the 6th meeting of Island Development Agency (IDA), that held in New Delhi ?
1) Narendra Modi              2) Rajnath Singh
3) Nirmala Sitharaman      4) Amit Shah
Answer:-4) Amit Shah
5.  How many Islands from Andaman & Nicobar & Lakshadweep Islands were selected for promoting tourism during the 6th meeting of Island Development Agency (IDA) ?
1) 22 Islands                  2) 26 Islands
3) 28 Islands                  4) 29 Islands
Answer:-2) 26 Islands
6.  Which country is set to host the 2020 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s annual meeting of council of heads of government for the 1st time ?
1) Japan               2) Russia
3) India                   4) United States
Answer:-3) India
7.  Statue of Unity has been included in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s “8 wonders of SCO” list.It is located in which country ?
1) Gujarat, India
2) New York, United States
3) Beijing, China
4) Tokyo, China
Answer:-1) Gujarat, India
8.  Who will chair the 11-member panel constituted to look into the issues related to revision of royalty rates for minerals (other than coal, lignite, sand for stowing and minor minerals) ?
1) Preetha Sacheendran
2) Dr. K. Rajeswara Rao
3) C. Gangadharan
4) Veena Kumari D.
Answer:-2) Dr. K. Rajeswara Rao
9.  Which organization has released a report titled “Levels and Trends in Child Mortality” ?
1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2) World Bank (WB)
3) United Nations (UN)
4) World Health Organization (WHO)
Answer:-3) United Nations (UN)
10.  Which state has the highest number of newborn deaths in India in the year 2018 as per UNICEF(United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) ?
1) Uttar Pradesh                2) Gujarat
3) Assam                              4) West Bengal
Answer:-1) Uttar Pradesh