General Awareness-Current Affairs Month of January-2021: List of Important Days

GENERAL AWARENESS–CURRENT AFFAIRS
MONTH OF JANUARY–2021
List of Important Days
• January 01 - DRDO Celebrates 63rd Foundation Day.
• January 04 - World Braille Day.
• January 06 - Journalist Day Observed in Maharashtra.
• January 09 - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
• January 10 - World Hindi Day.
• January 14 - Armed Forces Veterans Day.
• January 15 - Indian Army Day.
• January 18 - National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Celebrates its 16th Raising Day.
• January 23 - GoI celebrate Parakram Diwas.
• January 23 - Parakram diwas.
• January 23 - National handwriting day.
• January 24 - International Day of Education. (Theme - “Recover and Revitalize Education for the
COVID-19 Generation”)
• January 24 - National Girl Child Day.
• January 25 - National Tourism Day of India.
• January 25 - National Voters’ Day. (Theme - “Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and
Informed”)
• January 26 - India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day.
• January 26 - International Customs Day. (Theme - “Customs bolstering Recovery, Renewal and
Resilience”)
• January 27 - International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
(International Holocaust Remembrance Day).
• January 30 - 73rd Martyrs’ Day.
Reserve Bank of India

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a Digital Payments Index (DPI) to capture the extent of
digitization of digital/electronic payments across the country.
• This RBI-Digital Payments Index (DPI) has 5 broad parameters that will be used for the
measurement of deepening and penetration of digital payments.
• The Reserve Bank of India has introduced Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) for all payment transactions
of value Rs50 crore and above undertaken by entities (non-individuals) via Real Time Gross
Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT).
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the licence of Maharashtra-based Vasantdada
Nagari Sahakari Bank, with immediate effect.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on Deutsche Bank AG for
non-compliance with certain provisions of directions concerning interest rate on deposits.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a working group to study digital lending activities of
the regulated and unregulated players, due to the growing instances of frauds in digital lending
space.
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• Uttar Pradesh-based, Shivalik Mercantile Co-operative Bank (SMCB) has become the first urban
co-operative bank (UCB) in India to receive a licence from RBI to operate as a Small Finance Bank
(SFB).
• The Export-Import Bank has raised US$1 billion through the sale of US dollar bonds to
international investors.
• IDFC Mutual Funds has launched its latest pan-India investor awareness campaign titled
#PaisonKoRokoMat.
• With this new campaign, IDFC Mutual Fund aims to shift the conversation regarding wealth
creation from the traditional to the contemporary.
• Yes Bank has announced its partnership with Aditya Birla Wellness Private Limited to launch the
‘YES BANK Wellness’ and ‘YES BANK Wellness Plus’Credit Cards – aimed at the holistic health,
self-care and wellness of consumers.
• To protect Airtel customers from the growing incidents of online payment frauds, Airtel Payments
Bank has launched ‘Airtel Safe Pay’, a safe way to pay digitally.
• ICICI Bank has launched a new mobile application ‘InstaFX’ for authorized money changers to
help customers of any bank get ‘ICICI Bank Forex Prepaid Card’ swiftly.
• ICICI is the bank is the first in the country to offer such facility to money changers.
• The RBI state-owned SBI, along with private-sector lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue
to be Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) or institutions which are ‘too big to fail’.
• Axis Bank has unveiled a credit ‘AURA’ exclusively loaded with several health and wellness
benefits for its users at an affordable price.
• Axis Bank has partnered with Poshvineto offer benefits.
• SEBI has imposed a fine of Rs.1 crore on HDFC Bank for invoking securities pledged by
stockbroker BRH Wealth Kreatorsand violating its interim order.
• Global financial services major HSBC has inaugurated it’s International Banking Unit (IBU) branch
at GIFT City near Gandhinagar city in Gujarat.
Central Government
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on January 7, 2021 approved an industrial
development scheme for Jammu and Kashmir.
• The Central Government has approved the Rs 945-crore ‘Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’
(SISFS), which aims to provide financial assistance to start-ups for the product trials, market-entry,
proof of concept, prototype development and commercialization.
States
• Delhi government Department of Art, Culture, and Language has set-up a Tamil academy to
promote the language and culture of the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
• The government of Uttar Pradesh will launch a special program named ‘Kisan Kalyan Mission’ on
January 6, 2021, to double the income of farmers of the state.
• The Chief Minister of Karnataka, B.S. Yediyurappa flagged off 40 Krishi Sanjeevani vans in
Bengaluru. These vans have been launched by the state Agriculture Department with Central
assistance under National Krishi Vikas Yojana to take up this novel programme.
• Arunachal Pradesh can become India’s prime producer of Vanadium.
• It is a high-value metal that has been used in strengthening steel and titanium.
• Kerala has become the 8th State in the country to successfully undertake “Ease of Doing
Business” reform stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

• Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has inaugurated the ‘One School One IAS’ scheme which
has been rolled out under the Vedhik Erudite Foundations Scholarship Programme.
• The Maharashtra government has renamed Gorewada International Zoo in Nagpur as ‘Balasaheb
Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park.
• The first-of-its-kind Labour Movement Museum, in India, would be launched in Alappuzha in
Kerala, to showcase the history of the world labour movement.
• Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Trivendra Singh Rawat will inaugurate the first child-friendly police
station of Uttarakhand, which is meant to provide a friendly environment to children associated
with crimes.
• The child-friendly police unit has been set up in the Dalanwala police station with a budget of
about Rs 5 lakhs on the recommendation of the Child Protection Committee of Uttarakhand.
• The Prison Department of Maharashtra has launched its jail tourism initiative starting with more
than 150-year-old Yerawada Central Prison in Pune.
Place in the News

• Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K. Sangma has inaugurated India’s longest road arch bridge
“Wahrew Bridge” at Sohbar in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya .
• The Kerala government is all set to launch Rs 300 crore three-tower ‘Gender Park’ in Kozhikode.
• The park will become functional on the occasion of the second edition of the International
Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE-II).
Personalities
• US President Donald Trump became the first US President to be impeached twice by the House of
Representatives.
• Manish Kumar, a sanitation worker in Delhi, became the first person to receive the COVID-19
vaccine in India after PM Modi flagged off the nationwide vaccination drive.
• Flight lieutenant Bhawana Kanth will become the 1st woman fighter pilot to take part in the
Republic Day parade.
• She will be a part of the Indian Air Force’s tableau in the 2021 Republic Day Parade that will
showcase mock-ups of the light combat helicopter, light combat aircraft, and the Sukhoi-30
fighter plane.
Defence and National Security

• India and Israel successfully tested a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) defence
system.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal to export
indigenously-developed Akash Missile System.
• The Pakistan Army successfully conducted the test flight of an indigenously developed Guided
Multi Launch Rocket System, Fatah-1.
• The second edition of the coastal defence exercise ‘Sea Vigil-21’ was held in January 12 and 13.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi gave its approval for the purchase of 10 trainer aircraft
and 83 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft fighter jets at the price of Rs. 45,696 crores.
• Women will be inducted as pilots in the Army Aviation Corps from 2022.
• Till now, women have only been part of ground duties in the Army Aviation Corps.
• The Indian Army is to conduct a large scale joint military exercise Kavach in the Andaman Sea and
Bay of Bengal.

• The DRDO successfully conducted captive and release trial of indigenously developed Smart Anti-
Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from Hawk-I aircraft of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) off the
Odisha coast.
• A large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise AMPHEX – 21 was held in Andaman & Nicobar
group of islands.
• The exercise involved the participation of troops of Army, Navy as well as the Indian Air Force.
Schemes/Initiatives
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 450-km Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas
pipeline built at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore via video conferencing.
• The event marks an important milestone towards the creation of One Nation One Gas Grid.
• Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will be launching an innovative new
paint developed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
• The eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, called “Khadi Prakritik Paint” is a first-of-its-kind product,
with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties.
• The India Meteorological Department has launched a public outreach initiative through a
website where citizens will be able to record realized weather and can upload their local weather
conditions.
• The Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik virtually inaugurated a first of its kind ‘Fire Park’,
to educate and bring awareness on basic fire safety measures among the people, particularly the
students.
• The ‘Fire Park’ is located inside the premises of the Odisha Fire and Disaster Academy in
Bhubaneswar.
• The Karnataka Chief Minister, BS Yediyurappa recently launched Avalokana software.
• The 7th edition of ‘MASCRADE 2021 – Movement against Smuggled & Counterfeit Trade’ was
inaugurated by Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister of Health and Family welfare.
• The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda has launched a National Migration Support
Portal “ShramShakti”, during a virtual programmeorganized at Panjim, Goa.
• The portal will help the government in smooth formulation of state and national level
programs for migrant workers.
• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath has launched the ‘Udyam Sarathi App’ on the
occasion of the 71st Foundation Day of the state.
• The app will enable the youths to get every information related to self-employment and the job
industry, across the state.
• In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched a new scheme ‘PANKH
Abhiyan’ to mark the occasion of National Girl Child Day.
• The scheme has been launched under the ‘Beti Bachao BetiPadhao’ scheme for the
empowerment and growth of the girl child.
• National Marine Turtle Action Plan has been recently released by the Ministry of Environment
Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in New Delhi.
• The Ministry also released the ‘Marine Mega Fauna Stranding Guidelines’ along with the
Marine Turtle Action Plan.
• Dhannipur Mosque project was officially launched on the 5 acres of land in Dhannipur Village,
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on Republic Day.
Summit/Conference
• The Union Education Minister inaugurates Two-day Virtual International Akhand Conference
‘EDUCON-2020’.

• The two-day international conference is organized by the Central University of Punjab (CUPB)
in cooperation with the worldwide Educational Research Association (GERA).
• The Startup India International Summit is organized by Department for Promotion of Industry
and Internal trade (DPIIT) and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• The India Digital Summit, the flagship event of the Internet and Mobile Association of India
(IAMAI) is one of the biggest conferences for the digital industry.
• Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is the chief guest, will deliver the inaugural address at
the Summit.
Agreement/Deal/Signed
• The Indian Navy has signed a contract with the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), to procure Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Dazzlers (Laser Dazzlers).
• Indian Army has inked a contract with Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) to procure 12 Fast Patrol
Boats for surveillance and patrolling of large water bodies, including those in high altitude areas
like Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh.
• The TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India) operating under
Ministry of Tribal Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding with Akhil Bhartiya vanvasi
Kalyan Ashram to setup TRIFOOD parks in Madhya Pradesh.
• Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, announced its partnership with SIDBI
(Small Industries Development Bank of India) to offer easy and affordable financing scheme for
MSME customers in the rooftop solar segment.
• Punjab National Bank has partnered with IIT Kanpur and the Foundation for Innovation &
Research in Science & Technology (FIRST) to set up a ‘Fintech Innovation Centre (FIC)’ at the
institute’s campus.
• NHPC Limited has signed an MOU with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
(IREDA) for providing assistance in setting up renewable energy (RE) projects for the next 5 years.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi approved the Memorandum of Understanding on the
scientific and technical cooperation between the Ministry of Earth Sciences, India and the National
Centre of Meteorology, UAE.
• Bharat Biotech has signed an agreement with Precisa Medicamentos for the supply of COVAXIN
to Brazil.
• NITI Aayog and Flipkart, have come together to launch the revamped Women Entrepreneurship
Platform.
• The Indian Army has recently signed a contract with Mumbai-based drone manufacturing
company, ideaForge, to procure high-altitude variant of SWITCH unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs). The total cost of the deal is approximately USD 20 million.
• ICICI Bank, a leading Indian private sector bank, and Niyo, a new age fintech company
announced a tie-up to issue prepaid cards to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
workers.
• MSMEs will now be able to get ‘ICICI Bank Niyo Bharat Payroll Card’ powered by Visa, for
their blue-collar workers.
• India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) a Basic Framework for Partnership
for Proper Operation of the System Pertaining to Specified Skilled Worker (SSW), to promote the
movement of skilled workers from India to Japan.
• The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India- TRIFED and Indian Farm
Forestry Development Co-Operative Ltd- IFFDC signed a Memorandum of Understanding to
work together for the livelihood generation of the tribal people.

• Infosys has recently announced that it has been accredited with the Google Cloud Partner
Specialization in the data and analytics space.
• The Union Cabinet was apprised of signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between
India and Uzbekistan for cooperation in the field of Solar Energy.
• The 5th edition of the Defence Ministers’ Dialogue (DMD) between India and Singapore was held
through a video conference, in an effort to deepen military cooperation.
• During the meeting, the ‘Implementing Agreement on Submarine Rescue Support and
Cooperation’ was signed between the two Navies.
• The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) signed an MoU with the Ministry
of Road Transport and Highways.
• The agreement is for promoting and strengthening the collaboration in the area of cooperation
and technical exchange on sustainable geohazard management.
• The agreement between the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) and the
Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL) signed to utilize 500 kilometers of
OPGW telecommunications network in Shimla (HP).
• India has inked a strategic partnership agreement with the International Energy Agency (IEA), the
world’s premier energy monitor.
Meet/Visit
• India and France held their annual strategic dialogue in New Delhi.
• The countries mainly focused on COVID-19 vaccines, nuclear, Indo-Pacific, space,
environment, maritime safety, digital economy, environment and defence sectors.
• Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally chaired the 148th
session of WHO Executive Board, through Video Conference.
• India and the European Union held their first virtual maritime security dialogue 2021.
• The maritime dialogue was chaired by the Joint Secretary Sandeep Arya from the Indian side
and Director Joanneke Balfoorton the European Union External Action Service Side.
• The 14th meeting of the India-United Kingdom Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism was
held virtually, under which both nations strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and
manifestations.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chaired the 35th PRAGATI meeting to review multiple
projects, grievances and programmes.
• In the meeting, ten agenda items were taken for review worth Rs. 54,675 crore, related to 15
states.
• The 5th joint meeting of the India-Japan Act East Forum (AEF) was held in New Delhi.
• The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla, and Suzuki
Satoshi, Ambassador of Japan to India.
Bills
• The Assam assembly recently passed the Assam Ease of Doing Business (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
• The amendment will avail 0.25% additional borrowing from the centre.
Fund
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $231 million loan with the Government of India
to augment electricity generation capacity in the state of Assam.
• This is the third tranche loan for the ‘Assam Power Sector Investment Programme’ that was
approved by the ADB Board in July 2014.

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a $10 million
project readiness financing (PRF).
• This agreement aims to help finance piloting activities, and design and capacity building for an
ensuing project that aims to expand horticulture production and farm household income in the
hill state of Himachal Pradesh.
• The New Development Bank (NDB) has signed loan agreements worth USD 646 million with the
Government of India for two road projects in Andhra Pradesh.
• The Government of Japan has committed Official Development Assistance loan of 30 billion
Japanese Yen which is approximately Rs 2113 crore rupees.
• This programme loan aims to support India’s efforts to provide coordinated and adequate
social protection to the poor and vulnerable across the country against the severe impacts of
COVID-19 pandemic.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Rs 1,000-crore ‘Startup India Seed Fund’ while
addressing the ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’ 2021.
• India has announced a pledge of USD 150,000 to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) for
the year 2021 to support the activities and programs this year.
Economy
• World Bank has projected the Indian economy to contract by 9.6 per cent in the fiscal year 2020-21,
in its Global Economic Prospects report.
• World Bank estimates Growth to recover to 5.4 per cent in 2021.
• Union Budget 2021, slated to be presented on February 1, is going to be completely paperless in
the wake of the ongoing corona virus pandemic.
• This will be the first time since independence that the budget papers will not be printed.
Companies/Industry
• Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle (EV) company Tesla has registered a fully-owned subsidiary in
Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• Apple Inc cornered nearly a quarter of the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter,
making it the world’s biggest seller, while shipments for Huawei plunged as U.S sanctions against
it took effect.
• Tech major Microsoft has launched its new India Development Center (IDC) facility in Noida,
Uttar Pradesh.
• The new centre will serve as a leading hub for driving advanced engineering and innovation.
• The Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has bagged a contract worth Rs 1390 crore for the Mumbai-
Ahmedabad bullet train project.
• L&T has bagged the contract for the project from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation
Limited (NHSRCL).
Taxation/Trade
• The second session of the 7th Trade Policy Review (TPR) of India concluded at the World Trade
Organization (WTO).
• Trade Policy Review is a key mechanism under the monitoring function of WTO.
Space
• A Japanese Company and Kyoto University have decided to collaborate to develop the world’s
first wooden satellites which will be made out of wood by 2023.
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency- JAXA announced that it will launch its flagship rocket H3 to
pave the way for the next generation of transportation technologies.

• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to carry out the eighth and
final test in its “Green Run” test series.
• This eighth stage termed “hot fire,” will bring to an end a series of tests which, NASA says, will
gradually bring together the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) to life for the very
first time.
• SpaceX has launched its Transporter-1 mission with 133 commercial and government spacecraft,
and 10 more Starlink satellites onboard, breaking ISRO’s record.
• The launch is also SpaceX’s first dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission.
• ISRO chairman K Sivan is likely to inaugurate the ‘SriShakthiSat’ ground station at Sri Shakthi
Institute of Engineering and Technology in Coimbatore.
Science and Technology

• Indian launched the 40th Scientific Expedition to Antarctica on January 4, 2021.
Health/Diseases/Drugs
• Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the Covishieldcoronavirus vaccine has been
approved for emergency use in India.
• The Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine ‘Covishield’, the first to be approved in India, is
being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune.
• The Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for use in the UK on December 30.
• The Indian Council of Medical Research-ICMR announced on January 2, 2021, that the medical
body has successfully isolated and cultured the UK- variant of Coronavirus strain.
• The World Health Organization along with partner agencies informed that they are establishing a
global stockpile of Ebola vaccines to control future outbreaks.
Energy/Gas/Oil
• The Union Cabinet gave its approval to an investment of Rs. 5281.94 crores for 850 MW Ratle
Hydro Electric Project.
• It is located on river Chenab in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir.
Education
• National Informatics Centre and Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE will jointly launch
CollabCAD Software to provide a total engineering solution for students and Faculty of
Engineering Graphics Curriculum.
Transport/Cars/Scooters
• Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh has unveiled India’s first ‘Driverless Metro Car’ during a
function held at BEML’s Bangalore Complex.
• The Indian government has supplied a consignment of two Mobile Harbour Cranes- MHC to
Chabahar Port in Iran.
• The total contract value of the consignment is over USD 25 million under a agreement signed
for the supply of 6 MHC.
• The South-East Central Railways (SECR) zone in Chhattisgarh breaks its own previous record by
successfully operating the longest ever freight train by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as
one unit of around 3.5 km.
• Named as ‘Vasuki’, it covered the distance of 224 km between the railway stations of Bhilai
and Korba and took about seven hours.
Films and Film Festival

• The 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was opened on 16th January, with the Indian
premiere of the movie ‘Another Round’ by Thomas Vinterberg.
• The movie starring Cannes Best Actor Award winner Mads Mikkelsen is among a star-
studded line up of movies being showcased at IFFI.
• 51st IFFI was organized from 16th to 24th January in Goa.
Festival
• In Ladakh, the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth Festival 2021
kicked off on 18th January 2021.
• The 13- Day Zanskar Winter Sports Festival aims to open a new arena in Ladakh for adventure
and Nature loving tourists and a boost for local Youth to hone up their skills in winter sports to
represent India.
• The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar has inaugurated the first-ever bird festival of the state,
‘Kalrav’, at Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuary, located in Jamuidistrict.
• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated the annual Toshali National Crafts Mela
in Bhubaneswar.
Media/I.T/Telecommunication
• Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has launched Himachal Pradesh’s first online youth radio station
”Radio Hills-Youngistan Ka Dil”.
• Bharti Airtel announced that it has become the country’s first telecom operator to successfully
demonstrate live fifth-generation (5G) service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city.
Appointments/Election (or) Latest who is who?

• Umesh Sinha has been named as the deputy election commissioner in the Election Commission of
India.
• The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved Suneet Sharma appointment as
Chairman & CEO of Railway Board, Ministry of Railways and ex-officio Principal Secretary to
Government of India.
• Soma Mondal has taken over as the new Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
with effect from January 01, 2021.
• She replaces Anil Kumar Chaudhary.
• The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the national apex body of the gems and
jewellery industry, has announced the appointment of Ashish Pethe as chairman and Saiyam
Mehra as vice chairman for a period of two years.
• Sanjay Kapoor was elected president of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) while Bharat Singh
Chauhan retained the secretary’s post.
• Justice Pankaj Mithal has been appointed as the new Chief Justice (CJ) of the Common High Court
for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh in Jammu.
• Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.
• Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court informed the
Ministry of Law and Justice.
• Arup Kumar Goswami sworn in as CJ of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
• The senior-most judge of Delhi High Court, Justice Hima Kohli has been appointed as the new
Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.
• She is the first woman to be sworn in as CJ of Telangana HC.
• President-elect Joe Biden will nominate federal appeals judge Merrick Garland to be the next U.S.
attorney general.

• Alexander Ellis has been appointed British high commissioner to India.
• Google Cloud has announced the elevation of Karan Bajwa as its new leader for the Asia Pacific.
• He succeeds Rick Harshman who leaves the organization for a new opportunity.
• Lt Gen Shantanu Dayal has been named the new Deputy Chief of Army Staff (DCOAS).
• He will take the place of Lt Gen SS Hasabnis who superannuated on December 31 as soon as
his replacement arrives.
• Indian-American Dr Raj Iyer has taken over as the first Chief Information Officer of the US Army,
after the Pentagon created the position in July 2020.
• Former India striker Abhishek Yadav has been appointed as the first deputy general secretary of
All India Football Federation (AIFF) after the sports body decided to create a new post in its
hierarchy.
• President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touaderahas been reelected with
more than 53% of the votes.
• Jay Shah has been named as the official representative of Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board meetings.
• He will replace BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.
• The frontrunner in Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election, SadyrJaparov, has won by a landslide.
• Intel has appointed Pat Gelsinger as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective Feb. 15, 2021.
• The Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) has appointed Sandeep
Aggarwal as the new Chairman.
• Incoming First Lady, Jill Biden has named Indian-American Garima Verma as her digital director
and Michael LaRosa press secretary, the Biden transition team has announced.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the President of Somnath Temple Trust.
• The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has selected three top corporate leaders as the Vice-Chairs
of 2021 Global Board of Directors of USIBC with immediate effect.
• The three new appointees will now work with USIBC President Nisha Biswal and the
Council’s policy directors, for strengthening US-India commercial relationship for the future.
• The board of directors of RBL Bank has approved the re-appointment of Vishwavir Ahuja as the
Managing Director and CEO of the bank for three years.
• Uganda’s incumbent President Yoweri Museveni has been declared as the winner of the country’s
presidential election for 2021.
• Ministry for Sports and Youth Affairs, Kiren Rijijuhas been given the additional charge of the
Ayush Ministry.
• He will hold the fort till Shripad Yesso Naik recovers from an accident.
• United States President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris was sworn in as the 46th
President and 49th Vice-President of the United States.
• The US Senate has approved Joe Biden’s nomination of Avril Haines, making her the first woman
to be Director of National Intelligence.
• The board of Sundaram Finance has named Rajiv Lochan (director Strategy) as managing director
with effect from April 1.
• Current managing director T.T. Srinivasaraghavanwill be retiring on March 31, 2020.
• Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa secured a second term winning the presidential
election by around 61% of the votes.

• Kaja Kallas is set to become the first female PM of Estonia after her Reform Party and Centre
Party agreed to form a new coalition government.
• Shristi Goswami, a nineteen-year-old Haridwar-based student, become the Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand for one day on National Girl Child Day.
• The incumbent President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has won a second five-year term
after winning the 2021 Portuguese presidential election with a landslide victory.
• Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty on February 1, 2021, will take over as the next vice-
chief of Army Staff.
• The appointments committee (ACC) of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of
Swaminathan Janakiraman and Ashwini Kumar Tewari as new Managing Directors (MDs) of
State Bank of India (SBI) for a period of three years.
Resignation/Dismissed/Retired/Quit
• The Prime Minister of Mongolia, KhurelsukhUkhnaa, has resigned along with his entire
government, following protests and public outrage over the government’s handling of the COVID-
19 pandemic.
Deaths
• Olympic bronze and World Cup-winning hockey player Michael Kindo passed away.
• Veteran Fashion designer Satya Paul, best known for reinventing the Indian saree for
contemporary women, has passed away.
• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s niece and eminent academician Chitra Ghosh has passed away.
• Veteran Congress leader Madhavsinh Solanki, who served as former External Affairs Minister of
India and the Chief Minister of Gujarat, has passed away.
• Noted social activist and Padma Shri winner, D Prakash Rao has passed away.
• Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Vibhushan awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa
Khan passed away.
• Former Union minister and noted industrialist Kamal Morarkahas passed away.
• Padma Award winning renowned oncologist Dr V Shanta has passed away.
• Former Arunachal Governor Mata Prasad has passed away at the age of 95.
• Veteran Malayalam actor, Unnikrishnan Namboothiri has passed away while contracting COVID-
19.
• The iconic Indian Bhajan singer Narendra Chanchal, who specialized in religious songs and
hymns, has passed away.
• Noted historian, author, poet and retired bureaucrat Narendra Luther has passed.
• The iconic American radio and television host, and paid spokesman, Larry King, has passed away.
• Oscar winning-actor Cloris Leachman has passed away.
Awards/Honours
• The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar has proved its mettle once
again for promoting cleanliness, hygiene and creating sustainable practices in public health
facilities by winning the Kayakalp Award Scheme.
• Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar announced veteran actor,
director and singer Biswajit Chatterjee as the recipient of the ‘Indian Personality of the Year’
award.

• Nikhil Srivastava, a young Indian mathematician, has been named winner of the prestigious 2021
Michael and Sheila Held Prize along with two others for solving long-standing questions on the
Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs.
• Shyam Srinivasan, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Federal Bank, is the
Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2019-20.
• The Subhash Chandra Bose AapdaPrabandhanPuraskar2021 has been conferred upon Dr
Rajendra Kumar Bhandari in the Individual category and Sustainable Environment and Ecological
Development Society (SEEDS) in Institutional category.
• The Ram Temple tableau of Uttar Pradesh that was on display during the Republic Day 2021 has
bagged the first prize among all tableaux.
• Theme - ‘Ayodhya: Cultural Heritage of Uttar Pradesh’.
Sports/Game
• Goa’s 14-year-old Leon Mendonca has become India’s 67th chess Grandmaster by winning the
third and final norm at a tournament in Italy.
• Chennai player G. Akash, had in July, become the country’s 66th Grandmaster.
• Australia’s Claire Polosakis set to become the first female match official in a men’s Test match
when she takes up the fourth umpire’s role in the third Test between India and Australia.
• The 32-year-old from New South Wales has already earned the distinction of being the first
woman on-field umpire in a men’s ODI match in ICC’s Division 2 league between Namibia
and Oman played at the Windhoek in 2019.
• Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament organized at Chiktan in Kàrgil, Ladakh.
• For the first time, the women team of Chiktan also participated in the Khelo India Games in
Kargil district.
• The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has won the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI)
10th National Ice Hockey Championship trophy after a win over Ladakh in the finals in
Gulmarg.
• Jigmet Dolma from India secured the fourth position in the Dhaka Marathon 2021. Jigmet Dolma
is an SPO of Ladakh police.
• In the marathon, Hicham Lakohi of Morocco came first in the elite competition of the
marathon in men’s category while Angela Jim Asundefrom Kenya won the women’s category
in the same event.
• Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin claiming the Thailand Open in Bangkok over top
seed Tai Tzu-Ying.
Report
• Indian multinational two-wheeler and three-wheeler manufacturing company, Bajaj Auto has
become the most valuable two-wheeler company in the world, after it crossed a market
capitalization of more than Rs. 1 lakh crore, on January 01, 2021.
• Rapidly digitalizingIndia was ranked 4th in “Break Out Economies” in the third edition of the
Digital Evolution Scorecard developed by Tufts University’s Fletcher School in partnership with
Mastercard.
• China which leads the “Break Out Economies” group is more evolved digitally due mainly to
its combination of rapidly growing demand and innovation.
• Moscow had the highest traffic congestion in the world in 2020, according to TomTom Traffic
Index.
• Moscow was followed by Mumbai, Bogota, Manila, Istanbul, Bengaluru, Kyiv, New Delhi,
Novosibirsk and Bangkok in traffic congestion.

• Bengaluru has emerged as the world’s fastest growing mature tech ecosystem since 2016, with
Mumbai coming in at sixth place, according to Dealroom.co data analysed by London & Partners.
• Bengaluru also ranked sixth for the most tech venture capitalist investments globally.
• Karnataka retained its position as the most innovative major state in the country in the India
Innovation Index 2020 released by NITI Aayog on January 20, 2021.
• Karnataka scored 42.5, followed by Maharashtra at second place with a score of 38 and Tamil
Nadu at third place with 37.91 score.
• Bihar was ranked the last in the index with 14.5 score.
• India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) dropped down to 12th spot in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2021 (as on 2nd
January 2021).
• Elon Musk has become the world’s richest person, surpassing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
• IndiGo is now the world’s seventh biggest airline by capacity and the largest outside the US and
China, according to data firm OAG.
• China overtook Germany as the country with the world’s largest current account surplus in 2020,
according to a survey by the Ifo Institute.
• With a current account surplus of $158 billion, Japan came third.
• China surpassed the US as the largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2020, with
$163 billion of inflows.
• The US attracted $134 billion in inflows last year, the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) said.
• India has been placed among the top 10 most affected countries by climate change, in the Global
Climate Risk Index 2021 published by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch.
• India ranked as the seventh worst-hit country in terms of climate change in 2019.
• India has seen an exponential increase in the number of scientific publications over the last 10
years and is in the third position globally after China and the US, the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) said.
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been ranked third most-valued IT services brand globally,
after Accenture and IBM, according to a report by Brand Finance.
• India has been ranked at 86th position among 98 countries in the new Coronavirus Performance
Index released by Australia-based Lowy Institute.
• The Lowy Institute is an independent international policy think tank, located in Sydney.
• India has been ranked 86th among 180 countries in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2020,
released by Transparency International.
• India is sharing its position jointly with Burkina Faso, Morocco, East Timor, Trinidad and
Tobago and Turkey.
• India ranked 10th out of 11 Asia Pacific countries in a newly-launched health index to measure the
progress towards personalized healthcare.
• Singapore(1st), Taiwan (2nd), Japan (3rd) and Australia (4th) also performed well in overall
readiness.
General- National
• India has been chosen as the co-chair of the IUCN-supported Asia Protected Areas Partnership
(APAP) for a period of three years till November 2023.
• India will replace South Korea, which held the post for 3 years until November 2020.
• India proposes 8 point agenda at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) open debate to combat
terrorism.

• Due to the global COVID-19 situation, it has been decided that this year there will not be a foreign
Head of State or Head of Government as the Chief Guest for the Republic Day event.
• President Ramnath Kovind will take the salute at the parade this time.
• This will be the first time in over five decades that India will not have a chief guest at the
Republic Day parade.
• SAKSHAM Awareness Campaign: The campaign will spread awareness about clean energy.
• The National Road Safety Month was inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari at an inaugural function in New Delhi.
• The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the establishment
of a Quantum Computing Applications Lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• The Operation Sard Hawa was launched by the Border Security Force in the western border of
Rajasthan.
• The main purpose of the operation is to check the instances of infiltration due to dense fog in
the region.
• The Tricolour was unfurled at Rajpath in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind and PM
Narendra Modi on the occasion of 72nd Republic Day.
• Indo-French alliance moves towards the “Green Planet” year.
• The Union Environment Minister, together with his French Prime Minister, launched the Indo-
French Environment Year.
General - International
• The U.S. Congress has passed the ‘Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act’ to increase the number of
scholarships for Pakistani women in higher education under merit and needs-based programme.
• The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law that sanctions the ‘Second
Optional Protocol’ to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
• The protocol entails a formal commitment to abolishing the death penalty.
• The government of the United States re-designated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism for
frequently providing support for the acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to the
terrorists.
• Pakistan has issued special permission to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the Dubai
Ruler; the crown prince, and 5 members of the royal family for hunting houbara bustard during
the 2020-21 hunting season.
• The United States has recently designated the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) as the “major strategic partners” of the country.
Books and Authors

• Vahana Masterclass - Alfredo Covelli (Italy based author)
• A book titled ‘India’s 71-Year Test: The Journey to Triumph in Australia’ and one which reflects
on India’s previous 12 tours Down Under, was launched.
• The book, a Bradman Museum initiative, is authored by senior cricket scribe R. Kaushik, and it
chronicles a rivalry that has given a fillip to Test cricket.
• A general manager at RBI, R Giridharan has authored his debut book ”Right Under our Nose”.
• A coffee table book named “Modi India Calling – 2021” has been released on the occasion of 16th
PravasiBharatiya Divas.
• The book contains various photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi captured during his
“107 overseas and bilateral visits”.

• Ramchandra Guha’s latest book ‘The Commonwealth of Cricket’ would be launching virtually in
the Tata Literature Live (The Mumbai Lit fest) January.
• Goa Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant has released a book ‘Manohar Parrikar- Off the Record’ at a
function organized at Institute Menezes Braganza hall in the city.
• The book has been written by senior journalist Waman Subha Prabhu
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TO THE POINTS: JANUARY–2021

• Government has extended Income Tax Returns Filing Date to January 10.
• Indira Joseph Venniyor who passed away was a renowned Broadcaster.
• Government has extended deadline for FASTag till February 15.
• Assam assembly has passed a Bill to abolish all government-run Madrassas.
• Madhya Pradesh is organizing Exhibition Raag-Bhopali being organized to promote Zari Zardozi.
• Navy and DRDO has conducted a maiden trial of 1st indigenous air droppable container.
• DBS bank has introduced a one-stop integrated travel marketplace Travel Now.
• Union Cabinet has approved a Multi-Modal Logistics Hub & Multi-Modal Transport Hub (MMTH)
at Noida.
• India’s First Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems has been launched at IIT Hyderabad.
• BARC has developed a plaque therapy successfully used on eye cancer patients in AIIMS.
• VK Yadav has been conferred with Eminent Engineer Award.
• Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice 2020 Announced. This is the 16th year of the
award.
• ISRO chairman K Sivan has received a 1 year extension as Department of Space secretary.
• Gwalior will host the much-awaited Tansen Music Festival.
• Dr. Harsh Vardhan has digitally inaugurated the 7th NHM National Summit on Good, Replicable
Practices through a video conference.
• Global family Day 2021 was observed on January 1.
• V. Muraleedharan has recently launched the Global Pravasi Rishta portal & mobile App to connect
with Indian Diaspora across the world.
• PM Modi has laid the foundation stone of Light House projects (LHPs) across 6 states via video
conference.
• Indian Army Chief MM Naravane receives Guard of Honour at Army Headquarters of South
Korea.
• Prime Minister has laid the Foundation stone of AIIMS in Gujarat recently.
• DRDO has recently celebrated its 63rd Foundation Day of its establishment on January 01, 2021.
• PM Modi has inaugurated a permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur in Odisha.
• Petroleum Minister has launched missed call facility for LPG consumers in Bhubaneswar.
• NS Tomar has inaugurated the Virtual Agri-hackathon 2020.
• India is all set to begin its 2 year tenure as a non-permanent member in UNSC.

• Australia has recently changed the words of its national anthem.
• RKS Bhadauria has launched the IAF e-Governance (e-Office) portal.
• India and ADB have signed USD 231 million loan to augment electricity generation capacity in
Assam.
• Jharkhand has launched a Crop Relief Scheme – Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana.
• Chief of Naval Staff recently visited INS Dwarka in Gujarat.
• State-owned PNB announced the extension of its festival bonanza offer till March.
• Post Office Savings Bank is apt interconnected with other banks by April.
• RuPay partners with RBL Bank to introduce ‘RuPayPoS’.
• IFSCA has become an associate member of the global lobby group IOSCO.
• P Ravi Kumar appointed as Chief Secretary of Karnataka.
• Sumeet Sharma has taken over the charge of new Chairman & CEO of Railway Board.
• Soma Mondal has taken over from Anil Kumar Chaudhary as Chairman of SAIL.
• Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar who passed away was a famous Mountaineer.
• Umesh Sinha has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner.
• Punjab government has promoted 3 IPS Officers recently.
• DRDO’s ‘Scientist of the Year’ award has been won by Hemant Kumar Pandey.
• GST collections for December have been highest ever at Rs 1.15 lakh crore.
• J&K UT Administration has signed a MoU with NAFED.
• ADB and India have signed a 10 million loan to support project preparation to expand horticulture
in Himachal Pradesh.
• John Fulton Reid who died at the Age of 64 played for New Zealand.
• World Braille Day was observed on January 4.
• Shantanu Mohapatra who died at 84 in Bhubaneshwar was an eminent Musician.
• Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has been launched under the leadership of
NCDC.
• Drug regulator has given final approval for Covid-19 vaccines of SII.
• BPRD has released data on Police Organizations.
• Amit Shah has released the inaugural issue of ‘National Police K-9 Journal’.
• RBI has recently introduced the Digital Payments Index with the base year as 2018.
• Government has extended the benefit of the RoDTEP scheme to all export goods to boost exports
based on the recommendation of GK Pillai committee.
• Karnataka government has permitted all shops to remain open for 24×7.
• ISRO to launch the first satellite developed entirely by Brazil’s space agency.
• BEL has signed a contract with Indian Navy for Initial Supply of indigenously developed Laser
Dazzlers.
• India will be a co-chair of a regional forum to conserve wildlife habitats – Asia Protected Areas
Partnership (APAP).

• Narendra Modi has inaugurated the National Metrology Conclave 2021.
• Leon Mendonca has become India’s 67th chess Grandmaster.
• Buta Singh who passed away recently belonged to Congress.
• National Bird Day was observed on January 5.
• South Western division of the Indian Railways will start a train service connecting international
airport.
• Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline.
• India has recently begun its 40th Scientific Expedition to Antarctica.
• FSSAI has slashed the limit for trans fat levels in foods to 3 per cent for 2021.
• 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was started on 16th January.
• Delhi government has set up a Tamil Academy to promote the language.
• Justice S Muralidhar has taken Oath as Chief Justice of Odisha High Court.
• Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade was organizing Udyog Manthan – a
marathon of focused sector-specific webinars for promoting Quality and Productivity in Indian
Industry from Jan 4 to March 2.
• The Petroleum Minister has inaugurated the Migrant Worker Cell in Surat.
• Pankaj Mittal has taken oath as new chief justice of J&K and Ladakh high court.
• Digital channels of Prasar Bharati have registered more than 100 percent growth in 2020, with
Pakistan being the second highest digital audience for Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio
(AIR).
• US Congress passes ‘MalalaYousafzai Scholarship Act’ for women of Pakistan.
• A 5-day national folk dance festival will be organized in Jammu by the Ministry of Culture.
• India has sent relief materials to Fiji for its cyclone affected people.
• Madhya Pradesh government has introduced the ‘Launch Pad Scheme’ for unemployed youths.
• Justice Vineet Kothari has taken oath as High court Judge of Gujarat.
• Indian Army has inked a pact with Goa Shipyard to get 12 fast patrol boats for Pangong Tsolake by
May.
• Olympic bronze and World Cup winner Michael Kindo who passed away recently played Hockey.
• GRSE has delivered its eighth landing craft utility ship to Indian Navy.
• Bank of Baroda has announced the launch of WhatsApp banking services.
• RKS Bhadauria has launched IAF e-Governance (e-Office) portal in New Delhi.
• The Asian Development Bank will provide 100 million loan to upgrade power distribution in
Bengaluru.
• Bajaj Company has become the World’s Most Valuable Two-Wheeler Company.
• Jeff Bezos has topped the list of persons who have made the single largest charitable contribution
in 2020.
• Indian student Harsh Dalal’s startup has won recognition in Singapore.
• MoU has been signed between NBCC & JKIT in Jammu, Srinagar for establishing IT towers in the
cities of Jammu and Srinagar.

• Vilas Patil Undalkar who passed away at 82 was former cabinet minister in Maharashtra.
• The Journalist Day was observed by the Maharashtra state government on January 6.
• Ram Vinay Shahi will head the high-level group for South Asia energy security.
• Pablo Cesar will head the 51st IFFI”s International Jury.
• Boris Johnson has cancelled the Republic Day visit as the UK has locked down. The last British
leader to be the Chief Guest was in 1993.
• Uttar Pradesh government has launched the ‘Kisan Kalyan Mission’ to Double Farmers’ Income.
• Piyush Goyal has launched the Freight Business Development Portal.
• Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has launched the Toycathon 2021 launched to promote manufacturing
of indigenous toys.
• Anil Panachooran who passed away recently was an eminent Poet.
• IDBI has launched a video KYC facility for opening savings bank accounts.
• World Bank has signed a 105 million project to improve waterways in West Bengal.
• Government has organized Udyog Manthan webinars to promote quality, productivity in Indian
industry.
• Ashish Pethe has been elected as chairman of GJC.
• Sanjay Kapoor has been elected All India Chess Federation president.
• Modibo Keita who died recently, was the ex-Prime minister of Mali.
• The Chief Minister of Karnataka has launched the Krishi Sanjeevani vans to test soil, water &
suggest remedies for pest control.
• S Jaishankar has concluded his three-day visit to Sri Lanka.
• The Central government has mentioned that over 3 crore new connections have been provided
under JalJeevan Mission.
• India will chair three-key subsidiary committees of UNSC.
• Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has inaugurated the two-day Virtual International Akhand
Conference ‘EDUCON 2020’ through video conferencing.
• Sagarmala Seaplane Project Services have commenced in various islands.
• Merrick Garland has been picked as the US Attorney General.
• Elon Musk has been ranked as the world’s wealthiest person.
• Facebook have removed videos about TRUMP.
• The PM of Japan has exuded confidence that the Olympic Games will be held despite the state of
emergency.
• Rastriya Kamdhenu Aayog has announced the Kamdhenu Gau-Vigyan Prachar-Prasar Exam. The
exam will be held in 12 languages.
• Home Minister Amit Shah has hailed the CCEA approval to the Central Sector Scheme for
Industrial Development of Chhattisgarh.
• Manoj Sinha has unveiled the Mobile Application ‘SatarkNagrik’ and Departmental Vigilance
Officers Portal.
• Telangana has become the 3rd State to complete ULB reform.

• Alan Burgess who passed away at 100 was an eminent Cricketer.
• J&K LG has declared 28,400 crores mega Industrial Development Package.
• NS Vishwanathan will head the College of Supervisors set up by RBI to strengthen supervision.
• PNB has collaborated with IIT Kanpur to set up Fintech Innovation Centre.
• IDFC mutual fund has unveiled a new campaign #PaisonKoRokoMat.
• Senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale has taken additional charge as DGP of Maharashtra.
• PK Purwarhas been appointed as the CMD of MTNL.
• NSO has estimated India’s GDP may contract 7.7 per cent in FY21.
• Shailla Cannie has been selected for the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020.
• Agriculture department of LAHDC Kargil has signed MOU with Organic Certification Agency of
Sikkim.
• IAF has signed a MoU with IDSR recently.
• R. Kaushik has authored A book on India’s tours Down Under.
• Claire Polosakis set to become the first female match official in men’s Test match.
• Samagra Shiksha has signed an MOU with HUL to distribute 1.5 lakh soaps to different schools in
J&K.
• Khelo India Ice Hockey tournament has begun in Kargil recently.
• NRI or PravasiBharatiya Divas 2020 is observed on January 9.
• I&B Minister has launched Diary App in New Delhi recently.
• The phase-9 of World’s largest repatriation exercise Vande Bharat Mission has been made
operational from January 1.
• Centre has merged the cadre of officers from J&K with AGMUT.
• Pakistan has successfully test Fired an Indigenously Developed Rocket System : Fatah-1.
• NIXI has announced that it will offer free Internationalized Domain Name.
• The Diplomatic advisor of France has recently met PM Modi to discuss bilateral issues.
• The Chief Minister of Gujarat has announced to create a new Bagasara Prant in Amreli district.
• As per IHS Markit, the Indian economy will rebound with 8.9 per cert growth in FY22.
• Union Education Minister has inaugurated 2 day Virtual International Akhand Conference
‘EDUCON-2020’.
• Indian-American Raj Iyer has become the US Army’s first Chief Information Officer.
• Chitra Ghosh & Niece of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose who passed away at 90 was a veteran
Professor.
• JK Maheshwari has been sworn in as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.
• Subodh Jaiswal has been appointed as DG of CISF.
• R Giridharan has penned the ‘Right Under our Nose’.
• IREDA has signed a MoU with NHPC to provide technical expertise.
• Ramachandran who passed away belonged to Congress.
• Satya Paul who passed away at 79 was a prominent Fashion Designer.

• A. Madhavan who passed away recently was an eminent Writer.
• World Hindi Day was observed on January 10.
• PM Modi will head a panel to commemorate 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose.
• Narendra Modi will address the National Youth Parliament Festival 2021.
• The Government has issued guidelines for renewal of International Driving License while
travelling abroad. The applications can be made through VISA.
• India has now become the 2nd largest manufacturer of PPE kits and suits.
• Indian Railways has attained a train speed of 130 kmph on Golden Quadrilateral – Golden
Diagonal route.
• The Centre has provided guidelines for Migrant Children, asking states to carry out proper
identification for children of age group 6 to 18.
• According to Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ 1200 crores have been spent
for the safe movement of wildlife on the National highway.
• Harsh Vardhan has dedicated the coastal research vessel to the Nation at Chennai port trust.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 16th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
convention.
• A plane from Indonesia has recently crashed resulting in the death of more than 50 people.
• World’s largest Floating Solar Plant will be constructed at Omkareshwar Dam in Madhya Pradesh.
• The aerial survey for Delhi – Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor began from Greater Noida using
LiDAR technology.
• The government has reduced the age limit of J&K Administrative Services Exam aspirants from 37
years to 32 years.
• Central Bank of India has tied up with NABFOUNDATION to provide loans to Self – help groups.
• SBI along with Indian Oil will launch a contactless RuPay debit card.
• Neil Sheehan who passed away recently was an eminent Journalist.
• NALCO will invest around Rs 30,000 crores by the financial year 2027-28.
• Padma Awardee Turlapati Kutumba Rao who passed away recently was a veteran Writer.
• Modi India Calling-2021: New book chronicling PM’s foreign tours has been released on the eve of
16th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas.
• Faustin-Archange Touaderahas been re-elected as the Central African Republic President.
• Pradipt Kapoor has been appointed as CIO of Airtel.
• Germany has passed a bill for large companies to appoint women in executive board is mandatory.
• Madhavsinh Solanki who passed away recently was veteran Congress leader.
• National Road Safety Month 2021 was being observed from 11 January to make the streets and
roads safer.
• RS Sharma will head the empowered panel for Covid-19 vaccine.
• National Youth Day 2021 was observed on January 12.
• Preeti Pant will head the panel to Study NFHS-5 Findings.

• Japan has committed Rs 2113 Crore Support for COVID relief efforts.
• Amit Shah has launched a ‘Single Window Clearance System’ for coal mines.
• Two-day coastal defence drill ‘Sea Vigil-21’ has been kicked off recently, it was conducted on 12-13
January.
• US President-elect Joe Biden has named 2 Indian Americans in National Security Council of White
House.
• Bangladesh will be the focus country at the 51st International Film Festival of India.
• India gets 85th rank on the World’s Most Powerful Passports 2021 List.
• Twitter has deleted Donald Trump’s POTUS handle and suspended his campaign account.
• Mamata Banerjee has inaugurated the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival.
• Harsh Vardhan has inaugurated the Coastal Research Vessel ‘Sagar Anveshika’.
• ICRA forecasts India’s real GDP to expand by 10.1 per cent in FY22.
• RBI has cancelled the licence of Vasantdada Nagari Sahakari Bank recently.
• Jay Shah has been named as BCCI’s representative on ICC Board.
• Defence Secretary has co-chaired the 13th India-Vietnam Defence Security Dialogue with his
Vietnamese counterpart.
• France will host the 4th One Planet Summit in cooperation with UN and World Bank.
• Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day was observed On January 14.
• Tesla will set up India’s subsidiary in Bengaluru.
• Aviation services have recently been launched between Chandigarh and Hisar.
• Rajnath Singh has unveiled India’s first indigenously developed driverless metro car.
• Indian Army Day was observed on January 15.
• 19th edition of the Dhaka International Film Festival will pay tribute to Satyajit Ray.
• India’s first Fire Park will come up in Odisha.
• Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates the new entity CSIR-NIScPR in New Delhi.
• ICT Grand Challenge for development of ‘smart water supply measurement and monitoring
system’ is being held by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
• RBI forms 6 Member working group to study digital lending activities of the regulated and
unregulated players, the panel headed by Jayant Kumar Dash.
• Cabinet has cleared the purchase of 83 Tejas fighter jets for Indian Air Force.
• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has launched NCAVES India Forum 2021.
• SadyrJaparovhas won the presidency of Kyrgyzstan.
• Fitch Ratings Projects GDP of India at -9.4% in FY21 &11 percent in FY22.
• D Prakash Rao who passed Away at 63 was a Social Activist.
• India has inked a MoU with Japan to Enhance Cooperation in the Field of ICT.
• Indian Army has signed a $ 20 million contract with ideaForge to buy SWITCH drones.
• PM Modi has launched the 3rd Phase of PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana.
• The Governor of Manipur has released a book titled Making of a General A Himalayan Echo.

• First ever Ice climbing festival was celebrated in Nubravalley.
• PM Modi has rolled out the world’s largest vaccination drive for COVID-19 which is estimated 3
crore people by the end of the first phase.
• NIC has partnered with CBSE to jointly launch CollabCAD Software.
• The Country celebrates the Harvest festival Makar Sankranti on January 14.
• Piyush Goyal has inaugurated the Prarambh Startup India International Summit.
• PM Narendra Modi has announced a 1000 crore, ‘Startup India Seed Fund’.
• Dr. Harsh Vardhan has dedicated an Innovation Portal developed by NIF.
• The Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry has launched the SAKSHAM campaign to spread
awareness about green energy.
• Donald Trump has become the 1st US President to be impeached twice.
• Cherry Blossom Mao Festival was held in Manipur.
• Flipkart has collaborated with Niti Aayog to enhance Women Entrepreneurship Platform.
• DRDO has developed India’s first indigenous 9mm machine pistol ASMI.
• Subash Chandra Khuntia will head the IRDAI committee to Examine health insurance products.
• Intel has appointed Pat Gelsinger as its new CEO.
• Yes Bank has partnered with Aditya Birla Wellness to launch wellness themed credit card.
• FSS and IPPB have collaborated to promote AePS Partnership Advances Financial Inclusion in
India.
• NDRF recently celebrated its 16th Raising Day on January 18.
• Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated the Road Safety Month.
• The US has designated UAE and Bahrain as its ‘major strategic partners’.
• PM Narendra Modi has flagged off 8 trains to boost connectivity to the Statue of Unity.
• CARE has lowered the Centre’s fiscal deficit projection to 7.8 per cent of GDP.
• NASA has targeted the final test of ‘world’s most powerful rocket’.
• Pakistan PM Imran Khan has given special permit for royals of UAE to hunt houbara bustard.
• Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has digitally chaired 148 the session of the Executive
Board of WHO.
• India has signed a MoU with Japan for Agreement to Promote movement of Skilled Workers.
• Kerala will launch the ‘One school, One IAS’ programme.
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been selected as one of the US-India Business Council’s vice-chair.
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan who passed away at 89 was a legendary Musician.
• Uganda’s Museveni has won his 6th term extending his rule to four decades.
• Biswajit Chatterjee has been conferred ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award in IFFI.
• Khelo India 1st edition of the Zanskar Winter Sports Festival has begun in Ladakh.
• Axelsen and Marin has won Titles AtYonex Open being held in Thailand.
• Kamal Morarka who passed away at 74 was Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan.

• The Union Government has declared Netaji’s birthday to be marked as Parakram Diwas every
year.
• DRDO has handed over MotorBike Ambulance Rakshita to CRPF.
• Ajay Kumar has inaugurated the Swachhata Pakhwada organized by NCC at India Gate.
• UK has set out new laws to protect historic statues, monuments.
• Kerala has signed a MoU with Madhya Pradesh on Responsible Tourism.
• The First bird fest at Mahananda sanctuary will open from February 20. It is located in West
Bengal.
• India is set to procure more MiG-29 and Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia.
• Nepali climbers have made history and have become first to scale Pakistan’s K2.
• TRIFED and IFFDC have inked MoU to work together for tribal livelihood generation.
• Narendra Modi has been appointed chairman of Somnath temple trust.
• Indian and French air forces will conduct Desert Knight-21 Exercise.
• BilkisDadi has been conferred with Quaide Milleth Award.
• Goa Chief Minister has released the book ‘Manohar Parrikar – Off the Record’. It has been written
by Waman Subha Prabhu.
• Phil Spector who passed away recently was an eminent Music producer.
• Kiren Rijijuhas assumed the additional charge of Ministry of AYUSH.
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified Inter Country Transport Vehicles
Rules, 2021 where the state authority has been given power to grant Inter country transport permit
which will be valid for a period of 1 year from issue.
• The Prime minister of Netherlands and his entire cabinet has quit over the welfare scandal.
• India has signed a pact with Singapore on submarine rescue support.
• Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated a LNG truck-loading unit of Shell India in
Gujarat.
• Bhawana Kanth is become the 1st woman fighter pilot to take part in the Republic Day parade.
• India’s first Labour Movement museum is all set to come up in Kerala.
• The Chief Minister of Gujarat has announced the ‘Horticulture Development Mission’.
• Gorewada International Zoo has been renamed as Balasaheb Thackeray Zoological Park.
• Kerala has become the 8th State to complete ease of doing business reforms.
• ICICI Bank has launched the ‘InstaFX’ mobile app to help customers obtain Forex Prepaid Card
swiftly.
• India recently defeated Australia by 3 wickets to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
• 15th edition of the India Digital Summit was held recently.
• Infosys has recently received the Google Cloud Partner status.
• Karnataka has topped the NITI Aayog 2nd edition of India Innovation Index-2020.
• Yowerimuseveni has won his 6 term as Uganda’s president.
• Vishwavir Ahuja has been re-appointed as CEO of RBL Bank.

• 28 non-official members have been nominated to the startup council.
• DRDO along with the Road Transport and Highways Ministry have signed an MoU for technical
exchange on sustainable geo-hazard management.
• Niti Aayog has recently released a report on faecal sludge and septage management in urban areas.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the Ratle Hydro Power Project in J&K recently.
• Meghalaya, Manipur & Tripura observe the Statehood Day on January 21.
• India and EU recently held a virtual maritime security dialogue for the first time.
• Gujarat government will rename dragon fruit as kamalam.
• The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh has launched the first online youth radio station.
• Narendra Modi has released the financial assistance for UP under PMAY-G.
• The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has flagged off Door to door Delivery Vehicles.
• The Ministry of Minority Affairs has recently organized HunarHaat in Lucknow.
• Karnataka Chief Minister has launched Avolokanasoftware to enable the government to access
data on sanctions.
• Bank of Baroda looks to become part of Andhra Pradesh’s economic growth.
• PNB has recently donated books to children.
• The State Cooperative Bank of Andhra Pradesh has bagged the first prize for the overall best
performance for the year 2018-19.
• Joe Biden has taken oath as 46th US President.
• Powergrid has signed a MoU with HPSEBL to improve telecom connectivity in hilly areas of
Himachal Pradesh.
• Five day Indo-French Air exercise, Ex Desert Knight-21 has recently begun in Jodhpur.
• Airtel Payments Bank has recently launched a ‘safe pay’ feature.
• The Government has appointed Siddhartha Mohanty as managing director of LIC from February
1.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed MTNL Director Sanjeev Kumar as
new CMD of TCIL.
• Rajiv Lochan has been appointed as Managing Director of Sundaram Finance.
• Karuna Sagar has bagged the Bharat Gaurav Award.
• Mata Prasad who passed away at 95 was the former Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
• The Union Cabinet has approved a MoU between India and Uzbekistan recently.
• Gajendra Singh Shaktawat was a Congress MLA from Vallabhnagar who passed away recently.
• Unni krishnan Namboothiri who passed away recently was an eminent Actor.
• Indian Railways renames iconic Howrah-Kalka Mail as Netaji Express.
• The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand has inaugurated the state’s first child-friendly police station.
• The Supreme Court has upheld 32A section of the IBC to make immune successful bidders for a
corporate debtor from any investigation by investigating agencies.
• DPIIT has recently Regulatory Compliance Portal to act as a bridge between citizens, industries
and the government to minimize burdensome compliances.

• RBI has imposed a 2 crores penalty on Standard Chartered Bank.
• Amit Shah has inaugurated the new 4-lane Thaltej-Shilaj-Rancharda railway over bridge in
Ahmedabad.
• SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank remain systemically important banks. RBI has issued the
framework for dealing with D-SIB in 2014.
• Axis Bank has unveiled the Aura Credit Card with health, wellness solutions.
• India’s longest Road Arch Bridge has recently been inaugurated in Meghalaya.
• Dr Harsh Vardhan has recently inaugurated the 7th Edition of MASCRADE 2021 organized by
FICCI.
• CCI has approved Flipkart’s 7.8 per cent acquisition of Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail.
• Andaman and Nicobar Command will conduct Kavach joint military exercise.
• Narendra Chanchal who passed away at 80 was an eminent Singer.
• The Global Risks Report 2021, 16th Edition was recently released by WEF.
• MeITY has announced the establishment of a Quantum Computing Applications Lab in India in
collaboration with Amazon.
• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti was recently observed on January 23.
• Amit Shah has recently attended the 1st BTR Accord Day celebration.
• National Tourism Day 2021 was celebrated on January 25.
• Uttar Pradesh celebrates its statehood day on January 24.
• Theme of the International Day of Education 2021 - Recover and Revitalize Education for the
COVID-19 Generation.
• Narendra Modi recently addressed the inaugural function of Parakram Diwas in Kolkata.
• National Girl Child Day was observed on January 24.
• PM Narendra Modi has interacted with Pradhan Mantri RashtriyaBalPuraskar awardees. 32
children have been awarded the puraskar.
• The Central Government has extended the Ayushman CAPF health scheme in Guwahati.
• Amit Shah has recently chaired the plenary session of North Eastern Council Meeting.
• For the first time ever, a 122 member strong contingent of the Armed Forces of Bangladesh will
participate in the Republic Day parade.
• 19th edition of the India- Bangladesh: Joint Steering Committee meeting was held recently.
• National Voters’ Day was observed on January 25.
• Lloyd J. Austinhas won a Senate confirmation as America’s first Black Pentagon chief.
• China has overtaken Germany with the largest current account surplus-Ifo.
• The administration of Ladakh has organized the Opening Ceremony of Archery Competition.
• Himachal Pradesh is celebrating its Golden jubilee statehood day with full zeal across the state.
• A New scheme called EkPaudha Suposhit Beti Ke Naam has been initiated in Rajasthan recently.
• Madhya Pradesh will be the first state to get additional funds for capital projects to carry out
reforms in various citizen centric areas.
• Larry King who passed away at 87 was an eminent TV Host.

• Gujarat government has announced the setting up of new industrial estates.
• Al Jarhadhas been appointed as secretary of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
• 3 IPS officers besides three junior cops have been selected this year to be awarded with the Internal
Security Service Medals.
• Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has signed MOU with IIT Roorkee.
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MODEL QUESTIONS
1. When is World Day of War Orphans observed?

(1) January 8 (2) January 2 (3) January 5 (4) January 6 (5) None of these
2. What is the theme of PravasiBharatiya Divas 2020?

(1) Apna Bharat Apna Gaurav
(2) Engaging Diaspora: Connecting Across Generations
(3) Redefining engagement with the Indian diaspora
(4) Contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat
(5) None of these
3. When is World Hindi Day celebrated?

4. When is Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day celebrated?

5. When is Army Day celebrated in India?

6. Which of the following’s birth anniversary on 23rd January will be celebrated as “PARAKRAM
DIWAS” every year as declared by the government?
(1) Lala Lajpat Rai (2) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(3) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (4) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (5) None of these
7. When is National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Raising Day celebrated?

8. What is the theme of National Tourism Day 2021?

(1) Dekho Apna Desh
(2) Tourism and Jobs: A Better Future for All
(3) Tourism and Rural Development
(4) Tourism and the Digital Transformation
(5) None of these
9. India celebrated its which Republic Day across the country on 26th January 2021?
(1) 73rd (2) 74th (3) 72nd (4) 71st (5) None of these
10. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constructed a composite Digital Payments Index (DPI) to
capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country. The RBI-DPI has been
constructed with what as the base period?
(1) March 2020 (2) April 2021 (3) April 2019 (4) March 2018 (5) None of these

11. According to the data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), overseas investment by domestic
companies fell by over what per cent to $1.45 billion in December 2020?
(1) 36% (2) 42% (3) 56% (4) 69% (5) None of these
12. Which bank has collaborated with Salesforce, a leader in customer relationship management, to
build a next generation technology platform to power the retail lending business?
(1) IndusInd Bank (2) Axis Bank (3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(4) Yes Bank (5) None of these
13. What is the interest rate on the National Savings Certificate (NSC) for January-March 2021
quarter?
(1) 7.2% (2) 6.3% (3) 7.5% (4) 6.8% (5) None of these
14. In January 2021, India Post announced to make the Post Office Savings Bank interoperable with
other bank accounts by when?
(1) June 2021 (2) September 2021 (3) March 2021 (4) April 2021 (5) None of these
15. Which of the following is the first urban co-operative bank (UCB) in India to transition to a Small
Finance Bank?
(1) Shivalik Small Finance Bank (2) Fincare Small Finance Bank
(3) Tirupati Small Finance Bank (4) Mehsana Small Finance Bank (5) None of these
16. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the licence of Vasantdada Nagari Sahakari Bank
Ltd., situated where?
(1) Sangli (2) Kolhapur (3) Osmanabad (4) Ahmednagar (5) None of these
17. An area to an extent varying from zero to one km around the boundary of which national park in
Kerala has been notified as an Eco-sensitive Zone by the central government?
(1) Mathikettan Shola National Park
(2) Eravikulam National Park
(3) Pampadum Shola National Park
(4) Anamudi Shola National Park
(5) None of these
18. The Cabinet has given its approval for the investment of over 5200 crore rupees for 850 MW Ratle
Hydro Electric (HE) Project in which state/UT?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Punjab (3) Chandigarh
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) None of these
19. Which state government has launched its own crop relief scheme ‘Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana’ to
replace the Prime Minister’s insurance scheme?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Rajasthan (3) Jharkhand
(4) Punjab (5) None of these
20. Which state government launched a mobile application ‘DigiNest’, to give people digital access to
the state government’s directory, which can be synced with the smart phone with the click of a
button?
(1) Punjab (2) Andhra (3) Odisha (4) Karnataka (5) None of these
21. Which state/UT has set up a Tamil academy to promote the South Indian language and culture in
the state/UT?
(1) Chandigarh (2) Bihar (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Delhi (5) None of these

22. Which state celebrates Thiruvalluvar Day on the 2nd day of the Thai month in honour of the Saint
Poet Thiruvalluvar?
(1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Goa (4) Maharashtra (5) None of these
23. Which state government launched ‘One School One IAS’ scheme to provide free coaching for civil
services and other competitive examinations to 10,000 meritorious but financially weak students
across the state?
(1) Kerala (2) Goa (3) Telangana (4) Madhya Pradesh (5) None of these
24. Which state government launched scheme for allotment of 7,219 fair price shops (FPS) under state
government’s flagship ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar teKarobaar Mission’?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) Punjab (4) Haryana (5) None of these
25. Which state government launched ‘Horticulture Development Mission’ (Bagayat Vikas Mission)
with an aim to double the income of farmers involved in medicinal and horticulture farming?
(1) Gujarat (2) Kerala (3) Karnataka (4) Rajasthan (5) None of these
26. Which state government has decided to rename the Dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’ in state as the
outer shape of the fruit resembles a lotus?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Himachal Pradesh (3) Uttarakhand
(4) Gujarat (5) None of these
27. Which state’s government launched ‘Udyam Sarathi’ app to help youth to explore self-
employment opportunities?
(1) Haryana (2) Gujarat (3) UP (4) HP (5) None of these
28. Which state government launched the ‘PANKH Abhiyan’ under the ‘Beti Bachao BetiPadhao’
scheme in order to aid in empowerment and growth of the girl child?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Uttarakhand (3) Jharkhand
(4) Odisha (5) None of these
29. Where did Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy inaugurate Jayalalithaa Memorial?
(1) Coimbatore (2) Vellore (3) Chennai (4) Madurai (5) None of these
30. Where did Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced the
setting up of multi-model logistics park?
(1) Silchar (2) Jorhat (3) Tezpur (4) Rourkela (5) None of these
31. Which zoo has been named after as Balasaheb Thackeray by the state government?
(1) Taraporevala Zoo (2) Veer Mata Jijabai Zoo (3) Maharaj Bagh Zoo
(4) Gorewada International Zoo (5) None of these
32. The Union Cabinet approved the export of which missile system in order to boost domestic
defence manufacturing?
(1) Dhanush (2) BrahMos (3) Akash (4) Nirbhay (5) None of these
33. With which of the following has the Indian Army inked a contract for 12 fast patrol boats for
surveillance and patrol of large water bodies, including those in high altitude areas?
(1) Goa Shipyard (2) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
(3) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (4) Cochin Shipyard (5) None of these
34. India with which country has tested a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) defence
system jointly developed by the two countries?
(1) Israel (2) France (3) Sweden (4) Indonesia (5) None of these

35. The Pune-based facility of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the
Indian Army’s Mhow-based Infantry School have jointly developed India’s first indigenous
______ machine pistol named ‘Asmi’.
(1) 7mm (2) 4mm (3) 5mm (4) 9mm (5) None of these
36. Which bike-based casualty transport emergency vehicle was handed over to CRPF by Institute of
Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS)?
(1) Radhika (2) Rachita (3) Ragini (4) Rakshita (5) None of these
37. Where did Border Security Force (BSF) launch “Operation Sard Hawa” under which it aims to
increase security?
(1) Bharatpur (2) Kota (3) Bhoder (4) Jaisalmer (5) None of these
38. Where did Indian Navy conducted large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise AMPHEX – 21
with Army and Air Force?
(1) Daman and Diu (2) Ladakh (3) Puducherry
(4) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (5) None of these
39. In January 2021, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of six LHPs under the Global
Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India) in six states. Which state is not one of the
following?
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Karnataka (3) Andhra (4) Tripura (5) None of these
40. From which of the following, India launched the 40th Scientific Expedition to Antarctica with 43
members onboard?
(1) West Bengal (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Goa (4) Kerala (5) None of these
41. In January 2021, where did Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated a migrant worker
cell?
(1) Jaipur (2) Noida (3) Patna (4) Surat (5) None of these
42. In January 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated the 450-km Kochi to _______ LNG
(liquified natural gas) pipeline through video conferencing?
(1) Mysore (2) Coimbatore (3) Mangaluru (4) Siliguri (5) None of these
43. Which of the following has launched its latest pan-India investor awareness campaign
#PaisonKoRokoMat, nudging savers to become investors?
(1) Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund (2) IDFC Mutual Fund (3) UTI Mutual Fund
(4) SBI Mutual Fund (5) None of these
44. National Informatics Centre (NIC) along with which of the following launched CollabCAD
software, a collaborative network, computer-enabled software system, providing a total
engineering solution from 2D drafting and detailing to 3D product design?
(1) National Testing Agency (2) Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
(3) DSSSB (4) Central Board of Secondary Education
(5) None of these
45. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off eight trains connecting different parts of the country
to Kevadia in Gujarat. To which of the following city any such train is not flagged off?
(1) Varanasi (2) Ahmedabad (3) Rewa (4) Seoni (5) None of these
46. Where would the country’s first Labour Movement Museum, showcasing the history of world
labour movement, be launched?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Maharashtra (3) Kerala
(4) Goa (5) None of these
47. In which state was India’s longest road arch bridge, the Wahrew Bridge inaugurated?
(1) Sikkim (2) West Bengal (3) Meghalaya (4) Jharkhand (5) None of these
48. Where was the new 4-lane Thaltej-Shilaj-Rancharda railway over bridge inaugurated by Home
Minister Shri Amit Shah?
(1) Jaipur (2) Karnal (3) Hisar (4) Ahmedabad (5) None of these
49. Which country hosted the fourth ‘One Planet Summit’ through videoconferencing themed “Let’s
act together for nature!”?
(1) France (2) Austria (3) Netherlands (4) Saudi Arabia (5) None of these
50. What is the corpus for ‘Startup India Seed Fund’ launched at the ‘Prarambh: Startup India
International Summit’ to support startups and help budding entrepreneurs pursue innovative
ideas?
(1) Rs 3,000-crore (2) Rs 5,000-crore (3) Rs 2,000-crore
(4) Rs 1,000-crore (5) None of these
51. What is the theme of the two-days 15th edition of India Digital Summit 2021 organized virtually?
(1) Aatmanirbhar Bharat – A Trillion Dollar Economy by 2022
(2) Aatmanirbhar Bharat – Enabling the New Normal
(3) Aatmanirbhar Bharat – Make for the World
(4) Aatmanirbhar Bharat – Start of New Decade
(5) None of these
52. Which country hosted the two days international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021
virtually?
(1) Germany (2) UK (3) Spain (4) Netherlands (5) None of these
53. With which state/UT government has Solar firm Oakridge Energy signed agreements to solarize
1,000 schools in state/UT by 2022?
(1) Karnataka (2) Delhi (3) Chandigarh (4) Chhattisgarh (5) None of these
54. With which bank has that RuPay partnered to launch an innovative payment solution for Indian
merchants – RuPayPoS in association with PayNearby?
(1) CSB Bank (2) Bandhan Bank (3) RBL Bank
(4) Federal Bank (5) None of these
55. DRDO has signed MoU with which state’s metro for implementation of Advanced Biodigester
Mk-II Technology in Metro Rail Network?
(1) Delhi Metro (2) Maharashtra Metro (3) Rajasthan Metro
(4) Karnataka Metro (5) None of these
56. PhonePe has tied up with which insurance company to launch Term Life Insurance plans on its
platform?
(1) HDFC Life Insurance (2) Tata AIA Life Insurance (3) SBI Life Insurance
(4) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance (5) None of these
57. Punjab National Bank as collaborated with which institute for establishing an innovation centre at
the institute’s campus?
(1) IIT Kanpur (2) IIT Bombay (3) IIT Ropar (4) IIT Jammu (5) None of these
58. Which e-commerce company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Logistics
Skill Sector Council (LSC) to build a skilled and trained workforce for the fast-growing e-
commerce industry in India?
(1) Amazon (2) Snapdeal (3) Flipkart (4) Shopclues (5) None of these

59. Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO has collaborated with which of the following to adopt
one hundred Atal Tinkering Labs across the country to promote education in the field of Space
Education and Space Technology?
(1) Ministry of Education (2) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(3) NITI Aayog (4) National Development Council (5) None of these
60. Which bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ‘Jai Kisan’ to expand
access to financial services to individuals and businesses in Karnataka?
(1) IDBI Bank (2) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
(3) Syndicate Bank (4) Corporation Bank (5) None of these
61. With which country did India sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance
cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), including 5G
standardization?
(1) Singapore (2) Japan (3) France (4) Netherlands (5) None of these
62. Which bank has tied up with Niyo, a new age fintech, to issue prepaid cards to workers of Micro,
Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)?
(1) HDFC Bank (2) Federal Bank (3) ICICI Bank (4) Axis Bank (5) None of these
63. Which bank has tied up with Aditya Birla Wellness Private Limited to launch wellness credit
cards, which aims at the holistic health, self-care and wellness of consumers?
(1) Yes Bank (2) Axis Bank (3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(4) IDBI Bank (5) None of these
64. With which country has India signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on a basic
partnership framework for operation of the ‘specified skilled worker’ (SSW) system?
(1) Japan (2) Sweden (3) Netherlands (4) Italy (5) None of these
65. With which country did India sign an agreement for cooperation in the field of Solar Energy?
(1) Uganda (2) Kyrgyzstan (3) Sierra Leone (4) Uzbekistan (5) None of these
66. With which country did India sign the implementing agreement on submarine rescue support
and cooperation between the two Navies?
(1) UK (2) Singapore (3) Denmark (4) Poland (5) None of these
67. WIPRO group is all set to act as knowledge partner of which state/UT government?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Goa (3) Odisha
(4) Maharashtra (5) None of these
68. Power Grid Corporation signed an agreement with which state’s electricity board to improve
telecom connectivity in the state?
(1) Tripura (2) Himachal Pradesh (3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Haryana (5) None of these
69. Madhya Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which
state government for replicating the latter’s pioneering Responsible Tourism (RT) initiative?
(1) Telangana (2) Haryana (3) Kerala (4) Tamil Nadu (5) None of these
70. Where did the three-day Ports Review Meeting named ‘Chintan Baithak’ held?
(1) Kutch (2) Gandhinagar (3) Surat (4) Ahmedabad (5) None of these
71. Where did the 69th Plenary Meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) held?
(1) Shillong (2) Guwahati (3) Gangtok (4) Agartala (5) None of these

72. To improve the inland water transport infrastructure in which state, the Government of India and
the World Bank signed a $105 million project?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) West Bengal (5) None of these
73. How much grant assistance has been given by India to Nepal as part of its commitment towards
reconstruction of educational institutions damaged during the 2015 earthquake?
(1) Rs 19.21 cr (2) Rs 12.09 cr (3) Rs 14.87 cr (4) Rs 15.28 cr (5) None of these
74. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released financial assistance of Rs 2,691 crore to 6.1 lakh
beneficiaries in which state under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana?
(1) Kerala (2) West Bengal (3) Rajasthan (4) Uttar Pradesh (5) None of these
75. Which state has become the first in the country to get additional funds (Rs 660 crore) for capital
projects for successfully carrying out reforms in various citizen-centric areas?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Uttarakhand (3) Bihar
(4) Jharkhand (5) None of these
76. India’s April-November fiscal deficit stood at what percent of full-year target?
(1) 125% (2) 105% (3) 135% (4) 165% (5) None of these
77. According to IHS Market, Indian economy is likely to rebound with what per cent growth in the
fiscal year 2021-22?
(1) 5.6% (2) 7.8% (3) 6.7% (4) 8.9% (5) None of these
78. CARE Ratings has revised downwards its projection of the Centre’s fiscal deficit to what per cent
of GDP during FY21?
(1) 5.7% (2) 6.4% (3) 7.8% (4) 4.9% (5) None of these
79. According to former chief economic adviser Arvind Virmani, the Indian economy is likely to
contract in the range of what per cent this fiscal?
(1) 4-6.5 per cent (2) 4-7.5 per cent (3) 5-6.5 per cent
(4) 5-7.5 per cent (5) None of these
80. According to a report by Crisil, the combined fiscal deficit of the states will hit a peak of how
much percent of their GDP this fiscal on the back of steep fall in tax collections?
(1) 5.2% (2) 4.7% (3) 6.9% (4) 7.1% (5) None of these
81. Which e-commerce portal has been unveiled by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC) where over 50,000 products, ranging from apparel to home decor, will be available?
(1) eKhadiIndia.com (2) eKhadiIndia.in (3) KhadiIndia.com
(4) KhadiIndia.in (5) None of these
82. “Khadi Prakritik Paint”, a first-of-its-kind product, with anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties,
developed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission has which of the following as its main
ingredient?
(1) Dry grass (2) Multani clay (3) Charcoal (4) Cow dung (5) None of these
83. Where has Tesla, US-based electric and clean energy company, opened its fully-owned subsidiary
in India?
(1) Bengaluru (2) Hyderabad (3) Chennai (4) Pune (5) None of these

84. According to the Futures Industry Association (FIA), which stock exchange remained the world’s
largest derivatives exchange for the second consecutive year in 2020 in terms of number of
contracts traded?
(1) National Stock Exchange of India (2) New York Stock Exchange
(3) Italian Stock Exchange (4) The Royal Exchange (5) None of these
85. Which aerospace company created a new record by launching 143 satellites into space in January
2021?
(1) NASA (2) Indian Space Research Organisation
(3) SpaceX (4) Roscosmos (5) None of these
86. Indian Railways completed successful speed trials of the new design Vistadome Tourist Coaches
made by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at what speed?
(1) 190 kmph (2) 140 kmph (3) 180 kmph (4) 120 kmph (5) None of these
87. Which airport has recently become a CAT IIIB compliant runway that can be used by aircraft
even during inclement weather and foggy conditions?
(1) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
(2) Kempegowda International Airport
(3) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
(4) Coimbatore International Airport
(5) None of these
88. The government is implementing a Rs 320-crore project for five major ports in order to provide a
digital port ecosystem. Which one of the following is not one of those ports?
(1) Mumbai (2) Goa (3) Kolkata (4) Deendayal (5) None of these
89. What is the name of the Indonesian Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the sea minutes after
taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board in
January 2021?
(1) Boeing 737-300 (2) Boeing 737-700 (3) Boeing 737-400
(4) Boeing 737-500 (5) None of these
90. With which country’s air force did Indian Air Force conduct a bilateral Air exercise, Ex Desert
Knight-21 in Jodhpur?
(1) Russia (2) Bangladesh (3) France (4) Maldives (5) None of these
91. Which train has been renamed as the ‘Netaji Express’ by the Indian Railways?
(1) Kavi Guru Express (2) Howrah-Kalka Mail (3) Pinjore-Shimla Mail
(4) Sampark Kranti Express (5) None of these
92. Which state has become the first state in the country with two airstrips on expressways to
facilitate emergency landing and take-off of fighter planes?
(1) Bihar (2) Haryana (3) HP (4) UP (5) None of these
93. Which of the following is the focus country for the 51th edition of the International Film Festival
of India (IFFI) 2021?
(1) Bangladesh (2) Thailand (3) Myanmar (4) Maldives (5) None of these
94. Which state government will host the fourth Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF 2021) in march
2021?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) West Bengal (3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Kerala (5) None of these

95. Where was the five days ‘National Folk Dance Festival’ organized in December 2020?
(1) Patiala (2) Jammu (3) Shimla (4) Hisar (5) None of these
96. In which state/UT is Cherry Blossom Mao Festival celebrated?

(1) Puducherry (2) Manipur (3) Nagaland
(4) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (5) None of these
97. Where was the first ever Ice climbing festival celebrated in January 2021?
(1) Shingo La (2) Nubra valley (3) Gurung valley
(4) Taglang La (5) None of these
98. Which state’s first state-level bird festival ‘Kalrav’ held in January 2021?
(1) Jharkhand (2) Bihar (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Rajasthan (5) None of these
99. Where was the 15th edition of Toshali National Crafts Mela inaugurated?
(1) Hyderabad (2) Bhopal (3) Bhubaneswar
(4) Panaji (5) None of these
100. In a first, a bird festival is being organized at the Mahananda wildlife sanctuary to provide an
opportunity to enthusiasts to explore the forest and watch different birds. Where is the sanctuary
situated?
(1) Karnataka (2) Odisha (3) Maharashtra (4) West Bengal (5) None of these
101. Who has been appointed as the new chairman and CEO of the Railway Board?
(1) Suneet Sharma (2) Prabhakar Sardana (3) Shyamraj Mehta
(4) Vivek Tripathi (5) None of these
102. Who is appointed as the new chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)?
(1) Surbhi Bhatacharya (2) Rekha Banerjee (3) Vaishika Mittal
(4) Soma Mondal (5) None of these
103. Justice Hima Kohli has become the first woman to assume charge as the Chief Justice of which
high court?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Assam (3) Telangana
(4) Chhattisgarh (5) None of these
104. Who has been appointed as the Director General in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)?
(1) Pritam Singh (2) Vishnu Kumar Prasad (3) Sukesh Khanna
(4) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal (5) None of these
105. Pat Gelsinger has been appointed as the new CEO of which company?
(1) Tesla (2) Microsoft (3) Nvidia (4) Intel (5) None of these
106. Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for the sixth term as the president of which country?
(1) Kenya (2) Uganda (3) Rwanda (4) Tanzania (5) None of these
107. Swaminathan Janakiraman and who other have been appointed as the new managing directors of
State Bank of India (SBI)?
(1) Brijesh Khanna (2) Ashwini Kumar Tewari (3) Rajesh Kumar Mehta
(4) Abhishek Khurana (5) None of these

108. Name the president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) who resigned from his post
recently?
(1) Dushyant Dave (2) Rajesh Bhatia (3) Vikram Sardana
(4) Susheel Kumar (5) None of these
109. Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of which country resigned amid allegations of corruption against his
party?
(1) Estonia (2) Finland (3) Belarus (4) Latvia (5) None of these
110. Which country’s Prime Minister KhurelsukhUkhnaa submitted his resignation to parliament after
protests over the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic?
(1) Ukraine (2) Mongolia (3) Kazakhstan (4) Georgia (5) None of these
111. Buta Singh who passed away was related to which profession?
(1) Singer (2) Sportsperson (3) Politician (4) Director (5) None of these
112. John Fulton Reid who passed away was the finest batsman of which country?
(1) West Indies (2) New Zealand (3) Australia (4) Ireland (5) None of these
113. Chitra Ghosh who passed away recently was related to which profession?
(1) Actress (2) Journalist (3) Author (4) Professor (5) None of these
114. TurlapatiKutumba Rao who passed away was related with which profession?
(1) Singer (2) Journalist (3) Politician (4) Author (5) None of these
115. Professor Shashikumar Madhusudan Chitre who passed away was the professor of which
subject?
(1) Astrometry (2) Nuclear physics (3) Astrophysicist
(4) Anthropology (5) None of these
116. D Prakash Rao who passed away was related with which profession?
(1) Professor (2) Businessman (3) Dramatist (4) Social Activist (5) None of these
117. Who has been honoured with Tansen Samman- 2020 for Hindustani classical music?
(1) Pt. Dalchan Sharma (2) Pt. Vidyadhar Mehta (3) Pt. Ulhaas Kashalkar
(4) Pt. Satish Vyas (5) None of these
118. Which branch of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) won the Kayakalp Award under
the B category for cleanliness for the third consecutive year?
(1) AIIMS, Delhi (2) AIIMS, Rishikesh (3) AIIMS, Bhatinda
(4) AIIMS, Bhubaneswar (5) None of these
119. Which ministry of the government of India received SKOCH Challenger Award for e-
Governance?
(1) Ministry of Tribal Affairs (2) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(3) Ministry of Minority Affairs (4) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(5) None of these
120. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the introduction of which awards in January
2021?
(1) ICC Player of the Month awards
(2) ICC Player of the Quarter awards
(3) ICC Player of the Year awards
(4) ICC Player of the Six-Months awards
(5) None of these
121. Goa’s 14-year-old Leon Mendonca has become India’s ___________ chess Grandmaster by
winning the third and final norm at a tournament in Italy.
(1) 69th (2) 68th (3) 67th (4) 65th (5) None of these
122. Jigmet Dolma, an SPO of Ladakh police secured fourth position in which Marathon?
(1) Jakarta Marathon 2021 (2) Dhaka Marathon 2021
(3) Kathmandu Marathon 2021 (4) Thimphu Marathon 2021 (5) None of these
123. Which country will host the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup as announced by Asian Football
Confederation?
(1) China (2) UAE (3) Germany (4) India (5) None of these
124. Which district has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by the government think tank
Niti Aayog in November 2020?
(1) Gadchiroli (2) Ramgarh (3) Yadgir (4) Udupi (5) None of these
125. According to Bloomberg News, who has become the world’s richest man with more than $188.5
billion net worth?
(1) Elon Musk (2) Jeff Bezos (3) Bill Gates (4) Warren Buffett (5) None of these
126. With which country India shared 85th rank in the list of the world’s most powerful passports by
Henley and Partners Passport Index of 2021?
(1) Uzbekistan (2) Turkmenistan (3) Azerbaijan (4) Tajikistan (5) None of these
127. According to a report released by London & Partners, which city has emerged as the world’s
fastest-growing mature tech ecosystem in the world since 2016?
(1) London (2) Bengaluru (3) Munich (4) Paris (5) None of these
128. In its report titled ‘International Migration 2020 Highlights’, the United Nations (UN) declared
the India diaspora to be the largest in the world with how many people from the country living
outside their homeland in 2020?
(1) 16 million (2) 18 million (3) 20 million (4) 15 million (5) None of these
129. How much percent of the electronic-waste did India generate in the year 2019 as per a recent
report by the Central Pollution Control Board?
(1) 8% (2) 10% (3) 9% (4) 11% (5) None of these
130. Which state topped the second edition of the India Innovation Index-2020 released by NITI
Aayog in the Major States category?
(1) Karnataka (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Maharashtra
(4) Himachal Pradesh (5) None of these
131. Which of the following released the 16th edition of the Global Risks Report, 2021?
(1) World Food Programme (2) Food and Agriculture Organization
(3) World Economic Forum (4) World Wide Fund for Nature (5) None of these
132. Delhi secured the highest National Achievement Survey (NAS) score in the NITI Aayog’s India
Innovation Index 2020. What is the score it obtained?
(1) 44.73 (2) 43.98 (3) 42.34 (4) 45.62 (5) None of these
133. According to Oxfam’s ‘Inequality Virus Report’, Indian billionaires increased their wealth by
what percent during the lockdown to Rs. 3 trillion?
(1) 26% (2) 47% (3) 35% (4) 51% (5) None of these

134. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in December 2020?
(1) Hisar (2) Rajkot (3) Pushkar (4) Bareilly (5) None of these
135. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the National Environmental Standards
Laboratory. Where is National Physical Laboratory situated?
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Delhi (3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Haryana (5) None of these
136. By 2021, India’s food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has
planned to reduce the level of trans fats in food items from the permissible limit of 5% to what
percent?
(1) 1% (2) 3% (3) 2% (4) 4% (5) None of these
137. Which meteorological observatory has been awarded the status of ‘centennial observing station’
in recognition to its long-term meteorological observation exceeding over 100 years by the World
Meteorological Organisation (WMO)?
(1) Patna (2) Pune (3) Lucknow (4) Chennai (5) None of these
138. The National Internet Exchange of India, NIXI will offer a free Internationalized Domain Name,
IDN in how many Indian language along with every IN domain booked by the registrant?
(1) 22 (2) 25 (3) 28 (4) 25 (5) None of these
139. In January 2021, which ministry launched month-long mass awareness campaign ‘SAKSHAM’ in
New Delhi?
(1) Ministry of Rural Development
(2) Ministry of Labour and Employment
(3) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
(4) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(5) None of these
140. In which state/UT, is a road soon going to be named after the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput?
(1) Delhi (2) Maharashtra (3) Puducherry (4) Bihar (5) None of these
141. Where is first of its kind children’s library on a boat launched which will host sessions on book
launches, music and more?
(1) Pune (2) Kolkata (3) Hyderabad (4) Bengaluru (5) None of these
142. Which of the following organized “AYU SAMVAD” (My Health My Responsibility), one of the
largest public awareness campaign programs on AYURVEDA and COVID 19 PANDEMIC?
(1) All India Institute of Ayurveda
(2) National Institute of Ayurveda
(3) Indian Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine & Research
(4) Ayushkama Ayur Yoga School
(5) None of these
143. Which of the following has adopted a resolution to promote a culture of peace and tolerance to
safeguard religious sites all across the world?
(1) UN General Assembly
(2) United Nations Security Council
(3) United Nations Development Programme
(4) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(5) None of these

144. In which Indian state has the US food major Cargill, in partnership with the United Nations
World Food Programme (WFP) and Delhi based Centre for Responsible Business (CRB), launched
a program to improve nutrition status?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Bihar (4) Jharkhand (5) None of these
145. Which country has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect the spirit of unity and the
country’s Indigenous population?
(1) Australia (2) Canada (3) Sweden (4) Singapore (5) None of these
146. Which country’s government has passed a bill mandating larger companies to ensure that at least
one woman serves on their management boards?
(1) Spain (2) Germany (3) France (4) Indonesia (5) None of these
147. In which country did the archaeologists discover the world’s oldest known cave art, a life-sized
picture of a wild pig that was painted at least 45,500 years ago?
(1) Myanmar (2) Indonesia (3) Egypt (4) Thailand (5) None of these
148. Who is the author of the novel titled ‘Right Under our Nose’?
(1) Jayant Kumar Dash (2) R. Giridharan (3) Vivek Deep
(4) H. Subramanian (5) None of these
149. Who is the author of the book titled “Making of a General – A Himalayan Echo”?
(1) Konsam Himalay Singh (2) Manoj Mukund Naravane
(3) Iqroop Singh Ghuman (4) Nirmal Chandra Suri (5) None of these
150. Who is the author of the book titled “The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with
the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind”?
(1) Ramachandra Guha (2) Vikram Seth (3) Amitav Ghosh
(4) Ruskin Bond (5) None of these
Ans: 1-4, 2-4, 3-3, 4-1, 5-3, 6-3, 7-4, 8-1, 9-3, 10-4, 11-2, 12-4, 13-4, 14-4, 15-1, 16-3, 17-1, 18-1, 19-3, 20-1,
21-4, 22-2, 23-1, 24-3, 25-1, 26-4, 27-3, 28-1, 29-3, 30-1, 31-4, 32-3, 33-1, 34-1, 35-4, 36-4, 37-4, 38-4, 39-2,
40-3, 41-4, 42-3, 43-2, 44-4, 45-4, 46-3, 47-3, 48-4, 49-1, 50-4, 51-4, 52-4, 53-2, 54-3, 55-2, 56-4, 57-1, 58-3,
59-3, 60-2, 61-2, 62-3, 63-1, 64-1, 65-4, 66-2, 67-1, 68-2, 69-3, 70-1, 71-1, 72-4, 73-1, 74-4, 75-1, 76-3, 77-4,
78-3, 79-4, 80-2, 81-1, 82-4, 83-1, 84-1, 85-3, 86-3, 87-2, 88-2, 89-4, 90-3, 91-2, 92-4, 93-1, 94-4, 95-2, 96-2,
97-2, 98-2, 99-3, 100-4, 101-1, 102-4, 103-3, 104-4, 105-4, 106-2, 107-2, 108-1, 109-1, 110-2, 111-3, 112-2,
113-4, 114-2, 115-3, 116-4, 117-4, 118-4, 119-1, 120-1, 121-3, 122-2, 123-4, 124-2, 125-1, 126-4, 127-2, 128-2,
129-2, 130-1, 131-3, 132-1, 133-3, 134-2, 135-2, 136-2, 137-1, 138-1, 139-3, 140-1, 141-2, 142-1, 143-1, 144-1,
145-1, 146-2, 147-2, 148-2, 149-1, 150-1.
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GENERAL AWARENESS–CURRENT AFFAIRS

Reserve Bank of India

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Place in the News

Defence and National Security

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Science and Technology

Films and Film Festival

Appointments/Election (or) Latest who is who?

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Books and Authors

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TO THE POINTS: JANUARY–2021

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1. When is World Day of War Orphans observed?

2. What is the theme of PravasiBharatiya Divas 2020?

3. When is World Hindi Day celebrated?

4. When is Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day celebrated?

5. When is Army Day celebrated in India?

7. When is National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Raising Day celebrated?

8. What is the theme of National Tourism Day 2021?

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96. In which state/UT is Cherry Blossom Mao Festival celebrated?

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