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General Knowledge and Current Affairs January 2021-22: National News
- Uday Shankar, President of the Walt Disney Company took over as President of FICCI for 2020-21 at the business chamber’s 93rd annual convention on 14th December 2020.
- Vineet Agarwal, the Managing Director of Transport Corporation of India Limited took over as the new President of the ‘Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India’ (Assocham) on 21st December 2020.
- The nation is celebrating 23rd January 2021 as ‘Parakram Divas’ in remembrance of the 125th birth anniversary of Neta Ji Subhas Chandra Bose.
- On this republic day i.e. 26th January 2021, there will no foreign head of state as Chief Guest due to pandemic COVID19. However, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was invited to attend the Republic Day celebration as Chief Guest and he accepted the invitation. But later, he called PM Modi and cancelled the program.
- Vidyut Mohan, an engineer from India was one of the seven personalities who were declared the young champions of the Earth 2020 on 15th December 2020 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) for helping the world solve and address the environmental challenges with their innovative ideas.
- India has been ranked on 10th position on the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), 2021, released on 7th December 2020 in Germany.
- On 28th December 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first driverless train on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta line via video conference.
- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) inaugurated its highest meteorological centre (3,500 metres above sea level) at Leh in Ladakh on 29th December 2020 for weather and other specialized forecasts.
General Knowledge and Current Affairs January 2021-22: International News
- On 3rd December 2020, Gitanjali Rao, a young Indian-American scientist and inventor, was named Time magazine’s first-ever Kid of the year. She got the honour for her contribution to use technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyber-bullying.
- On 22nd December 2020, Lionel Messi of Argentina set a new world record of goals for a single club when he scored 644th goal for his club Barcelona in a match against Real Valladolid in Madrid in LaLiga. With this goal, Messi left behind Brazil’s Legend Pele’s record of 643 goals for club Santos.
- On 2nd December 2020, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern moved a motion in the Parliament in Wellington to declare a climate emergency. New Zealand declared joined the club of 32 other countries with the same declaration with a pledge to become Carbon neutral in its public sector by 2025.
- On 8th December 2020, Nepal and China jointly announced the newly revised height of Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak of the world, as 8,848.86 metres, adding 86 cm to its height after the re-measurement at a virtual ceremony.
- Indian origin American Raja Chari, a US Air Force Colonel, was selected as the commander of the Space X Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA, the US space agency and the European Space Agency (ESA) in December 2020.
- E-sports and breakdancing will debut in the 2022 Asian Games in Hanzhou, China, as full medal sports after being approved by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the governing body said on 18th December 2020.
Top 50 GK Questions and Answers
Indian Polity and Constitution January 2021-22: Notes
- ’Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ words were inserted into the Constitution of India by
—42nd Amendment Act, 1976
- Which schedule of the Constitution of India deals with the validation of certain ’Acts and Regulations’?
—Ninth Schedule
- The ‘Basic Structure Doctrine’ was enunciated by the Supreme Court during the
—Kesavananda Bharati Case
- A national commission for ‘Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes’ with wide powers was provided to protect the cause of SCs/STs under the
—65th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1990
- Whose prior recommendation is needed to introduce a Money Bill in the Lok Sabha?
—The President of India
- Which constituent of the Indian Parliament represents the States and the Union Territories of India?
—The Rajya Sabha
- The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed by
—The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Which article in the Constitution of India deals with the ’equal justice and free legal aid’?
—Article 39A
- Who presides over the first sitting of the newly-elected Lok Sabha?
—Speaker ProTem
- The process of election of the members of the Rajya Sabha on the basis of proportional representation is inspired in India from the
—Constitution of South Africa
Science and Technology
- The genetic material of bacteria is found in
—Cytoplasm
- A plant having yellow leaves with dead spots has the deficiency of
—Potassium
- One kilowatt hour is equal to
—36 x 10’ joule
- The setting time of cement is lowered by adding
—Silica
- ’Magnetic’, ’electrostatic’ and ’gravitational’ forces come under the category of
—Non-contact forces
- Radioactivity is measured by
-GM Counter
- The technique of inducing rain from clouds is called
—Cloud seeding
- Blood does not coagulate inside the human body due to the presence of
—Heparin
- The main constituent of ’Gobar gas’ is
—Methane
- A spinning neutron star is known as
—Pulsar
History and Culture of India
- Four major symbols to represent Mahatma Buddha in the Sunga art were
—Chhatra, Foot-steps, Dharmachakra and Bodhi tree
- The account of the great flood in which a divine fish rescued Manu, occurs in
—Shatapatha Brahmana
- A large granary and a great bath sites were found in the Indus Civilization at
—Mohenjodaro
- Which Sultan changed the name of Chittor city to Khizrabad after his son ’Khizr Khan’?
—Sultan Alauddin Khilji
- The ruins of the Vijayanagar Empire at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by
—Colonel Colin Mackenzie
- In 1784, the Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded to promote
—The Study of Indian languages and scriptures
- Nicolo de Conti, Abdur Razzak, Duarte Barbosa and Dominigo Paes were foreign travelers who visited
—Vijayanagar Empire
- Which Act was nicknamed as ’The Gagging Act’?
—The Vernacular Press Act, 1878
- Kalhan’s Raj Tarangini ends with the description of
—King Jay Singh of Kashmir
Indian National Movement
- Ram Prasad Bismil, Thakur Roshan Singh, Ashfaquallah Khan and Rajendra Lahiri were main figures associated with
—The Kakori Case
- The Ghadar Party, formed in the USA, wanted to begin its armed operations against the British first in
—Punjab
- While opposing the Public Safety Bill, 1928, who termed it as ‘a direct attack on Indian Nationalism, on the Indian National Congress and as the Slavery of India, Bill No. 1?
—Motilal Nehru
- Bhagat Singh along with his two fellow freedom fighters was hanged in Lahore on March 23, 1931. The name of those two leaders were
—Rajguru and Sukhdev
- Who was the British Governor-General of India at the time of the launch of the Quit India Movement?
—Lord Linlithgow
- Annie Besant became the first woman President of the Indian National Congress in 1917 at its
—Calcutta Session
- A short story collection ‘Soz-e-Watan’ was banned by the British government for its huge anti-British matter. It was written by
—Munshi Premchand
- Who published in 1908 ’The Free Hindustan in the USA’?
—Taraknath Das
- British Viceroy who made the ’August Offer’ to secure the Indian support for Britain in World War II?
—Lord Linlithgow
- Shankaran Nair resigned from the Viceroy’s Executive Council in protest of
-Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Sports and Games
- Mumbai Indian won the Indian Premier League 2020 for the record
-Fifth time
- Name of the umpiring who set a new highest on-field umpiring in ODI
-Aleem Dar of Pakistan
- Lewis Hamilton won the Formula one World Championship in 2020 for record-equalling
-Seventh Time
- ‘Upper Cut’, ‘Jab’, ‘Punch’, and ‘Bout’ are the terms associated with the game of
-Boxing
- Which great footballer was known as ‘El Dios’ meaning ‘The God’ in the football world?
-Diego Maradona of Argentina
- How many pieces of pawns are there on a side in the game of Chess?
-Eight pawns
Education and Child Psychology
- Pedagogy is the study of
-Teaching Methods
- What type of evaluation identifies the learning deficiencies and difficulties of the learners?
-Diagnostic Evaluation
- “Individual learns from his own mistakes”. This statement is based on which learning theory?
-Trial & Error
- According to Emile, the noblest work in education is to make
-A good citizen
- According to John Dewey, schools must prepare students for
-Present Life
Miscellaneous GK Question and Answers January 2021
- The verbal code for communication is
-Language
- A message beneath a message is called
-Sub-text
- A system of ideas, assumptions, and beliefs in communication is known as
-Ideology
- Douglas Stuart has been honoured with the prestigious ‘Booker Prize’ 2020 for his novel
-Shuggie Bain
- ‘Your Best Day is Today’ book is written by
-Actor Anupam Kher
- The ‘Panchsheel Agreement’ for peaceful co-existence was signed between
-India and China
- World Red Cross day is observed on
-8th May
- ‘Weibo’ is a social media platform popularly used in
-China
- Which organization prepares the topographical maps of India?
-Survey of India
- ‘Vientiane’ is the capital of
-Laos
- PFRDA was launched by the Indian Government as
-A Pension Regulator
- Who is the author of the book ‘Evolution of Climate’?
-C.E.P. Brocks
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