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CURRENT AFFAIRS - JANUARY 2022 MCQs

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Question 611. The 'Quit Tobacco App' has been launched by which organization to support people in quitting the use of tobacco in all forms?
  1.    World Health Organization
  2.    NPCI
  3.    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  4.    Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GOI
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEAR) has launched a 'Quit Tobacco App' to help people give up the use of tobacco in all forms, including smokeless and other newer products.


Question 612. PM Modi will hold a virtual summit with which nation's Crown Prince?
  1.    Oman
  2.    Qatar
  3.    Saudi Arabia
  4.    UAE
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> UAE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual summit with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan.


Question 613. The Waste to Wealth Creation programme of SIDBI has been launched in which state?
  1.    Telangana
  2.    West Bengal
  3.    Maharashtra
  4.    Uttarakhand
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> West Bengal

Small Industries Development Bank of India has launched the 'Waste to Wealth Creation' programme for women in the Sundarbans in West Bengal.


Question 614. Veteran Indian singer and composer, Bappi Lahiri has passed away. On the political end, he was associated with which party?
  1.    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
  2.    Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  3.    All India Trinamool Congress
  4.    Indian National Congress
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Singer and music composer Bappi Lahiri, passed away at the age of 69. Bappi Lahiri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.


Question 615. Heather Knight has won the ICC Women's Players of the Month Award for January 2022. She plays for which country?
  1.    Netherlands
  2.    South Africa
  3.    England
  4.    New Zealand
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> England

England skipper Heather Knight has won the ICC Women's Players of the Month Award for January 2022.


Question 616. Which Union Minister will visit Germany and France?
  1.    S Jaishankar
  2.    Piyush Goyal
  3.    Rajnath Singh
  4.    Nirmala Sitharaman
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> S Jaishankar

The Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar is scheduled to visit Germany and France.


Question 617. Which country will host the G20 Summit in 2022?
  1.    South Korea
  2.    Japan
  3.    Italy
  4.    Indonesia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Indonesia

In 2021, the G20 summit was held in Rome, Italy. In 2022 the G20 summit will be held in Bali, Indonesia while in 2023 it will be held in New Delhi, India.


Question 618. In 2017, SEBI had formed a "Committee on Corporate Governance" which recommended separating the roles of Chairperson and MD/CEO of listed entities. Who was the head of this committee?
  1.    Dilip Shanghvi
  2.    Cyrus Poonawalla
  3.    Uday Kotak
  4.    Anand Mahindra
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Uday Kotak

In 2017 had formed a Committee on Corporate Governance under the chairmanship of Shri Uday Kotak.


Question 619. The Agri Infinity programme has been launched by which bank to develop digital financial solutions for the food and agriculture ecosystem?
  1.    Kotak Mahindra Bank
  2.    Yes Bank
  3.    Axis Bank
  4.    HDFC Bank
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Yes Bank

Yes Bank has launched a programme named 'Yes Bank Agri Infinity' through which the bank aims to co-develop digital financial solutions for the food and agriculture ecosystem by mentoring entrepreneurial ventures in this field.


Question 620. Who will be the head of the Apex Committee on the G20 Secretariat, formed to oversee the preparations for the G20 India Summit 2023?
  1.    Home Minister
  2.    G20 Sherpa
  3.    External Affairs Minister
  4.    Prime Minister
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Prime Minister

The government has approved the setting up of a G20 Secretariat to be guided by an Apex Committee headed by the Prime Minister.


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