JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January 24,2016

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of January 24,2016 for you!

1. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 23^rd January, 2016 hoisted the largest tricolour in the country atop the tallest pole in

• Ranchi
• Kolkata
• Hyderabad
• New Delhi

Answer: 1

2. Pertaining to which of the following freedom fighter Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the first set of 100 declassified files at the National Archives of India here on 23^rd January, 2016?

• Bhagat Singh
• Lala Lajpat Rai
• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Mohan Das Karam Chandra Gandhi

Answer: 3

3. Kerala formation Day is observed every year on…

• 1^st January
• 24^th January
• 1^st November
• 24^th November

Answer:3

4. Which of the following countries has submitted its first Biennial update report to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in January, 2016?

• India
• China
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

Answer:1

5. Andhra Pradesh government has launched in January, 2016 ‘Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam’ a scheme which has been designed to provide a onetime financial assistance of …. to each tribal woman who gets married.

• 50,000
• 80,000
• Rs, 1,00,000
• Rs, 5, 00, 000

Answer:1

6. For which of the following states the Union Cabinet on 24^th January, 2016 recommended imposition of President’s Rule.

• Assam
• Manipur
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Jammu and Kashmir

Answer:3

7. Which of the following countries has topped South Asia in human development index, 2015 released in January, 2016?

• India
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• Afghanistan

Answer: (3)

8. A once rare mosquito-borne virus is spreading rapidly through the Americas in January, 2016 and are alarmed because of a possible link between the virus and a birth defect called microcephaly that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and potential developmental problems. It is called…

• Zika
• Lika
• Rika
• Gika

Answer:1

9. Name the Tabla Player who has died on 22^nd January, 2016 at the age of 80.

• Alla Rakha
• Nayan Ghosh
• Bickram Ghosh
• Pt Shankar Ghosh

Answer:4

10. Ever year from 15th to 21st January is celebrated as…. in India.

• Yoga Week
• PIN Code Week
• Social work Week
• Immunization Week

Answer: 2

Happy learning!

TEAM CL