Current Affairs Quiz -PART 2 JANUARY 2025

1. Typhoon Kong-rey has hit which country recently?

[A] Taiwan
[B] Hong Kong
[C] Vietnam
[D] Japan

[A] Taiwan

2. Which country recently discovered the saturn-sized exoplanet named TOI-6651b?

[A] China
[B] Israel
[C] Japan
[D] India

[D] India

3. Where was the 15th edition of India- US joint Special Forces Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR conducted?

[A] Chennai, Tamil Nadu
[B] Houston, USA
[C] Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
[D] Idaho, USA

[D] Idaho, USA

4. Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), which was seen in the news, works under which ministry?

[A] Ministry of Science and Technology
[B] Ministry of Agriculture
[C] Ministry of Urban Development
[D] Ministry of Education

[D] Ministry of Education

5. Hingot War festival is associated with which state?

[A] Gujarat
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Maharashtra

[C] Madhya Pradesh

6. Which Indian table tennis player won the men’s singles title at WTT Feeder Caracas 2024?

[A] Sharath Kamal
[B] Soumyajit Ghosh
[C] Harmeet Desai
[D] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

[C] Harmeet Desai

7. Which city is the host of World Travel Market (WTM) 2024 event?

[A] Paris
[B] New Delhi
[C] Dubai
[D] London

[D] London

8. Which organizations recently released the ‘Hunger Hotspots Outlook Report’?

[A] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP)
[B] World Health Organization (WHO) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
[C] International Labour Organization (ILO) and European Union (EU)
[D] World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

[A] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP)

9. Which state has launched a policy to introduce diploma and certificate courses in animal husbandry and para-veterinary medicine?

[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Bihar
[C] Haryana
[D] Gujarat

[A] Uttar Pradesh

10. Which state has recently approved a 35% reservation for women in all state government recruitments?

[A] Odisha
[B] Jharkhand
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Rajasthan

[C] Madhya Pradesh

11. Which country’s space agency recently launched two Iranian satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, into orbit?

[A] China
[B] India
[C] Russia
[D] United States of America

[C] Russia

12. Which day is observed as World Radiography Day?

[A] November 7
[B] November 8
[C] November 9
[D] November 10

[B] November 8

13. Which two organizations recently signed an agreement to develop a “millimeter wave transceiver for 5G rural connectivity”?

[A] C-DOT and IIT-Roorkee
[B] ISRO and IIT-Delhi
[C] DRDO and IIT-Madras
[D] TRAI and IISc-Bangalore

[A] C-DOT and IIT-Roorkee

14. One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, which was completed 10 years of implementation, is associated with which ministry?

[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Defence
[C] Ministry of Finance
[D] Ministry of Rural Development

[B] Ministry of Defence

15. Lassa Fever, which was seen in the news, is spread by which species?

[A] Bugs
[B] Sandflies
[C] Rats
[D] Mosquitoes

[C] Rats

16. Which state government has recently declared snakebite envenomation as a notifiable disease?

[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Bihar
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Odisha

[A] Tamil Nadu

17. What is Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), that was recently seen in news?

[A] A rare, life-threatening blood disorder
[B] A common viral infection
[C] A type of cancer
[D] A heart disease

[A] A rare, life-threatening blood disorder

18. Caterpillar fungus, which was seen in the news, is endemic to which region?

[A] Sahara Desert
[B] Amazon Rainforest
[C] Tibetan Plateau and adjoining high Himalayas
[D] Siberian Tundra

[C] Tibetan Plateau and adjoining high Himalayas

19. Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government launched the state’s first double-decker electric bus service in which city?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Gorakhpur
[C] Varanasi
[D] Ayodhya

[A] Lucknow

20. Which ministry recently launched the National MSME Cluster Outreach Programme?

[A] Ministry of Tourism
[B] Ministry of Finance
[C] Ministry of Urban Development
[D] Ministry of MSME

[B] Ministry of Finance

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