Current Affairs MCQs(English): January 29, 2024 - Test Your Knowledge!

2024-04-13 18:11:04

1. Who inaugurated the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Supreme Court of India?

A) The President of India

B) The Prime Minister of India

C) The Chief Justice of India

D) The Law Minister of India

2. Which section of the Dedicated Freight Corridor was dedicated by the Prime Minister in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh?

A) New Khurja – New Rewari

B) Mathura – Palwal

C) Chipiyana Buzurg – Dadri

D) All of the above

3. Who was the chief guest of the 75th Republic Day celebrations in India?

A) The President of France

B) The Prime Minister of Australia

C) The Chancellor of Germany

D) The President of the United States

4. Which Indian tennis player won the Men’s Doubles title at the Australian Open 2024?

A) Mahesh Bhupathi

B) Rohan Bopanna

C) Leander Paes

D) Sumit Nagal

5. Who defeated Daniil Medvedev in the Men’s Singles final of the Australian Open 2024?

A) Rafael Nadal

B) Jannik Sinner

C) Roger Federer

D) Novak Djokovic

6. Who became the first woman to defend the Australian Open title in more than a decade?

A) Serena Williams

B) Naomi Osaka

C) Aryna Sabalenka

D) Ashleigh Barty

7. When is India’s Newspaper Day celebrated?

A) January 28

B) January 29

C) January 30

D) January 31

8. What is the name of India’s first newspaper?

A) The Times of India

B) Hicky’s Bengal Gazette

C) The Indian Express

D) The Hindu

9. Which company dedicated India’s largest Green Hydrogen pilot project?

A) Reliance Industries

B) Tata Power

C) THDC India Limited

D) Adani Green Energy

10. Who took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record ninth time?

A) Lalu Prasad Yadav

B) Nitish Kumar

C) Sushil Modi

D) Jitan Ram Manjhi

11. Which country’s president visited India and participated in the 75th Republic Day celebrations?

A) France

B) Australia

C) Russia

D) Japan

12. The Framework Cooperation Arrangement was signed between which two countries’ departments?

A) India’s DST and France’s INRAE

B) India’s DST and Germany’s DLR

C) India’s DST and Japan’s JAXA

D) India’s DST and USA’s NASA

13. Who is known as the “father of the Indian press”?

A) James Augustus Hicky

B) Benjamin Franklin

C) Joseph Pulitzer

D) William Randolph Hearst

14. The Central Government approved a new treatment regimen for which disease?

A) COVID-19

B) Tuberculosis

C) Leprosy

D) Malaria

15. India is considering fencing which border?

A) Pakistan

B) Bangladesh

C) Myanmar

D) China

16. Which Grand Slam title did Rohan Bopanna win at the Australian Open 2024?

A) Men’s Singles

B) Women’s Singles

C) Men’s Doubles

D) Mixed Doubles

17. Who won the Women’s Singles final at the Australian Open 2024?

A) Simona Halep

B) Karolina Pliskova

C) Aryna Sabalenka

D) Iga Swiatek

18. The “National Green Hydrogen Mission” aligns with which company’s pilot project?

A) NTPC

B) THDC

C) NHPC

D) GAIL

19. Who made recommendations to resolve issues related to guarantees extended by State governments in India?

A) A working group of the RBI

B) The Finance Commission

C) NITI Aayog

D) The Planning Commission

20. Which section of the railway was inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh?

A) Mathura – Vrindavan

B) Agra – Lucknow

C) Ghaziabad – Meerut

D) Mathura – Palwal

Answer Keys:

1. B) The Prime Minister of India

2. D) All of the above

3. A) The President of France

4. B) Rohan Bopanna

5. B) Jannik Sinner

6. C) Aryna Sabalenka

7. A) January 28

8. B) Hicky’s Bengal Gazette

9. C) THDC India Limited

10. B) Nitish Kumar

11. A) France

12. A) India’s DST and France’s INRAE

13. A) James Augustus Hicky

14. C) Leprosy

15. C) Myanmar

16. C) Men’s Doubles

17. C) Aryna Sabalenka

18. B) THDC

19. A) A working group of the RBI

20. D) Mathura – Palwal