january CA 2021 Test and Flashcards

Q1) India's first pollinator park has been opened in which district of Uttarakhand?

Nainital

Q2) Who has become India’s 67 th chess Grandmaster?

Leon Mendonca

Q3) DRDO along with Indian Navy has conducted the maiden trial of which indigenously built air-droppable container?

SAHAYAK-NG

Q4) The new vistadome tourist coach of Indian Railways has been manufactured by which factory?

Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai

Q5) A Multi-modal logistics park will be constructed in which city of Assam?

Silchar

Q6) Indian & French Rafale Fighter Jets will carry out Wargames codenamed Exercise SKYROS in which city in Jan 2021?

Jodhpur

Q7) Who has become the first recipient of Mullagh Medal after being named Player of the Match in Boxing Day Test?

Ajinkya Rahane

Q8) Indira Joseph Venniyoor, who passed away recently, was the first English news announcer of which radio?

Travancore Radio

Q9) Which among the following organization is developing 'green propulsion' technology ?

ISRO

Q10) External Affairs Ministry has launched which portal to connect with nearly 3.12-crore strong Indian diaspora across the world?

Global Pravasi Rishta

Q11) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved construction of industrial corridor nodes in which two states?

Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

Q12) The Union Cabinet has approved an MoU between India and which country on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space ?

Bhutan

Q13) The Union Cabinet has approved the export of which indigenously developed and manufactured missile ?

Akash

Q14) Which Municipal Corporation has signed an MoU with UNDP India to co-create India’s ‘first Social Impact Bond (SIB)?

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation

Q15) Who has been nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) as a board member?

. Harsh Vardhan

Q16) Which Small Finance Bank has received permission from SEBI to float its initial public offering (IPO)?

Suryoday Small Finance Bank

Q17) Businesses with monthly turnover of over how much amount will have to mandatorily pay at least 1 per cent of their GST liability in cash?

Rs 50 lakh

Q18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Light House Projects (LHPs) under Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC)-India in how many states?

Six

The LHPs are being constructed at:

1. Indore in Madhya Pradesh 2. Rajkot in Gujarat 3. Chennai in Tamil Nadu 4. Ranchi in Jharkhand 5. Agartala in Tripura 6. Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh

Q1) Which state has announced its New Solar Power Policy 2021 for five year?

Gujarat

Gujarat Solar Power Policy 2021

The policy will remain in effect for five years and solar projects, which come up during this period will be eligible for various benefits for a period of 25 years. ● Under the new policy, the solar project developers need to pay a security deposit of just ₹ 5 lakhs from previous ₹ 25 lakh for each megawatt of installed capacity to distribution companies under the Power Purchase Agreement.

Q2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in which city of Gujarat?

Rajkot

Q3) Shantanu Mohapatra , who passed away recently, was the music director of which regional music?

Odia

Q4) Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has launched the country's first remote monitoring system for oil refineries turbines in which city?

Hyderabad

Q5) Pandit Satish Vyas who was conferred Tansen Samman 2020 is an exponent of playing which instrument?

Santoor

Q6) The government has extended the tenure of K Sivan as chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) for how many years?

1 year

Q7) TiHAN which is the country's first test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial) was established at which IIT institution?

IIT Hyderabad

Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice

1. Dr.Anthony Fauci (US) 2. Fr. Fabio Stevenazzi (Milan, Italy) 3. Dr.Pradeep Kumar (Chennai) 4. Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Romaioli (Italy) 5. Sanjay Pandey, IPS (DG Home Guards, Maharashtra) 6. Chef Vikas Khanna (Manhattan, US) 7. KK Shailaja (Minister of Health, Kerala)

Q8) Which state has introduced a Campaign called “Ek Zila- Ek Shilp”?

Madhya Pradesh

Q9) Who was awarded a knighthood in the UK's New Year's Honours List?

Lewis Hamilton

Q10) Thoubal Multipurpose Project (Thoubal Dam) was recently inaugurated in which city?

Imphal

Q11) Pompeii , seen in the news recently, was an ancient city of which country?

Italy

Q12) Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bats , which was seen in news recently, are found in which state?

Karnataka

Q13) A wildfire broke out at Dzuko Valley recently, the Valley is located at the border of which two states?

Manipur and Nagaland

Q14) Ant Group , which has been asked to rectify its business module, is based in which country?

China

Q15) Which country has announced to restrict the promotion of unhealthy food from April 2022?

United Kingdom

Q16) Raghvendra Singh Chauhan has been appointed as the Chief Justice of which High Court?

Uttarakhand

Q17) Who has been appointed as the new chairman and CEO of the Railway Board ?

Suneet Sharma

Q1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur in which state?

Odisha

Q2) India and ADB have signed a USD 231 million loan agreement to augment electricity generation capacity in which state?

Assam

Q3) International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has become an associate member of IOSCO. Where is HQ of IOSCO located?

Madrid

Q4) ADB and India have signed a $10 million loan agreement to expand horticulture production i n which state?

Himachal Pradesh

Q5) DRDO observed its 63rd Foundation Day on 01 Jan 2021. The Organization was established in which year?

1958

Q6) Soma Mondal has taken over as Chairman of which organization with effect from January 01, 2021?

SAIL

Q7) Which state has launched the Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana?

Jharkhand

Interest rate on PPF, NSC, other small savings schemes unchanged for Q4

● Public Provident Fund (PPF) - 7.1 % ● National Savings Certificate (NSC) - 6.8 % ● Interest rate for the five-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme has been retained at 7.4 %. ● The girl child savings scheme Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana will offer 7.6 % ● Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) has been retained at 6.9 %. ● Interest rate on savings deposits has been retained at 4 percent annually.

Q8) The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has recognised four tea producing sites in which country as the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)?

A.China B. South Korea C. Japan

he four tea sites chosen by the FAO as GIAHS are:

1. Pu’er Traditional Tea Agrosystem in China 2. Traditional Tree Grass system in Shizuoka, Japan 3. Fuzhou Jasmine tea site in China 4. Traditional Hadong Tea Agrosystem Korea

Q9) India begins its two-year tenure as non-permanent member of UNSC on January 1. Where is the HQ of UNSC located?

New York

Q10) Cumbum Panneer Thratchai is a variety of which fruit?

Grapes

Q11) Which country has announced to develop the world's first-ever wooden satellites by 2023?

Japan

Q12) Who has been conferred with the prestigious Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020 by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)?

V.K. Yadav

Q13) Advance Australia Fair become the National Anthem of Australia in which year?

1984

Q14) Which country has deployed a fleet of underwater drones called Sea Wing (Haiyi) glider in the Indian Ocean?

China

Q15) The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with which company for procurement of 10 Lynx U2 Fire Control systems?

Bharat Electronics Limited

Q16) Michael Kondo, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?

Hockey

Q17) The first-ever specialised " Ginger" Processing Plant of North East is located in which state?

Meghalaya

Q1) India has been chosen as the co-chair of the IUCN-supported Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) for a period of how many years?

3 years

Q2) Who has been named as the deputy election commissioner in the Election Commission of India?

Umesh Sinha

Q3) Union minister Buta Singh who passed away recently was associated with which political party?

Congress

Q4) Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane has received a Guard of Honour recently from the Army of which country?

South Korea

Q5) Which state has launched a mobile application ‘DigiNest’, to give people digital access to the state government’s directory?

Punjab

Q6) John Fulton Reid, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?

Cricket

Q7) Which country has issued new guidelines that allows drones to operate at night and over people?

United States

Q8) Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan scheme is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with which Ministry?

Ministry of Culture

Q9) Which country has generated over 50% of its power from wind, due to the Storm Bella?

Britain

Q10) Kuttanad, where around 10,000 ducks died recently, is located in which state?

Kerala

Q11) The Odisha government has decided to set up a memorial in which city to honour the Covid Warriors?

Bhubaneswar

Q12) Who is the author of the book ‘Vahana Masterclass ’?

AlfredoCovelli

Q13) Which has become the first two-wheeler company globally to cross a market capitalisation of Rs 1-lakh crore?

Bajaj Auto

14) Who has become Asia’s richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index?

Zhong Shanshan

Q15) Which state has signed a contract to set up Country’s first ethanol plant under the PPP model?

. Chhattisgarh

Q16) The inaugural issue National Police K-9 Journal was launched by which of the following Union Ministers?

Amit Shah

Q17) Which is the base period taken by RBI for Digital Payments Index (DPI)?

March 2018

Q18) Which country has recently abolished the death penalty ?

Kazakhstan

Flashcards: january CA 2021