Daily Current Affairs Quiz 18 and 19 January 2021

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 18 and 19 January 2021

Current Affairs Quiz 18 & 19 January 2021: Based on the Current Affairs and Important News of 18 & 19 January 2021 we have framed important current affairs questions for banking and competitive exams. These current affairs quiz questions will be helpful for upcoming competitive exams. Give our online current affairs test every day to be prepared for all Current Affairs Quiz 18 & 19 January 2021. 

1. Name the player to clinch women’s single title at the Yonex Thailand Open Super 1000 badminton tournament 2021
   A) P.V. Sindhu
   B) Tai Tzu-ying
   C) Nozomi Okuhara
   D) Carolina Marin
   
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   Option D
   Explanation:Women’s Single –  Carolina Marin of Spain
2. How many trains were flagged off by PM Modi recently from different locations for the Kevadiya station in Gujarat to connect them with Statue of Unity?
   A) 5
   B) 8
   C) 10
   D) 6
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi flagged off eight trains connecting the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya, Gujarat with different regions of the country, on January 17, 2021, through video conferencing. PM Modi informed that it was the first time in history that so many trains from different locations were flagged off for a common destination. The eight trains flagged off will connect Kevadiya with Varanasi, Dadar, Ahmedabad, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Rewa, Chennai, and Pratapnagar.
3. Yoweri Museveni has won the sixth term as the President of which country after winning the 2021 presidential election?
   A) Chile
   B) Somalia
   C) Uganda
   D) Romania
   
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   Option C
   Explanation:Uganda’s incumbent President Yoweri Museveni has been declared as the winner of the country’s presidential election for 2021. Museveni secured 58.64 percent of the total votes cast, to win the sixth term as the President.
4. The National Road Safety Month 2021 is which edition of the month-long programme?
   A) 1st
   B) 2nd
   C) 3rd
   D) 4th
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:The first-ever National Road Safety Month was inaugurated by Union Minister for Defence Shri Rajnath Singh and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways & MSME Shri Nitin Gadkari on 18 January 2021.
5. The inaugural edition of the Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth Festival 2021 has been organised in which place?
   A) Sikkim
   B) Ladakh
   C) Chandigarh
   D) Himachal Pradesh
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:In  Ladakh, the inaugural edition of the 13-day Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth Festival 2021 kicked off on 18th January 2021..
6. Name the winner of the Yonex Thailand Open Super 1000 badminton tournament 2021 men’s single title
   A) Anders Antonsen
   B) Kento Momota
   C) Shi Yuqi
   D) Viktor Axelsen
   
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   Option D
   Explanation:Men’s Single –  Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 
7. The Padma award winner Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan has passed away. He was honored for his contribution to________
   A) Bengali poetry
   B) Urdu literature
   C) Indian classical music
   D) Tabla 
   
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   Option C
   Explanation:Legendary Indian classical musician, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan has passed away. He was 90 years old.
8. India has signed a Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) Memorandum of Cooperation  (MoC) with which country to promote the movement of skilled workers from India to that country?
   A) Japan
   B) France
   C) United States
   D) Russia
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:On 18 January 2021, India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation  (MoC) a Basic Framework for Partnership for Proper Operation of the System Pertaining to Specified Skilled Worker (SSW), to promote the movement of skilled workers from India to Japan.
9. Which state has unveiled the ‘One School One IAS’ program to provide free coaching for UPSC Civil Services/ IAS Exams for economically poor meritorious students?
   A) Andhra Pradesh
   B) Kerala
   C) Uttar Pradesh
   D) Rajasthan
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:The Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammad Khan officially launched the ‘One School One IAS’ program recently which aims to provide free coaching for UPSC Civil Services/ IAS Exams for poor meritorious students.
10. Kamal Morarka, who has passed away recently was related to which field?
    A) Film Industry
    B) Sports
    C) Journalism
    D) Politics
    
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    Option D
    Explanation:Former Union minister and noted industrialist Kamal Morarka has passed away following a brief illness. He was 74. Morarka served as the Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office under the Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar in 1990 to 1991.