Daily Current Affairs Quiz 09 January 2022

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 09 January 2022

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 09 January 2022: This post contains Questions/Quiz based on the Current Affairs and Important News of 09 January 2022. These questions have been framed keeping in mind the pattern of banking and competitive exams and hence this current affairs quiz will be helpful for upcoming competitive exams. Give our online current affairs test every day to be prepared for all Current Affairs competitive exams

1. Who has been elected as the new Secretary General of OPEC, to replace incumbent head Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo in August 2022?
   A) Timipre Sylva
   B) Achraf Benhassine
   C) Haitham Al-Ghais
   D) Mele Kyari
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   Option C

   Explanation: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has voted to appoint Haitham Al-Ghais as its new secretary general.Haitham Al-Ghais, a ?Kuwaiti candidate will take charge from August 01 2022, for a period of three years.
2. As per NSO’s first advance estimate, what is the estimated GDP growth rate of India in the fiscal 2021-22 (FY22)?
   A) 10.2%
   B) 8.2%
   C) 7.2%
   D) 9.2%
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   Option D

   Explanation:The National Statistical Office (NSO) has estimated India’s GDP to grow at 9.2 percent in the current fiscal, 2021-22. NSO released its first advance estimates of economic output on January 07, 2022.
3. India’s first Open Rock Museum has been inaugurated at which place?
   A) Hyderabad
   B) Shimla
   C) Guwahati
   D) Gandhinagar
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   Option A

   Explanation: Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s first Open Rock Museum in Hyderabad, on January 06, 2022.
4. Name the incumbent MD & CEO of CSB Bank who has announced to take early retirement on health grounds
   A) Madhavan Aravamuthan
   B) C V R Rajendran
   C) Sumit Maheshwari
   D) Bhama Krishnamurthy
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   Option B

   Explanation:C V R Rajendran the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of CSB Bank has announced to take early retirement on health grounds.
5. The multinational exercise Sea Dragon 22, comprising six Indo-Pacific nations including India, has being held at which place?
   A) Northern Mariana Islands
   B) Puerto Rico
   C) Guam
   D) U.S. Virgin Islands
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   Option C

   Explanation: Six Indo-Pacific nations are taking part in the multinational exercise Sea Dragon 22 which began on January 05, 2022 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the Western Pacific..
6. Which insurance company has launched the awareness campaign #BahaneChhodoTaxBachao?
   A) HDFC ERGO General Insurance
   B) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
   C) ICICI Lombard General Insurance
   D) SBI General Insurance
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   Option D

   Explanation: The SBI General Insurance has launched an awareness campaign titled #BahaneChhodoTaxBachao. The campaign aims to increase awareness on how people can save tax by buying health insurance .
7. Who is the author of the book ‘Mamata Beyond 2021’?
   A) Jayanta Ghosal
   B) Abhijit Banerjee
   C) Rajni Bakshi
   D) Jagdish Bhagwati
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   Option A

   Explanation: A new book titled ‘Mamata Beyond 2021’, based on West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will be released on January 24, 2022. The book has been written by Jayanta Ghosal, a political Journalist.
8. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has appointed which company as the service provider for the second phase of the Passport Seva Programme (PSP-V2.0)?
   A) Tech Mahindra
   B) Tata Consultancy Services
   C) HCL Technologies
   D) ITC Limited
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   Option B

   Explanation: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has signed an agreement Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) for the second phase of the Passport Seva Programme (PSP-V2.0).
9. India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van has been launched by KVIC in which place?
   A) Gurugram
   B) Lucknow
   C) Ghaziabad
   D) Dehradun
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   Option C

   Explanation: India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van has been launched at Village Sirora in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on January 07, 2022 by KVIC.
10. Name the first Black actor to win the best actor Oscars award, who has passed away recently?
    A) Bill Cosby
    B) Juanita Hardy
    C) Brock Peters
    D) Sidney Poitier
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    Option D

    Explanation: Veteran Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier who created history by becoming the first Black man to win the best actor award at the Oscars, has passed away. He was 94.