27 और 28 जनवरी 2021 Current Affairs Quiz for IBPS Mains Exams: Republic Day 2021, PANKH Abhiyan, AMPHEX – 21, Akash-NG Missile, SpaceX

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S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. India has been placed among the top 10 most affected countries by climate change, in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch. India ranked as the seventh worst-hit country in terms of climate change in 2019.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. In Uttar Pradesh, a new 3,300-metre-long airstrip has been constructed near Kurebhar on Purvanchal Expressway. With this new airstrip, Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in India having two airstrips on expressways. Uttar Pradesh also has an airstrip on Lucknow-Agra Expressway.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. India is observing the 72nd Republic Day on 26 January 2021, with celebrations at the majestic Rajpath in New Delhi.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. The International Customs Day (ICD) is observed on 26 January every year.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched a new scheme ‘PANKH Abhiyan’ on 24 January, to mark the occasion of National Girl Child Day. The scheme has been launched under the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme for the empowerment and growth of the girl child.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. China was the largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2020, according to a report released by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. SpaceX successfully launched its ambitious rideshare mission called Transporter-1, on 24 January 2021, carrying 143 small satellites, and created a new record of launching many satellites from a single rocket.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. A large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise AMPHEX – 21 was held in Andaman & Nicobar group of islands from 21 – 25 Jan 2021.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. The incumbent President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has won a second five-year term after winning the 2021 Portuguese presidential election with landslide victory.

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Mozambique is the top country in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, for being worst-hit country by climate change.

S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pegged the Indian economy to contract by 8 percent in the current financial year 2020-21, and 11.5 percent in the next financial year i.e. 2021-22. in its latest World Economic Outlook, released on 26 January 2021.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. The 2021 Padma Award has been conferred upon 119 winners, which includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Indian Personality of the Year Award – Biswajit Chatterjee.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. India’s economic growth is forecast to be 7.3 percent in the Calendar Year 2021 by UN.

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust (International Holocaust Remembrance Day) is observed on 27 January every year since 2006 to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War.

S16. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted successful maiden launch of Akash-NG (New Generation) Missile on 25 January 2021 from Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha.Akash-NG is a new generation Surface-to-Air Missile

S17. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 has been conferred upon Dr. Rajendra Kumar Bhandari in Individual category.

S18. Ans.(a)
Sol. The gross domestic product (GDP) of India is expected to contract by 8 percent in 2020-21, according to the latest Economic Outlook Survey of FICCI.

S19. Ans.(a)
Sol. Shinzo Abe, Japan has been awarded Padma Vibhushan 2021 in Public Affairs category.

S20. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) in Institutional category.