January 2021 MCQs Part-1

110. The United States has recently announced to lift the restrictions imposed on which country?

[A] Vietnam

[B] China

[C] Taiwan

[D] Switzerland

111. Which country raised USD 1 billion to fund Covid-19 vaccination campaigns in developing

countries?

[A] United States

[B] Germany

[C] France

[D] United Kingdom

112. Storm Filomena, which was making news, has hit which country?

[A] France

[B] Italy

[C] Spain

[D] Australia

113. The DRDO handed over its ‘Landing gear systems for unmanned aerial vehicles’, to which

armed force?

[A] Indian Army

[B] Indian Navy

[C] Indian Air Force

[D] Indian Coast Guard

114. A new species of which insect has been recently named after Siruvani, an ecological hotspot in

the Western Ghats?

[A] Fruit Fly

[B] Spider

[C] Honey Bee

[D] Beetle

115. Which is the second Indian company to reach the market capitalisation of Rs 12 lakh crore?

[A] RIL

[B] HDFC

[C] TCS

[D] ICICI

116. ‘Prarambh’, which was making news recently, is a summit related to which scheme?

[A] Khelo India

[B] Start-Up India

[C] Ayushman Bharat

[D] PM Awas Yojana

117. What is the rank of India in the ‘Digital Evolution Scorecard’, prepared jointly by Mastercard?

[A] Second

[B] Fourth

[C] Sixth

[D] Eighth

118. Siruvani hills, which has been identified as a butterfly super-hotspot, is located in which state?

[A] Kerala

[B] Karnataka

[C] Tamil Nadu

[D] Andhra Pradesh

119. Which country’s space agency is to test fire the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful

rocket ever built?

[A] Japan

[B] China

[C] United States

[D] Germany

120. What is ‘Khadi Prakritik’, which was making news recently?

[A] Fabric

[B] Foot-wear

[C] Sanitiser

[D] Paint