Current Affairs #presentaffairs quizfor January week 1 2025 with important questions of sports, new appointments, National and international current affairs
Current Affairs #presentaffairs quiz
Q. Who is the Union Minister of Yas Youth Affairs and Sports
A). Raksha Khadse.
B). Mansukh Mandaviya
C). Dasnee Naidoo
D). Giriraj Singh
Recently Dr. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA announced the National Sports Awards 2024 that .
The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at
Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17th January 2025.
Q.Who is not one of the awardees of Majaor Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award 2024?
A). D GUKESH
B). Manu Bhakar
C). Praveen Kumar
D). Annu Rani
Ans. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
Shri Gukesh D – Chess
Harmanpreet Singh – Hockey
Praveen Kumar Para-Athletics
Ms. Manu Bhaker – Shooting
• MDKRA is the highest sports award in India. It was earlier called as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award instituted in 1991-92.
• And renamed as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021.
• First recipient – Vishwanatahan Award(Chess) in 1991-92.
• First woman– Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifter) in 1994-95.
• Youngest – Shooter Abhinav Bindra in 2001 at 18 years of age.
• 2024 winner– Manu Bhaker(shooting), D . Gukesh (Chess), Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey), Praveen Kumar(Para-athlete)
• The awardee is given a medal, a certificate, a ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of 25 lakhs.
Q. Who is the awardee of Rastriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar Award 2024?
A). Physical Education Foundation of India
B). Chandigarh University Overall winner University
C). Lovely Professional University
D). Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Ans. Physical Education Foundation of India.
This RKPPA award started in 2009
Q. Who won the Pro kabaddi league 11 edition
A). PATNA pirates
B). TAMIL thailavas
C). TELGU titans
D). HARYANA steelers
Ans. Haryana Steelers Won maiden title of PKL. PKL WAS STARTED IN 2014
Q. Who is the current President of Boxing Federation of India
A). LOVLINA BORGOHAIN
B). AJAY SHAH
C). Hemant katila
D). Narendra nirvan
Ans. Ajay shah, recently he is appointed member of Asian boxing confederation member by world Boxing
Q. Who has been appointed new ceo of UIDAI?
A). Jeetendra kumar
B). Bhuvanesh Kumar
C). Jyoti Sharma
D). Ajeet Kumar
Ans. Bhuvanesh Kumar has become new ceo of uidai . He replaced Amit Agarwal
Q. Who become the youngest female in the world to conquer
the highest peaks on the seven continents of the earth.
A). Karnam Malleswari
B). Riuki kong
C). Kaamya Karthikeyan
D). Sanjeev Ranjan
Ans. Kaamya Karthikeyan 17 years old.
She achieved this feat while climbing Vinson Massif in Antarctica along with her father Commander S.
She completed the challenge of climbing the highest mountain peaks in Asia (Mount Everest), Africa
(Mount Kilimanjaro), Europe (Mount Elbrus), Australia (Mount Kosciuszko), South America (Mount
Aconcagua) and North America (Mount Denali).
She was honored with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar in 2021.
Q. Who succeeded Indian Ocwan Rim association Secretary General Salman Al-Farisi of Indonesia .
A). Greg Barclays
B). Sanjiv Ranjan
C). Faiz Ahmed
D). Manmeet singh
Ans.
Sanjiv Ranjan appointed as
Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Rim
Association (IORA). It was set up on 7 march 1997 hq Malaysia, 23 member states.
Q. The Reserve Bank of India RBI has released its annual Report on Trends and Progress of Banking in India
2023-24 under which act
A). Rbi act 1935
B). Banking Regulation Act, 1949
C). Companies Act 1956
D). Nota
Ans. Banking Regulation Act, 1949.RBI raised concerns about the growing reliance on unsecured lending and private credit.
Q. Recently in January, sbi life Acquired 10% stake in
A) go digital
B) bima sugam India Federation
C) akko Insurance
D) nota
Ans. SBI Life has acquired a 10% stake in Bima Sugam India Federation, an insurance marketplace platform,
for a cash consideration of Rs 6.6 crore.
Q. Which bank launched “Har Ghar Lakhpati” scheme?
A) Axis bank
B) Uco
C) bob
D) sbi
Ans. Sbi launched har ghar Lakhpati hor minors and sbi patrons for 80 above age.
The State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest bank, has launched two new deposit schemes,Har Ghar Lakhpati and SBI Patrons,
Har Ghar Lakhpati:
The Har Ghar Lakhpati is a recurring deposit scheme designed to accumulate a sum
of Rs.1 lakh or its multiple.
This scheme is available to minors, encouraging early financial planning and savings habits
The minimum tenure of SBI recurring deposits is 12 months (one year), and the maximum is 120
months (10 years).
SBI Patrons:
SBI Patrons is a specialized Term Deposit scheme tailored for seniors 80 years and above.
SBI Patron’s depositors would earn an additional 10 basis points higher interest rate than what is
offered to senior citizens
Q. Who is appointed as new director genral of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
A). Greg Barclays
B). Sanjiv Ranjan
C). Faiz Ahmed kidwai
D). Manmeet singh
Ans. Faiz Ahmed kidwai . dgca became statutory body in 2020 . Union civil Aviation minister is k ram mohan naidu