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In 1980, Mother Teresa was awarded the Bharat Ratna on this day, 25 January. Vinoba Bhave was given this honor posthumously today in 1983. And also since the year 2011, every year 25th January is celebrated as National Voter’s Day in India. The reason for celebrating it was the establishment of the Election Commission of India on 25th January 1950, due to which National Voter’s Day was celebrated on 25th January. Is
25th January current affairs English 2024
1. Which former Chief Minister of Bihar will be honored with the country’s highest civilian honor “Bharat Ratna”?
(a) Lalu Prasad Yadav
(b) Karpuri Thakur
(c) Nitish Kumar
(d)Mahamaya Prasad Sinha
Answer (b) Karpuri Thakur
Explain-
Former Chief Minister of Bihar, pioneer of social justice and people’s leader Karpoori Thakur will be posthumously honored with the country’s highest civilian award “Bharat Ratna”. This announcement was made by Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday, a day before his 100th birth anniversary.
Karpoori Thakur, popularly known as “Jananayak”, was a freedom fighter and teacher. He was the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Bihar and held the post twice.
Karpoori Thakur was born on January 24, 1924 in Pitoujhiya village of Samastipur district of Bihar. His father Gokul Thakur was a marginal farmer.
2.What was the name of Ramlal’s statue in Ayodhya?
(a) Dashrath Nandan Ram
(b) Shri Ramchandra
(c) ‘Balakram’
(d) none of these
Answer (c) ‘Balakram’
Explain-
According to Acharya Arun Dixit, the new idol of Ramlala has been named, it will be called ‘Balakram’.
3. In which state the cabinet approved the merger of Health and Medical Education Department.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c)Bihar
(d)Chhattisgarh
Answer (a) Madhya Pradesh
Explain – The Cabinet approved the merger of Health and Medical Education Department. Now both the departments will be able to easily spend more than Rs 5000 crore received under 16 national programs of the Central Government. First the medical department used to ask for it, then the health department used to approve it.
Now this money will be shared directly. Four and a half thousand crore rupees come only in the National Health Mission. The new medical colleges of Madhya Pradesh will also be able to fulfill the criteria of the National Medical Commission (NMC).
4. In which city of Madhya Pradesh was Van Mela 2024 held?
(a) Bhopal
(b) Indore
(c)Gwalior
(d) Jabalpur
Answer (a) Bhopal
Explain – This Forest Fair 2024 is being organized by: Forest Department, Madhya Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh State Minor Forest Produce (Trade and Development) Cooperative Union Limited.
5. In which state Orange Utsav 2024 was organized on 24-25 January 2024
(a) Nagaland
(b) Sikkim
(c)Myanmar
(d)Sri Lanka
Answer (a) Nagaland
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6. Which country became the fifth country to reach the Moon?
(a) Japan
(b) South Korea
(c)China
(d)Pakistan
Answer (a) Japan
Explain – Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon Mission (Slim) has successfully landed on the lunar surface. With this, Japan has become the fifth country to reach the moon. Before Japan, America, Russia, China and India have landed their landers on the lunar surface.
7. Union Culture and Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated _________ at Salar Jung Museum on January 22?
(a)Five new galleries
(b)10 new galleries
(c) 7 new galleries
(d) Eighth new galleries
Answer -(a)Five new galleries
Explain – Union Culture and Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated five new galleries at the Salar Jung Museum on January 22. Salar Jung Museum is an art museum located at Dar-ul-Shifa on the southern bank of the Musa River in Hyderabad city, the capital of Telangana state. This museum was established in 1951
8.India has become the world’s fourth largest stock market in terms of stock market capitalization (combined value), surpassing _________
(a)Hong Kong
(b) China
(c) Australia
(d) Singapore
Answer (a)Hong Kong
Explain – According to Bloomberg, the capitalization (combined value) of listed shares in Indian exchanges has reached 43 trillion 30 billion dollars.
The rise in the Indian stock market is due to growing retail investors, continued investment by institutional foreign investors, strong corporate earnings and strong economic fundamentals. Top three countries – USA at first place, China at second place, Japan at third place
9.Indian batsman _________ has been awarded the ICC T20 Player of the Year award for the second consecutive time?
(a) Suryakumar Yadav
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Ravindra Jadeja
(d) Sehwag
Answer (a) Suryakumar Yadav
10. Who has been awarded the ICC Men’s T201 Cricketer of the Year for the year 2023?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Suman Gill
(c) Suryakumar Yadav
(d) MS Dhoni
Answer -(c) Suryakumar Yadav
11.“Desert Night” exercise was conducted between which armies?
(a) India and France
(b) Japan and America
(c) America and Australia
(d) China and Maldives
Answer (a) India and France
Explain – Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted Exercise Desert Night over the Arabian Sea on 23 January 2024
12. Which campaign was launched by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar to commemorate 75 years of Republic Day?
(a)Our Constitution, our respect
(b) Our India, our Constitution
(c) Our country, our constitution
(d) Our Constitution, our respect
Answer (a)Our Constitution, our respect
Explain – On 24 January 2024, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar launched the “Our Constitution, Our Honor” campaign in New Delhi to commemorate 75 years of the Republic of India.
The objective of the campaign is to increase awareness among the people about the Constitution of India and to make people aware about their rights given in the Constitution.
13. Which state’s foundation day is celebrated on 24 January?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Kerala
(d)Manipur
Answer (a) Uttar Pradesh
14. Who has been appointed as the Regional Director of Southeast Asia by WHO?
(a)Saima Wajid
(b) Saina Majumdar
(c) Laxmikant Tripathi
(d) any of these
Answer -(a)Saima Wajid
Explain – Saima Wajid took oath on January 23, 2024. Her tenure will start from February 1, 2024.
Elections were held in New Delhi on November 1, 2023 for the post of Regional Director of South East Asia and he defeated Shambhu Prasad Acharya of Nepal.