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CURRENT AFFAIRS LUESTIONS

01 January - 31 January 2024
We have given 30 current affairs questions. Go ahead and be at ease to modify, blend or jumble the questions
as you consider best to facilitate the understanding of questions as per the students.

1. Which contingent won the award for the Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other
auxiliary forces in the Republic Day parade of 2024?
(a) Sikh Regiment Contingent
(b) Delhi Police Women Contingent
(c) Gujarat Border Security Force Contingent
(d) Tamil Nadu Naval Contingent
2. Which contingent won the award for the Best Marching Contingent among the three services
in the Republic Day parade of 2024?
(a) Sikh Regiment Contingent (b) Rajputana Rifles Regimental Marching Contingent
(c) BSF Marching Contingent (d) Air Force Marching Contingent
3. Which State/UT recorded the highest number of snow leopards in India as per the Snow
Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI) Program revealed on 30 January 2024?
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Ladakh (d) Sikkim
4. Which pair emerged victorious in the Australian Open Men’s Doubles tennis championship on
27 January 2024?
(a) Rohan Bopanna and Simone Bolelli (b) Matthew Ebden and Andrea Vavassori
(c) Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (d) Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden
5. Who emerged victorious in the men’s singles final of the Australian Open tennis
championship on 28 January 2024?
(a) Daniil Medvedev (b) Novak Djokovic
(c) Jannik Sinner (d) Carlos Alcaraz
6. Who took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record ninth time on 28 January 2024?
(a) Vijay Sinha (b) Nitish Kumar
(c) Samrat Choudhary (d) Rajendra Vishwanat Arlekar
7. Which Indian cricketer was crowned the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023 for his
exceptional year in the 50-over format in January 2024?
(a) Rohit Sharma (b) Suryakumar Yadav
(c) Yashasvi Jaiswal (d) Virat Kohli
8. Who was the Guest of Honour at India’s 75th Republic Day?
(a) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (b) Joe Biden
(c) Emmanuel Macron (d) Rishi Sunak
9. What were the twin themes of the Republic Day parade in 2024?
(a) Unity in Diversity and Military Strength (b) Viksit Bharat and Bharat – Loktantra ki Matruka
(c) Cultural Heritage and Economic Progress (d) Nari Shakti and Global Diplomacy
10. When is National Girl Child Day celebrated annually?
(a) 1 January (b) 15 January
(c) 24 January (d) 10 January
11. Who led the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ramlalla in Ayodhya on 22 January 2024?
(a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi (b) UP Governor Anandiben Patel
(c) CM Yogi Adityanath (d) RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat
12. Who won the gold medal at the Asian Marathon Championships 2024 in Hong Kong on
21 January 2024?
(a) Huang Yongzheng (b) Tiapkin Ilya
(c) Man Singh (d) Ashvini Jadhav
13. Which state hosted the Khelo India Youth Games 2024 in January 2024?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Punjab
(c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra
14. What is the minimum age for students to enroll in coaching centers according to the new
guidelines issued by the Central Government in January 2024?
(a) 14 years (b) 15 years
(c) 18 years (d) 16 years
15. Who won The Best FIFA Men’s Player award at the FIFA Football Awards ceremony in January
2024?
(a) Kylian Mbappe (b) Lionel Messi
(c) Erling Haaland (d) Kevin De Bruyne
16. Which female football player received the Best FIFA Women’s Player Award at the Award
ceremony in January 2024?
(a) Linda Caicedo (b) Aitana Bonmati
(c) Jenni Hermoso (d) Sam Kerr
17. At what age has Gabriel Attal become the youngest Prime Minister in modern French history?
(a) 30 (b) 37
(c) 34 (d) 40
18. Which company was awarded the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2023 for
Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility on 9 January 2024?
(a) Odisha Mining Corporate Limited (b) Indian Railway
(c) Sports Control Boards (d) Power Grid India Ltd
19. In how many categories the “Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2024” were conferred to
19 children in January 2024?
(a) 5 (b) 7
(c) 8 (d) 6
20. When is World Braille Day celebrated annually?
(a) 1 January (b) 4 January
(c) 10 January (d) 14 January
21. Who was honoured with the prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award in recognition of his
contributions as a scientist and extension specialist in the field of agronomy in January 2024?
(a) Prof. B.R. Kamboj (b) Dr Thomas Lumpkin
(c) Dr Adel El-Beltagy (d) Dr Shenggen Fan
22. Which Indian state set a Guinness record for performing mass Surya Namaskar simultaneously
at 108 places on the first day of 2024?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan
(c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat
23. Which of the following was adjudged the best State/UT tableau in the Republic Day parade of
2024?
(a) Gujarat (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Odisha (d) Andhra Pradesh
24. Which of the following bagged top position among Ministries/Departments tableau in the
Republic Day parade of 2024?
(a) ISRO (b) Ministry of Home Affairs
(c) Ministry of Culture (d) CPWD
25. In January 2024, whose brain science startup Neuralink declared the successful implantation
of a device in a human for the first time among the following individuals?
(a) Bill Gates (b) Elon Musk
(c) Jeff Bezos (d) Mark Zuckerberg
26. In January 2024, who etched his name in history by becoming the first Indian male player in
35 years to defeat a seeded opponent at a Grand Slam?
(a) Sumit Nagal (b) Somdev Devvarman
(c) Yuki Bhambri (d) Mukund Sasikumar
27. In January 2024, who became the first woman to hold the rank of Subedar in the Indian
Army?
(a) Manisha Keer (b) Shreyasi Singh
(c) Preeti Rajak (d) Rajeshwari Kumari
28. How many languages did BharatGPT, India’s first Large Language Model, support in text
modality?
(a) 22 languages (b) 15 languages
(c) 11 languages (d) 18 languages
29. In January 2024, India surpassed which country to become the fourth-largest equity market
globally?
(a) Australia (b) Japan
(c) Canada (d) Hong Kong
30. In January 2024, which Tiger Reserve got the title of India’s first ‘Dark Sky Park’?
(a) Kaziranga Tiger Reserve (b) Pench Tiger Reserve
(c) Namdapha Tiger Reserve (d) Kamlang Tiger Reserve
Answer Key
1. b   2. a   3. c   4. d   5. c   6. b   7. d   8. c   9. b   10. c   11. a   12. c    13. a   14. d   15. b
16. b   17. c   18. a   19. d   20. b 21.   a   22. d    23. c   24. c   25. b   26. a   27. c   28. a   29. d 30. b.