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Daily Current Affairs Date: 28 JANUARY 2021

1. Name the Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar Regiment, 6. According to the International Monetary Fund's World who lost his life during the Galwan Valley clash last year, Economic Outlook, ’s economy is expected to bounce who was posthumously awarded with Maha back strongly in the next fiscal year with how much recently? percentage of growth? (A) B Santosh Babu (A) 11.5% (B) Colonel Surinder Singh (B) 12.4% (C) Colonel Iqroop Singh Ghuman (C) 13.7% (D) Colonel Yogesh Kumar Joshi (D) 10.7% (E) Colonel (E) 09.5%

2. What is the name of the which was Successfully 7. The Board of Directors of Kerala-based Dhanlaxmi Bank tested by the Defense Research and Development have given approval to appoint whom as its managing Organization (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range off director and CEO of the Bank? the coast of Odisha on 25 January 2021, which is a new (A) Sunil Gurbaxani generation Surface to Air Missile meant for use by Indian (B) Sajeev Krishnan Air Force with an aim of intercepting high maneuvering (C) CK Gopinathan low RCS aerial threats? (D) J K Shivan (A) Barak 8 (B) Ashwin BMI (E) G Rajagopalan Nair (C) -NG (D) QRSAM (E) Pradyumna BMI 8. Who will going to take over as the next vice-chief of Army Staff, who is currently serving as the Southern Army 3. What is the name of the large-scale tri-service joint Commander and will be succeeding Lt General SK Saini? amphibious exercise recently held in the Andaman and (A) General Chandi Prasad Mohanty Nicobar Islands? (B) Manoj Pande (A) AMPHEX-18 (C) Lieutenant General Raj Shukla (B) AMPHEX-22 (D) Lieutenant General Alok Singh Kler (C) AMPHEX-24 (E) Lieutenant General Yogesh Kumar Joshi (D) AMPHEX-28 (E) AMPHEX-21 9. To commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War, 4. On National girl child day, 20-year-old Shrishti Goswami The International Day of Commemoration in memory of from Haridwar has become the Chief Minister of which the victims of the Holocaust (International Holocaust state for a day? Remembrance Day) is observed on which day of January (A) Uttar Pradesh every year since 2006? (B) Uttarakhand (A) 25 January (C) Madhya Pradesh (B) 27 January (D) (C) 29 January (E) Punjab (D) 30 January (E) 26 January 5. Name the Indian Railways' longest freight train, which broken its own previous record by successfully operating 10. Which state has become the first Indian State to have 2 the longest ever freight train by amalgamating five rakes Expressway airstrips of 3,300-metre-long? of goods trains as one unit of around 3.5 km? (A) Uttar Pradesh (A) Ashwi (B) (B) Rudram (C) Karnataka (C) Vayu (D) Madhya Pradesh (D) Vasuki (E) Bihar (E) Marud ANSWERS: - 1(A) 2(C) 3(E) 4(B) 5(D) 6(A) 7(D) 8(A) 9(B) 10(A)