Daily Current Affairs

Date: 10 JANUARY 2021

1. PM Modi lays foundation stone of Light House 6. Who has been appointed by Indian Army as an officer projects (LHPs) at six sites across six States under the to head its newly created Human Rights Cell which has GHTC through video conference. What does "T" stands been formed to give high priority to the observance of for in the abbreviation of "GHTC"? conventions and values of Human Rights? (A) Technology (B) Terminology (A) Rajendra Sinhji (B) Gautam Chauhan (C) Technique (D) Telecommunications (C) Deepak Kapoor (D) Vivek Sharma (E) None of these (E) Gagan Chandropadhyay

2. Which country has become the first nation in the 7. Alexander Ellis has been appointed as the British world to roll out the low-cost and easily transportable High Commissioner to India prior to this he was the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine? Director-General in the Department for Exiting the (A) America (B) Britain European Union for three years. In context to the same (C) India (D) China tell us, whome will he replace? (E) Russia (A) Ivan Rogers (B) Olly Robbins (C) Philip Barton (D) Dominic Asquith 3. Which state government has launched a 3-week long (E) Tim Barrow campaign named "Kisan Kalyan Mission" for the welfare of farmers that will be organised in every 8. What is the name of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's development block of all its districts to double the niece who is also an eminent academician and made income of farmers of the state? pioneering contributions to academics and community (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh service? (C) Rajasthan (D) Punjab (A) Maya Carina (B) Arunima Ghosh (E) Haryana (C) Prabhabati Bose (D) Chitra Ghosh (E) Anita Bose 4. Which country has decided to develop the world’s first wooden satellites by 2023 to reduce space junk as 9. The new highway between Surat and Bengaluru, that more satellites are being launched by the countries will facilitate south-bound vehicles coming from globally and space junk is becoming an increasing northern Indian states, to bypass Mumbai and Pune has problem? been approved by NHAI. In context to same how much (A) China fund haa been approved for the same? (B) America (A) Rs 5000 Crore (C) India (B) Rs 6500 Crore (D) Japan (C) Rs 6800 Crore (E) Russia (D) Rs 5700 Crore (E) Rs 6000 Crore 5. Which country will co-chair the Asia Protected Areas Partnership- APAP by replacing South Korea for the 10. Name the former MD of HDFC Bank who has joined period of 3 years after successfully increasing the pharmaceutical company Strides Group as an advisor? population of wild animals such as lions, tigers, and (A) leopards by protecting their habitats? (B) (A) Indonesia (C) Imrun Sethi (B) Malaysia (D) (C) Thailand (E) (D) Viet Nam (E) India ANSWERS: - 1(A) 2(B) 3(A) 4(D) 5(E) 6(B) 7(C) 8(D) 9(E) 10(A)