GK& Current Affairs: 21 January 2025
GK& Current Affairs: 21 January 2025
Current Affairs MCQ’S: Students World presents Daily Current Affairs MCQ'S for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams.
1. Which country has recently banned TikTok?
(A) Germany
(B) USA
(C) Japan
(D) Pakistan
2. Who has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America?
(A) Hillary Clinton
(B) Donald Trump
(C) Joe Biden
(D) Kamala Harris
3. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of CRPF?
(A) Abhinav Kumar
(B) Rajeev Kumar
(C) Gyanendra Pratap Singh
(D) Ajay Kumar Sharma
4. Where was the Flamingo Festival 2025 organized recently?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Rajasthan
5. Where is the 27th International Glass Congress 2025 being held?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Mumbai
(C) Jaipur
(D) Varanasi
6. How many winners were honoured in the 25th anniversary of the Gates-Cambridge Impact Prize 2025?
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 5
ANSWERS
1. [B] USA
The President of the United States has imposed a federal ban on TikTok. The decision comes after a US Supreme Court ruling that upheld a law requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company, Bytedance, to sell its US operations or face a complete ban due to national security concerns.
2. [B] Donald Trump
Donald Trump is officially sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025, marking his return to the White House after a gap of four years. He also completed his term as the 45th President of America. Let us tell you that in the elections held in November 2024, Donald Trump had registered a spectacular victory.
3. [C] Gyanendra Pratap Singh
Gyanendra Pratap Singh has been appointed as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) with effect from January 19, 2025. This appointment was issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on January 18, 2025. Singh, a senior 1991 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and part of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He earlier served as Director General of Police (DGP) in Assam.
4. [B] Andhra Pradesh
The Flamingo Festival 2025 concluded on January 20, 2025 at the Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh, marking the successful revival of the event after a gap of four years. The festival was attended by thousands of participants, including over 3,000 students from nearby districts like Tirupati and Nellore, who were provided free transportation and food by the organisers.
5. [A] Kolkata
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the “27th International Congress on Glass, 2025” at the Vishwa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata. Eminent personalities from the global glass community, including Chairman of the International Glass Commission and Professor Hiroyuki Inoue of the University of Tokyo, were present on the occasion. ICG 2025 is being organized from 20 to 24 January 2025.
6. [A] 8
Professor Urvashi Sinha, faculty member of Light and Matter Physics at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), has been awarded the Gates-Cambridge Impact Award 2025 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cambridge, UK. Professor Sinha is one of eight winners celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Gates-Cambridge Impact Prize.