CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2018 January 25 -31 (Chapter-01)

1.What is the name of the first woman to serve on the board of the Mexican central bank, taking the seat previously occupied by the bank’s new governor.
Irene Espinosa

2. A Super Moon, Blue Moon and a total lunar eclipse was observed on?
31st January 2018

3. Who has been appointed as Chef-de-Mission for the upcoming Commonwealth Games?
Vikram Singh Sisodia

4. Which Indian-American personality has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF)?
Shantanu Narayen

5. Name the city which is celebrating the Kumbh of literature festival?
Jaipur

6. Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State?
AR Rahman

7. Who has been awarded the prestigious IhsanDoramaci Family Health Foundation Prize by the World Health Organisation (WHO)?
Vinod paul

8. Kalamandalam Geethanandan, the acclaimed Ottanthullal artist has passed away. He hailed from which state?
Kerala

9. What is the name of App launched by ICICI Lombard General Insurance  that enables cashless visits to doctors who operate standalone clinics.
IL TakeCare

10. On which day the Anti-Leprosy Day was observed in India?
30th January

11. Who has been recently appointed as new director of All India Institute of Ayurveda?
Tanuja Manoj Nesari

12. Who has won the men’s singles title at the 2018 11Even Sports National Senior Table Tennis Championship?
Sharath Kamal

13. Who is the winner of Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2016-17.
Arundhati Bhattacharya

14. Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017?
Bhartruhari Mahatab

15. Who has not been awarded as Outstanding Parliamentarian Award 2018?
Venkaiah Naidu

16. Which union minister has launched the Rapid Detection Kits for adulterants in fresh fish?
Radha Mohan Singh

17. Which state has launched its first infertility centre in public sector at Gandhi Hospital
Telangana

18. Every year National Voters Day is celebrated on?
25th January

19. What is the name of a six day-long military exercise between India and Vietnam in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh?
VINBAX

20. Who has won the 2018 women’s singles title in the Australian Open 2018?
Caroline Wozniack

21. Who has been elected the first woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)?
Usha Ananthasubramanian

22. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanichamy was presented with which award for the cultural heritage conservation activities taken up 

at the iconic Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangam (Tiruchy) without altering its original splendour?
Unesco Award of Merit

23. Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana recently launched in.....
Punjab

24. Who has won the 2018 women’s singles Indonesia Masters badminton tournament?
Tai Tzu-ying

25. Who has been posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra on the 69th Republic Day, becoming the first-ever airman to receive the honour for a ground combat operation?
Jyoti Prakash Nirala.
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