Tag: January Current Affairs MCQs

Which famous International Tennis tournament is held in the month of January, every year?
(a) French Open
(b) US Open
(c) Australian Open
(d) Wimbledon
Answer: (c)
Explanation: The Australian Open is held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

Name the female actor who won the ‘Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a motion picture’ award in the Screen Actors Guild Awards?
(a) Robin Wright Penn
(b) Renée Kathleen Zellweger
(c) Catherine Zeta-Jones
(d) Roxie Hart
Answer: (b)
Explanation: Academy Award-winning actress Renee Zellweger is known for her roles in ‘Jerry Maguire,’ ‘Cold Mountain,’ ‘Chicago’ and the ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ film series. Zellweger appeared in bit parts in mainstream movies like Dazed and Confused (1993) and Reality Bites (1994), before earning praise for her leading roles in the independent films Love and a .45 (1994) and The Whole Wide World (1996), co-starring Vincent D’Onofrio.

Which country recently test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, named ‘K-4’, which can be launched from submarine?
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) India
(d) Iran
Answer: (c)
Explanation: India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) launched a K-4 intermediate-range, nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submerged platform off the coast of Andhra Pradesh in southeastern India.

Which city plays host to the annual ‘World Future Energy Summit’ of the year 2020?

(a) Jeddah
(b) Abu Dhabi
(c) Riyadh
(d) Tel Aviv
Answer: (b)

Who has been recently named as the new ruler/sultan of Oman?

(a) Sheikha Aisha bint Khalfan
(b) Sultan Qaboos
(c) Haitham bin Tariq Al Said
(d) Mohammed Alfazari
Answer: (c)

What is Pakistan’s GDP growth rate for the FY20, as estimated by the World Bank?

(a) 5.5
(b) 4.2
(c) 2.4
(d) 3.7
Answer: (c)