13 January 2025: Test Your Knowledge with the Daily Current Affairs Quiz!

Current Affairs Quiz 13 January 2025: Jagran Josh presents an insightful current affairs quiz designed to evaluate your knowledge and enhance your exam preparation.

1. Who inaugurated the Z-Morh Tunnel or Sonamarg Tunnel?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Amit Shah

(c) Rajnath Singh

(d) Piyush Goyal

2. Who recently launched the India Cleantech Manufacturing Platform?

(a) Amit Shah

(b) Rajnath Singh

(c) Jyotiraditya Scindia

(d) Piyush Goyal

3. Who was recently appointed as the new Secretary of BCCI?

(a) Devjit Saikia

(b) Angad Bedi

(c) Nikhil Chopra

(d) Rajeev Shukla

4. Which country will host the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments of Commonwealth countries?

(a) India

(b) Japan

(c) USA

(d) France

5. Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Indian Police Foundation?

(a) Rajiv Ranjan

(b) Abhinav Kumar

(c) Rameshwar Sinha

(d) OP Singh

6. Which is the biggest annual festival for the Hatti tribes of the Trans-Giri region in Himachal Pradesh?

(a) Lohri

(b) Boda festival

(c) Dussehra

(d) Harvest festival

Answer:-

1. (a) Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Z-Morh Tunnel, now officially named Sonamarg Tunnel, on January 13, 2025. The tunnel was constructed at a cost of over ₹2,700 crore. The aim of this project is to increase connectivity between Srinagar and Ladakh.

2. (d) Piyush Goyal

Recently, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal officially launched the India Cleantech Manufacturing Platform at the India Climate Forum 2025 in New Delhi on January 11, 2025. The initiative aims to strengthen India's cleantech value chain in sectors such as solar, wind, and hydrogen.

3. (a) Devjit Saikia

Devjit Saikia has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). This post had fallen vacant after Jay Shah became the ICC President. Along with Saikia, Prabhtej Singh Bhatia has been elected as the new treasurer replacing Ashish Shelar.

4. (a) India

India will host the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments of Commonwealth countries (CSPOC) in the year 2026. This was announced by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during the recent CSPOC Standing Committee meeting in Guernsey.  

5. (d) OP Singh

Recently, former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police OP Singh has been appointed the new Chairman of the Indian Police Foundation (IPF). IPF is an independent think tank that works on police-related issues. OP Singh, who is a 1983 batch IPS officer.

6. (b) Boda festival

The vibrant Boda Tyohar, the biggest annual festival for the Hatti tribes living in the Trans-Giri region of Himachal Pradesh, began recently with traditional gaiety and enthusiasm. This tribe is known as a close-knit community. Their name is inspired by the small markets or 'haats' where they traditionally sold domestic crops, vegetables, meat and wool.

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