Information on current news and major topics based on current events of 20 January 2025. Know the latest events of India and abroad, updates on politics, sports, economic situation and other important issues. Current Affairs 20 January 2025
Q1. Who is the country’s first Paralympic gold medal winner?
(A) Devendra Jhajharia
(B) Sumit Antil
(C) Murlikant Petkar
(D) Harvinder Singh
(C) Murlikant Petkar
Q2. Who won the 2025 Dakar Rally?
(A) Karolis Raisis
(B) Daniel Sanders of Red Bull KTM
(C) Lorenzo Traglio
(D) Mattias Ekstrom
(B) Daniel Sanders of Red Bull KTM
Q3. Where was the Dakar Rally 2025 held?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Indonesia
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) Mexico
(C) Saudi Arabia
Q4. Which position did India’s Sanjay Takale secure in the 2025 Dakar Rally?
(A) 5th place
(B) 10th place
(C) 18th place
(D) 3rd place
(C) 18th place
Q5. Which award was the country’s first Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar honored with on Friday after 52 years?
(A) Bharat Ratna
(B) Arjun Award
(C) Ashoka Chakra
(D) Param Veer Chakra
(B) Arjun Award
Q6. Who won the title of India’s number one junior strength lifter by lifting 612.5 kg in the 68 kg category in the Indian Strength Lifting Federation Championship held in Haryana recently?
(A) Bhola Pandit
(B) Aniket
(C) Vikas Verma
(D) Neel Amrit Tripathi
(D) Neel Amrit Tripathi
Q7. Neel Amrit Tripathi, recently won the title of India’s number one junior strength lifter by lifting 612.5 kg in the 68 kg category in the Indian Strength Lifting Federation Championship held in Haryana. Where is he from?
(A) Jamshedpur
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Puducherry
(A) Jamshedpur
Q8. The country’s first Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar was honored with the Arjuna Award on Friday after 52 years, where Petkar was born.
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Bihar
(D) Chhattisgarh
(B) Maharashtra
Q9. Indian women’s cricket team registered its biggest win in ODI. In the third ODI played at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, Team India won the three-match series 3-0. This match was with whom.
(A) Russia
(B) Ireland
(C) Pakistan
(D) Nigeria
(B) Ireland
Q10. India’s previous biggest win in women’s ODI was against whom in 2017?
(A) Russia
(B) Ireland
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Brazil
(B) Ireland
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