December 2018 Current Affairs Quiz

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018

1. Which state has been adjudged the best state at 2018 IITF Delhi? a) Jammu & Kashmir b) Himachal Pradesh c) Uttarakhand d) West Bengal

2. The air force units of India & which country is scheduled to participate in exercise 'Cope India 2019 (CI19)‟? a) South Africa b) United States c) China d) Maldives

3. Who has been appointed the new Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)? a) Anil Manibhai Naik b) Sunil Arora c) Nishant Jain d) P S Chaku

4. Iravatham Mahadevan, the renowned epigraphist has passed away recently, He was from which state? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Tamil Nadu

5. Where did the first-ever Sustainable Blue Economy Conference 2018 held? a) Kathmandu b) Durban c) New Delhi d) Nairobi

6. Which of the following is the only NATO country with female Army Chief? a) Turkey b) Slovenia c) Poland d) Luxembourg

7. Name the Indian Tennis player who won a bronze medal in the U-21 Men's singles category in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)? a) Anthony Amalraj b) Sanil Shetty c) Manav Thakkar d) Soumyajit Ghosh

8. With which nation the United Kingdom has reached a post-Brexit aviation agreement? a) United States b) France c) Germany d) India

9. Which state has announced that it will provide free mobile phones to 28 lakh farmers to boost agriculture growth? a) Chhattisgarh b) Maharashtra c) Rajasthan d) Jharkhand

10. The bilateral naval exercise “Konkan 18” has started between India and which country? a) Japan b) Singapore c) Indonesia d) United Kingdom

11. Who has become the first Indian to won the ISSF's highest shooting honour “Blue Cross”? a) Gagan Narang b) Jitu Rai c) Abhinav Bindra d) Vijay Kumar

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018

12. India’s first owl festival was held in which of the following cities? a) Udaipur b) Lucknow c) Pune d) Kolkata

13. Which Bangladeshi activist has been chosen for the UNESCO / Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities? a) Shahidul Alam b) Rafida Ahmed Bonya c) Vashkar Bhattacharjee d) Taiyaba Majumder

14. Which of the following sport has been approved under UNESCO's world’s most treasured cultural practices? a) Korean wrestling b) Kite flying c) Tuho d) Neolttwigi

15. Where did Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurate 19th Hornbill Festival held? a) Manipur b) Nagaland c) Meghalaya d) Rajasthan

16. Which nation becomes the first country in the world to recognise 'orphanage trafficking' as a form of modern slavery? a) Japan b) Sweden c) Australia d) Netherlands

17. Who won the „World Chess Championship 2018‟ title? a) Sergey Karjakin b) Viswanathan Anand c) Magnus Carlsen d) Fabiano Caruana

18. Who is appointed as next CEO of World Gold Council? a) David Tait b) Suresh Kumar c) Naresh Kumar d) Ankit Kumar

19. Which of the following cities is the venue of the UN Climate Summit (COP24)? a) Ottawa b) Brasilia c) Katowice(Poland) d) Santiago

20. United States has signed trade pact with which of the following countries to replace North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)? a) Venezuela and Cuba b) Canada and Mexico c) Chile and Costa Rica d) Uruguay and Bolivia

21. Who has become the first Indian to be elected as the vice-president of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)? a) Abhinav Bindra b) Raninder Singh c) Karan Sidhu d) Yogeshwar Dutt

22. Cyril Ramaphosa, who is expected to be the chief guest at 2019 Republic Day of India is President of which African country?

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018 a) Morocco b) South Africa c) Ghana d) Senegal

23. The 2nd Russia-India-China 'RIC' Trilateral Summit has recently held in which of the following cities? a) New Delhi b) Beijing c) Buenos Aires d) Moscow

24. Which of the following words has been declared People's Word of 2018 by Cambridge Dictionary? a) Nomophobia b) No-platforming c) Gender gap d) Ecocide

25. Which city will be the venue of the India's first indigenous film festival 2019? a) New Delhi b) Patna c) Kolkata d) Bhubaneswar

26 Which nation has amended its weapons bill to ensure right to possession of kirpans by Sikhs? a) Australia b) UK c) US d) Canada

27. Name the rocket that is to be launched by NASA to get a closer look at the how the earth's atmosphere is leaking into space? a) VISIONS-2 b) Soyuz c) Sputnik 1 d) Mariner 9

28. Name of the Chinese firm which unveils plans to provide free worldwide Wi-Fi with 272 satellites. a) Baidu Inc b) NetEase Inc c) Qihoo 360 Technology d) LinkSure Network

29. Who was awarded the special ASEAN - India Achievement award for the businessman of year, at the 3rd ASEAN India Business Summit? a) Ravi Ruia b) Pradip Batra c) Kumar Mangalam Birla d) Dilip Shanghvi

30. Name the person who took over as the Revenue Secretary in the Finance Ministry. a) Hasmukh Adhia b) Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey c) Dr. Rajinish Kumar d) Mansoor Ahmed

31. Who has been awarded the PETA 'Hero to Animals' award for banning the Chinese manjha in Delhi? a) Imran Hussain b) Arvind Kejriwal c) Manish Sisodia d) Rajendra Pal Gautam

32. The “rakhi with khaki” initiative of which police station of Chhattisgarh holds the Guinness World Records?

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018 a) Raipur Police b) Bhilai Police c) Bilaspur Police d) Korba Police

33. Which country is the biggest exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas in the world? a) Qatar b) Russia c) Saudi Arabia d) UAE

34. Which of the following is the first manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS)? a) Soyuz mission b) Apollo 11 mission c) Shenzhou mission d) Tiangong-2 mission

35. What is the new name of Delhi Daredevils? a) Delhi Dabangs b) Delhi Capitals c) Delhi Devils d) New Delhi Riders

36. Where did the first bilateral air exercise SHINYUU Maitri-18 between Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) has began? a) Pokhran b) Pune c) New Delhi d) Agra

37. India’s longest rail-road bridge “Bogibeel Bridge” has built over which of the following rivers? a) Ganga b) Godavari c) Yamuna d) Brahmaputra

38. Which of the following is the India’s heaviest communication satellite i.e. recently launched successfully from French Guiana? a) GSAT-10 b) GSAT-17 c) GSAT-11 d) GSAT-9

39. Who is the author of the book “Blue Waters Ahoy”? a) Anup Singh b) Sunil Lanba c) Robin K Dhowan d) Devendra Kumar Joshi

40. Who has been appointed the new Chief Economic Advisor (CEA)? a) Pranab Bardhan b) Jayati Ghosh c) Jagdish Bhagwati d) Krishnamurthy Subramanian

41. What is the India’s position in terms of CO2 emitter in 2017, as per recent study by Global Carbon Project? a) 5th b) 4th c) 6th d) 7th

42. Which country is set become the world’s first country to make all its public transport free by 2019? a) Laos b) Venezuela c) Vietnam d) Luxembourg

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018 a) Indonesia b) South Korea c) North Korea d) Japan

44. Who among the following have won the IAAF Athletes of the Year award recently? a) Eliud Kipchoge b) Caterine Ibarguen c) Both A and B d) Valerie Adams

45. Who has become the youngest Indian golfer to win Asian Tour Order Of Merit? a) Shubhankar Sharma b) Shiv Kapur c) Aditi Ashok d) Arjun Atwal

46. Which city is the venue of the 2018 Military Literature Festival (MLF)? a) Chandigarh b) Dehradun c) Hyderabad d) New Delhi

47. Which of the following states has become the India’s first state to have four international airports? a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra c) West Bengal d) Kerala

48. Ajay Rohera, who has created world record for highest first-class debut score in cricket history, is from which state? a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Maharashtra

49. Who released the Compilation of Selected speeches of the President, Ram Nath Kovind named The Republican Ethic in New Delhi? a) Shri Arun Jaitley b) Shri Narendra Modi c) Shri Rajnath Singh d) Shri Venkaiah Naidu

50. Which of the following country is the world's top recipient of remittances in 2018? a) India b) Mexico c) Philippines d) China

51. Where did 2019 Khelo India Youth Games will be held? a) Mumbai b) Pune c) Bangalore d) Kolkata

52. Who was elected as the 14th chairman of the Coca-Cola Company? a) Alexis M. Herman b) Barry Diller c) James Quincey d) Chris Davis

53. Which state government has planned to introduce a new software to curb cheating in board exams? a) Bihar b) Andhra Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Assam

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018

54. Who became the youngest and the fifth Indian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit in golf? a) Shubhankar Sharma b) Anirban Lahiri c) Shiv Kapoor d) Jeev Milkha Singh

55. According to the Yahoo Year in Review list, who has retained the position of top newsmaker in India in the year 2018? a) Virat Kohli b) Narendra Modi c) Priyanka Chopra d) Rahul Gandhi

56. Who is the first-ever recipient of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Coach of the Year Award? a) Sascha Bajin b) Nicole Pratt c) Mary Joe Fernandez d) Martina Navratilova

57. Where did the world's largest Arabic audio library launched? a) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) b) Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) c) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia d) Muscat, Oman

58. Scientists from which country developed a "rewritable" paper? a) USA b) India c) China d) France

59. Jamal Khashoggi, who has been named Time magazine's 2018 "Person of the Year", is from which country? a) Saudi Arabia b) Oman c) Iran d) Turkey

60. Which Indian personality has been appointed as Vice-Chair of UN Panel of Auditors for 2019? a) Anupam Hazra b) R. Radhakrishnan c) Rajiv Mehrishi d) George Baker

61. Who has been selected for the Best Woman Parliamentarian (Rajya Sabha) for 2018? a) Nirmala Sitharaman b) Smriti Irani c) Roopa Ganguly d) Kanimozhi

62. Which of the state government has decided to establish an Umbrella University to control all the medical and dental colleges and nursing institutions in the state named after former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee? a) Gujarat b) Bihar c) Uttar Pradesh d) Jharkhand

63. For which state Kamal Nath was sworn as the Cheif Minister? a) Rajasthan b) Madhya Pradesh c) Telangana d) Chhattisgarh

64. Which Indian power station created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for 941 days?

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018 a) Bokaro Power Station-1, Jharkhand b) Kaiga Power Station-1, Karnataka c) Durgapur Power Station-2, West Bengal d) Barauni Power Station-2, Bihar

65. Who has awarded the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF) Breakthrough Star Award 2018? a) Manika Batra b) Chee Feng c) Madhurika d) Harmeet Desai

66 Name of the Actress who conferred with the title named India's Hottest Vegetarians by PETA. a) Kangana Ranaut b) Deepika Padukone c) Anushka Sharma d) Kareena Kapoor

67. Who tops in the ranking of Climate Change Performance Index? a) Sweden b) Switzerland c) Indonesia d) Norway

68. Which country has emerged as the World's No.2 arms producer, as per latest Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPTI) report? a) China b) Russia c) United States d) United Kingdom.

69. Which Indian start up has been honoured by UN Climate Action Award at the 2018 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 24)? a) EcoFemme b) Sustain Earth c) Help Us Green d) Sustain Earth

70. The EU Parliament has recently approved the world's largest free trade deal with which Asian country? a) India b) Japan c) Thailand d) Vietnam

71. Who has been appointed as the new president of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)? a) Sharmila Tagore b) Sajid Nadiadwala c) S. Shankar d) Brijendra Pal Singh

72 Where did World's first "floating" nuclear power plant was opened? a) Brazil b) India c) China d) Russia

73 Every year India celebrates Vijay Diwas for its victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war on which among the following days? a) 12th December b) 14th December c) 15th December d) 16th December

74 Who among the following has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh in the recent elections 2018?

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018 a) Sachin Pilot b) Tamradhwaj Singh c) Bhupesh Baghel d) Chandradas Mahant

75 India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was inaugurated in which among the following cities? a) Thiruvanantha Puram b) Chennai c) Bangaluru d) Hyderabad

76. Ranil Wickremesinghe has once again become the Prime Minister of which among the following countries? a) Bhutan b) Bangladesh c) Myanmar d) Sri Lanka

77. Who among the following crowned Miss Universe 2018? a) Catriona Gray b) Tamaryn Green c) Sthefany Gutiérrez d) Kiara Ortega

78. Who among the following has won the Jnanpith Award 2018? a) Krishna Sobti b) Raghuveer Chaudhari c) Shankha Ghosh d) Amitav Ghosh

79. Who won Badminton World Federation World Tour Title 2018? a) Nozomi Okuhara b) PV Sindhu c) Carolina Marín d) He Bingjiao

80. Which country wins Hockey World Cup 2018 Title? a) Argentina b) Canada c) India d) Belgium

81. Who among the following have been named as the 2018 International Tennis Federation (ITF) world champions by the governing body of global tennis? a) Mike Bryan & Jack Sock b) Łukasz Kubot & Marcelo Melo c) Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep d) Novak Djokovic and Marcelo Melo

82. The International Migrants Day observed on 18th December across the world. What is the focal theme for the year 2018? a) Together for Migration b) Safe Migration in a World on the Move c) Migration with Dignity d) Migration with Each other

83. Which is the first ever space mission from that was recently launched by China to land a robotic craft on the far side of the Moon? a) Chang e-1 b) Chang e-1A c) Chang e-2 d) Chang e-4

84. Merriam-Webster has declared which word as the 2018 Word Of The Year? a) Justice b) Pilgrimage c) Nomophobia d) Neutrality

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018

85. Who has been awarded the DBT Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) 2018? a) Dr. Rajanish Giri b) Dr. Ramesh Giri c) Dr. Rajgopal Giri d) Dr. Rakesh Giri

86. Who won the “Glinka World Soil Prize 2018”? a) Prof. Rattan Lal b) Prof. Agustín Codazzi c) Prof. Venkatraman d) Prof. Vikramaditya

87. Who wins National Squash Women’s Singles Title? a) Joshna Chinappa b) Dipika Palikal Karthik c) Urwashi Joshi d) Bhuaneshwari Kumari

88. The 2023 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be held in which country? a) Australia b) England c) India d) South Africa

89. The Union Cabinet approved setting up of two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). Where these two AIIMS is going to come up? a) Madurai, Tamil Nadu and Bibinagar, Telangana b) Bibinagar, Telangana and Bangalore, Karnataka c) Bibinagar, Telangana and Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh d) Madurai, Tamil Nadu and Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh

90. Name the National Leader whose portrait will soon have in the Central Hall of Parliament? a) Murli Deora b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee c) Madan Lal Khurana d) Ananth Kumar

91. Which African country has joined as a member of International Solar Alliance recently? a) Angola b) Namibia c) Botswana d) Zambia

92. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), which is also India’s largest cancer hospital, opened for public service is going to come up in which state? a) Bihar b) Odisha c) Gujarat d) Haryana

93. Which state becomes first State in India To Bring Law Against Sextortion? a) Jammu and Kashmir b) Odisha c) Rajasthan d) Manipur

94. Global telecom, British Telecommunications giant, said it plans to set up a research centre in which city? a) Hyderabad b) Madras c) Pune d) Bangalore

95. Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), the apex policy-making body for indirect taxes?

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018 a) Pranab Kumar Das b) Manohar Shushil c) Vijayendra Bhoopathi d) Mahesh Khanal

96. The Asian countries of RCEP have offered a concession to this country to open up itsmarkets? a) Thailand b) Malaysia c) Philippines d) India

97. Who will be awarded the Maharashtra government's Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar Lifetime Achievement award? a) Jayant Sawarkar b) Vinayak Thorat c) Suhas Joshi d) Pyumori Mehta Ghosh

98. The first Indian woman who was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Strathclyde of United Kingdom in Glasgow, Scotland is; a) Anshu Jamsenpa b) Premlata Agarwal c) Arunima Sinha d) Bachendri Pal

99. Which of the following city and Kochi signs MoU with the cooperation of urban planning, corporate planning, transport, solid water management and water management? a) Athens b) Beijing c) Canberra d) Vilnius

100. Where did Empire State Building is located, that was lit in orange for the first time to celebrate Diwali? a) New York b) Paris c) Beijing d) London

MCQ Quiz Current Affairs December 2018

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