December 2018 Current Affairs Quiz
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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 © CLATapult 2019 All Rights Reserved Page 1 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? © CLATapult 2019 All Rights Reserved Page 2 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? © CLATapult 2019 All Rights Reserved Page 3 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 43. Which country’s government has recently enacted controversial law to accept foreign bluecollar workers? © CLATapult 2019 All Rights Reserved Page 4 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 © CLATapult 2019 All Rights Reserved Page 5 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.