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Current Affairs Mcq December 2020 (No CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ DECEMBER 2020 (NO. OF QUESTION -100) 1. Which word is named as the Word of the Year 2020 as per the most searched words on the Cambridge Dictionary in 2020? (a) Pandemic (b) Corona (c) Vaccine (d)Quarantine 2. China is going to construct the first downstream dam on the lower reaches of the river marking a new phase in China’s hydropower exploitation of the river with potential ramifications for India? (a) Indus (b) Ganges (c) Brahmaputra (d) Sutlej 3. Which Country has the most FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) equity inflows in India during April- September 2020 according to DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade)? (a) USA (United States of America) (b) Singapore (c) Mauritius (d) Japan 4. Who has been appointed as the Ambassador for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Breakthrough initiative in India 2020-21? (a) Rohit Sharma (b) Ayushman Khurana (c) Shah Rukh Khan (d) AR Rahman 5. British Driver Lewis Hamilton the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially known as Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) held at Bahrain International Circuit. Which Automobile brand does he represent? (a) Ferrari (b) Mercedes (c) Audi (d) Renault 6. Which Public Sector Unit has set a new record for successfully manufacturing and testing India’s highest- rated auto transformer ‘500 MVA 400/220/33 kV? (a) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) (b) Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited (BHEL) (c) India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) (d) Both 1 & 2 7. Where has the first of its kind “Organ Donor Memorial” been inaugurated virtually in the country on the occasion of 11th National Organ Donation Day celebration? (a)Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Punjab 8. Name the Indian Foreign Secretary who inaugurated Three schools built under Indian assistance in Nepal’s Gorkha district . (a) Rajiv Gauba (b) T S Trimurti (c) Anil Kumar Gupta (d)Harsh Vardhan Shringla 9. Who has been appointed as interim chairperson of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)? (a) Dilip Rath (b) T Nanda Kumar (c) Varsha Joshi (d) Renu Devi 10. Which Organization appointed Sandeep Kataria as the CEO (1st Indian to be appointed as the global CEO) of the organization? (a) Red Chief (b) Parle Agro (c) Bata (d )Patanjali 11. Who chaired the 19th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (India’s first Summit-level Meeting held under India’s Chairmanship) virtually hosted by India? (a) Narendra Modi (b) Rajnath Singh (c) S Jaishankar (d) M Venkaiah Naidu 12. Which City has been ranked as most polluted city in the world as per Air Pollution Data released by United States (US) Air Quality Index? (a) New Delhi, India (b) Lahore, Pakistan (c) Kathmandu, Nepal (d)Beijing, China 13. Which Country topped the Asia in bribery, use of personal connections to access public services as per the 10th edition of the report titled “Global Corruption Barometer (GCB)-Asia 2020” by corruption watchdog Transparency International? (a) Pakistan (b) Bangladesh (c) Nepal (d) India 14. Which institute has topped the QS Asia University Rankings 2021 released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in association with King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)? (a) Tsinghua University (China) (b) National University of Singapore (NUS) (c) IIT-Delhi (d) IIT-Bombay 15. Which Anti-Ship version missile was successfully test- fired from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Territory & It was the first time that the missile was flight tested by 3 Services of the Indian Armed Forces (Army, Air Force & Navy)? (a) Agni (b) BrahMos (c) BrahmAstra (d) Shaurya 16. What was the 2020 theme of the World AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) Day observed on 1st December globally? (a) Global solidarity, resilient HIV services (b) Communities make the difference (c) Know Your Status (d) My Health, My Right 17. Which Petroleum Company launched India’s first 100 Octane Petrol also known as XP 100? (a) Indian Oil Corporation (b) Bharat Petroleum (c) Hindustan Petroleum (d) Gas Authority of India Ltd 18. PowerChina, Hydropower Company of China is going to construct the first downstream dam on Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet. The Yarlung Zangbo River is known as in India. (a) Indus (b) Ganges (c) Brahmaputra (d) Sutlej 19. Name the Veteran Bollywood Actor, Who has been honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Puraskar 2020 at the Sangit Kala Kendra Awards virtual function? (a) Anupam Kher (b) Nana Patekar (c) Naseeruddin Shah (d) Paresh Rawal 20. Amul (Anand Milk Union Limited) a brand of dairy cooperative major Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), is ranked at which place as the Largest Milk Processor globally in the list of Top 20? (a) 1st (b) 3rd (c) 8th (d) 5th 21. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority will be renamed to Saudi Central Bank under a new law approved by Saudi Arabia’s King. Who is the king of Saudi Arabia? (a) Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (b) Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (c) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (d) Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi 22. International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) obtained membership of International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Where is the headquarters of IFSCA? (a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat (b) Mumbai, Maharashtra (c) Pune, Maharashtra (d) Gandhinagar, Gujarat 23. Which Indian Company has topped the 2020 Fortune 500 Ranking List of Indian companies? (a) Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) (b) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) (c) State Bank of India (SBI) (d) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 24. Virat Kohli became the Fastest Batsman to reach 12, 000 runs in ODIs during the 3-match Dettol ODI series 2020 in Australia. He took how much innings to achieve the milestone? (a) 240 innings (b) 235 innings (c) 242 innings (d) 252 innings 25. Which is the 1st country to recognise Pfizer-bioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine? (a) Russia (b) Britain (c) Australia (d) United States 26. Who has been appointed as the first Vice President of the World Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (WLPGA)? (a) Shashi Shanker (b) Mukesh kumar Surana (c) Shrikant Madhav Vaidya (d) D Rajkumar 27. Defence Ministry approved the Creation of 2 New Posts namely– Deputy Chief for Military Operations & Strategic Planning and Director General (DG) of Information Warfare. Who will be the 1st Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Military Operations & Strategic Planning? (a) Birendra Singh Bisht (b) Pankaj Bhatt (c) Paramjit Singh (d) Bipin Rawat 28. Who has been appointed as the 27th Director General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) recently? (a) S S Deswal (b) Rakesh Asthana (c) Rajeev Chaudhry (d) Alok Verma 29. Who has won the US $1 million annual Global Teacher Prize 2020 (the prize was founded by Varkey Foundation & organized in partnership with UNESCO)? (a)Dr Susanta Kar (b)Sadat Rahman (c)S Hareesh (d)Ranjitsinh Disale 30. Who has been named as the first ever “Kid of the Year” by TIME Magazine? (a) Udit Singhal (b) Krishna Tirath (c) Sadat Rahman (d) Gitanjali Rao 31. Which Police Station has topped the annual list of India’s Top 10 Police Stations for the year 2020 released by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) during the virtual 55th annual DGPs and IGPs conference 2020? (a) AWPS-Suramangalam, Tamil Nadu (TN) (b) Kharsang, Arunachal Pradesh (c) Nongpok Sekmai, Manipur (d) Jhilmili (Bhaiya Thana), Chhattisgarh 32. Who is the richest women of India according to the 2nd edition of “Kotak Wealth Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women” 2020? (a) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (b) Roshni Nadar Malhotra (c) Nilima Motaparti (d) Leena Gandhi Tewari 33. Padma Bhushan Dharampala Chunni Lal Gulati, also called as “King of Spice”, passed away recently. He was founder and CEO of which Brand? (a) Goldie Masale (b) Ashok Masala (c) MDH Masala (d) Catch Masala 34. Indian Navy Day celebrates in annual day on which day to celebrate the achievements of Indian Navy and commemorate the launch of Operation Trident during the 1971 Indo-Pak war? (a) December 1 (b) December 2 (c) December 3 (d) December 4 35. Who is the Newly appointed President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the year 2020-21 (a) Shobana Kamineni (b) Uday Shankar (c) Sunil Rayan (d) Jahnabi Phookan 36. Who is the Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2020? (a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Tim Cook (c) Jeff Bezos (d) Elon Musk 37. The administrator of the Union Territory(UT) of Lakshadweep, Dineshwar Sharma, passed away recently, he was also the former chief of which organisation (a) Intelligence Bureau (b) Research and Analysis Wing (c) National Investigation Agency (d) Bureau of Police Research and Development 38. Who has returned his Padma Vibhushan Award in protest to the Farm Bills? (a) Chhannulal Mishra (b) Sir Anerood Jugnauth (c) Parkash Singh Badal (d) M. C. Mary Kom 39. Who has been named as the “Asian of the Year”, 2020, for his contribution in fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic? (a) Chen Wei (b) Adar Poonawalla (c) Jake Pang (d) Narendra Modi 40. Which space agency has launched its 21st Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-2(a)to International space station(ISS) recently? (a) Roscosmos (b) ISRO (c) NASA (d) SpaceX 41. Who became the youngest athlete ever to be named as the World Athletes of the Year, recently in 2020? (a) Mondo Duplantis (b) Yulimar Rojas (c) Sifan Hassan (d) Angelica Bengtsson 42. Who became the First Indian to win a Formula 2 race during the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix? (a) Jehan Daruvala (b) Karun Chandhok (c) Narain Karthikeyan (d) Yash Aradhya 43. Which two Indian cites have been inscribed by UNESCO to its world heritage cities under urban landscape city programme in December, 2020? (a) Gwalior and Orchha (b) Gwalior and Sagar (c) Sagar and Orchha (d) Jabalpur and Raipur 44.
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