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Current Affairs (MCQ) December Current Affairs (MCQ) No. of Question -100 1. Which word is named as the Word of the Year 2020 as 9. Who has been appointed as interim chairperson of per the most searched words on the Cambridge Dictionary National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)? in 2020? (a) Dilip Rath (b) T Nanda Kumar (a) Pandemic (b) Corona (c) Varsha Joshi (d) Renu Devi (c) Vaccine (d)Quarantine 10. Which Organization appointed Sandeep Kataria as the 2. China is going to construct the first downstream dam on CEO (1st Indian to be appointed as the global CEO) of the the lower reaches of the river marking a new phase in organization? China’s hydropower exploitation of the river with (a) Red Chief (b) Parle Agro potential ramifications for India? (c) Bata (d )Patanjali (a) Indus (b) Ganges (c) Brahmaputra (d) Sutlej 11. Who chaired the 19th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of 3. Which Country has the most FDI (Foreign Direct Government (India’s first Summit-level Meeting held Investment) equity inflows in India during April- under India’s Chairmanship) virtually hosted by India? September 2020 according to DPIIT (Department for (a) Narendra Modi (b) Rajnath Singh Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade)? (c) S Jaishankar (d) M Venkaiah Naidu (a) USA (United States of America) (b) Singapore 12. Which City has been ranked as most polluted city in (c) Mauritius the world as per Air Pollution Data released by United (d) Japan States (US) Air Quality Index? (a) New Delhi, India (b) Lahore, Pakistan 4. Who has been appointed as the Ambassador for the (c) Kathmandu, Nepal (d)Beijing, China British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Breakthrough initiative in India 2020-21? 13. Which Country topped the Asia in bribery, use of (a) Rohit Sharma (b) Ayushman Khurana personal connections to access public services as per the (c) Shah Rukh Khan (d) AR Rahman 10th edition of the report titled “Global Corruption Barometer (GCB)-Asia 2020” by corruption watchdog 5. British Driver Lewis Hamilton the 2020 Bahrain Grand Transparency International? Prix (officially known as Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand (a) Pakistan (b) Bangladesh Prix) held at Bahrain International Circuit. Which (c) Nepal (d) India Automobile brand does he represent? (a) Ferrari (b) Mercedes 14. Which institute has topped the QS Asia University (c) Audi (d) Renault Rankings 2021 released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in association with King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah 6. Which Public Sector Unit has set a new record for (Saudi Arabia)? successfully manufacturing and testing India’s highest- (a) Tsinghua University (China) rated auto transformer ‘500 MVA 400/220/33 kV? (b) National University of Singapore (NUS) (a) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) (c) IIT-Delhi (b) Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited (BHEL) (d) IIT-Bombay (c) India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) (d) Both 1 & 2 15. Which Anti-Ship version missile was successfully test- fired from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Territory & It 7. Where has the first of its kind “Organ Donor Memorial” was the first time that the missile was flight tested by 3 been inaugurated virtually in the country on the occasion Services of the Indian Armed Forces (Army, Air Force & of 11th National Organ Donation Day celebration? Navy)? (a)Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (a) Agni (b) BrahMos (c) Rajasthan (d) Punjab (c) BrahmAstra (d) Shaurya 8. Name the Indian Foreign Secretary who inaugurated 16. What was the 2020 theme of the World AIDS Three schools built under Indian assistance in Nepal’s (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) Day observed on Gorkha district . 1st December globally? (a) Rajiv Gauba (b) T S Trimurti (a) Global solidarity, resilient HIV services (c) Anil Kumar Gupta (d)Harsh Vardhan Shringla (b) Communities make the difference www.studycampus.in 1| Page 022-41237666 STUDY CAMPUS December Current Affairs (MCQ) (c) Know Your Status (d) My Health, My Right 25. Which is the 1st country to recognise Pfizer-bioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine? 17. Which Petroleum Company launched India’s first 100 (a) Russia (b) Britain Octane Petrol also known as XP 100? (c) Australia (d) United States (a) Indian Oil Corporation (b) Bharat Petroleum 26. Who has been appointed as the first Vice President of (c) Hindustan Petroleum the World Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (WLPGA)? (d) Gas Authority of India Ltd (a) Shashi Shanker (b) Mukesh kumar Surana 18. PowerChina, Hydropower Company of China is going (c) Shrikant Madhav Vaidya to construct the first downstream dam on Yarlung Zangbo (d) D Rajkumar River in Tibet. The Yarlung Zangbo River is known as ____________ in India. 27. Defence Ministry approved the Creation of 2 New (a) Indus (b) Ganges Posts namely– Deputy Chief for Military Operations & (c) Brahmaputra (d) Sutlej Strategic Planning and Director General (DG) of Information Warfare. Who will be the 1st Deputy Chief of 19. Name the Veteran Bollywood Actor, Who has been Army Staff for Military Operations & Strategic Planning? honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar (a) Birendra Singh Bisht (b) Pankaj Bhatt Puraskar 2020 at the Sangit Kala Kendra Awards virtual (c) Paramjit Singh (d) Bipin Rawat function? (a) Anupam Kher (b) Nana Patekar 28. Who has been appointed as the 27th Director General (c) Naseeruddin Shah (d) Paresh Rawal of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) recently? (a) S S Deswal (b) Rakesh Asthana 20. Amul (Anand Milk Union Limited) a brand of dairy (c) Rajeev Chaudhry (d) Alok Verma cooperative major Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), is ranked at which place as the 29. Who has won the US $1 million annual Global Largest Milk Processor globally in the list of Top 20? Teacher Prize 2020 (the prize was founded by Varkey (a) 1st (b) 3rd Foundation & organized in partnership with UNESCO)? (c) 8th (d) 5th (a)Dr Susanta Kar (b)Sadat Rahman (c)S Hareesh (d)Ranjitsinh Disale 21. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority will be renamed to Saudi Central Bank under a new law approved 30. Who has been named as the first ever “Kid of the by Saudi Arabia’s King. Who is the king of Saudi Arabia? Year” by TIME Magazine? (a) Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (a) Udit Singhal (b) Krishna Tirath (b) Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (c) Sadat Rahman (d) Gitanjali Rao (c) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (d) Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi 31. Which Police Station has topped the annual list of India’s Top 10 Police Stations for the year 2020 released 22. International Financial Services Centre Authority by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) during the virtual 55th (IFSCA) obtained membership of International Association annual DGPs and IGPs conference 2020? of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Where is the headquarters (a) AWPS-Suramangalam, Tamil Nadu (TN) of IFSCA? (b) Kharsang, Arunachal Pradesh (a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat (b) Mumbai, Maharashtra (c) Nongpok Sekmai, Manipur (c) Pune, Maharashtra (d) Gandhinagar, Gujarat (d) Jhilmili (Bhaiya Thana), Chhattisgarh 23. Which Indian Company has topped the 2020 Fortune 32. Who is the richest women of India according to the 500 Ranking List of Indian companies? 2nd edition of “Kotak Wealth Hurun – Leading Wealthy (a) Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) Women” 2020? (b) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) (a) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (c) State Bank of India (SBI) (b) Roshni Nadar Malhotra (d) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (c) Nilima Motaparti (d) Leena Gandhi Tewari 24. Virat Kohli became the Fastest Batsman to reach 12, 000 runs in ODIs during the 3-match Dettol ODI series 33. Padma Bhushan Dharampala Chunni Lal Gulati, also 2020 in Australia. He took how much innings to achieve called as “King of Spice”, passed away recently. He was the milestone? founder and CEO of which Brand? (a) 240 innings (b) 235 innings (a) Goldie Masale (b) Ashok Masala (c) 242 innings (d) 252 innings (c) MDH Masala (d) Catch Masala www.studycampus.in 2| Page 022-41237666 STUDY CAMPUS December Current Affairs (MCQ) 34.Indian Navy Day celebrates in annual day on which day 44. Forbes 100 Influential Women 2020 ranked Nirmala to celebrate the achievements of Indian Navy and Sitharaman at ______ position. commemorate the launch of Operation Trident during the (a) 34 (b) 39 1971 Indo-Pak war? (c) 68 (d) 41 (a) December 1 (b) December 2 (c) December 3 (d) December 4 45. What is the theme of 2020, United Nations(UN) International Anti-Corruption Day is observed annually on 35. Who is the Newly appointed President of the December 9? Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (a) Recover with Integrity (b) Together We Can (FICCI) for the year 2020-21 (c) Fight the Pandemic (d) Rejuvenate Economy (a) Shobana Kamineni (b) Uday Shankar (c) Sunil Rayan (d) Jahnabi Phookan 46. Who is the winner of 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize from Asia? 36. Who is the Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2020? (a) Hans Cosmas Ngoteya, Tanzania (a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Tim Cook (b) Paul Sein Twa, Myanmar (c) Jeff Bezos (d) Elon Musk (c) Malaika Vaz, India (d) Gloria Chang, Hong Kong 37. The administrator of the Union Territory(UT) of Lakshadweep, Dineshwar Sharma, passed away recently, 47. Which Island of the World Heritage listed Great Barrier he was also the former chief of which organisation Reef was under threat due to Australian Bushfire on (a) Intelligence Bureau December, 2020? (b) Research and Analysis Wing (a) Heron Island (b) Bedarra Island (c) National Investigation Agency (c) Hayman Island (d) Fraser island (d) Bureau of Police Research and Development 48. On December 2020, Union Cabinet chaired by PM 38. Who has returned his Padma Vibhushan Award in Modi approved wireless internet hotspot service project protest to the Farm Bills? “PM-WANI”.
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