Current Affairs : 01 December to 07 December, 2020 : Multiple Choice Questions

CURRENT AFFAIRS

01 DECEMBER, 2020 TO 07 DECEMBER, 2020

1. Which of the following the 2020 Fortune 500 list of Indian companies?

(a) Indian Oil Corporation

(b) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

(c) Reliance Industries Ltd.

(d) State Bank of India

Answer: (c)

2. Which state government has launched a massive campaign titled ‘Duare Sarkar’ to aware people about the 11 state-run welfare schemes and help them avail its benefits?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Assam

(c) Tripura

(d) Odisha

Answer: (a)

3. Who among the following rang the bell at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to mark the listing of bonds of Lucknow Municipal Corporation on the exchange?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Yogi Adityanath

(c) Rajnath Singh

(d) Amit Shah

Answer: (b)

4. Which country has declared a ‘climate emergency’ and promised to make its public sector carbon neutral by 2025?

(a) Australia

(b) Canada

(c) Switzerland

(d) New Zealand

Answer: (d)

5. Which of the following has launched an ‘SMS Pay’ functionality on POS terminals that would allow merchants to accept contactless and remote payments from their customers?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) YES Bank

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) Axis Bank

Answer: (b)

6. Who has been as the first-ever ‘Kid of the Year’ by the TIME magazine?

(a) Gitanjali Rao

(b) Tyler Gordon

(c) Jordan Reeves

(d) Bellen Woodard

Answer: (a)

7. Which city has been ranked as the world’s most polluted city according to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality Index (AQI)?

(a) New Delhi, India

(b) Dhaka, Bangladesh

(c) Colombo, Sri Lanka

(d) Lahore, Pakistan

Answer: (d)

8. Which country has topped in the list of countries most affected by terrorism in 2019 of Global Terrorism Index 2020?

(a) Pakistan

(b) Afghanistan

(c) Iraq

(d) Syria

Answer: (b)

9. What is the rank of India in the list of countries most affected by terrorism in 2019 of Global Terrorism Index 2020?

(a) 2nd

(b) 8th

(c) 15th

(d) 20th

Answer: (b)

10. Who has topped the list of wealthiest women in India according to the second edition of ‘Kotak Wealth Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women’ report?

(a) Leena Gandhi Tewari

(b) Nilima Motaparti

(c) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

(d) Roshni Nadar Malhotra

Answer: (d)

11. Which police station has topped the list of best police stations in India?

(a) Sooramangalam All Women Police Station, Tamil Nadu

(b) Kharsang, Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Nongpok Sekmai Police Station, Manipur

(d) Latasil Police Station, Assam

Answer: (c)

12. Who has won the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain?

(a) Lewis Hamilton

(b) Valtteri Bottas

(c) Max Verstappen

(d) Daniel Ricciardo

Answer: (a)

13. Who has become the fastest cricketer to reach 12,000 runs in One-day International cricket?

(a) Joe Root

(b) Steve Smith

(c) Virat Kohli

(d) AB de Villiers

Answer: (c)

14. Who has become the quickest cricketer to complete 22,000 runs in International cricket?

(a) Virat Kohli

(b) Steve Smith

(c) AB de Villiers

(d) Faf du Plesis

Answer: (a)

15. When is the National Organ Donation Day observed?

(a) 25 November

(b) 27 November

(c) 29 November

(d) 01 December

Answer: (b)

16. When is the World Aids Day observed?

(a) 01 December

(b) 03 December

(c) 05 December

(d) 07 December

Answer: (a)

17. When is the National Navy Day observed?

(a) 01 December

(b) 02 December

(c) 03 December

(d) 04 December

Answer: (d)

18. When is the World Computer Literacy Day observed?

(a) 02 December

(b) 04 December

(c) 06 December

(d) 08 December

Answer: (a)

19. When is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed?

(a) 01 December

(b) 03 December

(c) 05 December

(d) 07 December

Answer: (b)

20. When is the International Volunteer Day observed?

(a) 02 December

(b) 03 December

(c) 04 December

(d) 05 December

Answer: (d)