Current Affairs : 22 December to 28 December, 2020 : Multiple Choice Questions

CURRENT AFFAIRS

22 DECEMBER, 2020 TO 28 DECEMBER, 2020

1. Who won the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Telecom Skill Excellence Awards 2018?

(a) Sreenivas Karanam

(b) Subrat Kar

(c) Bhim Singh

(d) Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi

Answer: (a)

2. Which state government has launched a special campaign ‘Varasat’ (natural succession) to curb property & land-related disputes in rural areas?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Bihar

(d) Rajasthan

Answer: (b)

3. West Bengal’s first oil and gas reserve, ‘Bengal Basin’ is explored and owned by which of the following?

(a) Indian Oil Corporation Limited

(b) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

(c) Bharat Petroleum

(d) Hindustan Petroleum

Answer: (b)

4. Which state government has unveiled the Farmer Registration and Unified beneficiary Information System (FRUITS), an e-governance portal to create a repository of farmland information and farm loan details on a single platform?

(a) Kerala

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Karnataka

(d) Odisha

Answer: (c)

5. Which state government has launched Mobile Application and web portal called ‘PR Insight’, to improve the delivery of citizen-centric services, based upon the feedback of its citizens on government policies?

(a) Punjab

(b) Haryana

(c) Assam

(d) West Bengal

Answer: (a)

6. UN Women have collaborated with which state government to establish India’s first Gender Data Hub?

(a) Assam

(b) Tripura

(c) Kerala

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (c)

7. Who is the author of the recently released book ‘Ayodhya’?

(a) Madhav Bhandari

(b) Lal Krishna Advani

(c) Rajnath Singh

(d) Yogi Adityanath

Answer: (a)

8. Who is the author of the book ‘Oh Mizoram’?

(a) P. S. Sreedharan Pillai

(b) Jagdish Mukhi

(c) Kummanam Rajasekharan

(d) Keshari Nath Tripathi

Answer: (a)

9. Who is the author of the new book titled ‘Covid-19: Sabhyata ka Sankat Aur Samadhan’?

(a) Venki Ramakrishnan

(b) Amartya Sen

(c) Azim Premji

(d) Kailash Satyarthi

Answer: (d)

10. Which bank has launched an online platform ‘Infinite India’ to support foreign companies to establish or expand business in India?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) Axis Bank

(d) IDFC First Bank

Answer: (b)

11. Which bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard under which the bank would offer customised services along with a host of facilities to account holders?

(a) Canara Bank

(b) Punjab National Bank

(c) Bank of Baroda

(d) State Bank of India

Answer: (c)

12. Which of the following Srinagar based institute has been recognized with the ‘Award of Merit’ in the 2020 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation?

(a) Amar Singh College

(b) Cluster University Srinagar

(c) Government College for Women

(d) Sri Pratap College

Answer: (a)

13. Which of the following has been conferred “Excellence” in the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2020 in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Domain?

(a) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

(b) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

(c) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

(d) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)

Answer: (d)

14. Which of the following is the top-ranked company among the 100 Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) companies in the country, as per the BFSI Movers and Shakers 2020 report by Wizikey?

(a) Yes Bank

(b) HDFC Bank

(c) State Bank of India

(d) ICICI Bank

Answer: (b)

15. Where is India’s first Lithium refinery soon going to be set up?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Bihar

(d) Assam

Answer: (a)

16. When is International Human Solidarity Day observed?

(a) 20 December

(b) 22 December

(c) 24 December

(d) 26 December

Answer: (a)

17. When is National Mathematics Day observed?

(a) 18 December

(b) 20 December

(c) 22 December

(d) 24 December

Answer: (c)

18. When is Good Governance Day (Sushasan Divas) observed?

(a) 22 December

(b) 23 December

(c) 24 December

(d) 25 December

Answer: (d)

19. When is National Farmer’s Day (Kisan Diwas) observed?

(a) 20 December

(b) 21 December

(c) 22 December

(d) 23 December

Answer: (d)

20. When is National Consumer Rights Day observed?

(a) 21 December

(b) 22 December

(c) 23 December

(d) 24 December

Answer: (d)