Current Affairs : 29 December, 2020 to 04 January, 2021 : Multiple Choice Questions

CURRENT AFFAIRS

29 DECEMBER, 2020 TO 04 JANUARY, 2021

1. Who won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade?

(a) M.S. Dhoni

(b) Virat Kohli

(c) Steve Smith

(d) Ben Stokes

Answer: (a)

2. Who won the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade?

(a) David Warner

(b) Ben Stokes

(c) Virat Kohli

(d) Chris Gayle

Answer: (c)

3. Who won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade?

(a) Sarah Taylor

(b) Ellyse Perry

(c) Mithali Raj

(d) Smriti Mandhana

Answer: (b)

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY) SEHAT scheme to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of which of the following?

(a) Lakshadweep

(b) Ladakh

(c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(d) Jammu and Kashmir

Answer: (d)

5. AU Small Finance Bank has announced a strategic partnership with which of the following to offer life insurance solutions?

(a) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

(b) HDFC Life Insurance

(c) SBI Life Insurance

(d) Max Life Insurance

Answer: (a)

6. Which of the following has recently signed an MoU with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India to co-create India’s first Social Impact Bond (SIB)?

(a) Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad

(b) Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Mumbai

(c) Guwahati Municipal Corporation, Guwahati

(d) Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pune

Answer: (d)

7. Who has taken over as the new Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) with effect from January 01, 2021?

(a) Anil Kumar Chaudhary

(b) Nisa Godrej

(c) Soma Mondal

(d) Ameera Shah

Answer: (c)

8. Who has been conferred with the prestigious “Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020”?

(a) Vinod Kumar Yadav

(b) Ashwani Lohani

(c) Piyush Goyal

(d) Sudhir Bhargava

Answer: (a)

9. Who has been conferred with the prestigious Tansen Samman in the 96th Tansen Music Festival held in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh?

(a) Ustad Zakir Hussain

(b) Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

(c) Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

(d) Pandit Satish Vyas

Answer: (d)

10. Which Indian wrestler has become the first wrestler of the country to finish on the podium position at the Individual Wrestling World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia?

(a) Geeta Phogat

(b) Anshu Malik

(c) Sakshi Malik

(d) Babita Phogat

Answer: (b)

11. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has imposed a 5-year ban on which Russian shuttler for charges of “betting, wagering and irregular match results”?

(a) Nikita Khakimov

(b) Nina Vislova

(c) Vladimir Malkov

(d) Valeria Sorokina

Answer: (a)

12. Who has been named as the captain of the ICC ODI Team of the Decade?

(a) M.S. Dhoni

(b) Virat Kohli

(c) Eoin Morgan

(d) Aaron Finch

Answer: (a)

13. Who has been named as the captain of the ICC Test Team of the Decade?

(a) Tim Paine

(b) Virat Kohli

(c) Joe Root

(d) Faf du Plessis

Answer: (b)

14. Who has been named as the captain of the ICC T20I Team of the Decade?

(a) Eoin Morgan

(b) Quinton de Kock

(c) Aaron Finch

(d) M.S. Dhoni

Answer: (d)

15. Who is the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?

(a) Yogi Adityanath

(b) Nitish Kumar

(c) Shivraj Singh Chouhan

(d) Kamal Nath

Answer: (c)

16. Who is the Governor of Madhya Pradesh?

(a) Ganeshi Lal

(b) Jagdish Mukhi

(c) Jagdeep Dhankhar

(d) Anandiben Patel

Answer: (d)

17. Who is the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?

(a) Trivendra Singh Rawat

(b) Hemant Soren

(c) B. S. Yediyurappa

(d) Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

Answer: (a)

18. Who is the Governor of Uttarakhand?

(a) P. S. Sreedharan Pillai

(b) Najma Heptulla

(c) Satya Pal Malik

(d) Baby Rani Maurya

Answer: (d)

19. Who is the present CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC)?

(a) Manu Sawhney

(b) Sourav Ganguly

(c) David Richardson

(d) Greg Barclay

Answer: (a)

20. When is the Foundation Day of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?

(a) 01 January

(b) 02 January

(c) 03 January

(d) 04 January

Answer: (a)