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Current Affairs MCQs of 8 December 2021
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Q.1 India has joined the ‘G20 Troika’ with Indonesia and Italy. India will host the G-20 leaders’ summit in which year?
a. 2024
b. 2023
b. 2025
d. 2022
Q.2 Which state police has conducted the ‘President’s Color Award’ ceremony?
a. Rajasthan
b. Uttrakhand
c. Gujarat
d. Himachal Pradesh
Q.3 Who has been crowned as the woman of the year by World Athletics?
a. Anju Bobby George
b. P.T. Usha
c. Chitra Soman
d. Seema Punia
Q.4 Which other two countries have joined India in the G20 Troika?
a. Vietnam, Iran
b. Indonesia, Italy
c. France, Singapore
d. Malaysia, Sri Lanka
Q.5 Who has been named as the chairman of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)?
a. Sudhanshu Trivedi
b. Jay Shah
c. G. Kamala Vardhana Rao
d. Sambit Patra
Q.6 Earth Station of Doordarshan Kendra inaugurated in which place?
a. Shimla
b. Dehradun
c. Kanpur
d. Gorakhpur
Q.7 ‘Nizamuddin Basti’ is a conservation project based at which Indian state/UT?
a. New Delhi
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Bihar
d. Uttar Pradesh
Q.8 India will have how many nuclear reactors by 2024?
a. 7
b. 8
c. 5
d. 9
Q.9 India is scheduled to sign a deal to procure around 7.5 lakh AK-203 assault rifles with which nation?
a. United States
b. France
c. Germany
d. Russia
Q.10 Which Indian-born economist is to be appointed as the first Deputy Managing Director of IMF?
a. Gita Gopinath
b. Usha Thorat
c. Raghuram Rajan
d. Urjit Patel
Answers-
Q.1 b) India will assume G20 Presidency in December 2022 from Indonesia and will convene the G20 Leaders’ Summit for the first time in 2023.
Q.2 d) Himachal Pradesh Police has conducted the ‘President’s Color Award’ ceremony at Shimla’s historic Ridge Ground.
Q.3 a) Legendary Indian athlete Anju Bobby George has been bestowed with the Woman of the Year Award by World Athletics for grooming talent in the country and for her advocacy of gender equality.
Q.4 b) India has joined the ‘G20 Troika’ and will work closely with Indonesia and Italy to ensure the continuity and stability of the G20 agenda.
Q.5 d)
Q.6 d) Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated Earth Station of Doordarshan Kendra at Gorakhpur.
Q.7 a) The UNESCO has conferred the Award of Excellence and Special Recognition for Sustainable Development Award, for conservation efforts at Nizamuddin Basti in the Indian capital.
Q.8 d) The nation will have 9 nuclear reactors by 2024 and a new nuclear project, the first in northern India, will come up 150 kms away from Delhi in Gorakhpur of Haryana, the government informed the Rajya Sabha.
Q.9 d) India and Russia are scheduled to sign a deal on supplying 7.5 lakh AK-203 assault rifles, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India.
Q.10 a) Gita Gopinath, the India-born, first female chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is set to take over as the first deputy managing director (FDMD).