Q.1 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
a. Om Prakash Dadhich
b. Vivek Johri
c. Sandeep Kumar
d. Sungita Sharma
Q.2 The India International Science Festival (IISF) in 2021 will be held in which state?
a. Goa
b. Delhi
c. West Bengal
d. Kerala
Q.3 Who has been awarded the Best Actor award at the BRICS Film Festival 2021?
a. Vikram Gokhale
b. Jitendra Bhikulal Joshi
c. Kunal Kapoor
d. Dhanush
Q.4 Name the winner of the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 52nd IFFI in Goa?
a. Night Forest (Germany)
b. Tiffin (India)
c. Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (Chad, France, Belgium, Germany)
d. Killing the Eunuch Khan (Iran)
Q.5 The world’s first floating city is proposed to be developed in which country?
a. Australia
b. France
c. Netherlands
d. South Korea
Q.6 Who has recently been elected as the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF)?
a. Malavath Purna
b. Santosh Yadav
c. Harshwanti Bisht
d. Premlata Agarwal
Q.7 Who is the new Twitter CEO?
a. Sundar Pichai
b. Nikesh Arora
c. Parag Aggarwal
d. George Kurian
Q.8 Rihanna has been named as the national hero of which nation?
a. The Gambia
b. Barbados
c. US
d. Canada
Q.9 Who won the men’s Ballon d’Or award 2021?
a. Lionel Messi
b. Robert Lewandowski
c. Kaka
d. Cristiano Ronaldo
Q.10 When is World AIDS Day observed?
a. November 30th
b. December 1st
c. December 2nd
d. December 3rd
Answers –
Q.1 b)
Q.2 a) The 7th edition of the four-day India International Science Festival (IISF) is scheduled to be held in Panaji, Goa, from December 10 to 13, 2021. The festival theme in 2021 is `Celebrating Creativity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Prosperous India’.
Q.3 d)
Q.4 c) The internationally co-produced drama film Lingui: The Sacred Bonds has won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at IFFI 52 in Goa.
Q.5 d) South Korea is soon going to get the world’s first floating city, to deal with the problem of flood due to rising sea levels. The floating city project is a joint effort by the UN Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habit) and OCEANIX.
Q.6 c)
Q.7 c)
Q.8 b) Rihanna has been declared as the national hero of Barbados. The country made the announcement after removing Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and entering a new era as a republic.
Q.9 a) Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or award for a record seventh time on November 30, 2021. Spain’s Alexia Putellas won the women’s Ballon d’Or award for the first time.
Q.10 b) World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day aims to raise awareness about the disease and commemorate those who have passed away due to it and celebrate victories in the field such as increased access to treatment and prevention services.