Q.1 Which state has adopted a resolution demanding repeal of AFSPA?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Tripura
c. Manipur
d. Nagaland
Q.2 Who is the author of the book titled”The Monk who transformed Uttar Pradesh”?
a. Shantanu Sharma
b. Shantanu Varma
c. Shantanu Gupta
d. Shantanu Rai
Q.3 Who has been appointed as the New President Of the Indian Newspaper Society?
a. Mohit Jain
b. Rahul Jain
c. Rohit Jain
d. Pooja Jain
Q.4 Gabriel Boric, a former student activist, has been elected as which nation’s youngest president?
a. Chile
b. Argentina
b. Brazil
d. Mexico
Q.5 Who will lead the Indian squad in the ICC Under -19 Men’s World Cup 2022?
a. Dinesh Bana
b. Siddarth Yadav
c. Yash Dhull
d. Nishant Sindhu
Q.6 Who has authored the book titled “India’s Ancient Legacy of Wellness”?
a. Amitav Ghosh
b. Rekha Chaudhari
c. Subhadra Sen Gupta
d. Avtar Singh Bhasin
Q.7 Who has been awarded the Golden Peacock Environmental Management Award 2021?
a. Defense Research and Development Organization
b. Small Industries Development Bank of India
c. Indian Space Research Organization
d. Steel Authority of India Limited
Q.8 Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana inaugurated International Arbitration Center in which state?
a. Odisha
b. Telangana
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Karnataka
Q.9 The ULIP hackathon – LogiXtics is organized by whom?
a. NICDC Logistics Data Bank Services Limited
b. Reserve Bank of India
c. National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation
d. Atal Innovation Mission
Q.10 Who has been appointed as the Chef de Mission of India’s contingent for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing?
a. Vipin Sharma
b. Harjinder Singh
c. Raunak Singh
d. Ravi Tripathi
Q.11 Which is the first union territory to have 100% vaccination?
a. Delhi
b. Lakshadweep
c. Andaman and Nicobar
d. Puducherry
Q.12 Which state has topped in the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana list with the highest number of bank accounts?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Odisha
d. Assam
Q.13 National Farmer’s Day is celebrated every year on which day?
a. December 23
b. December 22
c. December 24
d. December 21
Q.14 Which nation is hosting the U-19 Youth Asia Cup?
a. India
b. UAE
c. Bangladesh
d. Qatar
Q.15 Which Indian woman has been given UN Women’s Award 2021?
a. Arunima Sinha
b. Divya Hegde
c. Shila Dawre
d. Roshini Sharma
Q.16 India successfully conducted the maiden flight test of which indigenously-developed, surface-to-surface missile off the Odisha coast?
a. Pralay
b. Parvati
c. Prabal
d. Prakash
Q.17 Which country has launched the ‘National Oxygen Stewardship Programme’ to prevent wastage of Medical Oxygen?
a. India
b. Bangladesh
c. USA
d. UK
Q.18 Which state Assembly clears Bill to prevent mob violence and lynching?
a. Kerala
b. Jharkhand
c. Haryana
d. Rajasthan
Q.19 National Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on which date?
a. December 22
b. December 24
c. December 23
d. December 21
Q.20 Which state has become the first to start ‘Air Health Service’ in rural areas?
a. Bihar
b. Kerala
c. Telangana
d. Odisha
Answers –
Q.1 d) The Nagaland Assembly unanimously passed a resolution demanding the repeal of AFSPA in Nagaland.
Q.2 c)
Q.3 a) Mohit Jain of The Economic Times has been appointed as President of The Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2021-22 and will replace L. Adimoolam of Health & The Antiseptic.
Q.4 a)
Q.5 c)
Q.6 b) A book titled “India’s Ancient Legacy of Wellness” authored by Dr Rekha Chaudhari was launched in the presence of the Governor of Maharashtra, Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Q.7 d) Steel Authority of India Limited under the Ministry of Steel has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021 for three consecutive years.
Q.8 b) Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated India’s first International Arbitration and Arbitration Center at Phoenix VK Tower in Nanakramguda, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Q.9 d) The ULIP hackathon – LogiXtics is organised by NITI Aayog and Atal Innovation Mission and supported by National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) and NICDC Logistics Data Bank Services Limited (NLDSL).
Q.10 b) The Indian Olympic Association of India (IOA) has appointed the Ice Hockey Association of India’s general secretary, Harjinder Singh (former footballer), as the Chef de Mission of the country’s contingent for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Q.11 c)
Q.12 b) The total number of beneficiaries under the Center’s financial inclusion scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), has crossed the 44 crore mark.
Q.13 a) National Farmer’s Day is celebrated every year on 23 December, on the birthday of the 5th Prime Minister of India, Choudhary Charan Singh, also a farmer’s leader, who introduced many policies to improve the lives of the Indian farmers.
Q.14 b)
Q.15 b) Divya Hegde from Karnataka, has won the UN Women’s Award for Leadership Commitment at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principles Awards ceremony.
Q.16 a)
Q.17 a) The Indian government launched the “National Oxygen Stewardship Programme” to train health care workers in rational utilization of medical oxygen to prevent wastage.
Q.18 b) The Jharkhand Assembly has passed the Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021.
Q.19 b)
Q.20 d) Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva (air ambulance service) at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here to provide health services to people of remote and backward areas of the State.