Q.1 When is Armed Forces Flag Day observed?
a. December 2nd
b. December 3rd
c. December 7th
d. December 9th
Q.2 Which nation is the host of the ongoing two-day SCO cyber security seminar?
a. Russia
b. India
c. China
d. Pakistan
Q.3 Which nation has announced boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing?
a. US
b. Germany
c. Japan
d. India
Q.4 Which project has won 2 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2021?
a. Baan Khun Phithak Raya, Pattani, Thailand
b. Doleshwar Hanafia Jame Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh
c. Mrigadayavan Palace Woodshop, Phetchaburi, Thailand
d. Nizamuddin Basti, New Delhi, India
Q.5 What was the theme for World Soil Day 2021?
a. Stop Soil Erosion, Save our Future!
b. Be the Solution to Soil Pollution
c. Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity
d. Keep Soil Alive, Protect Soil Biodiversity
Q.6 Vinod Dua recently passed away at 67. He was associated with which field?
a. Politics
b. Architecture
c. Journalism
d. Administrator
Q.7 Which state has left behind Maharashtra to become the country’s leading manufacturing hub, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Gujarat
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Tamil Nadu
Q.8 Who is the author of the new book titled ’1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories’?
a. Amit Ranjan
b. Subhadra Sen Gupta
c. Sanjay Baru
d. Rachna Bisht Rawat
Q.9 Which country has promised to end child marriage by 2030 in line with the African Union’s campaign to end child marriages in the continent?
a. South Sudan
b. South Africa
c. Botswana
d. Kenya
Q.10 Which country has been elected as the following Chair of the Group of 77 for the yr 2022?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. China
d. SriLanka
Q.11 Which of the following has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer Startup Toolkit for entrepreneurs?
a. CCAvenue
b. Paytm
c. PhonePe
d. PayU
Q.12 Eileen Ash, the oldest test cricketer passed away recently. For which cricket team Eileen Ash belongs?
a. Australia
b. England
c. New Zealand
d. South Africa
Q.13 Which bank in collaboration with NPCI launched ‘On-the-Go’ wearable keychain?
a. City Union Bank
b. Yes Bank
c. Axis Bank
d. ICICI Bank
Q.14 Who among the following has won the 57th Jnanpith Award?
a. Damodar Mauzo
b. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
c. Amitav Ghosh
d. Shankha Ghosh
Q.15 Which tennis team has won the Davis Cup tennis tournament 2021, held in Madrid?
a. Croatia
b. Russia
c. Denmark
d. India
Q.16 Name the joint military Exercise whose 11th edition has been conducted by India and Maldives.
a. Surya Kiran
b. Suraksha Kavach
c. Mitra Shakti
d. Ekuverin
Q.17 Konijeti Rosaiah passed away recently. He was former Chief Minister of which state?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Karnataka
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Andhra Pradesh
Q.18 Cambridge Dictionary has recently named which among the following as the Word of the Year 2021?
a. Perseverance
b. Clarity
c. Vision
d. NFT
Q.19 Alka Upadhyaya has been appointed chairperson of which institution?
a. DRDO
b. ISRO
c. NHAI
d. State Bank of India
Q.20 Which nation hosted the 4th Asia Youth Para Games?
a. Oman
b. Bahrain
c. China
d. Japan
Answers –
Q.1 c)
Q.2 b) India is hosting a two-day cyber security seminar for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries in New Delhi on December 7-8,2021. The seminar will see participation from representatives of all SCO member states including Russia, China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Pakistan has confirmed the participation of its delegation.
Q.3 a)
Q.4 d) Nizamuddin Revival Project, India’s project on the holistic urban revitalisation of the historic Nizamuddin Basti community, in New Delhi, Delhi has won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2021 under 2 categories: Award of Excellence and Special Recognition for Sustainable Development.
Q.5 c)
Q.6 c)
Q.7 b) Gujarat has left behind Maharashtra to become the country’s leading manufacturing hub, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Q.8 d)
Q.9 a) South Sudan’s Government has promised to end child marriage by 2030 in line with the African Union’s campaign to end child marriages in the continent.
Q.10 b) Pakistan has been elected as the following Chair of the Group of 77 for the yr 2022 with Islamabad promising a improvement agenda specializing in debt restructuring, concessional financing, local weather finance and ending illicit monetary flows.
Q.11 b) Paytm, a leading digital ecosystem for consumers and merchants, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer Paytm Startup Toolkit with exclusive payment services to early-stage Indian startups.
Q.12 b)
Q.13 a) City Union Bank (CUB), in collaboration with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and its manufacturing partner Seshaasai, has announced the launch of RuPay On-the-Go contactless wearable keychain for its debit card customers.
Q.14 a) Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award. Mauzo is based out of Majorda, Goa, and has previously won the Sahitya Akademi Award. He is known for his novels, such as Karmelin, and Tsunami Simon, and short stories Teresa’s Man and Other Stories from Goa.
Q.15 b) The Davis Cup 2021 was won by Russian Tennis Federation by a 2-0 lead over Croatia in the Davis Cup final in Madrid.
Q.16 d)
Q.17 d)
Q.18 a) Perseverance, a word which captures the undaunted will of people across the world to never give up, despite the many challenges of the last 12 months, is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2021.
Q.19 c) Alka Upadhyaya has been appointed as the chairperson of the National,Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Q.20 b)