DAILY GK QUIZ: 24 DEC 2020
[Q] Where was
India’s 1st Call Centre for Aquafarmers launched by Marine Products Export
Development Authority (MPEDA)?
(a) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
(b) Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
(c) Nagpur, Maharashtra
(d) Hyderabad, Telangana
(e) Ludhiana, Punjab
[ANS] b
[Q] Where did
Haryana CM Jai Ram Thakur commenced the International Gita Mahotsav 2020 that
will be held from 17 to 25 December, 2020?
(a) Gurugram
(b) Sonipat
(c) Kurukshetra
(d) Faridabad
(e) Chandigarh
[ANS] c
[Q] Who
represented India in the recently held India-Vietnam Virtual Summit 2020 where
7 MoUs (Memorandum of Understandings) were signed to enhance the Joint Vision
for Peace, Prosperity and People to guide the future development on December,
2020?
(a) Amit Shah
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
(d) Rajnath Singh
(e) Nitin Gadkari
[ANS] b
[Q] Which state
government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UN Women to
establish India’s first Gender Data Hub on December, 2020?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Gujarat
(d) Kerala
(e) Punjab
[ANS] d
[Q] Who was
recently honoured with ‘Legion of Merit’ (Degree: Chief Commander) by US
President Donald Trump on December, 2020?
(a) Rajnath Singh
(b) Karambir Singh
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Bipin Rawat
(e) Manoj Mukund Naravane
[ANS] c
[Q] Who was
honoured with the title of ‘Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace’
for promoting ‘unity, peace and sustainability’ by the Federation of
Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (FIICC) on December, 2020?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Larry Ellison
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Warren Buffett
(e) Bill Gates
[ANS] a
[Q] Who received
the 2020 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (10000 USD)?
(a) Yifeng Liu
(b) Shai Evra
(c) Kannan Soundararajan
(d) Jack Thorne
(e) Manjul Bhargava
[ANS] b
[Q] Who became
BBC’s 2020 Sports Personality of the Year?
(a) Cristiano Ronaldo
(b) Roger Federer
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Lewis Hamilton
(e) Lionel Messi
[ANS] d
[Q] When was
National Mathematics Day observed annually, marking the birth anniversary of
India’s renowned mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?
(a) 19th December
(b) 21st December
(c) 18th December
(d) 22nd December
(e) 14th December
[ANS] d
[Q] Which state
has highest number of Leopards as per the ‘Status of Leopards in India, 2018’
report released by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, that recorded India’s 60 %
jump in Leopard population compared to 2014?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka
(e) Madhya Pradesh
[ANS] e
[Q] Who has been
appointed as the head of the High-Level Committee (HLC) formed by the government
to commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?
(a) Venkaiah Naidu
(b) Rajnath Singh
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Amit Shah
(e) Ramnath Kovind
[ANS] d
[Q] The Vice
President of India Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 12th GRIHA Summit recently.
The summit is organised by which organisation?
(a) Food Corporation of India
(b) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry
(c) Confederation of Indian Industry
(d) The Energy and Resources Institute###
(e) Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of
India
[ANS] d
[Q] National
Farmer’s Day is observed in India on which day?
(a) December 20
(b) December 22
(c) December 21
(d) December 23
(e) December 24
[ANS] d
[Q] India’s
first Gender Data Hub will set up in __________________.
(a) Assam
(b) Kerala
(c) Goa
(d) Delhi
(e) Punjab
[ANS] b
[Q] Who among
the following has been appointed as the new President of The Associated
Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham)?
(a) Niranjan Hiranandani
(b) Sumant Sinha
(c) Vineet Agarwal
(d) Ranjan Tripathi
(e) Saurabh Gupta
[ANS] c
