DAILY GK QUIZ: 25 DEC 2020
[Q] Where is
India planning to set-up Coastal Radar Stations to expand India’s Coastal
Surveillance Network (CSN) as of December, 2020?
(a) Bangladesh, Pakistan & Myanmar
(b) Maldives, Myanmar & Bangladesh
(c) Indonesia, Singapore & Sri Lanka
(d) Mauritius, Seychelles & Sri Lanka
(e) Indonesia, Myanmar & Seychelles
[ANS] b
[Q] Which pharma
company will become the world’s first company to produce a ‘Green Vaccine’?
(a) Cadila Healthcare
(b) Roche
(c) Serum Institute of India
(d) Pfizer
(e) Johnson & Johnson
[ANS] c
[Q] Which Bank
signed with Government of India for $500 Million (around Rs 3,692 crore) loan
towards Green National Highways Corridors Project to build safe, green and
resilient highways, on December, 2020?
(a) European Central Bank
(b) Asian Development Bank
(c) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(d) World Bank
(e) International Monetary Fund
[ANS] d
[Q] Which
country recently signed an MoU with India for cooperation in health and
medicine and Supporting ‘Green Healthcare’, on December, 2020?
(a) United States of America
(b) Canada
(c) China
(d) Turkey
(e) Israel
[ANS] e
[Q] Which is the
new Space Carrier Rocket used by China to successfully launch 5 satellites into
space in its maiden flight, on December, 2020?
(a) Long March 8
(b) Falcon 9 rocket
(c) Soyuz rocket
(d) Antares rocket
(e) Long March 11
[ANS] a
[Q] What was the
Rank of Indian Men Hockey Team in the ranking released by International Hockey
Federation (FIH) for 2020?
(a) 9
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 7
(e) 4
[ANS] e
[Q] Who authored
the book, “The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha”?
(a) Kunwar Natwar Singh
(b) Jairam Ramesh
(c) Chinmay Tumbe
(d) Chandrakant Lahariya
(e) Tamal Bandyopadhyay
[ANS] b
[Q] To honour
the birth anniversary of which former Indian Prime Minister, Indian government
has recognised 23rd December as National Farmers Day or Kisan Diwas?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) M. S. Swaminathan
(c) Chaudhary Charan Singh
(d) Norman Borlaug
(e) Verghese Kurien
[ANS] c
[Q] Himalayan
Serow, a species believed to be extinct was recently found at __________.
(a) Spiti valley
(b) Pin Valley
(c) Parvati Valley
(d) Nubra Valley
(e) Chandra Taal
[ANS] a
[Q] The
government of India recently signed a $500 million project to build safe and
green national highway corridors in the states of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh with which of the following institution?.
(a) IMF
(b) Asian Development Bank
(c) RBI
(d) New Development Bank
(e) World Bank
[ANS] e
[Q] Amar Singh
College which was recognised with ‘Award of Merit’ by UNESCO is located in
which city?
(a) Allahabad
(b) Srinagar
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Ahmedabad
(e) Bhopal
[ANS] b
[Q] Who
collaborated with Google Pay to offer tokenised payment flow for its merchants?
(a) Razorpay
(b) Paytm
(c) Paypal
(d) PayU
(e) Instamojo
[ANS] d
[Q] Devendra
Fadnavis has released the book ‘Ayodhya’ written by ____________.
(a) Madhav Bhandari
(b) Ramesh Chandra
(c) Yogesh Verma
(d) Suman Tripathi
(e) Rohan Chawla
[ANS] a
[Q] Name the
winners of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay New India Foundation Book Prize 2020.
(a) Vikram Seth and Jhumpa Lahiri
(b) Kiran Desai and Aravind Adiga
(c) Rohinton Mistry and Amish Tripathi
(d) Vikram Chandra and Preeti Shenoy
(e) Amit Ahuja and Jairam Ramesh
[ANS] e
[Q] Union
Cabinet approved revised guidelines for Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting
services, allowing __________ foreign direct investment (FDI) as well as
increasing the licence period to 20 years.
(a) 51 per cent
(b) 100 per cent
(c) 70 per cent
(d) 80 per cent
(e) 49 per cent
[ANS] b
[Q] Which of the
following bank has agreed to run the FRUITS portal on a pilot basis?
(a) SBI
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) Canara Bank
(d) Bank of India
(e) Punjab National Bank
[ANS] c
[Q] What is the
slogan of the consumer awareness program in India?
(a) You buy your rights
(b) Know your rights to consume
(c) Your Product, Your Rights
(d) You are stronger with your rights
(e) Be aware consumer
[ANS] e
