DAILY GK QUIZ: 9, 10 DEC 2020
[Q] Central
Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has initiated the “Quarterly Return
filing & Monthly Payment (QRMP)” scheme under the GST System for small
taxpayers with turnover up to –
(a) Rs. 10 Crore
(b) Rs. 1 Crore
(c) Rs. 2 Crore
(d) Rs. 15 Crore
(e) Rs. 5 Crore
[ANS] e
[Q] Which
Railway station in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been renamed as “Maa Barahi Devi
Dham”?
(a) Subedarganj railway station
(b) Chungi Pratapgarh Railway station
(c) Basti Railway Station
(d) Dandupur railway station
(e) Amroha Railway Station
[ANS] d
[Q] Which
department has made it compulsory to mention the 8 digit HSN (Harmonised System
of Nomenclature) code for 49 chemical based products
(a) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
(b) Narcotics Control Bureau
(c) Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal
(d) Income Tax Department
(e) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
[ANS] a
[Q] Karnataka
state government has laid foundation stone for Waste to Energy Plant at _____.
(a) Hadagali
(b) Bidadi
(c) Hagaribommanahalli
(d) Kottur
(e) Kampli
[ANS] b
[Q] Which
country become the first to approve the sales of Lab-grown chicken meat by US
based start-up “Just Eat”?
(a) Philippines
(b) Malaysia
(c) South Korea
(d) Thailand
(e) Singapore
[ANS] e
[Q] On the 63rd
United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UN-CND), which has been removed
from the “Most Dangerous Drug” category.
(a) Digoxin
(b) Clozapine
(c) Cocaine
(d) Anti-Hypertensives
(e) Cannabis
[ANS] e
[Q] Who has been
named as the “Asian of the Year”, 2020, for his contribution in fighting the
COVID-19 Pandemic?
(a) Chen Wei
(b) Adar Poonawalla
(c) Jake Pang
(d) Ooi Eng Eong
(e) Zhang Yongzhen
[ANS] b
[Q] What is the
name of 24 multi role Helicopters, on which Indian government has placed order
to the US firm Lockheed Martin?
(a) MH-60 Romeo
(b) Sikorsky R-4
(c) Boeing CH-47 Chinook
(d) Bell UH-1 Iroquois
(e) Piasecki H-21
[ANS] a
[Q] First rock
samples from beneath the surface of Asteroid ‘Ryugu’ was collected by which
spacecraft?
(a) Rosetta, ESA
(b) Pioneer 11, NASA
(c) Hayabusa 2, JAXA
(d) Ulysses, NASA and ESA
(e) OSIRIS-REX, NASA
[ANS] c
[Q] Who became
the youngest athlete ever to be named as the World Athletes of the Year 2020?
(a) Mondo Duplantis
(b) Yulimar Rojas
(c) Sifan Hassan
(d) Angelica Bengtsson
(e) Renaud Lavillenie
[ANS] a
[Q] Ramesh
Pokhriyal Nishank, the Union Education Minister presented an inspirational book
‘Pioneer of Humanity: Maharishi Arvind’ about the life of which Indian
Philosopher?
(a) Bhartrihari
(b) Jitendra Nath Mohanty
(c) Adi Shankara
(d) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
(e) Kumarila Bhatta
[ANS] d
[Q] The United
Nations (UN) International Civil Aviation Day is annually celebrated on _____
(a) December 02
(b) November 30
(c) November 29
(d) December 05
(e) December 07
[ANS] e
[Q] Which state
in India has topped the list in reducing malaria cases by 59% according to the
World Health Organization’s “World Malaria Report 2020”?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Odisha
(e) Meghalaya
[ANS] e
[Q] West Bengal
approved the construction of states 1st Deep Sea Port at _____.
(a) Digha
(b) Bakkhali
(c) Tajpur
(d) Udaipur
(e) Shankarpur
[ANS] c
[Q] Which state
government has signed MoU with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to
promote water tourism?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Odisha
(d) Jharkhand
(e) Uttar Pradesh
[ANS] e
[Q] What is
India’s rank in the 16th Climate Change Performance Index 2021 released by
Germanwatch and no country has placed on the first three positions?
(a) 2nd
(b) 12th
(c) 4th
(d) 8th
(e) 9th
[ANS] c
[Q] Which two
countries have jointly revised the height of Mount Everest, the world’s highest
peak, to “8848.86 meters”?
(a) China and Tibet
(b) Nepal and China
(c) Tibet and Nepal
(d) China and India
(e) India and Nepal
[ANS] b
[Q] Which bank
has launched the Atmanirbhar Women Scheme?
(a) Bank of India
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) Union Bank of India
(d) Vijaya Bank
(e) Central Bank of India
[ANS] b
[Q] Who is
appointed as the inaugural CEO of WHO Foundation in December 2020?
(a) Indra Nooyi
(b) Bob Chapek
(c) Jamie Dimon
(d) Chanda Kochhar
(e) Anil Soni
[ANS] e
[Q] Which two
Indian cites have been inscribed by UNESCO to its world heritage cities under
urban landscape city programme in December, 2020?
(a) Gwalior and Orchha
(b) Gwalior and Sagar
(c) Sagar and Orchha
(d) Jabalpur and Raipur
(e) Madurai and Thanjavur
[ANS] a
[Q] The Book
“Romancing Targets: Get Closer to Selling in 7 Steps” was authored by ______.
(a) Lynda Gratton
(b) Nidhi Vadhera
(c) Rakesh Khurana
(d) Rashmi Bansal
(e) Radhakrishnan Pillai
[ANS] b
[Q] Where is
Shaheed Ashfaqkh Ullah Khan Prani Udayan zoo located, one of the MoEFCC
approved Zoos along with Safari of Rajgir Zoo in Nalanda, Bihar?
(a) Nalanda, Bihar
(b) Panaji, Goa
(c) Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
(d) Jamui, Bihar
(e) Deoghar, Jharkhand
[ANS] c
[Q] What is the
rank of India in the ‘Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2021’?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 07
(d) 21
(e) 23
[ANS] a
[Q] Which
country has won the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award of UNCTAD?
(a) Singapore
(b) Japan
(c) Nepal
(d) China
(e) India
[ANS] e
[Q] The Reserve
Bank of India has cancelled the licence of _____________ in Maharashtra, as it
does not have adequate capital and earning prospects.
(a) Bharat Cooperative Bank Ltd
(b) Dombivli Nagari Sahakari Bank Ltd
(c) Thane Bharat Sahakari Bank Ltd
(d) Karad Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd
(e) Nagpur Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd
[ANS] d
