Current Affairs, 29 December 2020

Current Affairs, 29 December 2020

1. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Selection Committee of BCCI?

(a) Sourav Ganguly

(b) Chetan Sharma

(c) Chetan Bhagat

(d) Kinkar Yadav

Answer: (b) Chetan Sharma

 

2. India has successfully test-fired a MRSAM missile from Odisha coast. MRSAM is what kind of missile?

(a) Surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile

(b) Air-to-air subsonic cruise missile

(c) Sea-to-sea ballistic missile

(d) Surface-to-air missile

Answer: (d) Surface-to-air missile

 

3. Who was elected as the new President of Softball Association of India?

(a) Neetu Singh

(b) Nital Narang

(c) Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi

(d) Vijay Kumar

Answer: (b) Nital Narang

 

4. Which state in partnership with UN women has decided to establish the country’s first gender data hub?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

Answer: (b) Kerala

 

5. Suresh Chandra Mohapatra is being appointed as the new Chief Secretary of which state?

(a) Tripura

(b) West Bengal

(c) Orissa

(d) Assam

Answer: (c) Orissa

 

6. India has linked a $ 500 million loan pact with the World Bank to develop safe and green national highway corridors in which state?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Himachal Pradesh

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

 

7. Who has become the new President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)?

(a) Vineet Agarwal

(b) Niranjan Hiranandini

(c) Sumant Sinha

(d) Akash Jain

Answer: (a) Vineet Agarwal

 

8. The late Selena Quintanilla Perez is receiving Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a singer from which country?

(a) England

(b) America

(c) Japan

(d) Russia

Answer: (b) America

 

9. Under whose chairmanship s High Level Committee has been constituted to commemorate 125^th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Amit Shah

(c) Nitin Gadkari

(d) Suresh Prabh

Answer: (b) Amit Shah

 

10. Which state launched the ‘Wear a Mask’ campaign?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Telangana

(c) Karnataka

(d) Kerala

Answer: (b) Telangana

 

11. Which edition of GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) Summit was held virtually from December 15-16, 2020?

(a) 11^th

(b) 12^th  

(c) 15^th

(d) 10^th

Answer: (b) 12^th  

 

12. Asian development Bank has decided to announce Rs. 2100 Crore loan to which state for urban and tourism development?

(a) Assam

(b) Goa

(c) Tripura

(d) Bihar

Answer: (c) Tripura

 

13. The Union Cabinet has approved how much percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in direct-to-home (DTH) service?

(a) 50%

(b) 100%

(c) 75%

(d) 80%

Answer: (b) 100%

 

14. The Cabinet has approved the merger of how many government-run film and media units with the National Film Development Corporation?

(a) Three

(b) Four

(c) Six

(d) Two

Answer: (b) Four

 

15. Which company has been conferred “Excellence” in the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2020 in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?

(a) ONGC

(b) SAIL

(c) BHEL

(d) NTPC

Answer: (d) NTPC

 

16. Which state has unveiled the Farmer Registration and Unified beneficiary Information System (FRUITS)?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Odisha

(c) Assam

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: (a) Karnataka

 

17. Which state government has granted permission to hold traditional bull-taming sport Jallikattu with certain restrictions?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Telengana

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (d) Tamil Nadu

 

18. The Gujarat Government has signed a pact with Cerestra Managers Private Limited to set up the Gujarat-Special Education Region (G-SER) at which place?

(a) Valod

(b) Bhanvad

(c) Dholera

(d) Songadh

Answer: (c) Dholera

 

19. Which company has going to develop the world’s largest zoo in Jamnagar, Gujarat?

(a) Wipro

(b) Microsoft

(c) Reliance

(d) Infosys

Answer: (c) Reliance

 

20. The Income Tax Department has introduced which initiative to smoothen the ITR filling experience for taxpayers?

(a) Fatafat processing

(b)Turant Processing

(c) Jhatpat Processing

(d) Tej Processing

Answer: (c) Jhatpat Processing

21. Which state's cabinet recently approved the 'Religious Freedom Bill 2020'?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh

 

22. Where is India's first driverless train service going to start?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Delhi

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Visakhapatnam

Answer: (b) Delhi

 

23. The autobiography titled ‘In Pursuit Of Justice: An Autobiography’ is written by which judge?

(a) Arun Jaitley

(b) Rajinder Sachar

(c) Kingshuk Sharma

(d) Piyush Padnekar

Answer: (b) Rajinder Sachar

 

24. Which scientist won the ‘DRDO Scientist of the Year Award’?

(a) Akshay Maiti

(b) Hemant Kumar Pandey

(c)  Sumon Panja

(d) Salmon Khadi

Answer: (b) Hemant Kumar Pandey

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