Current Affairs, 30 December 2020

 Current Affairs, 30 December 2020

1. Which state won the '2020 Digital India Award'?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Bihar

(c) Delhi

(d) Maharashtra

Answer: (b) Bihar

 

2. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation for 25 highway project and inaugurated 8 highways in which state?

(a) Odisha

(b) West Bengal

(c) Assam

(d) Karnataka

Answer: (d) Karnataka

 

3. Which country is planning to set up a nuclear reactor on the moon?

(a) Russia

(b) United States of America

(c) Israel

(d) China

Answer: (b) United States of America

 

4. The Union Cabinet has cleared a pact between India and which country for exchange of information in electricity sector?

(a) United Kingdom

(b) United States

(c) Brazil

(d) France

Answer: (b) United States

 

5. When is Goa Liberation Day observed every year?

(a) December 16

(b) December 17

(c) December 18

(d) December 19

Answer: (d) December 19

 

6. India has signed a 1 billion dollar loan agreement with which bank for Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan?

(a) World Bank

(b) New Development Bank

(c) Asian Development Bank

(d) European Central Bank

Answer: (b) New Development Bank

 

7. Who was named The Best FIFA Men’s Player for 2020?

(a) Lionel Messi

(b) Cristiano Ronaldo

(c) Robert Lewandowski

(d) Neymer

Answer: (c) Robert Lewandowski

 

8. Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh?

(a) Arup Kumar Goswami

(b) Hima Kohil

(c) S. Muralidhar

(d) J.K. Maheswari

Answer: (a) Arup Kumar Goswami

 

9. Which country will host a Global Film Summit in 2021?

(a) Brazil

(b) Mexico

(c) India

(d) UAE

Answer: (c) India

 

10. Who was appointed as the National President of Janata Dal?

(a) Bishwanath Pratap Singh

(b) Ramchandra Prasad Singh

(c) Akshay Bodhi

(d) Gyanendra Chowdhury

Answer: (b) Ramchandra Prasad Singh

 

11. Which has become the first railway zone in the country to adopt End of Train Telemetry (EOTT) System in Indian Railways?

(a) North Western Railway

(b) East Coast Railway

(c) South Coast Railway

(d) Western Railway     

Answer: (b) East Coast Railway

 

12. Who will be honoured with Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace award?

(a) Ratan Tata

(b) Rishad Premji

(c) Narayana Murthy

(d) Anand Mahindra

Answer: (a) Ratan Tata

 

13. Name the Indian who has won the UNEP 2020 Young Championships of The Earth Award?

(a) Anurag Singh

(b) Rishi Khatri

(c) Vidyut Mohan

(d) Neeraj Agarwal

Answer: (c) Vidyut Mohan

 

14. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India have signed a $ 300 million loan to upgrade power distribution network in which state?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Assam

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (d) Uttar Pradesh

 

15. India and ADB has signed a 4.21 million dollar Project Readiness Financing (PRF) facility for preparation of infrastructure development projects in which state?

(a) Tripura

(b) West Bengal

(c) Nagaland

(d) Goa

Answer: (a) Tripura

 

16. Who was appointed as the first Vice Chancellor of Alipurduar University?

(a) Sanchari Mukherjee

(b) Mahendranath Roy

(c) Shanti Chhetri

(d) Ashok Bama

Answer: (b) Mahendranath Roy

 

17. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the ASSOCHAM Enterprise of the Century Award to which personality?

(a) Rishad Premji

(b) Narayana Murthy

(c) Anand Mahindra

(d) Ratan Tata

Answer: (d) Ratan Tata

 

18. Interceptor boat at C-454, which was commissioned in Surat, is built by which company?

(a) GRSE

(b) Larsen and Toubro

(c) Goa Shipyard Limited

(d) Bharat Dynamics

Answer: (b) Larsen and Toubro

 

19. Nikita Khakimov is banned for 5 years for other corruption including batting. She is a badminton player of which country?

(a) America

(b) Russia

(c) Japan

(d) China

Answer: (b) Russia

 

20. Which country observed Martyred Intellectuals Day on December 14?

(a) Nepal

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Myanmar

(d) France

Answer: (b) Bangladesh

 

21. Which state has imposed a ban on vehicles with stickers mentioned by the nation?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Delhi

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh

 

22. Which Indian cricketer has been honored with ‘ICC Men’s T20I and ODI teams of the decade’?

(a) Virat Kohli

(b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(c) Sachin Tendulkar

(d) Rohit Sharma

Answer: (b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

 

23. In which city of Arunachal Pradesh ‘Monpa Hand Made Paper Mill’ was started?

(a) Dharampur

(b) Tawang

(c) Gandhigram

(d) Rajanagar

Answer: (b) Tawang

 

24. Who will inaugurate the 100th Kisan Railway from Sangole in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal?

(a) Piyush Goel

(b) Narendra Modi

(c) Mamata Banerjee

(d) Ramnath Kobind

Answer: (b) Narendra Modi

 

25. Which state is going to include the history of Sikh Gurus in the school curriculum?

(a) Punjab

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh

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