DAILY GK QUIZ: 1 - 4 DEC 2021
[Q]
Which Ministry collaborated with UIDAI to invent the “Unique” face recognition
technology for providing ‘Life Certificates’ for pensioners?
(a) Ministry of Science and
Technology
(b) Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology
(c) Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions
(d) Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting
(e) Ministry of Finance
[ANS] b
[Q]
Name the organization that approved a loan worth $125 million for water supply
& sanitation projects in Uttarakhand.
(a) World Bank
(b) United Nations Development
Programme
(c) Asian Development Bank
(d) International Monetary Fund
(e) Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank
[ANS] c
[Q]
Who was recently appointed as the new Chief Executive officer(CEO) of Twitter?
(a) Parag Agrawal
(b) Satyanarayana nadella
(c) Ravi Chaudhary
(d) Shantanu Narayen
(e) Thomas Kurian
[ANS] a
[Q]
Who became the 1st female Prime Minister of Sweden in November 2021?
(a) Najla Bouden
(b) Magdalena Andersson
(c) Kaja Kallas
(d) Natalia Gavrilița
(e) Sanna Marin
[ANS] b
[Q]
Name the new communications satellite that was launched by China for radio
& television transmission services.
(a) Zhongxing-1D
(b) Himawari 8
(c) Ohsumi
(d) RAISE-2
(e) SELENE
[ANS] a
[Q]
Which State won Gold Medal in the 40th edition of the India International Trade
Fair (IITF) 2021 for showcasing the art & cultural richness of the state
through handicrafts?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) West Bengal
(d) Karnataka
(e) Kerala
Answer-(b) Bihar
[ANS] b
[Q]
National Statistical Office (NSO) estimated India’s GDP grew by ___________ in
Q2FY 2022.
(a) 9.0%
(b) 8.8%
(c) 8.6%
(d) 8.4%
(e) 8.2%
[ANS] d
[Q]
Which word was selected as Merriam-Webster ‘Word of the Year’ 2021?
(a) Virus
(b) Vaccine
(c) Lockdown
(d) Covid
(e) Pandemic
[ANS] b
[Q]
Which state signed a MoU with Walmart & its subsidiary Flipkart to train
& support MSME?
(a) Karnataka
(b) West Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Madhya Pradesh
[ANS] e
[Q]
World AIDS Day is observed across the globe on _______ every year since 1988.
(a) 1st December
(b) 2nd December
(c) 3rd December
(d) 4th December
(e) 5th December
[ANS] a
[Q]
Centre appoints Committee to revisit criteria for determining EWS. Who will
head the committee?
(a) V K Malhotra
(b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
(c) Sanjay Sanyal
(d) Vijay Johri
(e) Dinkar Verma
[ANS] b
[Q]
Who among the following won the Ballon d’Or after being named as the best
player in 2021 by France Football?
(a) Kylian Mbappé
(b) Neymar
(c) Cristiano Ronaldo
(d) Lionel Messi
(e) Paul Pogba
[ANS] d
[Q]
Which city is all set to become the first Indian city to start ropeway service
as a mode of public transport?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Kanpur
(c) Varanasi
(d) Noida
(e) Prayagraj
[ANS] c
[Q]
Name the author of the book Loktantr, Rajniti and Dharm.
(a) Vipin Sharma
(b) Nakul Kumar Verma
(c) A. Surya Prakash
(d) Prateek Arora
(e) Ishwar Singh Sodhi
[ANS] c
[Q]
Who has taken over as the Commandant of National Defence College (NDC), New
Delhi?
(a) Vice Admiral S H Sarma
(b) Vice Admiral Srikant
(c) Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury
(d) Lt Gen Y V K Mohan
(e) Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago
[ANS] e
[Q]
Who has become the World’s newest republic, around 400 years after it became a
British colony?
(a) Somaliland
(b) Nigeria
(c) Tonga
(d) Barbados
(e) Tuvalu
[ANS] d
[Q]
What is the theme of the World Aids Day 2021?
(a) Close the Gap
(b) Increasing Impact through
Transparency, Accountability, and Partnerships
(c) End inequalities. End AIDS and
End Pandemics
(d) Global solidarity, shared
responsibility
(e) Communities make the difference
[ANS] c
[Q]
All India Radio has decided to begin a new programme called ______ to offer
youth a platform to air their voices.
(a) AIRNxt
(b) AIRNull
(c) AIRNext
(d) AIRboard
(e) AIRNet
[ANS] a
[Q]
According to the 10th Annual World Cooperative Monitor (WCM) report 2021, Which
company ranked ‘Number 1 Cooperative’ among the top 300 cooperatives in the
world?
(a) Chambal Fertilisers and
Chemicals Ltd
(b) Rashtriya Chemicals &
Fertilizers Ltd
(c) Indian Farmers Fertiliser
Cooperative Ltd
(d) National Agricultural
Cooperative Federation Ltd
(e) Gujarat Cooperative Milk
Marketing Federation Ltd
[ANS] c
[Q]
________ was appointed as the Chairman of India Tourism Development Corporation
(ITDC) for _____ term.
(a) Sambit Patra; 5 years
(b) Kamala Vardhana Rao; 2 years
(c) Kishan Reddy; 4 years
(d) Sambit Patra; 3 years
(e) Kamala Vardhana Rao; 5 years
[ANS] d
[Q]
National Pollution Prevention Day is annually observed across India on 2nd
December 2021 to mark _________________.
(a) Dzüko Valley wildfires
(b) Bhopal Gas Tragedy
(c) Visakhapatnam gas leak
(d) Uttarakhand forest fires
(e) Pasarlapudi blowout
[ANS] b
[Q]
Which company signed a contract with the
Indian Army worth Rs 471.41 crore to supply IGLA-1M missiles?
(a) Defence Research and
Development Organisation
(b) Bharat Electronics Limited
(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(d) Bharat Dynamics Limited
(e) Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited
[ANS] d
[Q]
India achieved the target of _________ power generation capacity from
non-fossil fuel sources in November 2021.
(a) 40%
(b) 20%
(c) 50%
(d) 70%
(e) 80%
[ANS] a
[Q]
Indian Army received the advanced Heron Drones
from ____________ to boost the army’s surveillance capabilities in Ladakh
sector.
(a) UAE
(b) Indonesia
(c) USA
(d) Israel
(e) Russia
[ANS] d
[Q]
Which Country is developing the ‘World’s 1st Sustainable Floating City’ along
with OCEANIX & UN-Habit?
(a) Philippines
(b) Maldives
(c) South Korea
(d) New Zealand
(e) Netherlands
[ANS] c
[Q]
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is annually observed across the
globe by the UN on?
(a) 1st December
(b) 3rd December
(c) 2nd December
(d) 30th November
(e) 4th December
[ANS] b
