DAILY GK QUIZ: 5 - 7 DEC 2021
[Q]
Recently, Pradip Shah, founder of IndAsia Fund Advisors, has been appointed
chairman of NARCL. What is the full form of NARCL?
(a) National Asset Restructuring
Company
(b) National Asset Reconstruction
Company
(c) Non- Asset Reconstruction
Company
(d) National Asset Reconstruction
Corporation
(e) Non- Asset Restructuring
Corporation
[ANS] b
[Q]
Assam’s highest civilian award was conferred on Ratan Tata for his contribution
to which of the following services?
(a) Cancer care
(b) Steel Project
(c) Motor Service
(d) Air Service
(e) All of the above
[ANS] a
[Q]
How much loan has been approved by the ADB to help the government of India to
improve the quality of the country’s school education?
(a) $ 100 million
(b) $ 250 million
(c) $ 500 million
(d) $ 300 million
(e) $ 150 million
[ANS] c
[Q]
Who has been appointed as the new Deputy Managing Director of International
Monetary Fund (IMF)?
(a) Anshula Kant
(b) Gita Gopinath
(c) Geoffrey Okamoto
(d) KV Kamath
(e) Kristalina Georgieva
[ANS] b
[Q]
In India, _______ is observed as the National Navy Day every year, to celebrate
the achievements and role of the naval force to the country.
(a) December 1
(b) December 2
(c) December 3
(d) December 4
(e) December 5
[ANS] d
[Q]
Earth Station of Doordarshan Kendra inaugurated in ________.
(a) Gorakhpur
(b) Kanpur
(c) Dehradun
(d) Nainital
(e) Shimla
[ANS] a
[Q]
Name India’s 1st Indigenous server that was recently launched by MoS E&IT
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, which was developed by C-DAC under the National
Supercomputing Mission.
(a) Swadeshi
(b) NaYa
(c) RUDRA
(d) Bharat
(e) SAKTHI
[ANS] c
[Q]
Every year, the World Soil Day is celebrated on ______________.
(a) 5 December
(b) 6 December
(c) 7 December
(d) 8 December
(e) 9 December
[ANS] a
[Q]
What was the theme for International Volunteer Day 2021?
(a) Volunteer for an inclusive
future
(b) Volunteer now for our common
future
(c) Volunteers build Resilient
Communities
(d) #VolunteersActFirst
(e) #GlobalApplause – give
volunteers a hand
[ANS] b
[Q]
Alka Upadhyaya has been appointed chairperson of which institution?
(a) DRDO
(b) ISRO
(c) NHAI
(d) State Bank of India
(e) LIC of India
[ANS] c
[Q]
New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel created history by becoming ______ bowler in Test
cricket to claim all 10 wickets in an innings.
(a) 3rd
(b) 4th
(c) 7th
(d) 2nd
(e) 1st
[ANS] a
[Q]
Vinod Dua recently passed away at 67. He was associated with which field?
(a) Politics
(b) Architecture
(c) Journalism
(d) Administrator
(e) Economist
[ANS] c
[Q]
OYO company has appointed whom as its strategic group advisor?
(a) B Srinivasan
(b) Nandan Nilekani
(c) Vishnu Shekhar
(d) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(e) Rajnish Kumar
[ANS] e
[Q]
Cambridge Dictionary has recently named which among the following as the Word
of the Year 2021?
(a) Perseverance
(b) Clarity
(c) Vision
(d) NFT
(e) Mask
[ANS] a
[Q]
What was the theme for World Soil Day 2021?
(a) Stop Soil Erosion, Save our
Future!
(b) Be the Solution to Soil
Pollution
(c) Halt soil salinization, boost
soil productivity
(d) Keep Soil Alive, Protect Soil
Biodiversity
(e) Soil & Pulses, symbiosis
for life
[ANS] c
