Current Affairs Quiz – December 08 2021

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1. Jnanpith Award is associated with ______.
a) Sports
b) Literature
c) Arts and Cinema
d) Journalism

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Answer b) Literature.

2. Who won the 56th Jnanpith Award?
a) Murali Krishnan
b) Nilmani Phookan
c) Sivam Choudhary
d) Neelakanda Shaasthri

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Answer b) Nilmani Phookan. Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award.

3. Who won the 57th Jnanpith Award?
a) Kalyan Gupta
b) Vinoth Kulkarni
c) Damodar Mauzo
d) Krishna Kumar Jain

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Answer c) Damodar Mauzo. Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award.

4. Who has been appointed as the new President of FICCI?
a) Manoj Krishnan
b) Sanjiv Mehta
c) Mithun Kumar
d) Sanjay Mehta

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Answer b) Sanjiv Mehta. FICCI – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

5. Ittira Davis has been appointed as the MD & CEO of _________ Bank.
a) HDFC
b) ICICI
c) Ujjivan Small Finance
d) Canara

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Answer c) Ujjivan Small Finance. Ittira Davis has been appointed as the MD and CEO for a period of 3 years from the date of approval of the RBI or such other period as may be approved by RBI.

6. EKUVERIN-21 is a joint military exercise between _________ and __________.
a) India and Indonesia
b) India and Malaysia
c) India and Maldives
d) India and Nepal

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Answer c) India and Maldives. The 11th edition of Exercise EKUVERIN-21 between India and Maldives, held at Kadhdhoo Island, Maldives. Ekuverin means “Friends” in the Dhivehi language.

7. AWS stands for __________.
a) Automatic Web System
b) Automatic Web Services
c) Amazon Web System
d) Amazon Web Services

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Answer d) Amazon Web Services. Paytm, a leading digital ecosystem for consumers and merchants has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer Paytm Startup Toolkit with exclusive payment services to early-stage Indian startups.

8. Which country won the Davis Cup 2021 Tournament?
a) Italy
b) USA
c) Russia
d) Croatia

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Answer c) Russia. Medvedev defeated Marin Cilic to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Croatia and its first Davis Cup title since 2006.

9. National Commission of Women (NCW) launches ______________ for women in politics.
a) She is the One
b) She is the Leader
c) She is the Change Maker
d) She is the Warrior

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Answer c) She is the Change Maker. The pan-India capacity building programme has been launched for women representatives at all levels, from gram panchayats to the parliament including political workers and office bearers of national and state-level political parties.

10. Who will take oath as the new Chancellor of Germany?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Vladmir Russel
c) Olaf Scholz
d) Kevin Martin

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Answer c) Olaf Scholz. Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat will take oath as the new Chancellor of Germany. Scholz will end the 16-year rule of Angela Merkel, who was also the first female chancellor of Germany.

11. Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat passed away due to chopper crash. The model of the Chopper is _______.
a) Mi-15 V5 chopper
b) Mi-16 V4 chopper
c) Mi-17 V5 chopper
d) Mi-17 V8 chopper

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Answer c) Mi-17 V5 chopper. Mi-17V5 is a Russia-made helicopter which is produced by Kazan Helicopters. It was inducted into the Indian Air Force on 17 February 2012.

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