Let’s today 17 December 2021 Current Affairs MCQ Quiz.
Question 1: Who is the author of the new book titled ‘Pride, Prejudice and Punditry’?
(A) Shashi Tharoor
(B) Nilesh Agarwal
(C) Rajesh Trivedi
(D) None of above
Question 2: International Boxing Association (AIBA) has rebranded itself as IBA to secure boxing’s Olympic future. Where is the headquarters of the IBA?
(A) Sydney, Australia
(B) Lausanne, Switzerland
(C) Gujarat, India
(D) None of above
Question 3: Which IIT has signed an MoU with Indian Air Force (IAF) to support requirements towards indigenous solutions in various weapon systems?
(A) IIT Gandhinagar
(B) IIT Goa
(C) IIT Delhi
(D) None of above
Question 4: Who among the following has assumed charge of National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Films Division and Children Films Society of India (CFSI)?
(A) Ravinder Bhakar
(B) Mansukh Tiwari
(C) Jayesh Patel
(D) None of above
Question 5: Which bank has tied up with Swift to provide digital banking solutions to clients?
(A) Yes Bank
(B) Bandhan Bank
(C) Axis Bank
(D) None of above
Question 6: ADB has projected India’s economic growth for 2021-2022 at _______.
(A) 7.6%
(B) 9.7%
(C) 7.3%
(D) None of above
Question 7: Which among the following Indian drug makers is developing a COVID vaccine booster shot that would be more effective against Omicron?
(A) SII
(B) Lupin
(C) Cipla
(D) None of above
Question 8: Which state’s Askot Wildlife Sanctuary has been declared as the Askot Wildlife Sanctuary Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ)?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Delhi
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) None of above
Question 9: Which among the following has launched a plan called Dhan Rekha Plan?
(A) Max Life Insurance
(B) Life Insurance Corporation
(C) HDFC Standard Life Insurance
(D) None of above
Question 10: Which state has inked an agreement with the United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) to launch “Mission Shakti Living Lab” for financial empowerment of women?
(A) Odisha
(B) Panjab
(C) Gujarat
(D) None of above
Question 11: Amit Shah has laid the foundation stone of Umiya Mata Dham temple and temple premises under Maa Umiya Dham Development Project at ____.
(A) Bhavnagar,Gujarat
(B) Vadodara,Gujarat
(C) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(D) None of above
Question 12: BCCI Announces The Formation Of Differently-Abled Cricket Committee
under the presidentship of _______________.
(A) Rahul Dravid
(B) Sourav Ganguly
(C) Ravi Shastri
(D) None of above
Question 13: Which country topped the Asian Power Index for 2021?
(A) USA
(B) Russia
(C) India
(D) None of above
Question 14: Which state has topped the list of state with maximum of beneficiaries under Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY)?
(A) Panjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra
(D) None of above
Question 15: The ‘Nupi Lal Day’ is observed every year in which state/UT?
(A) Manipur
(B) Sikkim
(C) Assam
(D) None of above
Question 16: River Seine, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which country?
(A) Russia
(B) India
(C) France
(D) None of above
Question 17: Which organization has successfully launched a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) System from Abdul Kalam Island, off the Odisha coast?
(A) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
(B) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL)
(C) Indian Air Force
(D) None of above
Question 18: Which UT’s Police has launched an e-learning platform “Unnati” to skill school dropouts under the flagship scheme ‘YUVA’?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Delhi
(C) Puducherry
(D) None of above
Question 19: Name the Coonoor helicopter crash’s survivor Group Captain who passed away recently.
(A) Varun Singh
(B) Tarak Sinha
(C) Bipin Rawat
(D) None of above
Question 20: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel held which among the following posts after India’s Independence?
(A) First President
(B) First Deputy Prime Minister
(C) First Vice President
(D) None of above
Question 21: Ministry of Commerce and Industry has accepted the proposal to retain which state’s Mithila Makhana’s Geographical Identification (GI) tag?
(A) Bihar
(B) Gujarat
(C) Panjab
(D) None of above
Question 22: Which bank has won two awards at ET BFSI Excellence Awards 2021?
(A) RBL Bank
(B) Yes Bank
(C) DBS Bank
(D) None of above
Question 23: The term of the ED Director has been extended to how many years?
(A) 5 years
(B) 7 years
(C) 3 years
(D) None of above
Question 24: Which country has launched a new group of satellites “Shijian-6 05” into space?
(A) Japan
(B) India
(C) China
(D) None of above
Question 25: Which company has tied up with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to scale-up Alkaline Electrolyze technology for Green Hydrogen production?
(A) BPCL
(B) IOCL
(C) HPCL
(D) None of above
Question 26: First Drone Mela in the country has been organised at _____________________.
(A) Orchha
(B) Gwalior
(C) Bhopal
(D) None of above
Question 27: Who has been appointed as the new Global CEO of Chanel?
(A) Indra Nooyi
(B) Jayshree Ullal
(C) Leena Nair
(D) None of above
Question 28: Who has been appointed the face of the ‘#Care4Hockey’ Campaign?
(A) Manpreet Singh
(B) Rani Rampal
(C) Savita Punia
(D) None of above