Let’s discuss today 24 December 2021 current affairs oneliner in English.
Question 1: Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated state’s longest bridge, ‘T-Setu’, built over which of the following river in Cuttack District, Odisha?
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Ganga
(C) Tapi
(D) None of above
Question 2: Which company has acquired a 4.93 percent equity share in Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) Limited?
(A) Hindustan Unilever
(B) Indian Oil Corporation Limited
(C) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(D) None of above
Question 3: Which bank has acquired a minority stake in JSW Cement Limited for an investment of INR 100 crore through Compulsory Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS)?
(A) RBL Bank
(B) Yes Bank
(C) State Bank of India
(D) None of above
Question 4: Which team won the bronze medal at the Asian Champions Trophy 2021?
(A) Japan
(B) India
(C) China
(D) None of above
Question 5: Who is the top-ranked Indian in the latest ICC Test Batsman Rankings 2021?
(A) Rahul Dravid
(B) Virat Kohli
(C) Rohit Sharma
(D) None of above
Question 6: Who is the highest-ranked bowler in the ICC Test Bowling Rankings?
(A) Pat Cummins
(B) Josh Hazlewood
(C) Ravichandran Ashwin
(D) None of above
Question 7: Which bank has grabbed the top spot in overall digital transactions among large banks for FY 20-21 by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) at the Digital Payments Utsav?
(A) Canara Bank
(B) Bank of Baroda
(C) Yes Bank
(D) None of above
Question 8: Who among the following has won the Women’s Singles title at BWF World Championship 2021?
(A) Maria Lee
(B) Jacqueline D’Souza
(C) Akane Yamaguchi
(D) None of above
Question 9: Which company has partnered with Mastercard on Tokenisation for Card-Based Payments?
(A) Google Pay
(B) Bharat Pay
(C) Paykun
(D) None of above
Question 10: The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) Hackathon – ‘LogiXtics’. LogiXtics has been organised by _________.
(A) Ministry of Culture
(B) NITI Aayog
(C) Ministry of Finance
(D) None of above
Question 11: Who will be the CEO of the new company after the merger of SPNI and ZEEL?
(A) Ravi Tripathi
(B) Puneet Goenka
(C) Hiren Joshi
(D) None of above
Question 12: Which state government has signed an MoU with University College Birmingham (UCB) at India Global Forum, held in Taj Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for skill development of students?
(A) Panjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
(D) None of above
Question 13: Which state has topped in the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana list with highest number of bank accounts?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) None of above
Question 14: ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Scheme’ is a scheme implemented by which state/UT?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Panjab
(C) Gujarat
(D) None of above
Question 15: Gabriel Boric, has been selected as the youngest President of which country?
(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Israel
(D) None of above
Question 16: Name the India’s largest corporate by revenues, profits and market value, topped the 2021 Wizikey News Score ranking.
(A) Infosys
(B) Bharti Airtel
(C) Reliance Industries Ltd
(D) None of above
Question 17: Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved acquisition of 100% shareholding in Air India Limited by Tata Sons. Tata Sons had won the bid to buy Air India for how much amount?
(A) Rs 15,000 crores
(B) Rs 18,000 crores
(C) Rs 12,000 crores
(D) None of above
Question 18: Government of India has signed 442.26 Euro million loan with which bank for 40.35 km Surat Metro Rail project in Gujarat?
(A) KfW Bank
(B) Swiss National Bank
(C) World Bank
(D) None of above
Question 19: Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited?
(A) Jayant Patil
(B) Atul Dinkar Rane
(C) Rahul Vyas
(D) None of above
Question 20: Which bank has empanelled as the banking partner of the state government of Maharashtra?
(A) Suryoday Small Finance Bank
(B) Jana Small Finance Bank
(C) Equitas Small Finance Bank
(D) None of above
Question 21: Who has won “UN Women’s Award for Leadership Commitment” at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principles Awards Ceremony?
(A) Anita Desai
(B) Divya Hegde
(C) Rijula Das
(D) None of above
Question 22: Which state will launch the ‘Free Smartphone Yojna’ to dole out 1 lakh smartphones?
(A) Panjab
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Gujrat
(D) None of above
Question 23: Which state’s Chief Minister has declared Lord Krishna Balram Jagannath Rath Yatra as an annual state festival?
(A) Punjab
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Haryana
(D) None of above
Question 24: Senior Indian diplomat Pradeep Kumar Rawat has appointed as India’s next Ambassador to______.
(A) Nepal
(B) China
(C) Thailand
(D) None of above
Question 25: Which state to get its first Teachers University?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Delhi
(D) None of above
Question 26: Who has been appointed as BWF’s Athletes Commission Member?
(A) HS Prannoy
(B) PV Sindhu
(C) Kidambi Srikanth
(D) None of above
Question 27: Who has been ranked world no. 1 in the latest ICC Men’s Test Batsmen Rankings 2021?
(A) Marnus Labuschagne
(B) Travis Head
(C) Babar Azam
(D) None of above