Today's GK(22-12-21)

1.What is the name of the Indian Navy’s indigenous stealth destroyer, whose maiden sea trials was conducted recently?
[A]Mormugao
[B]Kalinga
[C]Ashoka
[D] Kalvari Answer: A [Mormugao]

2.Who is the first Indian male badminton player, to reach the finals of BWF World badminton championship?
[A]KSrikanth
[B]ParupalliKashyap
[C]SaiPraneeth
[D] Nandu Natekar
Answer: A [K Srikanth]

3.Which space agency had launched Yusaku Maezawa, the first private passenger to the international space station, recently?
[A]NASA
[B]ISRO
[C]ROSCOSMOS
[D] ESA
Answer: C [ROSCOSMOS]

4.The week from December 20-25 ,2021 would be observed in India as?
[A]GoodGovernanceWeek
[B]Anti-CorruptionWeek
[C]BankingAwarenessWeek
[D] Panchayati Raj Week
Answer: A [Good Governance Week]

5.Under how many themes, the Nadi Utsav 2021 is being celebrated in India?
[A]Two
[B]Three
[C]Four
[D] Six
Answer: C [Four]

Today's GK(21-12-21)

1.Covovax is produced by the Serum Institute of India under the licence from which vaccine?
[A]Pfizer-BioNTechVaccine
[B]ModernaCOVID-19Vaccine
[C]Johnson&JohnsonVaccine
[D] Novovax Vaccine
Answer: D [Novovax Vaccine] ]

2.Competition Commission of India (CCI) has recently fined Rs 202 crores on which company?
[A]Flipkart
[B]Amazon
[C]RelianceIndustries
[D] D-Mart
Answer: B [Amazon] ]

3.Which country has published a draft agreement to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to ensure security?
[A]USA
[B]Russia
[C]UK
[D] France
Answer: B [Russia] ]

4.Who is the author of the “Tamil Thai Vaazhthu”, declared as the State Song of Tamil Nadu?
[A]SubramaniaBharathi
[B]Bharathidasan
[C]‘Manonmaneeyam’Sundaranar
[D] U Ve Swaminadhar
Answer: C [‘Manonmaneeyam’ Sundaranar] ]

5.Which language Day is observed on 18 December?
[A]French
[B]Greek
[C]Arabic
[D] Urdu
Answer: C [Arabic] ]

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Today's GK(20-12-21)

1.VIHANGAM, an internet-based platform, is associated with which field?
[A]Mining
[B]Excise
[C]GSTcollection
[D] Semiconductor Manufacturing
Answer: A [Mining]

2.Who won the ‘Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)?
[A]RatanTata
[B]KumarMangalamBirla
[C]UdayKotak
[D] Adi Godrej
Answer: B [Kumar Mangalam Birla]

3.Which institution announced a $93 billion package, to help poor countries deal with Covid crisis?
[A]ADB
[B]WorldBank
[C]IMF
[D] AIIB
Answer: B [World Bank]

4.Avani Lekhara, who took the ‘Best Female Debut’ at Paralympic Sport Awards, is associated with which sports?
[A]Tennis
[B]High-Jump
[C]Shooting
[D] Table-Tennis
Answer: C [Shooting]

5.Which typhoon recently hit Philippines, making landfall?
[A]Rai
[B]Fai
[C]Norte
[D] Siargao
Answer: A [Rai]

Today's GK(17-12-21)

1.Which country hosted the eighth Indian Ocean Dialogue recently?
[A]SriLanka
[B]ndia
[C]Myanmar
[D] Philippines
Answer: B [India]

2.Which Indian journalist has been named by Columbia Journalism School as the 2022 alumni award winners?
[A]NRam
[B]MaliniParthasarathy
[C]RajaMohan
[D] Soli J. Sorabjee
Answer: B [Malini Parthasarathy]

3.Cabinet approved a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, with which country?
[A]Switzerland
[B]Poland
[C]USA
[D] Russia
Answer: B [Poland]

4.World Trade Organization (WTO) panel asked which country to withdraw its subsidies in the sugar sector?
[A]Australia
[B]India
[C]USA
[D] China
Answer: B [India]

5.Manohari Gold Tea, which was seen in the news, is associated with which state/UT?
[A]Kerala
[B]TamilNadu
[C]Assam
[D] West Bengal
Answer: C [Assam]

Today's GK (16-12-21)

1.Which country topped the Asian Power Index for 2021?
[A]China
[B]India
[C]USA
[D] Russia
Answer: C [USA]

2.Which city has become the world’s first government to turn completely paperless?
[A]Moscow
[B]Dubai
[C]NewYork
[D] Abu Dhabi
Answer: B [Dubai]

3.The ‘Nupi Lal Day’ is observed every year in which state/UT?
[A]Assam
[B]Manipur
[C]ArunachalPradesh
[D] Sikkim
Answer: B [Manipur]

4.What is the name of the therapy involving the use of light-sensitive medicine?
[A]Photodynamictherapy
[B]Photovoltaictherapy
[C]Photogenerictherapy
[D] Photology
Answer: A [Photodynamic therapy]

5.River Seine, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which country?
[A]Russia
[B]France
[C]Australia
[D] China
Answer: B [France]

Today's Gk(15-12-21)

1.What is the theme of the “International Universal Health Coverage Day” 2021?
[A]SustainableHealthCoverage
[B] Leave No One’s Health Behind: Invest in Health Systems for All
[C]UniversalaccesstoHealthcare
[D] Equitable and healthy society
Answer: B [Leave No One’s Health Behind: Invest in Health Systems for All]

2.Island Territory of New Caledonia recently voted to stay part of which country?
[A]France
[B]USA
[C]Japan
[D] Russia
Answer: A [France]

3.‘Commercial Space Astronaut Wings program’ is associated with which country?
[A]USA
[B]China
[C]Russia
[D] Australia
Answer: A [USA]

4.As per the updated DICGC Act, account holders can access their insured deposit amount within …… days
[A]30
[B]45
[C]90
[D] 180
Answer: C [90]

5.Buxa tiger reserve, recently seen in the news, is located in which state/UT?
[A]WestBengal
[B]AndhraPradesh
[C]Bihar
[D] Meghalaya
Answer: A [West Bengal]

Today's GK (14-12-21)

1.Catherine Russell, who has been seen in the news recently, is the new head of which global institution?
[A]WorldBank
[B]WorldEconomicForum
[C]UNICEF
[D] IMF
Answer: C [UNICEF]

2.Marmosa (mouse opossums) are endemic to which region?
[A]America
[B]Antarctica
[C]Europe
[D] Asia
Answer: A [America]

3.Which Indian state has witnessed cases of Covidengue, a combination of both COVID-19 and Dengue?
[A]Kerala
[BTelangana
[C]MadhyaPradesh
[D] Gujarat
Answer: B [Telangana]

4.What is the status of “Bryde’s whale”, seen in the news recently?
[A]Extinct
[B]Endangered
[C] LeastConcern
[D] Near Threatened
Answer: B [Endangered]

5.Jhilli Dalabehera, who won a gold medal in Commonwealth championship, is associated with which sports?
[A]Archery
[B]Shooting
[C]Weight-Lifting
[D] Boxing
Answer: C [Weight-Lifting]

Today's GK (13-12-21)

1.Which Indian state has recently reported bird flu cases and culled over 12000 ducks?
[A]Bihar
[B]Assam
[C]Kerala
[D] Tamil Nadu
Answer: C [Kerala]

2.Which South American country recently approved a law allowing same-sex marriage?
[A]Argentina
[B]Chile
[C]Peru
[D] Bolivia
Answer: B [Chile]

3.Who was Google’s most searched-for personality in India in 2021?
[A]NeerajChopra
[B]ElonMusk
[C]PVSindhu
[D] Mirabai Chanu
Answer: A [Neeraj Chopra]

4.The NIPER (Amendment) Bill recently passed in the Parliament, seeks to accord ‘institute of national importance’ status to ………….
[A]Institutesofpharmaceuticaleducationandresearch
[B]Institutesofpetroleumresearch
[C]Institutesofphysicaleducation
[D] Institutes of philosophical research
Answer: A [Institutes of pharmaceutical education and research]

5.NITI Aayog announced that it is set to establish will be establishing 1,000 Atal Tinkering Laboratories in which state/UT?
[A]JammuandKashmir
[B]Goa
[C]Sikkim
[D] Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: A [Jammu and Kashmir]

Today's GK(10-12-21)

1.Which Union Ministry is implementing the umbrella scheme named ‘Atal Vayo Abhyudaya Yojana (AVYAY)?
[A]MinistryofWomenandChildDevelopment
[B]MinistryofSocialJusticeandEmpowerment
[C]MinistryofRuralDevelopment
[D] Ministry of Minority Affairs
Answer: B [Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment] ]

2.What is the name of the portal launched by Ministry of Civil Aviation for seamless air travel during Covid?
[A]AirSuvidha
[B]BharatTravel
[C]PradhanMantriAviation
[D] Welcome India
Answer: A [Air Suvidha] ]

3.Which space agency launched its ‘Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)’?
[A]ISRO
[B]NASA
[C]BlueOrigin
[D] SpaceX
Answer: B [NASA] ]

4.Which Indian bureaucrat was invited to join the board of advisers of International ‘IDEA’?
[A]SunilArora
[B]P.Rawat
[C]AKJoti
[D] Nasim Zaidi
Answer: A [Sunil Arora] ]

5.As per the ‘World Malaria Report 2021’, what is the number of estimated malaria deaths in 2020?
[A]1.27lakhs
[B]2.27lakhs
[C]4.27lakhs
[D] 6.27 lakhs
Answer: D [6.27 lakhs] ]