Current Affairs, 27 December 2020

Current Affairs, 27 December 2020

1. What was the theme of ‘National Consumer Day 2020’?

(A) Consumer Protection in Digital Era

(B) New Features of Consumer Protection Act, 2019

(C) Alternate Consumer Grievance

(D) Timely Disposal of Consumer Complaints

Answer: (B) New Features of Consumer Protection Act, 2019

2. Members of the Space Force which is the sixth and newest branch of the U.S. Military, will be called _____?

(a) Defenders

(b) Custodians

(c) Guardians

(d) Champions

Answer: (c) Guardians

3. Where is the headquarters of DRDO located?

(A) Pune

(B) Bangalore

(C) New Delhi

(D) Dehradun

Answer: (C) New Delhi

4. Which Insurance Company has partnered with InterCity RailYatri to provide complimentary travel insurance of Rs. 5 Lakh?

(a) Bajaj Alianz

(b) Bharti Axa

(c) HDFC EGRO

(d) SBI General Insurance

Answer: (d) SBI General Insurance

5. MR-SAM missiles have been successfully tested in which state recently?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Orissa

(C) West Bengal

(D) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (B) Orissa

6. Which among the following organized the four-day Virtual Symposium on Tropical Meteorology (TROPMET – 2020)?

(a) Indian Meteorological Society

(b) Ministry of Earth Science

(c) Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

(d)Indian Ocean Commission

Answer: a) Indian Meteorological Society

7. Which country has recently built the largest ‘Radio Telescope’ in the world?

(A) China

(B) Japan

(C) United States of America

(D) France

Answer: (A) China

8. The Government of India has announced to open a museum on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in which city to mark his birth anniversary in 2022?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Kolkata

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Pune

Answer: (b) Kolkata

9. Who has become the first Indian to register 50 goal contributions in Indian Super League (ISL)?

(a) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

(b) Harmanjot Khabra

(c) Sunil Chetri

(d) Sandesh Jhingan

Answer: (c) Sunil Chetri

10. Name the female boxer who has won the gold medal in 60kg category at Cologne World Cup in Germany.

(a) Sonia Lather

(b) Pooja Rani

(c) Manisha

(d) Simranjeet Kaur

Answer: (d) Simranjeet Kaur

11. Which Web series won the Best Series Award at Film fare OTT award 2020?

(a) Patal Lok

(b) Aarya

(c) The Family Man

(d) Delhi Crime

Answer: a) Patal Lok

12. Recogsquare is a startup incubated and funded by which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)?

(a) IIT Delhi

(b) IIT Roorkee

(c) IIT Bombay

(d) IIT Guwahati

Answer: (b) IIT Roorkee

13. When was ‘National Consumer Day 2020’ celebrated?

(A) 22 December

(B) 23 December

(C) 24 December

(D) 25 December

Answer: (C) 24 December

14. A new mutated COVID-19 variant has been discovered in which nation?

(a) Brazil

(b) Canada

(c) China

(d) United Kingdom

Answer: (d) United Kingdom

15. Which division of Western Railway has created a record by loading 10.06 crore liters of milk this year?

(a) Ahmedabad

(b) Vadodora

(c) Rajkot

(d) Bhabnagar

Answer: a) Ahmedabad

16. Which Airline has partnered with car rental company Urban Drive so that passengers can book self-driven and chauffeur driver services?

(a) Air India

(b) SpiceJet

(c) IndiGo

(d) GoAir

Answer: (c) IndiGo

17. Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS)?

(a) Uday Kotak

(b) Nand Kishore

(c) Bijay Kumar

(d) C.S. Rajan

Answer: (b) Nand Kishore

18. The population of Leaopard in India has increased by _____ percent in four year, according to The ‘Status Leopard in India 2018’ report?

(a) 40%

(b) 50%

(c) 30%

(d) 60%

Answer: (d) 60%

19. Which edition of the India-Japan SAMVAD conference held on December 21, 2020?

(a) Sixth

(b) Third

(c) Ninth

(d) Fifth

Answer: a) Sixth

20. India and which country has signed seven agreements for cooperation in areas such as defense, petrochemicals and nuclear energy?

(a) France

(b) Vietnam

(c) Brazil

(d) Sweden

Answer: (b) Vietnam

21. Veteran Congress leader Motilal Vora, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Gujarat

(c) Bihar

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (d) Madhya Pradesh

22. When is National Mathematics Day observed in India?

(a) 20 December

(b) 21 December

(c) 22 December

(d) 23 December

Answer: (c) 22 December

23. Which country will host the FIBA Asia Cup 2021?

(a) Thailand

(b) Indonesia

(c) Oman

(d) Japan

Answer: (b) Indonesia

24. Which state has recently been affected by Cyclone Burevi?

(A) Orissa

(B) Kerala

(C) West Bengal

(D) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (D) Tamil Nadu

25. Which organization has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ISRO for setting up Regional Academic Center for Space (RAC-S) on campus?

(A) Banaras Hindu University

(B) Delhi University

(C) IIT Kharagpur

(D) Hindu Collage

Answer: (A) Banaras Hindu University

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