Current Affairs, 31 December 2020

 Current Affairs, 31 December 2020

1. Which footballer recently received the ‘Player of the Century’ award?

(a) Lionel Messi

(b) Cristiano Ronaldo

(c) Neymar

(d)  Diego Maradona

Answer: (b) Cristiano Ronaldo

 

2. Which country will surpass the United Kingdom as the world's fifth largest economy in 2025?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Bangladesh

(c)India

(d) Japan

Answer: (c) India

 

3. Who among the following has started a private canteen named ‘Jan Rasoi’ in New Delhi?

(a) Sonu Sood

(b) Gautam Gambhir

(c) Chetan Bhagat

(d) Virat Kohli

Answer: (b) Gautam Gambhir

 

4. Who inaugurated ‘E-Sewa Kendra’?

(a) Ramnath Kobind

(b) Narendra Modi

(c) Sharad Arvind Bobade

(d) Nirmala Sitharaman

Answer: (c) Sharad Arvind Bobade

 

5. FIFA under-17 World Cup 2021 has been postponed to year 2023. Which country will host?

(a) Chili

(b) Thailand

(c) Peru

(d) France

Answer: (c) Peru

 

6. Which state has launched a mobile application and web portal ‘PR Insight’?

(a) Punjab

(b) Haryana

(c) Assam

(d) Goa

Answer: (a) Punjab

 

7. Recently the late Sunil Kothari was a historian of which subject?

(a) Music

(b) Dance

(c)Painting

(d) Cricket

Answer: (b) Dance

 

8. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has unveiled a 18 feet Statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in which city?

(a) Mandi

(b) Solan

(c) Dharmshala

(d) Shimla

Answer: (d) Shimla

 

9. India’s first Lithium Refinery will be set up in which of the following states?

(a) Maharastra

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Bihar

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (d) Gujarat

 

10. India’s first hot air balloon wildlife safari was launched in which Tiger Reserve of the country?

(a) Bandhabgarh Tiger Reserve

(b) Nagarhole Tiger Reserve

(c) Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

(d) Sariska Tiger Reserve

Answer: (a) Bandhabgarh Tiger Reserve

 

11. India’s biggest hockey stadium will be built in which state?

(a) Kerala

(b) Odisha

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b) Odisha

 

12. Which country launched a remote sensing satellite called ‘Yaogan-33’?

(a) Japan

(b) China

(c) Russia

(d)  India

Answer: (b) China

 

13. Good Governance Day is observed annually on December 25. When was the first time it celebrated?

(a) 2014

(b) 2015

(c) 2016

(d) 2017

Answer: (a) 2014

 

14. Who is set to become the India’s youngest Mayor from Thiruvananthapuram?

(a) Arya Rajendran

(b) Samuya Shastri

(c) Naveli Iyer

(d) Pramila Krishnan

Answer: (a) Arya Rajendran

 

15. Who wrote a book in Konkani entitled ‘Sutranivednachi sutra- ek anbav’?

(a) Jhuma Lahiri

(b) Rupa Chari

(c) Arundhati Roy

(d) Gauri Shankar

Answer: (b) Rupa Chari

 

16. John Edrich, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?

(a) Basketball

(b) Badminton

(c) Football

(d) Cricket

Answer: (d) Cricket

 

17. Which state in collaboration with UNICEF has launched a Career Portal for secondary and higher secondary students?

(a) Kerala

(b) Goa

(c) Odisha

(d) Tripura

Answer: (c) Odisha

 

18. Who has become the new Vice-Precident of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?

(a) Rajeev Shukla

(b) Brijesh Patel

(c) Khairul Jamal Majumdar

(d) Jay Shah

Answer: (a) Rajeev Shukla

 

19. Which Organization has signed a MoU with Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) to set up Yoga Wellness Centres across India?

(a) NITI Aayog

(b) NCDC

(c) Ministry of Ayush

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b) NCDC

 

20. Indian Government has invited bids to sale its what percent of stake in Shipping Corporation of India?

(a) 49.50%

(b) 23.45%

(c) 56.23%

(d) 63.75%

Answer: (d) 63.75%

 

21. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched which portal mobile app on Good Governance Day?

(a) E-Sampati

(b) E-Adhikar

(c) E-Sampada

(d) E-Parigrah

Answer: (c) E-Sampada

 

22. Which state government recently launched 'One District One Industry' campaign?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) West Bengal

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh

 

23. Florin Citu has become the New Prime Minister of which country?

(a) Romania

(b) Serbia

(c) Hungary

(d) Slovakia

Answer: (a) Romania

 

24. SBI Life Insurance has acquired what percent stake in non-deposit taking NBFC Paisalo Digital?

(a) 6.99%

(b) 8.99%

(c) 7.99%

(d) 9.99%

Answer: (b) 8.99%

 

25. Which Union Minister inaugurated the Meteorological Center in Ladakh?

(a) Rajnath Singh

(b) Dr. Harsh Vardhan

(c) Prakash Javedkar

(d) Narendra Singh Tamar

Answer: (b) Dr. Harsh Vardhan

 

26. Which Indian aerospace technology company successfully tested a rocket named 'Kalam-5'?

(a) Sky Waltz

(b) Skyroot Aerospace

(c) ISRO

(d) NASA

Answer: (b) Skyroot Aerospace

 

27. Which two countries conducted naval exercises called ‘PASSEX-2020’?

(a) China and Pakistan

(b) India and Vietnam

(c) Sri Lanka and India

(d) India and Indonesia

Answer: (b) India and Vietnam