Current Affairs Quiz [8th december 2021] For All Teaching Exam 2021: Attempt Now

Q1. International Civil Aviation Day is celebrated every year on ________ to recognize the importance of aviation to the social and economic development of the world.
(a) December 5
(b) December 6
(c) December 7
(d) December 8

Q2. Which state has left behind Maharashtra to become the country’s leading manufacturing hub, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu

Q3. Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Kinara Capital?
(a) Ajinkya Rahane
(b) Rohit Sharma
(c) Ravindra Jadeja
(d) Jasprit Bumrah

Q4. Name the Indian-American mathematician who has been nominated by American Mathematical Society (AMS) for the first Ciprian Foias Award in Operator Theory.
(a) Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan
(b) C.S. Seshadri
(c) P C Mahalanobis
(d) Nikhil Srivastava

Q5. Who among the following has been named BWF Male Player of the Year 2021?
(a) Viktor Axelsen
(b) Anders Antonsen
(c) Dominic Thiem
(d) Alexander Zverev

Q6. Who is the author of the new book titled ’1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories’?
(a) Amit Ranjan
(b) Subhadra Sen Gupta
(c) Sanjay Baru
(d) Rachna Bisht Rawat

Q7. Who won the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021?
(a) Max Verstappen
(b) Valtteri Bottas
(c) Esteban Ocon
(d) Lewis Hamilton

Q8. Who has won the second term as President during Gambia’s presidential election?
(a) Ousainou Darboe
(b) Yahya Jammeh
(c) Adama Barrow
(d) Dawda Jawara

Q9. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of an Indian Mobile Accessories brand “Unix”?
(a) Mohammed Shami
(b) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
(c) Ravichandran Ashwin
(d) Jasprit Bumrah

Q10. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers launches first large survey vessel ________ for Indian Navy.
(a) Rajni
(b) Surya
(c) Sandhayak
(d) Yudha

Q11. The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu launched ‘Public Service Ethics- A Quest for Naitik Bharat’ authored by ________.
(a) Rani Kumar Sharma
(b) Prabhat Kumar
(c) Shubham Tiwari
(d) Himanshu Bisht

Q12. Mahaparinirvana Divas is observed every year on December 6 on the death anniversary of _________________.
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Bhimrao Ambedkar

Q13. A book titled ‘The Midway Battle: Modi’s Roller-coaster Second Term’ authored by ______.
(a) Gautam Chintamani
(b) Vipul Verma
(c) Vipin Arora
(d) Shikhar Sood

Q14. Name India’s 1st woman Psychiatrist, who passed away recently.
(a) Jaswant Singh Neki
(b) M. Sarada Menon
(c) Vikram Patel
(d) Anirudh Kala

Q15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects worth ______ at Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
(a) Rs 18,000 crore
(b) Rs 19,000 crore
(c) Rs 20,000 crore
(d) Rs 21,000 crore

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. International Civil Aviation Day is celebrated every year on December 7 to recognize the importance of aviation to the social and economic development of the world.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Gujarat has left behind Maharashtra to become the country’s leading manufacturing hub, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bangalore based innovative, fast-growing fintech, Kinara Capital signed the Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, as its official brand ambassador on the occasion of the company’s 10th anniversary.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Indian-American Mathematician Nikhil Srivastava nominated for American Mathematical Society (AMS) for the first Ciprian Foias Award in Operator Theory.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen and China’s Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying were named Male and Female player of the year 2021 respectively by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. A new book titled ’1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories’ Released; authored by Rachna Bisht Rawat.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) takes victory in pulsating race at Jeddah. Hamilton took his third consecutive victory in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to draw level on points with Max Verstappen in the title race.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. The President of Gambia, Adama Barrow, won the second term as President during Gambia’s presidential election by achieving over 53% votes from 50 of 53 constituencies. He defeated his main challenger Ousainou Darboe who won 27.7% of vote.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Unix, an Indian Mobile Accessories manufacturing brand, has signed Indian Cricket Fast Bowler, Jasprit Bumrah as its Brand Ambassador to increase the visibility of their products.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Indian shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) has achieved a new milestone with the launch of the first large survey vessel for the Indian Navy. Called Sandhayak, the vessel is the first in the series of four ships being built under the Survey Vessel Large (SVL) project. It has been built at GRSE.

S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu launched ‘Public Service Ethics- A Quest for Naitik Bharat’ authored by Prabhat Kumar, published by IC Centre for Governance, at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas, New Delhi.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. India observes December 6 as Mahaparinirvan Divas every year to mark the death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who fought for economic and social empowerment of Dalits in the country.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Vice President (VP) M. Venkaiah Naidu launched a book titled ‘The Midway Battle: Modi’s Roller-coaster Second Term’ authored by Gautam Chintamani and published by Bloomsbury India at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas, New Delhi.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Padma Bhushan Dr Mamballaikalathil Sarada Menon, India’s 1st woman Psychiatrist and the longest-serving head of the Institute of Mental Health has passed away.

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects worth Rs 18,000 crore at Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

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