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1 DECEMBER 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

Total Questions : 20 | Page 1 of 2 pages
Question 1. The world's first floating city is proposed to be developed in which country?
  1.    South Korea
  2.    France
  3.    Australia
  4.    Netherlands
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> South Korea

South Korea is soon going to get the world's first floating city, to deal with the problem of floods due to rising sea levels.


Question 2. Petr Fiala has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of which country?
  1.    Austria
  2.    Slovakia
  3.    Prague
  4.    Czech Republic
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Czech Republic

Petr Fiala has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the Czech Republic by President Milos Zeman.


Question 3. Who has been elected as the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF)?
  1.    Santosh Yadav
  2.    Premlata Agarwal
  3.    Harshwanti Bisht
  4.    Malavath Purna
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Harshwanti Bisht

Noted mountaineer Harshwanti Bisht has been elected as the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF).


Question 4. Who is the winner of the International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism for 2021?
  1.    No award given in 2021
  2.    Lakshmi Subramanian and Bhanu Praksh Chandra
  3.    Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi
  4.    Mariyam Alavi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi

The International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism 2021 has been awarded jointly to Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi of NDTV, and Lakshmi Subramanian and Bhanu Prakash Chandra of The Week.


Question 5. The India International Science Festival (IISF) in 2021 will be held in which state?
  1.    Delhi
  2.    West Bengal
  3.    Kerala
  4.    Goa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Goa

The 7th edition of the four-day India International Science Festival (IISF) is scheduled to be held in Panaji, Goa, from December 10 to 13, 2021.


Question 6. Which word has been declared as the word of the year 2021 by the Merriam-Webster dictionary?
  1.    Insurrection
  2.    Vaccine
  3.    Cicada
  4.    Perseverance
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Vaccine

The American publishing company Merriam-Webster has chosen the word "vaccine" as its 2021 Word of the Year.


Question 7. The Life Insurance Corporation of India has received the approval of RBI to increase its stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank from the present 4.96% to which percent?
  1.    7.99%
  2.    6.99%
  3.    9.99%
  4.    8.99%
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 9.99%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given its approval to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to raise its stake in private lender Kotak Mahindra Bank to 9.99 percent.


Question 8. Who is the winner of the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 52nd IFFI in Goa?
  1.    Night Forest (Germany)
  2.    Killing the Eunach Khan (Iran)
  3.    Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (Chad, France, Belgium, Germany)
  4.    Tiffin (India)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (Chad, France, Belgium, Germany)

The internationally co-produced drama film Lingui: The Sacred Bonds has won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at IFFI 52 in Goa.


Question 9. Which of the following films have jointly won the Best Film Award at the 6th BRICS Film Festival?
  1.    On Wheels and Asuran
  2.    Barakat and The Sun above Me Never Sets
  3.    The Silence Of The Rain
  4.    A Little Red Flower From China
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Barakat and The Sun above Me Never Sets

Best Film - jointly shared by South African film 'Barakat' and Russian film 'The Sun above Me Never Sets'.


Question 10. Who has won the men's Ballon d'Or award 2021?
  1.    Cristiano Ronaldo
  2.    Robert Lewandowski
  3.    Karan Joshi
  4.    Lionel Messi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi won the men's Ballon d'Or award for a record seventh time.


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