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29 DECEMBER 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

Total Questions : 20 | Page 1 of 2 pages
Question 1. Who has authored the book 'The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land'?
  1.    Shivshankar Menon
  2.    Shyam Saran
  3.    Manoj Mukund Naravane
  4.    Nirmal Chander Vij
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Nirmal Chander Vij

Former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Nirmal Chander Vij released his new book titled 'The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land'.


Question 2. Who has been appointed as president of the International Automobile Federation?
  1.    Mohammed bin Sulayem
  2.    Christian Wolff
  3.    Jean Todt
  4.    Max Mosley
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Mohammed bin Sulayem

Mohammed bin Sulayem of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to Jean Todt as the first non-European president of motorsport's world governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA).


Question 3. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of RBL Bank?
  1.    Sanjiv Chadha
  2.    Rajeev Ahuja
  3.    Sashidhar Jagdishan
  4.    Vishwavir Ahuja
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Rajeev Ahuja

RBL Bank MD, CEO Vishwavir Ahuja has resigned and Rajeev Ahuja has been appointed as new MD.


Question 4. Who has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the best book of fiction by a woman author?
  1.    Avni Doshi
  2.    Shubhangi Swarup
  3.    Namita Gokhale
  4.    Anukrti Upadhyay
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Anukrti Upadhyay

Anukrti Upadhyay has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her novel, Kintsugi, which was published by the Fourth Estate imprint.


Question 5. World Sangeet Tansen festival is celebrated in which State?
  1.    Madhya Pradesh
  2.    Uttar Pradesh
  3.    Maharashtra
  4.    Rajasthan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Madhya Pradesh

World Sangeet Tansen festival or Tansen Samaroh organized in Gwalior, MP. In Madhya Pradesh, the 97th edition of the World Sangeet Tansen festival started in Gwalior.


Question 6. Who has been posthumously awarded the Mumbai Press Club's 'Journalist of the Year' award?
  1.    Isravel Moses
  2.    Danish Siddiqui
  3.    Rakesh Singh
  4.    Shujaat Bukhari
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Danish Siddiqui

Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who died while being on an assignment in Afghanistan, will be posthumously awarded the 'Journalist of the Year' for 2020 by the Mumbai Press Club.


Question 7. Which is the first antiviral pill that has so far shown success in treating COVID-19?
  1.    CORBEVAX
  2.    COVOVAX
  3.    Molnupiravir
  4.    Remdesivir
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Molnupiravir

The Molnupiravir antiviral Covid-19 drug has been developed by MSD and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.


Question 8. Which space agency has launched the world's largest telescope named James Webb Space?
  1.    Jaxa
  2.    Roscosmos
  3.    ISRO
  4.    NASA
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> NASA

NASA's $10 billion telescope James Webb Space Telescope is designed to capture the first glimpse of the universe shortly after the Big Bang, targeted for an explosion from the European Space Agency's Kourou, French Guiana.


Question 9. Which ship has been decommissioned by the Indian Navy after 32 years of service?
  1.    INS Vikrant
  2.    INS Vikram
  3.    INS Khukri
  4.    INS Rajput
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> INS Khukri

INS Khukri (Pennant No. 49), the first indigenously built missile corvette, has decommissioned after 32 years of service at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.


Question 10. Who has been appointed as the co-chairman of FIDC?
  1.    Rajeev Ahuja
  2.    Dinanath Dubhashi
  3.    Kamlesh Gandhi
  4.    Sanjay Chamria
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Kamlesh Gandhi

Kamlesh Gandhi, CMD of MAS Financial Services has been appointed as Co-Chairman, FIDC in addition to Umesh Revankar, CEO and MD of Shriram Transport Finance Group.


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