Current Affairs Quiz
Current Affairs Quiz December 1-7th 2022 Part 1
1) In which city is the International Gita Mahotsav-2022 taking place?
Answer: Kurukshetra
2) What is the date on which International Cheetah Day is celebrated each year?
Answer: December 04
3) In Colombo, Urvashi Singh won two WBC titles by defeating who?
Answer: Thanchanok Phanan
4) Which country has re-elected Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo as President?
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
5) Which month did India take on the presidency of the UN Security Council?
Answer: December
6) Which country’s president will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations in 2023?
Answer: Egypt
7) How many bills, including the Biodiversity Amendment Bill, is the Union Government to introduce in the upcoming winter session?
Answer: 16
8) Which country is the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea off the coast of where researchers discovered five new species of black coral?
Answer: Australia.
9) To which post did Vinay Mohan Kwatra receive a 16-month extension?
Answer: Foreign Secretary
10) In which state is the 23rd Hornbill festival to be organized?
Answer: Nagaland
11) Provide the name of the celebrity who is signed as a brand ambassador by wearables brand Noise?
Answer: Virat Kohli
12) What state recently passed a law to increase penalties, including jail time and fines, for forced conversions and “mass conversion”?
Answer: Uttarakhand
13) What is the date for National Organ Donation Day?
Answer: November 27
14) The RBI has conditionally granted The Carlyle Group and Advent permission to acquire a 9.99% stake in which Bank.
Answer: Yes Bank
15) Provide the name of the individual who has been appointed to the role of Revenue Secretary
Answer: Sanjay Malhotra
16) In which country did two volcanic eruptions in the Kamchatka Peninsula region of Siberia erupt?
Answer: Russia
17) In Vijay Hazare Trophy final, how many wickets did Saurashtra win over Maharashtra?
Answer: 5
18) On what date did the 30-share BSE Sensex close for the first time above 63,000 points?
Answer: November 30
19) Where did the First National coastal security conference-2022 take place?
Answer: Chennai
20) What nation has seen a substantial decrease in its Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)?
Answer: India
21) Which team was the first to tally 500 runs in a single day of a Test match?
Answer: England
22) Which nation, in addition to the United States, participated in the 18th Yudh Abhyas joint military exercise?
Answer: India
23) The National Statistical Commission has named who as its chairperson?
Answer: Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar
24) On what date is World AIDS Day observed?
Answer: December 1
25) RRPR Holdings was taken over by which group?
Answer: Adani Group
26) In which state was the 53rd International Film Festival of India held?
Answer: Goa
27) From what year onwards will the Pre-matric Scholarship be available to minorities in classes 9 and 10?
Answer: 2022-23
28) What person has been elected to serve as president of AAAI?
Answer: Prasanth Kumar.
29) Which state’s Temples does the Madras High Court prohibit the use of mobile phones inside?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
30) In which city will Aero India 2023 be held from 13-17 Feb 2023?
Answer: Bengaluru
31) What time frame has the WMO identified as having a dramatic decrease in the amount of water in the Ganga?
Answer: 2002-2021
32) Name of the city that will host the 2022 celebration of Indian Navy Day?
Answer: Visakhapatnam
33) In which year will Vistara and Air India merge?
Answer: 2024
34) At how many airports was the Digi Yatra introduced by Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Union Minister for Civil Aviation?
Answer: 3
35) Which country’s Great Barrier Reef has been recommended by a UN panel to be listed as a World Heritage Site in Danger?
Answer: Australia
Current Affairs Quiz December 1-7th 2022 Part 2
36) Which company got the contract to redevelop the Dharavi slums?
Answer: Adani Group
37) National Gopal Ratna award 2022 received by Jitendra Singh, who belongs to which state?
Answer: Haryana
38) Which country is set to host the Third blind T-20 Cricket World Cup-2022?
Answer: India
39) By how much has the HIV infection rate decreased from 2010 to 2021?
Answer: 46%
40) For which month in 2022 did India assume the Presidency of the UNSC?
Answer: December
41) In which country will the third T20 World Cup cricket tournament for the Blind take place?
Answer: India
42) How many tiered regulatory frameworks, based on the size of deposits, were announced by the RBI for urban cooperative banks?
Answer: 4
43) Which country, along with India, carried out the bilateral exercise ‘Agni Warrior’?
Answer: Singapore
44) At the Global Banking Summit, which bank was selected for the Banker’s Bank of the Year Award?
Answer: Canara Bank
45) Which individual was bestowed with Padma Bhushan – India’s third-highest civilian award under the Trade and Industry division in 2022?
Answer: Sundar Pichai
46) National Advocate Day celebrate on what date?
Answer: December 03
47) In which nation was a 48,500-year-old ‘zombie virus’ revealed at the bottom of a glaciated lake?
Answer: Russia
48) In which state was Tree Tag, a green start-up, honored with an award at the 2022 Climathon?
Answer: Kerala
49) What is the name of the person who became the Secretary of the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education GoI?
Answer: Sanjay Kumar
50) Which state raised the monthly pension amount for persons with disabilities?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
51) In which state was the ‘One District One Sport’ scheme launch?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
52) What rank did Mumbai hold in Knight Frank’s Global Prime Cities Index?
Answer: 22nd
53) In which state will the inaugural drone station for healthcare service delivery be established?
Answer: Meghalaya
54) In which state was the Barak valley first home to the Sylhet-Silchar festival?
Answer: Assam
55) In which city was the MK-III advanced light Helicopter commissioned?
Answer: Chennai
56) In which state did the election commission establish a polling booth for a single voter?
Answer: Gujarat
57) In which state was the first Tribal Winter Festival held?
Answer: J&K
58) In which state will the International Lusophone Festival be hosted?
Answer: Goa
59) In which country was the ‘Emissary of Peace’ award given to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar?
Answer: USA
60) Which country is the Indian naval fleet going on a friendship tour to?
Answer: Vietnam
61) How many female scientists of Indian origin have been chosen for Australia’s Superstars of STEM?
Answer: 3
62) Which state appointed Parson Joshi, renowned lyricist, poet and writer, as their brand ambassador?
Answer: Uttarakhand
63) In what state is the two-day Silchar-Sylhet Festival, honoring the Barak, hosted?
Answer: Assam
64) Which country’s first private launchpad has been set up by AgniKul Cosmos at Sriharikota?
Answer: India
65) To whom has SEBI given approval to serve as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BSE?
Answer: Sundararaman Ramamurthy
66) On what date will India take up the chairmanship of the Wassenaar Arrangement?
Answer: 1 January 2023
67) Who will be the chief guest at the “Millets-Smart Nutritive Food” Conclave in New Delhi?
Answer: The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will be the chief guest at the conclave.
68) On which date is World Soil Day observed each year?
Answer: December 05
69) Which nation has reached a spot among the top 50 in the Global Aviation Safety Ranking?
Answer: India
70) What country bestowed the name “Mandous” upon the cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal?
Answer: United Arab Emirates
Current Affairs Quiz December 1-7th 2022 Part 3
71) In which state was Asia’s first Drone delivery hub launched to promote simple access to healthcare?
Answer: Meghalaya
72) What nation was accorded Earthshot award-2022 for its start-up in ‘KHEYTI’?
Answer: India
73) Which Indian Institute of Technology created a ‘non-electrical’ heating system powered by water?
Answer: IIT Delhi
74) In which city did India launch its first gold ATM?
Answer: Hyderabad
75) Who was chosen to be the Chairman & MD of BHAVIN?
Answer: K. V. Suresh Kumar
76) In which country did Google launch its anti-misinformation campaign?
Answer: India
77) What IIT researchers were involved in the creation of the Ocean Wave Energy converter?
Answer: IIT Madras
78) What is the name of the individual whom the BCCI appointed as batting coach of the Indian women’s cricket team?
Answer: Hrishikesh Kanitkar
79) How many National Institutes of AYUSH will the Prime Minister dedicate to the nation?
Answer: 3
80) To which country does Mina Sue Choi, Miss Earth 2022, belong?
Answer: South Korea
81) What state has issued guidelines to avoid employee dismissal without any enquiry?
Answer: Haryana
82) Which of the four Indian women is an actress on the BBC’s list of 100 influential women?
Answer: Priyanka Chopra
83) From which game did Eden Hazard announce his retirement?
Answer: Football
84) What country comes in third as India’s biggest trading partner, after China and the US, for the year 2022?
Answer: UAE
85) What is the most popular search term on Google in India for 2022?
Answer: IPL
86) Who has been chosen to fill the position of ONGC’s new Chairman?
Answer: Arun Kumar Singh
87) Dina Boluarte of what nation became its first female president?
Answer: Peru
88) To which country is NDDB and Amul providing technology to boost milk production?
Answer: Sri Lanka
89) Where is Mount Semeru volcano, which has recently erupted and released ash into the sky, causing evacuations?
Answer: Indonesia
90) Which country recently celebrated Armed Forces Flag Day?
Answer: India
91) To which state’s Kalamandalam Deemed University did Mallika Sarabhai become the Chancellor of?
Answer: Kerala
92) To which profession did Kumble Sundar Rao, who passed away, belong?
Answer: Artist
93) What profession did Manohar Devadoss, who has passed away, belong to?
Answer: Writer
94) By how much has the RBI increased the repo rate?
Answer: 35 basis points
95) To which profession did Yoginder K Alagh, who has passed away, belong?
Answer: Economist
96) In which country will India planned to organised the 12th World Hindi Conference in February?
Answer: Fiji
97) In which city is Jindal Shadeed Group establish a green steel plant with an investment of $3 billion?
Answer: Oman
98) By whom was the book “Brave Hearts of Bharat, Vignettes from Indian History” composed?
Answer: Vikram Sampath
99) Which state High Court did Justice Tashi Rabstan get appointed as acting chief justice of?
Answer: J&K
100) Which country, together with India, declared December 06 as ‘Maitri Divas’?
Answer: Bangladesh
Current Affairs Quiz December 1-7th 2022 Part 4
101) In which state will the 11th edition of the Admiral’s Cup Regatta commence on the 6th of December, 2022?
Answer: Kerala
102) In which country did Veena Nair, of Indian origin, receive the Prime Minister’s award?
Answer: Australia
103) At the 2022 Weightlifting World Championships, who won the silver medal?
Answer: Mirabai Chanu
104) What nation is collaborating with India on the Kaziranga initiative?
Answer: France
105) What state will be home to the first Divyang department?
Answer: Maharashtra
106) At the final of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which actress will be revealing the Trophy?
Answer: Deepika Padukone
107) In which game did Manisha Ramadass win the BWF Female Player of the Year award?
Answer: Badminton
108) What is the name of India’s seventy-seventh Chess Grandmaster?
Answer: Aditya Mittal
109) Forbes Asia’s 16th edition of Heroes of Philanthropy List includes how many billionaires from India?
Answer: 3
110) In which state does the 7th edition of the Sangam exercise begin?
Answer: Goa
111) What city will Host Technotex 2023 from 22 to 24 February, 2023?
Answer: Mumbai
112) For which country’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, was 2022 Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ designation given?
Answer: Ukraine
