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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS – DECEMBER 2017

1. Which State observes its statehood day on 01 December?

a. Nagaland b. Manipur c. Mizoram d. Tripura

2. Who of the following has been chosen as the PETA Person of the Year 2017?

a. Priyanka Chopra b. Anushka Sharma c. Katrina Kaif d. Kareena Kapoor

3. Which Indian city recently launched its own logo, thus becoming the first in the country to do so?

a. Bengaluru b. Gurugram c. Pune d. Vadodara

4. Which country has declared launching of a new cryptocurrency named Petro?

a. Qatar b. Venezuela c. Libya d. Saudi Arabia

5. Who of the following has NOT scored 6 double centuries in test matches?

a. Sachin Tendulkar b. Virender Sehwag c. Virat Kohli d. Rahul Dravid

6. Which city has been chosen to host the Commonwealth Games 2022?

a. Yorkshire b. London c. Birmingham d. Glasgow

7. Naseem Al-Bahr was a joint military exercise conducted by India and –

a. Iran b. Yemen c. Afghanistan d. Oman

8. Who of the following was chosen as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017?

a. Mo Farah b. Andy Murray c. Laura Robson d. Simone Biles

9. Joy Goswami, who has been chosen for the 31st Moortidevi Award is a poet of which language?

a. Assamese b. Bengali c. Odiya d. Maithili

10. Mr. India contest held in Mumbai in which Jitesh Singh Deo was declared the winner was sponsored by
–

a. Peter England b. Proline c. Adidas d. Chirag din

11. Where are the headquarters of International Solar Alliance located?

a. Paris b. Geneva c. Gurugram d. Dubai

12. Which of the following was chosen as the word of the year 2017 by Oxford Dictionary?
a. Feminism b. Selfie c. Fake News d. Youthquake

13. Of which of the following diseases was India declared free by the Health Minister Shri JP Nadda?

a. Glaucoma b. Cataract c. Trachoma d. Melanoma

14. At which of the following places did Rohit Sharma score his 3rd double century in ODIs becoming the
first batsman in the world to do so?

a. Rajkot b. Indore c. Mohali d. Kolkata

15. Who of the following has been chosen to be conferred the 2017 Vyas Samman by KK Birla Foundation?

a. Joy Goswami b. Mamta Kalia c. Mamang Dai d. Niranjan Mishra

16. Which State has decided to recognise political prisoners during emergency as Loktantra Senani?

a. Rajasthan b. Bihar c. Chhattisgarh d. Jharkhand

17. Who of the following has been awarded the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2017?

a. Lionel Messi b. Neymar c. Paul Pogba d. Cristiano Ronaldo

18. Which country recently handed over its port Hambantota to China on a lease for 99 years?

a. Seychelles b. Maldives c. Sri Lanka d. Myanmar

19. Which Indian event was included by UNESCO in Intangible World Heritage list?

a. Kumbh Mela b. Sonepur Mela c. Pushkar Fair d. Thrissur Pooram

20. The National Green Tribunal recently banned plastic items like carry bags, plates and cutlery in towns
located on the banks of which river?

a. Narmada b. Yamuna c. Ganga d. Brahamaputra

21. Which of the following states was not severely affected by the Cyclone Ockhi?

a. Tamil Nadu b. Kerala c. Karnataka d. Andhra Pradesh

22. Vigilante Ace was a joint air exercise carried out by the United States of America and –

a. Israel b. France c. South Korea d. India

23. Shamli which was recently included in the National Capital Territory is a district of –

a. Uttar Pradesh b. Haryana c. Rajasthan d. Madhya Pradesh

24. DARPAN project launched by the Central Government is aimed at improving the services of –

a. Regional Rural Banks b. Rural Post Offices

25. Dhanraj Bhagat, whose 100th birth anniversary is being observed this year was a well-known –

a. Painter b. Sculptor c. Musician d. Freedom fighter

26. Mt. Hope which was in news recently is located on which continent?

a. Europe b. North America c. Asia d. Antarctica

27. Which country has the highest number of its citizens living abroad?

a. India b. Pakistan c. Indonesia d. Bangladesh

28. In which city is India’s first National Rail and Transportation University proposed to be set up?

a. Secunderabad b. Vadodara c. Varanasi d. Pune

29. Which day in India is observed as Kisan Diwas (Farmers' Day)?

a. 22 December b. 23 December c. 24 December d. 25 December

30. Ajeya Warrior is a joint military exercise conducted by India and –

a. Maldives b. Russia c. United Kingdom d. Oman

31. Which State recently passed a bill awarding death sentence to those guilty of raping girls aged 12 and
below?

a. Madhya Pradesh b. Gujarat c. Jharkhand d. Uttar Pradesh

32. INS Kalvari, the first of Scorpene class submarines was commissioned into the Indian Navy at –

a. Kochi b. Goa c. Visakhapatnam d. Mumbai

33. Which country recently lifted a ban on movie theatres imposed over 35 years ago?

a. Iran b. Saudi Arabia c. Oman d. Libya

34. Who of the following is the new President of Indian Olympic Association?

a. Narinder Batra b. Mariamma Koshy c. N Srinivasan d. Vinod Rai

35. In a recent survey Taj Mahal was listed as the second best UNESCO World Heritage Site. Who conducted
the survey?

a. TripAdvisor b. Lonely Planet

c. National Geographic Channel d. Discovery

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (a)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (c)
21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (a) 35. (a)

More information on some answers

1. The President of India inaugurated the Hornbill Festival on its Statehood day.

5. Virat Kohli recently became the first international captain to score 6 double centuries in test matches.
Rahul Dravid has 5 double centuries to his credit.

11. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) became treaty-based international intergovernmental organization
on 6th December 2017 one month after Guinea ratified it on 6 November 2017. The ISA was launched at
the UN Conference of Parties (CoP) climate summit in Paris on November 30, 2015, by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and then French President Francois Hollande.

13. The National Trachoma Survey Report (2014-17) was launched by the minister, which indicated that the
active trachoma infection has been eliminated among children in all the survey districts with overall
prevalence of only 0.7 per cent.6

18. The port built with loans from a Chinese state-owned bank and opened in 2010 has been handed over
to pay off country's debt.

20. The ban has been imposed in Haridwar, Rishikesh and towns along Ganga till the upper areas of
Uttarkashi

25. An exhibition entitled ‘The 100th Birth Anniversary Exhibition and Celebration: DHANRAJ BHAGAT
(1917-1988).’ is being held in National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi on the theme of ‘Journey from the
Physical to the Spiritual’.

27. As per International Migration Day 2017 released by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
16.6 million Indians are living abroad followed by Mexico, Russia and China.

29. 23 December is the birth anniversary of former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh.

35. Angkor Vat, the temple in Cambodia was ranked as the best.