{"id":6107,"date":"2019-12-16T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T05:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/?p=6107"},"modified":"2019-12-16T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:07:03","slug":"current-affairs-quiz-12-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/general-knowledge\/current-affairs-quiz-12-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs Quiz: 12 December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
GK Current Affairs Quiz<\/a> 12th December 2019 with Questions and Answers:\u00a0<\/strong>General Knowledge section of Versionweekly aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease.<\/p>\n Q. When is Britain\u2019s snap general election 2019? Answer: (b) December 12th Q. When is NASA\u2019s Mars rover scheduled to be launched? Answer: (a) 2020 Q. Which city hosted the India and Australia 2+2 Dialogue? Answer: (c) New Delhi Q. Who introduced The Constitution(126th) Amendment Bill Introduced in Lok Sabha On December 9, 2019? Answer: (a) Amit Shah Q. Atal Innovation was an innovative mission of which Government Organization? Answer: (b) NITI Ayog Q. Human Library event was held in which state? Answer: (b) Karnataka Q. When was GST Stakeholder Feedback Diwas organized by the Government of India? Answer: (d) 7 December 2019 Q. Who headed the Indian delegation in the 18th India-Myanmar Foreign Office Consultations held in New Delhi? Answer: (d) Vijay Gokhale Q. Duchifat 3 \u2013 Satelite is built by students of which country? Answer: (c) Israel Q. Zozibini Tunzi who won the Miss Universe Crown For 2019 belongs to which country? Answer: (d) South Africa Q. National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and Aramco Asia have signed an MoU for developing MSME ecosystem in the oil and natural gas sector in India. In which country is Aramco Asia based? Answer: (d) UAE Q. The Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill proposes to extend the reservation quota for SCs and STs in the legislatures by how many years? Answer: (c) 10 years Q. Which community\u2019s nomination quota in legislatures has been left out under Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill? Answer: (a) Anglo-Indian Q. Which among the following satellites was launched by ISRO on December 11, 2019? Answer: (b) RISAT-2BR1 Q. Which Bollywood actor has been appointed by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) as its brand ambassador? Answer: (a) Sunil Shetty Q. India won how many medals at the 13th edition of the South Asian Games? Answer: (c) 312 Q. India won maximum gold medals in which sport at the South Asian Games 2019? Answer: (d) Swimming Q. Who among the following was recently conferred with the Noble Peace Prize 2019? Answer: (a) Abiy Ahmed Q. When is International Mountain Day observed every year? Answer: (d) 11 December Q. Which document will be necessary for getting the fourth installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi(PM-Kisan) income support scheme? Answer: (b) Aadhar Card Signifying the start of the electric aviation age, the world’s first fully-electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test flight, in Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n The fourth edition of International Seminar cum Exhibition on Naval Weapon Systems \u2018NAVARMS-19\u2019 is scheduled at Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, Development Enclave, New Delhi on 12-13 Dec 19.<\/p>\n National Stock Exchange launched interest rate options on ten-year Government bonds.<\/p>\n Ministry of External Affairs will host the 6th Indian Ocean Dialogue and Delhi Dialogue XI at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in New Delhi on 13th and 14th of this month.<\/p>\n India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10 in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released at the COP25 climate summit in Spanish capital Madrid.<\/p>\n The ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) launched its earth observation satellite, RISAT-2BR1 on PSLV-C48 from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.<\/p>\n V Viswanathan has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Dhanlaxmi Bank with effect from December 09, 2019.<\/p>\n Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to achieve international peace and cooperation.<\/p>\n Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has started the scheme of National award for outstanding services in the field of Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug abuse.<\/p>\n 13th South Asian Games concluded in Nepal.<\/p>\n GK Current Affairs Quiz 12th December 2019 with Questions and Answers:\u00a0General Knowledge section of Versionweekly aims to help every competitive … <\/p>\n\n
\n(a) December 22th
\n(b) December 12th
\n(c) December 19th
\n(d) December 21st<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:Britain\u2019s snap general election will be held on December 12, 2019. The elections were called to break the deadlock over Brexit, which has gripped Britain ever since the 2016 referendum vote, in which majority Britons voted to leave the EU.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) 2020
\n(b) 2021
\n(c) 2030
\n(d) 2022<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:NASA would be launching its Mars rover in the summer of 2020. The rover will be joining NASA\u2019s curiosity rover on the red planet. NASA has defined different roles for the two rovers. .<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Mumbai
\n(b) Bangalore
\n(c) New Delhi
\n(d) Pune<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: India and Australia held Secretary level 2+2 dialogue on 9th December 2019 in New Delhi. This was the third dialogue meeting between the two countries. Defense Secretary Ajay Kumar and Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale led the Indian side. Australia\u2019s Defense Secretary Greg Moriarty and Foreign Secretary Frances Adamson headed the Australian side. The two Defense Secretaries of India and Australia held a bilateral meeting ahead of the 3rd 2+2 dialogue. The Indian side expressed satisfaction on the ongoing defence engagements of the armed forces of the two countries. They also reaffirmed India\u2019s commitment to further enhance cooperation with Australia, both in scope and complexity.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Amit Shah
\n(b) Piyush Bhandari
\n(c) Smriti Irani
\n(d) Rajnath Singh<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: The Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah on 9th December 2019. The bill seeks to extend the reservation provided to Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes by 10 years. The reservation provided to SC, ST, and the Anglo-Indian community will end in January 2020.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) NGO Darpan
\n(b) NITI Ayog
\n(c) Ministry of Culture
\n(d) ICAR<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: The second phase of NITI Ayog\u2019s Atal Innovation Mission with Russia\u2019s SIRIUS Deep Technology and Learning ended on 9th December 2019. This joint program was carried out between the two under an MoU between SIRIUS and AIM. The event was held between 28th November and 8th December 2019.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Maharashtra
\n(b) Karnataka
\n(c) Bihar
\n(d) Andhra Pradesh<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: Karnataka conducted a Human Library Event in Mysore on 8th December 2019. The concept of the Human Library is to break long-standing prejudices and stereotypes and to create a safe framework by using the analogy of a library where people are books.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) 6 December 2019
\n(b) 9 December 2019
\n(c) 5 December 2019
\n(d) 7 December 2019<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: The Centre and state authorities organized GST(Goods and Services Tax) Stakeholders Feedback Day on 7 December 2019. This was done with the aim to get an instant response, feedback and suggestions to the new system of filing GST return to be introduced from the next fiscal year. The new return form is being made mandatory from April 2020. The program was organized in 125 cities across the country to get instant responses and suggestions on the new system.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Dharmendra Pradhan
\n(b) Ram Nath Kovind
\n(c) Amit Shah
\n(d) Vijay Gokhale<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: The 18th India-Myanmar Foreign Office Consultations were held in New Delhi on 6th December 2019. Foreign Secretary Shri Vijay Gokhale headed the Indian Delegation. The Myanmar delegation was headed by Permanent Secretary U Soe Han. Discussions were held on India\u2019s ongoing projects in Myanmar, Capacity building initiatives, trade between the two countries, and border cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) India
\n(b) Pakistan
\n(c) Israel
\n(d) Sri Lanka<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: Three teenagers Alan Abramovich, Meitav Assulin and Shmuel Aviv Levi from Sha\u2019ar HaNegev High School in Israel built the Duchifat 3 \u2013 Satelite, which will be launched by ISRO. They will be travelling to India to launch the Satelite they have named Duchifat3. These three students have designed and built the Satelite themselves. The launch will be done aboard PSLV C48 from the Sriharikota launch site of ISRO(Indian Space Research Organization) on 11 December 2019. Along with Duchifat 3, the PSLV C48 will carry and place India\u2019s RISAT-2BR1, and 8 other Foreign satellites as payload. India enjoys a successful space program, this is the reason India was chosen to launch Duchifat 3 and also good relations between the two countries also played a major role in choosing India as launching ground.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Canada
\n(b) Pakistan
\n(c) Israel
\n(d) South Africa<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: This year\u2019s Miss Universe Crown was bagged by Miss South Africa, Zozibini Tunzi. Zozibini Tunzi was declared the winner at an event held in Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, The United States of America. The crown was presented by Miss Universe 2018, Catriona Gray. Zozibini is 26 years old. India was represented by Vartika Singh. She, however, failed to enter the top 10 of the contest in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Oman
\n(b) Saudi Arabia
\n(c) Israel
\n(d) UAE<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: India\u2019s National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and Saudi\u2019s Aramco Asia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for developing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises(MSME) ecosystem in the oil and natural gas sector in India. This MoU will lead the way for accredited MSMEs to find a foothold in the Global space. The MoU was signed on 5th December 2019. Shri P.Udayakumar, Director (P&M) from NSIC and Mohammed Al Mughirah, President Aramco Asia inked the MoU.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) 15 years
\n(b) 5 years
\n(c) 10 years
\n(d) 20 years<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:The Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill proposes to extend the reservation quota for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies by another 10 years, till January 25, 2030. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on December 10, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Anglo-Indian
\n(b) OBC
\n(c) Jat
\n(d) Marathas<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:The Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill has left out extension of reservation quota for the Anglo-Indian community, which is also set to expire on January 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Cartosat-3
\n(b) RISAT-2BR1
\n(c) RISAT-3A
\n(d) Quartz-4c<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:ISRO on December 11, 2019 launched earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 along with nine foreign satellites aboard PSLV-C48 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Sunil Shetty
\n(b) Salman Khan
\n(c) Akshay Kumar
\n(d) Ajay Devgan<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:Nada has hoped that Sunil Shetty’s celebrity status will prove helpful in ending doping from the Games. This year more than 150 players failed the dope test.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) 130
\n(b) 259
\n(c) 312
\n(d) 351<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:India won the highest number of medals in the 13th South Asian Games held in Nepal from December 1-10, 2019. The Indian medal tally included 312 medals including 173 gold, 93 silver and 44 bronze medals. It is a biennial sports competition organized among South Asian nations.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Athletics
\n(b) Shooting
\n(c) Wrestling
\n(d) Swimming<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:India won a total of 52 medals in swimming including 27 gold, 19 silver and 6 bronze medals. This was India\u2019s best show-ever at the Games. India also won 18 gold medals in shooting and 15 in wrestling.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Abiy Ahmed
\n(b) Mehtab Hassan
\n(c) Alfred Medock
\n(d) Prag Wilson<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2019 at Oslo, Norway. He was given the honor for his efforts to resolve Ethiopia\u2019s long-standing conflict with neighbouring nation Eritrea.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) 10th December
\n(b) 8th December
\n(c) 9th December
\n(d) 11th December<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation:The International Mountain Day is observed annually on December 11, 2019. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of mountains, focus on opportunities and emphasize the development of mountains. The theme of International Mountains Day 2019 is “Mountains matter for Youth”.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
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\n(a) Pan Card
\n(b) Aadhar Card
\n(c) Rashan Card
\n(d) BPL Card<\/p>\nAnswer<\/strong><\/summary>\n
\nExplanation: The government of India has notified that the fourth installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi(PM-Kisan) income support scheme which is due in December 2019 will be transferred into accounts which are Aadhaar authenticated bank accounts. There are more than 50 million beneficiaries of this scheme. The government insisting on Aadhaar authentication is coming for the first time since the launch of the scheme in February 2019.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nDaily Current Affairs – International<\/h2>\n
World’s 1st fully electric commercial aircraft takes inaugural test flight in Canada<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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International Seminar cum Exhibition on Naval weapon Systems \u2013 NAVARMS-19<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Daily Current Affairs – National<\/h2>\n
NSE launches interest rate options on 10-yr govt bonds<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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MEA to host 6th Indian Ocean Dialogue, Delhi Dialogue XI<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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India among top 10 countries with higher climate performance<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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ISRO launches earth observation satellite, RISAT-2BR1 from Sriharikota<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Daily Current Affairs – Appointments<\/h2>\n
Dhanlaxmi Bank’s Board appoints V Viswanathan as additional director<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Daily Current Affairs – Awards<\/h2>\n
Ethiopia’s PM receives Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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National award for outstanding services in the field of Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Daily Current Affairs – Sports<\/h2>\n
13th South Asian Games concluded in Nepal<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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