Current Affairs 24th December 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which Union Ministry presents the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Telecom Skill Excellence Awards?
A. Ministry of Skill Development
B. Ministry of Power
C. Ministry of Communication
D. Ministry of Electronics and IT
Answer [C] Ministry of Communication
2. Who is the author of the book ‘Reporting India’, which was recently launched?
A. S Jaishankar                   
B. Prem Prakash
C. Sushant Sareen             
D. Sheela Bhatt
Answer [B] Prem Prakash
3. Who has been conferred with the ‘ASSOCHAM Enterprise of the Century Award’?
A. Adi Godrej              
B. Mukesh Ambani
C. Ratan Tata              
D. Uday Kotak
Answer [C] Ratan Tata
4. The Indian Cricket Team scored its lowest ever total in Test Cricket against which team?
A. England                 
B. Australia
C. Sri Lanka                
D. South Africa
Answer [B] Australia
5. What is the name of the first spokesperson of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), who passed away recently?
A. Madhav Govind Vaidya               
B. Motilal Vora
C. Budal Krishnamoorthy                
D. Moan Rawale
Answer [A] Madhav Govind Vaidya       
6. Where did Haryana CM Jai Ram Thakur commenced the Internatioal Gita Mahatsav 2020 that will be held from 17 to 25 December, 2020?
A. Gurugram                   
B. Sonipat
C. Kurukshetra                
D. Faridabad
Answer [C] Kurukshetra
7. Which Bank recently launched its ‘Rupay Select’ Contactless debit card in association with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on December, 2020?
A. State Bank of India              
B. Indian Bank
C. Bank of Baroda                     
D. Central Bank of India
Answer [D] Central Bank of India
8. Which Indian organization signed an MOU with Vietnam National Cancer Hospital to collaborate in research and health care service to treat Cancer Patients?
A. Tata Memorial Centre           
B. Apollo Speciality Hospital
C. AIIMS, New Delhi                   
D. The Cancer Institute
Answer [A] Tata Memorial Centre          
9. Which state government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UN Women to establish India’s first 
Gender Data Hub on December, 2020?
A. Tamil Nadu                  
B. Karnataka
C. Gujarat                         
D. Kerala
Answer [D] Kerala
10. Which state government’s Department of Information Technology Electronics, and Communication (DITECH) has signed an Mou with India Accelerator (IA) to build startup ecosystem?
A. Punjab                
B. Maharashtra
C. Gujarat               
D. Haryana
Answer [D] Haryana