Current Affairs 24th December 2022 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which Union Ministry organizes the AI Pe Charcha (AI Dialogue) event?
A. Ministry of Electronics and IT                      
B. Ministry of Finance
C. Ministry of Corporate Affairs                       
D. Ministry of Science and Technology
Answer [A] Ministry of Electronics and IT
2. Which Union Ministry launched the Government e-Marketplace services (GeM) through Common Service Centres (CSC) and India Post?
A. Ministry of Commerce and Industry             
B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Ministry of MSME                                             
D. Ministry of Finance
Answer [A] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
3. Rock-cut Sculptures and Reliefs of the Unakoti, which was added in the UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites, are in which state?
A. Gujarat                      
B. Tripura
C. Telangana                 
D. Odisha
Answer [B] Tripura
4. Which state/UT has recently granted Industry status to its tourism sector?
A. Gujarat                        
B. Assam
C. West Bengal               
D. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer [B] Assam
5. Who has been appointed as the head of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre?
A. Hemant Gupta                
B. A K Sikri
C. V V Ramana                     
D. Ranjan Gogoi
Answer [A] Hemant Gupta
6. Dr Suhel Ajaz Khan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which country on 22 December 2022?
A. Oman                     
B. Qatar
C. Iran                         
D. Saudi Arabia
Answer [D] Saudi Arabia
7. Who has been appointed as the chief of Air India’s low-cost airline business with effect from January 1, 2023?
A. Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar                 
B. Aloke Singh
C. Dinesh Kumar Shukla                             
D. Arun Kumar Singh
Answer [B] Aloke Singh
8. Who has been nominated for United World Wrestling 2022 Rising Star of the Year award in December 2022?
A. Vinesh Phogat                          
B. Sakshi Malik
C. Antim Panghal                          
D. Babita Kumari
Answer [C] Antim Panghal
9. Union Government has announced that three cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7 have been detected in India until 22 December 2022. BF.7 is a sub-lineage of which variant of Omicron?
A. BA.3                    
B. BA.4
C. BA.5                    
D. BA.6
Answer [C] BA.5
10. Which of the following has won the prestigious GRIHA Exemplary Performance Award 2022?
A. Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon
B. Delhi Public School, Ranipur
C. Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad
D. UIDAI Headquarters, New Delhi
Answer [D] UIDAI Headquarters, New Delhi