Current Affairs 29th December 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. INS Kesari has recently delivered Food aid and Defence aid to which country?
A. Madagascar              
B. Mozambique
C. Maldives                     
D. Myanmar
Answer [B] Mozambique
2. “P.N. Panicker”, whose statue was recently unveiled by the President, was associated with which movement?
A. Women Empowerment                
B. Literacy and Library
C. Child Development                        
D. Clean Water
Answer [B] Literacy and Library
3. What is the name of the Disintegrated Neutron Star with the most intense magnetic field?
A. Meteor                   
B. Magnetar
C. Blazar                       
D. Quasar
Answer [B] Magnetar
4. Which Union Ministry launched the “Star Rating Protocol of Garbage Free Cities-Toolkit 2022”?
A. Ministry of Rural Development
B. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
C. Ministry of Agriculture
D. Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change
Answer [B] Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
5. Which country has recently launched the ‘Tsirkon hypersonic missile system?
A. China                       
B. Russia
C. UK                           
D. Israel
Answer [B] Russia
6. Developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation in December 2021, heavy carrier rocket Angara A-5 was launched by which country?
A. China                            
B. Russia
C. France                            
D. India
Answer [B] Russia
7. Who has been invited as the chief guest at the 54th convocation ceremony of IIT Kanpur held on 28th December 2021? 
A. Rajnath Singh                                 
B. President Ramnath Kovind
C. Dharmendra Pradhan                   
D. Narendra Modi
Answer [D] Narendra Modi
8. After India’s guarantee to follow biosafety norms set by the World Organization for Animal Health to prevent infection from bird flu, which country has lifted the ban on the import of poultry from India?
A.  Saudi Arabia                         
B. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
C. Australia                                 
D. France
Answer [B] United Arab Emirates (UAE)
9. To offer real time cross border remittances to India using Unified Payment Interface (UPI) IDs, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has tied up with which bank in December?
A. Kotak Mahindra Bank               
B. Yes Bank
C. HDFC Bank                                    
D. Indusland Bank
Answer [D] Indusland Bank
10. Who won the Gold medals at the 4th Para-badminton National Championships held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha in December 2021?
A. Nitesh Kumar                      
B. Tarun Kumar
C. Pramod Bhagat                   
D. Manoj Sarkar
Answer [A] Nitesh Kumar