Current Affairs 6th December 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which Organization received a grant of Rs 15 crore from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (in Dec’21) to improve the Urban Primary Healthcare in India?
A. United Nations Development Programme          
B. World Bank
C. Asian Development Bank                                        
D. International Monetary Fund
Answer [C] Asian Development Bank
2. Who was appointed as the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) in December 2021?
A. Kristalina Georgieva                          
B. Antoinette M. Sayeh
C. Gita Gopinath                                     
D. Jagdish Bhagwati
Answer [C] Gita Gopinath
3. Who became the 1st Indian to win Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2021 that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
A. Mahesh Mangaonkar                      
B. Saurav Ghosal
C. Miguel Rodriguez                              
D. Ramit Tandon
Answer [B] Saurav Ghosal
4. Who has been awarded the ‘Impact Person of the year 2020’ award instituted by the exchange4media Group, to recognize excellence in the Advertising, Media and Marketing domain?
A. Deepinder Goyal                    
B. Anupriya Acharya
C. Falguni Nayar                         
D. Sanjiv Puri
Answer [D] Sanjiv Puri
5. Which state government has signed an MoU with German Federal Employment Agency, the German government agency in charge of recruitments, for the hiring of nurses?
A. Kerala                         
B. Karnataka
C. Tamil Nadu                
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer [A] Kerala
6. Which Bank has announced a partnership with Europe-based payment and transactional service firm, Worldline to enable Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) payments via Kotak debit cards in India?
A. Federal Bank                    
B. ICICI Bank
C. Axis Bank                           
D. Kotak Mahindra Bank
Answer [D] Kotak Mahindra Bank
7. Who has been appointed as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Cultural and Creative Industries?
A. Naomi Kawase                     
B. Naomi Osaka
C. Rinko Kikuchi                        
D. Suzu Hirose
Answer [A] Naomi Kawase
8. As per the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released by the NITI Aayog which state has emerged as the poorest state in India?
A. Odisha                      
B. Bihar
C. Jharkhand               
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer [B] Bihar
9. Who won the Women’s Ballon d’Or award at the event held in Paris?
A. Irene Paredes                       
B. Asisat Oshoala
C. Lieke Martens                     
D. Alexia Putellas      
Answer [D] Alexia Putellas
10. Which bank has launched India’s first standalone metal debit card or black card in partnership with Visa?
A. IDFC FIRST Bank                     
B. ICICI Bank
C. Axis Bank                                 
D. Yes Bank
Answer [A] IDFC FIRST Bank
11. Who is the author of the book “Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism”?
A. Dinyar Patel                           
B. Milan Vaishnav
C. Ornit Shani                            
D. Jairam Ramesh
Answer [A] Dinyar Patel
12. Which state has signed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt as the brand ambassador for its Golden jubilee celebrations?
A. Sikkim                           
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Assam                           
D. Gujarat
Answer [B] Arunachal Pradesh
13. ‘Hornbill Festival’ is a cultural festival celebrated in which state/UT?
A. Assam                          
B. Nagaland
C. West Bengal                 
D. Bihar
Answer [B] Nagaland
14. Which institution signed a $250 million loan with India to support the National Industrial Corridor Development Program (NICDP)?
A. ADB                           
B. IMF
C. AIIB                            
D. BRICS Bank
Answer [A] ADB
15. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)?
A. Subramanian Swami                 
B. Sambit Patra
C. Lal Singh Arya                            
D. Jamal Siddiqui
Answer [B] Sambit Patra
16. Which company signed a contract (in Dec’21) with the Indian Army worth Rs 471.41 crore to supply IGLA-1M missiles?
A. Defence Research and Development Organization              
B. Bharat Electronics Limited
C. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited                                                
D. Bharat Dynamics Limited
Answer [D] Bharat Dynamics Limited
17. India achieved the target of ______power generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources in November 2021.
A. 40%                        
B. 20%
C. 50%                       
D. 70%
Answer [A] 40%
18. Indian Army received the advanced Heron Drones (in Dec’21) from _____to boost the army’s surveillance capabilities in Ladakh sector.
A. UAE                         
B. Indonesia
C. Israel                       
D. Russia
Answer [C] Israel
19. Which Country is developing the ‘World’s 1st Sustainable Floating City’ along with OCEANIX & UN-Habit?
A. Philippines                  
B. Maldives
C. South Korea               
D. New Zealand
Answer [C] South Korea
20. Name the Organizations that approved a $500 million loan (in Dec’21) to ‘Samagra Shiksha’ for improving the Quality of School Education in India?
A. UNICEF                            
B. International Monetary Fund
C. World Bank                    
D. Asian Development Bank
Answer [D] Asian Development Bank