TNPSC Current Affairs December for Group 1 Exam

1) Where was the 7th edition of India-Sri Lanka joint Military & Army Exercise MITRA SHAKTI– VII: 2019 held?

A)       Kochi, Kerala

B)       Pune, Maharashtra

C)       Kolkata, West Bengal

D)       Chennai, Tamil Nadu

         

Answer – B) Pune, Maharashtra

 

2) Who was appointed as the 10th President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 2nd December 2019?

A)       Taroichi Yoshida

B)       Masatsugu Asakawa

C)       Haruhiko Kuroda

D)       Tadao Chino

         

Answer -B) Masatsugu Asakawa

 

3) Where was the 8th edition of the joint training exercise between India and China named “HAND-IN-HAND 2019” held?

A)       Meghalaya

B)       Mizoram

C)       Assam

D)       Maharashtra

           

Answer -A) Meghalaya

 

4) Which state has signed $206 million loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to develop water supply, sewerage infrastructure in 5 cities?

A)       West Bengal

B)       Tamil Nadu

C)       Maharashtra

D)       Assam

         

Answer – B) Tamil Nadu

 

5 ) Who won his record 6th Men’s Ballon d’Or award for the year 2019?

A)       Kylian Mbappé

B)       Antoine Griezmann

C)       Cristiano Ronaldo

D)       Lionel Messi

         

Answer – D) Lionel Messi

Women’s Ballon d’Or award – Megan Rapinoe.

Yashin Trophy – Alisson Becker

Kopa Trophy 2019 – Matthijs de Ligt.

 

6) Where was the 21st Asian Archery Championship for the year 2019 held?

A)       Washington D.C., United States

B)       Moscow, Russia

C)       Beijing, China

D)       Bangkok, Thailand

         

Answer -D) Bangkok, Thailand

 

7) Where was the India’s 1st National maritime heritage museum to be built with the aim to boost the underwater or marine archaeology?

A)       Lothal, Gujarat

B)       Kolkata, West Bengal

C)       Chennai, Tamil Nadu

D)       New Delhi, Delhi

         

Answer – A) Lothal, Gujarat

 

8) Which country topped in the UNCTAD’s (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) “Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2019”?

A)       Netherlands

B)       Switzerland

C)       Singapore

D)       Australia

         

Answer -A) Netherlands

 

9) Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alphabet on 4th December 2019?

A)       Steve Ballmer

B)       Satya Nadella

C)       Sergey Brin

D)       Sundar Pichai

         

Answer – D) Sundar Pichai

 

10) Where was the foundation stone of India’s first Ganga centralised aqualab laid?

A)       Dehradun, Uttarakhand

B)       Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

C)       Guwahati, Assam

D)       Kolkata, West Bengal

         

Answer -A) Dehradun, Uttarakhand

 

11) Where was the India’s first Hybrid Annuity (HAM) based 14 MLD (megalitres per day) Sewage Treatment Plant(STP) inaugurated?

A)       Mangaldoi in Darrang, Assam

B)       Manika block in Latehar, Jharkhand

C)       Abhana Village in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

D)       Sarai village in Haridwar, Uttarakhand

         

Answer – D) Sarai village in Haridwar, Uttarakhand

 

12) Name the first ever brand ambassador of La Liga from India, who is also the first ever non- footballer appointed in that position on December 12, 2019?

A)       Shikhar Dhawan

B)       Rohit Gurunath Sharma

C)       Virat Kohli

D)       MS Dhoni

         

Answer-B) Rohit Gurunath Sharma

 

13) Name the first Indian state to introduce ‘Trakea’, a unique barcoding software’ which helps to enable foolproof security of the samples collected in Forensic reports?

A)       Haryana

B)       Kerala

C)       Maharashtra

D)       Madhya Pradesh

           

Answer-A) Haryana

 

14) Name the first Indian wrestler, who won the 2019 ‘Junior Freestyle Wrestler of the Year‘ at the age of 18 years by United World Wrestling (UWW)?

A)       Sushil Kumar

B)       Rahul Aware

C)       Mausam Khatri

D)       Deepak Punia

         

Answer-D) Deepak Punia

 

15 ) Where was the India’s first ‘Vaccination On Wheels’(VOW) Clinic launched by IIT Hyderabad’s Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) fellow Mr. Jignesh Patel in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?

A)       Guwahati, Assam

B)       Pune, Maharashtra

C)       New Delhi, Delhi

D)       Kolkata, West Bengal

         

Answer-B) Pune, Maharashtra

 

16) Where was the World’s first ever Global Refugee Forum held?

A)       Paris, France

B)       Madrid, Spain

C)       Geneva, Switzerland

D)       Washington D.C., United States (U.S.)

         

Answer-C) Geneva, Switzerland

 

17) Who was named as the first Prime Minister (PM) of Cuba since 1976?

A)       Manuel Marrero Cruz

B)       Hubert Minnis

C)       Charles Michel

D)       Mia Mottley

         

Answer-A) Manuel Marrero Cruz

 

18) Which state topped in the ‘first edition of Good Governance Index (GGI)’ under the “Big States Category”?

A)       Andhra Pradesh

B)       Karnataka

C)       Maharashtra

D)       Tamil Nadu

           

Answer-D) Tamil Nadu

 

19) Where did Dharmendra Pradhan unveils India’s First Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Bus which can run 1000 Kms in one fill?

A)       Kolkata, West Bengal

B)       New Delhi, Delhi

C)       Mumbai, Maharashtra

D)       Guwahati, Assam

         

Answer-B) New Delhi, Delhi

 

20) Where was the foundation stone of India’s first Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) project laid?

A)       New Delhi, Delhi

B)       Mumbai, Maharashtra

C)       Guwahati, Assam

D)       Kolkata, West Bengal

         

Answer-A) New Delhi, Delhi

 

21) Name the railway station that receives the first “Eat Right Station” certification from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)?

A)       Gorakhpur Railway Station, Gorakhpur

B)       Chennai Central Station, Chennai

C)       Howrah Junction Station, Kolkata

D)       Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station, Mumbai

         

Answer-D) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station, Mumbai

 

22) Name the first Indian Ophthalmologist, who won the Life Achievement Honor Award 2019, the highest award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)?

A)       Dr. Satish Mehta

B)       Dr. Navin Sakhuja

C)       Dr. Santosh Gajanan Honavar

D)       Dr. Lalit Varma

         

 

Answer-C) Dr Santosh Gajanan Honavar

 

 

23) Which state government has won the ‘World Habitat Award’ for its Jaga Mission, that aims at transforming the slums into livable habitats by UK based organization World Habitat?

A)       Gujarat

B)       Uttar Pradesh

C)       Odisha

D)       Assam

           

Answer-C) Odisha

 

24) Name the Indian actress, who received the 26th Annual Crystal Awards for the year 2020 by World Economic Forum (WEF) for her leadership in raising mental health awareness?

A)       Alia Bhatt

B)       Deepika Padukone

C)       Priyanka Chopra

D)       Aishwarya Rai

         

Answer – B) Deepika Padukone

 

25 ) Name the first Indian state to introduce ‘Trakea’, a unique barcoding software’ which helps to enable foolproof security of the samples collected in Forensic reports?

A)       Haryana

B)       Kerala

C)       Maharashtra

D)       Madhya Pradesh

           

Answer-A) Haryana

 

26) Name the Indian Cricketer, who was named in both ICC women’s ODI (One Day International) and T20 (twenty twenty) teams of the year 2019 in ICC Awards 2019?

A)       Smriti Mandana

B)       Jemimah Rodrigues

C)       Mithali Raj

D)       Harmanpreet Kaur

         

Answer-A) Smriti Mandana

 

27) Name the district that was awarded by United Nations International Children’s and Education Fund (UNICEF) for effective implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission in water sanitation and hygiene sectors for the year 2019?

A)       Kamareddy district, Telangana

B)       Mancherial district, Telangana

C)       Karimnagar district, Telangana

D)       Nizamabad district, Telangana

         

Answer-A) Kamareddy district, Telangana

 

28) What is the rank of India in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s “Human Development Report 2019 – Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in human development in the 21st century”?

A) 129

B) 132

C) 125

D) 145

 

Answer-A) 129

 

29) Which state has emerged as the top ranked state in terms of employability as per the 7th edition of the India Skills Report 2020 for the year 2019-20?

A)       Telangana

B)       Uttar Pradesh

C)       Maharashtra

D)       Tamil Nadu

         

Answer-C) Maharashtra -Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the second and third rank respectively.

 

30) Name the large scale anti-hijacking exercise conducted by Indian Navy in association with Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Cochin Port Trust in Kochi coast, Kerala?

A)       Talwar

B)       Tropex

C)       Slinex

D)       Apharan

           

Answer-D) Apharan

 

31) What is India’s rank in the recently released Gender Gap Index for the year 2019 by World Economic Forum (WEF)?

A) 114

B) 113

C) 112

D) 111

 

Answer-C) 112

Rank  Country

1        Iceland

2        Norway

3        Finland

 

32) Which two countries participate in the joint tri services exercise “INDRA 2019”?

A)       India and China

B)       India and Japan

C)       India and Russia

D)       India and Sri Lanka

         

Answer-C) India and Russia

 

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