Current Affairs MCQ 20th December 2017

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1) __________Finishes 1st at Junior Boxing Championship in Germany
a) India
b) Russia
c) Iraq
d) Pakistan
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: Indian junior boxers had clinched total 11 Medals (six gold, four silver and a bronze medal) at the fifth International Sven Lange Memorial Tournament, to finish as overall champions in the German city of Schwerin.

2) BJP wins absolute Majority in Gujarat and __________
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Assam
d) UP
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: The BJP has retained power in Gujarat for the 6th time in a row and swept the polls in Himachal Pradesh finishing just short of the two-third majority.

3) ___________Overtakes Saudi Arabia as Top Oil Supplier to India
a) Iran
b) Russia
c) Iraq
d) Pakistan
e) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Iraq has overtaken Saudi Arabia for the first time to become India’s top crude oil supplier in the current fiscal, according to the Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

4) __________ Joda Mine Gets Golden Peacock Innovation Award
a) HCL
b) TCS
c) Tata Motors
d) Tata Steel
e) None of the above
Answer: d) Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) of Tata Steel has been honored with the prestigious Golden Peacock Innovation Management Award for the year 2017 for driving innovation in mines.

5) Bengali ________Joy Goswami to Get 31st Moortidevi Award
a) Singer
b) Actor
c) Poet
d) Politician
e) None of the above
Answer: c)
Explanation: Eminent Bengali poet Joy Goswami will be given the 31st Moortidevi Award for the year 2017. The committee, headed by poet and scholar Satya Vrat Shastri, unanimously decided to confer the award upon Goswami for his poetry collection titled Du Dondo Phowara Matro.

6). ________to Host Meeting of WTO Member Countries on Food Security
a) India
b) Denmark
c) China
d) Japan
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: India will host a meeting of WTO member countries in February 2018 to muster support for food security and other issues. The announcement was made by Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi.

7) ________Celebrates 56th Liberation Day
a) Goa
b) Assam
c) Karnataka
d) Delhi
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: Goa has celebrated its 56th Liberation Day. The state was liberated on 19th December in 1961 from Portuguese control after almost 450 years of colonial rule.

8) The International Migrants Day is organized across the world on _________
a) 18 December
b) 16 December
c) 19 December
d) 8 December
e) None of the above
Explanation: (a) The International Migrants Day is organized across the world on 18th December. The theme for IMD 2017 is ‘Safe Migration in a World on the Move.’ On 4 December 2000, the General Assembly proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day.

9) _____________to buy Millicom’s Operations in Rwanda
a) Idea
b) Bharti Airtel
c) Dish TV
d) BSNL
e) None of the above
Answer: (b)
Explanation : Bharti Airtel Ltd has entered into a definitive agreement with Millicom International Cellular S.A., under which Airtel Rwanda Ltd will acquire 100% equity in Tigo Rwanda Ltd.

10) ___________ Acquires FoodPanda India Business, to Further Invest $200 million
a) Uber
b) Swiggy
c) MyFood
d) Ola
e) None of the above
Answer: d) Ola, operated by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd has acquired food delivery start-up Foodpanda India Pvt. Ltd from its German parent Delivery Hero AG in an all-stock deal that will see the ride-hailing major infuse $200 million in Foodpanda’s India operations.

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