December 1st Quarter

Question 1

What is the cost of the new parliament building being constructed?

Answer 1

Rupees 971 Crore

Question 2

When will PM Modi lay the foundation stone of the New Parliament Building

Answer 2

10th December 2020

Question 3

What was a major promise that the communist party fulfilled in 2020?

Answer 3

End to extreme poverty

Question 4

What major achievement have Chinese scientists made with regards to supercomputers?

Answer 4

They made the world’s first light based quantum computer

Question 5

Which was the first country to recognise Bangladesh as an independent nation? Which year did it do so? When did India?

Answer 5

Bhutan; 1971; 2nd

Question 6

What is so special about the PTA signed by Bangladesh and Bhutan this year?

Answer 6

It marks 50 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the countries

Question 7

What is the full form of PTA? Bangladesh signed its first-ever PTA with which country this year?

Answer 7

Preferential Trade Agreement; Bhutan

Question 8

Which country was ranked first across the Arab world in Global Artificial Intelligence Index

Answer 8

Saudi Arabia

Question 9

What decision has the commerce ministry and the Ayush council taken in December?

Answer 9

Decided to set up an AYUSH Export Promotion Council

Question 10

What will be the job of the AYUSH Export promotion council?

Answer 10

Boost AYUSH exports and achieve price and quality competitiveness

Question 11

Who has formed the AYUSH Export promotion council?

Answer 11

The commerce ministry and Ayush council

Question 12

What is Blue Origin? Who owns it?

Answer 12

Jeff Bezos’ space company

Question 13

Which company plans to take the first woman to the moon’s surface

Answer 13

Blue Origin

Question 14

Who is the drug regulator in India?

Answer 14

Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)

Question 15

What permission has Pfizer India sought from the DCGI

Answer 15

Import, distribution and waiver of clinical trials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on the Indian population

Question 16

Who has become the first Indian to win a Formula 2 race?

Answer 16

Jehan Daruvala

Question 17

When is the International Civil Aviation Day held?

Answer 17

7th December

Question 18

What is its theme for up until 2023?

Answer 18

“Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation Development”

Question 19

Which state has had its first solar power plant commissioned in December?

Answer 19

Mizoram

Question 20

What was the recent agreement signed between Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and China under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Answer 20

Construction of 700MW hydropower project

Question 21

What is the most recent achievement of Amul? Who granted the same?

Answer 21

Amul was adjudged the world’s 8th Largest Milk Processor, in a report released by International Farm Comparison Network

Question 22

What is the Lebanon 3RF Framework?

Answer 22

The Lebanon Recovery Reconstruction and Reform framework is a people-centred comprehensive response to the massive Beirut Explosion. This 18-month framework aims at achieving 3 central goals:
First, the return of sustainable livelihoods, improved social justice for vulnerable groups, ensuring participatory decision making.
Second, the reconstruction of critical assets, services, and infrastructure.
Third, the implementation of reform to support reconstruction and to help restore people’s trust in governmental institutions by improving governance.

Question 23

Which country has completed its first-ever docking in lunar orbit?

Answer 23

China

Question 24

Which species is under threat of extinction in the subsequent decades after 2020, according to a report made by the Zoological Survey of India?

Answer 24

Malayan Giant Squirrel

Question 25

What is so special about Asteroid 20 SO which skimmed Earth this week

Answer 25

It was actually an old rocket part

Question 26

When is the World Soil Day celebrated?

Answer 26

5th December

Question 27

What is the name of India’s agri-research body?

Answer 27

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Question 28

Which award did the ICAR recently bag on the occasion of World Soil Day?

Answer 28

‘International King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award’ from the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for raising awareness about the importance of soil health among all stakeholders.

Question 29

What is the full form of UNFAO?

Answer 29

United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization

Question 30

Why is the first-ever bird festival being held in Bihar?

Answer 30

To save migratory birds that arrive in the state in large numbers every year.