December headlines

Question 1

The Border Security Force (BSF), is observing its

56th Raising Day on

Answer 1

01 December 2020.
formed on December 1, 1965,(, as a unified central
agency, after the Indo-Pak and India-China wars, for
ensuring the security of the borders of India and for
matters connected therewith.

Question 2

The Union Minister of Railways,

Answer 2

Piyush Goyal

Question 3

Piyush Goyal has
inaugurated newly electrified ____________
section of North Western Railway (NWR) in the
state of Rajasthan

Answer 3

Dhigawara-Bandikui on Delhi-Ajmer route

via Jaipur

Question 4

A booklet titled ______________________ was released, on
the occasion of birth anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak
Dev Ji. It has been produced by Bureau of Outreach
Communication under Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting and is released in three languages
Hindi, Punjabi and English

Answer 4

‘PM Modi and his Government’s

special relationship with Sikhs’

Question 5

_________ has been roped in as ambassador of the

BAFTA Breakthrough initiative in India.

Answer 5

AR

Rahman

Question 6

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has virtually released
a commemorative Postage Stamp in honour of the
late Prime Minister of India & Freedom Fighter,____________

Answer 6

I K

Gujral (Inder Kumar Gujral).

Question 7

___________ the Chief Executive of the Punebased Serum Institute of India (SII), has been
named among six “The Straits Times Asians of the
Year” for 2020,, the Chief Executive of the Punebased Serum Institute of India (SII), has been
named among six “The Straits Times Asians of the
Year” for 2020,

Answer 7

Adar Poonawalla,

Question 8

Adar Poonawalla, the Chief Executive of the Pune based _____

Answer 8

Serum Institute of India (SII)

Question 9

The
new height of Mt Everest has been calculated at________
, which is 0.86m more than the
previous measurement done by India in 1954

Answer 9

8,848.86 metres (by nepal and china)

Question 10

The Ministry of Agriculture has declared
_____ as India’s first Union Territory to
become 100 per cent organic.

Answer 10

Lakshadweep

Question 11

The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) along with
Department of Posts (DoP) launched a digital
payment application called _______on 15 December
2020, in an effort to provide Digital Financial
inclusion at the last mile across India

Answer 11

‘DakPay’

Question 12

Union Minister for Communications,
Electronics & Information Technology and Law &
Justice,

Answer 12

Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Question 13

The _________ Zoo has
become the first zoo in the country to receive ISO
9001:2015 Quality Management Standards
Certificate.

Answer 13

Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad,

Question 14

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has

banned Mauritian badminton player ___________ for two years for an anti-doping violation

Answer 14

Kate Jessica Foo

Kune

Question 15

Mega leather park to come up in ________ with an investment of Rs 5,850 crores.

Answer 15

Ramaipur village

of Kanpur

Question 16

NITI Aayog has launched indigenously developed
India’s first Digital Asset Management and Storage
platform, called ______

Answer 16

‘DigiBoxx’.

Question 17

_______ has launched indigenously developed
India’s first Digital Asset Management and Storage
platform, called ‘DigiBoxx’.

Answer 17

NITI Aayog

Question 18

Digiboxx offers_____ free
cloud storage space, and ______ space per month
at just Rs 30.

Answer 18

20GB

100GB

Question 19

t India’s biggest hockey stadium is

being set up in ______

Answer 19

Rourkela city of Odisha

Question 20

India’s first Lithium refinery is soon going to be set
up in ________.
Manikaran Power Limited, one of the
country’s largest power trading and renewable
energy company will invest around Rs 1,000 crore to
set up this refinery

Answer 20

Gujarat.

Question 21

The Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Science &
Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan virtually inaugurated
the web-based application ________

Answer 21

“Digital Ocean”.

Question 22

Digital Ocean” has
been developed by Hyderabad-based _________ an autonomous organization under M/o
Earth sciences.

Answer 22

Indian
National Centre for Ocean Information Services
(INCOIS)

Question 23

The 21-year-old college student,
_____________has
been elected the new mayor of
Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, of Kerala. The
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader, _______ is
the youngest person in India to occupy the post of
mayor anywhere in the country.

Answer 23

Arya Rajendran

Question 24

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways,
Nitin Gadkari has announced that a multi-modal
logistics park in _________

Answer 24

Assam.

Question 25

multi-modal
logistics park in will be constructed in
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ section of
the Silchar-Saurashtra Highway will be completed
in March 2022.

Answer 25

Silchar and the Balacherra-Harengajao

Question 26

Indian Railways successfully completed the 180 km
per hour speed trial of its new design ________
tourist coaches. These _________coaches will make
train journeys memorable for the passengers, as well
as give a further boost to tourism

Answer 26

Vistadome

Question 27

____________ Bank has launched FX 4 U that enables its
entire internet banking users to handle forex
transactions hasslefree.

Answer 27

Canara

Question 28

FX 4 U is used for forex
remittance through internet banking. With this
development, eligible customers will be able to
undertake remittance facility in adherence to the________________

Answer 28

FEMA regulations 1999.