Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank | Free PDF – 18th Dec’19

Q1)Which site has been selected for sample collection on asteroid Bennu?

1. Bellot
2. Nightingale
3. Hercules
4. Ricco

Answer-Nightingale
Q2) Author AmitabhaBagchi has won DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for which novel?

1. Half The Night Is Gone
2. This Place
3. Above Average
4. Bengali Immigrants: Making America Home

Answer-Half The Night Is Gone
Q3)Who has ben appointed as the new Chairman And Managing Director (CMD) of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)?

1. Balesh Sharma
2. RavinderTakkar
3. Ashwani Kumar
4. Sridhar Patra

Answer-Sridhar Patra
Q4) Whois set to become the next Chief of the Indian Army?

1. Manoj MukundNaravane
2. YogendraDimri
3. Abhay Krishna
4. Samir Rawat 

Answer-Manoj MukundNaravane
Q5) Which ministry has formally launched DDA Portal 2 in New Delhi?

1. Minisry of Home Affairs
2. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
3.  Ministry of Tourism
4. Ministry of Labour and Employment

Answer-Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Q6) Google has recommended UPI like service called FedNow to which counry?

1. United Kingdom
2. France
3. United States
4. Germany

Answer-United States

Q7) Who has taken charge as new Commandant of National Defence College?

1.  Vice Admiral Srikant
2. Air Marshal D Choudhury
3. Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma
4. Lt General Abhay Krishna

Answer- Air Marshal D Choudhury
Q8) What is the rank of India in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index?

1. 112^th
2. 108^th
3. 140^th
4. 98^th

Answer- 112^th
Q9) Which among the following has been removed from UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list ?

1. Spring celebration
2. Aalst Carnival
3. Chhau dance
4. Baile Chino

Answer-Aalst Carnival
Q10) Danny Aiello, who passed away recently, was a renowned ______?

1. Scientist
2. Lawyer
3. Actor
4. Singer

Answer-Actor
Q11) The government of which country has released the ‘Vistas of Prosperity and Splendor’ framework?

1. India
2. Australia
3. Canada
4. Sri Lanka

Answer-Sri Lanka
Q12) The7-Day International Film Festival was inaugurated in which town of Madhya Pradesh?

1. Sanchi
2. Khajuraho
3. Mandu 
4. Ujjain

Answer- Khajuraho
Q13) The State-level Orange Festival was recently inaugurated in which state?

1. Maharashtra
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Manipur
4. Punjab

Answer-Manipur
Q14) Around 850 Indian peacekeepers  serving in which country have received the United Nations Medal?

1. South Sudan
2. Syria
3. Iraq
4. Yemen

Answer- South Sudan
Q15) Who has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a high profile treason case by a special court ?

1. Nawaz Sharif
2. Yousaf Raza Gillani
3. Mamnoon Hussain
4. Pervez Musharraf 

Answer-Pervez Musharraf 
Q16) Who has been named as the Junior Wrestler of the year 2019 by United World Wrestling (UWW)?

1. SurajAswala
2. Deepak Punia
3. .Sunil Kumar
4. Veer Dev Gulia

Answer-Deepak Punia
Q17)Which country has recently developed a robot ‘Surena’ that can speak and translate 100 languages?

1. India
2. Japan
3. Iran
4. China

Answer-Iran

Q18) Who has been appointed as the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Air Asia India?

1. Ankur Garg
2. Sanjay Kumar
3. Vikas Nigam
4. AyushPandit

Answer-Ankur Garg
Q19) The first-ever Global Refugee Forum (GRF) was held in which country?

1. Norway
2. Denmark
3. Spain
4. Switzerland 

Answer-Switzerland 
Q20) Who has won women’s FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament in Monaco?

1. Alexandra Kosteniuk
2. Humpy Koneru 
3.  HarikaDronavalli
4. Anna Muzychuk

Answer- Alexandra Kosteniuk
 

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