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1. The QRSAM was test-fired by_____________.

(A) Indian Army
(B) DRDO
(C) Indian Navy
(D) NTRO

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Solution: (B)

The Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) was successfully test-fired on 23rd December 2019. It was test-fired by the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO).. The test was carried out at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha.[/ms_expand]

2. 22 December is celebrated as National Mathematics Day to commemorate which Indian Mathematicians birthday?

(A) Aryabhata
(B) CR Rao
(C) Ramanujan
(D) Satyendra Bose

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Solution: (C)

Every year to mark the birth anniversary of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan National Mathematics Day is celebrated on 22 December. This is to commemorate his contributions to the field of mathematics. The year 2012 was also declared 2012 as the National Mathematics year by the Indian government. The National Mathematics Day is celebrated to honor his contribution to the field of Mathematics and to keep his legacy alive to inspire aspiring mathematicians.[/ms_expand]

3. Manuel Marrero Cruz was appointed Prime Minister of Cuba after__________years.

(A) 20 years
(B) 10 years
(C) 70 years
(D) 40 years

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Solution: (D)

Manuel Marrero Cruz was appointed the Prime Minister of Cuba. Cruz is the country’s first prime minister in more than 40 years. Marrero Cruz was named prime minister by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for a five-year term. He has served as the Cuban tourism minister for 16 years. He is an architect by profession and has helped Cuba’s economy by making tourism one of the departments of economic growth.[/ms_expand]

4. When did the Assam Cabinet announce to make Assamese the state language of Assam?

(A) 24 December
(B) 23 December
(C) 22 December
(D) 21 December

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Solution: ( B )

The Assam Cabinet agreed to make the Assamese language as the state language of Assam. This declaration was given by the Assam Cabinet on 23rd December 2019. The declaration said it will exclude BTAD (Bodoland Territorial Administrative Districts), Barak Valley and Hill districts of Assam.[/ms_expand]

5. The 8 West African countries have changed the name of their currency to Eco from_________.

(A) CFA franc
(B) GBP
(C) Guinean franc
(D) Euro

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Solution: (A)

Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Guinea-Bissau currently use CFA Franc as their currency. These eight West African nations have decided to change the name of their common currency from ‘CFA franc’ to ‘Eco’, after they cut-off the CFA franc’s links to former colonizer France. The announcement came during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Ivory Coast, who said the decision was a historic reform. It took six months to carry out this deal. The common currency Eco will come into use in 2020.[/ms_expand]

6. Which country declared an emergency in the Galapagos Islands?

(A) Finland
(B) Sweden
(C) Bahamas
(D) Ecuador

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Solution: (D)
Ecuador declared a state of emergency Sunday after a vessel carrying nearly 2,300 liters of diesel fuel sank at the Galapagos Islands. A crane collapsed while loading fuel onto the ship at a port on San Cristobal, the easternmost island of the Galapagos chain. A heavy container of fuel fell to the deck, causing the barge to go down while the crew jumped overboard to save their lives.[/ms_expand]

7. Which Indian cricketer completed 15 years in international cricket on December 23, 2019?

(A)Virat Kohli
(B)MS Dhoni
(C) Shikhar Dhawan
(D) Rohit Sharma

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Solution: ( B )
It has been 15 years since MS Dhoni, made his debut into international cricket.MS Dhoni made his international cricket debut under Sourav Ganguly’s captaincy on this day in 2004. The wicketkeeper-batsman from Jharkhand was handed his ODI cap on December 23, 2004, against Bangladesh in Chittagong. From being a ticket collector with Indian Railways and cricket practice MS Dhoni’s cricketing career has come a long way.[/ms_expand]

8. Who won the National Film Award for ‘Best Direction’?

(A)Sanjay Leela Bhansali
(B) Sriram Raghavan
(C) Aditya Dhar
(D) Amit Sharma

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Solution: (C)
Aditya Dhar is an Indian writer, director, and lyricist. He made his debut as a director with the film Uri: The Surgical Strike in 2019. The film was based on the 2016 Uri attack. He got the best director award for this film at the 66th National Film Awards in 2019. Dhar has been associated in the past with films like Kabul Express, Tezz, Aakrosh, Haal-e-Dil among others in different capacities like dialogue writer, screenplay writer, and lyricist.[/ms_expand]

9. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet(ACC) has given approval for the appointment of___________ as the next Foreign Secretary.

(A) Vijay Gokhale
(B) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
(C) Ranjan Mathai
(D) Nirupama Rao

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Solution: (B)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has given approval to the appointment of Harsh Vardhan Shringla as the next foreign secretary. He is currently serving as India’s ambassador to the United States. He is slated to take over as the next Foreign Secretary. He is like to start his 2-year tenure soon after Republic Day, 2020. Harsh Vardhan Shringla will take over the charge from, Vijay Gokhale, who succeeded S. Jaishankar as foreign secretary in January 2018. S. Jaishankar was later appointed as External Affairs Minister by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2019.[/ms_expand]

10. Who among the following developed the bulletproof jacket called ‘Sarvatra Kavach’?.

(A) Ranbir Singh
(B) Ved Prakash Malik
(C) Bipin Rawat
(D) Major Anoop Mishra

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Solution: ( D)
In a step towards foiling Pakistani sniper attacks on Indian soldiers, Indian Army officer Major Anoop Mishra has developed a bulletproof jacket that can stop bullets from sniper steel bullets. Major Anoop Mishra was awarded the prestigious Army Design Bureau (ADB) Excellence Award for developing ‘Sarvatra Kavach’, a bulletproof jacket. The Indian Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat presented the award. Maj. Anoop is presently posted as an Instructor at College of Military Engineering, Pune and was among the four awardees felicitated by Gen. Rawat.[/ms_expand]

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