Current Affairs from 25 to 31 December 2023

Read Latest Current Affairs from 25 to 31 December 2023 (Weekly Current Affairs, Current Affairs December 2023) for UPSC, IAS/PCS, Banking, IBPS, SSC, Railway, UPPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, TNPSC, MPSC, KPSC and other competition exams. 

Q 1. Who has been appointed as the first woman chief of the Central Industrial Security Force?

(a) Arunima Sinha
(b) Neena Singh
(c) Avani Chaturvedi
(d) Aditi Saxena

Q 2. What has the Indian Railway Conference Association renamed the railway station ‘Ayodhya Junction’?

(a) ‘Ayodhya Dham’
(b) Ramnagari
(c) Ayodhyapuri
(d) Shri Ram Junction

Q 3. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Kotak Mahindra Bank?

(a) Rana Kapoor
(b) Vineet Sinha
(c) CS Rajan
(d) S Chandra

Q 4. Who has recently been appointed as Chief Risk Officer by LIC?

(a) Abhay Maken
(b) S Sundar Krishnan
(c) Pratap Chandra Paikarai
(d) Rekha Swaminathan

Q 5. In which state will Karbi Youth Festival 2024 be organized?

(a) Meghalaya
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Assam

Q 6. In which country did the Union Cabinet recently approve the opening of the Consulate General of India?

(a) France
(b) Argentina
(c) Russia
(d) New Zealand

Q 7. Which city is being developed as India’s first ‘AI City’?

(a) Lucknow
(b) Jaipur
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata

Q 8. Who has become the Indian batsman who has scored the most runs in the World Test Championship?

(a) Rohit Sharma
(b) K L Rahul
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Ajikya Rahane

Q 9. Which stealth guided-missile destroyer was recently inducted into the Indian Navy?

(a) INS ‘Imphal’
(b) INS ‘Chakra’
(c) INS ‘Dhwaj’
(d) INS ‘Kavaratti’

Q 10. Who has Techno Smartphone recently appointed as its brand ambassador?

(a) Alia Bhatt
(b) Deepika Padukone
(c) Ranbir Kapoor
(d) Virat Kohli

Q 11. Approximately, what percent of worldwide trade passes through the Suez Canal that has been recently disrupted by attacks in the Red Sea?

(a) 5%
(b) 12%
(c) 17%
(d) 22%

Q 12. What is Pantoea tagorei, that was recently making news?

(a) Fish
(b) Bacteria
(c) Turtle
(d) Primate

Q 13. Which ministry has launched the ‘Bhoomi Rashi Portal’?

(a) Ministry of Agriculture
(b) Ministry of Rural Development
(c) Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways
(d) Ministry of Finance

Q 14. Which state is the main state partner of the International Gita Seminar and Gita Mahotsav?

(a) Haryana
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Q 15. Which University has won the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy 2023?

(a) Gautam Buddha University
(b) Guru Nanak Dev University
(c) Delhi University
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru University

Q 16. Good governance day observed on which date?

(a) 26th December
(b) 25th December
(c) 28th December
(d) 30th December

Q 17. “Four Stars of Destiny” autobiography of which general of Indian Army?

(a) General VK Singh
(b) General DS Suhag
(c) General MM Narvane
(d) General Manoj Pande

Q 18. Which female player from India won the Silver medal in the World Rapid Chess Championship 2023?

(a) Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
(b) Padmini Raut
(c) Kritika Nadig
(d) Koneru Humpy

Q 19. Which state will organize the Karbi Youth Festival in 2024?

(a) Assam
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Manipur

Q 20. Where is the famous Sabarimala temple located for Mandal Puja?

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu

Q 21. Which sport is Pooja Dhanda related to?

(a) Boxing
(b) Running
(c) Long Jump
(d) Wrestling

Q 22. Recently in which country the oldest fort in the world has been discovered?

(a) Russia
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Egypt

Q 23. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located in which state?

(a) Gujarat
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra

Q 24. Who ranks in Forbes List of World Highest Paid Athletes 2023?

(a) Ashleigh Barty
(b) Naomi Osaka
(c) Iga Swiatek
(d) Alex Morgan

Q 25. “Mahalaxmi and Rajiv Aarogyasri” scheme has been launched by which state government?

(a) Bihar
(b) Telangana
(c) Himanchal Pradesh
(d) Karnataka

Q 26. When is “Veer Bal Diwas” Celebrated ?

(a) 26th December
(b) 25th December
(c) 29th December
(d) 30th December

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Answers:

1) Ans. (b) Neena Singh
2) Ans. (a) ‘Ayodhya Dham’
3)  Ans. (c) CS Rajan
4) Ans. (b) S Sundar Krishnan
5) Ans. (d) Assam
6) Ans. (d) New Zealand
7) Ans. (a) Lucknow
8) Ans. (c) Virat Kohli
9) Ans. (a) INS ‘Imphal’
10) Ans. (b) Deepika Padukone
11) Ans. (b) 12%
12) Ans. (b) Bacteria
13) Ans. (c) Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways
14) Ans. (a) Haryana
15) Ans. (b) Guru Nanak Dev University
16) Ans. (b) 25th December
17) Ans. (c) General MM Narvane
18) Ans. (d) Koneru Humpy
19) Ans. (a) Assam
20) Ans. (c) Kerala
21) Ans. (d) Wrestling
22) Ans. (a) Russia
23) Ans. (b) Tamil Nadu
24) Ans. (c) Iga Swiatek
25) Ans. (b) Telangana
26) Ans. (a) 26th December