Current Affairs Questions for UPSC: The Current Affairs Quiz section of Jagran Josh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise Current Affairs of the day at ease. The Current Affairs questions and answers cover topics such as Bhopal gas tragedy, Solar Eclipse 2021 and Fortune India 50 Most Powerful Women among others.
1. Which Indian state has reported India's first two cases of Omicron COVID variant?
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Rajasthan
2. Which year did the tragic Bhopal gas disaster occur?
a) 1981
b) 1984
c) 1990
d) 1991
3. During a Solar Eclipse, what comes in front of the Sun and blocks its light?
a) Earth
b) Moon
c) Venus
d) Mars
4. Which former Indian President's birth anniversary is observed on December 3rd?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
c) V. V. Giri
d) K. R. Narayanan
5. When will the last Solar Eclipse of 2021 occur?
a) December 4th
b) December 5th
c) December 7th
d) December 9th
6. Who has topped the Fortune India 50 Most Powerful Women list?
a) Nirmala Sitharaman
b) Nita Ambani
c) Gita Gopinath
d) Priyanka Chopra
7. When is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed?
a) December 3rd
b) December 4th
c) December 5th
d) December 6th
8. Who will be appointed as IMF's First Deputy Managing Director?
a) Gita Gopinath
b) Suchitra Ella
c) Soumya Swaminathan
d) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Answers
1. (c) Karnataka
Two cases of Omicron were detected in Karnataka, India on December 2, 2021. One of the two patients is a 66-year-old male, who is fully vaccinated and had returned from South Africa via Dubai. The second infected person is a 46-year-old male, according to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
2. (b) 1884
The Bhopal gas tragedy had taken place on the night of 2–3 December 1984 when there was a gas leak at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The disaster is considered as one of the world's worst industrial disasters, as over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas.
3. (b) Moon
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth and partially or fully blocks the Sun's light in some areas and casts a shadow on the Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in a direct line.
4. (a) Rajendra Prasad
The birth anniversary of India's first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad is observed on December 3rd. The former President was born on December 3, 1884. He was in office from 1950 to 1962. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the first President and Bharat Ratna Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary.
5. (a) December 4th
The last Solar Eclipse of 2021 will occur on December 4, 2021. The Solar Eclipse will not be visible from India but people can watch it through NASA live stream. The total solar eclipse will be visible only from Antarctica while some other parts in the southern region will be able to witness a partial Solar Eclipse.
6. (a) Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Nirmala Sitharaman is ranked at the top on Fortune India 50 Most Powerful Women list while Reliance's Nita Ambani has grabbed second place. WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan is ranked third followed by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw at the fourth place, Biocon Limited's founder.
7. (b) December 3rd
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021 is observed every year globally on December 3. The day is dedicated to the people who have been living with disabilities of any form and aims to bring attention to the day-to-day challenges that they face.
8. (a) Gita Gopinath
The Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath will take up a new role as the First Deputy Managing Director of IMF. Gopinath will be the second-rank official at IMF. She will replace the First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto who plans on leaving the IMF early in 2022.
Current Affairs Quiz: 2 December 2021
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