Current Affairs Quiz: 31 December 2021

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 Sahitya Akademi Award 2021, Major Dhyan Chand Sports University and Journalist of the Year among others.

1. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 in the English language category?

a) Namita Gokhale 

b) Bratya Basu 

c) Khalid Hussain  

d) Kiran Gaurav 

2. Khalid Hussain won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 in which language category?

a) Hindi

b) Bengali

c) Punjabi

d) Kannada

3. PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in which city?

a) Kanpur 

b) Meerut

c) Bhopal

d) Ranchi

4. Who was named ‘Journalist of the Year' in Redink Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2021?

a) Danish Siddiqui

b) Faye D’ Souza

c) Prem Shankar Jha 

d) Saurabh Shukla

5. Which cricketer announced sudden retirement from Test cricket on December 30, 2021?

a) Joe Root

b) Ben Stokes

c) Quinton de Kock

d) Eoin Morgan

6. The 46th GST Council meeting was called to discuss GST rate on which sector?

a) Health 

b) Electronics

c) Textile 

d) Oil

7. China has claimed which Indian state as South Tibet?

a) Arunachal Pradesh 

b) Uttarakhand 

c) Sikkim

d) Mizoram

Answers

1. (a) Namita Gokhale 

English writer Namita Gokhale won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 for her novel ‘Things to Leave Behind’ in the English language category.

2. (c) Punjabi

Bratya Basu and Khalid Hussain won Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 for a play and collection of stories ‘Sullan Da Salan’, in Hindi and Punjabi language category respectively.

3. (b) Meerut

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut on January 2, 2022. The University will be set up at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut at an estimated cost of around Rs 700 crore.

4. (a) Danish Siddiqui

The Redink Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2021 were presented on December 29, 2021, by Mumbai Press Club with the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana as a Chief Guest at the virtual event. Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who died during an assignment in Afghanistan in July 2021, was posthumously awarded as the ‘Journalist of the Year’ by the Mumbai Press Club.

5. (c) Quinton de Kock

Former South African captain Quinton de Kock announced sudden retirement from Test cricket on December 30, 2021. The wicket-keeper batsman announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect, citing his intentions to spend more time with his growing family. 

6. (c) Textile

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 46th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council in the national capital on December 31, 2021. The 46th GST Council meeting was called under emergency provisions. The GST Council has decided to retain the status quo on GST rate on textile to 5% and not raise it to 12%, informed the finance minister while addressing the press conference after the conclusion of the meeting.

7. (a) Arunachal Pradesh

China has renamed 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh in its own language, claiming Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet, an area that falls under its administrative control. China had said last year as well that it did not recognise Arunachal Pradesh as a part of India.