Current Affairs Quiz: 11 December 2020

10 December 2020: The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics such as Israel-Morocco Peace deal, Time 2020 Person of the Year and Indian Ocean Games 2023 among others. 

1.Which nation has become the fourth Arab nation to normalise relations with Israel this year?
a)Lebanon
b)Kuwait
c)Morocco
d)Oman

2.Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah has been reappointed as the Prime Minister of which nation?
a)Libya
b)Kuwait 
c)Morocco
d)Oman 

3.Who has been named Time magazine’s 2020 Person of the Year?
a)Donald Trump
b)Joe Biden 
c)Narendra Modi 
d)Justin Trudeau

4.Time Magazine named Eric Yuan as the 2020 Businessperson of the Year. He is CEO of which popular video chat service?
a)Vimeo
b)Zoom 
c)Houseparty
d)Skype

5.Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual summit with which nation’s President on December 11?
a)Kazakhstan
b)Kyrgyzstan
c)Tunisia
d)Uzbekistan 

6.Which nation will host the Indian Ocean Games in 2023?
a)Madagascar 
b)Comoros
c)Mauritius
d)Seychelles

7.India held a bileratal meeting on Drug Control Cooperation with which nation on December 10, 2020?
a)Maldives
b)Nepal
c)Myanmar
d)Sri Lanka

8.When is International Day of Neutrality observed?
a)December 15th 
b)December 14th 
c)December 13th 
d)December 12th 

Answers

1.(c) Morocco 
Morocco has become the fourth Arab nation to normalise relations with Israel under a deal brokered with the help of the United States this year, after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. Overall, Morocco is the sixth nation to recognise Israel, the first were Egypt and Jordan.

2.(b) Kuwait 
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah reappointed Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah as the prime minister of the nation on December 8, 2020 following parliamentary polls in the Gulf Arab state.

3.(b) Joe Biden 
Time magazine has named US President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris as 2020 "Person of the Year".

4.(b) Zoom 
Time Magazine has named Eric Yuan as the 2020 Businessperson of the Year. Eric Yuan is the CEO of Zoom, the video chat service that gained massive popularity amid COVID-19 pandemic when all activities were taken up online. 

5.(d) Uzbekistan 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held first virtual summit with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on December 11, 2020 to discuss the entire spectrum of the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

6.(a) Madagascar 
Madagascar will now host Indian Ocean Island Games 2023, replacing original hosts Maldives due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Maldives had been requesting the organisers to push back the 2023 games to 2025 but the organisers decided against it to avoid six years gap. 

7.(c) Myanmar  
The 5th India-Myanmar Bilateral Meeting on Drug Control Cooperation was held virtually on December 10, 2020. The meeting took place between India’s Narcotics Control Bureau and the Central Committee on Drug Abuse Control, Myanmar.

8.(d) December 12th
The International Day of Neutrality is observed on December 12, 2020. Neutrality, which means abstention of a state from all participation in a war between other states and the maintenance of an attitude of impartiality, is critically important for the United Nations to maintain the confidence and cooperation of all to operate independently, especially in politically charges situations.