Current Affairs Quiz: 15 December 2020

15 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 Social Entrepreneur of the year 2020, ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 and Automated Banknote Processing Centre among others. 

1.Which Indian tennis player won the doubles title at the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge 2020?
a)Karman Kaur
b)Prarthana Thombare
c)Rutuja Bhosale
d)Ankita Raina

2.Who will be the Chief Guest for Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2021?
a)Joe Biden
b)Boris Johnson
c)Yoshihide Suga
d)Angela Merkel

3.Who has been named Social Entrepreneur of the year 2020?
a)Sujoy Santra
b)Sandeep Patel
c)Ashraf Patel
d)None of the Above

4.Which nation will be hosting ICC Women’s World Cup 2022?
a)Australia
b)England
c)South Africa
d)New Zealand

5.When will India begin its campaign at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022?
a)March 6th 
b)March 8th 
c)March 9th 
d)March 11th 

6.The RBI’s first Automated Banknote Processing Centre will be set up in which city?
a)Bhopal
b)Pune
c)Jaipur 
d)Lucknow

7.Whose 70th death anniversary was observed on December 15, 2020?
a)Jawaharlal Nehru
b)Lal Bahadur Shashtri 
c)Bipin Chandra Pal
d)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

8.The United States has imposed sanctions against which nation for purchasing surface-to-air missiles from Russia?
a)Iran 
b)Sudan
c)Turkey 
d)Israel

Answers

1.(d) Ankita Raina
Indian Tennis player Ankita Raina clinched her third doubles title of the season, winning the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge with Georgia's Ekaterine Gorgodze in Dubai on December 12, 2020. 

2.(b) Boris Johnson
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be the Chief Guest for Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2021. He has accepted PM Narendra Modi’s invitation to the event, informed Dominic Raab, UK Foreign Secretary during his talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on December 15, 2020. 

3.(c) Ashraf Patel
Ashraf Patel was awarded the social entrepreneur of the year award. The award was presented by Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani at a virtual ceremony in November 2020. Ashraf Patel is the co-founder of two organizations -Pravah and ComMutiny Youth Collective that train the youth for leadership roles.

4.(d) New Zealand 
The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 will be held from March 4- April 3, 2022 in New Zealand. The 31-day match schedule was announced on December 15, 2020 by the International Cricket Council (ICC). 

5.(a) March 6th 
The Indian women's cricket team will begin its campaign at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 on March 6, 2022 against one of the qualifiers at the Bay Oval in Tauranga. 

6.(c) Jaipur
The Reserve Bank of India will be setting up its first Automated Banknote Processing Centre (ABPC) in Jaipur for storage, receipt and dispatch of currency notes. The decision was taken to effectively deal with the increasing circulation of banknotes. 

7.(d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel’s 70th death anniversary was observed on December 15, 2020. He was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India and was also popularly known as the Iron Man of India, as he helped in the integration of the Princely States with the Indian Union. 

8.(c) Turkey 
The United States on December 14, 2020 imposed sanctions on Turkey for purchase of S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia and urged Ankara to resolve the problem "immediately in coordination with the US".