Current Affairs Quiz: 2 December 2020

2 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 the Republic Day 2021 Chief Guest, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine and International Day for Abolition of Slavery among others. 

1.Which court recently ruled that the right to marry a person of choice irrespective of cast/ religion is a Fundamental Right?
a)Allahabad HC
b)Karnataka HC
c)Delhi HC
d)Madras HC

2.Which nation successfully landed its spacecraft on Moon on December 1st to bring back lunar rocks?
a)US
b)Russia
c)China
d)France

3.Which cricketer has become the fastest to score 12,000 ODI runs?
a)Rohit Sharma
b)Shikhar Dhawan
c)KL Rahul
d)Virat Kohli

4.India has reportedly invited which world leader to be the Chief Guest at Republic Day 2021?
a)Boris Johnson
b)Joe Biden
c)Yoshihide Suga
d)Emmanuel Macron

5.Which state’s Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of 11.5 megawatt power plant to be run on municipal waste?
a)Madhya Pradesh
b)Karnataka
c)Telangana
d)Odisha

6.Which nation has become the first to approve use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine?
a)US
b)Canada
c)UK
d)India

7.India signed a loan agreement worth USD 133 million with ADB to strength power distribution in which state?
a)Meghalaya
b)Manipur
c)Assam
d)Tripura

8.When is the International Day for Abolition of Slavery observed?
a)December 1st 
b)December 2nd
c)December 3rd
d)December 4th 

Answers

1.(b) Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court ruled recently that the right of any major individual to marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right that is enshrined in the Constitution of India.

2.(c) China
China successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on December 1, 2020 to bring back lunar rocks to the Earth for the first time since the 1970s. 

3.(d) Virat Kohli 
India skipper Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer to score 12,000 ODI runs on December 2, 2020, breaking the record held by legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

4.(a) Boris Johnson
India has reportedly invited UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to be the Chief Guest at Republic Day 2021. The invite was reportedly extended to the UK PM during his phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week.

5.(b) Karnataka
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa recently laid the foundation stone for a 11.5 megawatt power plant, which will be run on municipal waste. This is a first-of-its-kind plant in the state and it will be capable of converting 600 tonnes of municipal waste into 11.5 megawatt energy. 

6.(c) UK
The United Kingdom became the first country on December 2, 2020, to approve the widespread use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the pandemic.

7.a) Meghalaya
The Indian government signed a loan agreement of $133 million with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on December 1, 2020, in order to strengthen the power distribution sector in Meghalaya.

8.(b) December 2nd
The International Day for Abolition of Slavery is observed on December 2nd. The day aims to focus on eradicating contemporary forms of slavery such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation of people, forced marriage and the worst forms of child labour.