Current Affairs Quiz: 21 December 2020

21 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 mutated COVID-19 variant, Moti Lal Vohra and COVID vaccination drive among others. 

1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual summit with which nation’s PM on December 21, 2020?
a)Singapore
b)Indonesia
c)Vietnam
d)Malaysia

2.India has suspended flight to and from which nation till December 31, 2020?
a)Russia
b)US
c)Canada
d)UK

3.A new mutated COVID-19 variant has been discovered in which nation?
a)UK
b)France
c)South Korea
d)Canada

4.Veteran political leader Moti Lal Vohra has passed away. He was a part of which political party?
a)INC
b)BJP
c)TMC
d)SP

5.Which two planets will come closest to each other on December 21, 2020?
a)Mercury, Venus
b)Mars, Earth
c)Jupiter, Saturn
d)Mars, Jupiter 

6.Which nation’s Prime Minister has dissolved the Parliament?
a)Nepal 
b)Sri Lanka
c)Pakistan
d)Bangladesh 

7.Which nation’s Prime Minister has received the COVID-19 vaccine, kick-starting the COVID-19 vaccination drive in his country?
a)Italy 
b)Israel
c)France
d)UAE

8.Which state’s first oil and gas reserve was dedicated to the nation on December 20, 2020?
a)Kerala
b)Assam
c)Bihar 
d)West Bengal

Answers

1.(c) Vietnam 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual summit with the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 21, 2020, to discuss the future development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations.

2.(d) UK
The Indian Government has suspended all flights originating from the United Kingdom to India till December 31, 2020. The suspension will be brought into effect from 11.59 pm on December 22nd, announced Union Ministry of Civil Aviation. 

3.(a) UK
A new mutated variant Covid-19 strain was discovered in the United Kingdom last week. The UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock announced on December 21, 2020 that a new strain of the disease has been discovered in the nation, which has reportedly infected roughly 1000 individuals in Southern England. 

4.(a) INC
Veteran Congress leader Moti Lal Vohra passed away at Fortis Escort Hospital in Delhi on December 21, 2020. He passed away a day after his 93rd birthday.

5.(c)Jupiter, Saturn 
Jupiter and Saturn will merge with each other in the night sky on December 21, 2020. The event which was last observed in 1623 will make them appear closer to one another as the two slow-moving planets will be 0.1 degrees apart. It will again be observed in 2080.
 
6.(a) Nepal
Hours after the recommendation made by the Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to dissolve the Parliament on December 20, 2020, the proposal was ratified by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari who also announced the dates for the elections to be held in 2021.

7.(b) Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on December 19, 2020 became the first Israeli to receive the coronavirus vaccine, kick-starting the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country.

8.(d) West Bengal
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan dedicated West Bengal's first oil and gas reserve - the Bengal Basin - to the nation on December 20, 2020.