Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 23rd December 2017

Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 23rd December 2017

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You must solve the Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 23rd December 2017 and get ready to face the upcoming IBPS, SSC exams easily. The Current Affairs Set consists of the questions of latest pattern, answers along with explanations that covers all the latest news updates i.e. sports, awards etc.
Q1.The DARPAN Project was launched by whom ?

A]Smriti Irani
B]Manoj Sinha
C]Rajnath Singh
D]Rajyavardhan Rathore
E]Harshvardhan



Q2.India has signed an agreement with ____ regarding the information on Black Money .
A]Germany
B]Switzerland
C]Russia
D]UK
E]None of these

Q3.In which city the 2022 Commonwealth Games would be held ?
A]London
B]Glasgow
C]Birmingham
D]Victoria
E]None of these

Q4.Which Bollywood actor/ actress has topped the Forbes India Celebrity 100 List 2017 ?
A]Shahrukh Khan
B]Amitabh Bacchan
C]Amir Khan
D]Priyanka Chopra
E]Salman Khan

Q5.India would conduct the "Naseeem Al Bagr" exercise with which country ?
A]Oman
B]Kuweit
C]Iran
D]Iraq
E]None of these

Q6.Author Mamang Dai has won 2017 Sahitya Academy Award. The award is given to her for which novel ?
A]Legends of Pensam
B]Stupid Cupid
C]The Sky Queen
D]The Black Hill
E]None of these

Q7.In which city the 2017 Regional Conference on "Good Governance and Replication of Best Practices" would be held ?
A]Shillong
B]Kolkata
C]Guwahati
D]New Delhi
E]Mumbai

Q8.The first design University of India "World University of Design" has opened in which state ?
A]Tamilnadu
B]Haryana
C]Karnataka
D]Maharashtra
E]Punjab

Q9.The 9th International Youth Sailing Competition would be held in which state of India?
A]Tamilnadu
B]Keral
C]Andhra Pradesh
D]Orissa
E]None of these

Q10.Which of the following is observed as the National Mathematics Day ?
A]21st December
B]22nd December
C]23rd December
D]24th December
E]None of these

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. The Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha launched DARPAN – “Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India” Project to improve the quality of service, add value to services and achieve “financial inclusion” of un-banked rural population.

Explanation 2. India has signed an agreement to control black money with Switzerland that would allow automatic sharing of tax-related information from January 1 next year.

Explanation 3. Birmingham has been named host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games - the most expensive sports event to be held in Britain since the London Olympics.

Explanation 4. The methodology (see below) for calculating the Forbes India Celebrity 100 List has changed, but its top three names have remained constant. Salman Khan, for the second successive year, is at No 1, despite the subdued box office performance of his film Tubelight.

Explanation 5. India and Oman will conduct 10th edition of bilateral maritime exercise 'Naseem Al Bahr' in the Arabian Sea from January 22 to January 27, 2016.

Explanation 6. Itanagar-based author and journalist Mamang Dai won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her 2014 novel The Black Hill. Dai, a Padma Shri recipient, was among 24 novelists, poets and short story writers who received the coveted literature award for major Indian languages.

Explanation 7. The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public grievances (DARPG ), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India is organising a 2-day Regional Conference on “Good Governance and Replication of Best Practices” on December 22ndand 23rd, 2017 in collaboration with Government of Assam in Guwahati.

Explanation 8. India's first and only design university, World University of Deisgn opened it campus at Sonipat, Haryana.

Explanation 9. Krishnapatnam Port in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, is hosting the 9th edition of International Youth Sailing Competition of India from December 27th to December 31st 2017.

Explanation 10. National Mathematics Day is being celebrated all across the country on 22 December. The day is celebrated to commemorate the 129th birth anniversary of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.