16th December Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2022

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16th December Current Affairs Quiz: Here, we are providing the Current Affairs Quiz. These types of topics are important for candidates who prepare for Bank Exam 2022. In this article, we are covering the following topics Headlines:

Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar
India International Science Festival
Safety Performer of the Year
Tennis Premier League
KAZIND-22

16th December Current Affairs Quiz

The Current Affairs section constitutes a major part of the General Awareness section in a competitive examination and plays an instrumental role. To supplement your preparation for the General Awareness Section of the upcoming exams like IBPS PO/Clerk Mains, SBI PO Mains and SEBI Grade A Prelims, we are providing you Current Affairs Quiz of 16th December 2022 covering the following topics Headlines: Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar, India International Science Festival, Safety Performer of the Year, Tennis Premier League, KAZIND-22.

Q1. Who has inaugurated the statue of Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar at the renovated house of Bharathiyar at Varanasi via video conference?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) M.K.Stalin
(c) R N Ravi
(d) Yogi Adityanath
(e) Anandiben Patel

Q2. The eighth edition of the India International Science Festival (IISF) will be held in which city?
(a) Varanasi
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bhopal
(d) Ahmedabad
(e) Mumbai

Q3. Which of the following country will host an International Conference “Standing with the Ukrainian People”?
(a) France
(b) Australia
(c) UK
(d) USA
(e) Canada

Q4. Which airline has been awarded the ‘Safety Performer of the Year’ award by GMR Delhi Airport Awards for being the top performer among the self-handling airlines?
(a) IndiGo
(b) Air India
(c) Go First
(d) Vistara
(e) SpiceJet

Q5. Who has become the third cricketer in history to score 10000 Test runs and also takes 50 test wicket recently?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Rohit Sharma
(c) Babar Azam
(d) Joe Root
(e) Steve Smith

Q6. Which team has been crowned as champions of 4th Tennis Premier League (TPL) 2022?
(a) Hyderabad Strikers
(b) Mumbai Leon Army
(c) Ruby Trichy Warriors
(d) iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans
(e) Siecham Madurai Panthers

Q7. General Mirosław Hermaszewski, who passed away recently at the age of 81, was the only astronaut of which country?
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) UK
(d) USA
(e) Poland

Q8. Which Indian film has been nominated in two categories at the Golden Globe Awards to be held in January 2023?
(a) Gangubai Kathiawadi
(b) RRR
(c) Kantara
(d) Chhello Show
(e) Sardar Udham

Q9. The 6th Edition of Indo – Kazakhstan joint training exercise “KAZIND-22” is conducted at Umroi ________.
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Sikkim

Q10. Which country recently passed a law to completely end tobacco smoking by banning youth from buying cigarettes for life?
(a) Italy
(b) Canada
(c) Australia
(d) Ireland
(e) New Zealand

Q11. Which country replaces Iraq as top oil supplier to India in November?
(a) Russia
(b) Qatar
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Lebanon
(e) USA

Q12. Which IIT has signed an MoU with Army Training Command to set up centre of excellence?
(a) IIT Madras
(b) IIT Ropar
(c) IIT Roorkee
(d) IIT Delhi
(e) IIT Bombay

Q13. Which of the following banks launched its sixth annual grants program for social startups in partnership with the Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Startup India’-Parivartan SmartUp Grants?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Federal Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) YES Bank

Q14. Govt allocates ______ crore to New India Literacy Programme for next 5 years.
(a) Rs 1017.90 crore
(b) Rs 1027.90 crore
(c) Rs 1037.90 crore
(d) Rs 1047.90 crore
(e) Rs 1057.90 crore

Q15. India plans to commission 20 nuclear power plants by _______.
(a) 2035
(b) 2034
(c) 2033
(d) 2032
(e) 2031

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin has inaugurated the statue of Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar at the renovated house of Bharathiyar at Varanasi, UP via video conference.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The eighth edition of the India International Science Festival (IISF) will be held in Bhopal in January 2023.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. France will host an International conference “Standing with the Ukrainian People” in Paris.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. SpiceJet has been awarded the ‘Safety Performer of the Year’ award by GMR Delhi Airport Awards for being the top performer among the self-handling airlines.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Former England captain Joe Root has become the third cricketer in history to score 10000 runs and pick up 50 wickets in Test cricket.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Hyderabad Strikers crowned as champions of 4th Tennis Premier League (TPL) 2022.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Poland’s only cosmonaut Gen Mirosław Hermaszewski passed away recently at the age of 81.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. SS Rajamouli-directed period movie ‘RRR’ has been nominated in two categories at the Golden Globe Awards to be held in January 2023.

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 6th Edition of Indo – Kazakhstan joint training exercise “KAZIND-22” is conducted at Umroi (Meghalaya) from 15 to 28 December 2022.

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. The New Zealand government has passed a law to completely end tobacco smoking by banning youth from buying cigarettes for life.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Russia has for the first time emerged as top oil supplier to India replacing Iraq as refiners last month snapped up oil from Moscow fearing a price cap.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar and the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) of the Indian Army signed an agreement for setting up a centre of excellence for studies and applied research in defence and security at the premier institute.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. HDFC Bank today announced the launch of its sixth annual grants program for social startups in partnership with the Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Startup India’.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. The central government has allocated a total financial outlay of the New India Literacy Programme (NILP) for five years to be Rs.1037.90 crore, MoS for Education Annpurna Devi in a written reply informed in the Lok Sabha on December 12.

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. India plans to commission 20 nuclear power plants by 2031, adding nearly 15,000 MW in power generating capacity, the government told the Lok Sabha.