Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2023

1. Which Asian country has launched e-auction of 20 critical mineral blocks, including lithium and graphite?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Indonesia
[C] India
[D] Bangladesh

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2. Which institution launched Centre of Data for Public Good (CDPG)?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] IISc
[C] DRDO
[D] IIT Madras

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3. Which institution launched the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] ILO
[C] NSSO
[D] DPIIT

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4. Which country recently hiked its military spending to 30% of fiscal expenditure?
[A] Israel
[B] China
[C] Russia
[D] Germany

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5. What is the causative agent of white lung’ syndrome that was recently making news?
[A] Virus
[B] Bacteria
[C] Protozoa
[D] Fungi

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6. Which of the following is not a correct statement about Iyothee Thass Pandithar, whose statue was unveiled recently in Chennai?
[A] He founded Dravida Mahajana Sabha in 1891
[B] He launched a magazine Dravida Pandian
[C] He was a Vaidya / Ayurvedic practitioner
[D] All the above are correct statements

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7. Henry Kissinger, considered the most dominant American statesman of the Cold War period and who recently passed away was former __:
[A] President of United States
[B] Secretary of State of United States
[C] Prime Minister of England
[D] Prime Minister of Canada

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8. As per the report by the Environment ministry and UNDP, India has phased out which ozone depleting chemical?
[A] HCFC 141b
[B] CCl3F
[C] Halon 1211
[D] CFC-112

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9. Which country has framed ‘One Province, One Policy’ plan to handle financial risk?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] USA
[D] UK

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10. Which city is the host of the India Internet Governance Forum 2023 (IIGF-2023)?
[A] Hyderabad
[B] New Delhi
[C] Bengaluru
[D] Chennai

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