Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 333: December 2022, Week 1

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Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 333: December 2022, Week 1

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Q1. The Hornbill festival is being organized in which state?

  1. Meghalaya
  2. Manipur
  3. Nagaland
  4. Mizoram

 Nagaland

The Hornbill festival in Nagaland became the venue for the launch of India’s G20 presidency.

 

Q2. Which country partners with India on the Kaziranga Project of Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC)?

  1. United Kingdom
  2. France
  3. Germany
  4. Finland

 France

India and France are collaborating under the Kaziranga Project in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

 

Q3. World AIDS day is observed on which date?

  1. December 5
  2. December 9
  3. December 1
  4. December 3

 December 1

 

Q4. The first north-eastern state to launch its ‘Mental Health and Social Care Policy’ is

  1. Assam
  2. Sikkim
  3. Tripura
  4. Meghalaya

 Meghalaya



Q5. Recently a UN panel has recommended that the Great Barrier Reef is to be listed as a World Heritage Site in Danger. Great Barrier Reef is situated in which country?

  1. USA
  2. South Africa
  3. Australia
  4. Japan

 Australia

A UN panel has recommended that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be listed as a World Heritage Site in Danger.

 

Q6. As per recent data, India’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) during 2018-20 is

  1. 130 per lakh live births
  2. 117 per lakh live births
  3. 97 per lakh live births
  4. 72 per lakh live births

 97 per lakh live births

As per the Special Bulletin released by the Registrar General of India, India has witnessed a significant decline in the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20.

India’s MMR was 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16. With this, India accomplished the National Health Policy target for MMR of less than 100 per lakh live births. The SDG target is 70 per lakh live births by 2030.

 

Q7. The first Sylhet-Silchar festival started in Assam’s Barak valley to celebrate the cultural ties between India and which other country?

  1. Myanmar
  2. Bhutan
  3. Nepal
  4. Bangladesh

 Bangladesh

 

Q8. India will assume Chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Plenary on 01 January 2023 for a period of one year. Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) is related to

  1. Conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies
  2. Climate Change and global warming
  3. Crypto-currency and and blockchain technology
  4. Nuclear and biological Weapons

 Conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies

 

Q9. World Soil day is observed every year on

  1. December 04
  2. December 05
  3. December 07
  4. December 11

 December 05

 

Q10. Which country is India’s largest trading partner in 2022?

  1. Saudi Arabia
  2. US
  3. Russia
  4. China

 China

 

Q11. Which organization has released the ‘State of Global Water Resources 2021’?

  1. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
  2. Greenpeace
  3. Global Environment Facility
  4. United Nations Water

 World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)

 

Q12. Mount Semeru volcano which has recently erupted on December 4, 2022, is located in which country?

  1. Greece
  2. Indonesia
  3. Cyprus
  4. Ireland

 Indonesia

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano has erupted, sending ash billowing into the sky and sparking evacuations on the country’s main island, Java.

 

Q13. Which country is the largest trading partner of India after China and the US, in 2022?

  1. Saudi Arabia
  2. UAE
  3. Russia
  4. Japan

 UAE

After the United States and China, UAE is India’s third largest trading partner. As per projection, the bilateral trade of $88 billion for the current financial year may surpass FY 2021-22’s figures of $73 billion.



Q14. Recently, India and which country has declared December 06 as ‘Maitri Divas’?

  1. Bhutan
  2. Sierra Leone
  3. Myanmar
  4. Bangladesh

 Bangladesh

 

Q15. Which state Govt to set up the Nilgiri Tahr conservation project?

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Karnataka
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Kerala

 Tamil Nadu

  • The project will be implemented during the 2022-27 period. Tamil Nadu is set to implement Project Nilgiri Tahr, aimed at developing a better understanding of the population, distribution and ecology of the endangered species which is the state animal.
  • Furthermore, October 7 will be celebrated as ‘Niligiri Tahr Day’ in honour of E.R.C. Davidar, who was responsible for pioneering one of the first studies of the species in 1975.

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