22nd December 2024 Current Affairs

22nd December 2024 Current Affairs

1. Who has been named by ICC to host the ICC Women’s T20 WC 2028?

   a) India
   b) Pakistan
   c) Sri Lanka
   d) Bangladesh

2. Who has written the book ‘Bring it On: The Incredible Story of My Life’?

   a) Deepa Malik
   b) Mariyappan Thangavelu
   c) Preeti Pal
   d) Avni Lakhera

3. What is the position of India in the Eurasia Times list of ‘The Great Powers of 2025’?

   a) 2nd
   b) 3rd
   c) 4th
   d) 5th

4. Astronauts of which country have made a new World Record of doing a 9-hour spacewalk?

   a) Russia
   b) China
   c) Japan
   d) USA

5. Who has become the President of UN Internal Justice Council?

   a) Gita Sabharwal
   b) P Harish
   c) Philemon Yang
   d) Madan Lokur 

6. Who has been appointed as MD of SBI?

   a) Ram Mohan Rao Amara
   b) Harshvardhan Agrawal
   c) Vipin Kumar
   d) NOT

7. When was International Human Solidarity Day celebrated?

   a) 21st December
   b) 20th December
   c) 19th December
   d) 18th December

8. SSB Foundation Day was celebrated on 20th December  2024, in which year was SSB established?

   a) 1961
   b) 1962
   c) 1963
   d) 1964

9. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE OF BIHAR STATE IN DECEMBER 2024?

   a) Alok Raj
   b) Vinay Kumar
   c) Vivek Shukla
   d) Ananth Kumar

10. WHICH TWO COUNTRIES INCLUDING INDIA PARTICIPATED IN THE RECENTLY HELD EXERCISE DESERT KNIGHT?

    a) France and United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    b) United Kingdom and USA
    c) France and Russia
    d) France and United Kingdom

11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FOOTBALL PLAYER HAS WON THE ‘BEST FIFA MEN’S PLAYER AWARD’ 2024?

    a) Cristiano Ronaldo
    b) Robert Lewandowski
    c) Raheem Sterling
    d) Vinicius Junior

12. WHAT IS THE RANK OF INDIA’S IIT DELHI GLOBALLY IN THE ‘QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: SUSTAINABILITY 2025’?

    a) 171
    b) 177
    c) 187
    d) 202

13. WHO IS RETIRED FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET?

    a) R Ashwin
    b) Cheteshwar Pujara
    c) Ajinkya Rahane
    d) NOT

    IMPORTANT POINTS

• Country’s first village – Mana village (Uttarakhand), which was earlier the last village
• India’s first modified bio village (Daspara) state – Tripura
• Country’s first carbon neutral panchayat – Jammu Kashmir – Palli village
• Country’s first 24*7 solar powered village – Modhera village of Gujarat
• Uttar Pradesh’s first village to provide RO water to every household – Bharataul
• Country’s first sanitary napkin free village – Kumbhlangi village of Kerala
• Jammu Kashmir’s first milk village – Jerry village
• Country’s first district to have a library in every village – Jamtara district of Jharkhand
• Phayeng village – Manipur – first village to get carbon +ve tag
• Successful organization of Balika Panchayat in Kunaria village of Gujarat
• Maanghar village of Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra became the country’s first honey
  village.

22nd December 2024 Current Affairs