Correct Answer : Option (D) - IIT Roorkee
Note : IIT Roorkee has been selected by the prestigious Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the Industrial Innovation Awards. IIT Roorkee bagged the first position under the Most Innovative Research Institutions category this year. Last year, IIT Roorkee was adjudged as ‘The Most Innovative Institute of the Year’ for its innovation quotient.
Correct Answer : Option (A) - 22nd December
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Correct Answer : Option (C) - Competition Commission of India (CCI)
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Correct Answer : Option (A) - Punjab
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Correct Answer : Option (B) - Mormugao
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Correct Answer : Option (D) - Nagaland
Note : The Nagaland Assembly on December 20, 2021, unanimously passed a resolution demanding the repeal of AFSPA in Nagaland. The resolution for the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act(AFSPA) was adopted during a special session that was held in aftermath of the botched security ambush that claimed the lives of 14 civilians earlier in December 2021. Massive protests have been held in the Capital, Kohima, with the Nagaland cabinet also recommending the repeal of the law.
Correct Answer : Option (C) - Chile
Note : Gabriel Boric, leftist lawmaker and former student activist has won Chile's Presidential Elections 2021. He beat right-wing candidate Jose Antonio Kast in Chile's presidential runoff with 56 percent votes on December 19, 2021, becoming Chile's youngest President ever.
Correct Answer : Option (C) - LogiXtics
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Correct Answer : Option (A) - China
Note : Diplomat Pradeep Kumar Rawat has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to China. Rawat (Indian Foreign Services, 1990) is presently the Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and is expected to take up his new assignment shortly. Pradeep Rawat has been serving as the envoy to the Netherlands since January 2021.
Correct Answer : Option (B) - 2016
Note : Panama Papers leak came in news on April 3, 2016 after a German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung published a report on the same. Panama Papers case is a massive leak of 11.5 million documents from a Panamanian law firm - Mossack Fonseca- that reveal how its clients were able to launder money, dodge sanctions and avoid tax.