1. Who has become the youngest Indian chess player to defeat a Grandmaster in the KIIT International Open Tournament?
a. Nihal Sarin
b. R Praggnanandhaa
c. Aarit Kapil ✅
d. D Gukesh
2. Which IIT has completed India’s first Hyperloop Train Test Track in December 2024?
a. IIT Bombay
b. IIT Kanpur
c. IIT Madras ✅
d. IIT Delhi
3. Which country unveiled the world’s largest gold brick in December 2024?
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Switzerland
c. USA
d. Dubai (UAE) ✅
4. Who has become the Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly again?
a. Rabindra Nath Mahto ✅
b. Babulal Marandi
c. Hemant Soren
d. Sudesh Mahto
5. What is the name of the stealth-guided missile frigate commissioned by Rajnath Singh at Yantra Shipyard, Kaliningrad (Russia)?
a. INS Vikrant
b. INS Tushil ✅
c. INS Talwar
d. INS Satpura
6. Rajasthan government will celebrate which date every year as Pravasi Rajasthani Day?
a. 26 January
b. 25 December
c. 10 December ✅
d. 2 October
7. Who has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement category of the UNEP Prithvi Champion Award 2024?
a. Vandana Shiva
b. Ratan Tata
c. Madhav Gadgil ✅
d. Sunita Narain
8. Who has become the brand ambassador of Cashfree Payments?
a. Vicky Kaushal
b. Rajkumar Rao ✅
c. Ayushmann Khurrana
d. Varun Dhawan
9. Who has been selected as the WTA Player of the Year 2024?
a. Iga Swiatek
b. Coco Gauff
c. Aryna Sabalenka ✅
d. Ons Jabeur
10. Which state government signed an MoU with Thailand for Buddhist heritage conservation?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Gujarat ✅
d. Sikkim
11. Which district in Uttar Pradesh will become India’s first city-cum-learning center for integrated waste management by September 2025?
a. Kanpur
b. Lucknow
c. Gorakhpur ✅
d. Varanasi
12. Which state will organize the 4th Eaglenest Bird Festival from 17–19 January 2025?
a. Assam
b. Sikkim
c. Arunachal Pradesh ✅
d. Meghalaya
13. When is Good Governance Day 2024 celebrated?
a. 24 December
b. 25 December ✅
c. 23 December
d. 26 December
14. What is the theme of Good Governance Day 2024?
a. Governance for All
b. Digital Governance
c. Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore ✅
d. Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas
15. In which country was the damselfish species named Chromis abdah discovered in December 2024?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Indonesia
c. Maldives ✅
d. Thailand
16. When is Indian Language Day 2024 celebrated?
a. 10 December
b. 11 December ✅
c. 12 December
d. 13 December
17. Which country won the 20th Asian Women’s Handball Championship 2024?
a. India
b. China
c. South Korea
d. Japan ✅
18. Which country’s scientists developed the first gene therapy for Haemophilia A?
a. UK
b. USA
c. India ✅
d. Germany
19. According to the India Skills Report 2025, which state ranks top in employment generation?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Gujarat
c. Maharashtra ✅
d. Karnataka
20. Which Union Minister inaugurated Bauma ConExpo India 2024 at India Expo Center, Greater Noida?
a. Piyush Goyal
b. Nitin Gadkari ✅
c. Rajnath Singh
d. Hardeep Singh Puri
21. Who was selected as ICC Player of the Month for November 2024 (Men and Women)?
a. Babar Azam & Meg Lanning
b. Haris Rauf & Danny Wyatt-Hodge ✅
c. Jasprit Bumrah & Ellyse Perry
d. Virat Kohli & Beth Mooney
22. Which state/UT will host the Khelo India Winter Games 2025?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh ✅
c. Uttarakhand
d. Arunachal Pradesh
23. Who will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Directors Guild of America Awards?
a. Steven Spielberg
b. Ang Lee ✅
c. Martin Scorsese
d. Quentin Tarantino
24. In which state is the Guruvayur Temple located, which came under Supreme Court consideration in Dec 2024?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Karnataka
c. Kerala ✅
d. Andhra Pradesh
25. Where was the first India-Nepal Tourism Conference held in December 2024?
a. Delhi
b. Pokhara
c. Kathmandu (Nepal) ✅
d. Biratnagar
26. Who became the first female cricketer to score four centuries in a calendar year?
a. Meg Lanning
b. Harmanpreet Kaur
c. Smriti Mandhana ✅
d. Ellyse Perry
27. When is the International Day of Neutrality 2024 celebrated?
a. 10 December
b. 12 December ✅
c. 11 December
d. 9 December
28. What is India’s position in the Eurasia Times’ ‘The Great Powers of 2025’ list?
a. Third
b. Fourth
c. Fifth ✅
d. Sixth
29. Who has been named ‘Person of the Year’ for 2024 by Time magazine?
a. Joe Biden
b. Vladimir Putin
c. Donald Trump ✅
d. Elon Musk
30. Which chatbot has been launched by PM Modi to assist visitors during Maha Kumbh?
a. Kumbh GPT
b. Prayag AI
c. Kumbh Sah’AI’yak ✅
d. PDS Kumbh Bot
31. Which Union Minister has unveiled ‘India’s Green Steel Taxonomy’?
a. Jyotiraditya Scindia
b. H.D. Kumaraswamy ✅
c. Bhupender Yadav
d. Piyush Goyal
32. Which ministry signed a ₹13,500 crore deal with HAL for 12 Sukhoi-30 fighter jets?
a. Ministry of Civil Aviation
b. Ministry of Heavy Industries
c. Ministry of Home Affairs
d. Ministry of Defence ✅
33. Who has become the world’s youngest chess champion in December 2024?
a. Magnus Carlsen
b. R Praggnanandhaa
c. D Gukesh ✅
d. Arjun Erigaisi
34. Which country will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup?
a. Qatar
b. USA
c. Saudi Arabia ✅
d. Spain
35. Where has the 10th ‘World Ayurveda Congress and Expo’ started on 12 December 2024?
a. Haridwar
b. Bhopal
c. Dehradun (Uttarakhand) ✅
d. Pune
36. President Draupadi Murmu has conferred the honorary general rank on which Nepalese Army Chief?
a. Gaurav Shumsher Rana
b. Ashok Raj Sigdel ✅
c. Purna Chandra Thapa
d. Prabhu Ram Sharma
37. Who has been awarded the 34th ‘Vyas Samman’?
a. Mannu Bhandari
b. Suryabala ✅
c. Uday Prakash
d. Maitreyi Pushpa
38. Where has the first ‘India Maritime Heritage Conference’ 2024 been organized in December 2024?
a. Mumbai
b. Kochi
c. Visakhapatnam
d. New Delhi ✅
39. When is ‘National Energy Conservation Day’ 2024 celebrated?
a. 12 December
b. 13 December ✅
c. 14 December
d. 15 December
40. Who has become the new Prime Minister of France on 14 December 2024?
a. Elisabeth Borne
b. Francois Bayrou ✅
c. Bruno Le Maire
d. Jean-Luc Mélenchon
41. Which bank approved a $500 million loan to India for sustainable infrastructure development?
a. World Bank
b. IMF
c. AIIB
d. Asian Development Bank (ADB) ✅
42. When is ‘National Consumer Day’ 2024 celebrated?
a. 23 December
b. 24 December ✅
c. 25 December
d. 22 December
43. What is the theme of National Consumer Day 2024?
a. Empowering Consumers
b. Access to Redressal
c. Virtual Hearings and Digital Access to Consumer Justice ✅
d. Digital Market Safety
44. When is ‘Vijay Diwas’ 2024 celebrated?
a. 15 December
b. 17 December
c. 16 December ✅
d. 14 December
45. Who has become the new Executive Director of YES Bank?
a. Prashant Kumar
b. Manish Jain ✅
c. Rajesh Kumar
d. Rakesh Sharma
46. In December 2024, which country’s all-rounder Imad Wasim announced retirement from international cricket?
a. Afghanistan
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan ✅
d. Sri Lanka
47. Who chaired the 4th Annual National Conference of Chief Secretaries on 13 December 2024?
a. Amit Shah
b. Jagdeep Dhankhar
c. Narendra Modi ✅
d. Rajnath Singh
48. What was the theme of the 4th Chief Secretaries’ Conference 2024?
a. Digital India
b. Inclusive Growth
c. Promoting Entrepreneurship, Employment & Skilling – Leveraging the Demographic Dividend ✅
d. Smart Governance
49. Which state has been sanctioned a loan of $325.10 million by the World Bank to increase farmers’ income?
a. Bihar
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh ✅
d. Maharashtra
50. In December 2024, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the GSI Geology Museum in which state?
a. Rajasthan
b. Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) ✅
c. Gujarat
d. Chhattisgarh
51. What is the name of the Advanced Route Patrol Vehicle launched by NHAI in December 2024?
a. Suraksha Van
b. Highway Saathi ✅
c. Raksha Path
d. Surakshit Marg
52. From which state was the 7th Missile cum Ammunition Barge (LSAM 14) launched in December 2024?
a. Goa
b. Gujarat
c. Maharashtra ✅
d. Andhra Pradesh
53. Where was the 22nd ‘Divya Kala Mela’ organized in December 2024?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Mumbai
c. New Delhi ✅
d. Chennai
54. Who was conferred with Knighthood and Damehood by King Charles III in 2024?
a. Benedict Cumberbatch & Judi Dench
b. Christopher Nolan & Emma Thomas ✅
c. Daniel Craig & Olivia Colman
d. Alan Rickman & Emma Watson
55. Who chaired the 72nd Plenary Session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) held in Agartala in December 2024?
a. Rajnath Singh
b. Nirmala Sitharaman
c. Amit Shah ✅
d. Dharmendra Pradhan
56. When is ‘National Farmers Day’ 2024 celebrated?
a. 22 December
b. 23 December ✅
c. 24 December
d. 25 December
57. What is the theme of National Farmers Day 2024?
a. Doubling Farmers’ Income
b. Smart Farming for Future
c. Empowering Farmers through Sustainable Innovations ✅
d. Kisan Vikas Yojana
