1.When the Human Rights Day is celebrated every year?
a) 10 December
b) 11 December
c) 12 December
d) 13 December
ANSWER: (a) 10 December
The Human Rights Day is observed across the world on 10 December to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The first Human Rights Day was celebrated in 1950.
2. Who was crowned as Miss World 2018?
a) Manushi Chhillar, India
b) Vanessa Ponce De Leon, Mexico
c) Quiin Abenakyo, Uganda
d) Nicolene Limsnukan, Thailand
ANSWER: (b) Vanessa Ponce De Leon, Mexico
The winner of Miss World 2018 is Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce De Leon. Manushi Chhillar, who was Miss World 2017, crowned her successor. 118 contestants from all around the world participated in the pageant.
3. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) approved to observe which year as the International Year of Millets?
a) 2021
b) 2022
c) 2023
d) 2024
ANSWER: (c) 2023
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council of the United Nations approved India’s proposal to observe the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets. The approval came during the 160th session of the FAO, which was held during December 3-7, 2018 in Rome.
4.Which former Indian diplomat was elected to an Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)?
a) Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
b) Meera Shankar
c) Sohan Kumar
d) Preeti Saran
ANSWER: (d) Preeti Saran
A former senior Indian diplomat, Preeti Saran was on December 6, 2018 elected unopposed to an Asia Pacific seat on the United Nation’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected Saran to the 18-member committee ‘CESCR’ for a four-year term beginning on January 1, 2019.
5. Which state will host the 2018 Startup India Venture Capital Summit?
a) Goa
b) Kerala
c) Manipur
d) Pondicherry
ANSWER: (a) Goa
The annual Startup India Venture Capital Summit 2018 was organised by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in collaboration with the Goa Government with theme ‘Mobilizing Global Capital for Innovation in India’ in Goa.
