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the correct answer is Option 3.

Key Points

• India began its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council on 1 January 2021.
• India will sit in the 15-nation United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2021-22 term as a non-permanent member - the eighth time that the country has had a seat in UNSC.
• India will be UNSC President in August 2021 and will preside over the Council again for a month in 2022.
• UNSC is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.
• It is headquartered in New York, United States.

The correct answer is Russia.

Key Points

• The first batch of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V will be delivered to India in April 2021.

The volume of vaccine production in India will be gradually increasing and may exceed 50 million doses per month.

India has become the 60^th country to authorize the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus.

Russia: 

Capital - Moscow.

The correct answer is Option 1.

Key Points

• Joe Biden of the Democratic Party defeated Donald Trump of the Republican Party to become the 46^th President of the United States.
• Mr. Biden’s running mate, Kamala Devi Harris, a U.S. Senator from California, will become the first woman and first Indian- and African-American Vice-President of the country.
• Mr. Biden, 77 (when elected) is the oldest candidate ever elected as the President of the USA. Recently on 20 November, he turned 78.

Additional Information 

• Basic Information about the USA:
• Number of States in the USA: Fifty
• Capital: Washington DC
• Bounded by: on the north by Canada, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
• Place in the world: In terms of Area, 4^th largest country after Russia, Canada, and China.
• Place in the world: In terms of GDP, the United States with a GDP worth USD 21.44 trillion is the largest economy followed by China (USD 14.41 trillion), Japan (USD 5.15 trillion), Germany (USD 3.16 trillion), and India (USD 2.94 trillion).

The correct answer is None of the above/More than one of the above.

Key Points

• External Affairs Ministry announced that there will be no foreign leader as a Chief Guest at the upcoming Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2021.
• The decision comes due to the global situation arising out of Covid-19.
• Earlier, India had invited UK PM Boris Johnson as Republic Day chief guest.
• The UK PM cancelled his visit on Republic Day in view of the spread of the new virus variant.
• This is the fourth times that India will not host a Head of Government or Head of State during the Republic Day parade in Delhi.
• Foreign leaders have graced the Republic Day parades every year barring 1952, 1953 and 1966.
• The last time such a situation arose was in 1966 when no Chief Guest was present at the event which was held days after the demise of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent and the death of nuclear scientist Homi Bhabha in an air crash.
• The then Indonesian President Sukarno was the first chief guest to grace Republic Day in 1950.
• In 2020, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was the chief guest.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points

• The correct answer is option 2, i.e., Ruchira Kambhoj.
• Born on May 3, 1964, Ruchira Kamboj, also known as Patni, is an Indian Foreign Service officer from the 1987 batch.
• She is representing India as its permanent representative to the UN. She has previously held the positions of India's High Commissioner to South Africa, Bhutan's first female ambassador, and India's ambassador and permanent representative to UNESCO in Paris.
• She was both the 1987 Foreign Service batch topper and the All India women's topper in the Civil Services batch.
• Vinay Mohan Kwatra is the current Foreign Secretary.
• S. Jaishankar is the current External Affairs Minister.
• The new Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj

​As of( September 2022).

The correct answer is Gopalganj.

Key Points

• Gopalganj has registered the highest sex ratio with 1015 females against 1000 males in 2011.
• On the other hand, Bhagalpur and Munger districts have recorded the lowest sex ratio at 879 females per 1000 males.

Additional Information

• As per the 2011 Census:
• The population of Bihar- 103,804,637
• Rate of Increase in Population- 25.07%
• ​Male- 5,41,85,357
• Female- 4,96,19,290
• Literacy Rate in Bihar- 63.82%
• Male- 71.2%%
• Female- 51.5%%
• Highest Literacy Rate in Bihar- 73.37% % in Rohtas.
• Lowest Literacy rate in Bihar- 51.08%  in Purnia.

The correct answer is 1913.

Key Points

• The Bihar Legislative Council was formed in 1912.
• A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 December 1911.
• In 1920 Bihar and Odisha were declared governor provinces, as per the Government of India Act 1919.
• The Bihar Legislative Council with a total of 43 members belonging to different categories was formed in 1912.
• The first sitting of the Council was convened on 20 January 1913 at Patna College Bankipore.
• On 1 April 1912, Charles Stuart Bailey became lieutenant governor of the state of Bihar and Orissa.
• Bihar Legislative Council was constituted by the Government of India Act, 1912 by amending the Indian Council Act, 1861 and 1909 to advise the Lieutenant Governor.

The correct answer is Rashmi Kumari.

Key Points

• The two-time World Carrom Champion Rahmi Kumari has won her third Federation Cup title in Varanasi.
• Rashmi Kumari is the most accomplished woman carrom player in the country.
• It was her third Federation Cup trophy, after the earlier triumph in 2012 and 2010.
• Rashmi beat the reigning World Champion S. Appoorwa in the final.
• Rashmi has also won the World Cup twice, and four times SAARC champion.

Additional Information

 Important Current Affairs related to Sports in December 2021:

• World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has restored the accreditation of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) in accordance with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL), which had been suspended since August 2019.
• World Anti-Doping Agency:
• Founder: Dick Pound
• Founded on: 10 November 1999
• Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
• President: Craig Reedie.
• Nitesh Kumar won doubled gold at the 4^th Para-Badminton National Championship, which concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
• Uttar Pradesh has won the 11^th Junior National Men’s Hockey Championship following a 3-1 victory over Chandigarh at Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu.
• Himachal Pradesh has won their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy title, at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
• Pankaj Advani has defended his National Billiards Title by winning his 11^th tournament, after defeating his PSPB teammate Dhruv Sitwala in a 5-2 game final that was held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
• Harbhajan Singh has announced retirement from all forms of cricket.
• Indian skier Aanchal Thakur has won a bronze medal at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing Competition in Montenegro.
• India defeated Pakistan 4-3 to secure the bronze medal, while Korea defeated Japan 4-2 to emerge Asian Champions Trophy men’s hockey tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Anahat Singh has scripted history by winning the U-15 girls category of the prestigious Junior US Open Squash tournament in Philadelphia.
• PV Sindhu has been appointed as a member of the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) Athletes’ Commission.

The correct answer is Option 4.

Key Points

• Digital India awards had been conferred on December 30 by President Ramnath Kovind.
• The whole process for the awards, that is from nominations to presenting the awards was conducted in online mode.
• Digital India awards 2020 was given and six different categories and the ‘innovation in pandemic’ was a new category.
• It was conferred for providing services to people stranded outside Bihar during COVID-19 lockdown
• For the ‘innovation and pandemic category’ following offices/agencies have been declared the winners:
• Bihar Chief Minister Secretariat.
• Disaster management department
• National Informatics Center.

Additional Information

Digital India Awards:

• These awards are given under the National Portal of India to recognize the Agencies involved in providing services using Information and Communication Technology.
• These awards were constituted in the year 2010 and are presented every two years.
• The award is given in the following six categories:
• Excellence in digital governance: central ministry or department.
• Excellence and digital governance: Garden State/ UT.
• Excellence in digital governance – district.
• Open data champion
• Exemplary product
• Jury choice
• This year a new category named 'Innovation in pandemic’ was also introduced.

Bihar:

• Bihar is an eastern state of India with its capital at Patna.
• Nitish Kumar is its incumbent chief minister and Phagu Chauhan is the governor. (as of 9-Jan-2021)
• It is the twelfth largest state of India and the third most populous state of India.
• According to the census of 2011, the literacy rate in Bihar is 61.80% which is the lowest in the country.

The correct answer is Option 1.

Key Points 

• The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the State of Bihar and the seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes as determined by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act, 2002, are 38 and 2 Respectively
• The total number of assembly constituencies is 243
• The number of seats reserved for ST's are 2.

Additional Information

Bihar:

• Lok Sabha seats - 40.
• Rajya Sabha seats - 16.
• State Animal - Gaur.
• State Bird - House sparrow.