Daily Current Affairs 21 December 2023

1.		How many deaths were reported in India in 2022 due to tiger attacks?

50

75

100

112

2.		Which country became India’s second-largest supplier of coking coal, after Australia, as of October 2023?

Indonesia

Russia

United States

China

3.		Which actor recently became the owner of the Mumbai team in the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL)?

Hrithik Roshan

Akshay Kumar

Shah Rukh Khan

Amitabh Bachchan

4.		Which two semiconductor companies recently formed a strategic partnership to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to the automotive industry?

Qualcomm and Intel

MediaTek and Nvidia

AMD and Samsung

TSMC and Broadcom

5.		Which Israeli film won the Golden Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film at the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival?

"Footnote"

"The Band's Visit"

"Children of Nobody"

"A Fantastic Woman"

6.		Which two business books were declared joint winners of the Gaja Capital Business Book Prize 2023?

"The Lean Startup" and "Zero to One"

"Against All Odds" and "Winning Middle India"

"Thinking, Fast and Slow" and "The Innovator's Dilemma"

"Good to Great" and "Blue Ocean Strategy"

7.		What is the purpose of the collaboration between Suzlon Group and REC Ltd?

Renewable energy research

Debt refinancing

Non-fund based working capital

Infrastructure development

8.		Which Indian airline recently achieved the milestone of transporting 100 million passengers in a single calendar year?

Air India

SpiceJet

Vistara

IndiGo

9.		Why was former U.S. President Donald Trump declared ineligible to run for president in Colorado by the state’s Supreme Court?

Tax evasion charges

Violation of campaign finance laws

Ineligibility under the insurrection clause

Health concerns

10.		Which variant of the COVID-19 virus has raised concerns due to its ability to spread faster and evade immunity?

Delta variant

Lambda variant

JN.1 variant

Beta variant