Daily Current Affairs 21 December 2023

1.		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

2.		Where did Accenture establish its new Generative AI Studio?

New York

Tokyo

Bengaluru

London

3.		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"

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.		What is the significance of International Human Solidarity Day, observed on December 20th?

Celebrating cultural diversity

Emphasizing the importance of global unity and diversity

Promoting environmental conservation

Marking the anniversary of a historical event

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

Indonesia

Russia

United States

China

7.		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"

8.		What is the new classification of India’s exchange rate regime by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

Floating

Fixed

Stabilized arrangement

Hybrid

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

Air India

SpiceJet

Vistara

IndiGo

10.		What is the primary focus of the dispute between the European Union (EU) and India at the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

Environmental regulations

Import duties on textiles

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) product import duties

Agricultural subsidies