Daily Current Affairs 21 December 2023

1.		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

2.		Which two payment processing giants received final authorization from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as Payment Aggregators?

Razorpay and Pine Labs

Cashfree and Stripe

Razorpay and Cashfree

Pine Labs and Stripe

3.		What percentage of India’s GDP does the agricultural sector contribute in the fiscal year 2022-23?

10%

15%

20%

25%

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 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"

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

Floating

Fixed

Stabilized arrangement

Hybrid

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

Air India

SpiceJet

Vistara

IndiGo

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

50

75

100

112

9.		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

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