Daily Current Affairs 21 December 2023

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

Air India

SpiceJet

Vistara

IndiGo

2.		Who recently assumed the role of Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services in India?

Arvind Kishore

Maheshwar Dayal

P. V. Samad

Nitin Desai

3.		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"

4.		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

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

50

75

100

112

6.		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

7.		What new AI-powered experience is Google planning to introduce for Google Maps in India?

Augmented Reality navigation

Voice-controlled directions

Address Descriptor

Time-based route suggestions

8.		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

9.		What is "Smishing," as warned by the Indian government?

A new social media platform

A type of malware

A sophisticated scam using text messages

A form of online gaming

10.		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