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1. Who has been included in the board of advisors of the international body IDEA? Ans : CEC Sunil Arora
2. Which famous person honored with Padma Shri award has passed away at the age of 104? Ans : Nand Kishore Priti
3. Goa Congress MLA Ravi Naik has resigned from his post and joined which party? Ans : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
4. Who has been awarded the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 2022 and 2021? Ans : Assamese litterateur Nilamani Phukan (2022), Konkani litterateur Damodar Maujo (2021).
5. Which Indian-origin doctor has been selected by NASA as an astronaut? Ans : Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Anil Menon of the US Air Force.
6. Which person of Indian origin, who was a symbol of anti-apartheid anti-apartheid in South Africa, has died at the age of 84? Ans : Ibrahim Ismail Ibrahim
7. Which player has been awarded the Best Debutant Player of the Year Award by the Women's Tennis Association? Ans : Emma Radukanu
8. Who has become the first Indian to win the title of Miss Trans Global Universe 2021? Ans : Shruti Sitara
9. Who has been appointed as the next President of FICCI? Ans : Sanjeev Mehta
10. Cambridge Dixonary has chosen as its Word of the Year for the year 2021? Ans : Perseverance
11. According to a report by news agency Reuters, which country has surpassed Brazil in the year 2020, which country has reached the first place in terms of food export to Arab countries? Ans: India
12. How many new cases of corona have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours? Ans : 8,439 Cases (195 Deaths)
13. Today (December 07) is being celebrated as which day across the world? Ans : Bodhi Day (Japan) and 37th Foundation Day of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC.
