This is the current affairs of 12 & 13 December 2023. Here are questions and answers of daily current affairs for better preparation of competitive exams for government jobs.
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1. Name the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan, who was elected as the leader of the BJP Legislature Party?
a. Vasundhara Raje
b. Bhajan Lal Sharma
c. Diya Kumari
d. Prem Chand Bairwa
Answer: b. Bhajan Lal Sharma
– Bhajan Lal Sharma, who became a legislator for the first time, was elected as the leader of the legislative party.
– Diya Kumari and Premchand Bairwa will be the Deputy Chief Ministers.
– Legislator Vasudev Devnani will be the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
About Bhajan Lal Sharma:
– Age: 55 years
– Education: Postgraduate
– Legislative Assembly Seat: Sanganer (Jaipur)
– Bhajan Lal Sharma is originally from Bharatpur. He has also held the position of Pradesh Mahamantri.
Allocation of seats in the Legislative Assembly elections:
– BJP: 115
– Congress: 70
– Bahujan Samaj Party: 2
Regarding Rajasthan:
– Chief Minister: Bhajan Lal Sharma
– Governor: Kalraj Mishra
– Capital: Jaipur
– Neighboring states: Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat
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2. Who took oath as the new Chief Minister of Mizoram?
a. Sapdanga
b. Vanlalhlana
c. Zoramthanga
d. Lalduhoma
Answer: d. Lalduhoma
– He is the leader of the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM).
– Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati administered the oath of office as Chief Minister to him on December 8, 2023.
– In the elections held for 40 seats in Mizoram, ZPM won 27 seats.
About Lalduhoma:
– Lalduhoma is a former IPS officer.
– He has previously managed the security of former PM Indira Gandhi.
– In 1988, Lalduhoma was declared ineligible under the anti-defection law and was the first Lok Sabha MP to face disqualification.
– He has been a Congress Member of Parliament.
Mizoram:
– Chief Minister: Lalduhoma
– Governor: Hari Babu Kambhampati
– Capital: Aizawl
– Neighboring states: Manipur, Assam, and Tripura
– Bordering countries: Myanmar and Bangladesh
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3. Who became the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?
a. Jagdish Dewda
b. Rajendra Shukla
c. Mohan Yadav
d. Vinod Yadav
Answer: c. Mohan Yadav
– He took the oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on December 13, 2023.
– Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla became Deputy Chief Ministers.
– He is a legislator from the Ujjain South constituency.
– Yadav began his political career with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in 1982.
– He became a legislator in 2013.
– He previously served as the Higher Education Minister in the Shivraj cabinet.
– He has been elected as a legislator for the third time in 2023.
– Age: 58 years
– Education: LLB, MA, MBA, PhD
Allocation of seats in the Legislative Assembly elections:
– BJP: 163
– Congress: 66
– Bharatiya Adivasi Party: 1
Madhya Pradesh:
Chief Minister:
Governor: Mangubhai C. Patel
Capital: Bhopal
Neighboring states: Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh
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4. Name the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?
a. Vishnu Deo Sai
b. Bhupesh Baghel
c. Raman Singh
d. Arun Sao
Answer: a. Vishnu Deo Sai
– Age: 59 years
– Occupation: Farmer
– Started a career in politics by becoming a village head (Sarpanch) in 1989.
– Became a legislator for the first time in 1990.
– He is the third Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Prior to him, Raman Singh and Bhupesh Baghel have served as Chief Ministers.
– Vishnudev Sai is Chhattisgarh’s first tribal Chief Minister.
Allocation of seats for parties in the Legislative Assembly elections:
– BJP: 54
– Congress: 35
– Bahujan Samaj Party: 1
Chhattisgarh:
Chief Minister: Vishnudev Sai
Governor: Vishwabhusan Harichandan
Capital: Raipur
Neighboring states: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, and Jharkhand
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5. Who took oath as the new Chief Minister of Telangana?
a. Konda Surekha
b. Uttam Kumar Reddy
c. Anumula Revanth Reddy
d. K. Chandrashekar Rao
Answer: c. Anumula Revanth Reddy
– Congress leader Revanth Reddy took the oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana on December 7, 2023.
– Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka became the Deputy Chief Minister.
– They were administered the oath by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Congress achieved a majority in the Telangana Legislative Assembly Elections 2023:
– In the assembly elections, Congress won 64 seats, and Bharatiya Rashtriya Samithi (BRS) secured 39 seats.
About Revanth Reddy:
– He is 56 years old.
– His full name is Anumula Revanth Reddy.
Allocation of seats to parties in the Legislative Assembly elections:
– Congress: 65
– BRS: 39
– BJP: 8
– AIMIM: 7
Telangana:
Chief Minister: Anumula Revanth Reddy
Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan
Capital: Hyderabad
Neighboring states: Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh
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6. When is National Energy Conservation Day celebrated?
a. 13 December
b. 14 December
c. 15 December
d. 16 December
Answer: b. 14 December
– In India, National Energy Conservation Day is observed every year on December 14th.
– The objective of this day is to raise awareness about energy conservation.
– On this day, India promotes green energy to improve the country’s status in both energy conservation and air pollution.
– It was first celebrated in the year 2001.
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7. Name the winner of 33rd Vyas Samman?
a. Aruna Gupta
b. Anil Rai
c. Mridula Garg
d. Pushpa Bharti
Answer: d. Pushpa Bharti
– This award was given to them for their memoir ‘Memories, Memories, and Memories’, published in the year 2016.
– The award is presented by the KK Birla Foundation.
– It includes a cash prize of four lakh rupees along with a citation and a memento.
– The Vyas Samman was initiated in 1991.
– To be eligible for the award, the literary work should be in the Hindi language and should have been published in the last 10 years.
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8. Military exercise ‘Winbax-23’ was organized between India and which country?
a. Vietnam
b. France
c. Japan
d. Philippines
Answer: a. Vietnam
– This military exercise was organized in Vietnam in December 2023.
– The Indian contingent comprises 45 soldiers, with 39 from the Bengal Engineer Group and six from the Army Medical Corps.
– The Vietnam People’s Army has deployed 45 personnel for the exercise.
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9. Who became the new Prime Minister of Poland?
a. George Douglas
b. Donald Tusk
c. Mike Pence
d. Mateusz Morawiecki
Answer: b. Donald Tusk
– The outgoing Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, lost the vote of confidence in the lower house of the parliament (Sejm) by a margin of 266-190.
– In December 2023, a new government was formed in Poland under the leadership of Donald Tusk.
Poland:
Capital: Warsaw
Currency: Polish Złoty (Poland is a member of the European Union but uses its own currency)
Population: 38 million
Neighboring countries: Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Germany
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10. Who among the following had his parliamentary membership terminated by the Lok Sabha in the cash-for-query case?
a. Rakesh Mathur
b. Mahua Moitra
c. Mamata Banerjee
d. Vinod Verma
Answer: b. Mahua Moitra
– In December 2023, the Lok Sabha passed a proposal to terminate Mahua Moitra’s parliamentary membership.
– Consequently, her tenure as a parliamentarian came to an end.
– There was a complaint against her regarding accepting money, which Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had forwarded to the Ethics Committee.
– Based on the initial recommendation of the committee, Mahua Moitra’s parliamentary position was terminated.
– In the second recommendation, the committee has asked the government to investigate the received funds to Mahua within a specified time frame.
– After expulsion from the Lok Sabha, Mahua stated that the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha violated every rule to frame a report against her.
– Mahua Moitra mentioned that there was no evidence of cash or gifts. The Ethics Committee made a report against me without digging deep, and the kangaroo court punished me without evidence.
Can Mahua Moitra contest elections again?
– As per the current situation, Mahua can contest elections again because currently only her membership has been revoked. The investigation regarding financial misconduct aspects is pending based on the Ethics Committee’s report.
– The investigation of criminal cases will be conducted through other central agencies like the CBI.
– Mahua Moitra was elected as a Member of Parliament from the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal.
– She is associated with the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
