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Current Affairs Question Bank – December 2015 www.BankExamsToday.com 1. Recently,Current which Affair boats Question commissioned Bank into– December Indian Coast 2015 Guard Service (ICGS) : Interceptor boat ICGS C-422 2. Who won World Heavyweight Championship : Tyson Fury of Britain 3. Whowww.BankExamsToday.com won Davis Cup of Tennis 2015 : Andy Murray of Scotland 4. Who won Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament : P.V. Sindhu 5. Who won Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F 1 : Nico Rosberg of Germany 6. Who won Delhi Half Marathon in men’s and women’s category : Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia and Cynthia Limo of Kenya in men’s and women’s category respectively 7. Recently, which West Indies Cricketer suspended by International Cricket Council : Sunil Narine 8. Meeting of Commonwealth Head of Government 2015 (CHOGM 2015) : Malta 9. Who invented a new stationary cycle that will generate electricity : Manoj Bhargava 10.Who is the President of ASSOCHAM : Sunil Kanoria 11.The scheme called as ‘SAMBHAV’ launched by which union ministry : Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 12.12th South Asian Games 2016 will be held in which country : India 13.World Robot Conference 2015 held at which place : China 14.Where is the Headquarter of World Meteorological Organization : Geneva, Switzerland 15.World Milk Day is observed on which date : 01st June www.BanExamsToday.com Page 1 www.BankExamsToday.com 1. WhoCurrent appointed Affair ass QuestionPresident Bankof Asian– December Tennis Federation 2015 : Anil Khanna 2. According to World’s 20 Most Generous People List, who ranked at No.1www.BankExamsToday.com position : Bill Gates of USA 3. According to World’s 20 Most Generous People List, which Indian ranked at No.4 position : Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro 4. Who awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award at Asian Business Leadership Forum 2015 : G.P. Hinduja and S.P. Hinduja (known as Hinduja Brothers) 5. Asian Business Leadership Forum 2015 held at which place : Dubai, UAE 6. Who awarded with 4 Guinness World Record Certificates for scoring five goals in just 9 minutes : Robert Lewandowski 7. Recently, which State declared as drought hit State by its CM Raghubar Das : Jharkhand 8. Recently, which country allowed women to vote and also contest in Municipal (local) elections : Saudi Arabia 9. India re-elected as Member of which international organization : International Maritime Organization 10.What is the full form of AIDS : Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome 11.World AIDS Day is observed on which date : 01st December 12.Who became President of Burkina Faso : Roch Marc Christian Kabore 13.Name the film awarded with Golden Peacock Award : ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ 14.Which organizations/countries launched International Solar Alliance : India and France www.BanExamsToday.com Page 2 www.BankExamsToday.com 15.AccordingCurrent Affairto ICT sDevelopment Question BankIndex,– whichDecember country 2015 ranked at No.1 position and what is India’s rank : South Korea and 131st respectively www.BankExamsToday.com www.BanExamsToday.com Page 3 www.BankExamsToday.com 1. WhoCurrent awarded Affair withs ITCQuestion Sangeet Bank Samman– December : L. Subramaniam 2015 2. Which organization awarded with E-India Award : Delhi Development Authority 3. Who won Gold Medal in 7th World Bodybuilding and Physique Championshipwww.BankExamsToday.com : Thakur Anoop Singh 4. International Day of the Abolition of Slavery observed on which date : 02nd December 5. Recently, Tata Sons Limited signed an agreement with which Bank : Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited 6. According to the Brickwork Report, which Indian State is the biggest State economy in India : Maharashtra 7. Recently, which Union Minister launched the GIAN Scheme : HRD Minister Smriti Irani 8. Who appointed as Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly : Vijay Kumar Choudhary 9. Longest Beach Festival of Asia ‘Festa Di Diu’ held in which country : Daman and Diu, India 10.Who chosen as IAAF’s male athlete of the year 2015 : Ashton Eaton 11.Bhavishya Online System launched for which purpose : Online Pension Tracking System 12.Who awarded with ‘Freedom of the City of Cape Town’ : Ahmed Kathrada, an Indian origin 13.Name the birds spotted in India is under critically endangered : White-rumped Vulture 14.Kerala became 2nd State to set up NRI Commission, which was the 1st : Punjab 15.55 metre replica of Eiffel Tower will be set up in which State of India : West Bengal www.BanExamsToday.com Page 4 www.BankExamsToday.com 1. IndiaCurrent signed Affair a Doubles Question Taxation Bank Avoidance– December Convention 2015 (DTAC) agreement with which country : Japan 2. Who appointed as Chairperson of Radiological Society of North Americawww.BankExamsToday.com (RSNA) : Dr.Vijay M. Rao 3. Who awarded with Indian National Bar Association’s Award : Pulin Kumar 4. International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed on which date : 03rd December 5. World Robot Olympiad 2016 will be held in which city/country : New Delhi 6. India co-developed the Barak-8 missile with which country : Israel 7. Who is the Author of the book titled as ‘Vanessa and Her Sister’ : Priya Parmar 8. Who awarded with Mahatma Phule Samata Award 2015 : Arundhati Roy 9. BRICS Media Summit 2015 held at which place : China 10.‘Enable Makeathon’ launched by which organization : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 11.The report titled as ‘Lived Anomaly’ released by which organization : Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 12.2nd International Conference on Ramlila held in which Indian city : New Delhi 13.Who is the Author of the book titled as ‘The Book of Gold Leaves’ : Mirza Waheed 14.‘Bharat Ko Janiye’ campaign launched by which Union Ministry of India : Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs 15.Anirban Lahiri is related to which Sports : Golf www.BanExamsToday.com Page 5 www.BankExamsToday.com 1. WhichCurrent State Affair becames Question 1st to launch Bank Rotavirus– December Vaccination 2015 Project : Himachal Pradesh 2. Navy Day is observed on which date : 04th December 3. Whatwww.BankExamsToday.com % of FDI is allowed in e-Commerce sector in India : 100% 4. ‘Safe Move-Traffic Safety Campaign’ launched by which organization /company : Hyundai Motor India 5. Recently, which currency added to SDR currency basket of IMF : Renminbi (Currency of China) 6. Who won 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship : Dronavalli Harika 7. According to ICT Development Index 2015 recently released, which country ranked at No.1 position : South Korea 8. Recently, which country imposed economic sanctions against Turkey : Russia 9. According to Global Workforce Happiness Index, which country ranked at No.1 position : Belgium 10.United Nations launched the campaign ‘Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape’ for which purpose : To build the climate resilience 11.Name the World’s largest bank by assets : Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) 12.Name the campaign recently launched by Govt. of India for differently abled persons : Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan 13.LISA Pathfinder launched by which space agency : European Space Agency 14.Which bank became 1st bank in India to launch Display Debit Cards : Axis Bank 15.According to the recently released report of NITI Aayog, which State of India is the ‘fastest growing economy’ in India : Bihar www.BanExamsToday.com Page 6 www.BankExamsToday.com 1. INDRACurrent Navy Affair-15,s theQuestion joint naval Bank exercise– December held between 2015 which two countries : India and Russia 2. Armed Forces Flag Day observed on which date : 07th December 3. India received 1st uranium consignment from Canada as the consignmentwww.BankExamsToday.com shipped by which organization/company :Cameco Inc. 4. Name the 1st manned electric aircraft of China which gets licence for production : RX1E 5. 1st International Bird Festival held at which place : Agra 6. Which State announced to start e-transfer of wages under MGNREGA from January 2016 : Kerala 7. Which committee has submitted the report on ‘Possible Tax rates under ‘Goods and Services Tax’ : Arvind Subramanian Committee 8. The project ‘Bharatvani’ launched by which organization/company : University Grants Commission 9. Who won Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix 2015 : Nico Rosberg 10.Commonwealth Summit-CHOGM 2018 will be held in which country : United Kingdom 11.Where is the Headquarter of World Health Organization : Geneva, Switzerland 12.Who awarded with Asian Business Leadership Forum Outstanding Business Achiever Award : Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 13.‘Drad Sankalp’ an exercise conducted by which country : India (Indian Army) 14.Name the vaccine used in injectable inactivated polio vaccine programme in India : ShanIPV vaccine 15.Recently, which railway zone of India introduced biodiesel for trains : South Western Railways www.BanExamsToday.com Page 7 www.BankExamsToday.com 1. Recently,Current Dr.ArvindAffairs Question Subramanian Bank Committee– December recommended 2015 how much standard rate for GST : 17-18% 2. Name the 1st manned electric aircraft of China gets licence for production : RX1E 3. Whowww.BankExamsToday.com awarded with Person of the Year Award by Asia Life newspaper : K.T. Mohammed Rabeeh Rabeeulla 4. Which company/organization launched SME Council with the aim to help small business : Facebook 5. ‘Gita Jayanti Mahotsava’ will be organized by which Indian State : Haryana 6. Which State of India featured in Atlas Choices 10 of the Best Winter Sun Locations in all over the World : Goa 7. According to the Indian State of Forest Report, how much area is covered by forest in India : 21.34% 8. What is the full form of NASA
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