Current Affairs Quiz 2015

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1. CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Who was on 24 December 2015 nominated for 2015 Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the BCCI?

1. Syed Kirmani

2. Dilip Vengsarkar

3. Sachin Tendulkar

4. Rahul Dravaid

2. Identify ’s first indigenously designed and built warship that was decommissioned on 23 December 2015.

1. INS Gomati

2. INS Ganga

3. INS Godavari

4. INS Shivalik

3. Which of the following in December 2015 became the second state to set up Zoroastrian Jury in the country to aid the settlement of marriage and divorce issues?

1. Maharashtra

2. Gujarat

3. Telangana

4. Rajasthan

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4. Who among the following was on 23 December 2015 adjudged as the winner of 2015 ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year?

1. Steven Smith

2. AB de Villiers

3. Faf du Plessis

4. Brendon McCullum

5. Which country on 22 December 2015 became the first Asian country to approve sale of the world’s first-ever dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia?

1. Myanmar

2. India

3.

4.

6. Which country on 17 December 2015 launched the Wukong satellite to seek evidence of dark matter decay?

1.

2. Japan

3. South

4. North Korea

7. Which shipyard on 21 December 2015 became the first licensed Indian shipyard to make LNG Ships?

1. Cochin Shipyard Limited

2. Mazagon Dock Limited-Mumbai

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3. Shipyard Limited

4. Hindustan Shipyard Limited- Visakhapatnam

8. Which country on 20 December 2015 held the national level after a gap of over four decades?

1. Iran

2. Jordan

3. Saudi Arabia

4. Iraq

9. Who was on 20 December 2015 crowned 2015?

1. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (the Philippines)

2. Shaymaa Qasim Abdelrahman (Iraq)

3. Gabriela Isler (Columbia)

4. Royo ()

10. Which of the following Football Clubs (FC) on 20 December 2015 won the 2015 (ISL) Football tournament?

1. Delhi Dynamos FC

2. Goa FC

3. Chennaiyin FC

4. Mumbai City FC

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11. Who on 20 December 2015 was named as the 2015 AIFF Player-of-the-Year?

1.

2.

3.

4.

12. Who on 19 December 2015 was crowned as 2015?

1. Miss

2. Mireia Lalaguna Royo

3. Miss Russia Sofia Nikitchuk

4.

13. Name the Indian company that was listed on Top 50 Global R&D Company?

1. Tata

2. Mahindra

3. Reliance

4. Maruti

14. Who was appointed as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India on 18 December 2015?

1. Vijai Sharma

2. Tulsi Singh Grover

3. RK Mathur

4. Indernath Kapoor

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15. Who on 17 December 2015 was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Tata Starbucks effective from 1 January 2016?

1. Avani Davda

2. Sumi Ghosh

3. Pienka Dubey

4. Sirin Ghosh

16. Name the country whose membership terms to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as 163rd member was approved at the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference (MC10) on 17 December 2015.

1. Kazakhstan

2. Afghanistan

3. Tajikistan

4. Tanzania

17. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 17 December 2015 released the final guidelines on computing interest rates on advances based on which method?

1. The Marginal Cost of Funds

2. Methodology Base Rate

3. Methodology Benchmark Prime Lending Rate

4. Methodology Asset Liability Management Methodology

18. By what percentage the Federal Reserve of US on 16 December 2015 increased the interest rate for the first time since 2006?

1. 0.25%

2. 0.50%

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3. 0.75%

4. 1.00%

19. Which railway station will be the first one to get Wi-Fi services as part of a partnership between Google and RailTel that aims at providing the services at 400 railway stations across the country?

1. New Delhi

2. Chennai Central

3. Secunderabad

4. Mumbai Central

20. Who of the following will be the Chief Guest at India’s 67th Republic Day (26 January 2016) celebrations?

1. Manuel Valls

2. Vladimir Putin

3. Angela Merkel

4. Francois Hollande

21. Who of the following is the author of the book, The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence: An Insider’s Account?

1. Madhuri Bose

2. Vivek Mehra

3. Chandra Bose

4. Anita Bose Pfaff

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22. In which city the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference was inaugurated on 15 December 2015?

1. London

2. Berlin

3. New York

4. Nairobi

23. The Union Finance Ministry on 15 December 2015 raised the monetary limit for filing appeals to in High Courts to how much amount?

1. 5 Lakh rupees

2. 10 Lakh rupees

3. 15 Lakh rupees

4. 20 Lakh rupees

24. European Commission (EC) on 15 December 2015 adopted proposal for a European Border and Coast Guard to protect:

1. Border crossings of Martinique

2. Schengen area

3. France– border crossings

4. Senkivka (border checkpoint)

25. What is the rank of India in terms of Human Development Index (HDI) as per Human Development Report 2015 released on 14 December 2015?

1. 130

2. 131

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3. 132

4. 135

26. The United Nations (UN) on 14 December 2015 released the Human Development Report 2015. What was the title of the report?

1. Human Development Necessities

2. Sustainable Human Development

3. Work for Human Development

4. A Progressive Human Development

27. Identify the retired justice who on 14 December 2015 was appointed as the head of the Judicial Committee which will look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme for the ex-servicemen.

1. S H Kapadia

2. L Narasimha Reddy

3. Ghulam Hasan

4. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal

28. Name the Mascot of 2016 South Asian Games which was unveiled on 13 December 2014.

1. Tikhor

2. Karak

3. Shera

4. Duria

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29. Name the country where for the first time female candidates contested and won in municipal council elections on 13 December 2015.

1. Syria

2. United Arab Emirates

3. Saudi Arabia

4. Kuwait

30. As per the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that was adopted on 12 December 2015, how much the developed countries will raise annually to finance climate change mitigation projects by 2020?

1. 200 billion US dollars

2. 150 billion US dollars

3. 100 billion US dollars

4. 50 billion US dollars

31. Which country on 11 December 20156 launched its first UNSECO Biosphere Reserve Inle Lake?

1. Malaysia

2. Thailand

3. Myanmar

4. Vietnam

32. Which country accounted for the highest share of tourist arrivals in India in November 2015?

1. Singapore

2. Mauritius

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