Current Affairs : December quiz 2015 (40+ questions) - 32

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Vijay Chaudhary

1) World AIDS Day was observed on 1 December 2015 across the world with the theme? - Getting to 
zero, End AIDS by 2030


2) Roch Marc Christian Kabore was on 30 November 2015 elected as the President of which West 
African country? - Burkina Faso


3) Which film was awarded with the Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film atthe 46th International 
Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa which concluded on 30November 2015? - Embrace of the Serpent


Note: Russian film maker, actor and head of Russian Cinematographers’ Union Nikita Mikhalkov was 
conferred upon the Lifetime Achievement Award.


4) India and which country on 30 November 2015 launched the International Solar Alliance? – France


5) Union Government on 30 November 2015 launched the which vaccine as part of its commitment to 
the Global Polio Endgame Strategy? - Injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV)


6) IMF on 30 November 2015 included Yuan into its elite reserve currency basket.Yuan is the currency 
of? - China


7) World leaders on 30 November 2015 launched Mission Innovation for accelerating? - clean energy 
revolution across the world


8) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has recently launched which scheme to 
boost the quality of higher education in India? -Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)


9) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed globally on? - 2December 2015


10) Name the Indian who on 28 November 2015 won gold medal in the 7thWBPF World Bodybuilding 
and Physique Championships? - Thakur AnoopSingh
Note: The tournament was held at Bangkok, Thailand.

11) Which state government has recently declared the entire state as drought hit in view of less rainfall 
in 2015 monsoon season? – Jharkhand


12) Who on 1 December 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London? - Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

13) Who will be honoured with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC SangeetSammelan 2015 beginning on 
4 December 2015? - Renowned violinist Lakshminarayana Subramaniam


14) Name the renowned sarangi player who died on 30 November 2015 in NewDelhi? - Ustad Sabri 
Khan


15) Name one of the finest exponents of Koodiyattom and Nangiarkoothu who passed away on 1 
December 2015? - Margi Sathi


16) Second season of the International Premier Tennis League 2015 was inaugurated on 2 December 
2015 at? – Japan


17) Vijay Chaudhary was on 2 December 2015 unanimously elected as the Speaker of? - Bihar 
Assembly


18) Vijai Sharma retired on 1 December 2015 as the? – Chief Information Commissioner


19) RBI in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy review on 1 December 2015 has maintained Repo rate at? 
6.75 percent


Note:Liquidity adjustment facility (LAF): unchanged at 6.75 per cent.Reverse repo rate: unchanged at 
5.75 per cent Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate has unchanged at 7.75

per cent.Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks: Unchanged at 4.0 per cent


20) Which bank have recently formed a long-term partnership, under which itwill become a strategic 
banking partner to the Tata group? - Industrial &Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC)


21) Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on 3 December 2015 became the coowner of which 
International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) franchise? -Singapore Slammers


22) Justice Tirath Singh (TS) Thakur was on 3 December 2015 sworn in as ____


Chief Justice of India? - 43rdNote: Justice TS Thakur succeeded incumbent Justice H L Dattu who 
retired on 2December 2015.


23) International Day of Persons with Disabilities was recently observed across the world on? - 3 
December 2015


Note: The theme for this year is "Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for

people of all abilities".


24) Which country recently entered longest recession since 1930s? – Brazil


25) Union Cabinet on 2 December 2015 approved setting up of ____ new Indian Institutes of 
Technology (IITs)? - six


Note: The IITs will be set up in Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jammu,

Kerala and Karnataka.


26) Which Indian was named as the chairperson of the prestigious RadiologicalSociety of North 
America (RSNA) Board of Directors on 2 December 2015? - DrVijay M Rao


27) ____ anniversary of Bhopal gas leak tragedy was observed on 3 December2015? - 31st


Note: Bhopal gas tragedy occured on 2 and 3 December 1984


28) Which Indian metro city was affected by floods due to incessant rain in the first week of December 
2015? – Chennai


29) Union government on 3 Dec.2015 announced to start electronic transfer of MGNREGA wages in 
2016 from which state? - Kerala


30) Union Government on 3 December 2015 launched Accessible India Campaignor Sugamya Bharat 
Abhiyan to help? - Persons with disabilities


Note: Accessible India Campaign is a nationwide campaign that aims atenabling persons with 
disabilities to gain universal access, equal opportunity for development, independent living and 
participation in all aspects of life in an inclusive society.


31) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 December 2015 announced revised Priority Sector Lending (PSL) norms for? - Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)

32) Name China's first domestically developed electricity-powered aircraft recently approved for 
production by Civil Aviation Administration of China? -RX1E


33) Name the eighth edition of India-Russia joint naval exercise which begun in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh recently? - INDRA NAVY-15

34) Which state has recently become the first state in the country to start Rotavirus vaccination project 
under the Universal Immunisation Programme(UIP)? - Himachal Pradesh

Note: Rotavirus is the most common causative agent of moderate-to-severe diarrhoea (MSD).


35) Delhi Assembly on 5 December 2015 unanimously passed the Delhi JanLokpal Bill, 2015 for 
establishment of statutory? - anti-corruption ombudsman


36) Which state government on 5 December 2015 has launched International festival on Birds? - Uttar 
Pradesh


37) 44th Navy Day was observed on? - 4 December 2015


Note: Every year Indian Navy celebrates Navy Day on December 4 to commemorate the success of the Operation Trident of 1971 India-Pakistan War.

38) Union Government has recently released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the Centenary 
year of which organization? - Zoological Survey of India


39) Name the eighth edition of India-Russia joint naval exercise which begun in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh recently? - INDRA NAVY-15

40) The International Volunteer Day (IVD) was on? - 5 December


Note: The theme for 2015 is "The world is changing. Are you? Volunteer!".


41) Which country topped November 2015 Edition of FIFA World Rankings? –Belgium


42) The first India International Science Festival (IISF) was recently hosted by? -Indian Institute of 
Technology (IIT)-Delhi campus


43) As announced by the state CM on 3 Dec. 2015, India's largest coal mine is coming up at Birbhum in which state? - West Bengal.