Current Affairs : December quiz 2015 (One word questions) - 69

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Amit Kumar Saroha

1)Who was appointed as the ombudsman by the BCCI recently? He will look into complaints, if any, with regard to conflict of interest? AP Shah.

2)Who was appointed as the new executive director representing India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri 
Lanka at the IMF? Subir Gokarn.

3)The World Pneumonia Day is observed on? 12 Nov.

4)Abraham M Keita won the 2015 International Children’s Peace Prize recently. He is from which 
country? Liberia.

5)The annual Hundred Drums Wangala Festival begun in which of the following states recently? 
Meghalaya.

6)The govt appointed IS Jha as Chairman and Managing Director of which state-run entities recently? 
Power Grid Corporation.

7)As per World Bank report of Doing Business 2016, which rank has been given to India in Minority 
Investors Protection? 8th

8)Name the social activist who has been selected for a top US humanitarian award for his contribution 
to sanitation? Bindeshwar Pathak.

9)Name the Indian para-athlete who bagged a silver in men club throw F51 event in the IPC Athletics 
World Championships? Amit Kumar Saroha.

10)Name the Swiss pilot who has won AAI Paragliding World Cup? Michael Kuffer.

11)When is World Cities Day and World Savings Day observed? October 31.

12)Name the India’s swimmer who set a new national record in men’s 1500m freestyle competition at 
the 69th senior national aquatic championship held in Rajkot? Sajan Kumar.

13)Which day is celebrated as World Science Day for Peace and Development 2015? 10th November.

14)Facebook has partnered with which company to create 100 Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India to drive 
digital penetration in the country? BSNL.

15)Which company has acquired the Weather Co along with its Weather.com website? IBM.

16)Which IT company has acquired CRM services firm PowerObjects for 299 crore rupees? HCL 
Technologies.

17)The newly appointed CEO and MD of Jabong, Sanjeev Mohanty was the former MD of? United 
Colors of Benetton, India.

18)Baglihar Hydro Electric Power Project is located in which Indian state? Jammu and Kashmir

19)Foreign investors would now be able to invest up to how much percent equity in white label ATM 
operations with the government notifying the regulations for the same? 100 per cent.

20)India’s largest missile systems manufacturing and integration facility with an investment of Rs. 500 
crore is being set up on a sprawling 900-acre site at which place in India? Palasamudram, Gorantla in 
Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.

21)India signed a nearly $3 billion deal for purchase of 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinook 
heavy-lift choppers with which country? American aviation giant Boeing and the US government.

22)Who laid the foundation stone of an ambitious project which will more than double the capacity of 
the country’s largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in next two years? Prime Minister 
Narendra Modi.

23)To how many companies, The National Housing Bank has granted permission to become housing 
finance companies? 6.

24)The number of subscribers to which schemes together have crossed the landmark 1 crore mark? 
National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY).

25)Name the body which was declared unconstitutional by SC in October 2015? National Judicial 
Appointments Commission.

26)With which company, Indian Railways have agreed for purchasing 50 MW power under its new 
policy of competitive bidding based procurement? Adani Power Ltd.

27)Rangarajan Vellamore, the first Indian to receive the Magnolia Gold award, is associated with? 
Infosys.

28)Who takes charge as MD & CEO of IDFC Bank? Rajiv Lall.

29)Who has been elected President of the Allahabad University students’ union (First woman since 
Independence)? Richa Singh.

30)Who assumed office as Chairman-and-Managing Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation? Sarat 
Kumar Acharya.

31)Who took over as the Director (Finance) of Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd? J Ramaswamy.

32)What is the rank of Indian Women's Cricket Team in the ICC Team Rankings? Fourth.

33)The space agency of which country has recently seekes cooperation with ISRO? UAE.

34)International Day of Older Persons is observed on? October 1.

35)UN body asked which country to probe ‘rights abuses’? Sri Lanka.