Current affairs : December quiz 2015 (One word questions) - 61

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PSLV-C29

1.Name the group of company which is one of the country’s largest.exporters of footwear, will start
manufacturing shoes at a new factory in West Bengal?

Answer. Farida group

2.Name the U.S. Assistant Secretary who is on a private visit to Odisha,India?

Answer. Nisha Biswal

3.Name the Chairman of Indian Ex Servicemen Movement (IESM) who stated that Giving the
government 15 days to begin discussions with them to resolve the impasse on the issue of One Rank
One Pension (OROP) & announced that they.would boycott the Republic Day celebrations on January
26 unless OROP is implemented in its rightful form?

Answer. Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh (retd)

4.Name the person who is facing an inquiry for publicly contradicting the government over the sinking
of a Pakistani ship off Gujarat coast on New Year’s Eve & has been dismissed from service?

Answer. DIG B.K. Loshali

5.Who has been appointed to head the one-man judicial committee, which will look into the
implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme?

Answer. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy

6.Name the Legendary actor who was presented with the Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh at the thespian’s residence in suburban Bandra?

Answer. Dilip Kumar

7.Which country is the top emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, accounting for about 25 percent of emissions?

Answer. China

8.Which organization has upheld complaints against 54 campaigns for misleading advertisements during September, including those of Bharti Airtel, HDFC and Flipkart?

Answer. ASCI i.e. Advertising Standard

Council of India

9.Which IT major company has invested USD 3 million in U.S.-based wearable device startup firm
WHOOP to pick up a minority shareholding in the company?

Answer. Infosys

10.Name the company which has received a letter of acceptance (LoA) from Metro Link Express for
Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad for construction of a viaduct corridor?

Answer. The IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd

11. Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes - 

Answer. Arun Kumar Jain

12. Name the four players to receive IOC Olympic scholarships - 

Answer. Gaurav Bidhuri, Sumit Sangwan, Shiva Thapa and Mandeep Jangra

13. Which online marketplace has launched mobile website in Hindi, Telugu -

Answer.  Snapdeal

14. Where did the Commanders Conference held - 

Answer. Kochi

15. Who has won the European Tour Golfer of the Year award - 

Answer. Rory McIlroy 

16. Who has won Gold at 59th National Shooting Championship - 

Answer. Apurvi Chandela & Chain Singh

17. World Bank approved 1.5 billion US dollar loan to - 

Answer. support Clean India Campaign

18. Vijay Diwas observed on - 

Answer. 16th December 

19. Who has been appointed as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh - 

Answer. Virendra Singh

20. National Air Quality Index of 17 cities released by -

Answer.  Green Peace India

21. Who has launched 6 Singapore satellites into space - 

Answer. ISRO’ PSLV-C29