Current Affairs : December Quiz 2015 (Multiple choice questions ) - 57

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 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (the Philippines)

1. Who will head the commission of inquiry that was constituted on 21 December 2015 by Delhi Government to probe the alleged irregularities in DDCA?
a) Gopal Subramanium
b) L Narasimha Reddy
c) TSR Subramanium
d) Mihir Shah

Answer . a) Gopal Subramanium

2. Which country on 20 December 2015 launched the first Islamic-compliant airline Rayani airlines?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Myanmar
c) Malaysia
d) The United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Answer . c) Malaysia

3. Which of the following Football Club (FC) on 20 December 2015 won the 2015 Indian Super League (ISL) Football tournament?
a) Delhi Dynamos FC
b) Goa FC
c) Chennaiyin FC
d) Mumbai City FC

Answer . c) Chennaiyin FC

4. The Senate of United States (US) on 19 December 2015 ratified reforms of which multinational organisation to boost the representation of emerging economies in it?
a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
b) World Bank (WB)
c) United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
d) World Economic Forum (WEF)

Answer . a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

5. Who was on 20 December 2015 crowned Miss Universe 2015?
a) Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (the Philippines)
b) Shaymaa Qasim Abdelrahman (Iraq)
c) Gabriela Isler (Columbia)
d) Mireia Lalaguna Royo (Spain)

Answer . a) Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (the Philippines)

6. Who of the following on 21 December 2015 became the first cricketer from New Zealand to top the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) Test rankings?
a) Tom Latham
b) Kane Williamson
c) Brendon McCullum
d) Ross Taylor

Answer . b) Kane Williamson 

7. Governing conservative People’s Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on 20 December 2015 won the general elections of which country?
a) Singapore
b) Spain
c) Myanmar
d) Andorra

Answer . b) Spain

8. Who of the following on 20 December 2015 won the second edition of the International Premier Tennis league (IPTL)?
a) Philippine Mavericks
b) Japan Warriors
c) Indian Aces
d) Singapore Slammers 

Answer . d) Singapore Slammers 

9. Special semi-luxury train connecting Delhi and Thar Desert was started in the third week of December 2015. The train is named
a) Thar Circuit
b) Desert Circuit
c) Desert Queen
d) Marusthali Darshan

Answer . b) Desert Circuit

10. Name the Indian company that was listed on Top 50 Global R&D Company?
a) Tata
b) Mahindra
c) Reliance
d) Maruti

Answer . a) Tata

11. Who on 20 December 2015 was named as the 2015 AIFF Player-of-the-Year?
a) Sunil Chhetri
b) Mahesh Gawli
c) Narayan Das
d) Eugeneson Lyngdoh 

Answer . d) Eugeneson Lyngdoh

12. Which state government on 18 December 2015 passed the proposal to set up five new districts?
a) Odisha
b) Assam
c) West Bengal
d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer . c) West Bengal 

13. Who on 19 December 2015 was crowned as the Miss World 2015?
a) Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss
b) Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo
c) Miss Russia Sofia Nikitchuk
d) Miss Indonesia Maria Harfanti

Answer . b) Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo

14. Which multilateral agency on 18 December 2015 released Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016?
a) International Monetary Fund
b) World Bank
c) World Trade Organisation
d) New Development Bank

Answer . b) World Bank

15. As per the Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 released on 18 December 2015, which of the following is expected to become the largest remittance receiving country in 2015?

a) Mexico
b) China
c) India
d) Bangladesh

Answer . 

c) India