Current Affairs : December Quiz 2015 (Multiple choice questions) - 8

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 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Ques. : 1 The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is annually held on
1) 30 Nov
2) 1 Dec
3) 2 Dec
4) 3 Dec
5) 31 Dec
Answer:- 4) 3 Dec

Ques. : 2 The Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Sabri Khan passed away recently. He was a maestro of
1) Sarangi
2) Violin
3) Guitar
4) Tabla
5) Flute
Answer:- 1) Sarangi

Ques. : 3 India launched the GIAN scheme to boost the quality of the country's higher education through international collaboration. What is the full form of the term GIAN?
1) Grass root Initiative of Academic Networks
2) General Initiative of Academic Networks
3) Greater Initiative of Academic Networks
4) Global Initiative of Academic Networks
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Global Initiative of Academic Networks

Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries hosted the first media summit of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping recently?
1) Brazil
2) South Africa
3) Russia
4) China
5) India
Answer:- 4) China

Ques. : 5 Roch Marc Christian Kabore was elected as the new president of which of the following countries recently?
1) Burkina Faso
2) Cameroon
3) Barbados
4) Angola
5) Algeria
Answer:- 1) Burkina Faso

Ques. : 6 Name the bodybuilder who earned the title of “Mr World” by winning a gold medal in a world bodybuilding meet in Bangkok, Thailand recently.
1) Varinder Singh Ghuman
2) Ankur Sharma
3) Thakur Anoop Singh
4) Neeraj Kumar
5) Ashish Sakharkar
Answer:- 3) Thakur Anoop Singh

Ques. : 7 ___________ on 1 Dec 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London and will serve for up to five years.
1) Elizabeth Blackburn
2) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
3) Harry F Noller
4) Thomas A Steitz
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Ques. : 8 The four European countries — Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland — have announced a ________ initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries.
1) $250-mn
2) $400-mn
3) $500-mn
4) $750-mn
5) $900-mn
Answer:- 3) $500-mn

Ques. : 9 Name the Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee acclaimed violinist who was honoured with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015 recently.
1) Kala Ramnath
2) Johar Ali Khan
3) P Sunder Rajan
4) Balabhaskar
5) L Subramaniam
Answer:- 5) L Subramaniam

Ques. : 10 The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed globally on
1) 1 Dec
2) 2 Dec
3) 3 Dec
4) 4 Dec
5) 5 Dec
Answer:- 2) 2 Dec