Current Affairs : December quiz 2015 (Multiple choice questions) - 24

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Alexis Tsipras

Ques. : 1 _________ became the first state of India to join the Union Govt’s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) recently.
1) Andhra Pradesh 

2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Bihar
Answer:- 1) Andhra Pradesh

Ques. : 2 Alexis Tsipras is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? The country approved the 2016 budget amid economic recession recently.
1) Greece
2) Portugal
3) Egypt
4) Denmark
5) Spain
Answer:- 1) Greece

Ques. : 3 ________ sent the first uranium consignment of 250 tonnes to India for its nuclear power reactors recently. A civil nuclear deal is signed between the two countries.
1) Australia
2) Canada
3) Japan
4) UK
5) Australia
Answer:- 2) Canada

Ques. : 4 The AIA Group Ltd (AIA) announced to increase its shareholding in life insurance joint venture with which of the following companies from the current level of 26 per cent to 49 per cent?
1) Reliance Group
2) Bharti Insurance
3) Tata Group
4) Birla Group
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Tata Group

Ques. : 5 One of the sections of a financial market where securities and financial instruments with short-term maturities are traded is called the
1) super market
2) closed market
3) open market
4) capital market
5) money market
Answer:- 5) money market

Ques. : 6 The newly launched IDFC Bank has inked a pact with which IT services major to use its BaNCS system for bank’s core banking solutions?
1) Infosys
2) Wipro
3) HCL
4) Tata Consultancy Services
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 4) Tata Consultancy Services

Ques. : 7 Who won 2015 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament recently?
1) Tommy Sugiarto
2) Kidambi Srikanth
3) Chen Long
4) Simon Santoso
5) Tontowi Ahmad
Answer:- 1) Tommy Sugiarto

Ques. : 8 The govt introduced a bill in Lok Sabha recently that seeks to enhance pay eligibility limit of an employee for bonus from Rs 10,000 per month to _________ per month.
1) Rs 12,000
2) Rs 15,000
3) Rs 18,000
4) Rs 21,000
5) Rs 25,000
Answer:- 4) Rs 21,000

Ques. : 9 The legislature of which state became the first in the country to launch an online mechanism for its members to send questions and move different motions in the House recently?
1) Kerala
2) Sikkim
3) Assam
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 5) Maharashtra

Ques. : 10 India currently has 21 power reactors in operation and its nuclear generating capacity, currently, is
1) 5,800 MWe
2) 6,400 MWe
3) 7,850 MWe
4) 21,5000 MWe
5) 27,500 MWe
Answer:- 1) 5,800 MWe