Current affairs : December quiz 2015 (Multiple choice questions) - 62

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Vijay Kumar

Ques. : 1 The mascot of the 12th South Asian Games (OC-SAG) is Tikhor which is a
1) Bengal tiger
2) lion
3) one horned rhino
4) deer
5) snow leopard
Answer:- 3) one horned rhino

Ques. : 2 ___________ launched the country’s first Unesco Biosphere Reserve — Inle Lake in Shan state recently.
1) Thailand
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) Philippines
5) Myanmar
Answer:- 5) Myanmar

Ques. : 3 Japan will provide a low-interest loan of $12 bn for India’s first high-speed rail service. It will also provide _______ for ‘Make in India’ initiative.
1) $5 bn
2) $6 bn
3) $10 bn
4) $12 bn
5) $15 bn
Answer:- 4) $12 bn

Ques. : 4 The Mumbai Police commissioner Ahmad Javed has been appointed Ambassador to which country recently?
1) Iran
2) Kuwait
3) Malaysia
4) Saudi Arabia
5) UAE
Answer:- 4) Saudi Arabia

Ques. : 5 Losar festival was celebrated at which place recently? It is a centuries-old New Year festival.
1) Shimla
2) Aizawl
3) Ladakh
4) Kohima
5) Agartala
Answer:- 3) Ladakh

Ques. : 6 The work on the $10-bn TAPI pipeline project started recently. In the term TAPI, letter ‘T’ stands for
1) Tajikistan
2) Turkmenistan
3) Tehran
4) Tanzania
5) Tashkent
Answer:- 2) Turkmenistan

Ques. : 7 _________ will head the Judicial Committee which will look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the ex-servicemen.
1) Rajendra Mal Lodha
2) L Narasimha Reddy
3) KG Balakrishnan
4) Altamas Kabir
5) Markandey Katju
Answer:- 2) L Narasimha Reddy

Ques. : 8 Name the Indian-origin Tamil writer who has been declared the winner of this year’s prestigious South East Asia Write Award recently.
1) Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali
2) Nanjil Nadan
3) D Selvaraj
4) Joe D Cruz
5) Poomani
Answer:- 1) Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali

Ques. : 9 Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara won Men’s singles and Women’s singles title respectively at the BWF World Super Series finals in Dubai recently. Both are the shuttlers of
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Malaysia
4) Singapore
5) Philippines
Answer:- 1) Japan

Ques. : 10 Vijay Kumar is associated with which of the following games?
1) Boxing
2) Shooting
3) Archery
4) Discuss Throw
5) Squash
Answer:- 2) Shooting