Current Affairs : December quiz 2015(Multiple choice questions - 47

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1. Who among the following was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Basel-based Bank for International Settlements in November 2015?

(a) Kaushik Basu 
(b) Raghuram Rajan 
(c) Jens Weidmann
(d) Subir Gokarn 
(e) Haruhiko Kuroda 

( Ans : b)

2. Which country won the Rugby World Cup organized inOctober 2015 in England?

(a) New Zealand 
(b) S. Africa 
(c) Australia 
(d) Wales 
(e)England 

( Ans : a)

3. Which party won simple majority in Parliamentaryelections in Canada in October 2015?

(a) Liberal Party 
(b) Conservative Party 
(c) New DemocraticParty
(d) Bloc Quebecois Party 
(e) Green party 

(Ans : a)

4. Vidya Devi Bhandari was elected as the first womanPresident of Nepal in October 2015. She is the leader ofwhich party?

(a) Nepali Congress 
(b) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
(c) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
(d) Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum 
(e) Tarai-MadheshLoktantrik Party 

( Ans : c)

5. What was India’s position at the Asian ShootingChampionship organized in Kuwait City in November 2015?

(a) first 
(b) second 
(c) third 
(d) fourth 
(e) fifth 

( Ans : b)

6. Who among the following is the new Prime Minister ofPoland where parliamentary elections were held in October2015?

(a) Donald Tusk 
(b) Beata Szyd3o 
(c) Jaroslaw Kaczynsi
(d) Bronislaw komorowski 
(e) Ewa Kopacz 

(Ans : b)

7. Which SAARC nation started Balance Nail militaryexercise with USA in November 2015?

(a) Nepal 
(b) Bhutan 
(c) Sri Lanka 
(d) Pakistan 
(e)Bangladesh 

(Ans : a)

8. Who among the following was conferred with all IndiraGandhi Award for National Integration on October 31,2015?

(a) CNR Rao 
(b) E Sreedharan 
(c) Karan Singh
(d) PV Rajagopal 
(e) MS Swaminathan 

(Ans : d)

9. Abhishek Verma won silver medal for India at the…..World Cup Final in Mexico City in October 2015.

(a) Archery 
(b) Wrestling 
(c) Shooting 
(d) Rowing 
(e)Boxing 

( Ans : a)

10. The UN launched the International Year of….. 2016 inNovember 2015.

(a) Spices 
(b) Cotton 
(c) Coconut 
(d) Oil seeds 
(e) Pulses

(Ans : e)

11. Ground Zero Summit, organized in New Delhi onNovember 5-8, 2015, was on the issue of–

(a) Terrorism 
(b) Cyber security 
(c) Climate Change
(d) Welfare of Women 
(e) Corporate Social Responsibility

(Ans : b)

12. India’s Amit Verma won the 2015 Bastiat Prize for…..given by Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation in November2015.

(a) Law 
(b) Science 
(c) Journalism 
(d) Philosophy 
(e)Economics 

( Ans : c)

13. Reserve Bank issued guidelines for the GoldMonetisation Scheme on October 22, 2015. Who will decidethe interest rate on gold deposits?

(a) RBI 
(b) Finance Ministry 
(c) Indian Banks Association
(d) Individual banks 
(e) World Gold Council 

( Ans : d)

14. President Pranab Mukherjeee launched ‘IMPRINT India’research initiatives for which of the following academic field in November 2015?

(a) Commerce 
(b) Arts 
(c) Law 
(d) Management 
(e)Engineering 

( Ans : e)

15. Punjabi is now the third official language in Parliament of Canada after English and…..

(a) French 
(b) Spanish 
(c) German 
(d) Russian 
(e) Chinese

(Ans : a)

16. Who among the following was named the most powerfulwoman in the Indian business sector by 
Fortune India inNovember 2015?

(a) Shikha Sharma 
(b) Chanda Kochhar 
(c) ChitraRamakrishna
(d) Naina Lal Kidwai 
(e) Arundhati Bhattacharya 

(Ans : e)

17. What is India’s position in the list of world’s mostvaluable nation brands by London-based Brand Finance inNovember 2015?

(a) 7th 
(b) 17th 
(c) 27th 
(d) 37th 
(e) 47th 

(Ans : a)

18. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur appointed the….. ChiefJustice of India in December 2015.

(a) 41st 
(b) 42nd 
(c) 43rd 
(d) 44th 
(e) 45th 

( Ans : c)

19. What was India’s rank among 189 economies in WorldBank’s ‘Doing Business 2016’ report launched in October2015?

(a) 110th 
(b) 120th 
(c) 130th 
(d) 140th 
(e) 150th 

( Ans : c)

20. The Grand Alliance won over two-third majority in BiharAssembly election results declared in November 2015. Howmany seats are there in the Assembly?

(a) 143 
(b) 193 
(c) 243 
(d) 293 
(e) 343 

( Ans : c)

21. The Presidents of China and….. met for the first timeafter more than six decades in November 2015.

(a) Laos 
(b) Taiwan 
(c) Myanmar 
(d) Vietnam 
(e) Mongolia

(Ans : b)

22. ‘INDRA’ is the joint military exercise conducted bytroops of India and….. in Rajasthan in November 2015.

(a) USA 
(b) UK 
(c) France 
(d) Russia 
(e) China 

( Ans : d)

23. Which is the top-ranked country in the list of world’smost valuable nation brands by London-based 
Brand Financein November 2015?

(a) USA 
(b) UK 
(c) Canada 
(d) Sweden 
(e) Singapore 

( Ans :a)

24. India has been re-elected to the UN Commission ofInternational….. Law for another six year term 
inNovember 2015.

(a) Trade 
(b) Culture 
(c) Maritime 
(d) Environment 
(e)Human Rights 

( Ans : a)

25. Which is the best country in terms of internet freedomin the report ‘freedom on the Net 2015’ released byFreedom House in October 2015?

(a) Norway 
(b) Sweden 
(c) Finland 
(d) Denmark 
(e) Iceland

(Ans : e)