Quiz
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1. India
has launched an International Solar Alliance (ISA)at the conference of
Parties (CoP21)Climate Conference with which country
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Ans-France |
2. Name
the footballer who won four Guinness World Recordcertificates for scoring 5
goals in 9minutes
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Ans-Robert Lewandowski |
3. India
has been re-elected as the member of which of thefollowing International
Organisation
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Ans-
International Maritime Organization
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4.
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Observedon which date
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Ans- 2
December
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5. World
AIDS Day observed across the world on which date
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Ans- 1
December
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6. 29th
Session of International Maritime Organization wasrecently held at which
place
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Ans-
London
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7. Who
was elected as the President of Burkina Faso
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Ans-
Roch Marc Christian Kabore
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8.Which
movie was awarded with the Golden Peacock Awardfor the Best Film at the 46th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa
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Ans-
Embrace of the Serpent
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9.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) liberalised the externalcommercial borrowing
framework by increasing the limit for Indian companies for raising funds—
with minimum average maturity of3 years — from $20 million to........
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Ans- $50 million |
10. The
headquarters of the Mashreq bank are located inwhich country
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Ans-
United Arab Emirates
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11.
Which banks is the world’s largest bank by assets
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Ans-Industrial
& Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
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12.Which
country has the world’s largest pension fund
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Ans-Japan
with $1.2 trillion
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13. On
which date, the International Day of Persons withDisabilities is observed
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Ans-December
3
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14. For
what purpose, the GIAN scheme has been launchedby the Union Government
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Ans-To
boost higher education
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15.
Which is the first Indian bank to introduce Display Debitcards
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Ans-
Axis Bank
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16.
Proposed Dholera International airport will come up inwhich city
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Ans-Ahmedabad
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17. Who
became first state to launch Rotavirus vaccinationproject
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Ans-
Himachal Pradesh
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18. RBI
revised Priority Sector Lending norms for RegionalRural Banks from
60
percent to...........
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Ans- 75 percent effective from 1 January 2016 |
19. Who
was elected as the new Speaker of the BiharLegislative Assembly
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Ans-
Vijay Kumar Choudhary
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20.
Vyachakurahalli village became first smokeless village inthe country.
Identify
the state towhich it belongs to
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Ans- Karnataka |
21. As
per the latest report of NITI Aayog, which states hasemerged as the
“fastest
growingeconomy” in India in 2014-15
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Ans- Bihar |
22. Who
will host the next Commonwealth summit – CHOGM in2018
|
Ans-
United Kingdom
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23. The
headquarters of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)are located in which
city
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Ans-
Kolkatta
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24.
Which committee has submitted its report on ‘PossibleTax rates under
GST’
|
Ans-
Arvind Subramanian committee
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25.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released twocommemorative coins of what
denomination
in the memory of Dr Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar
|
Ans- 10
and 125 rupees
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26. When
is the International Volunteer Day observed
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Ans- 5
Decenber
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27. The
first domestically developed electricity-poweredaircraft known as
RX1E was
approvedfor production. Which country is producing the aircraft
|
Ans- China |
28. In
which state the union government will introduce e-transfer of wages
under
MGNREGA from January 2016
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Ans- Kerala |
29. When
is the World Soil Day (WSD) observed
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Ans- 5
December
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30.
Which state launched the International festival on Birdsin a bid to
promote
state as aninternational bird-watching destination
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Ans- Uttar Pradesh |
31. Who
will host the Heart of Asia conference in 2016
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Ans-
India (2015- Islamabad, Pakistan
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32.
Which states is the first to join the UDAY scheme ofunion government
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Ans-Andhra
Pradesh (UDAY- Ujwal Discom AssuranceYojana)
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33. Who
is the Latvia’s first female Prime Ministerannounced her resignation
recently
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Ans-Laimdota
Straujuma
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34. Who
has launched SME Council in India to help smallbusinesses
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Ans-Facebook
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35.Which
organisation is the first from India to join theWorld Bank’s Zero
Routine
Flaring by2030 Initiative
|
Ans- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
(ONGC) |
36.Who
has emerged as the top source of foreign directinvestment (FDI) into
India
during thefirst half of the current fiscal year 2015-16
|
Ans- Singapore has replaced Mauritius |
37. Who
has won the 2014-15 Men’s Hockey World League
|
Ans-Australia
by defeating Belgium
|
38.
Which state is the first to allow the MLAs to raise onlinequestions
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Ans-Maharashtra
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39.Which
Ministry Launched Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
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Ans-
Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
|
40. What
is the name of Two new teams selected for IPL
|
Ans-
Intex Mobiles and Sanjeev Goenka's New Rising as thetwo new team owners from
Rajkotand Pune respectively
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41. Who
was named as 2015 Time’s Person of the Year
|
Ans-German
Chancellor Angela Merkel
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42.
International Anti-Corruption Day was observed onwhich date
|
Ans-9
December
|
43. Who
bagged the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Maleand Female
Player
of the Year
|
|
Awards
respectively in Dubai
|
Ans-Chen
Long and Carolina Marin
|
44. What
is the name of the first official stock exchangelaunched by
Myanmar
|
Ans-Yangon
Stock Exchange (YSX)
|
45.
Which country has successfully launched the Ghadr-110ballistic missile
|
Ans-Iran
|
46.
Which organisation has released the report titled –‘Asian Economic
Integration
Report2015’
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Ans-
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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47. Who
will be conferred with the inaugural Uttar PradeshRatna Award
|
Ans-Frank
Islam
|
48.
Human Rights Day observed on which date
|
Ans-10
December
|
49. Who
was awarded with an honorary life membership ofthe Marylebone
Cricket
Club (MCC)
|
Ans- Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela
Jayawardene |
50. What
are ‘Masala bonds’
|
Ans-‘Masala
bonds’ are basically rupee-denominated bonds issued in offshore capital
markets.These bonds are offered and settled in US dollars to raiserupees from
international investors forinfrastructure development in India.
|
51. Who
has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Mailer Prizefor Lifetime
Achievement
|
Ans-Salman
Rushdie
|
52. Who
has been honoured with the Lifetime AchievementAward at the
2015
DubaiInternational Film Festival (DIFF)
|
Ans-Naseerudin Shah |
53. Who
has been appointed as the Chairman of 2016 WorldTravel &
Tourism
Council, IndiaInitiative (WTTCII)
|
Ans- Kapil Chopra |
54. What
is the India’s position in the Global Illicit FinancialFlows Report
2004-13
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Ans-4th,
China tops the list
|
55. Who
was sworn in as the President of Argentina
|
Ans-
Mauricio Macri Blanco
|
56. ‘On
My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors ofPower,’ is the
autobiography
ofwhom
|
Ans-Sharad Pawar |
57.
Which country has successfully test-fired nuclear-capable Shaheen-III
ballistic
missile
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Ans-Pakistan
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58.
Which country has approved world’s first-ever Denguefever vaccine
branded
as Dengvaxiafor the public use
|
Ans- Mexico |
59. Who
has taken charge as Chairman of Steel Authority ofIndia Ltd (SAIL)
|
Ans-Prakash
Kumar Singh
|
60.
Which organisations has won the 2015 Aegis Graham BellAward
|
Ans-Wipro
|
61.
Which country topped Human Development Index rank
|
Ans-Norway
(India ranked 130)
|
62. Who
has been awarded prestigious 2015 South East AsiaWrite Award
|
Ans-Jamaludeen
Mohamed Sali
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63. Who
has appointed as India’s Ambassador to SaudiArabia
|
Ans-Ahmad
Javed
|
64.Who
had become the first woman elected to public officein the
conservative
Islamickingdom after winning a seat on the municipal council
inMecca
|
Ans-Saudi Arabia Salima bint Hazab al-Otaibi |
65.Who
was Sharad Joshi. Who died recently
|
Ans-Agro-economist
|
66. .
For what purpose, ‘E-Pathshala’ web portal has beenlaunched the
Union
HRD Ministry
|
Ans-host
educational resources for students, teachers, parents, researchers and
educators.
|
67. . On
which date, the National Energy Conservation Dayis observed in
India
|
Ans-December
14
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68.
Which country has been hit by the powerful TyphoonMelor, recently
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Ans-Philippines
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69.Who
has been named as the 2015 European Tour Golfer ofthe Year
|
Ans-Rory
McIlroy
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70. What
is the mascot of the 2016 South Asian Games
|
Ans-“TIKHOR”,
a one-horned rhino
|
71.Who
was appointed Chairman of Central Board of DirectTaxes (CBDT)
|
Ans-Arun
Kumar Jain
|
72.
Which organisation has sanctioned $1.5 billion loan tosupport the
Swachh
Bharat Mission(SBM)
|
Ans-World Bank |
73. Who
has won the coveted Order of Merit crown of AsianTour for year
2015
|
Ans-India’s
star golfer Anirban Lahiri
|
74. Who
will head the Judicial Committee on One Rank OnePension (OROP)
scheme
|
Ans-L
Narasimha Reddy
|
75.
India’s first National Organ and Tissue TransplantOrganization (NOTTO)
has been
set up inwhich city
|
Ans- New Delhi |
76.
Which country has formed the 34 nations Islamic Anti-terror Coalition
|
Ans-Saudi
Arabia
|
77. Who
has become the first state in the country to submitsmart city plans
|
Ans-Rajasthan
|
78.
Which organisations launched Principles for Public CreditGuarantee
Schemes
(CGSs)
|
Ans-World
Bank Group and FIRST Initiative
|
79. Who
has won 2016 Genesis Prize Laureate for hisaccomplishments as a
musician,
teacherand advocate for people with disabilities
|
Ans-Renowned Israeli-US violinist Itzhak
Perlman |
80. Who
was appointed as new Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh
|
Ans-
Justice (Retd) Virendra Singh
|
81. Who
become 163rd member of World Trade Organisation(WTO)
|
Ans-Afghanistan
|
82. Who
has been appointed as Chief InformationCommissioner (CIC)
|
Ans-
Former Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur
|
83.
International Migrants Day was observed across theworld on which Date
|
Ans- 18
December
|
84. Who
were honoured with the 2015 Lifetime ServiceAward by Sanctuary
Asia
magazine
|
Ans-Husband-wife
duo of Claude and Norma Alvares
|
85.
India buys S-400 Trium Air Defence Missile Systems at an estimated cost
of
40,000 crore rupees from which country
|
Ans- Russia |
86. What
is India's rank in Forbes’ best countries forbusiness list
|
Ans-
97th (Denmark topped the list )
|
87. The
book titled The Bose Brothers and IndianIndependence – An
Insider’s
Accountauthored by whom
|
Ans-
Madhuri Bose
|
88. Who
is the author of the book ‘Chronicle of a CorpseBearer’
|
Ans-
Cyrus Mistry has won the 2015 Sahitya Akademi awardsfor his English novel
‘Chronicleof a Corpse Bearer’
|
89. Who
took oath as Delhi's Lokayukta
|
Ans-Justice
Reva Khetrapal
|
90. Who
will partnered with Google in its project Loon
|
Ans-
BSNL
|
91. Who
won Miss World 2015
|
Ans-
Mireia Lalaguna Royo From Spain
|
92.
India’s biggest Wildlife Rescue Centre named asGorewada Zoo and
Wildlife
Rescue Centrehas been commissioned at which place
|
Ans- Gorewada near Nagpur, Maharashtra |
93.
Chatla Sriramulu passed away recently. Who was he
|
Ans-
Theatre artiste and writer
|
94.
Peter Dickinson passed away recently. Who was he
|
Ans-
British Novelist
|
95. Who
was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of AppleInc
|
Ans-
Jeff Williams
|
96.Who
is the head of committee to look into the disputebetween Oil and
Natural
Gas
Corporation
Limited (ONGC) and Reliance Industries Limited(RIL) on Krishna
Godavari
(KG)gas fields
|
Ans- Justice (retd) Ajit Prakash Shah
committee |
97. Who
received Garwood Award for ‘Outstanding GlobalLeader in Open
Innovation’
fromUC Berkeley-Haas School of Business today
|
Ans- Shri Pranab Mukherjee |
98. Who
has been recently appointed as the vice-chancellorof the Allahabad
University
|
Ans-
Rattan Lal Hangloo
|
99. As
per World Bank Report which country has become thelargest
remittance
receivingcountry in 2015
|
Ans-
India
|
100.
Which organisation has launched the InflationExpectations Survey of
HouseholdsDecember
2015
|
Ans- RBI
|
101.
Brendon McCullum Who announced his retirementrecently is cricketer
of which
country
|
Ans- New
Zealand
|
102.Which
inquiry commissions has been appointed to probeDelhi and
District
CricketAssociation (DDCA) scam
|
Ans-Gopal
Subramaniam commission
|
103. Who
is the first Indian to score Pro-Boxing hat-trick
|
Ans-
Vijender Singh
|
104.Who
was crowned Miss Universe 2015
|
Ans-
Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach
|
105. Who
has won the second edition of Indian Super League(ISL) Football
tournament
|
Ans- Chennaiyin FC
|
106. Who
won the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup
|
Ans-
Barcelona by defeated Argentina’s River Plate
|
107. On
Which date, National Mathematics Day is observed inIndia
|
Ans-
December 22
|
108.Which
is the India’s first licenced shipyard to make LNGships
|
Ans-
Cochin Shipyard Limited
|
109.Which
country has launched the Dark Matter ParticleExplorer (DAMPE)
Satellite
to shedlight on mysterious dark matter
|
Ans- China |
110. Who
was named the 2015 All India Football Federation(AIFF) Player-of-
the-Year
andwoman Footballer-of-the-Year respectively
|
Ans- Bengaluru FC (BFC) midfielder Eugeneson
Lyngdoh andstriker Bala Devi |
111.
Brendon McCullum Who announced his retirementrecently is cricketer
of which
country
|
Ans- New
Zealand
|
112.Which
inquiry commissions has been appointed to probeDelhi and
District
CricketAssociation (DDCA) scam
|
Ans-Gopal
Subramaniam commission
|
113. Who
is the first Indian to score Pro-Boxing hat-trick
|
Ans-
Vijender Singh
|
114.Who
was crowned Miss Universe 2015
|
Ans-
Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach
|
115. Who
has won the second edition of Indian Super League(ISL) Football
tournament
|
Ans-
Chennaiyin FC
|
116. Who
won the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup
|
Ans-
Barcelona by defeated Argentina’s River Plate
|
117. On
Which date, National Mathematics Day is observed inIndia
|
Ans-
December 22
|
118.Which
is the India’s first licenced shipyard to make LNGships
|
Ans-
Cochin Shipyard Limited
|
119.Which
country has launched the Dark Matter ParticleExplorer (DAMPE)
Satellite
to shedlight on mysterious dark matter
|
Ans- China |
120. Who
was named the 2015 All India Football Federation(AIFF) Player-of-
the-Year
andwoman Footballer-of-the-Year respectively
|
Ans- Bengaluru FC (BFC) midfielder Eugeneson
Lyngdoh andstriker Bala Devi |
121.
Good Governance Day is being observed every year onwhich Date
|
Ans-25th
December
|
122.
Which company has launched contactless digital paymentwallet –
MoboMoney
|
Ans-
Tech Mahindra
|
123.
Which country allowed India to construct its NavalBase in Assumption
Island
|
Ans-Seychelles
|
124.
Which state will host the 2019 National Games ofIndia
|
Ans-Andhra
Pradesh
|
125. Who
become first Asian country to approve world’sfirst-ever dengue
vaccine
‘Dengvaxia’
|
Ans-Philippines
|
126.
World Tsunami Awareness Day will observed every yearon which date
|
Ans- 5th
November
|
127. Who
has declared ‘Cow’ as Personality of the Year2015
|
Ans-
Search Engine Yahoo
|
128. Who
was awarded as ICC best player in the one-daygame
|
Ans-
South Africa batsman AB de Villiers
|
129.
Union Government has recently launched the “Kilkari”mobile application.
it is
relatedwith
|
Ans-
health
|
130. Who
has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador ofAmway India’s
Nutrilite
|
Ans-
Faran Akthar
|
131. Who
has been awarded with the Best Player of the Yearat the 2015
Globe
Soccer Awards
|
Ans-
Lionel Messi
|
132.
George Clayton Johnson, who passed away recently,was related to
which
fields
|
Ans-Fiction
Writer
|
133.
Shiva Keshavan is related to which of the followingsports
|
Ans-Luge
|
134.
Which cricketer is facing the four-year ban by ICC
|
Ans- Sri
Lankan wicketkeeper Kusal Perera
|
135. The
World Bank has approved an additional financialassistance of $35
million
to supportimproved management, planning and development of
waterresources
in the Indus River Basin towhich country
|
Ans- Pakistan |
136.
Which company has emerged as the country’s biggestcompany in terms
of
annual revenueas per an annual list of 2015 Fortune 500 companies
inIndia
|
Ans- State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) |
137.
Which country adopted the country’s first counter-terrorism law
|
Ans-
China
|
138.
What is the name of Indigenously developed BeyondVisual Range
(BVR)
air-to-air missile
|
Ans-
Astra
|
139. Who
was elected as the new Prime Minister of Guinea
|
Ans-Mamady
Youla
|
140. Who
has been elected as the new President of the AllIndia Federation
of the
TaxPractitioners for 2016
|
Ans- M V
K Moorthy
|
141.
Which team has clinched the 2015-16 Vijay HazareTrophy
|
Ans-
Gujarat
|
142. Who
has been honoured with the 2015 Jnanpith award
|
Ans-
Raghuveer Chaudhary
|
143.
Gaofen-4 satellite has been successfully launched bywhich country
|
Ans-China
|
144. Who
has been appointed as the new Prime Minister ofGeorgia
|
Ans-
Giorgi Kvirikashvili
|
145. Who
became the first India bowler since Bishen Bedi in1973 to achieve
the
milestone offinishing the year on top in ICC Test bowler ranking
|
Ans-Ravichandran Ashwin |
146. Who
was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ofNational
Institution
forTransforming India (NITI) Aayog
|
Ans-
Amitabh Kant
|
147.
What is the name of Committee on Medium-term Pathon Financial
Inclusion
appointed byRBI, which submitted its report recently
|
Ans-Deepak Mohanty Committee |
148. Haskell
Wexler who died recently, related with whichfield
|
Ans-cinematographer
|
149.
Russia's Rostech State Corporation tied up withHindustan Aeronautics
Limited
(HAL) tomanufacture.........
|
Ans- 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters |
150. Who
has assumed charge as Chairman and ManagingDirector of
Cochin
Shipyard
|
Ans-Madhu
S. Nair
|
151. In
context to India’s defence system, “Barak-8”refers to
|
Ans-
Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM)
|
152. On
which date, the International Mountain day isobserved
|
Ans- 11
December
|
153.Who
has become the global partner of the InternationalCricket Council
(ICC)
from 2016 to2020
|
Ans-OPPO |
154.
Inle Lake, is the first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is inwhich country
|
Ans-Myanmar
|
156.
Green bonds are what type of financial instruments
|
Ans- A
bond is a debt instrument with which a company/organisation raises money
frominvestors
|
157. Who
will hosts first BRICS media summit
|
Ans-
China.
|
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