Current Affairs MCQ's – December 01/2015 to 06/2015

1. The International Day for Abolition of Slavery
a) December 1                 
b) December 2
c) December 3
d) December 4

Answer

Answer b) December 2.

The day is organized by the United Nations General Assembly for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others.

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India Pavilion in
a) Paris
b) Moscow
c) London
d) Texas

Answer

Answer a) Paris.

3. India launched an International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the ______ Climate Conference.
a) CoP 20
b) CoP 21
c) CoP 22
d) CoP 23

Answer

Answer b)

CoP 21. The new body, which has invited all countries located fully or partly between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn to join, is to function from the National Institute of Solar Energy in India, Gurgaon.

4. The First BRICS Media Summit has been hosted by which country?
a) Russia
b) India
c) China
d) Brazil

Answer

Answer c) China.

A total of 25 media organisations are participating in the summit, which hopes to create a new institutional framework that would be tailored to benefit the media of five emerging economies, which have deep linkages with the Global South.

5. Embrace of Serpent (Al Abrazo de la Serpiente) won the Golden Peacock Award at the finale of the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). It is a
a) Russian Film
b) Mexican Film
c) Korean Film
d) Colombian Film

Answer

Answer d) Colombian Film

6. Roch Marc Christian Kabore elected as president of which country?
a) Ivory Coast
b) Burkina Faso
c) Ghana
d) Cape Verde

Answer

Answer b) Burkina Faso.

7. Margi Sathi, who passed away recently, was associated with which of the following dance?
a) Bharatanatyan
b) Kathakali
c) Yakshagana
d) Koodiyattam

Answer

Answer d) Koodiyattam.

8. RBI has signed an agreement with the ________ Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority for supervisory cooperation and exchange of information.
a) Russia’s
b) UK’s
c) China’s
d) Australia’s

Answer

Answer b) UK’s

9. Tata Sons Ltd and ICBC have formed a long-term partnership. This ICBC is based in which country?
a) Canada
b) India
c) US
d) China

Answer

Answer d) China.

ICBC – Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd.

10. What is India’s rank in Information, Communication and Technology Access?
a) 129
b) 131
c) 133
d) 135

Answer

Answer b) 131.

11. Thakur Anoop Singh is associated with __________.
a) Swimming
b) Chess
c) Body Building
d) Boxing

Answer

Answer c) Body Building.

Indian bodybuilder, Thakur Anoop Singh earned the title of ‘Mr World’ by winning a gold medal in a world bodybuilding meet in Bangkok, Thailand.

12. Who assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London?
a) Vikram Singh
b) Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
c) Sathyanarayana Moorthy
d) Venkateshwar Reddy

Answer

Answer b) Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan.

He was elected to the office in March 2015 by the society’s council and will serve for up to five years. With this appointment, he became the 61st president of the society.

13. Sabri Khan, who passed away recently, was a Maestro in
a) Violin
b) Sarangi
c) Sitar
d) Flute

Answer

Answer b) Sarangi.

14. Who will be honoured with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015?
a) Lalitha Bhaskaran
b) Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
c) Nisha Karthikeyan
d) Manjula Viswanathan

Answer

Answer b) Lakshminarayana Subramaniam.

15. HRD Minister Smriti Irani launched GIAN recently. What is N in GIAN?
a) National
b) Native
c) Networks
d) None of these

Answer

Answer c) Networks.

GIAN – Global Initiative of Academic Networks

16. India has been engaged in talks with which country on revision of bilateral tax treaty?

a) Pakistan
b) Bhutan
c) Singapore
d) Mauritius

Answer

Answer d) Mauritius.

The government is in the process of revising the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Mauritius.

17. _____________ has launched it’s maiden non-stop flight from New Delhi to San Francisco.
a) Air Asia
b) Vistara
c) Air India
d) Spice Jet

Answer

Answer c) Air India.

It became the first Indian carrier to directly connect the US’ West Coast, reducing the arduous travel time by nearly six hours.

18. IISC Bangalore is in _______ spot in a list of the top 200 universities from 35 emerging nations.
a) 14th
b) 15th
c) 16th
d) 17th

Answer

Answer c) 16th.

IISc and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay are the two scientific research and higher education institutions from India that are among the top 30 in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) BRICS and Emerging Economies Ranking 2016.

19. The Union Cabinet has approved rehabilitation package for enclaves in _________.
a) Nepal
b) Myanmar
c) Bhutan
d) Bangladesh

Answer

Answer d) Bangladesh.

The Union Cabinet has approved the rehabilitation package and upgradation of infrastructure of the Bangladeshi enclaves and Cooch Behar district after transfer of enclaves between India and Bangladesh. The total financial implication for implementation of various components is around Rs. 1005.99 crores.

20. Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Which of the following is not among those states?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer

Answer d) Madhya Pradesh.

The six states are Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Karnataka.

21. Cabinet has approved an MoU with which country to expand bilateral development cooperation in the field of Solar Energy?
a) Denmark
b) Belgium
c) Sweden
d) Germany

Answer

Answer d) Germany.

Under the agreement, Germany would provide concessional loans in the range of one billion Euros over the next five years through Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW).

22. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for introduction of a Bill for establishment of a Regional Centre for Biotechnology in ____________.
a) Secundrabad
b) Hyderabad
c) Faridabad
d) Bangalore

Answer

Answer c) Faridabad, Haryana.

23. Cabinet has given its approval for signing MoU between India and ________ in the field of water resources management and development cooperation.
a) USA
b) UK
c) Italy
d) Israel

Answer

Answer d) Israel

24. What is C in DTAC?
a) Conservation
b) Consortium
c) Cooperation
d) Convention

Answer

Answer d) Convention.

Double Taxation Avoidance Convention

25. International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed on
a) December 2
b) December 3
c) December 4
d) December 5

Answer

Answer b) December 3.

is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. Theme for 2015: Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities

26. Ashton Carter is the defence secretary of
a) UK
b) USA
c) Germany
d) Italy

Answer

Answer b) USA.

US defense secretary Ashton Carter has said that the US will send special forces to Iraq and Syria to intensify fight against dreaded militant group Islamic State.

27. _______ has received final approval from FDA to manufacture and market its Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate injection.
a) Pfizer
b) Biocon
c) Aurobindo Pharma
d) Sun Pharma

Answer

Answer c) Aurobindo Pharma.

28. Veteran industrialist MAM Ramaswamy passed away recently. He belongs to which Indian state?
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Answer b) Tamil Nadu.

He was a Veteran industrialist, former parliamentarian and the last King of Chettinad Family.

29. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur has sworn in as _____ Chief Justice of India.
a) 41st
b) 42nd
c) 43rd
d) 44th

Answer

Answer c) 43rd CJI.

The 63-year old Justice Thakur took over from incumbent Justice H L Dattu who retired on December 02′ 2015.

30. ________ is going to launch flavoured TB drugs made for kids to combat “superbugs”.
a) UNO
b) WHO
c) FDA
d) UNCTAD

Answer

Answer b) WHO. Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world’s most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines are available early in 2016.

31. _________ has announced acquisition of leading German IT consulting and software services firm Cellent AG for EUR 73.5 million.
a) InfoSys
b) TCS
c) HCL
d) Wipro

Answer

Answer d) Wipro. Cellent has been offering IT solutions and services to its customers in the Dach region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 2001.

32. As per the National Crime Records Bureau which state reported the highest number fo dowry deaths in India?
a) Bihar
b) Punjab
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Haryana

Answer

Answer c) Uttar Pradesh.

Bihar is placed second.

33. Accessible India Campaign is associated with

a) People’s access to Internet
b) People’s Access to Electricity
c) People’s Access to Pure Drinking Water
d) None of these.

Answer

Answer d) None of these.

GOI has rolled out “Accessible India Campaign” on the occasion of The International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The campaign is aimed at making 50 major cities more accessible to the specially abled.

34. In which state GOI will introduce electronic transfer of MGNREGA wages from 2016?
a) Telangana
b) Kerala
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Karnataka

Answer

Answer b) Kerala.

If it is successful, it will be introduced (e-transfer of wages) in other states.

35. What is S in BIS?
a) Support
b) Service
c) Standards
d) Summit

Answer

Answer c) Standards.

The Lok Sabha has passed a bill that provides for establishing Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as the National Standards Body of India.

36. _______ became the 51st PSU to sign an MoU with Transparency International India (TII) for adopting Integrity Pact (IP).
a) BHEL
b) HAL
c) NTC
d) NTPC

Answer

Answer c) NTC or National Textile Corporation Limited.

37. Pulin Kumar won the prestigious Indian National Bar Association or INBA Award. He is associated with ______.
a) Pepsi
b) Coco Cola
c) Adidas
d) Nike

Answer

Answer c) Adidas.

38. Cabinet has approved the signing of the agreement between India and ________ on visa facilitation for Diplomatic, Official/Service and Ordinary passport holders.
a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Syria
d) Turkey

Answer

Answer b) Iraq.

39. A Vega rocket with gravity-hunting satellite has been recently launched by _________.
a) China
b) NASA
c) Russian Space Agency
d) European Space Agency

Answer

Answer d) European Space Agency.

40. GOI has released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the ________ year of Zoological 
Survey of India (ZSI).
a) Quatercentenary
b) Halfcentenary
c) Centenary
d) None of the above

Answer

Answer c) Centenary.

41. The first India International Science Festival (IISF) has begun at ____________.
a) Hyderabad
b) Bengaluru
c) Mumbai
d) Delhi

Answer

Answer d) Delhi (at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi campus).

42. ________ has released a report named “Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases”.
a) UNO
b) IMF
c) WHO
d) UNICEF

Answer

Answer c) WHO.

43. What is India’s rank according to the latest FIFA Rankings?
a) 155
b) 166
c) 177
d) 169

Answer

Answer c) 166.

Top Five Teams are Belgium, Argentina, Spain, Germany, and Chile.

44. _____________ has become the first state of India to launch Rotavirus vaccination project.
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Answer c) Himachal Pradesh.

The project was launched by the state Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh at Dharamsala in Kangra district. International Clinical Epidemiological Network will provide technical assistance and will also bear the entire cost of the vaccines.

45. Indian Navy Day is observed on _________.
a) December 03
b) December 04
c) December 05
d) December 06

Answer

Answer b) December 04.

Indian Navy Day is observed on December 4 every year to commemorate Operation Trident’s commencement, as part of the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

46. Which state government has decided to celebrate ‘Gita Jayanti Mahotsava’ throughout the state from December 19 to 21?

a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Gujarat

Answer

Answer b) Haryana.

47. Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman awards are associated with which language?
a) Marathi
b) Gujarathi
c) Marwadi
d) Sindhi

Answer

Answer d) Sindhi.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards for the year 2014-15 will be conferred to Lakshman Hardwani and Jairam Rupani under the categories of Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman respectively. For the year 2015-16, the Lifetime Achievement Awards will be conferred to Lakhmi Khilani and Kanhaiya Lal Talreja under the categories of Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman respectively.

48. ________ is going to pay Apple $548 million in patent dispute.
a) Google
b) Microsoft
c) Samsung
d) Nokia

Answer

Answer c) Samsung.

49. Who won the Rookie of the Year award?
a) Sebastian Vettel
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Kimi Raikkonen
d) Max Verstappen

Answer

Answer d) Max Verstappen.

The 18-year-old was also won Personality of the Year and the winner of Action of the Year awards.

50. Who has been crowned as 2015 Champion in F1 World Champions?
a) Nico Rosberg
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Lewis Hamilton
d) None of these

Answer

Answer c) Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton collected the Drivers’ Championship trophy for the third time in his career and second successive year.

51. L Sarita Devi and Shiva Thapa are associated with ________.
a) Chess
b) Archery
c) Boxing
d) Swimming

Answer

Answer c) Boxing.

52. Who released two commemorative coins of Rs 125 and Rs 10 denomination as part of the 125th birth anniversary year celebrations of B R Ambedkar?
a) Arun Jaitely
b) Narendra Modi
c) Pranab Mukherjee
d) Raghuram Rajan

Answer

Answer b) Narendra Modi.

The coins were issued on his death anniversary, which is being observed as “Mahaparinirvan Divas of Babasaheb Ambedkar”

53. _________ has sent the first uranium consignment of 250 tonnes to India for its nuclear power reactors.
a) Australia
b) Canada
c) Germany
d) Uzbekistan

Answer

Answer b) Canada.

According to the Canadian government, the contract to supply 7.1 million pounds of uranium concentrate (about 2,730 tonnes uranium) to India’s Department of Atomic Energy was worth around Canadian Dollars 350 million ($262 million).

54. GOI has imposed an anti-dumping duty of up on import of ‘melamine tableware and kitchenware products’ from
a) China
b) Thailand
c) Vietnam
d) All the above

Answer

Answer d) All the above.

55. _________ has become the first state in the country to join the Centre’s scheme for revival of debt stressed power distribution companies.
a) Karnataka
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Talangana
d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Answer d) Andhra Pradesh.

According to a power ministry statement, Andhra Pradesh has conveyed in-principle approval to the ministry for joining UDAY Scheme (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana).

56. International Volunteer Day is observed on
a) December 4
b) December 5
c) December 6
d) December 7

Answer

Answer b) December 5.

2015 Theme : The world is changing. Are you? Volunteer!

57. GAIL (India) Limited has launched an innovative surveillance geo-portal called ________-GAIL portal for monitoring the pipeline Right of Use through space technology.
a) ISRO
b) NASA
c) GAGAN
d) SPACE

Answer

Answer c) GAGAN.

58. RX1E is ___________’s first domestically developed electricity-powered aircraft.
a) Russia
b) China
c) Japan
d) India

Answer

Answer b) China.

59. Which Government has launched International festival on Birds in a bid to promote state as an international bird-watching destination?
a) Punjab
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) West Bengal

Answer

Answer c) Uttar Pradesh.

The three-day international festival (from 4 to 6 December 2015) on birds will be held the National Chambal Sanctuary (NCS) in Agra.

60. Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a package of ___________ to African nations during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
a) $40 Billion
b) $50 Billion
c) $60 Billion
d) $80 Billion

Answer

Answer c) $60 Billion

61. Who has been appointed as Secretary of Union Ministry of Earth Sciences?
a) K Kumr Abhishek
b) M Nair Rajeevan
c) S Karthick Chidambaram
d) D Gunasekhar Reddy

Answer

Answer b) M Nair Rajeevan.

He had served in renowned institutions like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

62. ___________ has launched a $500 million dollars Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF) to help developing countries pay for emission reductions and combat climate change.
a) IMF
b) WHO
c) World Bank
d) UNO

Answer

Answer c) World Bank.

It is market-based scheme specially designed to help developing countries and would establish the world’s first programmatic carbon market.