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1) Union Government observed 25 December
2014 as Good Governance Day on the birthday of?
Ans.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2) Who was honoured with the Yash Chopra
Memorial Award on 23 December 2014?
Ans.
Amitabh Bachchan
3) India on 20 December 2014 won the Men
and Women title of Kabaddi World Cup 2014. Where was the event held?
Ans.
Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
4) Who was elected as the President of the
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) on 20 December
2014?
Ans.
Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson of Bharat Hotels
5) Who was recently appointed as the
ambassador of Cricket World Cup 2015?
Ans.
Sachin Tendulkar
6) Who was on 19 December 2014 appointed as
the Chairman of the reconstituted Indian Banks’ Association committee on Member
Private Sector Banks for 2014-15?
Ans.
Shyam Srinivasan
Note: He is the CEO of Federal Bank.
7) Which section of Indian Penal Code (IPC)
was in news recently as Union Home Ministry decided to remove this Section,
thus decriminalizing attempt to suicide?
Ans.
Section 309
8) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 23
December 2014 extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 of various
denominations to?
Ans.
30 June 2015
9) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpee
and freedom fighter Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) were selected
for Bharat Ratna recently. In which year Bharat Ratna was instituted?
Ans.
1954
10) National Consumers Right Day was
observed across India on? - 24
December
11) National Mathematics Day was celebrated
on 22 December every year on whose birthday?
Ans.
Srinivasa Ramanujan
12) India on 20 December 2014 exported CGS
Barracuda offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to which country?
Ans.
Mauritius
Note: This is the first warship ordered by a foreign country
from shipyard of India.
13) Name the Mission launched by Union Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare on 25 December 2014 to achieve full immunization
coverage for all children by 2020?
Ans.
Indradhanush
14) Which country recently successfully
test-launched Angara-A5 rocket?
Ans.
Russia
15) Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) on 22 December
2014 bagged a 16.96 million Euro contract for a thermal power project in which
country?
Ans.
Turkey
16) Union Government recently released
Calendar for the year 2015 with the theme?
Ans.
Clean India Green India
17) Which was named as the most important
scientific Breakthrough of the Year 2014 by Science journal recently?
Ans.
European space mission Rosetta
18) Union Ministry of Home Affairs on 23
December 2014 set up a committee to examine the possibility of constitution of
a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for reinvestigation of the 1984 anti-Sikh
riot cases. Who will head the committe?
Ans.
former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retired) G.P. Mathur.
19) Who was appointed as the Chairman and
Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL) on 23 December 2014?
Ans.
S Bhattacharya
20) Which country won Gold in World Youth
Under-16 Chess Olympiad on 22 December 2014?
Ans.
India
Note: Event was held at Gyor, Hungary.
21) Union Cabinet on 23 December 2014
approved promulgation of an Ordinance to hike Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
cap in the insurance sector to?
Ans.
49 percent
22) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 22
December 2014 licensed which subsidiary of Ford Motor Credit Company to operate
as a non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India?
Ans.
Ford Credit India
23) Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on 19
December 2014 has partnered with which company to transform Surat into a smart
city?
Ans.
Microsoft India
24) Book titled Why I Assassinated Gandhi
written by Nathuram Godse and Gopal Godse was in news in during December 2014
for what?
Ans.
First revised edition of book was published by Delhi-based Farsight Publishers
and Distributors.
25) Which country on 23 December 2014
launched its largest ever missile warship named Tuo Chiang?
Ans.
Taiwan
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