Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Current Affairs Questions Capsule: 15 December 2015

Here are the useful GK/Current Affairs Questions in Capsule form for 15 December 2015 useful for cracking upcoming competitive exams. Please comment your suggestions.


98) Name the renowned agro-economist and veteran leader of farmers who died recently? - Sharad Joshi

99) Name the Global software giant which on 11 December 2015 announced that it won the 2015 Aegis Graham Bell Award for developing a solution for the Internet of Things (IoT)? – Wipro

100) Who on 11 December 2015 won the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Gold at the 59th National Shooting Championships? - Elizabeth Susan Koshy
Note: The event was held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting range in New Delhi.
Current Affairs 15 December 2015
101) Which company on 11 December 2015 announced that it has agreed to buy the 112-year old English newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP)? - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

102) Which of the following countries will host the 2016 ICC Women’s World Twenty20? – India

103) Name the Mascot of 11th SAF games launched on 13 December 2015? - Tikhor
Note: The North Eastern cities of Guwahati and Shillong would jointly host the Games from February 6th to16th, 2016.

104) Dilip Kumar, Indian cinema's one of the greatest actors was on 13 December 2015 has been conferred with? - Padma Vibhushan

105) Name the Indian cyclist who on 11 December 2015 became the first Indian female cyclist to be ranked fourth in the World Elite Women Ranking? - Deborah Herold

106) Who has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement? - Salman Rushdie

107) Name the two Indian cities which for first time have been designated as members of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN)? - Varanasi and Jaipur
Note: Varanasi has been added in the City of Music category of network. Jaipur been added in the City of Crafts and Folk Art category of network.

108) National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently ordered ban on registration of new diesel-run vehicles in which city? – Delhi

109) Which country has recently launched the country’s first United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve Inle Lake? -  Myanmar
Note: In June 2015, the lake was officially designated as Myanmar’s first biosphere reserve under UNESCO’s Man and the Bioshpere (MAB) programme.

110) India and Japan have recently signed a historic Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) to introduce High Speed Rail (HRS) on which sector? - Mumbai - Ahmedabad

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