Daily Current Affairs Questions – 2 December 2015

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Continued from Daily Current Affairs 1 December 2015

8) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has recently launched which scheme to boost the quality of higher education in India? - Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)

9) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed globally on? - 2 December 2015

10) Name the Indian who on 28 November 2015 won gold medal in the 7th WBPF World Bodybuilding and Physique Championships? -  Thakur Anoop Singh

Note: The tournament was held at Bangkok, Thailand. 

11) Which state government has recently declared the entire state as drought hit in view of less rainfall in 2015 monsoon season? – Jharkhand

12) Who on 1 December 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London? - Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

13) Who will be honoured with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015 beginning on 4 December 2015? - Renowned violinist Lakshminarayana Subramaniam

14) Name the renowned sarangi player who died on 30 November 2015 in New Delhi? - Ustad Sabri Khan

15) Name one of the finest exponents of Koodiyattom and Nangiarkoothu who passed away on 1 December 2015? - Margi Sathi

16) Second season of the International Premier Tennis League  2015 was inaugurated on 2 December 2015 at? – Japan

17) Vijay Chaudhary was on 2 December 2015 unanimously elected as the Speaker of? - Bihar Assembly

18) Vijai Sharma retired on 1 December 2015 as the? - Chief Information Commissioner

19)  RBI in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy review on 1 December 2015 has maintained Repo rate at? 6.75 percent

Note:

Liquidity adjustment facility (LAF): unchanged at 6.75 per cent.

Reverse repo rate: unchanged at 5.75 per cent

Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate has unchanged at 7.75 per cent.

Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks: Unchanged at 4.0 per cent

20) Which bank have recently formed a long-term partnership, under which it will become a strategic banking partner to the Tata group? - Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC)

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