December Current Affairs 1. Who is a UNICEF Global Ambassador for polio eradication? Ans- Amitabh Bachchan 2. 10th anniversary of 2004 Tsunami disaster was observed on........? Ans- 26 December 3. Yaogan-26 a remote sensing satellite is launched by which country? Ans- China 4. India’s Kidambi Srikanth, is associated with which one of the ollowing sports/event? Ans- Badminton 5. Who is the richest person in Asia? Ans- Jack Ma founder of Alibaba Group 6. Who has been the AIFA player of the year-2014? Ans- Sunil Chhetri (Footballer) 7. Which countries has developed the Julang-2 (JL2) ballistic missile? Ans- China 8. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, has been elected as new Prime Minister of which country? Ans- Somalia 9. What is the Full Dorm of NDMA? Ans- National Disaster Management Authority 10. What is the venue for the 102nd Indian Science Congress-2015? Ans- Mumbai 11. What is the name of operation that Indian army stated in Assam against Bodo Terroist? Ans- Operation Allout 12. Who will be the first non-tribal Chief Minister of Jharkhand ? Ans- Raghuvar Das (10th CM) 13. Mission Indradhanush launched by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is related with.......? Ans- achieve full immunization coverage for all children by 2020. 14. Who was appointed by Aviva Life Insurance as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director for its operations in India? Ans- Trevor Bull 15. Who will be appointed as chairman of Telangana State Public Service Commission (TPSC) ? Ans- G Chakrapani 16. Who will head committee to examine the possibility of constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for reinvestigation of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases? Ans-G.P. Mathur 17. Who was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award ? Ans- Megastar Amitabh Bachchan 18. Which country successfully test-launched Angara-A5 rocket ? Ans- Russia 19. Which city will host World Information Technology Congress (WITC) in 2018? Ans- Hyderabad, India 20. What is the Full Form of ATT? Ans- Global Arms Trade Treaty 21. Bharat Ratna award 2014 will given to........? Ans-Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee 22. Who was appointed as Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly? Ans-Congressman Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil 23. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 of various denominations to ......... ? Ans- 30 June 2015. 24. India exported CGS Barracuda offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to which country recently? Ans-Mauritius 25. The Government allowed 100 per cent FDI under automatic route in which sector recently? Ans- Medical devices sector to encourage the manufacturing of equipment, including diagnostic kits and other devices 26. National Consumer Day being observed on .......? Ans- 24th December 27. Which E-commerce site launched the online Agri store offering agricultural products to the farmers? Ans- snapdeal 28. What is Tuo Chiang? Ans- Missile warship of Taiwan 29. Who was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL)? Ans-S Bhattacharya 30. India celebrated Good Governance Day on.......? Ans- 25 December 31. Who was named the ICC World Cup ambassador ? Ans- Sachin Tendulkar 32. Who won Men and Women title of Kabaddi World Cup 2014? Ans- India 33. Who was appointed as new chief of RAW(Research and Analysis wing) ? Ans- Rajinder Khanna 34. Who was been appointed as new chief of CRPF ? Ans- Prakash Mishra 35.Loser is the festival of which state? Ans-Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir 36. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) licensed which company to operate as a non-banking financial company (NBFC)? Ans- Ford Credit India 37. Who will the chief guest of the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) ? Ans- Guyana President Donald Ramotar. 38. Who had been elected as President of Tunisia ? Ans- Beji Caid Essebsi 39. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the reconstituted Indian Banks’ Association committee on Member Private Sector Banks for 2014-15? Ans- Federal Bank CEO Shyam Srinivasan 40. Who is the Managing Director (MD) of Ford Credit India ? Ans- Mark Constable 41. Who was appointed as a federal judge in the district of Columbia by the US Senate? Ans-Amit Priyavadan Mehta 42. Who was appointed as first secretary General of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) ? Ans- Jin Liqun of china 43. What is the Full form of GST? Ans- Goods & Services Tax 44. Who was awarded with the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2014 ? Ans-Pakistan-born poetess Imtiaz Dharker 45. Who resigned as Chief ethics investigator of FIFA Ethics Committee ? Ans-Michael Garcia 46. Who was sworn in as US Ambassador to India? Ans- Richard Verma 47. Who became Associate Member Sate of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ? Ans- Pakistan 48. Who won Indian super league Football? Ans-Atletico de Kolkata 49. Who has been chosen for the Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) National Award 2014? Ans-Amitabh Bachchan 50. Who has been appointed as new FICCI( Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry ) head? Ans- Jyotsna Suri, chairperson of Bharat Hotels Ltd 51. Minorities Rights Day was observed on .......? Ans- 18 December 2014 52. Who was appointed as the first female bishop of the Church of England? Ans- Reverend Libby Lane 5 3. The Union Government banned which terrorist group recently? Ans- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) 54. Which Film was nominated in the Best Picture Category at Oscars 2014 ? Ans- Marathi film Kapus Kondyachi Goshta 55. Who was appointed as a federal judge in the district of Columbia? Ans- Indian-American Amit Priyavadan Mehta 56. Sarita Devi was banned by AIBA for 1 year for........? Ans- for refusing to accept her bronze medal at the Asian Games 57. Who have been given PETA India’s People of the Year award for their contribution towards the protection of animals ? Ans- Ms. Jacqueline Fernandez as ‘Woman of the Year’ and justice (retd) K. S Radhakrishnan as ‘Man of the Year’. 58. Who was named 2014 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Year? Ans- Rory McIlroy of Ireland 59. WHo won the Olof Palme Human Rights Prize for the year 2014? Ans- Chinas Xu Youyu 60. BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014 award given to..........? Ans- Lewis Hamilton of Britain (F1 Driver) 61. Who was appointed as 16th Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations (UN)? Ans-Maleeha Lodhi 62. Who was appointed as additional director of Dhanlaxmi Bank? Ans- Harihar Mishra 63. Which website was most searched in Google by people in India in 2014? Ans- The Indian Railways’ official website, IRCTC 64. Who was was re-elected as Japans Prime Minister ? Ans-Shinzo Abe 65. Who was appointed as the 19th Surgeon General of America? Ans-Vivek Hallegere Murthy 66. Who is the head of 14th Finance Commission? Ans- YV Reddy 67. Who won London Classic Chess title ? Ans- Viswanathan Anand of India 68. Who was appointed as the Chairman of Santander UK Bank? Ans- Indian-origin Shriti Vadera 69. Who was named as mascot of the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games ? Ans- Vinicius and Tom 70. Which Bank launched mobile banking facility Bank Aap Ki Muththi Mein? Ans- HDFC Bank 71. National Energy Conservation Day observed on .........? Ans-14 December 72. World Diamond Conference held at.....? Ans- New Delhi 73. Which company tops the Fortune 500 List of Indian companies 2014? Ans-Indian Oil Corp (IOC) 74. Indian Film nominated for Oscar contenders of 2014 in two categories i.e Best Picture and Best Original Score is.........? Ans-Jal 75. Who is the Director of Film Jal? Ans-Girish Malik 76. Who became longest serving Chief Minister of India? Ans-Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling (20 years) 77. A book tittled Born Again on the Mountain is written By......? Ans-Arunima Sinha 78. Who was appointed as Mauritius Prime Minister? Ans-Anerood Jugnauth 79. Vistara airlines is a joint venture of........? Ans-Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines 80. The world’s largest cruise ship terminal opened at........? Ans- Hamdan bin Mohammed Cruise Terminal in Dubai. 81. Who won Miss World 2014 held at London? Ans- South Africas Rolene Strauss 82.Which Bank launched India’s first transparent credit card in association with American Express? Ans-ICICI Bank ( ICICI Bank Coral American Express Credit Card) 83. Who won Miss Universal Peace & Humanity 2014 at Beirut, Lebanon? Ans- Ruhi Singh of India 84. Who was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)? Ans- singer Asha Bhosle 85. Which State declared Dahi Handi as adventurous sport? Ans- Maharashtra 86. Who won Champions Trophy Hockey 2014? Ans- Germany by beating Pakistan 87. Champions Trophy Hockey Held at..........? Ans- Bhubaneshwar, Odisha India 88. Who won Inaugural Edition of International Premier Tennis League ? Ans- The Indian Aces by defeating UAE Royals 89.Who has been appointed as next chief of IB (intelligence bureau)? Ans- Dineshwar Sharma 90. Miss World 2015 will be hosted by..........? Ans-Bali, Indonesia 91. World Yoga Day will be Celebrated on..........? Ans-21 June 92. Who is the President of Russia? Ans-Vladimir Putin 93. Who was appointed as the new head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER)? Ans-Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania 94. Who was appointed as the Joint Secretary in Prime Ministers Office (PMO) of India? Ans- Anurag Jain 95. Who was awarded the Confucius Peace Prize 2014? Ans-Cuban Leader Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz 96. What is the Full form of MIGA? Ans-Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 97. 15th India-Russia Annual Summit held in.........? Ans- New Delhi 98. Which State launched the Farmers Debt Redemption Scheme to give debt relief to every eligible farmer? Ans-Andhra Pradesh 99. Which organization has successfully commissioned Hydro Electric Project in Rwanda? Ans-BHEL 100. Who is Angela Merkel ? Ans-German Chancellor 101. Who was named Times 2014 Person of the Year? Ans- Ebola Fighters (countless doctors and nurses and caretakers) 102. Who became the member of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)? Ans- Bhutan(181st) 103. Who was appointed as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)? Ans- Randhir Singh 104. International Anti-Corruption Day was observed on...........? Ans- 9 December 2014 105. Human Rights Day was observed globally on.........? Ans- 10 December 2014. 106. The Union Government divested its 5 percent stake in which PSU company? Ans- Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) 107. Who was headed Select Committee to scrutinise the long pending Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008? Ans- Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra 108. Kailash satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai recieved Noble Peace Prize at.....? Ans- Oslo 109.Which Bank launched two Composite Indices to track monthly and yearly economic trends ? Ans- SBI 110. Who released 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index? Ans- World Economic Forum (WEF) 111.Who topped the list in terms of travel and tourism competitiveness? Ans- Switzerland (India has been placed at 65th position) 112. Who was awarded Swiss Ambassadors Award? Ans- Chairman of Wipro Azim Premji 113. What is the Full form of NATO? Ans- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) 114. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, who is the is the world richest person? Ans- Bill Gates 115. Which E-commerce site signed agreement with Hero Moto to sell bikes online? Ans- Snapdeal 116. UN observed International Volunteer Day on...........? Ans- 5 December 117. Who was appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan? Ans- Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan 118. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off first passenger train to ...........? Ans- Meghalaya (Mendipathar (Meghalaya) -Dudhnoi (Assam) ) 119. Which Day will be observed as National Good Governance Day ? Ans- The birthday former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the 25 December 110. Who won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay ? Ans- Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas 121. Who will be the global partner for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015? Ans- MRF Limited of India 122.Which country set a new world record for the largest human flag? Ans- India 123. ...........defeated Pakistan to win Blind Cricket World Cup for the year 2014 ? Ans- India 124. The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended............from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect for illegal bowling action? Ans- Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan 125. Who is appointed as mentor and batting consultant for IPL team Kolkata Knight Rider? Ans- Jacques Kallis 126. Who became fourth batsman to complete 13000 ODI runs ? Ans-Kumar Sangakkara 127. Which Communication Satellite launched by India recently? Ans- GSAT-16 128. Who is appointed as Samsung Electronics Global Vice President ..........? Ans- Pranav Mistry 129. India ranked.......... in Corruption Perception List (CPI)? Ans- 85th (Denmark tops the list) 130. Which country has launched H-IIA rocket carrying a space probe- Hayabusa2 destined for a distant asteroid 1999JU3? Ans- Japan 131. Who has been appointed as non-executive Chairman of Credit rating agency ICRA? Ans-Arun Duggal 132.Fifth World Cup kabaddi started at........? Ans- jalandhar, Punjab 133.Who was appointed as defence secretary of US Department of Defence? Ans- Ashton Carter 134.Who released the first Adaptation Gap Report? Ans- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at Lima, Peru 135. Which bank has tied up with Zopper, an e-commerce app for offline and online price comparison? Ans- ICICI Bank 136. Which company bagged the 6000 crore rupees deal for supply of 16 Multi-role Helicopters (MRH) to the Indian Navy? Ans-Sikorsky Aircraft Corp of the US 137. Mahaparinirwan Diwas was observed across India on ............ to pay tribute to B R Ambedkar? Ans- 6 December 2014 138. What is the Full form of TReDS? Ans- Trade Receivables Discounting System 139. First World Soil Day was observed on.........? Ans- 5 december 140. Who will be the global partner for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 ? Ans- MRF Limited 411. Who won the 2014-15 Deodhar Trophy? Ans- East Zone by defeating West Zone 142.Who will be the head of High Level Committee (HLC) to interact with trade and industry on tax-related issues ? Ans-Former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Ashok Lahiri. 143.Polly Umrigar Award 2014 given to.....? Ans- Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4. Who was named the ODI Cricketer of the Year at ICC annual Awards? Ans- South Africas AB de Villiers 145. High Level Committee on Review of Environmental Laws ..........submitted its report to Union Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change? Ans-Former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian 146. Who was named the ICC Cricketer of the Year? Ans-Australias Mitchell Johnson 147. 43rd Navy Day was observed on .......? Ans- 4 December 148. Capital of Peru is..........? Ans- Lima 149. Who became the first Indian to get elected as a member of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)s Executive Committee? Ans- Raninder Singh 150. Which state government reduced retirement age of government employees from 60 to 58? Ans- haryana 151. Who was appointed as new CBI Director? Ans- Anil kumar Sinha 152. SBI Cards has tied up with Future Group company Fashion at Big Bazaar (FBB) to offer a co-branded CREDIT CARD.......? Ans- Styleup 153. Who won Turner Prize 2014 for a video called It For Others? Ans- Duncan Campbell 154. Indias rating on global corruption index is......? Ans- 85 among 175 countries 155. The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed on .......? Ans- 2 December 2014 156. International Day of Persons with Disabilities was observed on......? Ans- 3 December 157. What is present MSF? Ans- 9% 158. Who was awarded as Business Reformer of the Year at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence? Ans- – UK Sinha 159. Who won Best Actress award at 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) ? Ans- Cuban actress Arina Rodriguez for Cuban-Spanish film Behaviour & Israeli actress Sarit Larry for film The Kindergarten Teacher 160. Agni-IV is ........... capable missile? Ans- Nuclear 161. Who has been appointed as Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)? Ans- OP Singh 162. Russia launched the new generation navigation satellite ...........? Ans- GLONASS-K 163. What is present Repo rate? Ans- 8% 164. Who was appointed as the 21st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)? Ans- Major General Gadi Eizenkot 165. Who has won best Director award at 5th International Film Festival of India? Ans- Nadaf Lapid for the film The Kindgarten Teacher 166. Who has won best Actor award at 5th International Film Festival of India? Ans- Leviathan star- Alexel Serebriakov & Benagal actor -Dulal Sarkar for the film Chotoder Chobi 167. Who has won Entrepreneur of the Year at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence? Ans- Dhiraj Rajaram and Chandra Shekhar Ghosh 168. Who won Macau open Tittle? Ans- P.V. Sindhu 169. What is the full form of BBPS? Ans- Bharat Bill Payment System 170. 26th World AIDS Day was observed across the world on.......? Ans- 1 December 171. Who was the chief guest of 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held in Goa? Ans- Amitabh Bachchan 172. Who won golden Peacock award at 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? Ans- Russian director Andrey Zvyaginstev for drama Leviathan 173. Who won Centenary award for Film personality of the Year at 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? Ans- Tamil actor Rajinikanth 174. Who won Uruguay Presidential Election 2014 ? Ans- Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas 175. UN climate summit begins at........? Ans- Peru 176. Who became the oldest player to score a century in ODI? United Arab Emirates (UAE) captain Khurram Khan ( age of 43 years and 162 days) 177. Which company won company of the year award at Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence? Ans- Tata Consultancy Services 178. Who has won Business leader of the year Award at Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence? Ans- Dilip Shanghvi 179. Who has won Global Indian of the Year Award at Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence? Ans- Satya Nadella 180. Who has been awarded the ‘Lokmat CSR Leadership & Sustainability Excellence’ award for the ‘Best Responsible Corporate’? Ans-Amara Raja Group 181. ..........emerging as the largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in India? Ans- Mauritius 182. Manoj Kumar received the prestigious Arjuna Award recently . Manoj kumar is related with which sports? Ans- Boxing 183.Who was declared Man of the Series in series between India and Srilanka? Ans- Virat Kohli 184. Who won Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2014? Ans- Guye Adola of Ethiopia in Mens Florence Kiplagat of Kenya in womens 185. Who won United Nations Lighthouse Activities award for the year 2014? Ans- Aaranyak, an Assam-based NGO and Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) 186. Who will be next chairperson of the Press Council of India ? Ans- Chandramauli Kumar 187. World Fisheries Day observed across the world on......? Ans- 21 November 188. SEBI de-recognised which stock exchange? Ans- Delhi Stock Exchange 189. What is the Full form of DUGJY? Ans- Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana 190. What is the Full form of PESB? Ans- Public Enterprises Services Board 191. What is the minimum paid up capital for small finance and payment banks? Ans- Rs 100 Crore 192. Who was appointed as new Secretary General of the Lok Sabha? Ans- Anoop Mishra 19 3. Who became the 18th district of Arunachal Pradesh? Ans- Namsai 194. Which Mutual Fund will launch Shariah Equity Fund which is aimed at attracting investments from Muslim population of India? Ans- SBI Mutual Fund 195. Your Dreams Are Mine Now: She Showed him What Love wa authored by....? Ans- Ravinder Singh 196. Who was elected as new Chairman of Delhi cricket Association? Ans- Yashpal sharma 197.Who is the nodal officer for implementing Adarsh Sansad Gram Yojna? Ans- District Collector 198. Where are the headquarters of newly formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB)? Ans- Beijing 199. Recently Evo Morales elected as President of which country? Ans- Bolvia 200. which is largest cane producing state in India? Ans- Uttar Pradesh 201. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women observed across the world on ......? Ans- 25 November 202.Who won United Nations Lighthouse Activities award for the year 2014? Ans- Aaranyak, an Assam-based NGO and Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) 203. Who won the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize ? Ans- author Bilal Tanweer for his novel The Scatter Here Is Too Great (Random House India). 204.Who has been appointed as Governor of Bihar ? Ans- West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi (Additional charge) 205. 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit was held at.....? Ans- Kathmandu, Nepal 206. Who is present National security Advisor? Ans- Ajit Doval 207. Which spacecraft has recently landed on earth after completing its mission on International space Station? Ans- Dragon 208. In recent defence deal India will buy anti-tank spike missiles from which country? Ans- Israel 209. The shyamal Sen Commission was constituted to enquire into.......? Ans- Saradha chit fund scam 210. What is the name of Indias first subsonic long range cruise missile? Ans- Nirbhay
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