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December 2015 GK - 4

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In December 2015, the West Bengal Government cleared the proposal for setting up five new districts in the state. With this clearance, the number of districts in the state will become

  1. 18

  2. 19

  3. 21

  4. 23

  5. 25


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct answer is (5). 

The National Mathematics Day is celebrated in December to commemorate the birth anniversary of which great Indian Mathematician?

  1. D. R. Kaprekar

  2. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  3. Bhāskara II

  4. C. P. Ramanujam

  5. Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

Who among the following is the recipient of the 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?

  1. Lewis Hamilton

  2. Bradley Wiggins

  3. Andy Murray

  4. Mark Cavendish

  5. Tony McCoy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

Who among the following was the recipient of the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year for the year 2015?

  1. AB de Villiers

  2. Steven Smith

  3. Brendon McCullum

  4. Alastair Cook

  5. Rohit Sharma


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

Who among the following was declared World Champion for 2015 by International Tennis Federation?

  1. Roger Federer

  2. Andy Murray

  3. Novak Djokovic

  4. Stan Wawrinka

  5. Rafael Nadal


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

Which of the following became the first Asian country to approve the sale of the world's first-ever dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia?

  1. Maldives

  2. China

  3. India

  4. Philippines

  5. Singapore


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to observe which of the following days every year as World Tsunami Awareness Day?

  1. 9th December

  2. 15th December

  3. 21st December

  4. 5th November

  5. 10th November


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

Who won the Best Player of the Year at the sixth edition of Globe Soccer Awards 2015?

  1. Cristiano Ronaldo

  2. Eden Hazard

  3. Sergio Agüero

  4. Lionel Messi

  5. Alexis Sanchez


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

Who among the following succeeded TCA Raghavan as the High Commissioner of India to Pakistan?

  1. Shivshankar Menon

  2. Gautam H. Bambawale

  3. Vijay K. Nambiar

  4. Gopalaswami Parthasarathy

  5. Harsh Vardan Shringla


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

Which of the following companies entered into a partnership with Russia’s AlmazAntey for producing Air Defence Missile Systems?

  1. Tata Advanced Systems

  2. Reliance Defence

  3. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

  4. BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited

  5. Bharat Dynamics Limited


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

In December 2015, who among the following was given additional responsibility of being Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog?

  1. Arvind Panagariya

  2. Amitabh Kant

  3. Sindhushree Khullar

  4. V. K. Saraswat

  5. Bibek Debroy


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

Which of the following became the first shipyard in India to receive certification to build LNG-transporting ships for any client worldwide?

  1. ABG Shipyard

  2. Cochin Shipyard

  3. Hindustan Shipyard

  4. Pipavav Shipyard

  5. Tebma Shipyard Ltd.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

Who among the following was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in December 2015?

  1. Yudhvir Singh Malik

  2. Gopal Naik

  3. S. P. Vasireddi

  4. Pawan Kumar Agarwal

  5. Ashish Bahuguna


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

In December 2015, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh launched two mobile apps, namely Crop Insurance and

  1. Kisan Vikas

  2. Farmers Market

  3. AgriMarket Mobile

  4. KisanMarg

  5. Agri Tech


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

Which state government launched Anwesha scheme to provide free education to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Manipur

  3. Odisha

  4. Rajasthan

  5. Bihar


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

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