December - 2015 GK - 2

December - 2015 GK - 2

16 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following became the first company in the country to get approval from DGCI to launch hepatitis C medicines?

  1. Hetero
  2. Cipla
  3. Lupin
  4. Cadila healthcare
  5. Sun Pharma
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Losar festival that began in December 2015 in Ladakh is celebrated by _______ worldwide.

  1. Thailand Buddhists
  2. Tibetan Buddhists
  3. Bhutan Buddhists
  4. Myanmar Buddhists
  5. Sri Lankan Buddhists
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In December 2015, Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation. She was the first female Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

  1. Estonia
  2. Belarus
  3. Latvia
  4. Lithuania
  5. Poland
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in December 2015?

  1. Sushil Chandra
  2. Atulesh Jindal
  3. Subrat Kumar Ray
  4. R. C. Mishra
  5. Arun Kumar Jain
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following will head a single-member committee to look into the dispute between Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Krishna Godavari (KG) gas fields?

  1. M. Jagannadha Rao
  2. P. V. Reddy
  3. A. R. Lakshmanan
  4. A. P. Shah
  5. B. P. Jeevan Reddy
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In December 2015, the Union Government requested the states and Union Territories (UT) to start Operation Smile-II. Operation Smile-II is a campaign to

  1. eliminate child labour
  2. eliminate child marriage
  3. rescue/rehabilitate the missing children
  4. have compulsory education till class 10
  5. reduce child mortality rate
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In December 2015, the Supreme Court banned the registration of all diesel SUVs and luxury cars with engine capacity of 2000 cc or more in ______ till 31st March, 2016.

  1. Mumbai
  2. Chennai
  3. Kolkata
  4. Bengaluru
  5. Delhi
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following software giants won the 2015 Aegis Graham Bell Award for developing a solution for the Internet of Things (IoT)?

  1. Infosys
  2. HCL Technologies
  3. Tata Consultancy Services
  4. Wipro
  5. Tech Mahindra
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In December 2015, which of the following countries rejoined as a member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

  1. Ecuador
  2. Algeria
  3. Libya
  4. Indonesia
  5. Nigeria
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was appointed as the Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in December 2015?

  1. Ranjit Gupta
  2. Ahmad Javed
  3. Sanjiv Arora
  4. Hamid Ali Rao
  5. Pankaj Saran
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The United Nations Human Development Report 2015 was released in December 2015 with the title Work for Human Development in Ethiopia. As per the report, India, with a score of 0.609, has been ranked ____ out of 188 countries.

  1. 103
  2. 130
  3. 121
  4. 139
  5. 143
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following companies joined Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 Initiative of the World Bank in December 2015?

  1. Reliance Petroleum Limited
  2. ONGC
  3. Indian Oil Corporation
  4. Bharat Petroleum
  5. Oil India Limited
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was appointed as the President and Managing Director of General Motors India in December 2015?

  1. Stefan Jacoby
  2. Mary Barra
  3. Arvind Saxena
  4. Kaher Kazem
  5. Mark Fields
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In December 2015, the Government of India signed Memorandum of Understanding for establishing three Indian Institutes of Information Technology in which three cities?

  1. Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune
  2. Chennai, Bengaluru and Visakhapatnam
  3. Kolkata, Gandhinagar and Ludhiana
  4. Gandhinagar, Chennai and Maharashtra
  5. Patna, Kolkata and Maharashtra
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was named as 2015 Person of the Year by Time Magazine?

  1. Barack Obama
  2. Vladimir Putin
  3. Angela Merkel
  4. Nancy Gibbs
  5. Mark Zuckerberg
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Global Financial Flows Report 2015 was released by

  1. International Monetary Fund
  2. Global Financial Integrity
  3. International Finance Corporation
  4. World Bank
  5. International Investment Bank