International Current Affairs Quiz - December 2015

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1. ______ (West Africa) declared itself as an Islamic republic. About 90 % of its 1.8 million people are Muslims ?

Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Liberia
None of These


2. India's Mahindra Group acquired ______ car designer Pininfarina SpA for 165 million USD ?

French
German
Italian
Mexican
None of These


3. World Trade Organisation approved _____’s membership as 164th Member at WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi (Kenya) ?

Pakistan
Syria
Liberia
Afghanistan
Libya


4. 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris (France). United Nations launched new initiative_________ to build climate resilience in world’s most vulnerable countries. India and France launched International Solar Alliance (ISA) to harness solar power. ?

Accelerate, Absorb, Reshape
Innovate, Absorb, Reshape
Anticipate, Absorb, Revise
Affirm, Absorb, Reshape
Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape


5. Asian Development Bank released report Asian Economic Integration Report 2015. It examines current trends in trade, migration, remittances and special economic zones (SEZs). Number of SEZs risen from 500 in 1995 to ______ in 2015 ?

5300
6300
4300
7300
8300


6. As per Asian Development Bank's report Asian Economic Integration Report 2015, India became third largest source of inward FDI for ________ after US and France ?

United Kingdom
Germany
Spain
Bulgaria
None of These


7. _____ passed Citizenship Amendment Bill 2015 to strip citizenship of convicted persons on terrorism charges ?

USA
Australia
UK
France
Germany


8. As per National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of USA, Average temperature over Arctic land for 2015 were _____ Celsius above average, highest on record. ?

1.3 degrees
2.3 degrees
3.3 degrees
4.3 degrees
.3 degrees


9. _____ ranks at top in employee happiness as per report Global Workforce Happiness Index by Universum. ?

Belgium
Norway
Switzerland
Portugal
None of These


10. _______ 's economy decreased by 1.7 % during July‚­September 2015, making it country’s longest recession since 1930 ?

Spain
Poland
Portugal
Brazil
Germany


11. _____ sent first consignment of 250 tonnes of uranium to India as part of bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement ?

Australia
Japan
UAE
Canada
None of These


12. China issued red alert on pollution in Capital ____ due to hazardous air quality caused by severe air pollution ?

Tianjin
Beijing
Guangzhou
Shantou
Altay


13. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced _____ billion dollars package to African nations during Forum on China‚­Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Johannesburg, South Africa ?

20
30
40
50
60


14. DuPont and Dow Chemical Company merged in an all‚­stock deal to create merged firm DowDuPont with combined market capitalization of approximately _____ billion USD ?

130
30
230
330
180


15. ___ has set up a SME Council in India to help small ventures from various industries share feedback and discuss ideas around leveraging technology ?

Infosys
Google
HCL
Facebook
Microsoft


16. Federal Reserve, central bank of USA increased interest rate by ______. With this, interest rates in USA are now in range of 0.25 0.50 % as compared to 0 to 0.25 % earlier ?

0.45 %
0.35 %
0.25 %
0.55 %
0.15 %


17. Government approved amending DTAC (____) with Japan that was signed in 1989 for avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion ?

Double Taxation Acceptance Convention
Double Taxation Avoidance Convention
Due Taxation Avoidance Convention
Due Taxation Acceptance Convention
None of These


18. Government approved MoU with BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and _____ ) countries for strengthening and further developing of energy saving and energy efficiency cooperation. ?

South Korea
South Africa
South Sudan
Somalia
Switzerland


19. Government imposed anti‚­dumping duty ranging from 5 ‚­ 57 % on import of cold‚­rolled flat products of stainless steel for 5 years. Highest duty of 57.39 % has been levied on steel imports from _____ with Thailand having least imposition of 4.58 % ?

Japan
Vietnam
Myanmar
China
None of These


20. Government of _____ amended Constitution to address two key demands of Madhesis ?

Nepal
Myanmar
India
Sri Lanka
Mauritius

 

21. ____ Government will celebrate Gita Jayanti Mahotsava in Dec 2015. Rs 10 lakh would be provided to each district for setting up of exhibition, tentage, craft work etc ?

Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Mizoram


22. India and _____ signed Memorandum of Understanding on suspension of collection of taxes during pendency of Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP), to relieve burden of double taxation for taxpayers in both countries during the pendency of MAP proceedings ?

Nigeria
South Korea
South Africa
Norway
None of These


23. India and _____ launched joint initiative 2016: Year of Education and Research. It will allow joint research under Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) programme and IMPRINT (IMPacting Research Innovation and Technology) ?

USA
Spain
Russia
United Kingdom
Japan


24. India has been ranked _____ out of 144 nations on Forbes's annual list of best countries for doing business. Denmark topped the list. USA (22nd), United Kingdom (10th), Japan (23rd), China (94th) and Pakistan is 103rd ?

87th
77th
67th
107th
97th


25. India ranked _____ in black money outflows among developing and emerging economies between 2004‚­2013, as per a report by Global Financial Integrity’s. China at top with 139 billion dollars average ?

6th
5th
4th
7th
9th


26. India's National Stock Exchange signed an agreement with _____ Stock Exchange Group for setting up a Joint research centre ?

London
Beijing
Tokyo
New York
None of These


27. International Atomic Energy Agency ended its 12‚­year investigation into _____'s developing nuclear weapons. Earlier in July 2015, P5+1 nations and Iran had agreed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to lift the sanctions. ?

Pakistan
Iran
Syria
Libya
None of These


28. _____ carried out test of Ghadr‚­110 ballistic missile with range 1800 ‚­ 2000 km and breached 2 United Nations Security Council resolutions that refrained it from testing ballistic missiles for 8 years ?

Iraq
Pakistan
Iran
Kuwait
Qatar


29. New Zealand Became 9th and _____ became 10th country to ratify Articles of Agreement (AoA) to lay legal framework for China‚­initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). There are 57 founder‚­member countries of AIIB with its headquarters in Beijing ?

Mexico
Japan
Australia
South Africa
Luxembourg


30. ______ approved world’s first‚­ever Dengue fever vaccine named Dengvaxia , manufactured by French pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur. ?

France
Germany
Mexico
Australia
None of These


31. Miss _____ beauty pageant held for first time since 1972, won by Shaymaa Qasim Abdelrahman ?

Iran
Syria
Libya
Iraq
None of These


32. ___ launched its first United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve Inle Lake in Shan state. ?

Iran
Myanmar
Kuwait
Vietnam
None of These


33. __ launched its first stock exchange named Yangon Stock Exchange. ?

Myanmar
Vietnam
Japan
China
None of These


34. Powerful Typhoon Melor (also known as Nona) hit central ______ with powerful wind of 200 kph followed by intense rainfall. ?

China
Japan
South Korea
Myanmar
Philippines


35. On the ocassion of Japanese PM _____ Visiting India, Both countries approved Civil Nuclear Pact and Japan approved Loan of Approx 90000 Crores for High Speed Rail on Mumbai Ahmedabad sector. Loan will be for 50 years ?

Xi Jinping
Shinzo Abe
Li Xuerei
Emperor Akhito
None of These


36. World Anti‚­Doping Agency (WADA) agreed to co-operate in reforming ______ Anti‚­Doping Agency (RUSADA) that was suspended earlier due to scams. ?

Russian
Rwanda
Romania
South Korea
None of These


37. ___ launched Military Coalition of 34 Islamic Nations to counter terrorism. Operations center will be in Riyadh ?

UAE
Iraq
Kuwait
Qatar
Saudi Arabia


38. India's _____ named 49th in Top 50 in annual R&D Investment Scoreboard 2015, Prepared by European Commission. List topped by German automaker Volkswagen. There were 26 Indian companies in top 1500 ?

Tata Motors
Maruti Suzuki
Hindustan Motors
Fiat
None of These


39. Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India launched ____ gas pipeline to help ease energy deficits in South Asia. Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari attended on India'a Behalf. It is expected to build gas link with annual capacity of 33 billion cubic metres by 2018 ?

$20 billion
$10 billion
$30 billion
$40 billion
$50 billion


40. ____ Government passed Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act 2015. It will bar people who visited Iraq, Syria and countries after 1 March 2011 to participate in visa‚­free program ?

France
UK
Russia
Germany
USA


41. United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) asked ______ to halt torture of detainees and oppression of human rights activists ?

Japan
China
USA
Russia
Spain


42. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics Report 2015 stated that global exports for 2014 were 24 trillion USD and India's exports stood at _____ billion USD as compared to 314 billion in 2013. ?

421
321
221
371
None of These


43. United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index 2015 placed at 130th position among 188 countries. Top Three Countries are _____ .

Norway, Australia and Switzerland
Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
Denmark, Australia and Switzerland
Norway, Australia and Finland
None of These


44. United Nations International Labour Organisation report stated that Number of Migrant workers are approx 15 crores while Number of Total International migrants are approx ___ ?

58 Crores
38 Crores
28 Crores
33 Crores
23 Crores


45. United Nations Launched International Year of Pulses 2016 with theme ______ . ?

Better Seeds Better Heallth
Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future
Healthy Seed Healthy Future
Delicious seeds for a sustainable future
None of These


46. United Nations Security Council adopted resolution No. 2254 outlining a peace process to end ______ 's five‚­year‚­long civil war ?

Syria
Libya
Egypt
Nigeria
None of These


47. United Nations agencies launched a 1.98 billion USD Sahel humanitarian appeal for 2016 to mobilise support to tackle crisis of poverty, insecurity and climate change in 9 Nations in Sahel region in _____ ?

South America
Europe
Asia
North America
Africa


48. USA ratified reforms in International Monetary Fund (IMF). Proposed reforms include increasing China's Voting Rights to 6 % from 3.8 % and India's Voting Rights from 2.3 % to _______. Quotas of 188 members will increase to 477 billion special drawing rights from 238.5 billion Curremtly. ?

2.6%
2.9%
1.6%
3.6%
None of These


49. _____ lifted 40 year ban on oil exports as part of a 1.1 trillion USD spending bill until 2016 ?

Japan
USA
China
India
UAE


50. University of ______ launched a postgraduate annual fellowship worth $156,000 in name of former Indian president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for Indian students ?

London
California
Pennsylvania
Harvard
South Florida


51. World Banks Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 stated that _____ is largest remittance receiving country in 2015 with 72 billion USD Inflows. ?

India
USA
China
Japan
UAE


52. ______ and FIRST Initiative launched Principles for Public Credit Guarantee Schemes that serve as reference for design and evaluation of public CGSs serving small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ?

Asian Development Bank
AIIB
World Bank
NDB
None of These


53. World Bank approved _____ loan for clean India campaign to ensure all citizens in rural areas have access to improved sanitation and end open defecation by 2019. ?

$0.5 billion
$2.5 billion
$3.5 billion
$1.5 billion
None of These


54. World Bank launched a $500 million dollars TCAF (_____) to help developing countries pay for emission reductions and combat climate change ?

Transformative Carbon Assesment Facility
Transformative Coal Asset Facility
Transformative Carbon Asset Fuel
Total Carbon Asset Facility
Transformative Carbon Asset Facility


55. As Per Report by UK's Centre for Economics Business and Research ‚­ _____ will become world's third largest economy after 2030 ?

Japan
South Africa
India
Brazil
None of These


56. As per Harvard researchers at Centre for International Development, India with annual growth rate of ____ will be worlds fastest growing economy over 10 years. US is expected to grow at 2.8 % ?

7 %
8 %
6 %
5 %
None of These


57. Asias largest underground railway station opened in _____s city of Shenzhen with area of 147,000 square meters. Worlds largest underground railway station is Grand Central Station in New York (USA) ?

India
China
Japan
Vietnam
None of These


58. _____ signed deal with Russia to set up 2 nuclear power plants each of 1,200 MW capacity at investment of total $12.65 billion. Amount's 90 % will be provided by Russia as Loan. ?

Bangladesh
Pakistan
India
Nepal
None of These


59. _____ adopted its first Counter Terrorism Law and A law against domestic violence. It also officially abandoned its One Child Policy due to deepening crisis of shrinking workforce and aging population. ?

China
Japan
USA
UK
Australia


60. Government approved MOU between SINTEF (_____) and Central Public Works Department in Recycling of Construction and Demolition Waste ?

USA
UK
Spain
Norway
Australia


61. India became 54th signatory to Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia. This MoU is also called as ______ under Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) ?

Tokyo Accord
Crator MOU
Eurasia MoU
Raptor MoU
None of These


62. Government approved revised cost estimates to Rs 1775 Crore for Construction of Salma Dam Project in ______ ?

Lybia
Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
None of These


63. Government approved signing MoU among BRICS countries on BRICS Network University for which negotiations were held during 3rd BRICS Education Ministers meeting in November 2015 in _______ ?

India
China
South Africa
Brazil
Russia


64. Government approved the construction of 69 Bridges on Tamu‚­Kyigone‚­Kalewa (TKK) road section of Trilateral Highway in ______ for Rs.371.58 crores ?

Myanmar
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
None of These


65. Indo‚­______ civil nuclear cooperation agreement has been approved by Union Cabinet that was enacted in November 2015 ?

USA
French
British
Australian
None of These


66. South Korea and _______ signed an Agreement on Issue of Comfort Women. It aims to resolve an old dispute over Korean women who were used as sex slaves by ______'s soldiers during World War II ?

Vietnam
China
Japan
USA
None of These


67. As per Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 2015 OPEC World Oil Outlook ‚­ Oil and gas are expected to supply _____ of global energy demand by 2040 ?

43 %
53 %
63 %
73 %
None of These


68. ______ became first Asian country to approve sale of the worlds first ever dengue vaccine Dengvaxia manufactured by French pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur ?

India
Philippines
Japan
China
None of These


69.India's Reliance Defence signed $6 billion pact with Russian arms firm ______during visit of PM Narendra Modi to Russia ?

Dassault Rafale
Sevmash
Rosoboronexport
Almaz‚­Antey
None of These


70. India's Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) and Oil India Ltd. (OIL) signed an agreement with Russian oil firm _____ to explore possibility of picking up stake in Taas‚­Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha oilfield in East Siberia ?

Rosneft
Lukoil
Gazprom Neft
Tatneft
None of These


71. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated new Parliament built by India in Kabul (_______) during his recent trip to Russia, Afghanistan and Pakistan ?

Afghanistan
Pakistan
Russia
Libya
None of These


72._______’s Rostech Corporation signed 1 Billion USD deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters to replace ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters.?

USA
Russia
UK
Spain
France


73. _____ allowed India to build its first Naval Base on Assumption Island in Indian Ocean region as a joint project between both countries. ?

Bangadesh
Mauritius
Sri Lanka
Seychelles
None of These


74. United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution Submitted by Japan to observe _____ every year as World Tsunami Awareness Day ?

15 November
16 November
12 November
10 November
5 November


75. World Bank approved assistance of $35 million to _____ to support development of water resources in Indus River Basin. It is in addition to $38 million given earlier towards same cause ?

India
Bangaldesh
Pakistan
China
None of These


76. World Health Organization declared ____ (West Africa) as Ebola‚­free ?

Gambia
Benin
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Guinea


77. _____ adopted Chinese Yuan as legal tender in return for debt cancellation worth 40 million dollars ?

South Africa
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
Niger
None of These


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