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First Week
1) Who was appointed as the new CBI Director on 2 December 2014?
Ans. Anil Kumar Sinha

2) 26th World AIDS Day was observed across the world on 1 December 2014
with the theme?
Ans. Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free generation

3) Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi was on 5 December 2014 named
as the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times. 'The Straits Times' is the
leading newspaper in which country?
Ans. Singapore

4) Mahaparinirwan Diwas was observed across India on 6 December 2014 on the

death anniversary of?
Ans. Dr B R Ambedkar

5) Who became the first Indian Footballer to be conferred with Asian Football
Confederation (AFC) Hall of Fame Award on 30 November 2014?
Ans. Baichung Bhutia

6) Which film won the Golden Peacock Award at the 45th International Film
Festival of India (IFFI) which concluded in Goa recently?
Ans. Leviathan, Russian Film

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7) Name the mascot for the 2016 European football championship announced
recently?
Ans. Super Victor

8) As decided recently, the birthday of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee on the 25 December will be observed as?
Ans. National Good Governance Day

9) United Nations General Assembly on 5 December 2014 declared which year as

the International Year of Soils?
Ans. 2015

10) Who was nominated as the next defence secretary of US Department of

Defence by the President Barack Obama on 5 December 2014?
Ans. Ashton Carter
Note: He will replace Chuck Hagel as US Defence Secretary, who resigned in
November 2014.
11) Recently American geologists discovered the most abundant mineral on
earth's lower mantle known as?
Ans. Bridgmanite

12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 November 2014 flagged off first
passenger train to which north-eastern state?
Ans. Meghalaya
Note: The move has put Meghalaya on India's railway map for the first time.

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13) Which country on 30 November 2014 launched National Day song in Tamil
language to celebrate 50 years of its independence in 2015?
Ans. Singapore
Note: Tamil is the fourth official language of Singapore.
14) Who became the oldest player to score a century in the One-Day International
(ODI) on 30 November 2014?
Ans. Khurram Khan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) captain
Note: He scored the century against Afghanistan in Dubai. He achieved the feat
at an age of 43 years and 162 days thus breaking the record held in the name of
Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.
15) Which country launched the new generation navigation satellite GLONASSK on 30 November 2014?
Ans. Russia

16) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 2 December 2014 announced ...... bi-Monthly
Monetary Policy Statement?
Ans. fifth
Note: The rates have been kept unchanged. (Repo rate: 8 percent, Reverse repo
rate: 7 percent)
17) Nuclear capable missile Agni-IV was test fired on 2 December 2014 from?
Ans. Integrated Test Range in Wheeler Island, Odisha.

18) Nation on 3 December 2014 remembered the Bhopal gas tragedy that
happened 30 years back on?
Ans. 3 December 1984

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19) UN observed International Volunteer Day (IVD) on?
Ans. 5 December

20) International Criminal Court (ICC) on 5 December 2014 withdrew the case
against President of which African country?
Ans. Kenya President, Uhuru Kenyatta

21) Which state government on 5 December 2014 decided to ban health camps
without prior approval of district civil surgeons?
Ans. Punjab

22) Name the multi-level global campaign to highlight importance of girls

education launched by Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto
in New Delhi on 29 November 2014?
Ans. Girl Rising

23) Who won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay on 30 November 2014?
Ans. Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas

24) Maoists killed more than dozen CRPF personnel in an attack in Chintagufa
area of Sukma district of which state on 1 December 2014?
Ans. Chhattisgarh

25) Border Security Force (BSF) celebrated its .....th Raising day on 1 December
2014?
Ans. 49th

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26) State Government of Gujarat on 5 December 2014 declared 353 villages of
which district as completely or partially scarcity-affected?
Ans. Kutch

27) Who won the 2014 US Player of the Year award on 5 December 2014?
Ans. US football team goalkeeper Tim Howard

28) Who was appointed as the Director General of National Disaster Response
Force (NDRF) on 1 December 2014?
Ans. OP Singh

29) Credit Rating Agency ICRA Limited on 5 December 2014 appointed whom as
non-executive Chairman after he was elected unilaterally by the ICRA Board?
Ans. Arun Duggal

30) First World Soil Day was observed by the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) on?
Ans. 5 December 2014

31) Egypt court on 29 November 2014 dropped charges against its former
President?
Ans. Hosni Mubarak

32) The book "2014: The Election That Changed India" that was released on 1
November 2014 was penned by?
Ans. Rajdeep Sardesai

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33) India recently joined the elite group of countries to build the largest telescope
in the world at?
Ans. Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

34) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed by the United
Nations on?
Ans. December 2

35) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 November 2014 coined the acronym
SMART for police forces across the country in the 49th annual conference of
India DGPs and IGPs. What does SMART stands for?
Ans. S for strict but sensitive, M for modern and mobile, A for alert and
accountable, R for reliable and responsive, T for techno-savvy and trained

36) Researchers led by Professor Gene K Beare recently developed worlds fastest
2D camera at which University?
Ans. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Washington
University.

Second Week
1) Who was named as the TIMEs Person of the Year 2014 on 10 December 2014
by the TIMEs magazine?
Ans. Ebola fighters

2) Indian Blind Cricket team on 7 December 2014 won the fourth edition of the
Blind Cricket World Cup (BCWC) 2014 by defeating which country in the final?

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Ans. Pakistan
Note: The final held at Wally Wilson Cricket Ground in Cape Town, South
Africa. The captain of the Indian team was Shekar Naik.
3) India on 7 December 2014 set the Guinness Record for largest human
formation of a national flag in the world. Where was this event held?
Ans. Chennai

4) Which US-based taxi service was in news recently as Delhi Government

banned its services in the national capital?
Ans. Uber taxi service

5) Who recently became the first Indian-American to be appointed as US

Ambassador to India?
Ans. Richard Rahul Verma

6) Human Rights Day was observed globally on 10 December 2014 with the
theme?
Ans. Human Rights 365

7) Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai received Nobel Peace Prize for the
year 2014 on 10 December 2014. Where was the award ceremony held?
Ans. Oslo, Norway

8) Union Home Ministry on 10 December 2014 removed which section of Indian

Penal Code (IPC) decriminalizing attempt to suicide?
Ans. Section 309

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9) Which bank recently launched Indias first credit card with a unique
transparent design and a distinctive look, in association with American Express?
Ans. ICCI Bank

10) Indian Communication Satellite GSAT-16 was on 7 December 2014 launched

successfully from?
Ans. Kourou space port in French Guiana
Note: GSAT-16 carries a total of 48 communication transponders, the largest by
a communication satellite developed by the ISRO so far.
11) International Cricket Council (ICC) on 7 December 2014 suspended which
Pakistani player from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect for
illegal bowling action?
Ans. Mohammad Hafeez

12) Andhra Pradesh Government on 8 December 2014 signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with which country for the development of its new capital
that is set to come up near Vijawayada region?
Ans. Singapore

13) Worlds first handcrafted herbal Holy Quran was unveiled on 8 December
2014 in?
Ans. Dubai

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14) State Bank of India (SBI) on 9 December 2014 launched two indices namely
the SBI Monthly Composite Index and the SBI Yearly Composite Index. What is
the aim of these indices?
Ans. To primarily track manufacturing and services activity to determine
contraction and expansion of the Indian economy.

15) Advanced version of Mark-II Pinaka Rocket was successfully test fired on 9
December 2014 from?
Ans. Chandipur, Odisha

16) Which Nobel Laureate was in news recently because he auctioned his Nobel
Prize medal for 4.8 million US dollars, thus becoming the first living recipient to
auction the Nobel Prize medal?
Ans. James D Watson
Note: He was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA
in 1962.
17) Which Australian Cricketer player on 12 December 2014 completed 1000 Test
runs in 2014, becoming the first opener to achieve the feat in one calendar year
since England skipper Alastair Cook in 2012?
Ans. David Warner

18) Which former South African cricketer was on 5 December 2014 appointed as
the mentor and batting consultant for Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata
Knight Rider (KKR)?
Ans. Jacques Kallis

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19) Nation remembered and paid homage to martyrs of Parliament attack on
......th anniversary of Parliament attack on 13 December 2014?
Ans. 13th

20) Delhi High Court on 10 December 2014 banned which chinese handset maker
to sell phones in India over patent issue with Ericsson?
Ans. Xiaomi

21) International Anti-Corruption Day was observed by the United Nations on?
Ans. 9 December

22) Which state government on 8 December 2014 launched the 'M One app' that
will provide a platform for m-governance in the State?
Ans. Karnataka

23) Who was awarded Swiss Ambassador's Award in Mumbai on 3 December

2014?
Ans. Azim Premji, Wipro Chairman

24) Which Indian playback singer was awarded the Lifetime Achievement
Award at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) held in Dubai on 10
December 2014?
Ans. Asha Bhosle

25) Which Indian won Miss Universal Peace & Humanity 2014 at Beirut, Lebanon
on 10 December 2014?
Ans. Ruhi Singh

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26) First Arabic translation of Indian Constitution was launched on 9 December
2014 at?
Ans. Cairo, Egypt.

27) 15th Indo-Russian Bilateral Annual Summit was recently held at?
Ans. New Delhi
Note: President Vladimir Putin of Russia visited India to hold the summit on
the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
28) Name the Indian who was appointed as an honorary member of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently?
Ans. Randhir Singh

29) Olympian Grihanandan Singh who died on 7 December 2014 in New Delhi
was famous in which sport?
Ans. Hockey

30) The Committee on Leveraging the Post Office Network on 4 December 2014
submitted its report to the Union Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology. Who headed the committee?
Ans. Former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian

31) Armed Forces Flag Day was observed recently across the nation on?
Ans. 7 December

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Third Week
1) Who was crowned Miss World 2014?
Ans. Rolene Strauss
Note: She was Miss South Africa. The final of the beauty pageant was held in
London, UK. Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar, was the runner-up and Miss United
States, Elizabeth Safrit, came third.
2) Which country won Hockeys Champions Trophy 2014?
Ans. Germany
Note: In the final match played at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar,
Odisha, Olympic Champions Germany defeated Pakistan by 2-0 margin.
3) Who became longest serving Chief Minister of India on 12 December 2014?
Ans. Pawan Chamling, Sikkim Chief Minister
Note: He completed his 20 years in the office on 12 December 2014. Earlier, the
longest serving CM was late Communist leader Jyoti Basu who was chief
minister of West Bengal.
4) Who was appointed as Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on 13 December
2014?
Ans. Dineshwar Sharma

5) Which bank on 16 December 2014 launched its mobile banking facility named
Bank Aap Ki Muththi Mein?
Ans. HDFC Bank

6) Which terrorist group on 16 December 2014 carried out a massacre in the

Army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan?

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Ans. Tehreek-e-Taliban

7) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 December 2014 increased RTGS (real time
gross settlement) business hours from 7.30 hours to 12 hours. What is the revised
timing now?
Ans. 8 am to 8 pm on weekdays.
Note: Earlier it was 9 am to 4.30 pm.
8) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched Indias
heaviest rocket named ___ carrying Crew module Atmospheric Reentry
Experiment (CARE) from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on 18 December 2014?
Ans. GSLV Mark-III-X

9) Book tittled "Born Again on the Mountain" which was released by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on 12 December 2014 was written by?
Ans. Arunima Sinha
Note: She is the first Indian amputee and first female amputee to climb Mount
Everest.
10) World Diamond Conference was recently held at?
Ans. New Delhi

11) Name the Indian-American physician who was on 15 December 2014

appointed as the 19th Surgeon General of America?
Ans. Vivek Hallegere Murthy

12) 14th Finance Commission headed by whom submitted its report to the
President of India on 15 December 2014?

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Ans. YV Reddy, former RBI governor

13) International Boxing Association (AIBA) on 17 December 2014 banned the

which Indian boxer for one year for not accepting her bronze medal at Asian
Games 2014 medal ceremony?
Ans. Sarita Devi

14) Minorities Rights Day was observed across the world to create awareness on
rights of minorities on?
Ans. 18 December

15) Name the Japanese Prime Minister who was on 14 December 2014 re-elected
for another four-year term?
Ans. Shinzo Abe

16) Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games mascot have been recently
named respectively as?
Ans. Vinicius and Tom

17) Google on 15 December 2014 released its annual Year in Search (YIS) Report
2014. What was the top trending search during 2014?
Ans. Elections 2014

18) Who became the worlds first twin and sibling to climb the highest peaks of
the seven continents on 16 December 2014?
Ans. Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik

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19) Union Government on 16 December 2014 banned which terror group under
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act?
Ans. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

20) Which Indian film was nominated on 13 December 2014 for Oscar 2015 in
categories Best Picture and Best Original Score?
Ans. Jal

21) Who was appointed as Mauritius Prime Minister by the President Purryag on
14 December 2014?
Ans. Anerood Jugnauth

22) National Energy Conservation Day was observed on?

Ans. 14 December

23) Which Indian player on 15 December 2014 won his maiden London Classic
Chess title?
Ans. Viswanathan Anand

24) Name the Japanese teens who became youngest table tennis champions on 13
December 2014 in table tennis World Grand Finals?
Ans. Mima Ito and Miu Hirano

25) Vijay Diwas was observed across the country on?

Ans. 16 December

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26) Which country on 19 December 2014 became Associate Member State of
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)?
Ans. Pakistan

Fourth Week
1) Union Government observed 25 December 2014 as Good Governance Day on
the birthday of?
Ans. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2) Who was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award on 23 December
2014?
Ans. Amitabh Bachchan

3) India on 20 December 2014 won the Men and Women title of Kabaddi World
Cup 2014. Where was the event held?
Ans. Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

4) Who was elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of

Commerce & Industry (FICCI) on 20 December 2014?
Ans. Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson of Bharat Hotels

5) Who was recently appointed as the ambassador of Cricket World Cup 2015?
Ans. Sachin Tendulkar

6) Who was on 19 December 2014 appointed as the Chairman of the reconstituted

Indian Banks Association committee on Member Private Sector Banks for 201415?

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Ans. Shyam Srinivasan
Note: He is the CEO of Federal Bank.
7) Which section of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was in news recently as Union
Home Ministry decided to remove this Section, thus decriminalizing attempt to
suicide?
Ans. Section 309

8) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 23 December 2014 extended the deadline for
exchanging pre-2005 of various denominations to?
Ans. 30 June 2015

9) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpee and freedom fighter Pandit Madan
Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) were selected for Bharat Ratna recently. In
which year Bharat Ratna was instituted?
Ans. 1954

10) National Consumers Right Day was observed across India on? - 24
December

11) National Mathematics Day was celebrated on 22 December every year on

whose birthday?
Ans. Srinivasa Ramanujan

12) India on 20 December 2014 exported CGS Barracuda offshore patrol vessel
(OPV) to which country?
Ans. Mauritius

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Note: This is the first warship ordered by a foreign country from shipyard of
India.
13) Name the Mission launched by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
on 25 December 2014 to achieve full immunization coverage for all children by
2020?
Ans. Indradhanush

14) Which country recently successfully test-launched Angara-A5 rocket?

Ans. Russia

15) Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) on 22 December 2014 bagged a 16.96 million
Euro contract for a thermal power project in which country?
Ans. Turkey

16) Union Government recently released Calendar for the year 2015 with the
theme?
Ans. Clean India Green India

17) Which was named as the most important scientific Breakthrough of the Year
2014 by Science journal recently?
Ans. European space mission Rosetta

18) Union Ministry of Home Affairs on 23 December 2014 set up a committee to

examine the possibility of constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for
reinvestigation of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. Who will head the committe?
Ans. former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retired) G.P. Mathur.

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19) Who was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal
India Ltd (CIL) on 23 December 2014?
Ans. S Bhattacharya

20) Which country won Gold in World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad on 22
December 2014?
Ans. India
Note: Event was held at Gyor, Hungary.
21) Union Cabinet on 23 December 2014 approved promulgation of an Ordinance
to hike Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in the insurance sector to?
Ans. 49 percent

22) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 22 December 2014 licensed which subsidiary
of Ford Motor Credit Company to operate as a non-banking financial company
(NBFC) in India?
Ans. Ford Credit India

23) Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on 19 December 2014 has partnered with
which company to transform Surat into a smart city?
Ans. Microsoft India

24) Book titled Why I Assassinated Gandhi written by Nathuram Godse and
Gopal Godse was in news in during December 2014 for what?
Ans. First revised edition of book was published by Delhi-based Farsight
Publishers and Distributors.

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25) Which country on 23 December 2014 launched its largest ever missile
warship named Tuo Chiang?
Ans. Taiwan

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