Current Affairs (December 1 to 7) Bit bank
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Hornbill Festival in which of the following states on December 1, 2014?
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Nagaland
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Tripura
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Assam
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Manipur
Who is the author of the book Not just an Accountant?
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Shashikant Sharma
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Vinod Rai
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[Link]
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Soli Sorabjee
Who became the first cricketer to claim a hat-trick on debut in a one- day international on December 1, 2014?
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Shakib al Hasan
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Jubair Hossain
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Taijul Islam
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Mahmudullah
Who has been appointed as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?
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Amar Pratap Singh
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Syed Asif Ibrahim
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Dilip Trivedi
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Anil Kumar Sinha
On December 2, 2014, the Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rate unchanged at?
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9 per cent
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8.5 per cent
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8 per cent
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9.5 per cent
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The world AIDS Day is observed on?
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December 7
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December 10
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December 1
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December 2
Maoists killed 14 central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Sukma district of which of the following states on December 1, 2014?
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Jharkhand
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Maharashtra
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Madhya Pradesh
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Chhattisgarh
Jean Yves Le Drian visited India in the first week of December 2014. He is the Defence Minister of?
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France
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Germany
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Italy
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Poland
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the ration the second unit of the 726 MW gas-based power plants at Palatana in?
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Sikkim
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Tripura
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West Bengal
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Himachal Pradesh
Who is the author of the book Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar?
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Dilip d'souza
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Boria Majumdar
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Vijay Lokapally
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Nirmal Shekar
At present how many public sector banks are there in India?
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19
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22
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27
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India will purchase 126 Rafale fighter jets from?
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Spain
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France
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U.K
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Germany
Congress leader A.R. Antulay died on December 2, 2014. He was the Chief Minister of?
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Maharashtra
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Bihar
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Karnataka
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Haryana
Agni IV was launched successfully on December 2, 2014. Its full range is?
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2,000 km
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3,000 km
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2,500 km
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4,000 km
The RBI retained its growth projection for 2014-15 at?
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5 Percent
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5.5 Percent
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6 Percent
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6.5 Percent
Deven Verma died on December 2, 2014. He was a renowned?
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Author
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Painter
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Actor
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Businessman
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed every year on?
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December 1
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December 2
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December 3
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December 4
Which of the following universities topped the times higher education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2015 covering 18
countries?
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Peking University
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Tsinghua University
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Punjab University
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Singapore University
Which is Indias top ranked university in the Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging 3Economies Rankings 2015. That was published
in December 2014?
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The Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore)
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IIT, Bombay
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IIT, Rookie
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Punjab University, Chandigarh
What is Indias rank in the Transparency Internationals Corruption Perception Index 2014(CPI)?
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82
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85
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92
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95
Which country ranked first in the Transparency Internationals Corruption Perception Index 2014?
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Denmark
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Norway
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Iceland
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Finland
The finance ministry set up a high-level committee to interact with trade and industry on tax related issues on a regular basis and
ascertain areas where clarity in tax laws is required. The committee is headed by?
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Ashok Chowk
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Ashok Lahiri
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Siddharth Pradhan
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R.S. Gujral
Which of the following teams won the Deodhar Cricket Trophy in December 2014?
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East Zone
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West Zone
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North zone
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South Zone
Justice [Link] Iyer died on December 4, 2014. He worked as a Minster in?
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Tamil Nadu
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Karnataka
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Kerala
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Odisha
The worlds largest diamond mining company Alrosa is in?
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China
2.
South Africa
3.
Australia
4.
Russia
Which of the following teams won the Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament in Kolkata on December 4, 2014?
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Indian oil
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Punjab National Bank
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Army XI
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Air India
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India has helped which of the following countries to tackle drinking water crisis?
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Bangladesh
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Pakistan
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Maldives
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Nepal
Who was named Asian of the Year by the Straits Times, a leading Singapore newspaper on December 5, 2014?
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Shinzo Abe
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Thein sein
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Xi Jinping
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Narendra Modi
The International Criminal Courts Chief Prosecutor dropped a case against Uhuru Kenyatta, the president of?
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Rwanda
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Sudan
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Kenya
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Paris
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was set up in 2002 to probe the worlds gravest crimes. ICC is based in?
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Geneva
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The Hague
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Washington D.C.
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Paris
Ashton Carter has been nominated by President Barack Obama for the post of the United States Secretary of?
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Treasury
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State
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Defence
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Commerce
The British Museum has loaned a marble sculpture of Greek river god Illissos to Hermitage Museum in?
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USA
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Russia
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Australia
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France
Who clinched the title in the Qatar Masters International Chess Tournament in Doha on December 5, 2014?
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Vladimir Kramnik
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Vladimir Akopian
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Yu Yangyi
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B. Adhiban
Which of the following cities hosted the Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament in December 2014?
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Kolkata
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New Delhi
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Patna
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Bhubaneswar
Mahaparinirvan Din is observed every bear on?
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December 4
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December 5
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December 6
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December 2
Who adopted Benti village in Uttar Pradesh under the Prime Ministers Adarsh Gram Yojana?
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Rajnath Singh
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Uma Bharati
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Narendra Modi
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Nitin Gadkari
Gwladys Nocera won the Hero womens Indian open golf tournament on December 6, 2014. She belongs to?
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Frame
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Germany
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Spain
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Switzerland
Which country will establish a permanent military base at the Mina Salman port in Bahrain?
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U.S.A
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U.K
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France
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Russia
Typhoon Hagupit hit which of the following countries in December 2014?
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India
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Japan
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Venezuela
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French Guiana
Communication satellite GSAT-16 was successfully launched from Kourou in?
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Ukraine
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Russia
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Venezuela
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French Guiana
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Explanatory notes
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland at Kisama heritage village near the capital Kohima. He described the
Northeast region as Indias capital of organic agriculture and said that the entre northeast region had a Natural Economic Zone (NEZ).
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Vinod Rai is the former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
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Taijul Islam of Bangladesh achieved a hat-trick against Zimbabwe in Dhaka on December 1, 2014. He is a left-arm spinner. He is only the fourth
Bangladeshi to claim a hat- trick in a one-day international cricket match.
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The Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is also unchanged at 4 percent.
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Abdul Rehman Antulay was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra between 1980 and 1982. He was the Union Minority Affairs Minister between 2004
and 2009.
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Agni-IV is nuclear weapons-capable, two stage solid fuelled missile. It was launched from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha Coast.
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Transparency International has ranked India at 85th place in its corruption perception Index 2014 which enlists 178 countries. Indias rank was 94 in
2013.
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East Zone won the Deodhar Trophy cricket by beating West Zone by 24 runs in Mumbai. East Zone captain is Manoj Tiwary.
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Justice VR Krishna Iyer, former Supreme Court Judge and former Minister of Kerala, passed away in Kochi. He recently turned 100. He was given
Padma Vibhushan in 1999. He unsuccessfully contested to the post of president against Congress nominee late [Link] in 1987.
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkars death anniversary is observed as Mahaparinirvan Din. His memorial is called Chaityabhoomi which is in Mumbai.
