Current Affairs Questions 16 December 2014

Daily Current Affairs Questions

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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 December 2014 launched a book titled "Born Again on the Mountain" by __________.

A. Krushnaa Patil
B. Arunima Sinha
C. Kalpana Dash
D. Bachendri Pal

 

B. Arunima Sinha

She is the first Indian amputee and first female amputee to climb Mount Everest.

2. Recently who became longest serving Chief Minister of India ?

A. Pawan Chamling (Sikkim)
B. N. Chandrababu Naidu(Andhra Pradesh)
C. Omar Abdullah(Jammu and Kashmir)
D. Tarun Gogoi (Assam)

 

A. Pawan Chamling (Sikkim)
He completed his 20 years in the office on 12 December 2014. He has been chief minister of Sikkim since 12 December 1994.

3. Rolene Strauss has been named the winner of the Miss World 2014. She is from _____________.

A. Indonesia
B. Kenya
C. South Africa
D. Peru

 

C. South Africa

4. Anerood Jugnauth was appointed as Prime Minister of ___________by the President for the sixth time.

A. Fiji
B. Mauritius
C. Malaysia
D. Maldives

 

B. Mauritius

Previously Jugnauth served as President of Mauritius from 2003 to 2012. He has also severed as Prime Minister of Mauritius from 1982 to 1995 and again between 2000 and 2003.

5. Which Indian film was nominated for Oscar contenders of 2014 in two categories namely Best Picture and Best Original Score ?

A. Jal
B. Kochadaiiyaan
C. Mary Kom
D. Daawat-E-Ishq

A. Jal

The other Indian film nominated for the Best Original score is Kochadaiiyaan starring Rajnikant. The music composition by A.R. Rahman.

6. India set a new world record for the world’s largest human formation of a national by creating Tricolour by participation of 50000 volunteers in _____________.

A. New Delhi
B. Pune
C. Chennai
D. Bhubaneswar

 

C. Chennai

7. Grihanandan Singh died recently. He was a well-known player of _____________.

A. Cricket
B. Badminton
C. Hockey
D. Athlete

C. Hockey

He won two Olympic gold medals with the Indian team.

8. National Energy Conservation Day observed on ________________.

A. 15 December
B. 14 December
C. 11 December
D. 3 December

 

B. 14 December

9. Which Indian businessman was awarded Swiss Ambassador Award for inspirational and socially responsible leadership ?

A. Azim Premji
B. Venugopal Dhoot
C. Anand Mahindra
D. Shiv Nadar

 

A. Azim Premji

10. Indian Communication Satellite GSAT-16 was on 7 December 2014 launched successfully from Kourou space port in __________.

A. Russia
B. French Guiana
C. India
D. West Indies

 

B. French Guiana