Jan 12, 2016

Expected Current Affairs for Competitive Examination

1) Which country on 6 Dec. 2015 won the 2014-15 Men’s Hockey World League? - Australia
2) Armed Forces Flag Day was observed across India on? - 7 December 2015
3) Which cities on 8 December 2015 became the new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL)? - Pune and Rajkot
4) Laimdota Straujuma, the first female Prime Minister of which country on 7 Dec. 2015 announced her resignation? – Latvia
5) Who recently won the 2015 Female Badminton Player of the Year award? - Carolina Marin
6) Which Indian cricket player on 9 December 2015 became the co-owner of the Pro Wrestling League team, UP Warriors? - Rohit Sharma
7) Name the eighth edition of India-Russia joint naval exercise which begun in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh recently? - INDRA NAVY-15
8) Which Indian metro city was affected by floods due to incessant rain in the first week of December 2015? – Chennai
9) International Day of Persons with Disabilities was recently observed across the world on? - 3 December 2015
10) Justice Tirath Singh (TS) Thakur was on 3 December 2015 sworn in as ____ Chief Justice of India? - 43rd
11) Which Indian player was declared as the number 1 test all rounder in the latest ICC rankings? - Ravichandran Ashwin
12) Book "On My Terms" released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 Dec. 2015 is the autobiography of? - Sharad Pawar
13) Who was named as 2015 Person of the Year on 9 December 2015 by Time Magazine? - Angela Merkel (German Chancellor)
14) Which former cricketer was on 9 December 2015 awarded with an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)? - Mahela Jayawardene
15) Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on 3 December 2015 became the co-owner of which International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) franchise? - Singapore Slammers        
16) RBI in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy review on 1 December 2015 has maintained Repo rate at? 6.75 percent
17) Vijay Chaudhary was on 2 December 2015 unanimously elected as the Speaker of? - Bihar Assembly
18) Name one of the finest exponents of Koodiyattom and Nangiarkoothu who passed away on 1 December 2015? - Margi Sathi
19) Who on 1 December 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London? - Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
20) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed globally on? - 2 December 2015
21) 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was presented at a ceremony held in Oslo, Norway on 10 December 2015 to? - Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet (NDQ)
22) Which Indian actor was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th edition of Dubai International Film Festival on 10 Dec. 2015? - Naseerudin Shah
23) Mauricio Macri on 11 December 2015 sworn in as new President of? – Argentina
24) Which of the following countries will host the 2016 ICC Women’s World Twenty20? – India
25) Dilip Kumar, Indian cinema's one of the greatest actors was on 13 December 2015 has been conferred with? - Padma Vibhushan

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