JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of December1,2015

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of December1,2015 for you!!

1. President Pranab Mukherjee on 30^th November, 2015 presented Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE award to 31 … across the country.

• Sepoys
• Scientist
• Doctors
• school children

Answer: 4

2. Name the project inaugurated by Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani at the Indian Institute of Technology- Gandhinagar in Gujarat on 30^th November, 2015 under which institutes of higher education will host guest lectures by internationally and nationally renowned experts and evolve a comprehensive Faculty Development Programme.

• GIAN
• SUDHI
• VIDYA
• SHIKSHA

Answer: 1

3. Jana Chaitanya Yatras (mass contact programmes) is beginning on 1^st December, 2015 to educate the people on the welfare schemes launched by the State government and elicit the views of the people on the status of their implementation. This program has been under taken in…

• Odisha
• Rajasthan
• Andhra Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh

Answer: 3

4. Name the political leaders of Bangladesh who has surrendered before a Dhaka court on 30^th November, 2015 in an about 1.8 billion dollar graft case involving a gas exploration and extraction deal awarded to Canadian firm Niko during 2001-2006?

• Khaleda Zia
• Sheikh Hasina
• Tarique Rahman
• Hussain Muhammad Ershad

Answer: 1

5. Indian Railways has signed 40,000 crore rupees contracts with General Electric and Alstom Transport to set up two locomotive plants in one of the following states. Identify it among the given options.

• Bihar
• Assam
• Odisha
• Jharkhand

Answer: 1

6. The currency of which of the following countries has been included into its elite reserve currency basket by International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 30^th November,2015?

• Chile’s Peso
• Indian rupee
• China’s Yuan
• Jamaican dollar

Answer: 3

7. China’s Yuan is also known as the …

• Yen
• Peso
• Dinar
• Renminbi

Answer: 4

8. Who among the following former Indian cricketer has stepped down as the Chief Mentor of IPL franchise Mumbai Indians with immediate effect from 30^th November, 2015?

• Ajay Jadeja
• Ravi Shastri
• Anil Kumble
• Sourav Ganguly

Answer: 3

9. ‘World AIDS Day was observed on…

• 27^th November
• 29^th November
• 30^th November
• 1^st December

Answer: 3

10. The theme of ‘World AIDS Day for 2015 is

• Close the gap
• Getting to Zero
• On the fast track to end AIDS
• ‘Getting to zero, End Aids by 2030’

Answer: 4

Happy learning!

TEAM CL