current affairs capsule december 2014 part 1

Current Affairs December 2014 Part 1

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Current Affairs December Questions 2014 Part 1

Question: The 18th Summit of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation

(SAARC) was organized in _______?

A) Kathmandu

B) Islamabad

C) Colombo

D) New Delhi

Answer & Explanation: The 18th Summit of South Asian Association of Regional

Cooperation (SAARC) was organized in Kathmandu.

Question: What was the theme of 18th Summit of South Asian Association of Regional

Cooperation (SAARC)?

A) We Can Together Achieve

B) Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity

C) We Wish We Do

D) Power of Growth of nations

Answer & Explanation: Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity was the theme

of 18th Summit of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Question: The 19th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit

will be held in ______ in 2016?

A) Pakistan

B) Maldives

C) Nepal

D) India

Answer & Explanation: The 19th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation

(SAARC) summit will be held in Pakistan in 2016.

Question: India successfully tested the nuclear-capable Agni-IV ballistic missile from

the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast on December 2, 2014. Agni-IV is a _____ missile?



A) air-to-surface

B) surface-to-surface

C) air-to-air

D) surface-to-air

Answer & Explanation: Agni-IV is a surface-to-surface missile.

Question: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to complete prosecution of

black money holders abroad under the Income Tax Act by _______?

A) January 31, 2015

B) May 31, 2015

C) March 31, 2015

D) December 31, 2015

Answer & Explanation: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to complete

prosecution of black money holders abroad under the Income Tax Act by March 31,

2015.

Question: Union Government has approved Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

to provide access of _________ to rural households across the country.

A) home

B) water

C) electricity

D) food

Answer & Explanation: Union Government has approved Deendayal Upadhyaya

Gram Jyoti Yojana to provide access of electricity to rural households across the

country.

Question: The Central Government has announced how much package for the

development of North-East?

A) 21,000 crore

B) 28,000 crore

C) 23,000 crore



D) 30,000 crore

Answer & Explanation: The Central Government has announced Rs 28,000

crore package for the development of North-East.

Question: With which country India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for

the development of Nalanda University in Bihar as an international centre of

excellence?

A) Bangladesh

B) Japan

C) Bhutan

D) Sri Lanka

Answer & Explanation: India and Bhutan have signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) for the development of Nalanda University in Bihar as an

international centre of excellence.

Question: How many new Ministers inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi

cabinet?

A) 21

B) 29

C) 27

D) 23

Answer & Explanation: 21 new Ministers inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi

cabinet.

Question: Who is the Prime Minister of Fiji?

A) Achyuta Samanta

B) Manson Fok

C) Josiah V. Bainimarama

D) Virima Mudogo

Answer & Explanation: Josiah V. Bainimarama is the Prime Minister of Fiji.



Question: How many agreements India signed with Nepal during Prime Minister

Narendra Modis Nepal visit?

A) nine

B) ten

C) eight

D) eleven

Answer & Explanation: India signed ten agreements with Nepal during Prime

Minister Narendra Modis Nepal visit.

Question: Bus service called Pashupatinath Express has started between India and

_____?

A) Sri Lanka

B) Pakistan

C) Nepal

D) Bangladesh

Answer & Explanation: Bus service called Pashupatinath Express has started

between India and Nepal.

Question: With which country India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) for cooperation in the oil and gas sector for a period of five years?

A) Mozambique

B) US

C) Japan

D) South Korea

Answer & Explanation: India and Mozambique have signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the oil and gas sector for a period of five years.

Question: Who is the Director-General of WTO?

A) Anthony Lake

B) Roberto Azevedo



C) Ban Ki Mon

D) Jim Yong Kim

Answer & Explanation: Roberto Azevedo is the Director-General of WTO.

Question: Which organization has released Economic Outlook 2014?

A) ADB

B) OECD

C) WB

D) IMF

Answer & Explanation: Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has

released Economic Outlook 2014.

Question: Which among the following country is not the SAARC member country?

A) Afghanistan

B) Maldives

C) India

D) Vietnam

Answer & Explanation: Vietnam is not the SAARC member country.

Question: The 45th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), one of the most

significant film festivals of Asia was held in ______?

A) Bangalore

B) Gandhinagar

C) Panaji

D) Bhopal

Answer & Explanation: The 45th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI),

one of the most significant film festivals of Asia was held in Panaji.

Question: Who was awarded with the Indian Centenary Personality of the Year award

at the 45th IFFI at Panaji?

A) Rajinikanth



B) Dilip Kumar

C) Lata Mangeshkar

D) Amitabh Bachchan

Answer & Explanation: Rajinikanth was awarded with the Centenary Personality of

the Year award at the 45th IFFI at Panaji.

Question: Which film won the Best Film award at the 45th IFFI at Panaji?

A) The Kindergarten Teacher

B) Leviathan

C) Ek Hazarachi Note

D) Chotoder Chobi

Answer & Explanation: Leviathan won the Best Film award at the 45th IFFI at Panaji.

Question: According to the OECD, India growth is projected _______ in 2015?

A) 6.0

B) 6.4

C) 5.9

D) 6.7

Answer & Explanation: According to the OECD, India growth is projected 6.4 per cent

in 2015.

Question: The 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was

concluded in _____?

A) Singapore

B) Brisbane

C) Kathmandu

D) Beijing

Answer & Explanation: The 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit

was concluded in Beijing.



Question: What was the theme of 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

summit?

A) Shaping the Future through APEC

B) Nations Future

C) Tech Fair for Development

D) Deep Integrity through APEC

Answer & Explanation: Shaping the Future through APEC was the theme of 22nd

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Question: Russia and Iran have signed a contract to build nuclear reactors at ______?

A) Baijai

B) Baghdad

C) Tehran

D) Bushehr

Answer & Explanation: Russia and Iran have signed a contract to build nuclear

reactors at Bushehr in Iran.

Question: Which country has launched remote sensing satellite Yaogan-23 from

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre for scientific experiments?

A) Indonesia

B) China

C) Japan

D) South Korea

Answer & Explanation: China has launched remote sensing satellite Yaogan-23 from

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre.

Question: With which country India has developed Long Range Surface-to-Air missile

(LRSAM)?

A) Syria

B) Israel

C) Vietnam



D) Japan

Answer & Explanation: Israel and India have developed Long Range Surface-to-Air

missile (LRSAM).

Question: When National Youth Day observed across India?

A) February 12

B) March 12

C) April 12

D) January 12

Answer & Explanation: National Youth Day observed on January 12 across India.

Question: When National Voters Day observed across India?

A) January 19

B) January 25

C) January 21

D) January 27

Answer & Explanation: National Voters Day observed on January 25 across India.

Question: Who was appointed as the new CBI Director?

A) Subhash Kumar

B) Anil Kumar

C) Arvinda Adiga

D) Shrihari Sathe

Answer & Explanation: Anil Kumar was appointed as the new CBI Director.

Question: Who was appointed as the new Secretary General of the Lok Sabha?

A) Manish Paul

B) Narendra Tomar

C) Satish Kaushik

D) Anoop Mishra



Answer & Explanation: Anoop Mishra was appointed as the new Secretary General of

the Lok Sabha.

Question: Who was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa?

A) Devendra Fadnavis

B) Laxmikant Parsekar

C) Nitin Gadkari

D) M L Khattar

Answer & Explanation: Laxmikant Parsekar was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of

Goa.

Question: Deepak Gupta has appointed as the new Chairman of Union Public Service

Commission (UPSC) in place of _______?

A) Sunil Rana

B) Rajni Razdan

C) C Radhakrishnan

D) D P Agarwal

Answer & Explanation: Deepak Gupta has appointed as the new Chairman of Union

Public Service Commission (UPSC) in place of Rajni Razdan.

Question: Who was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct

Taxes?

A) Thomas Mathew

B) Umakanta Behera

C) Anita Kapur

D) Sangeeta Tripathi

Answer & Explanation: Anita Kapur was appointed as the new Chairperson of the

Central Board of Direct Taxes.

Question: Who has been appointed as the member of United Nations (UN) probe panel

on Gaza?



A) K.C. Reddy

B) R.P. Banerjee

C) Sumit Kundu

D) R.K. Agarwal

Answer & Explanation: K.C. Reddy has been appointed as the member of United

Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza.

Question: Who is the author of the book India-US Partnership Asian Challenges and

Beyond?

A) Indrajit Saha

B) P.P. Shukla

C) Sushovan Bharti

D) Washim Khan

Answer & Explanation: P.P. Shukla is the author of the book India-US Partnership

Asian Challenges and Beyond.

Question: India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash

missile from the Integrated Test Range in _______?

A) Odisha

B) Rajasthan

C) Karnatak

D) Maharashtra

Answer & Explanation: India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed

surface-to-air Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha

Question: Akash missile is a ______?

A) air-to-air

B) surface-to-air

C) surface-to-surface

D) air-to-surface

Answer & Explanation: Akash is a surface-to-air missile.



Question: India successfully test-fired surface-to-surface nuclear ballistic missile

Dhanush from Odisha coast. Dhanush have a strike range of ______?

A) 450 km

B) 300 km

C) 350 km

D) 290 km

Answer & Explanation: Dhanush have a strike range of 350 km.

Question: In an all-stock amalgamation, ING Vysya Bank has merged with which

private sector bank?

A) Axis

B) Kotak Mahindra

C) ICICI

D) HDFC

Answer & Explanation: ING Vysya Bank merged with Kotak Mahindra bank, in an all-

stock amalgamation.

Question: Who has been selected for the second Yash Chopra Memorial Award?

A) Asha Bhosle

B) Lata Mangeshkar

C) Usha Mangeshkar

D) Amitabh Bachchan

Answer & Explanation: Amitabh Bachchan has been selected for the second Yash

Chopra Memorial Award.

Question: Who was conferred the prestigious BCCI-instituted Colonel C.K. Nayudu

Lifetime Achievement award?

A) Dilip Vengsarkar

B) Sunil Gavaskar

C) Arjun Singh



D) Kapil Dev

Answer & Explanation: Dilip Vengsarkar was conferred the prestigious BCCI-instituted

Colonel C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award.

Question: Who was conferred the Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2014 for Lifetime

Achievement?

A) Sanjeev Patjoshi

B) Prabir Pal

C) Pandit Jasraj

D) Manoj R. Nayak

Answer & Explanation: Pandit Jasraj was conferred the Sumitra Charat Ram Award

2014 for Lifetime Achievement.

Question: Who was conferred the IIM-JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate

Leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014?

A) D. Subbarao

B) Y.V. Reddy

C) Raghuram G. Rajan

D) C.S. Verma

Answer & Explanation: C.S. Verma was conferred the IIM-JRD Tata Award for

Excellence in Corporate Leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014.

Question: Who won prestigious Gandhian Philosophy and Public Service Broadcasting

Award 2014?

A) Radio Kashmir

B) ISRO

C) SAIL

D) Doordarshan

Answer & Explanation: Radio Kashmir won prestigious Gandhian Philosophy and

Public Service Broadcasting Award 2014.



Question: Who won Turner Prize 2014 for a video called It for Others, which reflects

on African Arts?

A) Northern Raisa

B) Duncan Campbell

C) Thomas Pitty

D) Jason Day

Answer & Explanation: Duncan Campbell won Turner Prize 2014 for a video called It

for Others, which reflects on African Arts.

Question: Who has bagged the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize?

A) Bilal Tanweer

B) Puttin Ram

C) Ramesh Agarwal

D) Guljar

Answer & Explanation: Bilal Tanweer has bagged the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book

Prize.

Question: What was the name of India-origin scientist, who was awarded the National

Medal of Science by US President Barack Obama?

A) Jeff Immelt

B) Merck Kenneth

C) Arun Jaitley

D) Thomas Kailath

Answer & Explanation: Thomas Kailath was awarded the National Medal of Science

by US President Barack Obama.

Question: Who has won the prestigious International Childrens Peace Prize 2014?

A) Malala Yousafzai

B) Sammer Nort

C) Neha Gupta

D) Sebastian Pole



Answer & Explanation: Neha Gupta has won the prestigious International Childrens

Peace Prize 2014.

Question: Who was chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and

Development for 2014?

A) Airport Authority of India

B) SEBI

C) ISRO

D) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Answer & Explanation: ISRO was chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,

Disarmament and Development for 2014.

Question: Who was chosen for Japans top national award, The Grand Cordon of the

Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Manmohan Singh

C) Narendra Singh Tomar

D) Sonia Gandhi

Answer & Explanation: Manmohan Singh was chosen for Japans top national award,

The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014.

Question: The 12-day United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP20, or COP10

was commenced in _____?

A) New York

B) New Delhi

C) Dubai

D) Lima

Answer & Explanation: The 12-day United Nations Climate Change Conference,

COP20, or COP10 was commenced in Lima.

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