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INTERNATIONAL

1) Name the group declared as a terrorist organization by the Egypt Court recently?
Ans:-  Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

2) Which country and Maldives on 2 December 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a preliminary study of a proposed bridge connecting the international airport to Maldives capital Male?
Ans:- China

3) Which country was recently hit by acute water crisis after a fire broke out in the country’s water treatment plant, causing extensive damage leading to disconnection of water supply?
Ans:- Maldives

4) Name the Kenyan President on whom the International Criminal Court has withdrawn charges against humanity?
Ans:- Uhuru Kenyatta

5) Name the country that has become most dangerous country in the world as per the report published on 9 December 2014 by Intel Center, a Washington-based company working for intelligence agencies?
Ans:- Iraq

INDIA & WORLD

1) Recently, India was re-elected to ECOSOC along with 13 other new members. ECOSOC is a primary organ of __?
Ans:- United Nations

2) The recently announced “Newton-Bhabha Fund” is a collaboration between India and which country?
Ans:- United Kingdom

3) Which country and Russia on 5 December 2014 signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement for designing, developing and producing the Multi Role Fighter Aircraft?
Ans:- India

4) United Nations Organisation (UNO) on 11 December 2014 declared which day as World Yoga Day?
Ans:- June 21

5) The theme of the 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index is?
Ans:- Reducing Barriers to Economic Growth and Job Creation

NATIONAL

1) Supreme Court on 3 December 2014 set up a special ‘Social Justice Bench’ to exclusively hear cases concerning social issues particularly those related to women, children and underprivileged.The bench will assemble every week on?
Ans:- Friday

2) Round the clock all India Security helpline ‘1800-111-322’ was recently launched by?
Ans:- Indian Railways

3) Which leader’s birthday was observed as National Good Governance Day on 25 December 2014?
Ans:- Atal Behari Vajpayee

4) The Supreme Court on 3 December 2014 directed the Union to complete prosecution of black money hoarders abroad under the Income Tax Act, 1961 by —?
Ans:- 31 March 2015

5) What is the lock-in period in the revamped Kisan Vikas Patra scheme?
Ans:- 2.5 years

STATES

1) The recently banned militant outfit Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) operates in __?
Ans:- West Bengal and Assam

2) Name the village adopted by the Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on 3 December 2014 under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY)?
Ans:- Jagdishpur Village

3) Union Cabinet on 5 December 2014 relaxed norms for e-rickshaw drivers in which state?
Ans:- Delhi

4) Name the district of Uttar Pradesh whose name has changed to ‘Bhadohi’ by U.P. Cabinet on 6 December 2014?
Ans:- Sant Ravidas Nagar

5) Name the India’s first e-governance project launched by the President of India on 8 December 2014?
Ans:- Karnataka Mobile One

CONFERENCES

1) Who will host the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in 2016?
Ans:- Islamabad ,Pakistan

2) Where was the World Diamond Conference 2014 held on 11 December 2014?
Ans:- New Delhi

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which movie has won top honours at the New York Film Critics awards on 1 December 2014?
Ans:- Boyhood

2) The 2014 Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award has been given to __?
Ans:- Rubber Board

3) Name the film artist who has won 2014 Turner Prize for a video that reflects on African art and includes a dance sequence inspired by Karl Marx?
Ans:- Duncan Campbell

4) Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan on 10 December 2014 received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. At which city of Norway, Nobel Peace Prize is presented?
Ans:- Oslo

5) Who was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2014 on 10 December 2014?
Ans:- Ebola Fighters

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who became the oldest player to score a century in the One-Day International (ODI) cricket?
Ans:-  Khurram Khan, UAE Captain

2) Which state recently won the 30th National Junior Athletics Championship 2014, for the third time in a row?
Ans:- Kerala

3) What are the name of mascots of the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympics Games?
Ans:- Vinicius and Tom

4) Name the chess player who won his maiden London Classic title after defeating British Grandmaster Michael Adams on 15 December 2014?
Ans:- Vishwananthan Anand

5) The 2014 Men’s Champions Trophy was held on 6 – 14 December 2014 in Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar.This is which edition of Champions Trophy?
Ans:- 35th

6) Name the Sri Lanka batsman on 3 December 2014 became the fourth batsman to complete 13000 One-Day Internationals (ODI) runs?
Ans:- Kumar Sangakkara

ECONOMY

1) World e-commerce leader Amazon was in news for its plan to acquire which Indian e-commerce player?
Ans:- Jabong

2) RBI recently doubled the Pre-Paid Card limit to Rs—-?
Ans:- 1 lakh

3) According to the SEBI, what is the minimum asset size for a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)___?
Ans:- Rs.500 Crore

4) Subsidiary of the investment banking arm of which bank recently launched an online Will creation service, the first of its kind in the country?
Ans:- State Bank of India ( SBICap Trustee is the name of the subsidiary) )

5) Reserve Bank of India, on 4 December 2014, asked banks to make the registration process for which banking service easy?
Ans:- Mobile Banking

6) According to the recently released “Global Wealth Databook 2014” by Swiss banking entity Credit Suisse, how much of India’s wealth is held by country’s 10% rich people?
Ans:- Around 75%

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) India’s Drug Technical Advisory Committee has recently waived-off the clinical tests of two drugs Aflibercept and Trastuzumab emtansine.These drugs are used for the treatment of __?
Ans:- Cancer

2) The 67P/ Churyumov–Gerasimenko, which was recently making news is a __?
Ans:- Comet

3) Which nations have agreed to build a new-generation rocket to maintain their lead in the market for satellite launches as per the agreement made on 3 December 2014?
Ans:- European Nations

4) How many frames per second can be captured by world’s fastest 2D camera developed by the researchers?
Ans:- 100 billion frames per second

5) Name the mission set to launch on 4 December 2014 postponed by the NASA due to some technical issues?
Ans:- Orion Mars capsule test mission

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who took charge as the new Director of CBI on 3 December 2014?
Ans:- Anil Kumar Sinha

2) Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Intelligence Bureau ( IB ), India?
Ans:- Dineshwar Sharma

B) RESIGNS

1) Name the Prime Minister of Haiti who resigned on 13 December 2014 following anti-government protests over delayed elections and calls for elections?
Ans:- Laurent Lamothe

C) DEATHS

1) Name the Former Union minister and Maharashtra’s first Muslim Chief Minister was died on 2 December 2014 in Mumbai?
Ans:- AR Antulay

2) Eminent jurist V R Krishna Iyer who passed away on 4 December 2014 belongs to which state?
Ans:- Kerala

D) VISITORS

1) Which northeastern state signed agreement with a Russian power company for collaborating in hydropower projects in the state on the sidelines of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India during December 2014?
Ans:- Arunachal Pradesh

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Which university was ranked no.1 in Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2015, covering 18 countries, that was released on 4 December 2014? Ans:- Peking University, China

PLACES IN NEWS

1) The recent nuclear power plant accident took place at Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. It is situated in which country? (Ans:- Ukraine )

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

1) What is the fullform of ECIL? (Ans:- Electronics Corporation of India Limited)

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) Book titled “Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince Gopaldas Desai (1887-1951)” was released recently. Who is the author of the book?
Ans:- Rajmohan Gandhi

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) What is NOT a purpose of “Bank Transaction Tax” proposed on cash withdrawals by Shome committe?
Ans:- Increase financial inclusion

DAYS & DATES

1) World Aids Day was observed on —–?
Ans:- December 1

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