Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Dec 17, 2014
Q1. Name the terror group that has been banned in India under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ISIS Terror Group. ISIS being banned by the United Nations is automatically outlawed in the country. The aim of the ban is to limit the activities of West Asia group in the country.
Q2. Name the terror group that has claimed the responsibility for the attack on military school in Peshawar on 16th Dec’14 killing more than 135 people?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). TP spokesman Mohammed Khurasani claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to media, saying that six suicide bombers had carried out the attack in revenge for the killings of Taliban members at the hands of Pakistani authorities.
Q3. Name the first nuclear-powered submarine manufactured indigenously in India for its sea trials from Vishakhapatnam on 15th Dec’ 2014, flagged off by the Defence Minister?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. Members of which country's minority communities will be given five years visa instead of one-year as part of Indian government's effort to address their grievances?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. As per the statement made by the Home Ministry, the central government has decided that henceforth the long-term visa will be granted initially by the Home Ministry for five years at a time on the specific recommendation of the state government or union territory administration instead of one year at present.
Q5. Who has become the first Indian origin person to be appointed as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States on 15th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vivek H. Murthy. This confirmation came more than a year after President Barack Obama had nominated him to this top administration post on public health issues in November 2013. He is a Hospitalist Attending Physician and Instructor in Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School, a position he has held since 2006.
Q6. As per the statistics released by Google on 16th Dec’14, name the most trending topic In India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Election 2014, which is followed by FIFA 2014, iPhone6, GATE 2015 and Narendra Modi.
Q7. Name the website which was searched most on Google in India during 2014 As per the statistics released by Google on 16th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: IRCTC, Website for Reservation in Indian Railways.
Q8. Name the person who was most searched on Google during 2014 as per the statistics released by Google on 16th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sunny Leone, Bollywood Actress. She was followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the second spot.
Q9. Name the airline joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines received the Air Operator Permit (AOP) from aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA on 15 December 2014 and thus became India’s third full service carrier?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vistara. Its Headquarter located in New Delhi. It would become India’s third full service carrier after state-run Air India and Jet Airways.
Q10. National Day of the Kingdom of Bhutan is being celebrated on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 17th December 2014.
Q11. Name the author of the book “Making One plus One Eleven – Some Innovative Experiences with Tripura”?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. S.K. Panda. The compilation in this book is like a garland of seventeen flowers (chapters) stitched together with hypothesis as the common thread, as a humble offering to the people. Each chapter has been written based on a common structure covering with (i) a brief background, (ii) International scenario, (iii) Indian scenario, (iv)Tripura scenario, (v) Action taken and its impact, (vi) the way ahead, and (vii) conclusion.
Q12. Name the books presented to the Prime Minister of India by Lt. General (Retd.) J.F.R. Jacob?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: "An Odyssey in War and Peace: An Autobiography Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob" and "Surrender at Dacca".
Q13. Name the mascots of the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vinicius and Tom. The names were declared on 14 December 2014 after they were chosen by a public vote that was conducted over the past three weeks, since the mascots were unveiled.
Q14. Which Indian private bank has launched the mobile banking facility ‘Aap Ki Muththi Mein’?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: HDFC Bank. The facility will offer over 75 transactions. These are both financial and non-financial transactions that one needs in their daily life.
Q15. Name the Indian group that acquired the iconic old war office building of Winston Churchill in Dec’2014 in partnership with a Spanish Industrial Company?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hinduja Group. The Old War Office Building’s was designed in Edwardian Baroque style (a style which paid homage to Renaissance architecture), by William Young and completed after his death by his son, Clyde Young, assisted by Sir John Taylor.
