Dear Aspirants,
Here is the JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of December 17, 2015 for you!!
- Invoking its constitutional powers, the Supreme Court of India has appointed a former judge, Virendra Singh, as Lokayukta of
- Uttar Pradesh
- Haryana
- Assam
- Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: 1
- Who among the following is the Union Minister for Women and Child Development?
- Jayanthi Natarajan
- Menaka Gandhi
- Nirmala Sitharaman
- Smriti Zubin Irani
Answer: 2
- The Supreme Court has imposed a ban on the registration of diesel-run private cars of the capacity of 2000 CC. Which among the following is/are the sources of diesel fuel?
(1) biomass
- coal liquefaction
- biogas
- All of the above
Answer: 4
- For strengthening energy efficiency cooperation, the Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and
- OPEC countries
- SAARC countries
- BRICS countries
- ASIAN countries
Answer: 3
- The government and Google have in-principle agreed to work on Loon project for providing Internet connectivity by using large balloons. Which telecommunications company will be partner with the project Loon?
- BSNL
- TCIL
- MTNL
- Reliance Communications
Answer: 1
- Which State government has decided to abolish VAT, CST on Sugar factories and permit foreign institutions to establish their campuses in the state?
- Tamil Nadu
- Andhra Pradesh
- Kerala
- Karnataka
Answer: 2
- In a decree signed by Russian president Vladimir Putin, that includes former Soviet countries from 1 January, which country has been excluded from a free trade zone?
- Ukraine
- Moldova
- Romania
- Poland
Answer: 1
- In recent times, India has signed a deal with Japan , for the largest-ever foreign investment in the railway sector, to introduce its marquee Shinkansen bullet trains on
- Mumbai-Surat
- Mumbai-Ahmedabad
- Mumbai-Delhi
- Mumbai-Bengaluru
Answer: 2
- The Asian Development Bank is financing a project to build a sea bridge and tunnel connecting India with
- Sri Lanka
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
Answer: 1
- The Union Cabinet has approved a policy framework for development of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) in unexplored coal and __________bearing areas in the country.
- Anthracite
- Lignite
- Peat
- Black Coal
Answer: 2
Happy learning!
TEAM CL
