JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of December 19, 2015

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of December 19, 2015

1. The Lok Sabha on 17th December, 2015 has passed one of the following Bills that aim at making dispute resolution in the country quicker and easier. Name the Bill.

• Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2015
• Arbitration and Reconciliation (Amendment) Bill 2015
• Intervention and Arbitration Bill (Amendment) 2015
• Reconciliation and Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2015

Answer: 4

2. China on 17^th December, 2015 successfully launched the country’s first space telescope in search for signals of dark matter, an invisible material that makes up most of the universe’s mass. Identify it from the given options.

• Dark Matter Particle Explorer
• Dark Material Particle Explorer
• Dark Matter Particle Proponent
• Dark Material Particulate Surveyor

Answer: 1

3. A newly unearthed dinosaur species have been discovered in December, 2015 that once roamed the territory of modern day Spain and Portugal. Identify it from the given options.

• Morelladon beltrani
• Norelladon beltrani
• Zorelladon Cheltrani
• Sorelladon Cheltrani

Answer: 1

4. Name the book authored by the grand niece of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Madhuri Bose?

• The Bose Brothers and Indian Freedom Movement
• The Bose Brothers and Indian Freedom Struggle
• The Bose Brothers and Indian Freedom Movement – An Inside Story
• The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence – An Insider’s Account

Answer: 4

5. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received one of the following Awards for Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation from UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business on December 17, 2015 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Name it.

• Pulitzer Prize
• Garwood award
• The Asian Awards
• Global leadership awards

Answer: 2

6. Which of the following countries celebrates its National Day on 18^th December?

• State of Qatar
• Republic of Niger
• Both A and B
• None of the above

Answer: 3

7. Who among the following has been appointed as the COO (chief operating officer ) of Apple Inc on 17th December 2015?

• Tim Cook
• Steve Jobs
• Jeff Williams
• Tim Armstrong

Answer: 3

8. Who among the following has been appointed as the New CEO of Tata Starbucks’s effective from 1^st January, 2016?

• Sumi Ghosh
• Falguni Dev
• Avani Davda
• Abhirup Ghosh

Answer: 1

9. Hindustan Unilever has signed an agreement with Mosons Group in December, 2015 to acquire …brand.

• Trent
• Kiran
• Indulekha
• Indralekha

Answer: 3

10. Which of the following Cities of the world has been topped the list of emerging world cities’ conducted by JLL’s new report, Globalisation and Competition: The New World of Cities in December, 2015?

• Dubai
• Beijing
• Mumbai
• Shanghai

Answer: 4

Happy learning!

TEAM CL