JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of December10, 2015

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the JIGYASA: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of December10, 2015 for you!!

1. On Dec, 10, 2015, which Indian institute has bagged a US military contract for research and development on solar powered micro-grid?

• Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
• Centre for Development Studies
• Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
• Indian Institute of Science

Answer: 4

2. UN Secretary General welcomed the decision by India and Pakistan to engage in a comprehensive dialogue to discuss peace and security issues. Who is the incumbent UN Secretary General?

• Ban Ki-Moon
• Kofi Annan
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali
• None of the above

Answer: 1

3. The White House urged US Congress to approve funding requested by the Pentagon to support operations against the Islamic State in Syria. The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the

• President
• Vice-President
• Governors
• Armed Forces

Answer: 1

4. For security concerns, Turkey has warned any of its citizens traveling in Iraq, to leave at once, excluding which of the following provinces?

• Kurdish province
• Baghdad province
• Maysan
• Ninawa Province

Answer: 1

5. The 2^nd World Internet Conference 2015, which is jointly organized by the Cyberspace Administration of China and the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, will be held in

• Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province
• Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
• Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
• Guangzhou, Guangdong Province

Answer: 1

6. The trilateral talks on Syria, between Russia , USA and the United Nations, aimed at ending a brutal war that has killed over 2.5 lakh people since March 2011, will be held on 11 Dec, 2015 in

• Geneva
• Zurich
• Basel
• Bern

Answer: 1

7. The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The first UNFCCC Conference of Parties took place in Berlin, Germany in the year

• 1991
• 1992
• 1995
• 2000

Answer:3

8. For the role in Europe’s crises over migration and Greek debt, the Time Magazine has named whom as its “Person of the Year” in 2015?

• Angela Merkel
• Mario Draghi
• David Cameron
• Jim Yong Kim

Answer:1

9. President Pranab Mukerjee presented Shilp Guru awards on 9^th Dec 2015 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Shilp Guru is an award conferred by Government of India every year for innovating different styles and designs to the

• Craftsperson
• Sculpture Makers
• Painters
• Architects

Answer:1

10. On 9^th December 2015, Myanmar has inaugurated a new stock exchange with plans for six companies to start trading in March 2016. It is opened in the name of

• Yangon Stock Exchange
• Mandalay Stock Exchange
• Naypyidaw Stock Exchange
• Pyay Stock Exchange

Answer:1

Happy learning!

TEAM CL