GK Update 1st December 2015

Ques. YES Bank has signed an agreement with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US Government’s development finance institution, for debt financing of?

Ans. $245 million

Ques. BBIN Friendship Motor Car Rally flagged off from Silchar, Assam. What is the full form of BBIN?

Ans. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

Ques. India with which country co-developed LRSAM misile which was successfully test-fired for the first time from an Israeli Naval Platform?

Ans. Israel

Ques. Which company launched its CSR initiative-Safe Move-Traffic Safety Campaign in association with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways?

Ans. Hyundai Motor India

Ques. What is the CRR at present?

Ans. 4%

Ques. Who were honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) Series in Dubai?

Ans. Hinduja Brothers

Ques. Who has been re-elected as the President of Asian Tennis Federation (ATF)?

Ans. Anil Khanna

Ques. Recently Indian economy's GDP growth rate during the second quarter (July-September) of 2015-16 stood at _______.

Ans. 7.4%

Ques. What was the venue of United Nations Climate Change Conference 2015?

Ans. Paris

Ques. How many country's including India have launched ‘Mission Innovation’ during COP21?

Ans. 21

Ques. Under which category India has been re-elected unopposed to the Council of the International Maritime Organization ?

Ans. B

Ques. According to the Wealth-X report who is the top philanthropist in the world?

Ans. Bill Gates

Ques. Which country won first day-night test match?

Ans. Australia

Ques.  A new study suggests at University of Barcelona, Spain that fish show consciousness and emotions. What is the exact term of this manifestation?

Ans. Emotional fever

Ques. Which fruit’s fossilized remains have been discovered for the first time on December 1st 2015?

Ans. Peaches

Ques.  Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have discovered a method to turn human stem cells into _______ cells that transmit visual signals from the eye to the brain.

Ans. Retinal nerve

Ques. Who has been elected as the new president of Burkina Faso on 1st December 2015?

Ans. Roch March Christian Kabore

Ques. Aricent has partnered which foundation to launch its employability program?

Ans. NASSCOM

Ques. World AIDS Day was observed on which day?

Ans. 1st December

Ques. Which adventure drama film has won the Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa?

Ans. Embrace of the Serpent

Ques. The 1st International Film Festival for Persons with Disabilities was launched by whom on December 1st 2015?

Ans. Thawar Chand Gehlot