December Current Affairs: (Part 2 out of 4) 76. ______ named as Breakthrough of the Year 2014 by Science journal? Ans: Rosetta 77. ______ is a scheme of Union Government for conservation of heritage and development of 12 cities across the country. Ans. HRIDAY 78. The Inland Waterways Authority of India on 22 December 2014 signed MoU with _______ government and 2 ports to develop commercially viable stretches of National Waterway 5. Ans. Odisha 79. Agriculture generates just ___ per cent of India’s GDP (2012-13 data) despite rural areas houses 68.8 per cent of the total population (2011 Census). Ans: 15 80. G. Venkataswamy died. He is? Ans: Former Union Minister of Andhrapradesh now Telangana. 81. News Corp acquired Indian start-up firm ______ ? Ans: BigDecisions.Com 82. Union Government calendar for the year 2015 was released with the theme ______ ? Ans: Clean India Green India 83. Shiva Keshavan won Silver at 17th Asian Luge Championships. He belongs to? Ans: Sliding 84. ________ appointed as ambassador of Cricket World Cup 2015? Ans: Sachin Tendulkar 85. _____ bagged 16.96 million euro contract in Turkey for a thermal power project? Ans: BHEL 86. ______ elected as the President of the FICCI? Ans: Jyotsna Suri 87. People of Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir started celebrating ______, a festival that marks the beginning of New Year in Ladakh? Ans: Losar 88. India observed National Mathematics Day on ___ December? Ans: 22nd December 89. India observed National Mathematics Day to commemorate birth anniversary of _______ on 22nd December? Ans: Srinivasa Ramanujan 90. ______ city partnered with Microsoft to transform it into smart city? The global software giant will introduce several citizen centric services. Ans: Surat 91. ______ government made e-tendering mandatory for projects over 3 lakh rupees? Ans: Maharashtra 92. The bullet that can change direction mid-air discovered by Us Dept of defence is? Ans: Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) 93. _____ won Men and Women title of Kabaddi World Cup 2014? Ans: India 94. Constitutional court of ______ on 19 December 2014 ordered the dissolution of leftist Unified Progressive party (UPP) accused of pro-North Korea activities. Ans: South Korea 95. Indian-origin _________ was on 18 December 2014 inducted into an Australian national body Australian Multicultural Council (AMC). Ans: Vasan Srinivasan 96. Zomato acquired_______, the restaurant search service of Italy? Ans: Cibando 97. ____found the Meteoritic Evidence of Water Reservoir at Mars? Ans: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 98. ______ has recently became Associate Member Sate of CERN? Ans: Pakistan 99. Union Finance Ministry approved ___ percent interest rate on PF (Provident Fund ) deposits for 2014-15? Ans: 8.75 100. Union Government introduced Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill to facilitate introduction of ______ Ans: GST 101. _____ High Court appointed a team of 17 lawyers to function as Commissioners of Court? Ans: Bombay 102. The United States and _____ agreed on 17 December 2014 to restore diplomatic ties between the two countries. Ans: Cuba 103. ____ successfully tested an indigenous 1000 kg glide bomb? Ans: DRDO 104. US President Barack Obama signed ______ Freedom Support Bill, 2014 for more sanctions on Russia? Ans: Ukraine 105. _______ Corp announced its third investment of 570 crore rupees in Housing ? Ans: SoftBank 106. Magic Cabs service has its own fleet of taxis and can be accessed through a combination of voice calls, online reservations and mobile application. The service will initially be available on Android phones. ______ launched Magic Cabs in Bengaluru? Ans: Helios Travel 107. UNGA adopted resolution referring ______ to ICC for human right abuses? Ans: North Korea 108. Chunibhai Vaidya passed away. He is? Ans: Veteran freedom fighter 109. GSLV Mark-III-X successfully test fired along with human Crew module, CARE. CARE Means? Ans: Crew module Atmospheric Reentry Experiment (CARE). 110. UN Security Council extended mandate of UN Disengagement of Forces agreement in ______ until 30 June 2015? Ans: Golan Heights 111. TVS Chairman ________ conferred honorary citizenship of Busan for his efforts to enhance friendship and cooperation between India and Korea? Ans: Venu Srinivasan 112. Veteran poetess ________ awarded with the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2014? Ans: Imtiaz Dharker 113. IRDA imposed penalty on ____________ & ________Insurance Brokers? Ans: Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance & Anand Rathi 114. US released three Cuban spies of _____Network? Ans: Wasp 115. UN sent a team of international experts of UNDAC to Bangladesh to help clean up thousands of liters of fuel oil that spilled in ________ region? Ans: Sundarbans 116. ____________ main accused of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, granted bail? Ans: Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi 117. US Senate passed resolution recognising _________ & _________as symbols of peace. Ans: Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai 118. Union Ministry of Coal notified the draft rules for e-auction ___ number of cancelled coal mines in first phase fixing a floor price of 150 rupees per tonne. Ans: 92 119. Minorities Rights Day observed across the world on ___ December? Ans: 18 120.__________ is “A Vision for Strengthening the Indian-Russian Partnership over the Next Decade” Ans: Druzhba-Dosti 121. 15th Indo – Russia Annual Summit held in _______. Ans: New Delhi 122. RBI authorised IMT-instant money transfer service of _____under the Payments and Settlements Act 2007. Ans: Empays 123. SC directed Union government to complete fencing along India and _______ border in 3 months Ans: Bangladesh 124. _________ of Ireland won Sports Personality Coach of the Year 2014? Ans: Paul McGinley 125. __________ became world’s 1st twin to climb highest peaks of seven continents? Ans: Tashi-Nungshi
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