1. Name the Liberian teenager who was awarded
the International Children's Peace Prize 2015.
Ans: Abraham Keita
2. Which Indian has been elected as Vice
Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)?
Ans: Raghuram Rajan
3. World Pneumonia Day was observed on:
Ans: 12th November
4. Which veteran Bollywood actor, who known for
his roles in the movies, Gandhi, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, A Passage to India and
Shatranj ke Khiladi, passed away recently?
Ans: Saeed Jaffrey
5. International Day for Tolerance was observed
on:
Ans: 16th November
6. What is the name of the Navy's shipwright
school, recently commissioned in Visakhapatnam?
Ans: INS Vishwakarma
7. Who is India's new Permanent Representative
to the United Nations?
Ans: Syed Akbaruddin
8. Name the Advanced Torpedo Defence System
developed by the DRDO.
Ans: Maareech
9. Where was this year's G 20 summit held?
Ans: Antalya (Turkey)
10. Where was the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) summit held this year?
Ans: Manila (Philippines)
11. The Union Ministry for Health and Family
Welfare has launched AMRIT outlets, where drugs will be sold at highly
discounted rates. What does AMRIT stand for?
Ans: Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants
for Treatment
12. Who defeated Saina Nehwal in the finals of
the 2015 China Open Badminton tournament?
Ans: Xuerui Li
13. Which party led by Aung San Suu Kyi won the
elections held in Myanmar recently?
Ans: National League for Democracy (NLD)
14. Where was the 35th edition of India
International Trade Fair held?
Ans: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
15. Who won the Brazilian Formula One Grand
Prix?
Ans: Nico Rosberg
16. Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been appointed as
India's ambassador to which country?
Ans: China
17. Which Australian fast bowler announced his
retirement from international cricket in November?
Ans: Mitchell Johnson
18. Where was the Asia-Europe Foreign`
Ministers' Meeting 2015 held?
Ans: Luxembourg
19. Which popular writer of children's books
known for the tales of Tenali Raman, passed away recently?
Ans: Kamala Laxman.
She was the wife of the
legendary cartoonist R K Laxman.
20. Which Indian was elected to the Board of
Governors of the World Water Council?
Ans: Prithvi Raj Singh
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