BSC DECEMBER 2015 MATCH POINT -- PART ONE
Match Point
l The
Indian short film which won the Best Short Film award at the 2015 London Film
Festival (LFF) recently – An Old Dog’s Diary
l The
country where the NATO allies and partner nations held joint military exercise
recently – Italy
l The
person named by the govt as head of the All India Council of Sports – VK
Malhotra
l The
cricketer roped in by MRF Ltd as the brand ambassador
recently – AB de
Villiers
l Winner
of the women’s singles title of the Denmark Open
2015 – Li Xuerui
l Winner
of the Sultan of Johor Cup 2015 junior men’s hockey
tournament – Great
Britain
l The
state which approved ‘Swadhar Greh’ scheme to help
women recently –
Haryana
l Miss
Diva 2015 – Urvashi Rautela
l The
new Lokayukta of Delhi – Reva Khetrapal
l The
powerful typhoon that hit the northern Philippines
recently – Koppu
l Winner
of the men’s singles title of Shanghai Masters 2015
–
Novak Djokovic
l Winner
of the men’s singles title of the Vietnam Open 2015
–
Saketh Myneni
l The
renowned Egyptian novelist and journalist who died
recently – Gamal
al-Ghitani
l The
new Prime Minister of Canada – Justin Trudeau
l The
one-stop research funding mechanism launched by the
govt – IMPRINT
l The
person awarded by the Bank of Baroda with Maharaja
Sayajirao Bhasha
Samman – Prasoon Joshi
l The
new venue for the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference – New
York
l The
ET Business Leader of the Year 2015 awardee – Uday
Kotak
l The
corpus of the new Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) set
up by the RBI –
`2,000 cr
l International
Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17 Oct
l The
first woman speaker of Nepalese Parliament elected
recently – Onsari
Gharti Magar
l The
person selected for the annual Harvard Humanitarian
of the Year Award – Kailash
Satyarthi
l The
global ICC sponsor through 2023 including ICC Cricket
World Cup and World
Twenty20 – Nissan
l The
state which launched mobile app ‘mSehat’ recently –
Uttar
Pradesh
l The
five nations elected as non-permanent members of the
UN Security council
recently – Uruguay, Ukraine, Japan,
Egypt
and Senegal
l World
Food Day – 16 Oct
l The
leading bowler of Team India who bid adieu to
international cricket
on 15 Oct – Zaheer Khan
l The
date after which telcos will pay `1 for every call drop
subject to a cap of
three call drops a day – Jan 1, 2016
l The
joint training exercise conducted between India and Sri
Lanka recently – Mitra
Shakti-2015
l The
‘Finance Minister of the Year, Asia’ chosen by Londonbased
publication Emerging
Markets – Arun Jaitley
l The
first European country to sign an MoU on the
establishment of
Nalanda University recently – Portugal
l The
first Indian female bodybuilder to win a silver medal in
the 49th Asian
championship – Shweta Rathore
l The
winner of 2015 Beighton Cup hockey title – PNB
l The
state which recently launched Mission Abaas to provide
affordable houses to
the urban poor – Odisha
l The
pair which won the women’s doubles title of 2015
China Open – Sania
Mirza and Martina Hingis
l The
winner of the women’s singles final of 2015 China
Open – Garbine
Muguruza
l The
veteran Tamil actor who died recently – Manorama
l The
cricketer who became the highest run-scorer in Tests
for Pakistan recently
– Younis Khan
l The
present head of Palestine govt – Mahmoud Abbas
l The
name of the direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG
which saved `14,672
cr in 2014-15 – PAHAL
l The
PC maker which bought enterprise storage maker EMC
for $67 bn recently –
Dell
l The
chairman of the Empowered Committee for Innovative
Collaborations set up
by the govt recently – Arvind
Panagariya
l The
firm that acquired additional stake in its joint venture
with Reliance Capital
Asset Management recently – Nippon
Life
Insurance
l The
most valuable nation brand as per the Nation Brands
report 2015 – US
– India’s
position in the Nation Brands report 2015 – Seventh
l The
deadline set by the RBI for banks to meet the Basel III
norms – 31 Mar
2019
l Winner
of the men’s singles title of the China Open 2015 –
Novak
Djokovic
l International
Day of Girl Child – 11 Oct
l Winner
of the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for “his analysis
of consumption,
poverty, and welfare” – Angus Deaton
l The
winner of 2015 Russian Grand Prix F1 championship –
Lewis
Hamilton
l The
country where the Cotopaxi volcano erupted recently
– Ecuador
l The
date announced by the Prime Minister to be marked as
Constitution Day – 26
Nov
l The
present MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda – PS
Jayakumar
l The
firm which received a favourable verdict in the `8,500-
cr transfer pricing
case from the Bombay High Court recently
– Vodafone
l The
country from which India plans to acquire the S-400
Triumf air defence
missile systems – Russia
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